Jose Mourinho says recent history proves it takes a defensive mindset to win the Premier League, although he insists his Manchester United side can ignore that trend. In one of his frequent and numerous digs at his former club Chelsea, Mourinho pointed out that his successor Antonio Conte employed a defence-first, counter-attacking style to win last season’s title. “We try to play the best we can,” Mourinho said on Friday. “We know that if you look in a pragmatic way, you see the last winners of the Premier League, they did not play attacking football. “They played defensive football and…
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Fernando Llorente made an impression on Tottenham’s squad almost as soon as bonded with them, according to Mauricio Pochettino, who said that Hugo Lloris sent him an excited text about the striker on deadline day. His arrival came after Danny Rose’s call for Tottenham to sign big-name players, and Pochettino says the World Cup winner with Spain has already had an impact on the dressing room, particularly club captain LLoris. “It’s amazing,” Pochettino said of Llorente’s first week at the club. “Hugo Lloris was with the national team and sent a text to me: ‘Gaffer, it’s true about Llorente?’ I…
Arsene Wenger still believes that Arsenal will be title challengers in May despite their poor start to the season — but seems unsure that his squad is actually stronger than last year. Arsenal’s title chances have already been dampened by many after two losses in their opening three games, including the embarrassing 4-0 hammering at Liverpool before the international break. That was followed by the deadline-day disaster when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was sold to Liverpool and a deal for Alexis Sanchez to go to Manchester City fell apart when Arsenal were rejected by Monaco’s Thomas Lemar. But when asked if his…
Kylian Mbappe was very happy to score on his Paris Saint-Germain debut as the Ligue 1 giants put 5 past 10-man FC Metz at Stade Saint-Symphorien on Friday. Mbappe, 18, scored once and provided controversial assisted as Edinson Cavani grabbed two goals, Neymar one and Lucas Moura another to make it five wins from five in Le Championnat. “I am very happy to be here,” the France international told Canal+ after the match. “I want to show my best each match and improve alongside the best players in Europe. “I am very happy to have scored on my PSG debut.…
Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez is very hopeful Lionel Messi will sign his new contract with the club “soon.” Fernandez said: “I point to our president’s words. [The signing] is an act which could happen at any moment. I hope it’s soon.” “He’s come back from international duty [with Argentina], after a lot of travel and two tough games,” Fernandez said. “He is capable of changing a game at any moment and the difficult thing he manages is to maintain that rhythm.” “We have had a difficult month. The most important thing in these moments is to remain calm,” he…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said his side “did not play well” and “must find solutions” after Saturday’s boring 1-1 home draw with Levante. A much-rotated Madrid team conceeded after 12 minutes when Levante winger Ivi took advantage of poor home defending. They drew level on 36 minutes when Lucas Vazquez converted rebound after Raul had pushed away a Sergio Ramos header. But despite dominating possession, Madrid could not create clear chances through the second half, with substitute Gareth Bale again booed by the Bernabeu crowd. “We cannot be happy with what we did today,” he said. “Against Valencia…
Jurgen Klopp has said he will do everything within his power to help Liverpool forget the result of Saturday’s 5-0 thrashing at Manchester City and that luck also played a huge part in it. Klopp endured his heaviest defeat as Liverpool manager as Sadio Mane saw a controversial red card late into the first half on Saturday afternoon. “It was, in a lot of moments, very unlucky for us but I don’t think we have to think too much about luck or something like this because we cannot change luck, but we can change performance,” Klopp told a news conference.…
Sergio Aguero became the all-time leading non-European Premier League scorer when he netted Manchester City’s opening goal against Liverpool on Saturday. Aguero began the scoring at the Etihad Stadium after 24 minutes when Kevin De Bruyne provided him an amazing through ball to round Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and drive home. It was his 124th Premier League goal since joining City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, taking him clear of former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke’s record of 123. The goal — the sixth successive time Aguero has scored at home to Liverpool — also made him the Premier League’s…
Hip-Hop is subjective, and therefore always up for debate. DJ Akademiks recently started one good argument on Twitter about whether Lil Wayne’s 2008 album, Tha Carter III is a classic. Things started bubbling on Twitter earlier today after the Everyday Struggle host was critical of the third installment in Weezy’s Carter series. “Carter 3 aint no f*cking classic. Carter 2 is,” he posted. “The 2 mixtapes he dropped right before Carter 3 were better than Carter 3….” He added, “I cant call Carter 3 no classic when songs that got LEAKED or left Off the album were better than songs…
Sarkodie has dropped his fifth studio album “Highest”. This follows “Makye” (2009), the award winning “Rapperholic” (2012), “Sarkology” (2014) and “Mary” (2015). The Ghanaian Hip-Hop act has some very interesting featured artistes on the album. They include Nigerian acts Korede Bello, Moelogo, Yung L, Praiz, Flavour, Jesse Jagz, long-time friend Ghanaian rapper and producer Jayso, Ghanaian Hip-hop artist Joey B, English spoken word poet Suli Breaks, Kenya’s Victoria Kimani, British emcees Bobii Lewis and Big Narstie. In a cute manner, he carries his daughter Adalyn Owusu Addo up on the cover art of the album.
Vocal engine Waje shines and explodes in a new single titled ‘In The Air’. Following her power track ‘Mountains’ which had a guest appearance from South Africa’s diva Lira; The Voice Nigeria coach unleashed her latest offering produced by Sizzle Pro. Waje delivers a golden love anthem which will reign for years.
Cynthia Morgan, has shown maximum respect for M.I. Abaga over his display on a recent Podcast. After the much watched and publicized interview with Osagie Alonge and Ayomide Tayo on“Loose Talk“, M.I has been trending, with various artists talking about the episode and what it means for the music industry at large. Cynthia Morgan praised M.I Abaga for being “a real man,” and also made her feelings known about her respect for Osagie Alonge for his role in the podcast. A key talking point from the podcast was M.I Abaga praying for internet fraudsters. He said: “There’s no bank in…
Iyanya is back again with the release of another amazing video delight for his hit song, ‘Bow for you’. He works again with talented AMVCA award-winning cinematographer, Ogo Okpue after they both did previous works together. The song is off his “Signature EP” which dropped this year. The sharp video which was shot in London is worth every view with colourful scenes and sexy dance move by the Kukere Master himself.
M.I has written a public letter to Vector tha Viper after the rapper publicly responded to his comments on why there have been no song directly between both of them. Vector uploaded the part of the video that contained the comment, and wrote a comment which read in part: “You were also supposed to be on the #Kingkongremix but yeah we all must have gotten very busy… hehe. So let me make this clear… 16 bars is nothing, i’m not the type to involve in fake talks so… yeah… you said and i quote “i am the guy who wants…
Korede Bello isn’t just a talent singer but he also knows a thing or two about horses. Over the recent Eid celebrations, Korede Bello visited Kano and paid his friend, Adam Ashraf, the son of the Emir of Kano, HRH Lamido Sanusi a visit. They both had a great time as they both went horse riding in their colourful traditional attires called ‘Babban Riga’ to celebrate the multiple day festivals which wrapped up with the grand finale called Hawan Fanisau. The Mavin Records artist definitely enjoyed his time as a guest to the Kano Royal Family. The singer only recently…
Nollywood actress and Evangelist Eucharia Anunobi has paid tributes to her son, Raymond Ekwe who died on August 2017. The veteran actress poured out her heart to her late son. “You were the best gift God gave to me, I love you with all my heart, spirit and soul” she said. “Thank you for making the world call me mother, thank you for making people know about Jesus, thank you. God bless you. I know you are gone am totally broken but I rejoice because you loved Jesus with all your body and soul” further said Eucharia Anunobi. Eucharia Anunobi…
Wizkid was present on Wednesday, rehearsing at The New Afrikan Shrine in Lagos which signifies he has receovered from his illness. Wiz didn’t disclose the ailment, he actually did scare his fans with his tweet which said “If I die today, I die a legend.” He, however, urged all his fans for cancelled shows, as he promised to make it up to them with his next appearance due date which would be on September 29, 2017. Apparently, Wizkid was having a fantastic day as he briefly caused a major upset on his way out of the Shrine as he threw…
Harrysong became the proud father of twins in June. A boy and girl were delivered in the United States of America. Harrysong has come out to speak on fatherhood. “I was not with her when she gave birth, immediately after the birth of the babies, she sent me pictures and her sister also put up pictures, so as a first-time dad, I was so excited and started posting the pictures too” explains the singer. “I guess it was a big mistake allowing the public into my private life, as it is supposed to be personal, it funny how these days…
A picture of a poor malnourished child took over social media with fans claiming it was the comedian. A lot of people actually agreed it ws really him. Basketmouth was not finding it funny and has taken to his Instagram page to set things straight on the misleading fact. He put up his baby picture just to differentiate it from that of the alleged picture. Basketmouth is known for his hillarious jokes, spanning no limits so it’s a bit shocking he isn’t having any of these funny. If u can give it Basket, you should be ready to take it…
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Preye Aganaba, has said that the party has no other choice than to present President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians for re-election in 2019. Aganaba stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the Buhari-led Federal Government is doing extremely well to fix the country’s economy, and so, he should be re-elected in 2019. “I am not bothered about the economy because that will be fixed; for me, I’m looking at the politics of various zones, because that will determine our winning the election,’’ Aganaba said. ‘’I don’t…