Jurgen Klopp did not expect Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini to receive a retrospective ban for appearing to catch Liverpool midfielder Emre Can with an elbow during last week’s Europa League tie. Fellaini and Can clashed during the final moments of the Anfield match, where Liverpool claimed a dominant 2-0 win that they will defend in the second leg of the last-16 tie at Old Trafford on Thursday. UEFA confirmed on Monday that Fellaini would avoid punishment as the match officials did not mention the incident in their reports. Speaking at his pre-match news conference, Klopp took the opportunity to make…
Author: David Folami
Jordan Henderson is confident that Liverpool are primed to qualify for the Europa League quarter-finals at Manchester United’s expense. Liverpool hold an imposing lead after seeing off their fierce rivals 2-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield last week. And following a Premier League-free weekend due to Chelsea’s FA Cup commitments, Henderson feels a freshness in the squad will see them through. “The last few weeks we’ve been building momentum and building confidence,” Henderson said. “I think the performance levels have been getting better each week. Last week was obviously a big result but it’s only…
Ander Herrera has warned his Manchester United team-mates they should not get overzealous in the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie with Liverpool at Old Trafford. United face a tough task to turn things around after their 2-0 defeat at Anfield last week, but Herrera has warned they cannot simply adopt a gung-ho approach??if they are to reach the quarter-finals. “We cannot go crazy. We have a half of 45 minutes, then another half of 45 minutes,” Herrera said at a media conference. “Since I’ve been here, we’ve played five times against them and we’ve won…
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has no doubt winning matches is easier with Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in your team, but remains steadfast in his belief that the group takes precedence over the individual. Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi has won a staggering 26 trophies during his senior career with Barca, including four Champions League titles. The Catalan giants are on course to reach the quarter-finals of the Europe’s premier club competition for the ninth straight season, heading into their last-16 second leg against Arsenal at Camp Nou on Wednesday with a 2-0 aggregate advantage. Mourinho believes…
Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino wants his team to prove last week’s 3-0 defeat to??Borussia Dortmund was a one-off on Thursday. The first leg of the Europa League last-32 contest proved a one-sided affair, as Pochettino opted to rest a number of first-choice players and Dortmund ran riot at Signal Iduna Park. However, the Argentinian has urged his players to respond at White Hart Lane. “Our mentality needs to be right. We need to show that last Thursday was an accident,” Pochettino said at Wednesday’s pre-match news conference. “For me sometimes it is difficult, but I accept the criticism. If…
Bayern Munich’s breathtaking comeback victory over Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday will forge an even stronger bond between the players as they chase a repeat of their 2013 treble, skipper Philipp Lahm said. The German champions were 2-0 down in the last 16 tie before two late goals, including a 90th minute equaliser from Thomas Mueller, took the match to 30 minutes of extra time during which they scored twice more to secure a famous 4-2 victory. “This win brings us closer together, it welds us together,” Lahm told reporters. “It was important to see that everyone, everyone…
Jaap Stam is hoping he can one day fill the role of Manchester United manager. The Dutchman, 43, played at Old Trafford between 1998 and 2001, winning the Premier League in each of his three full seasons. The retired centre-back has been involved with the coaching teams of Ajax’s first and second sides since 2013. But Stam will leave Ajax at the end of the season and believes he is ready to become number one at a club, with the United job a future dream as he sets out on his managerial career. “First it would be for me to…
Former Arsenal star, Emmanuel Petit wants Arsene Wenger to quit as coach of the club to allow a former player to take over. Petit played under Wenger in Monaco and Arsenal where they won the Premier League and FA Cup double together 1998. Under Wenger, Arsenal have not won the league since 2004 and are currently on the verge of finishing the season trophy-less, putting the manager in intense pressure. Fans and pundits have urged the manager to step and Petit has re-echoed their sentiments. The ex-France international feels that the time has come for Wenger to become a director…
Kylie Jenner has shared a new photo revealing her campaign for sports wear brand, PUMA, and it is everything. The photo shows the 18-yr-old looking sexy in PUMA sport wear complete with trainers and she is fierce! Kylie was pictured rocking a blue PUMA bra top with blue leggings and a pair of black PUMA trainers. The model shared the photos, commenting: “Excited to reveal my campaign for the @PUMA Fierce, a lightweight trainer with zero excuses, available starting 4/1 on PUMA.com, PUMA retail stores, and select retailers worldwide. The next level starts here #ForeverFierce.” Kylie had bagged the PUMA…
Khloé Kardashian has revealed that she had never cheated in any of her relationships because of what her mother, Kris Jenner’s infidelity did to her marriage to her father, Robert Kardashian. Khloe revealed that she had vowed never to be unfaithful in a relationship because of what infidelity did to her parents. The reality star made the revelation while speaking on her TV show, Kocktails With Khloe, saying that NBA ex boyfriend, James Harden “wasn’t committed” and she has “the receipts to prove it.” Explaining further, Khloe added that watching what infidelity did to her father convinced her never to…
Popular Nigerian singer and song writer, Timaya, real name Enetimi Alfred Odon’s, Instagram account has been hacked yesterday, Wednesday, 16 March, 2016. The star announced on Instagram that his account had been hacked and informed fans to disregard any post from the account. Popular for hits such as ‘Bum Bum’ and ‘Sanko’, Timaya who recently met US rapper Pitbull in Trindad wrote, “Hi everyone, my account was hacked yesterday so am just starting all over again. Blessssssss.” His post got reposted by singer, Skales who wrote, “Hi everybody !!! My big bro TIMAYA’s account was hacked ….pls follow Ds account…
Stephanie Linus has revealed to Pulse Nigeria where the concept of her film “Dry” came from. Linus said she had heard about Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) while she was in her second year at the University of Calabar. She said a friend of hers from University of Jos told her stories of this medical condition years ago. “The thought never left me and the more I researched about it, the more I felt I needed to say something”, she said at the screening of her movie at Nolly Thursdays at Genesis Deluxe Cinemas on Thursday, March 10, 2016. “Growing as a…
The second season of Monalisa Chinda’s TV series “You and I with Monalisa,” will return this Sunday, March 20, 2016, on AIT. The guest for Sunday’s episode is Ugochuckwu Igbokwe, CEO of Make Me Beauty salon, popularly known as “UGO Make me.” Igbokwe is a renowned hair stylist for celebrities like Rita Dominic, Chinda, among others. Recently, We Movies presented you with a behind-the-scene clip which features Chinda discussing the idea behind the show, its direction and objectives. Produced to world-class standard and targeted at millions of viewers across leading television and online media platforms globally, ‘You and I with…
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, popular R&B singer, Chris Brown, took to Instagram to announce that he’ll be telling the story of his life through a documentary titled “Welcome to My Life.” The actor shared a poster of the documentary which has the tagline “He went from being America’s sweetheart to public enemy number one.” He shared the poster with the caption “coming soon.” No further details has been revealed as regards the release date, but fans can expect to have fun watching the actor’s interesting and controversial life on screen. To be directed by Andrew Sandler, the documentary is…
The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has banned Olamide’s ‘Don’t stop’ song off his “Eyan Mayweather” album oweing to its vulgar lyrics. According to a statement by the NBC, which is the government agency in charge of broadcasting regulation, the song was banned from being played on the airwaves for its “obscenity, being indecent, vulgar languages, lewd and profane expressions like ‘Wa gba ponron’, ‘I just want to hit you now’, ‘Je kin wo be…” The song in question has also been in the news of recent following the claims by D’banj’s producer Deevee that the rapper Olamide stole a part…
The vocational skills competition organized by Bank of Industry and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) reaches its grand finale today. From 95 candidates who displayed their skills in seven different vocational skills categories in Kaduna and Lagos, BOI and NBTE will be unveiling the top 21 talents in the seven skills category today, Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. D Banj and Adekunle Gold will be performing at the event. The Bank of industry actively promotes skills acquisition among Nigerian youths to drive industrialization through the #BOISkillsCompetition. Date: Today, Thursday, March 17, 2016 Venue: Transcorp…
What really is Justice??? I have no qualms seeing a young man who committed a crime pay for that crime. Life is sad, before Richard came along, you could not dream of buying a house in LEKKI for 20million naira, his dream was to make choice housing affordable and available. Somewhere down the line mistakes were made and lives were lost! And yes I agree…… Someone must pay! Now my questions; Why is he in handcuffs and remanded in prison when that ‘prophet’ whose building collapsed and killed more people than Ebola, Lassa fever and this alleged ‘LEKKI gardens’ put…
Mariah Carey is getting her own E! reality TV show, ‘Mariah’s World’. The 45-year-old singer will star in the eight-episode docuseries ‘Mariah’s World’, which will focus on her world tour and her upcoming wedding to billionaire businessman James Packer. She said: ‘I’m excited to bring my fans into my life for the next journey I’m about to embark on. I’m already having so much fun with this documentary and I know you will too. There is nothing like capturing these moments.’ The cameras will follow Mariah on her ‘Sweet Sweet Fantasy’ tour in the United States, Europe and Africa and…
Nigerian rapper, Vector is currently in Uganda. Vector arrived the East African country 2 days ago for the video shoot of his song with Ugandan pop star, Pallaso titled ‘Bubble‘ (Remix). On arrival, he was welcomed at the airport by Pallaso and a party was held in his honour at Club Silk in Uganda.
‘Kim Kardashian probably feels stupid now…..despite all that nakedness, you couldn’t even be number one with that’ – Wendy Williams shades Kim Kardashian after Selena Gomez becomes most followed person on Instagram.‘Kim Kardashian probably feels stupid now…..despite all that nakedness, you couldn’t even be number one with that’ – Wendy Williams shades Kim Kardashian after Selena Gomez becomes most followed person on Instagram.