Rivalries

It was a rare glimmer of sunshine for Juventus fans at the weekend as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the Derby D’Italia. The winner, from Filip Kostic was not without controversy as there were major question marks around an Adrien Rabiot handball in the build-up. The goal stood after a length VAR check, infuriating [...]

Roma manager Jose Mourinho and Lazio owner Claudio Lotito clashed inside the dressing room at the Stadio Olimpico after Sunday’s Derby della Capitale with the Lazio President asking the Special One: ‘Who are you?’ It was a passionate Derby della Capitale that saw two red cards for Roma and one for Lazio. The two sides [...]

The biggest game on the Premier League calendar broke record as Liverpool humiliated Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday, putting seven past their bitter rivals. The 7-0 scoreless was not only the biggest beating in the history of this fixture; but the 7-0 scoreline equaled the worse defeat ever suffered by United as Liverpool scoring [...]

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said “it felt like us, it looked like us,” after the Reds recorded their first Premier League win in 2023 with a comfortable Merseyside derby victory over Everton at Anfield. Sean Dyche’s reign as Everton manager got off to the perfect start with a win over league leaders Arsenal at Goodison [...]

Paris Saint-Germain were knocked out of the Coupe de France in the round of 16 after a 2-1 defeat to Marseille in Le Classique Sergio Ramos cancelled out Alexis Sanchez’s 31st-minute penalty with a equaliser in first-half stoppage time, but Ruslan Malinovskyi restored Marseille’s lead in the 57th minute and his goal proved decisive as [...]

Inter beat rivals AC Milan 1-0 on Sunday to claim their second Derby della Madonnina triumph in less than a month. Last month, Inter comfortably won 3-0 in the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where the two sides met in the annual meeting between the Coppa Italia winners and Serie A champions. [...]

Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to a formidable eight points with an outstanding performance and win in the North London derby at Tottenham. The Gunners took full advantage of Manchester City’s loss at Manchester United on Saturday with an impressive show of style in the first half and steel [...]

Erik ten Hag admitted Manchester United had been taken to school by Manchester City when they were thrashed in the Manchester derby in October, but he delivered on his insistence that lessons had been learned at a tumultuous Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been beaten here by United this [...]

Tomorrow Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund meet in potential title decider. The matchup between first and second place in the Bundesliga is called Der Klassiker or the “German Clasico”. Since the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963, they are two of the most successful teams in German football, having won a combined total of 21 [...]