His omission has baffled Manchester United fans all season, but it looks like we will see finally see Henrikh Mkhitaryan in a Manchester United shirt this week after Jose Mourinho confirmed that the out-of-favour Armenian will face Feyenoord in Thursday’s crucial Europa League tie at Old Trafford. Mkhitaryan, a £26.3 million summer signing from Borussia [...]
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Jose Mourinho felt let down by Manchester United’s players, accusing them of ignoring his advice and treating the Europa League clash at Fenerbahce like a “summer friendly”. On the back of Saturday’s frustrating goalless draw against Burnley and with a touchline ban looming at Swansea this weekend, any hopes the United boss had of a [...]
A year to the day since losing their Champions League opener at PSV Eindhoven, United endured another night to forget in Holland. Their much-changed line-up boasted quality but looked cumbersome and unwieldy in Rotterdam, where Feyenoord snatched a 1-0 win through Vilhena’s strike. It was hardly the response Jose Mourinho craved after Saturday’s derby defeat [...]
Jose Mourinho has named his 20-man squad to take on Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday and missing is captain Wayne Rooney, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard – both of whom were taken off at half time during the Manchester derby defeat last weekend. Also not traveling to Holland are full-backs Luke Shaw and [...]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has promised fans that the Reds will come back stronger from their Europa League final heartbreak. Liverpool suffered a double blow when a second half collapse against Sevilla not only denied Klopp the opportunity to become the quickest Anfield boss to land silverware in the club’s history, but ensured that the [...]
It was another magical European night at Anfield as Liverpool beat Villarreal 3-0 on Thursday night in their Europa League semi-final second leg. This was Liverpool’s first home game since the new inquest into the Hillsborough disaster ruled that the 96 supporters who perished at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final had been killed unlawfully and [...]
Liverpool drew first blood against Manchester United with a dominating 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash. Daniel Sturridge’s first-half penalty wasfollowed by Roberto Firmino’s close-range effort 17 minutes from time. had it not been for the continued brilliance of goalkeeper David de Gea, it would have been [...]
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he is not worried by the Red’s lack of cutting edge during their Europa League victory over Augsburg at Anfield on Thursday night. James Milner’s early penalty at Anfield proved enough to send Liverpool into the draw for the last 16, but Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson both missed glorious [...]
It appears that 4-0 defeat to MK Dons in the League Cup in 2014 was not the low point of the Louis van Gaal era at Manchester United. That came on a cold Thursday night in Denmark where Danish minnows FC Midtjylland embarrassed the three-time European champions, winning 2-1. The score actually flatters United because [...]
As the banner proudly states, Liverpool are European royalty. Five times the Reds have listen the European Cup and three times they have lifted the UEFA Cup. This is a club who history in deeply intertwined with European football from those four wins in seven years in the late 70s early 80s to the Heysel [...]
