After four consecutive Premier League wins, Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United went into the Manchester derby full of confidence. However, they suffered their latest humbling defeat in a terrible 6-3 loss. Following impressive defensive displays against Liverpool and Arsenal, they found themselves 4-0 down at half-time for the second time already this season, with their…

Fulham have made a flying start on their Premier League return and hold sixth position as the international break arrives.   “It has been really good,” said head coach Marco Silva, discussing his side’s form after their comeback win over Nottingham Forest. “I have to be honest of course. I have to say as well…

In today’s piece, I will be going over the Champions League game which was played between Celtic and Real Madrid and how Celtic’s system caused Real Madrid issues for the first half. Real Madrid did end up winning the game 3-0, where all the goals came in the 2nd half but for this write-up, I…

Steve Bould, former Arsenal coach and assistant manager has taken up a new post after a year away from football as the Head Coach/Manager of second-tier Belgian side, Lommel SK.   In 2020 Lommel SK were acquired by the City Football Group (CFG). This is the consortium of football clubs that are owned by the…

The hugely anticipated match between an unbeaten and top-of-the-league Arsenal side and the recently rejuvenated Manchester United finally comes to its head at Old Trafford. It was the first meeting between Erik Ten Hag and Mikel Arteta, with both managers once apprentices of Pep Guardiola. All these made up for an intriguing encounter.   Going…

Manchester United battled to secure a 0-1 away win against Southampton, recovering from their early disappointments during the first two Premier League game-weeks by collecting their first six points in two consecutive games after a valuable home win against Liverpool.    Crucially, there were plenty of important ideas and tactical plots throughout the game that…

A disastrous start threw Erik ten Hag into the baptism of fire that is Manchester United. The English version of Hollywood FC, where there always appears to be a mountain of problems around the corner. Every minute detail that could be an issue is held under a metaphorical magnifying glass and used as content for…

Edin Terzic’s Borussia Dortmund managed to secure their 4th victory (third 1-0 win) during 5 Bundesliga games this season after beating Hoffenheim at Signal Iduna Park. The most important thing has been done, but the black-and-yellows still have some areas to improve, especially during the final part of the match.     The German-Croatian coach…

One point separated them last season, one point separated them in 2018-19. One has Joao Cancelo, one has Trent Alexander-Arnold. Both have the world’s two most influential managers of this generation. When it comes to Manchester City and Liverpool it is a tooth and nail, neck and neck fight for supremacy with minuscule margins of…

Chelsea hosted crosstown rivals Tottenham Hotspur during the second gameweek of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Whilst this is a fixture that often sees tensions rise and emotions boil over, this particular game became especially heated as the opposing managers spent much of the second half antagonising one another. And whilst the potential cinema of…