After a decade of mediocrity that saw them languish in the shadows whilst their eternal rivals established an unprecedented hegemony in Scottish football, things are looking up for Rangers. Steven Gerrard’s side currently sit 13 points above Celtic (who have two games in hand), and after finishing atop a group of Benfica, Standard Liège and…

The Manchester Derby on Saturday ended in a stalemate, with neither side being able to find the back of the net. This was only the fourth occasion that the two sides have faced and the end result has been goalless since 2005.   Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was conservative in his approach to the…

The popularity of the 3-4-3 formation originated during the late 1980’s and early ’90s in Italy, when an influx of center-backs occupied Serie A. Originally created as an extremely offensive formation, the evolution of the 3-4-3 into its current variations has made it a versatile formation that can be now be used for attacking and…

Europa League side Dundalk FC managed to win back the FAI Cup from rivals and League of Ireland champions Shamrock Rovers after a 4-2 extra time win at the AVIVA Stadium. David McMillan, who deputised for the League of Ireland’s top scorer Patrick Hoban who missed out with an ankle injury, scored a hat-trick to…

Neil Lennon’s Celtic have experienced a subdued start to their season in both the Scottish Premiership and the UEFA Europa League, currently trailing bitter rivals Rangers by 13 points (Celtic have two games in hand) in their hunt for a 10th successive league title, and finishing bottom of their Europa League group after taking one…

Matchday 6 in the UEFA Champions League group stage often comes around with little reason for excitement, with the majority of clubs having already sealed progression into the knockout round, but that was anything but the case this week, with 13 of the 32 clubs’s Champions League lives hanging in the balance.   Two of…

I was watching the FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea a few months ago and a special moment in the game caught my eye. It was the moment where Arsenal’s Nicolas Pépé was near his own penalty box trying to bring the ball out from the back. It seemed risky when Pépé played a…

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Six weeks after suffering a 5-0 loss in Old Trafford, Julian Nagelsmann’s RB Leipzig narrowly defeated Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United at the Red Bull Arena in order to progress to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, where they will join Paris Saint-Germain from Group H. On the other hand, United will drop to…

The North London derby holds a special place in the heart of Arsenal fans given the history and their dominance over Tottenham, but last weekend, Arsenal went into the derby as underdogs. The Gunners locked horns with their crosstown rivals on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the home side would go on to…