With five La Liga matches left to play, a crucial tie pitted 2nd place Barcelona against Diego Simeone’s 3rd place Atlético Madrid at the Camp Nou. The Colchoneros sought to break their 19-match winless streak against Barcelona in the league.   Under the reign of the Argentine, Atlético’s defensive block has caused the Catalans trouble…

Despite already locking up the Premier League title with a record seven games left to play, Liverpool will be determined to leave the Etihad with 3 points on Thursday night. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will face a tough task to defeat one of the most dynamic teams that the Premier League has ever seen, as…

Since Sassuolo’s promotion to Serie A ahead of the 2013-14 season, only Juventus have beaten Inter Milan more times than the Neroverdi. With Antonio Conte’s Nerazzurri hanging onto their Scudetto hopes by a string they would have been hoping to do a professional job on their bogey team, but it was more points dropped when…

After the recent signing of Timo Werner, Chelsea came out of the three-month COVID-19 break looking to rubber stamp their credentials as a rising power in the Premier League. Having come from behind at Villa Park to win on Sunday, Chelsea once again came out 2-1 victors in their game versus Manchester City, officially handing…

In their second game since the restart of the Premier League, Manchester United welcomed Sheffield United at Old Trafford.   It was a vital match for both sides’s chances of playing European football, as the Blades, who played their third game in seven days were only two points behind United before the start of the…

Inter Milan under Antonio Conte are renowned for their intricate automatisms during build-up which help them create space, bypass pressure and consolidate possession.   The central compactness provided by their shape allows for numerical superiorities to be easily achieved, thus providing more short passing options which in turn create space for the wingbacks, as Inter…

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson have been arguably the best pair of chance creators in world football in the past two seasons, helping Liverpool to the Champions League title last season and, after a 30-year drought, the Premier League title this season.   With defences becoming more and more compact, attacking through the wide areas…

With the Premier League returning last week, Manchester United took on Spurs in which was the most anticipated fixture of the weekend. Both sides were bolstered by the return of key players from injury in the form of Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford for United, whereas Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane also recovered from their…

Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola’s assistant during the spell of the Spanish manager at Manchester City, decided to leave City the 18th December of 2019 and to go to Arsenal, his last club as a footballer. Last week, Guardiola and Arteta met each other at the Etihad Stadium for the restart of Premier League football and…

Goal kicks are generally viewed as a miniscule part of football. However, in the modern game, they are becoming increasingly valuable. This is largely down to the fact that the amount of analysis conducted at the top level in order to improve performance continues to increase due to newfound technology and data, and therefore so…