Barcelona lost the El Clasico last week to Real Madrid but can definitely vouch for the fact that in the biggest game in Spanish football, they certainly deserved more. The most striking thing about Barcelona was how easy they found it to get the ball from defence into attack yielding many promising chances. The Catalan…

We’ve got our club back. A sentiment that has rung all over the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium over this short season. A statement that has faced ridicule from rival fans. Back? Back from what? From trophyless to trophyless? From not losing at the Emirates to drawing? Please, little old Tottenham are going back to a period…

Manchester United started the second season under Erik ten Hag in a rather mixed fashion – in the opening rounds of the Premier League, the club forced two victories over the mid-league teams, and lost to direct competitors in the fight for Champions League places. Fans were waiting for the situation to improve after the…

Mikel Arteta has finally beaten his former boss Pep Guardiola, ending a streak of 12 straight losses for Arsenal against Manchester City, with a late goal from substitute Gabriel Martinelli seeing the Gunners prevail 1-0 at the Emirates. In an attritional battle not perceived as the greatest game entertainment-wise, the tactics were fascinating. The biggest…

Al-Nassr opened their AFC Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win at Iranian giants Persepolis, a match that would see Senegalese winger Sadio Mané operate as an inside forward. The ex Liverpool superstar is one of the few wingers in the world who can truly excel at both playing as a touchline winger, holding the…

A Manchester City victory in this league fixture has been a procession in recent years, with a combined score of 19-3 in their last seven wins against Arsenal. Mikel Arteta had managed to beat 23 out of the 24 teams he has faced in the league, with only City — where he worked as an…

With a squad boasting the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Seko Fofana, Marcelo Brozović, and Aymeric Laporte, it’s no surprise that Al-Nassr have begun the season in impressive fashion. After falling to back-to-back losses to Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun, Al-Nassr beat Shabab Al-Ahli 4-2, scoring three goals in the final 12 minutes to secure a comeback victory…

The dust has now settled in North London. Arsenal and Spurs have taken two points from one another, yet the story of such a thrilling encounter will be viewed very differently by Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou. As the pre-match North London derby cheer buzzed around the Emirates on Sunday afternoon, Arteta’s Arsenal were looking…

After beginning their season with six straight wins, Real Madrid faced off against Atlético Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday. Whilst Real were coming off a 1-0 win against Union Berlin that saw Jude Bellingham score in the 94th minute, Atleti had seen their share of late drama with Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scoring…