Author: successsport360
These days Raheem Sterling is trying to dethrone Manchester City as champions having played a part in four Premier League title wins at the Etihad. His current boss Mikel Arteta said this week of his desire to give the winger more minutes since his loan switch from Chelsea. Sterling hasn’t featured regularly for the Gunners having struggled to have the impact he would have wanted at Stamford Bridge following his switch from City. Still only 29, Sterling lifted all the domestic trophies available during a glittering seven-year spell at the Etihad. But his arrival in Manchester in 2015 was embroiled…
Former Arsenal striker believes Newcastle United star Alexander Isak would ‘definitely’ fit in to the current Gunners side and even feels he could be the missing link Mikel Arteta’s team need in order to challenge Liverpool. Arsenal are nine points behind the Reds ahead of a weekend that sees West Ham United visit the Emirates Stadium and Manchester City head to Anfield. Something lacking within Arteta’s squad is the presence of an out-and-out goalscorer. The Gunners have scored 21 goals in 12 Premier League games which is fewer than the rest of top six bar Brighton, who also have 21.…
Liverpool and Manchester City take centre stage on Sunday as they battle it out in the Premier League. The Reds could move 11 points clear at the top with a win as they come up against Pep Guardiola’s out-of-form side. The encounter between the two North West clubs is arguably one of the biggest meetings between the two sides in recent years, following their long-running battle to reach the top-flight summit as well as the 2022 FA Cup semi-final. One player who has crossed both sides of the M62 in the red and sky blue half is James Milner. The…
What do Salomon Rondon, Ademola Lookman and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang have in common? I’ll give you the answer: all three of them were nominated for FIFA’s The Best Men’s Attacker accolade ahead of Mohamed Salah. Salah is objectively markedly better than all three of those players, and the snub is clearly nothing to do with his contributions on the pitch. Granted, the nominees were largely selected based off their performances last season, but even so, Salah scored 25 times during the 2023-24 campaign and he was more worthy of inclusion than many of the names on the shortlist. While there is…
Jurgen Klopp’s legacy at Liverpool has left a lasting impact, and it seems he’s also left Pep Guardiola with one final challenge at Manchester City. According to Jamie Carragher, Klopp’s decision to stay at Liverpool despite a challenging 2022-23 season was driven by his desire to leave the club in a strong position for his successor. This “final challenge” is not just about winning another title, but about leaving a lasting legacy that will continue to inspire and drive the team forward. Guardiola, who has been instrumental in shaping Manchester City into a dominant force, is now faced with the…
Arne Slot was watching live coverage of the Champions League from his Merseyside apartment on Tuesday night when the Liverpool boss was moved to turn up the volume on his remote control. Slot’s family may be over, visiting from their homeland, but the head coach still ensured he took control of the evening’s viewing when his former side Feyenoord visited Sunday’s opponents Manchester City. But it wasn’t seeing his old club fight back from three goals down to earn an unlikely draw inside the final 15 minutes that piqued Slot’s attention most. Instead, it was a moment of tribute from…
Pundit Chris Sutton has predicted that Liverpool will hammer an out-of-form Manchester City in the two heavyweight sides’ upcoming clash in the Premier League. The 51-year-old, who played as a striker for the likes of Chelsea and Celtic, made the prediction in his column for BBC. Liverpool have started the Arne Slot era on a high, sitting atop the Premier League and Champions League standings with just one loss all season. Meanwhile, despite sitting second in the EPL standings, Manchester City have looked shaky throughout the 2024-25 campaign. Given the Reds’ incredible free-flowing play and City’s inconsistencies, Sutton had no…
Opta’s supercomputer has predicted the likely outcome of Sunday’s Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester City. Liverpool welcome Pep Guardiola’s struggling side to Anfield for a match that could determine who wins the league this season. The Reds have raced into an eight-point lead at the top of the league table thanks to a return of 10 wins in their opening 12 league games (D1, L1). The most recent of those wins came away at Southampton last week, with a Mohamed Salah brace sparing Liverpool’s blushes after they went 2-1 down at the Southcoast. The win was the second…
Gareth Bale left Rio Ferdinand stunned with his predictions for the rest of the 2024/25 season. Bale, 35, was part of the TNT Sports’ broadcast team for Wednesday’s Champions League clash between Liverpool and his former club, Real Madrid, which the Merseyside-based side won 2-0 to retain their perfect record in the competition this season. The Welshman is no stranger to European competition, having won five Champions League crowns with Madrid – scoring in two finals against Liverpool and Atletico Madrid. As well as being part of the TV coverage, a video of Bale emerged on ‘Football on TNT Sports’…
Rodri’s footballing IQ is not insignificant, so when FourFourTwo were in his company for an exclusive interview in Madrid, our tactics expert Adam Clery made sure to pick the best player in the world’s brains. During a fascinating conversation, that will soon be available to watch on FourFourTwo’s YouTube channel, Rodri was asked where he saw football in a few years and made an interesting comparison to another sport we haven’t heard anyone else make before. “I think it’s going to be very similar to handball. Do you know about handball? It’s something I speak a lot about with my…