Month: April 2025
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Brighton hope their injury problems ease, Palace must stem the tide and Forest could do with Chris Wood fully fit Considering the length of Brighton’s injury list, Fabian Hürzeler will be desperate to get Kaoru Mitoma back in time for Saturday’s trip to west London. The Japanese winger sustained a heel injury against Crystal Palace,…
Maguire heads winner as Manchester United pull off chaotic comeback against Lyon
Manchester United unveiled a first ever tifo that declared, “Never Gonna Stop”, then did precisely this by knocking out 10-man Lyon in an electrifying close to extra-time. In the first period Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette had put the French two ahead. But, now, drama: Casemiro went down and Sandro Schärer, ordered to the monitor,…
Best Movies With Musicians Playing Versions of Themselves
There is a long tradition of famous musicians playing fictional versions of themselves in movies.Sometimes its just a cameo like David Bowie in ‘Zoolander’ or Bruce Springsteen in ‘High Fidelity’, and sometimes it is an entire film where the musician is playing themself like Robbie Williams in ‘Better Man’, the Spice Girls in ‘Spice World’ or the Foo Fighters in ‘Studio 666’.
Cucurella goal sees Chelsea through despite defeat by inspired Legia Warsaw
Enzo Maresca is still not feeling the love. This was another uneven performance from Chelsea, who at times seemed intent on raising Legia Warsaw’s hopes of a comeback for the ages, and few at Stamford Bridge seemed minded to celebrate their side securing a Conference League semi-final. It was not supposed to be this difficult….
Nico Williams sends Rangers crashing out as Athletic stay on course for Bilbao
Rangers’ resistance lasted for over two hours and then a briefer rebellion brought hope that they could do something truly extraordinary but reaching the semi-final of the Europa League was a step too far. Instead, it is Athletic Club of Bilbao, hosts of this year’s final and still searching for a first continental trophy in…
Solanke keeps cool from spot to send Spurs through to Europa League semi-finals
Maybe Ange Postecoglou’s luck has finally turned? Having complained that the football gods were against him last week, Dominic Solanke’s penalty after an intervention from the video assistant referee – another of the Tottenham manager’s pet peeves – was enough to seal progress to the semi-finals of the Europa League. Postecoglou may have regretted his decision to…