The honeymoon period is now over and reality has dawned. Pep Guardiola started out with a 10-match winning streak. Manchester City are winless in the last four. On Sunday, if they don’t snap the streak against Southampton, it will equal Pep’s worst. The last time this happened was over seven years ago. City have their defensive frailties, but things are not as bad as it looks for the Blues. Make no mistake, leaking four goals at the back is lousy. Eyebrows were raised by Sergio Agüero’s omission. But Manchester City sans the Argentine is still a strong team. I actually liked Guardiola’s approach in starting without his star striker. It wasn’t defensive. Purely tactical — he wanted an extra man in the middle
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Fan Blog: Jurgen Klopp – The Messiah At Anfield
It’s been a year since Jürgen Klopp walked through the Shankly Gates. The ‘Normal One’ has returned the feel good factor at Anfield First, let me say this is a fan boy homage. If you still want to read, go ahead, have a go. I hope you do. I’d love to say he’s changed things by sprinkling magic dust but it really is very simple — good communication, good collaboration, good energy and good spirit. He’s an easy character to deal with. There’s no agenda and no ego — that’s not what the guy is about. It is normal dealing with him. Whether you’re a steward in the tunnel at Anfield or the CEO, he’s the same with everyone — Ian Ayre, CEO It’s never easy for a foreign coach
Sam Allardyce’s England reign could be in tatters after just ONE game following undercover investigation
The Telegraph just published a massive exclusive showing Sam Allardyce meeting with foreign businessmen, using his position as England manager to negotiate a lucrative consulting gig and indirectly advise them on circumventing FA regulations. During the meeting, which was recorded by undercover reporters posing as investors, Allardyce discussed Football Association rules and regulations concerning player transfers and how one might get around them in order to make more money. Allardyce mocking Roy Hodgson's voice and criticize Neville The meeting took place after Allardyce was appointed the new England manager in the wake of Roy Hodgson’s resignation, but before he held his first training session with the squad earlier this month. Allardyce flew to Hong Kong and Singapore to meet with men he believed
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UEFA announce major changes to Champions League format
UEFA ring the changes ahead of 2018-19 Champions League campaign as four sides from England, Spain and Germany will secure automatic spot. At the moment, the Premier League and La Liga are awarded with four places each in the Champions League, whilst Italy and Germany are allowed three. However, the latter two divisions only get two guaranteed teams qualifying, with the third side having to go into the group stages via a play-off. That has now changed with the top four teams from the four highest-ranked leagues will entering the Champions League group stage from 2018. As a result of the changes, Italy, England, Spain and Germany will have half of all Champions League group places (16/32). Following are some of the other change
Champions League Group Stage Draw Information
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place on Thursday at 10 pm Sri Lankan Time, streamed live on https://eplsl.com/live/ & telecast on Ten 2. Following are the teams that are qualified for the Group stage and the pot they will be in tonight's draw. Draw procedure No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure to be confirmed before the ceremony. Following a decision by the UEFA Executive Committee, Ukrainian and Russian teams cannot be drawn against each other. The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League. The draw ceremony includes the vote for and presentation of the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Awards for
Star Sports Select HD & Satellite service providers in Sri Lanka
As you guys all know Star Sports Network will only telecast Premier League from November in their 2 new HD channels Star Sport Select HD 1 & Star Sport Select HD 2. Earlier these 2 channels were available only on Airtel DTH & Tata Sky satellite service. So we contacted the other Satellite service providers and requested them to add those two channels and these are the responses we got from them. Now little by little the other service providers are adding this channel as well Dialog TV As you know we contacted Dialog TV through facebook & twitter requesting to add these channels and this is the response we got from them. And today 17th September they have added Star Select HD 2 to their
Fantasy Premier League Tips & Tricks
Full Disclosure this article is a compilation of Tips & tricks by various FPL tips sites and we compiled the most important ones to make your job easy to pick the right team. Most usual Tactics used is either 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 of course depending on gameweek we can go with other tactics, but in general we start with 3 at the back. This is because defenders often score far less over the course of the season than mid/forward players, but if done right they can be a reliable source of points over the season, for cheap. How to Pick the Goalkeepers There are two main schools of thought when selecting your keepers, you either go for: 'Pick and Forget strategy' – a heavy
Premier League TV Guide
Saturday, 13 August 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Premier League 2016/17: Hull City vs. Leicester City [LIVE on Star Sports 4 & Star Sports HD 4] 7:20 PM - 9:30 PM: Premier League 2016/17: Everton vs. Tottenham Hotspur [LIVE on Star Sports 4 & Star Sports HD 4] 9:50 PM - 12:00 AM: Premier League 2016/17: Manchester City vs. Sunderland [LIVE on Star Sports 4 & Star Sports HD 4] Sunday, 14 August 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Premier League 2016/17: Bournemouth vs. Manchester United [LIVE on Star Sports 4 & Star Sports HD 4] 8:15 PM - 10:30 PM: Premier League 2016/17: Arsenal vs. Liverpool [LIVE on Star Sports 4 & Star Sports HD 4] Tuesday, 16 August 12:15 AM - 2:15 AM: Premier League 2016/17: Chelsea
Manchester United 2 Leicester City 1 Sri Lankan Social Media reaction
Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a late debut goal to secure a 2-1 victory for Manchester United against Premier League champions Leicester in the Community Shield. Here's how the Sri Lankan social media fans reacted during the match. It was Jesse Lingard who started off the account for Man Utd Jesse loves Wembley ! Jose loved it ! — Chrishan Aloysious (@shan_ca7) August 7, 2016 Some fans thought that goal was Messi-esque Lionel Lingard! Take a bow ? ? ? — Amzer (@theMUFCfan) August 7, 2016 followed by a typical Messi tax joke I hope he pays his taxes. — Amzer (@theMUFCfan) August 7, 2016 Some thought that goal should've been stopped if only..... Kante would have never allowed lingard to go through that midfield and defense that easily — Nishi (@nishika234) August 7,