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Arsenal FC heads to Liverpool tomorrow in a blockbuster match that features the only two sides that are perfect on the young Premier League season. By the final whistle there will be only one; or zero if they end up in stalemate.
Anyway, here is everything you need to know heading into this massive fixture, and we start with the press conference today from Arsenal manager Unai Emery, embedded via YouTube:
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Liverpool currently sit atop the table in the Premier League, with their opponents on Saturday, Arsenal, right behind them in second place. It’s a match-up of the only two teams in the Premier League to win both of their games this young season.
In order to make it three wins from three matches, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp would be best served by not tweaking his lineup too much. The German should, and likely will, leave the same attack and back line in place from the win at Southampton last weekend.
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Arsenal visits Liverpool for the only all-big six clash in the Premier League this weekend. It’s also an early season clash of the titans, as it features the teams that are currently first and second in the table. With the Gunners’ visit to Anfield being the headliner of PL match day three, let’s run through all the news you can use for this match.
We’ll add video of the manager press conferences after they take place tomorrow.
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Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku had been taking subtle swipes at his former employer, Manchester United, softly sparking a flame to the bridge behind him. Then Big Rom went on the LightHearted podcast, and absolutely dropped a nuclear bomb on that bridge.
Lukaku said that he, along with fellow forward Alexis Sanchez and midfielder Paul Pogba, were unjustly scapegoated for United’s inability to get results.
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Is there a man in football in bigger need of a win right now than Chelsea FC manager Frank Lampard? Is there any individual footballer in need of a massive individual performance than Christian Pulisic- the only major signing Chelsea was able to make in 2019?
Life after Eden Hazard has proven to be as hard and the most pessimistic Blues fans have imagined. There is certainly some degree of panic in the Chelsea supporter base right now, both over Lampard/the general direction of the club and whether Pulisic will reach his potential or not with the Blues. The good news for Chelsea is they are heavily favored in their next match, a league road clash at Norwich City.
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It’s the fourth match of the season for Chelsea FC, but they’re still looking for win number one. Up next is a trip to Carrow Road, where they’ll face newly promoted Norwich City. It’s as good an opportunity as any to finally break into the win column.
There’s a lot of heat on both manager Frank Lampard and $73 million January signing Christian Pulisic. Right now some Blues supporters are wondering if Lampard might actually regress the club back to the pre-Roman Abramovich era. There is also concern over whether Pulisic will ever live up to the hype or not.
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Happy 2019 Notre Dame football Media Day everyone! This year brought a new format for media availability, and with that, we must adjust when it comes to our coverage. Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly led off the day, as is tradition, with his press conference in the auditorium at The Gug.
After that, things were switched up in regards to assistant coach media availability, as all ten full time assistants came to the podium after Brian Kelly. Each individual coach was then given a ten minute Q&A with the assembled media. So we’ll run through the news, notes and notable quotables from the day in two parts.
Happy 2019 Notre Dame football Media Day everyone! This year brought a new format for media availability, and with that, we must adjust when it comes to our coverage. Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly led off the day, as is tradition, with his press conference in the auditorium at The Gug.
After that, things were switched up in regards to assistant coach media availability, as all ten full time assistants came to the podium after Brian Kelly. Each individual coach was then given a ten minute Q&A with the assembled media. So we’ll run through the news, notes and notable quotables from the day in two parts.
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The summer transfer window is closed in England, but it remains open in most of Europe, and today brings a couple of United related transfer narratives to report and dissect.
Borussia Dortmund have given a big raise to long term United target Jadon Sancho, there is still a question mark hanging over the future of Paul Pogba, and what about Alexis Sanchez leaving for Inter Milan this transfer window? Who (if they’re available on a free) will replace him if he does?
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Yesterday, Manchester United issued a club statement denouncing the racist abuse against midfielder Paul Pogba that has transpired on social media.
Today, a Twitter spokesman released the following statement, outlining their plans to meet with both United and the United Kingdom based organization focused on driving discrimination out of the beautiful game, Kick It Out:
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To me, the most interesting aspect of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is what passes as “the steroids wing.” The entire steroids era, from approximately the mid 1990s to the early 2010s is covered by just one display case, which focuses on artifacts relating to PEDs or performance enhancing drugs.
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It took some time, but Arsenal FC finally got moving this past summer transfer window when they made their first signing in the middle-to-late portion of it.
They addressed their biggest issue, the back line, in the 11th hour of the transfer window. Arsenal made a lot of acquisitions and spent some money, but they didn’t do most of it until after the supporter backlash against the direction of the club hit a fever pitch.
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