Tag: 2017-2018 season

  • Champions League Final – Real Madrid vs Liverpool, 5 Moments We Won’t Forget

    Champions League Final – Real Madrid vs Liverpool, 5 Moments We Won’t Forget

    With a 3-1 win, Real Madrid capture the 13th Champions League/European Cup trophy (and 3rd in a row), beating Liverpool in a final that will be remembered for Sergio Ramos injuring Mohamed Salah, Loris Karius making unforgivable mistakes and Gareth Bale epitomizing the term ‘Super Sub’.

  • Manchester United: A Weird, Trophyless Season

    Manchester United: A Weird, Trophyless Season

    Manchester United and Jose Mourinho finish the 2017-2018 season with nothing to boast about after losing 1-0 in the FA Cup final to Chelsea.

  • Ranking Liverpool FC Priorities for the Next Few Months

    Ranking Liverpool FC Priorities for the Next Few Months

    As the 2017-2018 Premier League season comes to an end for Liverpool with a top 4 spot guaranteed, Mohamed Salah setting new scoring records and a Champions League final awaiting, it’s a good opportunity to review the club’s main priorities for the coming months, including that match at the end of May against Real Madrid.

  • Champions League: Liverpool Crush Roma 5-2; Oddly Feel it’s not Enough

    Champions League: Liverpool Crush Roma 5-2; Oddly Feel it’s not Enough

    Because of what Roma did in the quarterfinals against Barcelona, a 5-2 win by Liverpool felt slightly disappointing, and the Anfield celebrations at the end of the first leg in the Champions League semi final clash felt a bit subdued.

  • Napoli, Koulibaly Beat Juventus to Open Up Serie A Championship Race

    Napoli, Koulibaly Beat Juventus to Open Up Serie A Championship Race

    A week ago, Juventus had a 6 point lead and looked like a comfortable Serie A winner again. But dropped points at Crotone while Napoli managed a massive comeback of their own resulted in a massive match at Juve’s stadium which surprisingly, ended in a 1-0 win for the visitors from the South thanks to a 90th minute header by Kalidou Koulibaly.

  • Despite Manchester City Championship, Pep Guardiola Still Has Plenty to Prove

    Despite Manchester City Championship, Pep Guardiola Still Has Plenty to Prove

    There’s always something a tad anti-climatic about winning the league championship without actually being on the field to do it. Manchester United losing to West Brom clinched the Premier League title for Manchester City, their third in the EPL era, fifth overall and the first in the Pep Guardiola regime. And still, the disappointing finish to their Champions League campaign leaves an aftertaste of bitterness amidst the sweetness of the champagne.

  • Jose Mourinho Preparing His Potential Manchester United Exit

    Jose Mourinho Preparing His Potential Manchester United Exit

    Always a divisive figure, Jose Mourinho in 2018, en route to complete his second season as the manager of Manchester United, is becoming more and more known as a sideline figure that can’t keep its mouth shut instead of a successful coach gobbling up every title in its path.

  • The Mohamed Salah Show (Liverpool vs Watford)

    The Mohamed Salah Show (Liverpool vs Watford)

    Originally, this was supposed to be an article about the best goal of the weekend. But Mohamed Salah kept scoring, finishing with 4 goals and 1 assist in the 5-0 thrashing of Watford by Liverpool on a snowy Anfield pitch. So it became an appreciation post to the man fans nickname and sing to ‘Egyptian King’.

  • Premier League: Conte & Wenger Daring Chelsea & Arsenal to Sack Them

    Premier League: Conte & Wenger Daring Chelsea & Arsenal to Sack Them

    With a 1-0 loss to Manchester City, Chelsea burrow even deeper in disappointing fifth place, making Antonio Conte’s future with the club murkier than ever before. Meanwhile, way below at sixth, Arsenal and Arsene Wenger continue to lose, making the frenchman’s attachment to the job seem more and more delusional.

  • Mohamed Salah With a Fitting Finish to 2017

    Mohamed Salah With a Fitting Finish to 2017

    Mohamed Salah has only been at Liverpool for five months, but he’s certainly the most influential player the club has had this year, as his brace helped the club beat Leicester 2-1 to finish 2017 on a 12-match unbeaten run, while advancing to the Champions League round of 16 for the first time in 9 years and firmly in the chase for one of the top 4 spots in the Premier League.