The championship leader remains on course to wrap up the title in style but was pushed hard during the 30-minute qualifying session at the re-profiled Yas Marina Circuit. It appeared FIA Formula 3 runner-up Doohan was set to secure an eye-opening pole before Piastri fired in a 1m35.077s with his final effort to claim the…
Ben White produced a Man of the Match performance as Arsenal secured a hard-fought draw against Liverpool in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final. Eyebrows were raised when the Gunners paid Brighton £50million for White last summer, but he’s already starting to justify that price tag. The England international has helped shore up…
Date published: Thursday 13th January 2022 10:43 – Lewis Oldham Jurgen Klopp has admitted that his Liverpool side were “not good enough” against Arsenal as their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg finished goalless. The delayed Carabao Cup semi-final first leg took place at Anfield on Thursday. Liverpool were without the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sadio…
While the usual critics still see “a softness” about Arsenal, they proved their edge in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Liverpool. “There is a softness,” said Roy Keane, scoffing at the mere suggestion that Arsenal might actually be quite good. An improved performance against Manchester City did nothing to weaken his contrarian stance.…
Mikel Arteta praised his Arsenal players as they showed “fight” to hang on to draw versus Liverpool in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. Arteta would have been keen to get a response from his side against Liverpool. This was their first game since Nottm Forest knocked them out of the FA Cup.…
Arthur Melo is rumoured to be on his way to the Emirates to join Arsenal on loan for the rest of the 2021-22 season. The Brazilian midfielder has found himself short of game time at Juventus and is seen as a quality solution to Arsenal’s short numbers in midfield. The 25-year-old, who previously played for…
It has probably bypassed much of the English football consciousness, but quietly a revolution of sorts has been happening in Scotland at Celtic. They now have four Japanese players on their books. This is because coach Ange Postecoglou came to Celtic from managing in the J-League with Yokohama F. Marinos, where he won the title…
Date published: Thursday 13th January 2022 2:31 – Tim Ellis Marcus Rashford is ‘not sulking’. Nor are we. Well, not until Blue Monday next week at least. Who can up their game in 2022? 1) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) The whispers that he’s not the same ever since Jordan Pickford’s ahem – body blow –…
The Briton will enter his fourth F1 title decider in Abu Dhabi in Sunday’s race at Yas Marina, following the 2010 event that ended with Sebastian Vettel’s first championship triumph in a four-way scrap against Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Hamilton, then in 2014 and 2016 Hamilton and Rosberg had to-the-wire title battles decided at…
Several drivers were summoned to see the stewards for impeding rivals after they were seen running slowly at the end of Q2 as they tried to find a slot to set a flying lap as track conditions continued to improve. Alpine driver Alonso was impeded by the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo, one of the drivers…
