Even from the couch, Wednesday’s Champions League match between Manchester City and Real Madrid looked like an event. There was a lot at stake and so was the quality of …
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Arsenal looked afraid to win as hope gave way to fear, writes IAN LADYMAN as Aston Villa’s 2-0 win in north London leaves Man City top
by Alexanderby AlexanderThe really worrying thing about this for Arsenal, what will have kept their fans awake last night, is that Mikel Arteta’s team suddenly seemed afraid of winning. The teams play …
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IAN LADYMAN: Manchester United are shamefully poor… and Liverpool STILL can’t beat them
by Alexanderby AlexanderThe final action of another notable match between English football’s fiercest rivals was a shot by Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott that was saved by Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana. Two minutes …
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How Kobbie Mainoo is fulfilling the ‘Paul Scholes thesis’: Man United’s 18-year-old will start for England at the Euros if Gareth Southgate picks based on form, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderIt is more than a season and a half since Paul Scholes watched another tame performance from Manchester United and took to social media to express his frustrations. “Midfielders, when …
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Ange Postecoglou took on ‘plastic fans’ trolls – and tore them to shreds, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderIt hasn’t been a particularly good week for football’s traditional paying customers. A VAR delay of almost six minutes at West Ham, price hikes at Manchester City, OAP concessions removed …
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Stressed, adrenaline pumping and still soaked in sweat. It’s no wonder Jurgen Klopp blew his top, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderOne of the most revealing half hours spent on this craft was spent alone in the company of Sir Alex Ferguson. The circumstances are not particularly important but the subject …
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‘Why can’t the Premier League treat paying fans like grown ups? We were all stood around like LEMONS!’: Lee Clayton, Ian Ladyman and Chris Sutton debate ‘ridiculous’ 5 min 37 sec West Ham VAR check on It’s All Kicking Off
by Alexanderby AlexanderThe Premier League’s paying spectators are being left in the dark by ‘ridiculous’ and lengthy VAR checks, such as the benchmark of five minutes and 37 seconds during West Ham’s …
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IAN LADYMAN: Newcastle are a shadow of their former selves and it’s the manager’s job to fix it… keeping Eddie Howe would be the smart choice but could he survive a bottom-half finish? It would buck all modern trends if he did
by Alexanderby AlexanderHalf an hour after his ordeal in the rain in Manchester, Eddie Howe sat in a chair in a press conference room and it must have felt like a refuge. …
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As football chiefs get their snouts in the trough of the cash-spinning new Champions League, here’s what many at the top of the English game DON’T understand, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderOne of the most discouraging conversations of the season was with a Premier League club executive about plans for a 32-team summer Club World Cup that FIFA will launch with …
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‘Manchester United WILL beat Liverpool on Sunday’, says Ian Ladyman on It’s All Kicking Off… as he claims Erik ten Hag will be ‘FURIOUS with Denmark’s coaches’ for revealing Rasmus Hojlund could return
by Alexanderby AlexanderIan Ladyman has claimed that Manchester United will beat Liverpool this weekend in their decisive FA Cup quarter-final clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. Erik ten Hag’s side will host …