The Fußball Chatter

Spurs so far this season have been quite disappointing if not very underwhelming. They sit in 9th position in the Premier League table after eight with over 11 points, four points away from the relegation zone and fifteen points away from leaders Liverpool. Though it is unlikely that they will finish mid-table at the end of the season, their form doesn't give any sign of encouragement and has been since the start of the calendar year. Mauricio Pochettino stated that if he would leave Spurs after potentially winning the Champions League after leading Spurs to the Final. They eventually lost the game 2-0 to Liverpool and while it was a remarkable achievement for Spurs to reach the Final, that was the highest ceiling Poch could take with that Spurs team, particularly after a poor end to the 2018/19 season were they narrowly made it into the top four. Their performances so far this season haven't been great to say this is just a blip. Aside from a strong display against Cry...

Wolves Leave City Stunned It may be early days in the season so far but Wolves have given City a big blow to the title aspirations this season, winning the game 2-0 at the Etihad on Sunday as City remain eight points behind Liverpool going into the international break after eight games. The away side did well to limit the amount of chances City got in the first half whilst having chances of their own with Patrick Cutrone and Raul Jiménez unable to capitalize whenever Wolves were on the counter attack. The defending champions had the majority of possession but were still unable to break Wolves' defence with their best chance coming from a free kick by David Silva that hit the crossbar. Nuno's approach to the game paid off in the 80th minute when Jiménez went past Otamendi and laid it off for Adama Traore who finished it past Ederson. With City pushing a lot of players to find an equalizer, they were caught out again in the 90th minute, with Jiménez laying it for Traore a...

The Serge is Cooking Serge Gnabry returned to North London but to face Spurs and possibly the beat performance of matchday 2, scoring four goals as Bayern hammered Tottenham 7-2 to continue their fine start to the season on Tuesday. It was the biggest clash in Group B and things started well for Spurs when Son Heung-Min put the hosts in front twelve minutes in but after three minutes,  Joshua Kimmich scored a screamer from 25 yards to level. At the stroke of halftime, Robert Lewandowski scored to give Bayern the at the break. Bayern took control in the second half as Gnabry scored twice in two minutes making the score 4-1. Harry Kane scored from the penalty spot after Spurs were awarded a penalty, giving the hosts some hope. It proved nothing more than a consolidation goal as Bayern scored three more goals with Lewandowski scoring one and Gnabry getting two more goals. A pulsating performance from the Bavarians and Gnabry but now more problems and questions for Spurs after a ...

Five Star Leicester Leicester City showed their credentials of breaking into the top six this season after a great performance against Newcastle United at the King Power Stadium in Sunday where the Foxes won 5-0. Leicester were without James Maddison who was out due to injury. Ricardo Pereira opened the scoring for the hosts in the 16th minute then two minutes before halftime, Newcastle were down to ten men after Isaac Hayden received a red card for a rash challenge on Dennis Praet. Things went from bad to worse in the second half for the Magpies. Jamie Vardy scored twice in the second half with Paul Dummett scoring an own goal as well. Late in the 90th minute, Wilfred Ndidi put the icing on the cake scoring the fifth goal giving Leicester a resounding win as they go third on the table, with a trip to Anfield next week. No goals in Madrid Derby Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid shared the points on Saturday after a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano. The derby was qui...

Liverpool get 2-1 win at the Bridge  Liverpool remain perfect in the Premier League so far this season as they got a 2-1 victory against Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge. Both sides were looking to bounce back from midweek defeats in the Champions League, and it was the Reds that took the initiative in the first half as they went in front from Trent Alexander-Arnold who scored a stunning free-kick. Chelsea thought they equalized from César Azpilicueta but was ruled out for offside by VAR. Few minutes later, Roberto Firmino scored Liverpool's second from another set piece. Chelsea upped their game in the second half, putting pressure on Liverpool and their belief grew more when N'golo Kante scored a lovely goal to get Chelsea back in the game. Chances from Michy Batshuayi and Mason Mount could have given the Blues a point but Liverpool held on for their 15th consecutive win in the Premier League while Chelsea still wait for a first victory for Frank Lampard at St...

The Champions League is back with the first round of group stage games already completed with more to come. It may be early days but here are the five things from Matchday 1. Deja Vu in Naples for Liverpool  Last season, Liverpool visited Napoli at the San Paolo and were second best, losing the game 1-0. This time, they arrived at Naples as European champions as they started off their title defence with a 2-0 defeat with goals from Dries Mertens and Fernando Llorente on Tuesday. Both Napoli and Liverpool had chances in the game to score but Liverpool lacked the final touch and Napoli was kept out by Adrian, who made a fantastic save to keep the score level. Things went in Napoli's were awarded a penalty when José Callejón was brought down by Andy Robertson. Mertens netted the spot kick despite Adrian getting a hand to it as Napoli got the lead with eight minutes left to play. A rare error from Virgil van Dijk was capitalized by Fernando Llorente who scored the second go...

The UEFA Champions League is back with the first group games happening tonight. There are players who we will be looking out for this season from how they can make an impact at their new club or someone who's going to burst in the scene. How are the five players to watch this UCL season. João Félix  Atlético Madrid splashed the cash over the summer but raised a few eyebrows when they signed 19 year old João Félix from Benfica for €126m and whether the jump up was too soon. However, Félix looks at home at Atléti, continuing the work he did at Benfica. Last season, he scored 15 goals and 7 assists in the Primeira Liga Nos as well as becoming the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt. 2.3 shots per game and 1 key pass per game in the Europa League last season, Félix is the new face of Atlético Madrid as the Rojiblancos start life after Griezmann. Kai Havertz  Kai Havertz is one of the brightest young play...