Arsenal 0 Manchester City 3: Iwobi Subbed In; Argentina Stars Aguero & Otamendi Shine
Published: February 25, 2018
Manchester City won their first English topflight domestic honours after beating Arsenal 3-0 in the final of the Carabao Cup at Wembley on Sunday evening.Nigeria winger Alex Iwobi was named on the bench, while Argentina duo Sergio Aguero and Nicolás Otamendi started in attack and defense respectively for City.Arsenal ...
Liverpool Loanee Awoniyi On Target In Eight-Goal Thriller In Belgium
Published: February 25, 2018
Royal Excel Mouscron came into this afternoon's Belgian First Division A tie at Anderlecht knowing they had to get a result to improve their chances of avoiding relegation.But after an hour at the Stade Constant Vanden Stock (Bruxelles), it was thought the game had already ended as a contest with the visitors trailing ...
Manchester United 2 Chelsea 1 : Victor Moses Impresses In First Half
Published: February 25, 2018
Manchester United rallied back to a 2-1 comeback win over Chelsea in their Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, with Jesse Lingard scoring the decisive goal for the hosts.Super Eagles Victor Moses started the encounter for the Blues as the Blues recorded their seventh loss in the Premier League thi...
(Photo) Super Eagles GK Trainer Begins Work With Francis Uzoho In Spain
Published: February 25, 2018
Super Eagles' Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has dispatched one of the team's goalkeeper trainers, Pionetti Enrico to Spain to do some work with young goalkeeper Francis Uzoho ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.Enrico, who came into the Nigeria senior team's mix ahead of the B squad's 2018 African Nations Champion...
Super Eagles Improved Defender Ebuehi Makes Man Utd Target Kluivert Look Ordinary
Published: February 25, 2018
Super Eagles defender Tyronne Ebuehi was impressive for ADO Den Haag in their goalless draw against Ajax Amsterdam in an Eredivisie clash on Sunday afternoon.The pre-match talk centered around Ebuehi's individual duel with the highly-coveted 18-year-old Ajax left winger Justin Kluivert, who is on the wishlist of Manche...
FC Midtjylland's Goalscoring Version Of N'Golo Kante Receives First Career Red Card
Published: February 25, 2018
Young Nigerian midfielder Frank Onyeka received the first red card of his career in FC Midtjylland's 2-1 win at Hobro in the Danish Super Liga on Sunday, February 25.Prior to today's game at DS Arena, Onyeka had seen his profile rise with two goals in his last two games in the division against AC Horsens and FC Copenha...
Man Utd Provisional Squad Vs Chelsea Revealed, Nigerian Duo Omitted Despite Injuries
Published: February 25, 2018
Nigerian duo Tosin Kehinde and Matthew Olosunde will not make their first-team debuts for Manchester United in the eagerly anticipated clash against Chelsea at Old Trafford this afternoon.Fresh reports out of England confirm that the two 19-year-olds have not been named to United's provisional roster for the match day ...
Why Gent's Samuel Kalu Should Be The Lukman Haruna Selection In Nigeria's World Cup Squad
Published: February 25, 2018
Gent young sensation Samuel Kalu deserves a spot on Nigeria's World Cup roster and it would make sense for Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr to hand him a call-up to the national team ahead of this summer's football festival in Russia.In Nigeria's last three appearances at the World Cup, the coaches have reserved a spec...
Man City Coach Guardiola : I Wanted To Play For Arsenal, Wenger Refused To Sign Me
Published: February 25, 2018
Ahead of Sunday's League Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at the National Stadium in London, The Citizens manager Pep Guardiola has revealed that he wanted to play for the Gunners during his playing career but Arsene Wenger passed up the opportunity to sign him.The Frenchman was visited by Guardiola but th...
Checking On The Progress Of Super Eagles Stars 22 Days Before They Begin Training For Poland
Published: February 25, 2018
With the Super Eagles Poland/Serbia friendlies just around the corner, the first against the Robert Lewandowski-led White and Reds of which comes up in less than 26 days time, allnigeriasoccer.com has brought up a quick-check on the national teamers and how they had fared for their respective club sides during the acti...
Nigerian Defender, Labelled The New Dani Alves, Showing His Versatility For Man Utd
Published: February 25, 2018
In a tumultuous campaign which has been riddled with inefficiency on the part of Manchester United's U23 team, it is worth noting that American-born Nigerian defensive stalwart, Matthew Olosunde has stood out as one of the shininglights for the young Red Devils in an otherwise dismal campaign.After 17 games, Manchester...
England Youth-Teamer Of Nigerian Descent Named In Man City Provisional Squad Vs Arsenal
Published: February 24, 2018
England youth international Lukas Nmecha was in Manchester City's traveling party to London on Saturday ahead of tomorrow's Carabao Cup final against Arsenal.The prolific youth-team striker was promoted to City's first-team squad by manager Pep Guardiola after the club missed out on the signature of Riyad Mahrez at the...
Nigerian Exports: Goals For Gold, Shola Ameobi, Asoro, Okenabirhie, Daniel Udoh & Odubade
Published: February 24, 2018
A round-up of Nigerian players who scored for their respective English clubs in league matches on Saturday, February 24th.Joel Asoro showed off his goalscoring qualities at the Stadium of Light, combining with Joshua Maja to open the floodgates after 11 minutes in their 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough in the English Champi...
EPL Wrap: Ndidi Hits Woodwork Again; Iheanacho Features; Abraham & Solanke Subs; Obafemi Not In 18
Published: February 24, 2018
A round-up of Nigerian players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, February 24.Nigerian players with dual nationalities and have played competitively for the senior national teams of other countries have been omitted.In the lunchtime kick-off at the King Power Stadi...
Ex-Chelsea Star Mikel Obi To Messi, Pique, Iniesta & Co: Remember April 24, 2012
Published: February 24, 2018
Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel is backing Chelsea to progress to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League despite Barcelona holding the Premier League champions to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.Chelsea have found themselves in a similar situation before, during the 2011-2012 season when Mikel put in a full shift as the L...