Ligament injury Rules Shrewsbury Town Nigerian Captain Out Of EFL Trophy Final
Published: April 08, 2018
Shrewsbury Town's Nigerian captain Abu Ogogo was missing from the match day squad as The Blues narrowly lost 1-0 to Lincoln City in the final of the EFL Trophy staged at Wembley on Sunday, April 8.The former Arsenal youth-teamer suffered a medial ligament injury in training few days before the showpiece game and initia...
Excellent Iwobi Gets Top Marks As Arsenal Equal 60-Year Record
Published: April 08, 2018
Nigeria winger Alex Iwobi was splendid in Arsenal's hard fought 3-2 win over Southampton at the Emirates Stadium Sunday afternoon and consequently received massive plaudits from the English media.Iwobi assisted Danny Welbeck's well taken goals on Sunday afternoon and will be boosted by his contributions as the Gunners ...
Chelsea's Top Tackler Moses Praised For Defensive Showing Vs West Ham
Published: April 08, 2018
Victor Moses was rated average as Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday in the Premier League.Cesar Azpilicueta opened the scoring for the hosts in the 36th minute after combining with Alvaro Morata, but Chelsea were denied three points after Javier Hernandez netted an equalizer three...
Arsenal Vs Southampton: Iwobi The Most Creative Player On The Pitch
Published: April 08, 2018
Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi was the joint most creative player on the Emirates Stadium turf in Arsenal's 3-2 win over Southampton on Sunday afternoon, based on the key passes he made.Including the Nigerian, there were three players that finished the game with three key passes, the others being Egypt star Mohamed Elnen...
Manchester United Boss Mourinho Says Either Pep Guardiola Or Pogba's Agent Is A Liar
Published: April 08, 2018
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has reacted to the ongoing feud between Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola and Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola.In the days leading up to the Manchester derby, Guardiola claimed that he was offered the chance to sign Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitarayan from Manchester United in the...
Nigerian-Australian Striker Ben Folami Making Inroads At The Blues
Published: April 08, 2018
Australian-born Nigerian teenager Ben Folami is inching closer to being fully promoted to Ipswich Town's first-team ahead of next season.The Blues manager Mick McCarthy named the striker in the match day squad in their 1-0 loss to Brentford in the Championship on Saturday but was a non-playing substitute.Folami has mad...
Leicester City Boss Still Complaining About Ndidi Red Card
Published: April 08, 2018
Leicester City boss Claude Puel is still complaining about the red card given to Wilfred Ndidi in the penultimate round of matches at Brighton & Hove that saw him banned for two games by the English FA.The Foxes hopes of qualifying for next season's Europa League are in jeopardy after losing 2-1 to Newcastle United at ...
Four Defensive Stats That Show How Good Ola Aina Is As Hull City Thrash QPR
Published: April 07, 2018
Hull City secured an emphatic 4-0 win over Queens Park Rangers on game week 41 in the EFL Championship on Saturday afternoon, with versatile Nigeria international Ola Aina impressing yet again for the Tigers.Goals from Harry Wilson, Alex Smithies (OG), Kamil Grosicki and Abel Hernandez sealed a comfortable win for Hull...
EPL Wrap: Iheanacho Bench; Billing Hits Milestone; Ibe Ill; Solanke Goes 90; Abraham Scores; Kehinde Missing
Published: April 07, 2018
A round-up of Nigerian players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, 7th April.Nigerian players with dual nationalities that have played competitively for the senior national teams of other countries have been omitted.In the early kick off, Everton and Liverpool playe...
Club Legend Nicky Butt Says Kehinde Will Not Make It At Manchester United If....
Published: April 07, 2018
Manchester United legend Nicky Butt does not see Nigerian midfielder Tosin Kehinde and other U23 players making it at the Red Devils if they do not force their way into the first team by the time they clock 21.This is a rude awakening to Kehinde and Matthew Olosunde as both players are yet to figure for the first team ...
Timmy Abraham, Olayinka Score But Fulham, Arsenal Lose In U18PL
Published: April 07, 2018
Tammy Abraham's younger brother, Timmy, was on target for Fulham but his goal was not enough as the Cottagers lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur on game week 20 in the U18 Premier League on Saturday.Fulham were in front in the sixth minute as the former Charlton Athletic striker hit a shot into the bottom right corner.Shash...
Goals From Nigerian Midfielders Put Chelsea On Brink Of Retaining Title
Published: April 07, 2018
Chelsea will retain the U18 Premier League title Southern section if they claim a point at West Ham next weekend after thrashing Southampton 4-0 at Cobham Training Centre on Saturday afternoon.While Tariq Uwakwe and Faustino Anjorin started for the defending champions, Michael Obafemi and Jonathan Afolabi started in at...
Kehinde Features In Manchester United's Dominant 4-0 Win Vs Sunderland
Published: April 07, 2018
Tosin Kehinde made an appearance off the bench as Manchester United U23s thrashed Sunderland in a Premier League 2 encounter at Old Trafford on Friday evening.Before the game the Red Devils knew they had to beat the Black Cats to avoid the drop and Ricky Sbragia's side emphatically underlined their complete dominance o...
Young Nigerian Striker Nets Injury Time Equalizer To Deny Liverpool Win PL2
Published: April 06, 2018
Arsenal and Liverpool played out an enthralling 1-1 draw in the Premier League 2 at the Prenton Park on Friday evening, with Folarin Balogun's late effort for the young Gunners ensuring the share of spoils.As many as four Nigerian youngsters were in action for Arsenal in the clash, with all of Tolaji Bola, Joseph Olowu...
Leboeuf Accuses Super Eagles Winger Moses, Other Chelsea Stars of Undermining Conte
Published: April 06, 2018
Chelsea right wingback Victor Moses and his club teammates have come under scathing criticism from former defender Frank Leboeuf who believes the players may be playing poorly in order to have manager Antonio Conte sacked.Leboeuf who is now an actor after retiring from football bared his mind to SFR Sport ahead of the ...