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Sections of Chelsea fans showed their anger towards manager Maurizio Sarri As Chelsea fell behind at Cardiff some fans started chanted 'f**k Sarri ball' Some supporters also suggested that the Italian does not know what he is doing Sarri hit back following the final whistle, after Chelsea had won the game 2-1 The miss allowed the Reds to regain their place at the top of the Premier League table as Toby Alderweireld put through his own goal in stoppage time. After the game, van Dijk went through his post-match interview commitments with an ice pack on his ankle. And Klopp insisted he doesn't know if his star man will miss any matches, Van Djik and I were 4/10 in the first half - de Ligt "We have to see," Klopp said. "I asked him and I think it was in the counter-attack situation when Sissoko hit him. I don’t know if he twisted it or it is a knock. “He was walking to the interviews with a big ice pack. I hope it’s nothing serious but I don’t know yet.”...

Jurgen Klopp has admitted he is unsure of how badly damaged Virgil van Dijk's ankle is. Centre back van Dijk appeared to hurt his right ankle as he attempted to tackle Moussa Sissoko as he ran clean through during Liverpool's victory over Tottenham on Sunday. Van Dijk's pressure on Sissoko forced the midfielder to smash over the top of the bar - which had he scored would have put Tottenham 2-1 ahead. The miss allowed the Reds to regain their place at the top of the Premier League table as Toby Alderweireld put through his own goal in stoppage time. After the game, van Dijk went through his post-match interview commitments with an ice pack on his ankle. And Klopp insisted he doesn't know if his star man will miss any matches, Van Djik and I were 4/10 in the first half - de Ligt "We have to see," Klopp said. "I asked him and I think it was in the counter-attack situation when Sissoko hit him. I don’t know if he twisted it or it is a knock. “He was ...

Following the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s (CCT) discharge of his no-case submission, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has indicated his resolve to challenge the tribunal’s ruling. He disclosed this in a notice of appeal on Friday shortly after the Tribunal ruling. Justice Onnoghen spoke through his lawyers led by Adegboyega Awomolo, stating that the tribunal erred in law when it dismissed the submissions, despite the evidence brought by the defence team, suggesting the invalidity of the case. He had accused the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) of failing to comply with its guiding laws in preparing and treating the charge against him. Onnoghen who is facing trial for alleged failure to declare his assets between 2005 and 2015, stated that the bank documents mentioned in the charge sheet as a “strange document,” which is not part of the case before the tribunal. Awomolo described the bank statement as a strange document because it is addressed to the Economic...

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has approved the posting of a new commissioner of police to Akwa Ibom State. The newly posted police commissioner, CP. Zaki Ahmed, who is the 27th commissioner of police in Akwa Ibom State, took over from CP Bashir Makama who has been redeployed to Ogun State. The command’s public relations officer DSP MacDon Ogbeche who disclosed this in a press statement issued over the weekend said CP. Zaki until his redeployment to Akwa Ibom state was the commissioner of police, Rivers State. Ogbeche in reeling out the CP’s profile said, “The Police Boss for the State holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Sociology from the Usman-Danfodio University, Sokoto and a Masters Degree in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (MLC) from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. “He was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988 and has served the Force in various capacities. Before his prese...

Since the dramatic 3-2 win over Southampton 27 days ago, Manchester United have knocked Paris Saint Germain out of the Champions League, lost away games to Arsenal and Wolves, and appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their permanent manager. Another development is that a number of players have injuries, the severity of which for the most part is unclear. Alexis Sanchez, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku, Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic and Matteo Darmian all have injuries of some kind. Marcus Rashford sustained a knock on international duty but is expected to recover in time. With that in mind, here is how we think Man United will line up against Watford at Old Trafford on Saturday. Solskjaer indicated after Southampton that playing Andreas Pereira – who scored and assisted in that game – at the tip of the midfield diamond, encouraging those bursts down the centre, could well be the position where the Brazilian is best suited. He was nothing short of explosive in that role. Combi...

Midfielders Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho, and defenders Vincent Kompany and Benjamin Mendy are back in training after spells on the sidelines while centre-backs Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones have overcome knocks. Utility player Fabian Delph is still out while goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (Achilles) is a long-term absentee. “Everybody came back fit - Fernandinho, Kevin, Vincent - yeah, everyone is okay,” Pep Guardiola said. Man City star Bernardo Silva HAILED by fans for what he did in training before Fulham game “Except Fabian Delph, the other people are fit. “Yeah [Mendy is fit]. Of course, he needs time but he has trained the last three days and his reaction is very good. “Hopefully he will play a big part. "We have 21 players. We have to compete with each other in positions.” USA defender Ream and Ivory Coast midfielder Seri have missed the majority of training this week due to the international break, and will now be assessed ahead of the Craven Cottage clash. Defen...

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, said the governor-elect of Adamawa State, Mr. Ahmadu Fintiri was a man, who appreciates the diversity of the people of the state. He said this in light of the declaration of the PDP governorship candidate, Fintiri, as the winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, stated that he is particularly delighted that the PDP was victorious in the governorship election in his home state. He States:"Congratulations to the man of our people,Governor-Elect Ahmadu Fintiri.The hope that our people in Adamawa repose in you is well Placed and i look forward to working with you to make our State great again".

Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur is the first fixture in the post-international break run-in for two teams who currently lead their respective races but can’t be confident of winning them just yet. Jürgen Klopp’s team are two points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the table, but have played a game more. Spurs currently lead the four team chase for two Champions League qualification spots, which is just as well as their league form has nosedived. In their last five games in all competitions, the Lilywhites have scored a total of four goals with Harry Kane bagging all of them. Only the European game at Dortmund has been won, so the return of Tottenham’s talisman hasn’t had a particularly positive effect upon their results. However, it is true to say that he has taken a higher proportion of Tottenham’s shots and amassed a greater proportion of their expected goal total than their top shooter (Son three times and Llorente once) did in the four league games he missed. Does Spurs’ a...

Team News Maurizio Sarri doesn’t have a fully fit team at his disposal but he does have all of his first-team stars full fit. Only Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Davide Zappacosta, Marco Van Ginkel and Ethan Ampadu are out injured long-term. Formation: 4-3-3 Manager: Maurizio Sarri Kepa Arrizabalga (GK) The Spaniard is the world’s most expensive goalkeeper and has made his mark in England despite his antics in the EFL Cup final. Cesar Azpilicueta (RB) Chelsea’s consistent man, the Spaniard has played every game so far for the Blues and should continue that trend. David Luiz (CB) While he was ousted under Antonio Conte, the Brazilian has become a permanent fixture under Sarri, with 28 appearances to his name. Antonio Rudiger (CB) The German international did play in the international break but despite that, he should keep his place in the starting line-up. Emerson (LB) While Marcos Alonso is the first choice, the Spaniard hasn’t impressed this season and thus, this might give Emerson a chanc...

Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for accusing him of borrowing from banks. According to Okorocha, the PDP should prove that he had debt with the said banks or "keep their mouth shut". Speaking through Sam Onwuemeodo, his Chief Press Secretary, Okorocha said his administration was not owing anyone. As such, he urged the people not to believe anything to the contrary as peddled by the PDP. A statement issued by Onwuemeodo read: “We have come up with this position because the PDP is synonymous with falsehood and propaganda. And even as a party, if they know any bank the government of Rochas Okorocha has borrowed one naira from, they should mention such bank and state the particulars of the transaction so that interested persons can verify or forever, they should keep their mouths shut. “Owing to Governor Okorocha’s monumental achievements, opponents of the administration have always erroneously concluded that he must ...

PDP warned that APC’s “thugs procured to reenact their Kano rigging template in the Thursday’s Governorship Supplementary election in Adamawa State, to note that they will be attempting to do so at their own peril.” A statement by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said “it has full details of how the APC has hired thugs and miscreants from other states with instructions to cause confusion, invade polling units, disrupt the electoral process, snatch ballot boxes, engage in ballot stuffing and assist the APC to allocate votes for its candidate, with the assistance of compromised INEC and security agents. “Our party has also been made aware of how the APC has cloned Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), which they plan to use to manipulate the process for their candidate.” PDP, however, cautioned APC and its “thugs to bear in mind that there is no way they can be allowed to repeat the evil they committed in Kano in Adamawa state.” The statement added: “Our field agents,...

Real Madrid's Belgian goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, has given an interview to El Transistor where he's talked about several subjects, starting from his return in Spain after four years spent at Chelsea: "I have nice memories and a particular affection for the Colchoneros and the fans. Going to Atlético was one of the best decisions I've taken in my life. I've improved a lot as a goalkeeper and had a great relationship with Simeone, he's had a huge impact on my career. I know there's a big rivalry between Madrid and Atlético. What made me angry during the derby is they threw a bottle at me, it came very close and could have hurt me. Differences between Real and Atlético? There's more pressure in Madrid, the fans are more exigent and I like it. You can't compare both stadiums. If you see Valdebebas though, you understand how big Real is. It's the best I've ever seen". A good friend of his could come join him soon, Eden Hazard: "He...

Thibaut Courtois has labelled Eden Hazard as one of the "best players in the world" and would like the Chelsea forward to join him at Real Madrid. Hazard's contract at Chelsea expires at the end of next season and he is yet to sign terms on an extension. Earlier this week, the Belgium captain denied reports he had agreed a five-year deal with Madrid ahead of a summer move to the Bernabeu. Courtois told Spanish radio station Onda Cero: "I don't know if he is going to sign for Real Madrid, nor do I know if the club want him. "For me, he is a great player, but I don't decide those things. "Each one decides what he does with his life. For me, he is one of the best in the world and as a friend I would like him to be here."

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has been linked with a summer move to Real Madrid by two different Spanish outlets. Mane has been one of Liverpool’s most important players this season, scoring 11 goals in his last 11 games and helping the Reds to reach the last eight of the Champions League and mount a title push. The Senegal international has earned admiring glances from Real Madrid in particular, with Zinedine Zidane planning a squad overhaul at the Bernabeu this summer. France Football recently claimed that there is concrete interest from Real in Mane, while fresh reports in Spain today in El Confidencial (via Sport Witness) that Mane ‘has been seduced’ by the idea of playing under Zidane at the Bernabeu.   Marca also admit that Mane could be tempted by Real but claim his ‘admiration’ for Jurgen Klopp ‘could stop his departure to any other destination’. The Spanish newspaper adds that ‘Zizou’s magnetism’ will have a big say as to whether Mane stays at Liverpool or joins...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, has threatened to boycott the supplementary governorship election in the state, if INEC insisted on conducting it on Thursday. The State Organising Secretary of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, made the party’s position known on Wednesday in Yola. Lawan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the party had rejected the Thursday date and communicated its position to the electoral body. NAN reports that INEC had announced Thursday for the supplementary election in 44 polling units. This followed the vacation of an interim injunction that stopped it from conducting the election last Saturday. “We are not going to participate in the election, if INEC is going to conduct it on Thursday. “I don’t know why INEC is rushing, as conducting this election on Thursday will disenfranchise many voters, particularly workers and students who need to go to work and schools,” Lawan said. However, the PDP Chairman in Adamawa, Mr Tahir Shehu...

The Presidential Election tribunal has granted the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to serve their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election, on President Muhammadu Buhari through substituted means. Specifically, the petitions are to be served on President Buhari through any senior officer of his political platform. The three-man panel which sat in a “pre-hearing session” of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal granted the request contained in the petitioners’ ex parte application. Granting the ex parte application, Justice Abdu Aboki, who led the panel and delivered the lead ruling, said, “it is in the interest of justice” to grant the prayers in the petitioners’ application. “Leave is hereby granted to the applicants to serve the second respondent to the petition (Buhari), through any senior official or an officer of the APC at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.‎” The petitioners’ l...

United striker Marcus Rashford has ‘no desire’ to leave the club despite reports that Barcelona are lining up a £100million move for him. The La Liga giants are said to view Rashford, 21, as the perfect long-term replacement for Luis Suarez who turned 32 in January. Rashford is out of contract in 2020 – though United have the option to extend that by a further 12 months – and the striker is yet to agree to an extension despite months of negotiations. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s arrival has been a blessing for Rashford, who has been freed by the Norwegian in a central forward position. Rashford is under contract until 2020 The lure of Barcelona, though, is difficult to turn down for any player and Rashford knows it would provide him with the chance to play with Lionel Messi in his twilight years. However, the Mirror claim Rashford has ‘no desire’ to leave his boyhood club and would reject a move to the Camp Nou.

Mkhitaryan and Ozil out, Barella in? Arsenal boss Unai Emery is reportedly looking to sell Henrikh Mkhitaryan in order to free up spending money for new players this summer, says the Mirror, and Mesut Ozil also could be on his way out, with Arsenal reportedly keen to offload their biggest earners. Emery was restricted to loan signings in the January transfer window and could start the summer transfer window with only a small fund if Arsenal fail to finish in the top four. However, with Aaron Ramsey gone and Petr Cech retiring and a number of stars reported to be on their way out, including Danny Welbeck, Emery hopes to have enough money to make four new signings. One of those targets, according to the Mirror, is Italy star Nicolo Barella. The Cagliari midfielder is seen as the ideal replacement for Juventus-bound Ramsey, but any deal for the 22-year-old could depend on whether Arsenal will be playing Champions League football next season.

It has been some coming of age in an England shirt for the 24-year-old during the 10 months since he found himself forced to defend his taste in tattoos. The response has been fearless: calling out perceived racism off the field and saving his strongest statements of all for the day job in front of goal. A hat-trick on Friday and his brace against Spain have only served to bring Sterling’s England form in line with the more steady but no less impressive trajectory of improvement in the Premier League, where his accuracy has improved every year from 29 per cent in 2012-13 to 56 per cent this season for Manchester City. Once profligate, he is presently statistically more clinical than Harry Kane. His 15 goals in the Premier League have come via 57 shots, while Kane has taken 93 to net his 17 league goals for Tottenham. So rapid is this boy-to-man journey that on Saturday Jadon Sancho, the teenager who has so much in common with the Manchester City hitman, compared Sterling to a father ...

With less than a quarter of the Premier League season remaining, so many questions remain unanswered. The Premier League title race looks set to go down to the wire, as does the race for the top four - and indeed the battle to avoid the drop. Furthermore there is also a race to the Premier League’s Golden Boot and the Golden Glove. In terms of the latter, the current top three is led by Liverpool’s Alisson Becker with 17 clean sheets, followed by Manchester City’s Ederson on 14 and Kepa Arrizabalaga on 11. Irrespective of who secures the award come May, questions will still remain over who is the Premier League’s chief shot-stopper. The position has been locked down for a number of seasons by Manchester United’s formidable keeper David De Gea, however there has been an enormous investment on keepers by the Premier League’s top sides in recent seasons. write your opinion using the comment box in this site

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has dropped a strong hint that he could look to leave the club this summer by claiming that he is ready for the "next step" in his career. Xhaka has emerged as a key member of Unai Emery's first-choice XI so far this season, missing just five Premier League games throughout the campaign. The 26-year-old has regularly been criticised during his time in the Premier League, but his form in the Arsenal midfield this term has earned praise. However, the Switzerland international has outlined his ambition while Arsenal are in a battle to finish in the top four, and suggested that he would be willing to leave the Emirates Stadium to match his targets. "I'm very ambitious, I want to take the next step, Arsenal does not have to be the last stop," he told Tagblatt.

Chelsea FC have certainly had a “dramatic” 2019 to say the least. Perhaps Fulham FC is the perfect opponent right now for the weekend Premier League fixture. Fulham have only emerged victorious once in their past 32 Premier League meetings with Chelsea, and that was 13 years ago. Meanwhile this series has been as lopsided as it get, and with Fulham now essentially doomed to go down at the end of the season, it’s hard to see just how ambitious they can truly get for a fixture where they will be overmatched. Let’s take a look at who Maurizio Sarri could slot in his first team, as he strives to keep the dominance going over a side that is now 10 points from safety. Attack: Callum Hudson-Odoi, Gonzalo Higuain, Willian Midfield: Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Ross Barkley Defense: Davide Zappacosta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger, Emerson Palmieri Goalkeeper: Kepa Arrizabalaga