Pochettino’s side have been nothing short of fascinating for much of this campaign, taking their progressive approach into the Champions League and performing admirably against some of Europe’s contemporary greats
Browsing: Manchester City
Liverpool return to Premier League action after recording a memorable 5-1 aggregate win over Manchester City in the Champions League, which has seen Jurgen Klopp’s charges march into the semi-finals of the competition
City could have wrapped up the title with a win at home to Manchester United last Saturday, but threw away a two-goal lead to suffer their first home loss of the campaign, falling 3-2 to Jose Mourinho’s side.
The Catalan coach was dismissed at the end of the opening 45 minutes for confronting referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz, who he later described as “special”
City required just two minutes to take the lead over their North-West rivals with the goal coming from a mistake from Virgil van Dijk
He was talking in reference to the second leg tie of their 2017/2018 UEFA Champions League quarter-final pairing.
A win would have crowned Man City champions of the EPL
Jurgen Klopp rotated half of his outfield starters on the back of the 3-0 win over Manchester City three days ago, handing a first start to Danny Ings since October 2015 and a rare outing for Dominic Solanke alongside him
United come into the 176th derby knowing that a victory of their own will keep City waiting for at least another week, as well as sparing any potential blushes by denying City the title on their watch.
The Toffees are in the midst of some worrying form against the Reds when it comes to one of football’s historic fixtures and Sam Allardyce will be hoping that his men can bring Liverpool back down to earth following their midweek exploits in Europe.
But Klopp admits he is concerned over the fitness of his leading goalscorer after he limped off seven minutes after the interval at Anfield on Wednesday.
A day after a 3-0 loss to Liverpool in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City announced the signing of a multi-year partnership with Tinder
The Reds blew away their opponents in the first half, netting three times in the space of 19 minutes to take complete control of the all-English affair.
“He has stayed in Manchester, he didn’t come,” City manager, Pep Guardiola, told a news conference ahead of training on Tuesday.
City’s 4-3 defeat at Liverpool in January was their only loss against a English Premier League side this season.
The Gunners’ recent form may sound impressive, but they are still heading towards their worst season under Arsene Wenger and are seemingly just one bad result away from another crisis
Prior to kickoff, Everton were the only side that Pep Guardiola had failed to beat in his Premier League tenure, with the Toffees inflicting the Spaniard’s heaviest ever managerial defeat in this fixture last season
Pep Guardiola’s side, who return to Merseyside to play Liverpool in their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, blew Everton away in a devastating opening half in which they scored three goals.
Pep Guardiola has failed to defeat the Toffees in three attempts during his time in England, and his opponents are one of just four teams to have taken points off the champions-elect this season
Over the last two weeks, all of the talk at Old Trafford has been in relation to Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Jose Mourinho will be pleased to get back to action on the pitch as his side look to end the season with a flourish