91’—Leeds 1-1 Norwich94’—Leeds 2-1 NorwichJesse Marsch gets his first win as Leeds coach with a late winner 💪
12 January 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo scores his first Premier League hat-trick12 March 2022: Cristiano Ronaldo scores his second Premier League hat-trick14 years and 2 months later, he’s taking home another match-ball. 🎩
OFFICIAL: Roman Abramovich has been disqualified by Premier League from being a director of Chelsea after government sanctions.
: BREAKING: The UK government has given the green light for the sale of Chelsea to resume after it sanctioned club owner Roman Abramovich on Thursday, The Athletic understands. #cfc: Interested parties for #Chelsea were informed on Friday evening that they would now have until March 18 to submit indicative offers.[via @MarkKleinmanSky]
Chelsea’s bank account has been temporarily suspended by Barclays following sanctions placed on Roman Abramovich by the UK government
🏆New criteria to determine the the Ballon d’Or winner:▪️It’ll now be a seasonal award, not yearly.▪️Only the top 100 ranked countries will be able to vote.▪️Individual performances will have the most weightage, then collective achievements and fairplay.[Via: L’ÉQUIPE🥇]
Happy 44th Birthday to Didier Drogba! 🎉👑👤 381 Games⚽ 164 Goals🎯 86 Assists🏆 x4 Premier League🏆 x4 FA Cup🏆 x3 League Cup🏆 x1 Champions League🥇 x2 PL Golden Boot🥇 x2 African footballer of the year🥇 x1 #CFC POTY🥇 x1 #CFC Players POTYThe man for the big occasion. What a player 👏🇨🇮💙
Roman Abramovich’s assets have been frozen by the UK government, meaning he is unable to sell Chelsea.▪️ Further ticket sales to home and away fans are prohibited▪️ Season tickets still valid▪️ No merchandise sales allowed▪️ No transfers▪️ No contract renewals
Robert Lewandowski passes Gerd Müller to become Bayern’s all-time leading scorer in Europe after his hat trick yesterday 💥
Kylian Mbappé has been included in PSG’s Champions league squad to play Real Madrid on Wednesday despite his knock in training
Kylian Mbappé has taken a knock in training this morning and will now undergo medical exams, 48 hours before the second leg against Real Madrid. (RMC)
Cristiano Ronaldo is out of the Manchester derby with an injury, reports The Athletics’s Laurie Whitwell
2018-19: 152019-20: 152021-22: 16 and countingTrent Alexander-Arnold has already beaten his assist record in a season💥
United face City this Sunday in the Manchester derby.United have won in their last three trips to the Etihad 🌟💥
Super Eagles squad list to play Ghana this month. Ademola Lookman gets his first Nigerian call up. Akinwunmi Amoo also gets his first call up.
Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Serhiy Palkin has announced one of the club’s youth coaches was killed by a fragment of a Russian bullet in Ukraine this week
FA Cup Quarter Finals draw:Crystal Palace vs Everton or Boreham WoodNottingham Forest or Huddersfield Town vs LiverpoolMiddlesbrough vs ChelseaSouthampton vs Manchester City🍿
Happy 29th birthday, Antonio Rüdiger. 🙌🏆Champions League,🏆Europa League,🏆FA Cup,🏆Super Cup🏆Club World Cup winner with Chelsea.
Premier League 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Champions League 🏆🏆Club World Cup 🏆FA Cup 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Europa League 🏆🏆EFL Cup 🏆🏆🏆UEFA Super Cup 🏆Community Shield 🏆🏆Chelsea won 21 trophies in 19 years under Roman Abramovich’s ownership 🔵
Happy 30th birthday to Édouard Mendy, the first African goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final,and kept a cleansheet in the final.🏆 UCL🏆 AFCON🏆 Super Cup🏆 Club World Cup◉ UCL GK of the Season◉ The Best Men’s GK◉ AFCON Best GKIn 2014, he didn’t even have a club. Never give up. 💪
Gianluigi Buffon has signed a new contract with Parma until 2024.By the time his contract ends, he’ll be 46 and will have played senior football for 29 years
Schalke confirm they have ended their partnership with Russian state-controlled sponsor Gazprom after previously removing its name from their shirts.
Leeds United have sacked Marcelo Bielsa.Jesse Marsch’s set to be appointed as new Leeds United manager. Full agreement reached on verbal basis – final details to be sorted out in the coming hours.Work permit among last issues to be resolved then Marsch will be announced as new Leeds head coach.
Marcelo Bielsa is set to exit Leeds with American Jesse Marsch expected to be named the new boss, per @David_Ornstein
November: Lose 4-1 awayToday: Draw 0-0 at homeManchester United struggle against 19th-place Watford again 😐
Christian Eriksen returns to play his first competitive football match since his cardiac arrest at the Euros in June 2021.Welcome back, Christian 👏
Robert Lewandowski backs Poland’s decision to refuse to play their world cup playoff against Russia in March .
Brentford manager Thomas Frank confirms that Christian Eriksen will make his debut for the club against Newcastle on Saturday 👏
UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE DRAW👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾🇫🇷MARSEILLE VS BASEL🇨🇭🏴LEICESTER CITY VS STADE RENNES🇫🇷🇬🇷PAOK FC VS GENT🇧🇪🇳🇱VITESSE VS AS ROMA🇮🇹🇳🇱PSV VS COPENHAGEN🇩🇰🇨🇿SLAVIA PRAHA VS LASK🇦🇹🇳🇴BODO VS AZ ALKMAAR🇳🇱🇷🇸PARTIZAN VS FEYENORD🇳🇱
EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾🏴RANGERS VS CRVENA ZVEZDA🇷🇸🇵🇹FC BRAGA VS AS MONACO 🇫🇷🇵🇹FC PORTO VS LYON🇫🇷🇮🇹ATALANTA VS LEVERKUSEN🇩🇪🇪🇸SEVILLA VS WESTHAM🏴🇪🇸BARCELONA VS GALATASARAY🇹🇷🇩🇪RP LIEZIG VS SPARTAK MOSCOW🇷🇺🇪🇸REAL BETIS VS FRANKFURT🇩🇪
Stade de France in Paris will replace St Petersburg as host of the Champions League final on May 28, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
UEFA will not host this season’s Champions League final in St Petersburg after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, per @RobHarris
Mo Salah has surpassed Didier Drogba for most goal contributions by an African player in Premier League history.… He did it in 72 less games 😨
Most goals scored in the Premier League so far this season:◉ 19 – Mohamed Salah◉ 12 – Diogo Jota◉ 11 – Sadio ManéMost Premier League assists in so far this season:◉ 10 – Trent Alexander-Arnold◉ 10 – Mohamed Salah◉ 9 – Andy RobertsonIt’s all Liverpool. 🤯
Chelsea’s last 4 #UCL knockout matches:Semi-final first leg 2021:👑 Kanté MOTMSemi-final 2nd leg 2021:👑 Kanté MOTMFinal 2021:👑 Kanté MOTMRound of 16 first leg 2022:👑 Kanté MOTMHe is inevitable. 🥇
Today, Barcelona return to the Europa League for the first time since 2003-04.The last time they were in the competition, Gavi hadn’t been born 😨
Jurgen Klopp is just the eighth manager to win 50 games in the Champions League, following…🏴 Sir Alex Ferguson🇮🇹 Carlo Ancelotti🇪🇸 Pep Guardiola🇫🇷 Arsene Wenger🇵🇹 Jose Mourinho🇳🇱 Louis van Gaal🇪🇸 Rafa Benitez
Barcelona 0-3 BayernBayern 5-0 Dynamo KyivBenfica 0-4 BayernBayern 5-2 BenficaDynamo Kyiv 1-2 BayernBayern 3-0 BarcelonaRB Salzburg 1-1 BayernSalzburg end Bayern’s perfect Champions League season 😐
Saturday: Crushed by Bochum in the BundesligaWednesday: Losing to RB Salzburg after 21 minutes in the Champions League🤷♂️ Bayern 🤷♂️
: Lionel Messi has not scored or assisted against Real Madrid since Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus at the start of the 2018/19 season. 😳
: Mauricio Pochettino has faced Real Madrid three times in the Champions League as a manager:🤝 Real 1-1 Spurs✅ Spurs 3-1 Real✅ PSG 1-0 RealHe’s still not lost. #UCLHow do Madrid recover in 2nd leg😟
The two highest goalscorers in #UCL history.Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League numbers are out of this world 🌟
Jurgen Klopp has been nominated for Ally of the Year at the 2022 British LGBT awards 🏳️🌈Klopp has been a huge supporter of the Rainbow Laces campaign 💪
🚨 Kieran Trippier set for spell on sidelines after sustaining a break in his left foot during Sunday’s win over Aston Villa, as @CraigHope_DM reports. 31yo expected to have surgery this week in hope of returning as quickly as possible @TheAthleticUK #NUFC https://t.co/PPUVnTQZaE
: No player has scored more direct free-kicks in the Premier League this season than Kieran Trippier (2).Level with James Ward-Prowse. 🤝: Kieran Trippier in the Premier League for Tottenham:◎ 107 games◉ 2 goalsKieran Trippier in the Premier League for Newcastle:◎ 4 games◉ 2 goalsAnother superb free-kick. 😍
– Kai Havertz is the first player to score the match-winning goal in the both the UEFA Champions League final and then the subsequent FIFA Club World Cup final since Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2011. Occasion.
▪️ Champions League-winning goal▪️ Club World Cup-winning goalKai Havertz is clutch 🥶 https://t.co/FXZxwMj2rR
Manchester United’s last three games:▪️ Knocked out of the FA Cup by Middlesbrough▪️ Draw against last-place Burnley▪️ Draw against 10th-place Southampton🤷♂️ https://t.co/97VIB7KjNB
The mayor of Sadio Mané’s hometown Sédhiou says that they will name a stadium after him following Senegal’s AFCON win 🏟️‘Sadio Mane honored Senegal, the region of Sedhiou and all of Casamance. Mané amply deserves this gift.’ https://t.co/Pxzt0Qn8Yb
Chelsea will let Kepa Arrizabalaga go in summer if price is right. Huge improvement in form this season, including Club World Cup semi-final. But Mendy is expected to replace him for tomorrow’s final. #cfchttps://t.co/2bO3ujNKra
Reece James targets return to action against Crystal Palace after Club World Cup in huge Chelsea boost | @AdrianJKajumbahttps://t.co/en40Gbpr5g
Tottenham are considering a bid to host the 2026 Super Bowl 🏈Spurs want to become the first overseas hosts of the event, per @MattHughesDM https://t.co/W5BJEwMyae
Neymar is back in full training ahead of PSG’s Champions League game vs. Real Madrid on Tuesday 🤗 https://t.co/PYe5dV9k1U
36′ Lascelles turns Holgate’s shot into his own goal37′ Holgate turns Lascelles’ shot into his own goal🔃 https://t.co/rPTUfwzMFD
Kurt Zouma started for West Ham today despite a video showing him kicking and slapping a cat that emerged online Monday. https://t.co/p8guvk6H0r
Tuesday:▪️ Burnley vs. Man Utd▪️ Inter vs. RomaWednesday:▪️ Al-Hilal vs. Chelsea▪️ Man City vs. Brentford▪️ Tottenham vs. Southampton▪️ Milan vs. LazioThursday:▪️ Liverpool vs. Leicester▪️ Wolves vs. Arsenal▪️ Juventus vs. SassuoloMidweek football 😍 https://t.co/JgyfOnX5uy
“I will not return to the national team.”After being left out of the AFCON squad, Hakim Ziyech has announced his retirement from the Moroccan national team. https://t.co/gpK8FunqVc
🚨 Most money Generated by Player Sales in last decade according to CIES Football🏴 Chelsea (£1.016bn)🇫🇷 Monaco (£934m)🇪🇸 Atletico Madrid (£918m)🇪🇸 Real Madrid (£912m)🇮🇹 Juventus (£908m)
Daniel Wass got injured in his first game with Atlético Madrid after clattering into ex teammate Ferran Torres.Instead of taking him off, Diego Simeone forced him to finish the game.Now, Wass is out with 6-8 weeks with a right MCL injury.
Édouard Mendy is the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a Champions League final and in an Africa Cup of Nations final.✅Champions league✅UEFA super cup✅The BEST FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper✅AFCONEdouard Mendy adds another trophy to his collection 🏆
Championship side Nottingham Forest knocked Arsenal out of the FA CUP in the third round.Today they eliminated holders Leicester after a 4-1 win 💥
OFFICIAL: The #EmiratesFACup fifth round draw:Luton vs ChelseaCrystal Palace vs StokePeterborough vs Man CityLiverpool/Cardiff vs NorwichSaints vs West HamMiddlesbrough vs SpursNottingham Forest/Leicester vs HuddersfieldEverton vs Bournemouth/Boreham Wood
Breaking: Reece James has travelled to Abu Dhabi as part of the #Chelsea squad ahead of the Club World Cup.📲 @ChelseaFC_CFC