Manchester United's manager, Erik ten Hag, has claimed his players did not follow the rules as they lost 3-1 to Aston Villa on Sunday.The hosts raced into a two-goal lead within 10 minutes, thanks to Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne.Although United pulled one back through Luke Shaw’s deflected effort, Jacob Ramsey scored again for Villa.“The start of the first half and the start of the second half,” Ten Hag told Sky Sports when asked where the game was decided.“In betwee...

On the quest of acknowledging African players that distinguished themselves in the last decade in the continent football space, only one Nigerian player is considered appropriate in the team.The IFFHS sported a 4-3-3 formation for the positioning and the ex-Super Eagles captain starts in goal for the TOTD. Pyramid’s Ahmed Fathy from Egypt, Al-Duhail SC’s Medhi Benatia from Morocco, Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly from Senegal and Manchester United’s Eric Bailly from Ivor...

Barcelona assistant coach Marcus Sorg has shed light on the team's disappointing 1-0 defeat to Leganes in Sunday’s LaLiga clash. With manager Hansi Flick serving a two-game suspension, Sorg took center stage at the post-match press conference to analyze the Blaugrana’s performance.According to Sorg, Barcelona's lack of focus at the start of the game proved costly, allowing Sergio González to score an early goal that secured all three points for the visitors.“The tea...