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...

UEFA on Thursday included three Manchester City players, and a Barcelona duo, among others, in the Champions League team for this week.The players include the likes of Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Joško Gvardiol, Andreas Christensen and Raphinha.They were all impressive for their respective clubs during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg fixtures on Tuesday and Wednesday.Here is the list of the players in the Champions League team for this week:Goalkee...