Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Sergio Agüero enters Manchester City record books after helping sink Napoli
It was a night that will go down in history in more ways than one as Sergio Agüero wrote his name into the record books by registering his 178th goal for Manchester City to move one ahead of Eric Brook and become the club’s all-time leading scorer. That goal proved to be one of the defining moments in a thrilling game that ended with Pep Guardiola’s side becoming the first English club to win in Naples, securing their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League and showing once again why they are arguably the outstanding team in Europe on current form.
Related: Napoli 2-4 Manchester City: Champions League – as it happened
Continue reading...Real Madrid join forces with Chinese social media platform
Real Madrid have entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, reports, www.sportspromedia.com/.
Under the terms of the agreement, Weibo becomes the La Liga side's official Chinese-language social media platform. The two parties will work together to publish content such as information on the team's daily training, players' videos and bespoke activities for fans.
Read more on Tribal FootballTuesday, October 31, 2017
Antonio Conte lambasts Chelsea’s ‘really, really bad’ display at Roma
• Conte says team were complacent in Champions League mauling
Antonio Conte has questioned his side’s hunger, desire and will to fight and suggested some players at Chelsea have been guilty of complacency as his team were embarrassed by Roma to surrender leadership of their Champions League group.
The visitors were behind after 38 seconds at the Stadio Olimpico and, despite creating chances before the break, wilted horribly in a disjointed and chaotic second-half display that left the head coach livid. The emphatic 3-0 defeat puts Chelsea second in the group, albeit they were spared further damage by Atlético Madrid’s failure to beat Qarabag’s 10 men in Spain, and with concern mounting over Sunday’s visit of Manchester United to Stamford Bridge.
Continue reading...Barcelona held to goalless draw at Olympiakos
The Fiver | Ghoulish capacity for calculated self-sabotage
In today’s Fiver: bloodcurdling japery, gut-holsters and Danny Murphy
Having spent 17 months living alone in a suite at Manchester’s Lowry Hotel, José Mourinho occasionally leaves The Fiver wondering how much like Alan Partridge he has become, as the solitude of his hotel existence takes its inevitable toll. The one-time BBC chatshow host-turned North Norfolk Digital presenter famously descended into something approaching madness while spending 182 days residing in a Linton Travel Tavern that was equidistant between London and Norwich.
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