Whatever entered into Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp that made him declare his team unbeatable didn’t stay for long, as the German apologized shortly after the ridiculous pronouncement.
Liverpool and Chelsea shared spoils at Anfield yesterday. After Chelsea missed a late penalty in the 1-1 draw, Jurgen Klopp had an exchange with fourth official Neil Swarbrick, screaming ‘No one can beat us’. He later apologized for his actions saying it was a spur of the moment statement.
He told reporters after the match, “Sorry, I want to say something because no one has asked me about it. It was the fourth official thing. I know this from Germany, people writing a big story from reading lips or whatever. So ‘nobody can beat us’ is what I said. That’s obviously not true! But it felt for me like this in this moment.”
He continued, “I said, ‘Sorry, I was a little bit excited,’ and he said: ‘No problem, I like your passion.’ That actually I’ve never heard from a fourth official before so I thought it made sense you knew about it.”
Ronaldinho prefers a different attacking trio to MSN
While Barcelona’s attacking trident of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have been deemed the best forwards in football history, Brazilian football icon, Ronaldinho doesn’t agree with this line of thought. Not even Real Madrid’s BBC- made up of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo comes close. The 36 year-old maintained that the trident during his spell at Barcelona were much stronger forces .
“The two tridents made history in their time with the club. Each one in his time did very well. But I prefer mine with Eto’o and Messi,” he said in a recent chat.
Ronaldinho Eto’o and Messi – played together for four seasons from 2004/2005 before he left the Spanish club at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
He also tipped his compatriot, Neymar to be the world best. “Neymar is already on the threshold of the best, I think one day he will be one of the best in the world, Brazilians hope that happens because he is our best player,” he said.
Adebayor, Demba Ba join new clubs
Months after suffering an horrific leg injury, former Chelsea player, Demba Ba has joined Beşiktaş from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. The temporary deal is until the end of the season. Togolese player, Emmanuel Adebayor has been signed on to Turkish Super League club, Istanbul Basaksehir on a free deal. He’ll wear the number 26 shirt
Bayern Munich sign exclusive deal with Apple Music
Football Meets Music!
German football club, Bayern Munich have signed a deal with Apple Music where fans will have access to exclusive playlists and other contents, which is regularly broadcast on TV in over 200 countries. Below is a press release on the partnership
From today, music fans will be able to get even closer to their favourite team and players from FC Bayern Munich with exclusive playlists and content, curated especially for Apple Music.
From inspirational and uplifting songs to listen to during training to celebratory playlists post-match, there will be music for everyone to enjoy throughout the season.
The first team playlist is available now. Alongside exclusive content and videos, Apple Music will also be FC Bayern Munich’s music service of choice.
Odion Ighalo heading to China?
Watford striker, Odion Ighalo could join fellow compatriot, Mikel Obi in China. The Nigeria International is reportedly negotiating personal terms with Chinese club after Watford agreed £20m deal with Changchun Yatai.
The 27 year-old has been in ordinary form this season, scoring just once in 18 Premier League appearances, he is yet to reproduce last season’s form when he netted 16 in 37 matches.
Neymar launches emoji app
Brazilian/Barcelona forward, Neymar has launched his own emoji app called “Neymoji“. The new application offers users the chance to send emoticons and stickers with the player’s face showing different expressions via texts, emails and social media. The app is expected to be purchased on Android and iOs phones from February.
Developed by StarMojis, Mike Bundlie,Founder said the former Santos player is a very expressive person. “It wasn’t about displaying his face, but his personality. In each game he shows surprise, anger, joy… He is very expressive. This helped us a lot, because he has a gesture for every occasion”.
Adam Lallana has been named England Player of the Year 2016.
Liverpool midfielder, Adam Lallana voted English Player of the Year for 2016 ahead of Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney. Nathan Redmond was named Under-21 Player of the Year. He made 10 appearances for England last year and netted thrice.
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy finished second in the vote among the England Supporters’ Club, Wayne Rooney coming in third.
The excited recipient told the TheFA.com, “This award is a huge honour. The last three winners were Rooney (2015), Rooney (2014) and Steven Gerrard (2012) so that just goes to show what a great achievement this is. Things have been going well this season for my club so that always helps.
He continued, When you’re playing well for your club then hopefully you can transmit your form into the national team and help out. That’s what has been happening but I don’t want that to be for just one season – I want to continue that for as long as possible. Off the back of a disappointing year for England as a whole, I’ll be looking to definitely improve in 2017 and hopefully we can build on how it has started under Gareth Southgate, as there have been plenty of positives.”
Dimitri Payet completes Marseille move
France Forward, Dimitri Payet has completed his £25m move to Marseille from West Ham.
Recall that Payet, who left Marseille in 2015 to join the Premier league club, refused to play against Crystal Palace two weeks ago and told West Ham he wished to return to his former club. The English club were initially not going to allow him go but they made a u-turn after accepting a fee or more than they paid for him, they however expressed disappointment at his decision.
“The club would like to place on record its sincere disappointment that Dimitri Payet did not show the same commitment and respect to West Ham United that the club and fans showed him, particularly when it rewarded him with a lucrative new five-and-half-year deal only last year. “I would like to make it clear that we have no financial need to sell our best players and that the decision to allow Payet to leave was in accordance with the wishes of the manager and the interests of squad unity.
To be frank, my board and I would have preferred for him to have stayed in order to make an example of him, as no player is bigger than the club.” David Sullivan, club Chairman said on their website.
Wayne Rooney presented with a golden boot to mark his record-breaking 250th Manchester United goal
Before kick-off of the game between Manchester United and Wigan which ended 4-0 in favour of the Red Devils, Old Trafford Legend, Sir Bobby Charlton presented Wayne Rooney with an award for becoming Man Unite’s all-time leading scorer. Rooney wrote his name into more history books a week ago after netting a sublime freekick against Stoke City, breaking Sir Charlton’s record in the process.
Manchester United’s all-time top scorers:
1. Wayne Rooney (250)
2. Sir Bobby Charlton (249)
3. Denis Law (237)
Serena Williams wins Australian Open with victory over Venus Williams
Serena Williams claimed her 23rd Grand Slam today after victory over her older sister, Venus Williams in the Australian Open final 6-4 6-4. She becomes the oldest woman (35 years, 124 days) to win a Grand Slam in the open era.
Most women’s singles Grand Slam titles [Open Era]:
23: Serena Williams
22: Steffi Graf
18: Chris Evert
18: Martina Navratilova
Serena will be looking to beat all-time leader Margaret Court by one major later in 2017.