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West Ham United’s chances of qualifying for Europe were dealt a devastating blow as they were defeated by fellow hopefuls Everton at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Irons boss David Moyes will rue his side’s ineffectiveness in front of goal as the misfiring Londoners could’ve easily snatched something from the game considering they were only beaten by the solitary goal.

With all of the Hammers’ attacking options on the pitch, they really should’ve mustered up more of a threat in front of goal, especially as they dominated possession (68%).

Moyes was dealt an early injury setback in the first half which saw Manuel Lanzini forced off just before the break.

He was replaced by Jarrod Bowen, who was snubbed from the starting XI for the second successive game, so he surely had a point to prove to his manager.

However, he offered West Ham absolutely nothing in attack and as a result, he was graded amongst their worst performers (6.4) as per SofaScore ratings.

The Evening Standard’s Jack Rosser added further weight to this argument in his post-game column, where he claimed the former Hull City winger “made very little impact” from the bench and similarly, football.london suggested that he “missed a glorious chance to make it 1-1.”

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Aside from that one golden opportunity, Bowen struggled to assert his dominance on the Toffees’ back four, registering only 26 touches – the same number goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski managed throughout the game.

To make matters worse, the Polish shot-stopper made more passes (13) than the 24-year-old (ten), too, and that only goes to show how fruitless he was in the 47 minutes he was on the pitch.

His one shot off target resulted in one big chance missed, whilst he was caught offside once and lost possession ten times – once every 4.7 minutes, and once every 2.6 touches, as per SofaScore.

Bowen’s struggle with the visitors was further seen by the fact that he won just 50% of his duels, with Lucas Digne and Michael Keane often getting the better of him on the day.

Considering it was only the second time this season that the £27m-rated attacker had been out of the starting XI in back-to-back matches, Moyes would have been expecting to see a reaction when subbed on but frustratingly, he may want to think again about his involvement in the coming matches.

Bowen was just one of many Irons stars to be unproductive but his place is most at risk compared to say, a Michail Antonio.

There are three very winnable games left remaining in Brighton, relegated West Brom and Southampton but the likes of Bowen will need to vastly improve if the Hammers are to top off their fantastic season with European qualification.

AND in other news, £13.5m-rated West Ham lightweight who lost 83% duels badly let Moyes down again…

كشفت صحيفة “ميرور” الإنجليزية عن قيمة الجائزة المالية التي سيحصل عليها فريق ليفربول بعد حصد كأس رابطة الأندية الإنجليزية مساء أمس على حساب تشيلسي.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار مباراة نهائي كأس كاراباو، على ملعب ويمبلي، حيث فاز ليفربول بركلات الترجيح بنتيجة 11-10. ركلات ترجيح مباراة ليفربول وتشيلسي

وذكرت صحيفة “ميرور” الإنجليزية أن إجمالي الجوائز المالية لبطولة كأس رابطة الإنجليزية تبلغ 200 ألف جنيه إسترليني فقط، وهي مخصصة للفرق الأربعة الأوائل.

وأوضحت أن آرسنال وتوتنهام، اللذان خرجا من البطولة في دور نصف النهائي، حصلا على 25 ألف جنيه إسترليني لكل منهما.

وأشارت إلى أن الوصيف تشيلسي سيحصل على جائزة مالية بقيمة 50 ألف جنيه إسترليني، بينما سيحصل ليفربول البطل على 100 ألف جنيه إسترليني.

وأفادت أن قيمة تلك الجوائز تمثل تناقضًا صارخًا مع مثيلتها في كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، التي تقدم جوائز مالية تزداد قيمتها جولة تلو الأخرى، حيث يضمن الفائز هذا الموسم ما لا يقل عن 3.4 مليون جنيه إسترليني.

عادت آمال ليفربول في إمكانية الفوز بلقب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز لهذا الموسم، بعد يوم السبت بعدما تقلص الفارق بينهم وبين مانشستر سيتي المتصدر.

فاز ليفربول على نورويتش سيتي بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف في الجولة السادسة والعشرين، وهي نفس الجولة التي شهدت خسارة مانشستر سيتي أمام توتنهام بنتيجة 3-2.

وتسببت تلك النتائج في تقليص الفارق بين ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي إلى 6 نقاط، مع العلم أن الريدز لديه مواجهة مؤجلة أمام ليدز يونايتد يوم الأربعاء المقبل، مدركين أن الفوز سيتركهم خلف حامل اللقب بفارق ثلاث نقاط فقط.

ومع استعداد ليفربول للسفر من أجل خوض مواجهة مانشستر سيتي يوم 9 أبريل المقبل في الدوري الإنجليزي، فإن ملعب الاتحاد يستعد لمنافسة شرسة محتملة على اللقب.

ولكن منافسة ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي في الموسم الحالي لا تقتصر على الدوري الإنجليزي فقط، حيث هناك كذلك دوري أبطال أوروبا وكأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي.

بعد فوزهما في ذهاب دور الستة عشر على إنتر ميلان وسبورتينج لشبونة 2-0 و 5-0 على الترتيب، يمكن القول إن كلا من ليفربول وسيتي لهما قدم واحدة في ربع النهائي.

وإذا تأهل الفريقان إلى ربع النهائي وأسفرت القرعة عن مواجهتهما، مثلما حدث في تلك المرحلة من البطولة في موسم 2017/18، فإنهما سيتواجهان ثلاث مرات في غضون أسبوع حسبما ذكرت “ليفربول إيكو” الإنجليزية.

ومن المقرر أن تنطلق منافسات ذهاب ربع نهائي دوري الأبطال يومي 5 و6 أبريل، بينما تُقام مرحلة الإياب يومي 12 و13.

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في هذه الأثناء، لا يزال هناك احتمال أن يواجه الفريقان بعضهما 4 مرات متتالية، في حالة تقدمهما في كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي.

ويخوض الفريقان حاليًا دور الـ16 من كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، حيث يسافر مانشستر سيتي إلى بيتربورو يونايتد، ويستضيف ليفربول نوريتش سيتي في بداية الشهر المقبل.

وفي حال تأهل الفريقان إلى ربع النهائي ثم فوزهما ثم تأهلهما إلى نصف النهائي، فإنهما قد يلتقيان إذا أسفرت القرعة عن ذلك، مع العلم أن مباريات تلك المرحلة من الكأس تُقام يومي 16 و17، بعد أيام فقط من إياب ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا. مواجهات ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي في أبريل

الدوري الإنجليزي: 9 أبريل.

دوري أبطال أوروبا (مواجهة محتملة): ذهاب ربع النهائي 5/6 أبريل، الإياب 12/13.

كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي (مواجهة محتملة): نصف النهائي 16/17 أبريل.

Former Leeds United goalkeeper Nigel Martyn has compared Illan Meslier to Iker Casillas, in terms of the career he could end up enjoying.

The Whites have enjoyed an excellent season back in the Premier League, with numerous individuals performing impressively.

The likes of Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha all stand out, in that respect, but Meslier is another who has been an influential figure.

The 21-year-old Frenchman has been a model of consistently between the sticks, playing with a maturity beyond his years and thriving with the ball at his feet too, enjoying a 78 percent pass completion rate in the league this season.

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Martyn heaps praise on Meslier

Speaking to Leeds United News about Meslier, ex-England international Martyn tipped him to have similar success to former Real Madrid and Spain legend Casillas:

“Look at Iker Casillas at Real Madrid, he got into the team at an early age and look at the career he had. It is probably good for France going forward because he’s starting so young.

“Imagine how good he will be when gets to his late twenties, he might be on 300 or 400 games by then. With experience comes a better player.

“I think he has had a great season personally – but I don’t think I could look back on a season of mine where I haven’t made a mistake.”

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It is certainly massive praise from Martyn, but it is understandable to see the comparisons, considering Meslier is already flourishing at such a young age.

In fairness, Casillas was already playing in a Champions League final at a similar age, suggesting he was on another level still, but the Leeds hero has incredible potential and has been described as ‘fearsome’ by Tony Cascarino recently, praise which is evidenced by the fact he has missed just one league fixture this term and made the second-most saves in the league.

For now, he just needs to continue to shine for the Whites, adding to his 43 total appearances, but he looks like a future France No.1 in-waiting.

In other news, Leeds have been linked with a move for a hugely exciting winger – find out who it is here.

Speaking exclusively to Transfer Tavern, Peterborough director of football Barry Fry believes the rebuild job needed at Celtic may be putting off Eddie Howe.

Celtic fell miles behind rivals Rangers in the Scottish Premiership title race this season and crashed out of the Europa League in extremely disappointing fashion.

Captain Scott Brown, who has played a big part in the Bhoys’ dominance of Scottish football, is also set to leave the club this summer to join Aberdeen in a player-coach role after spending 14 years at Celtic Park.

It points to Celtic needing a massive revamp and someone to obviously oversee it, which is where Howe comes in. According to BBC Sport, the opportunity to be Neil Lennon’s permanent successor is his if he wants it.

However, the former Bournemouth manager is yet to make a decision, leading Fry to believe that the work that needs to be done at the Glasgow club is detracting him.

On Howe leaving Celtic waiting, the Peterborough director of football told TT:

“He’ll have to do a lot of work, because Celtic on and off the field are in a little bit of disarray at the minute. You know what I mean? There’s a lot of players unhappy. I think there’ll be a lot of comings and goings at Celtic in the summer and I’m not sure that’s Eddie Howe’s thing. I think he’ll want a Premier League job to be quite honest.”

As well as Celtic, Crystal Palace are also said to be interested in hiring Howe this summer, with Roy Hodgson’s contract set to expire.

As Benji Kimpioka wheeled away after scoring in the 90th minute to rescue a draw with Coventry in 2019, it felt like a landmark moment.

11 months on from when Josh Maja had been sold, a member of Sunderland’s academy was scoring goals again.

Unfortunately for the 21-year-old, he has not scored for the senior team in league action since.

Chances have been hard to come by for Kimpioka, a young talent who swapped Swedish shores for the north-east of England in 2016.

It was in Scandinavia where he learned the game, but it’s at Sunderland where he’s been developed and tailored.

That being said, it has not been an easy ride for the striker, someone who has struggled to make a sufficient impression under both Jack Ross and Phil Parkinson.

Ross was the man to give him his senior debut but he’s not kicked on and has also had his troubles with injury.

Speaking in October 2018, just over a year before he scored his first league goal, Ross commented: “He’s an enigma at times. He’s got really good attributes. It’s just about trying to piece it all together.”

Indeed, not a single manager has been able to piece them together until recently. Kimpioka has been busy making a big impression for Elliott Dickman’s U23s but his season hasn’t been without its setbacks.

The talented forward didn’t even have a club at the beginning of the term. He was out of contract with the Black Cats and even went back to his native Sweden to train with his former club, IK Sirius.

He eventually penned new terms at the Stadium of Light in October and immediately hit the ground running, scoring four goals in five Premier League 2 outings.

A hamstring injury in November proved another setback, but we’re starting to see signs of a revival. He was among the substitutes bench for the EFL Trophy final at Wembley just over a week ago which clearly shows Lee Johnson has him on his radar.

The arrival of Ross Stewart has damaged the potential of further senior minutes but with Will Grigg out on loan, there is a spot in the first-team with Kimpioka’s name on it.

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If he continues to score with great regularity for the U23s, there’s no reason he can’t make an impression at first team level. After all, Johnson has already handed minutes to the likes of Dan Neil and Ollie Younger.

Could Kimpioka be the next in line? You should hope so. The forward has proven he can hit the back of the net this season and Sunderland are surely done with Grigg.

Therefore, the youngster should be unleashed next season instead.

AND in other news, Drop him: Sunderland gem who lost 67% of his duels continues to let Johnson down…

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No pouco que se pôde ver do treino do Palmeiras desta segunda-feira, na Academia de Futebol, notou-se a presença do centroavante Lucas Barrios na atividade. Recuperado de lesão na coxa esquerda, o paraguaio treinou pela primeira vez com os demais companheiros e está próximo de retornar ao time. Nada mais foi liberado aos olhos da imprensa, já que o Verdão trabalhou por 1h30 sem a presença dos jornalistas.

A situação deve se repetir nesta terça-feira. O técnico Cuca não deve dar pistas sobre o time que irá a campo contra o São Paulo, na quarta-feira, às 21h45, no Allianz Parque, pela 23ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. Privacidade e mistério por sucesso no Choque-Rei. Nesta segunda, a parte do treino liberada à imprensa foi apenas aquela dedicada a finalizações.

Moisés, que trabalhou na folga para se recuperar a tempo do Choque-Rei, seguiu na parte interna da Academia de Futebol tratando de uma entorse moderada no tornozelo direito no período em que a imprensa esteve presente. Como o problema não foi grave, ele tem chances de estar em campo no clássico. Assim como o zagueiro Yerry Mina, que trabalhou normalmente com o grupo.

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O goleiro Cássio deixou o gramado do estádio Giulite Coutinho, em Mesquita, insatisfeito com a arbitragem de Elmo Resende Cunha. De acordo com o camisa 12 do Corinthians, houve falta do zagueiro Gum nele após cobrança de escanteio de Gustavo Scarpa, em lance que o meia Marquinho aproveitou para marcar o gol do Fluminense no jogo de ida das oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil. Apesar do empate em 1 a 1 ter sido conquistado na etapa complementar e comemorado pelo Timão, o goleiro ficou na bronca.

-O Gum cai em cima de mim, senta em cima do meu corpo. Na minha opinião foi falta, mas o juiz não marcou e tomamos o gol. Depois fomos valentes e conseguimos um empate importante fora de casa. Mas continuo afirmando que foi falta, cada um tem sua maneira de opinar – disse Cássio, que ainda indicou um suposto “troco” em razão de lances de outras partidas.

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– Em outros jogos, árbitros erraram em lances que não me expulsaram, não sei se é uma troca – sinalizou o goleiro do Corinthians, que se referiu aos lances das partidas contra o Figueirense (derrubou Dodô fora da área e recebeu só cartão amarelo no empate em 1 a 1) e Cruzeiro (derrubou Ábila dentro da área, mas a arbitragem ignorou em novo empate em 1 a 1).

No lance desta quarta-feira, Cássio saiu da meta para interceptar lançamento de Gustavo Scarpa, mas caiu após trombar com Gum e não conseguiu alcançar a finalização de Marquinho logo em seguida. Segundo o goleiro, o zagueiro do Fluminense sentou em cima dele e impediu a reação. Apesar das reclamações, o árbitro considerou o lance normal.

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Southampton fans may be surprised to hear that Jamal Musiala was once on trial with the South Coast club as a youngster, before being snatched up by Chelsea, and with the 18-year-old now an established first-team player at Bayern Munich, the Saints will desperately rue not being able to keep hold of him.

Hampshire Live journalist Tom Leach revealed in a recent article that the youngster spent a short time at Southampton’s academy, reportedly scoring double figures in one game, before moving to Chelsea as his family relocated to London.

Although his time at Staplewood was brief, Southampton will definitely regret not being able to keep hold of him for the long-term, as after eight years with Chelsea he would move back to Germany – where he was born – to join Bayern Munich.

Musiala has gone on to establish himself as a first-team regular with the current Champions League holders, despite only turning 18 in late February.

The winger has made 27 appearances in total for Hans-Dieter Flick’s side, in which he has scored four goals.

One of those goals came in the Champions League win against Lazio in February when he became the youngest English scorer in the competition’s history, although he has since pledged his international future to Germany.

Musiala’s former coach Andrew Martin was full of praise for him earlier in the season, saying:

“Technically outstanding, very skilful, and a player who can score all types of goals, inside and outside the box.”

Therefore, it is a big shame that Southampton were not able to keep hold of Musiala for longer, as he is now valued at £21.6 million by Transfermarkt, and he looks destined for a big future with Bayern Munich.

And, in other news… Ralph suffers a huge blow with “outstanding” Saints beast; it could define the season

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Um dos líderes do segundo turno do Campeonato Catarinense, o Criciúma retorna aos gramados nesta quarta-feira para encarar o embalado Joinville no clássico local. Considerado um dos destaques do Tigre nesta temporada, o lateral-esquerdo Wellington Saci pediu muita atenção dos seus companheiros neste compromisso.

– Assim como nossa equipe, o Joinville vem de duas vitórias nas duas primeiras rodadas. Além disso, eles estão embalados pelo triunfo na última rodada sobre o Figueirense. É um jogo para mantermos a atenção o tempo inteiro e aproveitar as chances para buscarmos os três pontos – disse.

Segundo Saci, o elenco do Criciúma está muito focado em conquistar o título estadual.

– Nossa ideia é continuar na briga pelo título estadual até o fim do campeonato. Não vamos desistir. O mais importante é fazer um grande segundo turno para ganhar ainda mais confiança. Nosso elenco está muito focado.