Manchester United players Luke Shaw, Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot reflect on their 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final. Read full article at source...
Speak to those behind the scenes and they will explain injuries have been the most pertinent factor behind Tottenham’s predicament. Son Heung-min, Dominic Solanke, Dejan Kulusevski, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Richarlison and Guglielmo Vicario among many others have spent extended spells on the sidelines this season – many of them with muscular issues....
Last week, when Amorim said “we have to be brave”, he meant the whole club. But what are the specifics? Rasmus Hojlund has been described as “a Championship player” by someone who was part of the dressing room during Sir Alex Ferguson’s latter days. It is a brutal takedown. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it...
There has been a divergence in approach. For a start, when they played their last match before the final within 45 minutes of each other on Friday, the respective managers opted for very different strategies. Postecoglou played a completely different team at Aston Villa compared with the one that beat Bodo/Glimt in the second leg...
It was Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes who stepped in to tell Ruben Amorim he was under pressure heading into the Europa League final. The reality is different – even if Amorim can’t explain why. But he does feel his team may be looked at “in a different way” if they can beat Tottenham in...
BBC Sport speak to Manchester United and Tottenham fans who have taken a 33-hour ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao to watch the Europa League final. Read full article at source...
The Europa League final with Tottenham will be followed by the final Premier League game of the campaign against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa, with United nowhere near that race this season. But there will be no immediate rest for United’s players, who have more work ahead of them. As soon as the Villa game is...
Yet is it realistic to fight with Chelsea? There was a lot of talk about the Champions League but United’s path to the lucrative main draw is fraught with hazards for Skinner’s side. Firstly, they must come through a semi-final and final just to make it through the second qualifying round. Inter Milan and Roma...
Sandy Baltimore sends Phallon Tullis-Joyce the wrong way from the spot to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead over Manchester United, after Celin Bizet brings down Erin Cuthbert in the Women’s FA Cup final. FOLLOW LIVE: Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea v Manchester United Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was left bloodied after being struck by what seemed to be a seat – thrown by one of his own fans – amid a pitch invasion following his side’s Scottish Premiership defeat at Dundee United. Unused subtitute MacKenzie was on the pitch while the United supporters invaded the playing surface after...
Football Focus pundit Nedum Onuoha believes “big game player” Ella Toone could be the key to help Manchester United retain the Women’s FA Cup against a Chelsea team looking to complete an “iconic” domestic treble and invincible season under Sonia Bompastor. MATCH PREVIEW: Chelsea want treble as Man Utd eye back-to-back FA Cups Available to...
Tottenham have had the measure of Manchester United this season, beating them home and away in the Premier League and also in the Carabao Cup. They will also likely back themselves to score against the Red Devils, having hit 21 more league goals than them, despite sitting fourth from bottom with United a place above....
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has seen his wealth fall by £6.473bn – more than a quarter of his fortune – in the last year, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, external. The 72-year-old’s wealth has declined from £23.519bn to £17.046bn in the past 12 months. He has slipped from fourth to...
Manchester United have decided not to hold an end of year players’ awards night for the second season running. United cancelled their plans 12 months ago as the senior men’s team finishing eighth in the Premier League, even though they won the FA Cup. This year, the club have opted not to arrange anything. The...
German referee Felix Zwayer, who once served a ban for alleged involvement in a match-fixing plot, will take charge of next week’s all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United. Zwayer, now 43, was given a six-month suspension in 2006 after he was investigated for taking a £250 bribe from official Robert Hoyzer, who was...