Club’s supporters’ minds will start to wander to potential trips next season after long-awaited return to Champions League The roar at kick-off, the roar that had been there in most of the previous 18 home games of this season, was maybe given a few extra decibels here. Added to renewed hope, present all season, was a touch of yes, this really is happening. Then came the moment, with fireworks being wedged into the tops of milk bottles, at the beginning of stoppage time, when Nick Pope was finally forced into some sort of movement to deny Timothy Castagne, to make sure it did happen. It came after one of the Newcastle keeper’s slowest days of the season, after what had often resembled a half-pitch, beat-the-packed-defence training exercise against a Leicester team largely too meek to threaten Geordie dreams. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/may/22/newcastle-champions-league-eddie-howe
• City’s hat-trick striker finds not scoring hard to bear • ‘Sometimes I miss because I put too much pressure on myself’ Gabriel Jesus has opened up about the anguish he experiences when he fails to score for Manchester City. The striker’s hat-trick in the 4-1 win at Dinamo Zagreb took him to 10 goals in 21 appearances this season. Yet five were scored in his past three games and Jesus was candid about the weight of expectation he feels. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/12/manchester-city-gabriel-jesus-striker-fails-score
The decade’s final Rumour Mill stars Diego, Danny and Dominic Not content with having Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren and Joe Gomez to choose for the role of AN Other central defender to play alongside Virgil van Dijk, Jürgen Klopp is pondering a move for £65m-rated Sevilla stopper Diego Carlos . A £13.5m signing from Ligue 1 side Nantes last summer, the 26-year-old has also turned heads at Real Madrid. With just three appearances to his name in the past two seasons, it’s safe to say the career of Danny Drinkwater career has stalled. On loan at Burnley from Chelsea, the midfielder may move to Aston Villa in January, according to Sky Sports. Currently on loan at Leeds, Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah is going to be recalled by his parent club before being farmed out to a club that will give him more game time. The Yorkshire Evening Post say Arsenal are concerned with the lack of minutes the 20-year-old has got from Marcelo Bielsa and may send him to Bristol City instead. Continue reading......
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