Author: Bright Okafor

Croatian defender Dejan Lovren made his first Liverpool appearance of the season which would probably be his last against top clubs in the sights of the Reds’ fans after his feeble show of display last night. Liverpool used the old defenders in Nathaniel Clyne, Matip, Dejan Lovren and Alberto Moreno who had struggled to keep clean sheets in recent years including Belgian shot-stopper, Mignolet between the sticks. Liverpool fans will be glad to see why Klopp entrusted his current back-line which affirms his tactical approach, experience, suave nature and level of professionalism. While Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk were…

Spanish midfielder and 2010 World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas claimed that Chelsea will struggle to keep their talismanic figure Eden Hazard next summer than they did last summer. Hazard has shown why the Blues took the risk of not letting him leave the exit door to join Thibaut Courtois in Real Madrid, scoring 6 goals in all competitions more than he did last year before the month of November. Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri spoke in the conference room about the Belgian captain with an unwavering review of his performance this season as one who could meet up to the 40…

Former Monaco midfield maestro Fabinho who joined Liverpool for £44 million has hardly received quality playing time with his new club, the reason being that he was deemed unfit to play the traditional YNWA style according to his manager Jurgen Klopp. While many fans did not give in to his excuses, expecting the Brazilian to start rather than later, Klopp was hesitant to add him to the first team squad in a stern test against arch rivals, Chelsea. The 24-year-old player joined the two bodies in the middle alongside, Naby Keita and James Milner to lock horns with Chelsea’s triumvirate…

Eden Hazard helped Chelsea to maintain their unbeaten run with one of his best solo goal, pushing the Blues to the fourth round as club manager Maurizio Sarri silently drives about making the London club side solemn contenders on all façades of the competition. The Belgian captain was presented to exploit in the second half with an aim to win the game for his teammates which he did with experience, after picking the ball from outside the 18-yard box with eclectic style, swayed through innumerable contests and blazed home with a bullet shot from a position past his Belgium compatriot…

Liverpool loaned attacker Harry Wilson stole the show at Old Trafford shortly after Juan Mata got an early goal for the Red Devils in the Carabao cup. The 21-year-old forward was opportuned to play from 30 yards out after scoring one of the best free kick that has not been seen for a while at Old Trafford. It was a sublime kick that went straight into the top corner which left United’s second choice goalkeeper Sergio Romero with no choice. Question is being asked if the Rams’ forward will get a chance to play with the Reds next summer. Wilson…

Liverpool have seen 7 wins overall, wrapping up 100% victories in all competitions despite seeing through two difficult test in Wembley Stadium against Tottenham and at Anfield against Paris Saint-Germain but would face a sterner test against Chelsea’s boss, Maurizio Sarri who has had a share of conservative style that dreads many clubs. Klopp and Sarri may share a lot of things in common but the Reds have shown the best quality against difficult oppositions while many pundits already sidelined Chelsea from being title contenders this season. Only Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are yet to face defeat in the…

When it appears that Maurizio Sarri is doing almost everything right, Eden Hazard is breaking ankles with dribbles, Jorginho is distributing sublimes passes, and Alonso is marauding the left flank with plausible pace. But one figure that is questionable about the 59-year-old manager’s tactics is how he set his players in their specific positions. For the first time in N’Golo Kante’s career, he was converted to a position he may not appear to be comfortable with even if he doesn’t admit it. The World Cup winner won the Premier league back-to-back, starting from Leicester City when he paired with Danny…

Despite being considered the favourite to win by pundits, Liverpool managers Jurgen Klopp will not write off the Blues and their footballing style. Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has turned the table squally to his favour since his arrival from Napoli and has made a sporadic improvement that is now inculcated in the players’ heart as Sarri’s football- one style that Pep Guardiola dreads. Klopp was adamant to agree that the title race is soma as Liverpool versus Manchester City but reckoned Chelsea are amongst the title contenders. “I don’t know exactly why – Man City being clear or us being…

The assistant coach of Chelsea Gianfranco Zola was plain in his words when interviewed and asked a question about how Victor Moses fairs lately. Zola notably replied and was poised that the Nigerian winger fell under Maurizio Sarri’s pecking order since the emergence of the England U17 World Cup winner Callum Hudson-Odoi who impressed in the preseason, a period Victor Moses was obeying his clarion call for the Super Eagles in Russia. While Moses resigned from the National team football in other to focus more on his club career, Hudson-Odoi had already won Sarri’s heart after his showpiece of skilful…

The “Best Fifa Football” award saw a host of football young talents, icons and legends who can break ankles with different dribbling skills. But after the show, there was a remarkable outing that saw Chelsea players gathered with World Cup winner, Kylian Mbappe. The 19-year-old goal poacher enjoyed a wonderful spell in both club and country. While playing with Monaco in 2017, he was regarded as the most combed talent every manager wanted in their teams, including the Blues who locked horns with Pep Guardiola for his signature. The battle afterwards was won by the wealthy powerhouse of French club…

A little bit too early isn’t early enough to decide who has more ambition this season. Jurgen Klopp’s managerial experience in the domestic campaign has proven to be indisputable this season. Everyone loves the way Liverpool plays, while they are not after possession, their relentless work on the pitch speak volume of their success. Klopp already earmarked what he wanted from his players, which isn’t farfetched from being ruthless, dynamic and indefatigable week in week out. No one is expecting anything different from the German’s approach after adopting a similar method to defeat Paris Saint-Germain last week. It’s now glaring…

The consistent rotation of Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud have become questionable. While both players performances in Blue’s shirt were deemed “criminal”. Maurizio Sarri’s twist could well place them on a knife-edge, while their industrious works in training may yet be tentative in their fans perspective as one of those fortuitous players like Fernando Torres who issued diminutive share of contribution when he won both the Champions League and Europa cup in the space of two years with the London club. Morata netted 11 EPL goals in his debut season including a hat-trick against Stoke City but has struggled to…