Новости за 26.02.2019

Brendan Rodgers claimed he had been living his dream at Celtic as he departed for Leicester.Rodgers has been confirmed as Foxes manager after a whirlwind day of developments which paved the way for Neil Lennon to return to the Celtic dugout until the end of the season.Rodgers did not outline his reasons for leaving in his statement on the Celtic website and the timing of his departure has been criticised by fans and former players such as Chris Sutton.The 46-year-old left after Celtic very reluctantly... Читать дальше...

Brendan Rodgers is Leicesters new manager.Here, Press Association Sport looks at the 46-year-olds career in numbers.20 the age Rodgers retired as a player, due to a knee condition.6 Leicester make it half a dozen clubs for Rodgers as a manager, following Watford, Reading, Swansea, Liverpool and Celtic.7 major trophies won, all with Celtic the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup twice apiece, and three League Cups. 54 his win percentage for his managerial career, including a... Читать дальше...

Neil Lennon will be in the Celtic dugout for Wednesdays trip to face Hearts and the rest of the season following Brendan Rodgers sudden departure to Leicester.Lennon has been installed as manager with John Kennedy his assistant and Damien Duff promoted to first-team coach after a short stint in charge of the reserves.The former Celtic captains extraordinary return capped off a whirlwind 12 hours after it emerged Celtic had very reluctantly given Rodgers permission to speak to Leicester.Lennon won... Читать дальше...

Brendan Rodgers has left Celtic to take charge of Leicester following Claude Puels departure from the King Power Stadium.The 46-year-old began his managerial career at Watford and, after a brief spell with Reading, made his name with Swansea and Liverpool before moving to Parkhead and enjoying great success in Scotland.Here, Press Association Sport looks at Rodgers career in pictures.Brendan Rodgers worked as reserve team manager at Chelsea before leaving for Watford in 2008 (Rebecca Naden/PA)Rodgers... Читать дальше...

Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton criticised the timing of Brendan Rodgers departure after the lifelong Hoops fan said his farewells following an approach by Leicester.Rodgers led Celtic to seven domestic trophies in succession but has left with the club involved in a title chase with a resurgent Rangers and a William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final against Hibernian on Saturday.Neil Lennon will step in to provide familiarity at Parkhead but Sutton feels Rodgers has tarnished his Celtic legacy.The timing of it stinks... Читать дальше...

Sir Alex Ferguson and David Beckham were among those in attendance at the funeral of former Manchester United youth team boss Eric Harrison on Tuesday afternoon.Harrison, who coached United’s famous ‘Class of 92’, died aged 81 on February 13. Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville and Nicky Butt worked under Harrison before achieving great success with Ferguson’s United, including the treble in 1999.David Beckham was among those to attend the funeral (Danny Lawson/PA)Ferguson gave a eulogy at the service at Halifax Minster... Читать дальше...

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson spoke of“laughable hypocrisy” as he dismissed the furore over their Celtic Park goal.Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers questioned Motherwell’s ethics and Celtic goalkeeper Scott Bain claimed they should have been embarrassed over their goal in Sunday’s 4-1 defeat.Teenager James Scott played on when the Hoops expected the ball to be returned after kicking it out to allow treatment to Ryan Christie.However, Robinson was far more interested in the head injury to Carl McHugh... Читать дальше...

Form goes out the window on derby days, they say. Or does it?With the third Clasico of the season kicking off on Wednesday night– the first of two in a week–FourFourTwo decided to take a look at the records of 10 giant rivalries around the worldto see who really has the head-to-head bragging rights...Five that are closer than you think…Real Madrid vs BarcelonaReal Madrid wins: 95, Barcelona wins: 93, Draws: 51The biggest match in club football returns twice this week, with plenty at stake: Wednesday’s... Читать дальше...

Roy Hodgson is relishing Luke Shaw’s impressive return to form as Crystal Palace prepare to host Manchester United on Wednesday.The left-back had become central to Hodgson’s plans with England until a “horrific” leg break disrupted his progress a year after United had signed him for an initial£27million, ultimately depriving both club and country.While the Palace manager hopes he does not prove to be influential at Selhurt Park in midweek, he once had such faith in Shaw that when he was 18 he took him to the 2014 World Cup over Ashley Cole... Читать дальше...

Pep Guardiola wants to “smell” the desire of his Manchester City players as they bid to chase Liverpool down in the title race.And the City boss will not tolerate tiredness as an excuse as the Premier League champions target an unprecedented quadruple.City claimed their first major silverware of the season with victory in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday and attention now turns to their title defence as they host West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.They could go into the game weary after playing... Читать дальше...

Southampton striker Michael Obafemi will miss the rest of the season with an injury managerRalph Hasenhuttl fears could wreck his career.The 18-year-old Republic of Ireland international suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury just 20 minutes into his comeback as a substitute against Arsenal on Sunday.Obafemi had only just returned after two months out with a similar problem, andHasenhuttl described his latest setback as “a disaster”.At his press conference ahead of Wednesday night’s clash with Fulham... Читать дальше...

The anniversary went unobserved. On January 22, it was two years since Granit Xhaka’s last Arsenal sending off, which had been his ninth red card in three years for clubs and country.Rewind to January 2017 and Arsene Wenger promptly proceeded to make a bad situation worse. Xhaka was deemed his defensive midfielder. The Arsenal manager contrived to compound the impression he had misinterpreted a £35 million footballer. “He’s not naturally a great tackler,” said the Frenchman. “I would encourage him... Читать дальше...

The Belgium international used the chip technique to score his side’s fifth spot-kick on Sunday, but it wasn’t enough to stop them losing 4-3.The game was overshadowed by goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga’s refusal to be substituted late in extra time, but Cascarino believes Hazard was guilty of not taking the game seriously enough.“There is a complete lack of leadership at Chelsea, from the top down,” he wrote in The Times.“There are no leaders in the boardroom, no leaders in the dugout and certainly no leaders on the pitch. Читать дальше...

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery admits January signing Denis Suarez is still not ready to play 90 minutes.The 25-year-old Barcelona midfielder moved to the Emirates Stadium on deadline day on loan until the end of the season.Suarez, who played in the youth teams at Manchester City and under Emery during a loan spell at Sevilla, has played just 66 minutes of football since.Denis Suarez has seen his playing time restricted at Arsenal (Mike Egerton/PA)He has yet to start a game for the Gunners, who have... Читать дальше...

Sergio Aguero recently scored his 11th Premier League hat-trick in a 6-0 win over Chelsea, which was also his second treble in the space of a week. Yawn, Sergio.On the other hand, Gerard Deulofeu had never managed more than four goals in a top-flight campaign before 2018/19, but took his tally for the current season to six with last Friday’s surprise trio against Cardiff. While Aguero and Alan Shearer lead the way when it comes to multiple hat-tricks, many were delighted to get just one...Chris Bart-WilliamsSheffield Wednesday vs Southampton... Читать дальше...

As ever with Tony Pulis, it entirely depends on your starting position.He is football’s equivalent of one of those dreary viral storms where people on Facebook spend their day discussing the colour of a dress to distract them from the death of decency and global warming. “What colour is the dress? I don’t care Carol, we’re killing our planet.”Let’s start with the optimistic assessment. Middlesbrough are in the Championship play-off places with 13 matches of their regular league season remaining.... Читать дальше...

Everton take on Liverpool at Goodison Park this weekend, with the Toffees hoping todent theirRed neighbours’ title hopes.Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers looks set to take over at Leicester City, in what will behis first Premier League job since… er, Liverpool failed to beat Everton at Goodison in October 2015.After that game finished all square, at 1-1 – the fifth time in their previous six matches that Liverpool had taken the lead only to finish with a draw – Rodgers was relieved of his Anfield duties.Plenty... Читать дальше...

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga took the liberty of navigating his own way from the goal-line at Wembley to Vitesse’s GelreDome without even returning to the dressing room, FourFourTwo can reveal.Kepa stunned onlookers when he refused to be substituted ahead of a penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup final, leaving manager Maurizio Sarri incandescent with rage.The petulant shot-stopper was clearly aware of his mistake as he prowled the goal-line awaiting penalties, and TV cameras showed the 24-year-old... Читать дальше...

What the papers sayMaurizio Sarri bawled at goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga in the dressing room after Sunday's Carabao Cup final defeat to Chelsea, saythe Sun. The Spaniard has been fined a week's wages (around £195,000) by the Blues.And speaking of dressing room rants, the same newspaper say that Jordan Henderson was singled out for criticism by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after the Reds' drab 0-0 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford.AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli is wanted by a pair of Premier... Читать дальше...

David Luiz has attributed Chelsea’s inconsistency under Maurizio Sarri to the players having difficulty coming to terms with not challenging for the title.Chelsea won the 2016-17 Premier League title in Antonio Conte’s first season in charge, but finished fifth last term, 30 points adrift of Manchester City, who beat them in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final on penalties.The Blues are sixth ahead of the midweek Premier League fixtures, which see them face third-placed Tottenham on Wednesday night in a match... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho says his next job in football will be at a club that does not have internal conflict.Mourinho has been without a managerial job since he was sacked by Manchester United after a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield in December.The former Chelsea boss intends to return to the game and confirmed he has already turned down one job offer that did not match his own ambitions.Jose Mourinho’s time at Manchester United ended abruptly (Ian Walton/PA)“I don’t want an internal conflict,” the 56-year-old told the Telegraph. Читать дальше...

Nottingham Forest manager Martin ONeill believes their 1-0 victory over bitter Sky Bet Championship rivals Derby could be the trigger for a late play-off pushYohan Benalouane, playing with a mask to protect a facial injury, scored his first goal for the club after just 70 seconds to ultimately sink the Rams, and that win has sent them to within three points of sixth spot.Its all to play for, ONeill said when asked if he is looking at the play-offs now. The win naturally gives the players a lot of... Читать дальше...

In-form Real Sociedad extended their unbeaten record under new manager Imanol Alguacil with a goalless LaLiga draw at Girona.Girona, who had lost four of their previous five league matches, three of them by two or more goals, at least had the satisfaction of keeping a clean sheet at the Municipal DeMontilivi, in a match where clear-cut chances were few and far between.The home side slightly edged the first half but could not find a way of breaking the deadlock Uruguay striker Christian Stuani found... Читать дальше...

Masked marvel Yohan Benalouane picked the perfect time to score his first Nottingham Forest goal as his second-minute strike handed the Reds a 1-0 victory over bitter Sky Bet Championship rivals Derby at the City Ground.The French defender, sporting a mask to protect a facial injury, scrambled home an early effort which was enough to not only secure bragging rights over the Rams, as well as the Brian Clough Trophy, but also boost their play-off hopes.Martin ONeill, savouring his first East Midlands derby as Forest manager... Читать дальше...