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Premier League: Week 14 saw Rashford coming to United’s rescue, Summerville upsetting Liverpool, and Arsenal’s domination spell

Jurgen Klaup’s Liverpool faced a big upset against Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United as the Lillywhites drew first blood after which Salah responded. However, to the red’s surprise, Leeds United’s second breath helped the team come up with a goal in the closing minutes of the match, resulting in a 2-1 win for Leeds over Liverpool.

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Week 14 of the Premier League turned out to be amongst the most unpredictable fixtures as many English giants failed to deliver whereas the underdogs came forward to seize the day. The Premier League fixture saw Pep’s Manchester City clash with Leicester City, Newcastle’s clash with Aston Villa, and Bournemouth going head-to-head against Antonio Conte’s Tottenham.

The Fixture also had Brighton battling out with Graham Potter’s Chelsea, Crystal Palace vs Southampton, Brentford’s clash with Wolves, and Fulham vs Everton on Saturday. Whereas on Sunday, Jurgen Klaup’s Liverpool locked horns with Leeds United, Arteta’s Martinelli clash with Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United went head-to-head with West Ham.

Week 14 turned out to conclude in an u predictable fixture as the Foxes put up a great battle against Pep’s City, however, Kevin De Bruyne’s freekick turned out to be the rescue for the City as the Manchester City vs Leicester concluded in a 1-0 win for City. The Magpies became the dominant side as they breezed past Aston Villa as the match concluded in a 4-0 win for Newcastle.

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Gary O’Neill’s Bournemouth put up a great performance against Tottenham, however, Harry Kane and company were able to come back on a stronger note in the second half and scored 3 goals as the match concluded in a 3-2 win for Tottenham. Brighton turned out to be a big upset for Graham Potter’s Chelsea as the Seagulls mowed over the blues by scoring 4 goals, whereas the blues could only come up with 1 as the game resulted in a 4-1 victory for Brighton.

In the clash between Crystal Palace and Southampton, the Patrick Vieira side was able to produce the end product against Southampton’s defense as the game concluded in a 1-0 win for Crystal Palace. Brentford locking horns with Wolves ended on an inconclusive note as both the teams scored 1 goal each to tie the game as the game resulted in 1-1 tie. Fulham vs Everton also followed suit as the match concluded in a nil-nil tie.

Jurgen Klaup’s Liverpool faced a big upset against Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United as the Lillywhites drew first blood after which Salah responded. However, to the red’s surprise, Leeds United’s second breath helped the team come up with a goal in the closing minutes of the match, resulting in a 2-1 win for Leeds over Liverpool.

Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United left the home fans smiling as United were able to find a goal in the first half with the help of Rashford against Declan Rice and Company as the game concluded in a 1-0 win in the favor of United. Arteta’s Arsenal on the other hand came out to be the dominant side as the Gunners were able to score 5 goals against Nottingham Forest.

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FIFA Awards 2022: World Cup winner Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas win Best Player titles

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for the second time.

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FIFA Awards 2022

Lionel Messi has added another achievement to his account. Messi was voted FIFA’s best male player for the year 2022. Messi made Argentina the World Cup champion, ending a 36-year drought. He scored seven goals in this tournament.

On the other hand, Alexia Putellas won the female best player award at the FIFA football awards 2022.

Lionel Messi’s compatriot and coach Lionel Scaloni was named the best male coach. Scaloni guided the South Americans to the World Cup title. Messi, 35, left behind French forward Kylin Mbappe and Karim Benzema for this award. Apart from making Argentina the World Cup champion, Messi scored 27 goals in a total of 49 matches for the country and club in 2021-22.

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What did Messi say on receiving the award?

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for the second time. He said, ‘This is wonderful. It has been an amazing year and it is an honour for me to be here to receive the award. I wouldn’t be here without my teammates. I have achieved my long held dream. Only a few people achieve this and I feel fortunate to have done so.’

Lionel Scaloni, the coach who won Argentina the World Cup title, beat Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti at the ceremony in Paris. Guardiola led Manchester City to their sixth Premier League title. At the same time, Ancelotti had given Real Madrid the Champions League title.

England manager Sarina Wigman was voted the best women’s coach of the year. He guided England to the European Championship title last year. It was the team’s first major trophy. Aston Villa and Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez won the best goalkeeper award while England’s Mary Earps won the women’s award. Barcelona’s Alexia Putelas was voted the best female player of the year.

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Cristiano Ronaldo shares picture with rival Lionel Messi, says nice to see some old friends

Only recently the news of Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer took the footballing world by surprise as he announced that he will be taking his talents to Saudi Arabia’s league club Al-Nassr. The news of Ronaldo transferring to Al-Nasar left many fans heartbroken as the 37 year-old striker’s move to Saudi Arabia was speculated as him turning toward the phase of retirement and stepping away from playing football in big leagues.

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What many predict to be the last face-off between the two of the greatest players, lived up to its name as Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo went head-to-head with Argentinian striker Lionel Messi on January 19. The friendly match between Al-Nassr and Paris Saint Germain saw the two GOATs playing against each other.

After the match, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo shared a series of photos on Instagram in which he was seen doing the iconic celebration, as well as scoring the penalty during the match. Aside from the goals, the infamous number 7 also shared the photo of him hugging his arch rival and one of the greatest football players, Lionel Messi, during the match. Ronaldo also shared the picture of him being awarded the Man Of The Match trophy following the clash.

The post was shared by Ronaldo with a caption that stated that he was so happy to be back on the football field. The Portuguese star also added that he is happy to be on the score sheet as well. The 37-year-old also shared that he was happy to see some old friends, implying that it was great to see Messi and a few other former teammates from his stint in Real Madrid.

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The match concluded in a 5-4 win for PSG, however, the match became a riveting clash for the fans to watch as Messi found himself in the scoresheet in the opening minutes of the match, however, Ronaldo answered back with a penalty goal. Ronaldo also scored another goal before coming off. Subsequently after Ronaldo’s substitution, Messi was also taken off the field.

Ronaldo’s Transfer

Only recently the news of Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer took the footballing world by surprise as he announced that he will be taking his talents to Saudi Arabia’s league club Al-Nassr. The news of Ronaldo transferring to Al-Nasar left many fans heartbroken as the 37 year-old striker’s move to Saudi Arabia was speculated as him turning toward the phase of retirement and stepping away from playing football in big leagues such as Champions league, Premier League and what not.

Ronaldo signed a 2 and a Half year contract till 2025 with Al-Nassr on a free transfer following the number seven’s fallout with Manchester United. The portuguese star is set to earn an unprecedented amount of wages as he will earn 1800 crore rupees a year.

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Football suffers another great loss, former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli dies at 58

The Italian striker became the inspiring change for the Blues as he came as the player-manager in to lead Chelsea to victory in League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and UEFA super cup.

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Football world suffers another huge loss after Pele as former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died due to pancreatic cancer. The heartbreaking news of the former Sampdoria striker’s death came to the fore after his former club announced it on social media.

According to reports, in 2017 Vialli was diagnosed with cancer due to which he also took a temporary leave from his role with the national team in December owing to his health.

Gianluca Vialli Career

Vialli, joined the old lady in Italy after completing his iconic stint at Sampdoria in 1992 with a record transfer signing money at the time for 16.5 million euros. Luca continued to shine in Juventus as well as he successfully led the team to win the Champions league.

In 1996, Vialli took his talent to England to showcase it for the blues as he joined Chelsea in 1996. Subsequently after, the Italian transitioned to become a player-manager in 1998 after the sacking of Ruud Gullit. The Italian striker became the inspiring change for the Blues as he came as the player-manager in to lead Chelsea to victory in League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and UEFA super cup.

Gianluca was in the coaching staff assisting his former teammate in the Italy team which went on to win Euro 2022.

Twitter Reaction

After the news of the Italian striker’s death surfaced, the fans on twitter joined hands to pay regards to the player’s legacy and what he achieved. One user wrote and highlighted that The Italian phenom had a penchant for bicycle kick back in his days. He further deemed Luca to be a player that knew no bounds when it came to exciting the crowd.

One user wrote rest in peace to the late Italian footballer, Gianluca Vialli. The user further added that the former Juventus player was one of his favorite Italian soccer players. The user also added that the Images of Vialli with Roberto Mancini after Italy won Euro 2020 at Wembley will always remain a really special moment for him.

Not only the fans, but more people from football fraternity paid tribute to the late striker as Former Chelsea striker and current AS Roma manager paid tribute to Luca along with the Roma team.

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