Month: May 2019

The Red Devils drew with already-relegated Huddersfield on Sunday and will now be playing Europa League football next season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side took the lead through Scott McTominay, but were pegged back by Isaac Mbenza’s second-half strike.

The point left Solskjaer’s side four points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with one game left, with a sixth-place finish behind Arsenal appearing likely.

And Neville, who won eight Premier League titles with United, slammed the current crop of players’ lack of team spirit.

He told Sky Sports: “This is Huddersfield Town who have struggled all season. You watch them, they haven’t got the quality, but I like watching them a lot more than the ones in the red shirts, to be honest.

“At least you can identify with them. There’s nothing I like about this United team at all.

“It’s just awful. Look at them. They’re the most despondent group of people.

“As a manager, you want to like your team. I look at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, I can’t imagine he’s down there thinking he likes watching this lot – I don’t.”

Neville went on to compare United to the Tottenham team which Mauricio Pochettino inherited in 2014.

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The Wales international, who is suffering from a hamstring injury, will join Juventus this summer when his contract expires after more than a decade in north London.

Clubs across Europe will be well aware the dangers of letting your best stars leave for nothing.

Some of the best sides in the world, however, have failed to agree new contracts for their stars and could face a similar dilemma to Arsenal boss Unai Emery.

Check out talkSPORT.com’s list below of best players from across Europe who could follow Ramsey and walk away for nothing.

Manchester United’s 1-1 draw at relegated Huddersfield ended any hope fans had of watching Champions League football next season, as Chelsea and Tottenham took the remaining two places to join Manchester City and Liverpool.

And in his latest blog entry Mata kept it short, writing: “You deserve better. No more words needed.”

The 31-year-old is out of contract in the summer, but has been offered a new one-year extension, while it is being reported Brighton want to give him a deal.

Hi manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is hopeful he will stay.

Sanchez was given a rare start in attack against Huddersfield by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, his first in 12 games, but he failed to take the chance to impress in the disappointing 1-1 draw, which ended the club’s hopes of Champions League football.

The 30-year-old Chilean did not even play the full match, limping off in the 54th minute to be replaced by Tahith Chong.

It has been a nightmare spell at United for the former Arsenal player, who moved to Old Trafford in a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018.

He has scored just three times in the Premier League, despite collecting wages of around £500,000-a-week.

In his Times column on Monday, Tony Cascarino said Sanchez has become a huge burden for United, likening his situation to Jack Rodwell’s at Sunderland.

Rodwell joined Sunderland from Manchester City for £10million in 2014 on a huge wage packet but endured a disastrous spell, which finally ended last year after he agreed to cancel his contract.

An enthralling Champions League clash between the European heavyweights ended in a 3-0 victory for the Spanish champions.

And in an attempt to get even for the petition surrounding their idol Lionel Messi, Barca fans have tried to level the playing field.

In an altercation with Arturo Vidal, Mane appeared to raise his hands to the Chile international’s face.

But a portion of the Blaugrana fanbase, led by Mehrullah Baloch, want him banned for the second leg. On website Change.Org, Baloch wrote: “Sadio Mane should get a ban for the second leg of Semi-finals as he slapped Arturo Vidal for no reason!”

The official document comes in response to Reds supporters calling for Barca captain Lionel Messi to be banned for ‘punching’ Fabinho.

Shortly before whipping a delicious 35-yard free-kick into the top corner past Alisson, the Argentine appeared to lift a raised fist in the direction of the midfielder.

Incredibly, one supporter created a petition again on Change.Org titled: “Get Messi a retrospective ban for clearly punching Fabinho in the head.”

As it stands, the petition has reached more than 11,000 signatures.

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Tottenham’s loss on Saturday and Manchester United’s draw at Huddersfield on Sunday gave Unai Emery’s men the perfect chance to move within a point of fourth spot.

Instead they head into the the final day three points adrift and with an inferior goal difference to their north London rivals after Brighton toasted their survival with a deserved point.

Everything looked to be going Arsenal’s way when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a disputable eighth-minute penalty – Nacho Monreal going down under seemingly minimal contact.

But Emery’s side, who beat Valencia 3-1 here on Thursday night in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final tie, could not maintain their fast start.

Brighton, whose top-flight safety was confirmed when Cardiff lost at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, showed more attacking will than in recent weeks and earned a share of the spoils as Glenn Murray also converted from the spot after Granit Xhaka fouled Solly March.

Unlike their shaky start against Valencia, Arsenal were straight out of the blocks and Henrikh Mkhitaryan hit the inside of Mat Ryan’s right-hand post with less than two minutes gone.

They hit the front shortly afterwards with a contentious penalty, referee Anthony Taylor pointing to the spot after he adjudged Alireza Jahanbakhsh to have tripped Monreal.

Aubameyang made no mistake, sending Ryan the wrong way to move onto 20 Premier League goals for the campaign.

True to form for much of the season, Arsenal nearly shot themselves in the foot with a comedy of defensive errors.

Goalkeeper Bernd Leno passed the ball straight to March on the edge of his box and came tearing out to close down as his defence failed to clear on a number of occasions.

The German goalkeeper made amends by keeping out Murray’s header, with March hitting the side-netting moments later.

Ryan had to be at his best to get down low and push out a Shkodran Mustafi diving header from Xhaka’s corner and then turn an Aubameyang strike behind, Mkhitaryan also stinging the Australian’s palms before the interval.

It was Brighton who saw most of the ball at the start of the second half, March testing Leno at his near-post as the visitors went in search of an equaliser.

It came with 61 minutes on the clock, Taylor awarding the Seagulls a penalty after deeming Xhaka had felled March.

Murray tucked away the resulting spot-kick to level up the game with Brighton then sitting deep and frustrating their hosts.

Aubameyang fired a volley wide when he should have re-established the lead as Emery made a triple substitution with Alex Iwobi, Matteo Guendouzi and Sead Kolasinac all introduced for the final 15 minutes.

But it was March who came close to winning it for Brighton, forcing a fine stop from Leno as Pascal Gross could only thrash the rebound wildly off-target.

The performance from the home side saw plenty of their fans head for an early exit, with many of those who remained jeering at full-time despite the post-match lap of honour and farewells for the retiring Petr Cech and Juventus-bound Aaron Ramsey.

The 20-time English champions’ 1-1 draw at Huddersfield killed off any hope of finishing in the top four, as Chelsea and Tottenham – barring some extraordinary turn of events – will take third and fourth place.

How many of the current first team will still be there next season remains to be seen.

Alexis Sanchez, who earns a reported £500,000-a-week, is understood to be one player the club want rid of and it has even been claimed United are willing to pay half of his wages to get him off their books.

“I can’t talk about individuals now but there’s a chance you’ve seen the last of [some] players,” manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. “We weren’t good enough . . . the table seldom lies.

“Effort and attitude was not the problem. The players were running and trying. We just weren’t good enough. That is the problem.”

The Hoops clinched their eighth successive top-flight title with a 3-0 win at Aberdeen on Saturday.

But the celebrations were marred with the sectarian slurs directed towards McInnes, who was subjected to the same abuse by Celtic fans in last month’s Scottish Cup semi-final.

The former Rangers midfielder was serving a one-game touchline ban after making gestures to Celtic supporters who branded him a ‘sad orange b*****d’.

Defending his close pal, Lennon said: “I am disappointed to say the least.

“I am disappointed for Derek, because I know what a great guy he is, he is a great football man with great integrity. I am sorry he wasn’t in the dugout today.

“I am a huge admirer of what he has done this year, and what he has done previously.”

McInnes hit out at Celtic fans’ sectarian chants and asked if the SFA were listening.

He said: “Of course I heard it because I have been hearing it for years.

“It is not if I hear it, that is not the question, the question should be are other people hearing it?

“The biggest surprise would have been if I had not heard it today, as you all know, so it is what it is.

“There has been a missed opportunity to send out the right message. I served my punishment today and I will be back in the dugout next week.”

In February, Kilmarnock boss Steve Clarke accused Rangers fans of living in the dark ages after he was called a ‘Fenian b*****d’.

“It’s lovely being back in the west of Scotland, really nice,” he said.

A 1-1 draw to relegated Huddersfield Town on Sunday ensured the Red Devils would not be playing Champions League football next season.

The result at the john Smith’s Stadium means United have too much ground to catch up on Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Finishing fifth or sixth would mean a return to the Europa League – a competition Jose Mourinho won in 2017.

But, depending on who wins the FA Cup final on May 18, United could be starting their season as early as July.

City could be looking to complete a domestic treble against Watford at Wembley, with the Hornets aiming to win a first piece of silverware in their history.

Whoever wins gets an automatic place in the Europa League. However, as City have already qualified for the Champions League, a victory for them means the European spot would go to the seventh-best side in the Premier League.

That means Wolverhampton Wanderers or Leicester City will be in with a chance of qualifying for the Europa League.

But, if Javi Gracia’s men upset the odds to win the world’s oldest club competition, they would automatically be sent into the group stages.

That would be terrible news for whoever finishes sixth in the league table (currently United) as it means they would have to go through the qualifying stages – starting on July 25.

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah claimed the Golden Boot last season with his record-breaking tally of 32 and he is leading his rivals once again this term.

Sergio Aguero, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sadio Mane have also been in fine goal-scoring form this campaign.

In addition, the creative players and goalkeepers are fighting for the prize for most assists as well as most clean sheets.

Here’s a full rundown of all the stats and figures from the 2018/19 Premier League season.