Author: Soccerhuz
Who is superior, Martin Odegaard or James Maddison? As Arsenal fans, we obviously believe Odegaard is superior. But, since Maddison, who we were interested in at one point, joined our North London rivals Tottenham Hotspurs, the topic of which North London club has the finest playmaker has come back into being. Danny Murphy, a former Liverpool midfielder, believes our No. 8 is superior to Maddison. Murphy claims our captain doesn’t just focus on attacking, he contributes to our defensive game. He’s tireless and runs all day, and it is this incredible stamina and contributions that elevate him beyond Maddison, despite…
Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 in their World Cup qualifiers last night, and Emi Martinez seems impressed with Tottenham Hotspur star Cristian Romero. The 25-year-old has been absolutely incredible over the last few months, hasn’t he? He has wowed everyone, including Lionel Messi, and he continues to make big strides for his country. Romero was excellent for Argentina last night. Argentina were the favourites going into the game against Paraguay last night, and even though it wasn’t an easy game, they got the job done. Nicolás Otamendi’s third-minute strike proved to be the winner in the end, and Lionel Scaloni’s men…
Liverpool’s Premier League match at Manchester City next month has been rescheduled. The game at Etihad Stadium is now set to kick off at 12.30pm GMT on Saturday November 25, with Sky Sports showing the contest live in the UK. View an updated 2023-24 fixture list and download our eCalendar here.
Thankfully, Sterling was onside, so there was no repeat of what happened to Liverpool. But speaking on The Footballer’s Football Podcast, Antonio said that referees were making things unnecessarily hard for themselves. “No way!” exclaimed the West Ham United man, after being told of the Sterling incident. “That’s to be fair, I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this, but I feel like sometimes officials kill themselves even more than necessary. “They have done something the week before – just stick to what you’ve done. Just go ‘you know what I have made a decision, it’s happened, he’s done…
Italy national team coach Luciano Spalletti faced the cameras on Friday before his side’s 2024 European Championship qualifier against Malta at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola in Bari. The former Napoli manager has handed a first time call-up to Tottenham Hotspur’s Nigeria-eligible defender Destiny Udogie. Spalletti has hinted at giving a debut to the Italian-Nigerian fullback who has earned rave reviews for his performances in the Premier League. The 64-year-old highlighted that he was impressed with the physicality and versatility of Udogie who can be deployed in defence and midfield. The 64-year-old highlighted that he was impressed with the physicality and versatility of…
The autumn international break is upon us, but it would appear that a beef between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool has carried over from the Premier League into the England camp ahead of their games against Australia and Italy. The crux of the ongoing row is the recent match between the two clubs on Sept. 30 that was engulfed in VAR controversy over a decision that went against the Reds, who lost the game 2-1 via Joël Matip’s stoppage-time own goal. This was after Luis Díaz had a first-half goal wrongly disallowed due to a miscommunication between the on-field officials and the VAR…
Tottenham star James Maddison has started the 2023/24 campaign in incredible form and the midfielder believes he can carry that into England’s two matches during this international break. The Three Lions face Australia in a friendly on Friday night before continuing their EURO 2024 qualifying campaign against Italy on Tuesday. Maddison is hoping to get important minutes in a white shirt and will be looking to carry his club form into both fixtures. The 26-year-old has made a fast start to life at Tottenham, helping the North London club to the top of the Premier League after eight games. The…
Welcome to the ECHO’s Liverpool FC live blog for Saturday, October 14. A number of Liverpool players were in action yesterday evening in the latest round of international fixtures. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate faced off against each other as France secured a win over the Netherlands, meanwhile Kostas Tsimikas, Ben Doak and Trent Alexander-Arnold also starred for their respective nations. On a transfer front, Kylian Mbappe is a player who has been linked with a move to Liverpool on more than one occasion in the past and a latest claim on the matter has suggested the Reds could…
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison has had an amazing start to his career at Spurs. Tottenham signed the England international in the summer for a reported £40million. The 26-year-old has had a direct hand in seven Tottenham goals in the Premier League. Maddison has also made 25 key passes for his teammates, created six big chances, and registered 13 shots on target. On talkSPORT, Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour sung the Spurs newcomer’s praises following his great start to the campaign. “I will tell you who has had a great start to the season,” said Brazil (9:10am, October 13, 2023). “Maddison.…
Liverpool will return from the international break without a number of their key players, but how long will we have to wait for each absentee to return? The Reds have made an impressive start to their Premier League campaign and will resume with one of the biggest fixtures of the lot against Everton in next weekend’s early kick-off. Jurgen Klopp has been fortunate not to have lost too many players to injury so far this season, but a couple of recent fitness issues have been compounded by an unwelcome streak of red cards and subsequent bans. Here, we take a look at those who are…