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  • Woeful Manchester United and Arsenal Knocked out of Carabao Cup

    Newcastle piled the pressure on a troubled Erik ten Hag with a stunning 3-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

    Goals from Miguel Almiron, Lewis Hall and Joe Willock sank the Red Devils to send the Magpies through to the Quarter finals of the Carabao cup.

    At the London Stadium, West Ham sank Arsenal 3-1 to end the Gunners Carabao cup hopes with goals from Mohammed Kudus, Jared Bowen and a Ben White own goal.

    Martin Odegaard scored the Gunners’ consolation goal in stoppage time as West Ham progressed to the next round at the expense of their former Captain Declan Rice.

    In other fixtures, Liverpool progressed at the expense of Bournemouth courtesy of goals from Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez with Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert scoring the Cherries’ only goal.

    Troubled Chelsea cruised to the Quarter finals with a reassuring performance against Championship side Blackburn Rovers with goals from Benoit Badiashile and Raheem Sterling.

    Chelsea will now take on Newcastle united as Liverpool take on West Ham.

    Other Carabao cup quarter final fixtures will see Everton take on Fulham as championship side Middlesbrough battle it out with League One side Port Vale.

  • Premier league round-up: Manchester United & Chelsea Woes Continue

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    Arsenal stormed to fourth after a hard fought 1-0 victory against Everton.

    The gunners had a goal disallowed as Eddie Nketiah was offside for Martineli’s goal. The Brazilian was taken off with a knock as his subsitute, Leandro Trossard scored the match’s solitary goal.

    In another sunday kick off Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw at the vitality stadium by Bournemouth.

    The blues enjoyed dominance in possesion but could not capitalize on that dominance. Colwill’s goal should have given the london side the lead but was disallowed for being offside.

    Early on in the weekend Manchester City maintained their top spot as they brushed West Ham United aside with goals from Jeremy Doku, Bernardo silva and Erling Haaland.

    Their Manchester counterparts, the red devils fell to abrighton thumping on home turf. Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro put the seagulls three goals ahead as Hannibal scored United’s consolation goal.

    Tottenham left it late as they came back from a goal down against Sheffield United to win the game in stopppage time with two goals in quick succesion from Richarlison and Kulusevski.

    Liverpool brushed of a wolves threat as they fought from a goal down to win 3-1.

    Goals from Cody Gakpo and Andy Robertson saw the res through.

    Later in the evening Nottingham Forest will take on Burnley in the last encounter of Match week 5.

  • Chelsea’s Mass Exodus

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    Despite spending a whooping £570 million on transfers in the space of two windows, Chelsea’s fortunes don’t seem to be turning around. The London side endured a horrid season after finishing 12th in the Premier league.

    The Blues had multiple managerial changes with Todd Boehly sacking Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter after poor performances. Lampard became the fourth manager, after Bruno Saltor took charge of one match following the dismissal of Potter.

    Now with former Spurs manager, Mauricio Pochettino at the helm, the blues faithful might have something to hang on to. Yet the exodus witnessed at the club during the transfer window, does little to inspire faith and optimism.

    Chelsea have lost nearly half of their starting XI from last season with goalkeeper Edouard Mendy joining Saudi pro league side Al-Ahli. Senegalese center back, Kalidou Koulibaly likewise, has joined Saudi pro league side Al-Hilal, while club veteran Cesar Azpilicueta, has joined Spanish side Atletico Madrid.

    The transfers of Mason Mount, Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz have raised a few eyebrows. With the England international and the Croatian joining both Manchester sides, United and City respectively and the German international joining London rivals Arsenal, Chelsea seems to be strengthening direct rivals.

    Arsenal pushed City all the way last season. Adding Havertz to their ranks will only further their title ambitions. Manchester United as well will be looking to build on their success last season with a third-place finish, a Carabao cup to their name and now Mason Mount in their ranks. Manchester City having lost Gundogan will do with a much-needed reinforcement in midfield and Kovacic provides just that.

    Other noticeable departures include French international, Ngolo Kante who joins Saudi side Al-Ittihad while Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic both join Italian side AC Milan, following in the footsteps of former blues player, Olivier Giroud. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s absence will also be felt as he joins French side Marseille.

    Blues supporters will be hoping these transfers don’t come to haunt them if any of their former players lead their rivals to glory.