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UEFA Nations League finals - four Englishmen among top ten players

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jun 3 2019 15:43
UEFA Nations League finals - four Englishmen among top ten players With the Nations League finals kicking off in Portugal on Wednesday we run through the ten top rated players selected for duty from Europe’s top five leagues last season.10. Joao Cancelo (Portugal) - Rating 7.20Given the competition for the right-back berth with Portugal, with neither Ricardo ...
Categories: Tournament Focus

Liverpool trio feature but no Tottenham in Champions League knockout XI

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Jun 2 2019 15:34
Liverpool trio feature but no Tottenham in Champions League knockout XI While Liverpool ensured they went one better than last season to lift their sixth European Cup the Reds weren’t the only team to boast some star performers over the latter stages of the Champions League. Jurgen Klopp’s side are one of six represented in our team of the knockout phase.GK:...
Categories: Best XI

The Ultimate 2018/19 Champions League quiz

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Jun 2 2019 13:24
The Ultimate 2018/19 Champions League quiz So Liverpool are the 2019 Champions of Europe after all four English teams reached the Champions League quarter-finals but how closely did you follow the tournament as a whole over the campaign? We have ten questions to test just that in our Champions League quiz of the season…(function(d,s,i...
Categories: WhoScored Quiz

The three unlikely Liverpool stars that inspired Champions League glory

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Jun 2 2019 12:08
The three unlikely Liverpool stars that inspired Champions League glory After a Champions League final lacking star quality, while the somewhat abject performances from some of the big names of Liverpool and Tottenham left many a neutral disappointed, as far as the Reds are concerned this hasn’t been a campaign in which they favoured front three have shone in Euro...
Categories: Team Focus

Champions League final tips: Slow starters Tottenham to pay price vs Liverpool

by Martin Laurence at Friday, May 31 2019 15:16
Champions League final tips: Slow starters Tottenham to pay price vs Liverpool And so it ends. The 2018/19 campaign, certainly across the major domestic divisions and European competitions, comes to its culmination in Madrid as Premier League rivals Tottenham and Liverpool battle it out for Champions League glory.For Spurs this is unchartered territory. For Liverpool not only ...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

Quiz: Name the players to score 20+ goals in 2018/19

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, May 29 2019 16:03
Quiz: Name the players to score 20+ goals in 2018/19 With the 2018/19 campaign now wrapped up across all of Europe's top five leagues and a relatively round figure of 15 players reaching 20+ goals for the season, we want you to name them all in three minutes. An easy task for a true fan of football on the continent, surely?...
Categories: WhoScored Quiz

Europa League final tips: Arsenal offer great value under expert Emery

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, May 29 2019 12:40
Europa League final tips: Arsenal offer great value under expert Emery It’s the last London derby of the season, so naturally Chelsea and Arsenal meet in Azerbaijan as they vie to end topsy turvy campaigns with some silverware.It’s the Blues that are the considerable favourites with the bookmakers to do just that, which makes relatively little sense given t...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

The Road to Baku: How Chelsea reached the Europa League final

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, May 29 2019 10:19
The Road to Baku: How Chelsea reached the Europa League final If only there were a road to Baku as far as Chelsea fans are concerned, but the select few that will make the journey to Azerbaijan will do so in the knowledge that it could be the end of an era.Head coach Maurizio Sarri seems almost certain to lose his job should the result go Arsenal’s way, ...
Categories: Tournament Focus

Aston Villa back in the Premier League as unheralded stars step up

by Martin Laurence at Monday, May 27 2019 17:57
Aston Villa back in the Premier League as unheralded stars step up After the heartache of a playoff final in which they failed to do themselves justice this time last year, Aston Villa were not in the mood to allow history to repeat itself.That defeat to Fulham was in stark contrast to the victory over Frank Lampard’s Derby, notably because star man Jack Grea...
Categories: Match Report

No places for Napoli or Inter as Ronaldo stars in Serie A team of the season

by Martin Laurence at Monday, May 27 2019 10:58
No places for Napoli or Inter as Ronaldo stars in Serie A team of the season With the 2018/19 Serie A campaign coming to a close in dramatic fashion on Sunday, there was joy for Atalanta and Inter having booked their place in the Champions League next season. However, while the former have two men in the WhoScored.com team of the season, the latter - along with second placed...
Categories: Best XI