Ayush Verma

Wembley Stadium hosts Manchester City and Watford in the final of the FA Cup, 2019. The Hornets looking to be a major roadblock in Manchester City’s quest for an unprecedented domestic treble, the latter having already won the Carabao Cup and the Premier League titles this season, in addition to the Community Shield. Road to the Final Watford started out strongly, dispatching non-league side Woking by 2-0, before overcoming Newcastle United with the same scoreline. A 1-0 win over QPR followed, and Watford

The English Premier League never ceases to amaze us with the sheer quantity of the goals that are scored across the 38 match period. Just this past season, which saw Liverpool and Manchester City fight toe-to-toe for the league title, a grand total of 1072 goals were scored! However, that surplus in the quantity of goals did not compromise on their quality, with some truly breath-taking goals hitting the back of the net. Whether you’re a fan of an intricate 40 yard passing

The Premier League title’s destination was decided on the very last day of the season, after Manchester City smashed Brighton and Hove Albion 1-4 to retain the title that they had won in such exquisite fashion just last season. Although they fell just short of the centurions mark this time around, this year’s title win was a significantly harder affair. Liverpool and Manchester City went toe-to-toe, trading blows the entire season, with the top spot on the league table changing hands a record

For the first time this decade, the UEFA Champions League final will be contested by 2 English teams, marking an end to years of Spanish domination. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will battle it out in arguably the most beautiful stadium in all of football, the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, on 1st June. Road to the final Both clubs share much common ground heading into this clash. For starters, both clubs found themselves on the cusp of being knocked out prematurely in the competition’s

Tottenham Hotspur faced an uphill task in Amsterdam on Wednesday night; overturning a goal’s deficit against a rampant Ajax side after having exerted to the extreme against Bournemouth over the weekend. Spurs being Spurs, it wouldn’t be fitting if they didn’t exacerbate their own predicament by conceding to an early corner, and a tad later to a truly beautiful finish by Hakim Ziyech. At 2-0 down on the night, and 3-0 down on aggregate, with Kieran Trippier limping due to injury, Mauricio Pochettino

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Amsterdam on Wednesday night to try to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first of the 2 legged UEFA Champions League semi-final tie. Donny Van De Beek put in a stellar performance and scored the solitary goal on the night of the first leg in London, and the Matthijs De Ligt led defence shut out the Spurs attackers to ensure the Dutch side did not concede any away goals. All in all, it was an excellent team display by

Liverpool welcome FC Barcelona to Anfield on Tuesday night, knowing that they must overturn a 3-0 deficit in order to have any chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid. A Luis Suarez goal was followed up by a Lionel Messi brace in the first leg of the tie, just before Ousmane Dembele missed a golden chance to finish the tie in Barcelona itself, when his shot from a glorious counter attack failed to hit the target. A 3 goal

FC Barcelona became champions of La Liga by beating Levante by a goal to nil on April 28th. Although, for neutrals, it was more of the inevitable finally taking place, it didn’t make the moment any less joyful. Very fittingly, it was Lionel Messi who came up with the goal that clinched the title for the Catalan club. In a brilliant campaign spearheaded by Messi, anchored by Pique and masterminded by Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona have the potential to reach the vastly coveted ‘treble’

Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Ajax to their new stadium on Tuesday in the first semi-final of the 18/19 Champions League. A small injury crisis was compounded by the suspension to Son Heung-Min, and Spurs were forced to start with a back 3 (3-5-2), made entirely of former Ajax players in Vertonghen, Sanchez and Alderweireld. It was a predictable, but a very defensive minded lineup, with the main attacking threat the wing backs, Trippier and Rose. Ajax started as we expected, in a 4-2-3-1, with

Liverpool take on FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur face Ajax in the Champions League semi-finals for the 18/19 season. Spurs and Barcelona play the first leg at home, and will have to travel to Amsterdam and Merseyside respectively for the return legs. Champions League Semi Final 1: Tottenham v/s Ajax Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the semi-finals, beating Manchester City on the away goals rule. The English side looks good value for their berth, and will be looking to beat this very young Ajax

Barcelona v/s Liverpool Dates: 1st leg – May 1nd, 2019: Camp Nou, Spain 2nd leg – May 7th, 2019: Anfield Stadium, England FC Barcelona, the Spanish champions take on last year’s finalists Liverpool in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League in May this season. Both sides enter the penultimate round of the season on the back on very convincing quarter final victories, against Manchester United (4-0 aggregate) and FC Porto (6-1 aggregate) respectively. Road to the semi – final: Barca topped the