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كان محمد صلاح مهاجم ليفربول في حالة تألق أمام مانشستر يونايتد يوم الأحد، وقدم المصري أداءً رائعًا آخر حيث سجل أول ثلاثية له هذا الموسم ليساعد الريدز على هزيمة مانشستر يونايتد 5-0 على ملعب أولد ترافورد.

وبالهاتريك رفع محمد صلاح رصيده هذا الموسم إلى 15 هدفًا في 12 مباراة فقط.

كان صلاح يشكل خطرا مستمرا على دفاع مانشستر يونايتد وكان قد صنع بالفعل الهدف الافتتاحي لنابي كيتا.

أثار أداء صلاح حماس جماهير ليفربول مرة أخرى عندما كانوا ينظرون في حالة من عدم التصديق إلى لاعب يمكن القول إنه الأفضل في العالم في مستواه الحالي.

ووفقًا لصحيفة “The Athletic”، يعتقد بعض الأشخاص في ليفربول أن محمد صلاح يتمتع بلياقة بدنية أفضل من ليونيل ميسي.

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وتشير صحيفة “إكسبريس” البريطانية نقلاً عن تقرير “The Athletic”، إلى أن ليفربول يشجع لاعبيهم على استخدام الصالة الرياضية كجزء من برنامجهم التدريبي، وقد تمكن صلاح من بناء جسم لا يحلم به المحترفون الآخرون.

ويتابع التقرير أن صلاح في حالة رائعة ولديه قوة لا تصدق في الجزء العلوي من الجسم بسبب تدريباته المستمرة خارج الملعب.

سمحت قوة محمد صلاح وعمله التكييفي بأن يصبح أحد أفضل الرياضيين في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز ويحصد الثمار خلال المباريات.

يتمتع اللاعب البالغ من العمر 29 عامًا بالسرعة، ويمكنه تغيير اتجاهه بسرعة ويمكنه إبعاد المدافعين للحفاظ على الكرة وإبعاد تسديداته.

وبالتالي فليس من المستغرب أنه سجل في جميع المباريات التي شارك فيها هذا الموسم باستثناء واحدة.

ويواصل التقرير أن المدافعين يكافحون لاحتواء محمد صلاح والسيطرة عليه وهو يتسبب في مشاكل للخصوم أكثر من أي وقت مضى.

محمد صلاح الآن هو المرشح الأوفر حظًا للفوز بالحذاء الذهبي لهذا الموسم في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، مع وجود الاحتمالات بالنسبة له للتتويج بالكرة الذهبية.

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وأتم التقرير مؤكدًا أنه إذا واصل صلاح عمله الشاق خارج الملعب، فلا يوجد سبب يمنعه من أن يكون لاعبًا متميزًا في الثلاثينيات من عمره.

Key information about Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium was built in 1921 and now houses League One’s Bristol Rovers. The ground is located in an area in Bristol that was known as Buffalo Bill’s Field and is actually more commonly referred to as Memorial Ground.

Its maximum capacity stands at 12,300 along with a pitch that measures 101m by 68m. The surface of the field is covered with grass and it has no running track surrounding it.

The record attendance of 12,011 supporters at Memorial Stadium was set for Bristol Rovers’ clash against West Bromwich Albion on 9 March 2008.

A history of Memorial Stadium

The site on which the ground now lies was actually created way back in 1891 on an area of land more commonly known as Buffalo Bill’s Field, after Colonel William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show that took place there. That was also when some of the first games were played on the site.

But it actually wouldn’t be until 1921 and after World War I that Buffalo Bill’s Field was bought by Sir Francis Nicholas Cowlin, who was the sheriff of Bristol, and given to Bristol Rugby Club. The name Memorial Stadium – or rather, Memorial Ground as it was known back then – was chosen as tribute to local rugby union players who lost their lives in the war.

Sports fixtures were held at the ground since the early days and it managed to attract the crowds regularly despite having only one wooden stand and terraces installed. Of course, it would also improve significantly over the years as they demolished the old features and added the new and more modern ones by 1995. But football wasn’t really a regular occurrence at Memorial Stadium until 1996 when Bristol Rovers finally moved in.

The club entered into joint ownership through the Memorial Stadium Company, even taking the majority of shareholding due to the rugby team’s difficult financial situation. In fact, following Bristol Bears’ relegation two years later, Bristol Rovers were able to buy their share of the ground for a nominal fee, making the previous owners tenants in their own home.

After the new millennium, Memorial Stadium was further redeveloped with the addition of a roof to the Clubhouse Terrace and temporary stands at the south and south-west, which also boosted their maximum capacity as well. In 2014, the rugby club would finally move out of the ground and leave Bristol Rovers as sole residents.

Recent years have been extremely turbulent when it comes to redevelopment plans of the ground. Initially, they wanted to expand Memorial Stadium but after years of delays and issues, they decided to move to the newly proposed UWE Stadium instead of that. But, ultimately that failed as well and after the arrival of their new owners, the focus has shifted towards improving their current home once again.

Tickets to watch Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium

All tickets to watch Bristol Rovers play at Memorial Stadium can be found and purchased on the club’s official website. The price, of course, will vary depending on the stand chosen and the age group of the buyer but an adult ticket can be bought for a cost between £12 and £19.

The club also offers a season ticket scheme for their most loyal fans and more information can be found on the aforementioned website.

Related links

https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/ – Official website of Bristol Rovers

Newcastle had an afternoon to forget on Saturday as they lost 2-1 to Watford via two Troy Deeney penalties.

The Magpies’ performance was summed up by a litany of individual errors, notably from Javier Manquillo and Matt Ritchie who gave away the spot-kicks, but there was another player on the pitch who was arguably just as bad.

Indeed, Danny Rose had an absolute stinker against the Hornets, picking up a 6.14 rating from WhoScored for a performance that saw him make just one tackle, with no interceptions, clearances or key passes.

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Rose’s game got off to a poor start. He was chastised early on by his captain for failing to clear a ball when the team were in danger, and due to the lack of a crowd, every viewer could hear exactly what Jamaal Lascelles thought of the full-back’s error.

It wasn’t just the centre-back who had a few choice words for Rose as a number of fans took to social media to voice their complaints with the Tottenham loanee’s performance.

The defender may only have a few games left as a Newcastle player due to his loan deal being up at the end of the season.

Of course, as with many loan deals, rumours have circulated that Steve Bruce’s side are looking into the possibility of signing him permanently, but after this performance, many United fans don’t want to see him back beyond the end of the season, and you can’t blame them for having that point of view after Saturday’s poor showing.

Manchester United always knew that signing Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund was never going to be an easy task. 

While Ole Gunnar Solskjaer maintains that Sancho remains his top target this summer, the Red Devils have drafted a list of alternatives should they fail in their attempts to bring him to Old Trafford.

Dortmund director Michael Zorc’s recent comments will not have gone down well with Ed Woodward and Matt Judge.

Man United are firmly focused on signing Sancho but the Bundesliga outfit have insisted the 11-cap England international is staying at the Signal Iduna Park for at least another season.

According to The Manchester Evening News, United are considering Kingsley Coman, Rabbi Matondo and Thiago Almada, while ESPN revealed Barcelona flop Ousmane Dembele is also on the shortlist.

Whether or not this is simply part of the poker game, only time will tell, but it is telling that the Red Devils are ready to look at other options.

Dembele seems to be the odd one out as the 23-year-old has not managed to play a competitive game all year.

He has struggled for consistency since his £135m move from the Bundesliga to La Liga because his career has been plagued by persistent injuries.

Spanish newspaper Sport insists Barca will allow him to leave on loan as long as there is a mandatory option to buy included in the deal. However, the Red Devils harbour concerns over his injury history and view the Frenchman as a risky investment.

Meanwhile, United continue to be linked to Coman, Matondo and Almada as well.

Coman has incredibly won a league title in each of his seasons as a professional footballer so far, which sets him apart from the rest of his rivals.

Despite his young age, the 24-year-old has already played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe, including the likes of Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, which makes him a valuable backup option if the board are unable to sign Sancho in the summer.

It is understood that Matondo is viewed in the same bracket as his Welsh teammate Daniel James, and although he would be a much cheaper option than the Englishman, he would not be expected to start every game on the right wing.

While he would make a great addition to cope with the congestion of fixtures United will have to deal with next season, he doesn’t have the experience behind him to push for a place in the starting lineup.

Velez Sarsfeld forward Thiago Almada faces the same issues as his Schalke counterpart.

With that being said, this could simply be a ploy by the board to break the deadlock with Dortmund.

The Sancho saga has shown no signs of going away anytime soon, so there are bound to be plenty of twists and turns in the tale still to come.

United fans, do you think Ed Woodward will sign Sancho this summer? Let us know your views in the comments below!

Tottenham Hotspur continued their newfound momentum by beating Newcastle United 3-1 at St James’ Park. 

Harry Kane’s two strikes took his tally to 201 goals in 350 games, with the majority of those for Tottenham (BBC).

Spurs are now enjoying an unbeaten run stretching back to the 1-0 win at home to Everton. Nevertheless, Noel Whelan has blasted full-backs Serge Aurier and Ben Davies for their “wasteful” performances on the wings.

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Leeds United striker ripped into the defensive duo, suggesting Spurs are “missing a goalscoring opportunity without having that quality.”

Aurier and Davies have established themselves as Jose Mourinho’s first choice full-backs as they have started every game since the Premier League restart, winning four out of a possible seven games so far.

Son Heung-min opened the scoring before Kane added the extras to mark the first time Mourinho had won a Premier League game at St James’ Park.

The Ivorian’s scuffed clearance allowed Matt Ritchie to bury an equaliser, but Kane combined with Steven Bergwijn to keep Newcastle quiet.

Whelan told assistant editor Russell Edge “when you get into areas out wide where you’ve got a striker like that who’s fantastic in the air and can score all kinds of goals in the box, I think me as a striker would be tearing my hair out.

“We see it at Leeds at times, all that hard work and great work at times getting into the final third but with a wasteful ball. You’re missing a goalscoring opportunity without having that quality.

“That is somewhere that Tottenham are lacking – Aurier to me is not their solution.”

With all due respect, it seems Whelan has gone too far this time. Aurier started just two days after his younger brother Christopher was shot dead in Toulouse.

Although the 27-year-old was at fault for the error that led to Newcastle’s equaliser, he still made 3 clearances, completed 4 tackles, and finished the game with a pass accuracy rating of 85% (via SofaScore).

The ex-Paris Saint-Germain ace has played 31 games in the Premier League this season, scoring one goal, supplying five assists, making 1.1 key passes per game, averaging 2.8 tackles, and registering 2.6 clearances on average (stats provided by WhoScored).

Mourinho had been considering Gedson Fernandes, Oliver Skipp and Moussa Sissoko as possible alternatives in the event that Aurier could not play, but with so much at stake, the Ivory Coast captain showed he is a team player who is committed to the cause.

It might not have been his best performance of the season, but he still managed to play the full 90 minutes.

As a result, Spurs are now seventh in the table, a point behind Wolverhampton Wanderers, with only two games remaining.

With everything he has been through in the past week, the fact he even played against the Magpies shows real courage and determination.

Tottenham fans, has Serge Aurier gone up in your estimation for playing this week? Let us know down below!

يرى الإنجليزي، واين روني، أن عودة كريستيانو رونالدو، إلى صفوف مانشستر يونايتد من جديد، ستساعد الشياطين الحمُر، في استعادة لقب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وعاد رونالدو إلى صفوف اليونايتد من جديد، بعد 12 عامًا، حيث قضى تسع سنوات مع ريال مدريد، وثلاث سنوات مع يوفنتوس.

مانشستر يونايتد لم يتمكن من الفوز بلقب البريميرليج، مُنذ ثماني سنوات، وذلك كان في موسم 2012/2013، تحت قيادة السير أليكس فيرجسون.

وقال روني في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “مترو” البريطانية: “أنا لم أتحدث إلى كريستيانو رونالدو، مُنذ عودته، ولن أتمكن من الذهاب إلى المدرجات في مباراة السبت”.

وأضاف: “لقد حصلت على عطلة يوم السبت، ولديّ مباراتين مع أبنائي، لذلك سأصطحبهم وأكون سائقًا لهم”.

وواصل: “أنا أتابع مانشستر يونايتد باستمرار، وأريدهم أن يقدموا أداءً جيدًا، وأعتقد أنه من الرائع لهم أنهم أعادوا كريستيانو رونالدو”.

وتابع: “عقليته ستنال من اللاعبين الشباب على وجه الخصوص، لذلك أعتقد أنه صفقة رائعة حقًا”.

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وأردف: “سيعرف كريستيانو نفسه أن الأمر لن يكون بسيطًا أو مباشرًا بالنسبة له كما كان في إسبانيا أو إيطاليا، إنه دوري بدني للغاية، لكنه يعرف ذلك، لأنه لعب بالفعل من قبل في البريميرليج، لذلك أنا متأكد أنه مستعد للذهاب وتسجيل الأهداف مرة أخرى مع مانشستر يونايتد”.

واسترسل: “لقد رأينا ما فعله في المباراة الماضية ضد أيرلندا، في الدقيقتين الأخيرتين سجل هدفين، برأسيات رائعة، لذلك يمكن أن يكون له تأثير كبير على الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز”.

وأكمل: “أنا أعتقد أن مانشستر يونايتد جاهزًا أخيرًا للذهاب والتحدي على اللقب، وأشعر حقًا أنه يتعين عليهم ذلك، هذا العام”.

وأتم تصريحاته: “لذلك سيكون كريستيانو لاعبًا كبيرًا جدًا، وأعتقد أنه سيحظى بلحظات كبيرة في الموسم وأنا متأكد من أنه سيسجل الكثير من الأهداف”.

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Prior to his sacking, Ray Parlour expressed his surprise that Tottenham Hotspur did not back manager Mauricio Pochettino, per talkSPORT.

What’s he said?

Pochettino was officially sacked on Tuesday evening.

And Parlour, a former Arsenal midfielder, believes that the Argentine should have been given greater support in the transfer market.

He said: ““I’m surprised they haven’t backed him, I really am, by saying ‘right, what do you need? We got to the Champions League final, amazing season for Spurs last year, let’s kick on, let’s try and move closer to Liverpool and Man City, we’ve got a great stadium now.

“‘I know a few players will be leaving but we’ve got to try to get players in, with the quality to keep us up there, with the likes of the top two.’”

Not done enough

Daniel Levy didn’t do enough for Tottenham during Pochettino’s tenure.

That doesn’t just include the summer, but also the transfer windows that have come before it.

Spurs became the first club in Premier League history not to buy a single player in the summer transfer window last year and were then inactive in January, too.

The solution to that in the most recent window was to buy three first-team players in Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon. Only the former has made more than one start in the Premier League so far this season.

It simply doesn’t add up, especially when one includes the departures of Kieran Trippier and Fernando Llorente; neither player was directly replaced.

And so the Spurs squad is weaker now than it was as it headed into the Champions League final which, really, is unforgivable.

Pochettino is a manager, not a miracle worker, and managers, like carpenters, are only as good as their tools.

Levy hasn’t been providing them as he should have been and he is as culpable as anyone for Pochettino ultimately losing his job.

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Sheffield Wednesday’s season has ticked like an erratic metronome.

There were majorly positive signs when Garry Monk finally took the reins in September, losing just one game in eight matches, but his tumultuous tenure so far has seen continuous problems arise.

Some in his control, some not.

Maybe the January transfer window will be his saviour, should they go relatively unscathed from the EFL.

At the start, the 40-year-old was faced with his skipper Tom Lees being out injured alongside a lengthy six-game suspension to two-time top scorer Fernando Forestieri.

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Reliance on this season’s goal-getter Steven Fletcher then became the next issue, not that it has even been resolved yet while in the grand scheme of things, the Owls have the oldest squad in the division, so giving youth a runout every now and then can’t exactly hurt, can it?

Now the club have been charged by the EFL for financial misconduct over the sale of Hillsborough to owner Dejphon Chansiri as he tried to offset any debts during the 2017/18 season accounts.

One football finance expert believes that a 12-point deduction will be the minimum punishment dealt by the Football League, which would turn Wednesday’s season from being in with a chance of reaching the playoffs into a relegation dogfight.

As of right now, it would sink them to second-bottom in the division.

Meanwhile, Monk heads into this weekend without two key members of his defence as Liam Palmer, and now Julian Borner, are suspended – failure to pick up all three points against a Charlton Athletic side that will struggle to field a competitive team would be inexcusable.

The former Swansea City legend inherited this squad in its entirety from his predecessor Steve Bruce and then caretaker manager Lee Bullen, and given the circumstances off the field, he should be cut some slack.

January could see him bring in some players of his own, which may allow him to set up his side exactly how he wants, while later this summer, a vast rebuild task could be on his hands as over ten first-team players see their contract expire at the end of the season.

Give Monk time, see how the EFL play things out, and then reassess his impact around this time next year. Perspective.

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In other news, Wednesday fans have slammed one surprise member of the starting line up….

Trent Alexander-Arnold has worked his way into becoming a key player for Liverpool, and fans have taken the opportunity to praise him on the eve of what will be his 100th appearance for the club.

It is quite an achievement for a player who only turned 21 a few weeks ago, and given the way he is playing there are likely to be many more to come.

As an added bonus for many Reds, he is Liverpool through-and-through. He is living his dream and has no desire to leave – so could feasibly hold the right-back slot for years to come.

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One fan suggested that he is the best thing to happen to the club since Steven Gerrard, which is some praise indeed, but if he manages to maintain his rate of creating chances and producing assists – with 37 and three respectively this term – then he will be remembered for years to come.

More importantly, he could be essential in Liverpool’s chances of picking up more silverware, and the longer he maintains his current performance the greater the plaudits he will receive.

Here are some of the reactions from supporters gushing over what he has brought to the club.

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According to BBC Sport, West Ham United are interested in making a move for Mbwana Samatta, with Newcastle United also considering the Tanzania national team striker.

What’s the word?

Just days after scoring for Genk in their 2-1 loss against Liverpool, getting in ahead of James Milner to power in a header, Samatta has been linked with a move to the Premier League.

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The 26-year-old, who was the Jupiler League’s top-scorer last season with 25 goals, reportedly has a release clause in his contract of around £10m.

This time around, he has 8 goals from 16 starts and 1 substitute appearance across the league and Champions League, with this tally including the only goal of the game against Anderlecht and a clinical header against RB Salzburg.

Concerning for Albian Ajeti

It is understandable that the Hammers are interested in Samatta due to how prolific he has been for Genk this season and last.

However, that doesn’t change the fact that this is a very concerning sign for Albian Ajeti, who has struggled since making his move to east London, with this perhaps being an indication that the club are already losing faith in him.

Ajeti has played 244 minutes of football for the Hammers this season, a total that includes the full 90 minutes against Newport County and Oxford United, yet he still hasn’t managed to get a goal in claret and blue.

Another worrying sign comes from his time on international duty in September, when he played the full 90 minutes of Switzerland’s 4-0 win over Gibraltar, yet only took 2 shots, with 1 of those going on target, while he failed to get a goal contribution.

With all of this in mind, if West Ham do go out and sign Samatta, the 22-year-old could be in real danger of fading into the background at the London Stadium.