Thick AccentStories based on the action taking place inside a game of football.
Liverpool didn’t look like a team who were missing close to 8 starters as the Reds dominated Leicester City at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s side stretched their juggernaut unbeaten run at home to 64 games with a comfortable 3-0 win against the Foxes. Liverpool drew first blood when Jonny Evans strangely put the ball at the […]
What a player is Mkhitaryan turning out to be for AS Roma this season. The Manchester United and Arsenal reject has been on fire since making his move to Serie A permanent back in August. The Armenian scored all three goals for Roma in their 3-1 win over Genoa before the international break and has […]
Erling Haaland celebrated winning the 2020 Golden Boy award by absolutely decimating Hertha Berlin at the Olympiastadion last night. The Norwegian scored 4 goals in 32 minutes in the second half as Borussia Dortmund won 5-2 against Die Alte Dame. What was even more amazing, was that the 20-year-old looked unhappy when he was substituted […]
Darnell Fisher has a lot to answer after the Preston North End defender was seen grabbing a feel of Sheffield United midfielder Callum Paterson’s private area earlier today. The moment occurred during a Sheffield Wednesday corner as Fisher was given the responsibility to mark Paterson in the box. The PNE right-back could be seen touching […]
It took him 4 years but Lewis Cook has finally opened his tally for Bournemouth with an absolute belter against Reading. An incredible second-half comeback saw Bournemouth go top of the Championship table at Dean Court. The Cherries won the game 4-2 after being 2-0 down at half time. Bournemouth were made to suffer early […]
Flamengo forward’s bizarre hairstyle goes viral on social media Besides a wolf howling at the moon, there is also a tree and couple of bats etched out on Michael’s head. Safe to say, things got slightly weird in the Copa do Brasil yesterday. Viewers watching Sao Paulo’s clash v Flamengo were met with a surprise […]
Robert Gabriel Asăvoaei, remember the name. For the attacking midfielder has scored one of the best goals you’ll see all season. A definite contender for the goal of the season or the FIFA Puskas Award has arrived from LIGA III in Romania. Robert Asăvoaei somehow made it look easy as he converted a cross from […]
Courtois gaffe leads to a Nacer Chadli own goal during Belgium v Denmark Budding footballers are always advised to never play a pass to the goalkeeper directly in front of the goal, but this is still poor from Courtois. The Real Madrid goalie endured a horror moment during Belgium’s 4-2 win against Denmark in the […]
Rio Ferdinand once said that Sir Alex Ferguson called Ravel Morrison the best young player he’d ever seen. A Manchester United youth product, Morrison could do magic on the pitch like no one else but those days were few and far between as off-the-pitch struggles marred what could have been a wonderful career. Now at […]
Everton star James Rodriguez was subjected to a nasty nutmeg and made to look like an amateur by Gonzalo Plata as Ecuador decimated Colombia in Quito. Despite the absence of six players due to being infected by Covid-19 virus, Ecuador continued their impressive run in the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup with […]
Football can have its moments of brilliance to inspire awe amongst spectators out of nowhere, but on the other hand it also has its fair share of bizarre moments which cause even the most intense supporters to crack a smile. The J-League hosted such a ridiculous comedy of errors in the league encounter between Yokohama […]
Even if it has turned out to be useless in the end, Kazakhstan has probably scored the goal of the tournament in their UEFA Nations League defeat to Albania last night. Kazakhstan midfielder Aybol Abiken spotted Albanian goalkeeper Etrit Berisha off his line and shot without hesitating from 54 meters out to score a goal […]
Arturo Vidal sent a spectacular strike from distance to open the scoring for Chile in their World Cup qualifier against Peru earlier today. La Roja won the latest edition of Clásico del Pacífico after a captain’s performance from the Inter Milan Midfielder. A brace from Vidal helped Chile get their first win of the 2022 […]
Dominik Szoboszlai made history as Hungary came back from behind to book their spot in the Euros next year. The home side pulled off a thrilling fightback and shocked Iceland to a 2-1 defeat in Budapest last night. Former Liverpool and current RB Leipzig goalkeeper, Peter Gulacsi suffered a massive howler when he fumbled in […]
What a beautiful strike this is from wee Danny Mullen Dundee made light work of their League Cup match against Cove Rangers yesterday. The Dee won 3-0 as Cove Rangers ended the match with 9 players on the pitch after Blair Yule and Jamie Masson were given their marching orders in either sides of the […]
Oh My God Just when you thought you’d seen every kind of sensational banger there is in football, in comes this absolutely gobsmacking goal from Denmark. Nicolai Geertsen of Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub has arguably scored the best goal you will see all season as he struck a flying volley after his own bicycle […]
Thoughts and prayers. Things are just not going well for Georginio Wijnaldum at the moment. His fellow defenders at Liverpool are dropping like flies while his teammates in the national team don’t even seem to acknowledge his presence. Celebrating his 30th birthday, Wijnaldum was left to stew on his own juice during the friendly game […]