The Premier League has released a video clip featuring several footballing stars from the league pronouncing their names as they should be in their native languages. The video – which lasts almost a minute and a half – features 35 players and two managers from across the league. The likes of Dominik Szoboszlai, Kevin De Bruyne, …
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Champions Manchester City met Liverpool at Anfield for another edition of what has repeatedly proven to be box-office Football. The two sides went into the game in contrastingly dissimilar states, as City were in red-hot form, while Liverpool had shown plenty of cracks in the past few weeks. Naturally, many expected the imperious Blues to …
Ever since being appointed as Spain’s head coach, Luis Enrique has raised many eyebrows with his team selections. Instead of calling up seemingly obvious choices such as Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique among others, the former Barcelona has opted to dip into La Liga’s hidden treasures. The trend dates back to his squad for the …
Liverpool’s pre-season is now finally paying dividends to its supporters. After a harrowing defeat to the eternal rivals Manchester United, the Reds have bounced back with two comprehensive victories on the trot against Crystal Palace and RB Leipzig, respectively. In the encounter against RB Leipzig, the new signing, Darwin Nunez finally announced his arrival with …
Thiago Alcantara’s performance against Manchester United at Anfield drew some football pundits to echo his name in the same realms of all-time greatest midfielders that the game has ever seen. But a naïve comparison to Arsenal’s midfield maestro Cesc Fabregas on THE BIG 6IX podcast on YouTube didn’t sit well with the Premier League fanatics, …
In his biblical and majestic voice, Peter Drury gave us a glimpse of Thiago Alcantara’s genius which proved lethal for Manchester United but came across as sweet drops of honey for the Liverpool fans. There hasn’t been a more potent and effective performance on the pitch at Anfield against the Red Devils than Thiago’s. The …
Despite all the manhandling and roughhousing that can transpire on a football pitch, size does not grant someone an immediate advantage, after all, skill remains equally important. Due to this, football stands apart from the likes of American Football and Basketball, as it does not require a certain physical profile, at least in terms of …
The Merseyside Reds returned to their rampant ways in the Premier League and kept by slim title hopes alive by notching up a 2-0 victory against Leicester City. Aside from a few goal scares, Liverpool were largely comfortable throughout the encounter. Also making a return was Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara after recovering from a hip …
Thiago Alcantara is filled to the brim with flair and class. Be it deft first touches, swerving strikes, or his signature ‘Thiago turn‘, the Spaniard exudes elegance. The 30-year-old has been impressive for Liverpool lately, seizing control of games effortlessly. Fittingly enough, a player oozing such finesse now has a pair of boots to match. …
Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara’s move to Liverpool last season held a lot of expectations behind it. The 30-year-old played a pivotal part in Bayern Munich’s legendary season, which made his move to the Kop all the more enticing. Touted by many as the definitive piece of the puzzle for Klopp, who could then begin his …
Liverpool sits comfortably at the top of the ‘Group of Death,’ overcoming the likes of Atletico Madrid and AC Milan. In their most recent Champions League outing at Anfield against FC Porto on matchday 5, the Reds secured another comfortable victory. However, a 2-0 victory doesn’t speak enough volume about the dominance with which Liverpool …
Jürgen Klopp’s men continued their romp in the UEFA Champions League, maintaining their perfect group-stage record with an incredible 2-0 win over FC Porto. The undisputed prime highlight of the game was midfielder Thiago Alcantara’s dead-eye strike straight from the heavens to get his side on the scoresheet, one which has left the fans in …
All seems well at Liverpool FC. Aside from potentially teetering towards yet another injury crisis, Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League win over Atletico Madrid maintained the positive atmosphere surrounding the club, as they secured qualification for the next stage of the competition. While there were several takeaways from the game – most notably the home support’s …
The first game week of this season’s UEFA Champions League campaign brought about quite a number of high-scoring classics. While Man City emerged winners of an insane outing against RB Leipzig that ended 6-3 in favour of the hosts, and Ajax went away to Sporting and came back with a 5-1 win from Lisbon – …
Thiago Alcantara has not been a regular feature in the Spanish squad so far in the 2020 European Championship. The Liverpool midfielder has barely played a total of 51 minutes in La Roja’s run to the EURO 2020 semi-finals, but he made his way into the headlines regardless of his game time – after Spain …
Thiago Alcantara went down on his knees and punched in the air in sheer jubilation and relief as the full-time whistle went off at the Hawthorns on Sunday. The former Bayern Munich midfielder is now a fully functioning cog in the wheel of a Liverpool side who are fighting to secure Champions League qualification next …
Liverpool star Thiago Alcantara finally made the long-awaited switch to Adidas from rivals Nike. The Spaniard joins a long list of football players endorsed by the Germany-based sportswear giants which include the likes of Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba and Mesut Ozil along with his own Liverpool teammates in Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. The former …