Leicester City manager, Brendan Rodgers, has criticised Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, for not winning the Foxes a penalty during their 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg encounter on Tuesday night. Iheanacho’s strike was not enough as two goals from Aston Villa's Matt Targett and Trezeguet sealed the fate of Leicester.
Aston Villa clinched a place in Wembley after Trezeguet 90 mins screamer was enough for the Claret to seal a place the Carabao Cup final.
Barcelona Manager, Quique Setien has reacted to his side’s La Liga 2 – 0 defeats to Valencia on Saturday. He said, Valencia defeated Barcelona, thanks to Maxi Gomez’s and a Jordi Alba own goal at Mestalla. This is Setien first defeat as Barcelona Manager in Just a second of La Liga game in charge after replacing Ernesto Valverde few days ago.
Paulo Dybala has revealed he was close to leaving Juventus in the summer amid interest from Manchester United and Tottenham. According to Sky Sports News, Tottenham had agreed a fee with Juve for the Argentina forward worth £64.4m in August last year but the move failed to materialise.
Barcelona players have been banned from tackling Lionel Messi too hard during trainings, one of the club’s former defenders, Jean-Clair Todibo, has revealed. Messi has struggled with occasional injury in recent years, and the LaLiga champions have put in place restrictions, to protect the 32-year-old from suffering more injuries.
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has called for patience as he looks to rebuild his squad and believes rivals Liverpool are an example to follow. According to Sky Sports News, Solskjaer is under increased pressure at Old Trafford after back-to-back defeats to Liverpool and Burnley left them six points off the Champions League places.
