Anurag's Match of the Day

Thursday 28 December 2023 Premier League 2023/24 Matchday 19, Game 8/10 Goodison Park, Goodison Road, Liverpool, L4 4EL MANCHESTER CITY RE-ENTER TOP 4 WITH CRUICAL WIN Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Julian Álvarez scored as City saw off Everton at Goodison Park. PREVIEW: A Lancashire derby up north with the visitors Manchester City, dominant whenever they come to this ground. They have won all their previous 6 away games at Everton, with the hosts desperate to win their first game against Manchester City since they annihilated them 4-0 in 2017, which was a memorable day under former manager Ronald Koeman. Pep Guardiola has won almost all the games against current manager Sean Dyche by an aggregate score of 12-1. Manchester City will feel that a welcome win in the league will keep them up with Liverpool as they were 8 points behind the Reds whilst they were in Jeddah for the FIFA Club World Cup. Thanks to goals from Julian Álvarez (x2), an own goal and Phil Foden, City are now “WORL...

  Friday 22 December 2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final 2023 Manchester City Vs Fluminense King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia MANCHESTER CITY MAKE HISTORY AFTER FIFA CWC WIN. Manchester City won their first FIFA CWC after beating Fluminense 4-0 in the final. MATCH PREVIEW: It all comes down to two teams. The European champions against the South American champions, as these two battle it out to be crowned “ CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD ”. Manchester City were directly entered into the semi-finals of this edition, thanks to Rodri’s UCL winning goal on the 10 th of June in Istanbul to seal the treble after they beat Inter Milan 1-0. They arrive at the final on the back of a comfortable 3-0 win against Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday's semi-final thanks to goals from  Mateo Kovačić , Bernardo Silva and an own goal, got them here.   Whilst their South American opponents, Fluminense qualified directly to the semi-finals of the FIFA CWC  thanks to their 2-...

Wednesday 20 December 2023 EFL Cup Quarterfinals Goodison Park, Goodison Rd, Liverpool L4 4EL Everton Vs Fulham FULHAM REACH SEMIFINALS AFTER PENALTY SHOOTOUT WIN Fulham beat Everton for the second time this season, as they reached their first domestic cup semi-final in 22 years. PREVIEW: This is the second time that these two teams meet up. Everton have had a bad start to the season by winning only away at Brentford’s GTECH Community Stadium and they suffered a 10-point deduction due to ownership and sustainability issues. Regardless of all these incidents, they’re out of the relegation zone in the Premier League with 4 straight victories both home and away, as they faced off Fulham for the second time in this year’s campaign, with the visitors punishing Everton for not taking their chances properly in a scrappy 1-0 win in August, when Bobby De Cordova-Reid scored for Fulham. Everton arrived at this game on the back of a victory at Sean Dyche’s old club Burnley, thanks to goal...

Friday 15 December 2023 UEFA Champions League 2023/24 St James’s Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Matchday 6, Group F game 2. NEWCASTLE OUT OF EUROPE AFTER AC MILAN DEFEAT A disappointed Eddie Howe and his team receive a massive applause from their home support after their loss against AC Milan in Group F. PREVIEW: A massive game on the cards here in Newcastle. The hosts were very unlucky not to have done a historic UCL group stage double over PSG, but thanks to an Mbappé penalty, PSG secured a home draw after 90+8’ minutes at the Parc des Princes in the French capital. But the Magpies are not on a good run in all competitions. After back-to-back defeats, both away from home, Newcastle need to win this game and hope PSG do not beat Group F leaders Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Whereas for AC Milan, they are bottom of the table after their home loss to Borussia Dortmund thanks to goals from Marco Reus, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Karim Adeyemi even though Samuel Chu...