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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insists that David de Gea remains a 'top keeper' after securing this season's Premier League Golden Glove award for most clean sheets. De Gea presided over a 17th league shutout of the season during United's win over Bournemouth on Saturday, playing a key role in that with a particularly fine save to deny David Brooks. Alisson (14), Nick Pope and Aaron Ramsdale (both 13) have been the next best Premier League goalkeepers this season but cannot now catch De Gea. It is the second Golden Glove of De Gea's career, having kept a league-high 18 clean sheets when United finished runners-up in the final table under Jose Mourinho. Even, so De Gea has come under criticism for a number of costly mistakes this season. He was culpable for gifting West Ham their goal in a recent United defeat, while the 32-year-old also has a disastrous night as the Red Devils crashed out of the Europa League to Sevilla. " Football is a Game of mist...

Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard has claimed that not all members of the first-team have pulled their weight this season. The Blues are all but certain to finish the 2022/23 campaign in the Premier League 's bottom half, with a miserable first term under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's ownership nearly over. Popular manager Thomas Tuchel was fired in September 2022 and replaced with Brighton's Graham Potter, but he failed to get results out of an extremely bloated squad and too was given his marching orders in April. Lampard returned to Chelsea on a caretaker basis until the end of the season but has won just one of his eight Game s in charge, losing his first six on the spin. Ahead of Sunday's daunting trip to Manchester City, Lampard revealed that he can only see fight and hunger from some members of his squad . Read the latest Chelsea news here feed "I think if you are a player there are two ways you can look at it. You can go, don't fancy that b...

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has brushed off claims that the Gunners have 'bottled' the Premier League title race. Having led the league for the vast majority of the season, Arsenal seem destined to finish second in the standings after a run of just four wins in nine games, coupled with a rampant run of form from Manchester City, has seen Pep Guardiola's side climb to the top. It's led to claims that Arsenal have fallen under the pressure of the title race, but Ramsdale was keen to focus on the progress made by the Gunners across a season in which they were not expected to contend. "This narrative of 'bottled it' is an easy way out," he told The Times . "It's just a quick, cheap narrative from certain people who have not actually gone digging into the stories of what we've achieved. "And some people are saying it and forgetting that other teams in other years have had the same experience as us by missing out on the title by a ...

Anfield will say goodbye to the 2022/23 Premier League season on Saturday with Liverpool's final home Game against Aston Villa. The Reds still have a little bit of ground to make up in their top-four chase but could hardly have done more over the past few weeks, heading into this Game on a streak of seven consecutive victories. Their opponents have climbed their way up into the battle for a spot in either the Europa League or Europa Conference League and cannot afford any slip-ups if they want to remain in that position. Here's all you need to know about this one. Where are Liverpool vs Aston Villa playing? Location : Liverpool, England Stadium : Anfield Date : Saturday 20 May Kick-off Time : 15:00 BST / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT Referee : John Brooks VAR : Tony Harrington Liverpool vs Aston Villa H2H Results (Last Five Games) Liverpool : 5 wins Aston Villa : 0 wins Draws : 0 Current Form (Last Five Games) Liverpool : WWWWW Aston Villa : DWLLW How to watch Liverpool vs Aston Villa...

Manchester City's relationship with the Champions League isn't exclusively a contemporary one. The club's maiden appearance in the competition came way back when during the 1968/69 season, but their disappointing early exit would foreshadow future continental woes. City have evolved into a juggernaut under Pep Guardiola; a side so often regarded as the very best Europe has to offer. A team as coherent and talented as the Sky Blues are worthy of multiple Champions League crowns, exemplified by their domination of a hugely competitive Premier League, but Guardiola's Citizens have perpetually come up short on the European stage. While Pep's stint in Manchester has been nothing short of scintillating, the Spaniard's not yet been able to fit the final piece into his jigsaw. How many times have Manchester City won the Champions League? Pep Guardiola looks on as his side fall to defeat against Lyon in 2020 / Pool/GettyImages Manchester City have featured in the Champi...

Tottenham Hotspur have shortlisted Brentford's Phil Giles and Lee Dykes for their vacant director of Football role, sources have told 90min . Spurs are on the hunt for a successor to Fabio Paratici, who resigned from his role in April when a global football ban was upheld. 90min previously reported that Sevilla's Monchi was under consideration for the gig, while there are other candidates on Spurs' radar. Sources have now confirmed that both Brentford director of Football and executive director Giles and technical director Dykes are under consideration from Tottenham. Giles joined in 2015 and has overseen the Bees' rise from the Championship's mid-table to the Premier League, while Dykes was promoted to his current role at the start of this season following three years as the club's head of scouting. Giles and Dykes are also being monitored by Manchester United, both under their current regime and prospective new owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is a fan of t...

Chelsea are planning to accelerate talks with midfielder Mason Mount over a new contract following their imminent hiring of Mauricio Pochettino as new manager, 90min understands. A full agreement has been reached with the former Tottenham boss, who will fly into London and put pen to paper on a contract in the coming days with a view to taking over from Frank Lampard at the end of the season. With that pressing order of Business now all but finalised, Chelsea's focus will once again turn to the future of Mount. The 24-year-old is approaching the last 12 months of his contract and has previously rejected the offer of an extension, leading to warnings from Blues officials that he will be sold this summer if he does not change his stance. 90min revealed in April that Chelsea were confident that the imminent arrival of Pochettino would impress Mount and boost their chances of reaching an agreement over fresh terms, and sources have confirmed that their optimism remains. Pochettin...

Southampton have been relegated from the Premier League after losing 2-0 to Fulham at St Mary's. The Saints have endured a rotten season, with a young squad failing to gel under three different managers in Ralph Hasenhuttl, Nathan Jones and Ruben Selles. With only two games remaining, Southampton can no longer finish any higher than 19th. It means the south coast side will compete in the Championship for the first time since 2011/12, when they were promoted to the top flight in second place. Carlos Vinicius' strike had Fulham 1-0 up in the first half before the returning Aleksandar Mitrovic sealed the hosts' fate just over midway through the second half. Southampton's home form has been one of the key reasons for their demise. Just two wins and four draws have been picked up at St Mary's, with every other fixture ending in defeat . Hasenhuttl was sacked in early November when a 4-1 defeat to Newcastle left the Saints in the relegation zone after a run of six losse...

Jurgen Klopp has insisted that failure to qualify for the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League will not hinder Liverpool in the summer transfer window. The Reds currently sit in fifth place in the Premier League, just one point adrift of Manchester United having playing a game more than their arch rivals. A few months ago Liverpool had seemingly no hope of qualifying for Europe's elite competition having started the 2022/23 season surprisingly poorly. Results have picked recently, however, with Liverpool winning their last five Premier League games on the bounce - results which have pushed them into top four contention. Regardless of whether or not Liverpool catch fourth place United, Klopp has insisted in his latest pre-match press conference that the club's transfer plans will not be affected. “At the moment, when you talk [to a player], you realise that he’s already clarified because we can’t tell anybody that we will be definitely in Champions League next year,' the German sa...

We're at the stage of the Premier League campaign when teams finally get their hearts broken or achieve what they have been working towards all season long. The relegation battle in the Premier League in 2022/23 has been one for the ages and with three games still left to play, there are seven teams mathematically at risk of dropping down to the Championship. Those teams are Bournemouth, West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Everton, Leicester, Leeds and Southampton. While for Bournemouth and West Ham relegation is possible, they have enough of a points gap that it would take an extreme set of circumstances for them to go down at this stage. The fight is really between the other five teams. Can Southampton get relegated this weekend? Ward-Prowse's Southampton look set for the drop / James Williamson - AMA/GettyImages The team in the most trouble in the Premier League as we get ready for the 36th round of games is Southampton . The Saints are bottom of the table, amassing just 25 points....