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Sports / Halftime : Everton 1-0 Manchester United by Nickypius00(m): 1:25pm On Apr 09, 2022
Post match reaction :
Everton have precious lead
HT: Everton 1-0 Man Utd

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Goodison Park
The quality has been so poor but Everton won't care about that.

You can almost understand the fearful edge to Everton's play but Manchester United's lackadaisical approach is inexplicable given they still have fourth place to fight for.

Still plenty of time for things to change, though.
Sports / Livelivepremier League: Everton 1-0 Man Utd - Gordon Scores by Nickypius00(m): 1:03pm On Apr 09, 2022
Everton 1-0 Man Utd
The 21-year-old from Liverpool.

How important will that goal from Anthony Gordon be? Can Everton hang? A long way to go.
Sports / Re: Premier League: Everton 0-0 Manchester United by Nickypius00(m): 12:59pm On Apr 09, 2022
GOAL - Everton 1-0 Man Utd
Anthony Gordon
HUGE goal!
Sports / Re: Premier League: Everton 0-0 Manchester United by Nickypius00(m): 12:58pm On Apr 09, 2022
Live Reporting
Emma Sanders
All times stated are UK
23 mins
Post update
Everton 0-0 Man Utd
Nice touch from Richarlison. It releases Alex Iwobi, who lays it off to Dominic Calvert-Lewin. He tries to cross it into the middle but there's nobody there and it's picked off by Harry Maguire.
Posted at 11:5311:53
Everton anxiety showing
Everton 0-0 Man Utd

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Goodison Park
Everton look too scared to try anything creative and the anxiety of the players is getting through to the crowd at Goodison Park. They are desperate to get behind their team but are not getting much to go at.

Too much careless possession. Too many aimless long balls. Fear all round.
Sports / Premier League: Everton 0-0 Manchester United by Nickypius00(m): 12:56pm On Apr 09, 2022
Who do you think will go home with the win?
The hopes of Everton avoiding relegation and Manchester United hopes of qualifying for the Uefa champions league
Sports / Transfer Rumours: Rice, Mbappe, Danjuma, Guardiola, Lampard, Nunez by Nickypius00(m): 11:45am On Apr 08, 2022
Manchester United are prepared to break their transfer record to sign West Ham and England midfielder Declan Rice, 23. (90 Min)

Manchester United are working on a deal to sign Leeds United and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 26. (Manchester Evening News)

The Old Trafford club have told six players they can leave this summer. (Mirror)

Paris St-Germain have offered 23-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe, whose contract with them runs out in the summer, 150m euros (£125m) for two seasons to stay with them. (Guillem Balague)

Manchester United sent scouts to watch Villarreal winger Arnaut Danjuma against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, with the 25-year-old Dutch international also a target for Liverpool. (Mail)

Brazil are prepared to offer Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola a huge salary to become the country's national team manager. (Marca)

Everton boss Frank Lampard has the support of club owner Farhad Moshiri and the Goodison Park club's board, despite the Toffees precariously sitting just one point above the Premier League relegation zone. (Mail)
Newcastle and West Ham are keen to sign Union Berlin and Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi, 24, this summer. (Sun)

Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham have been told it will cost them £67m if they want to sign Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, 22, from Portuguese club Benfica. (Express)

Arsenal are keen on Aston Villa's English defender Ezri Konsa, 24. (Football Insider)

Wolves have identified Sporting Lisbon and Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha, 26, as an ideal recruit should Ruben Neves leave this summer. (GiveMeSport)

Leeds United and Brighton are keen on signing Arsenal's English forward Eddie Nketiah, 22. (Ekrem Konur - Fichajes)

RB Leipzig and Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol, 20, has emerged as a target for Tottenham. (Athletic)

Aston Villa have shown renewed interest in Brighton and Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma, 25. (Football Insider)

Spurs are keen to agree a deal to take Brentford and Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, 30, back to the club. (iNews)

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe says 25-year-old French winger Allan Saint-Maximin has a future at the club despite links with a move away. (90 Min)

Newcastle have shown an interest in Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 28. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

Fulham and Portugal Under-21 forward Fabio Carvalho, 19, has agreed a move to Liverpool. (Fabrizio Romano)

Barcelona and Wolves could agree a swap deal that would see 26-year-old winger Adama Traore make his loan with the Spanish club permanent, allowing on-loan Barca winger Francisco Trincao, 22, to do the same at Wolves. (Birmingham Mail)

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Atletico Madrid and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, 35, is in talks with Turkish clubs Fenerbahce and Besiktas. (AS - in Spanish)

Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, wants a three-year contract if he is to join Barcelona this summer. (Sport - in Spanish)

Paris St-Germain are considering a move for Everton's Brazilian forward Richarlison, 24. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Tottenham's Brazilian full-back Emerson Royal, 23, says Atletico Madrid have shown an interest in signing him this summer. (Cadena Ser - in Spanish)

Real Betis are planning talks with Arsenal to try to turn 27-year-old Spain full-back Hector Bellerin's loan into a permanent deal. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Manchester United want England striker Marcus Rashford to stay at the club, but Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are monitoring the situation should the 24-year-old decide to leave. (Sun)

Villarreal are to hold talks with Tottenham over extending 25-year-old Argentina midfielder Giovani Lo Celso's loan through to the end of next season. (Fabrizio Romano)

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Sports / The Tiny Magic Separating Manchester City And Liverpool by Nickypius00(m): 11:35am On Apr 08, 2022
In 2018 Manchester City set new standards in the Premier League by scoring 106 goals and amassing 100 points. Liverpool finished 25 points back in fourth place.

But since then there has been very little between the teams. They have shared three more Premier League titles - two for City and one for Liverpool - and one of them is pretty much certain to take another this May.

During these four campaigns they are separated by just a single point - the same margin that keeps them apart in the table after 30 games this season.

City narrowly lead with 338 points from 144 games, while Liverpool have 337. If the Reds edge ahead in this regard when they meet at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, it could be decisive in the title race.

This spring they each have eight league games to go, including this weekend's head-to-head.

So with the teams seemingly so equally matched, who is most likely to win the title, what has been the difference between them and what exactly is it that might give one side the edge this year?
In 2018-19, Manchester City won the title by a single point from Liverpool. While plenty of factors contributed, this moment in the meeting between the teams at Etihad Stadium epitomised just how close the contest was. John Stones cleared Sadio Mane's effort off the line, with the ball 11.7mm from being completely over it. The game was drawn, but had Mane's effort gone in, the points swing might have been enough to make Liverpool champions
Home advantage crucial for Man City?

Data experts Nielsen Gracenote rate Manchester City as the best team in Europe right now, closely followed by Liverpool.

That ranking, coupled with the fact they are at home on Sunday, means City are Gracenote's favourites to win the Premier League. Their Euro Club Index estimates a 61% chance of City lifting the trophy, compared to 39% for Jurgen Klopp's team.

As you might expect, though, the result of Sunday's meeting can make a huge difference to the prospects of both teams.

Victory for Pep Guardiola's side will increase their chance of lifting the trophy to 86% and reduce Liverpool's to 14%.

But an away win will make Liverpool favourites with a 68% chance of finishing first, compared to City's 32%.

A draw between the two will produce little change in the current situation, with City's chance of becoming champions increasing slightly to 63%, with Liverpool on 37%.

Could Liverpool's attack make the difference?

Liverpool's improvement this season - they finished third and 17 points adrift of City in 2020-21 - is partly down to avoiding the injuries that scuppered that campaign, but it is also in large part due to their attacking prowess.

Gracenote data shows they are now taking more shots than in any of the six previous seasons in which Klopp has managed the club. Liverpool have had 557 goal attempts in 2021-22, an increase of nearly 30% compared to this stage of last season - and their highest since the German took charge in 2015.

Liverpool's attack is therefore more potent than City's for the first time since Guardiola's first season in the Premier League, creating more opportunities and needing fewer shots to score than City.

How both sides stand out from the rest

A look at the numbers since the start of the 2018-19 season - when this really became the Premier League's title-defining rivalry - tells us lots about how the two teams have accelerated away from their rivals.

It is no surprise to learn the pair are the highest scorers in that period, City with 350 goals and Liverpool 319 - Manchester United's total of 253 is way behind in third. They also have the stingiest defences - City have conceded 108 goals and Liverpool 117, while third-placed Tottenham have shipped 167.

So how have these attacking and defensive records become so much better than before - and so much better than the rest of the league?

The simple answer is they allow the fewest shots and take the most - usually from the most dangerous positions. Both have average shot distances of less than 14.6 metres - the closest to goal in the division.

Data from FBref shows the overall number of shots taken in the Premier League has steadily declined during the past decade by around five shots per game. This is due to the emergence of metrics, like expected goals, that highlight the futility of constantly taking long-range, low-percentage shots.

Defensively they are the top two teams in terms of allowing fewest shots again this season. City have only allowed 67 on target in 30 games, including only one at Burnley at the weekend. Liverpool are second with only 83 allowed and just two by Watford on Saturday.

Passing and pressing their way to the title?

Because both teams enjoy so much possession, their opponents can be suffocated and there is little to separate the two in this respect. But while City complete more passes (91,644 over the past four seasons compared with 79,683 for Liverpool), the Reds are actually ahead in the progressive passing stakes.

This means Liverpool have moved the ball closer to their opponent's goal by more than 98km so far this season, compared to just over 91km moved forwards by City's passes. Liverpool are also ahead by more than 19km in this area over the past four seasons.

So the Reds get the ball forward more quickly and the data below shows they are more likely to make long passes.

How they play their passes in 2021-22
Short (%) Medium (%) Long (%)
Man City 41 44 15
Liverpool 37 44 19
Many of these long balls come from goalkeepers and goal-kicks. Liverpool have launched 40-50% of goalkeeper possessions and have an average goal kick length of 36.6 metres, while City have steadily shortened their goal-kicks from 43 metres in 2018-19 to just over 23 metres this season. It seems Guardiola values ball possession more than ever before.

Aside from goal-kicks, another type of pass that City have adjusted this season is the number of crosses into the box. Liverpool have been the team to produce the second-highest number of crosses, while City have increased from 12th most last season to first in this one so far. Quite a shift.

Both teams are known for their relentless work ethic but it is City who are more passive in pressing to win possession back. They have the lowest number of pressing actions in the league for three years in a row.

This is, of course, in large part because their opponents have the ball less and so City have fewer chances to regain possession. But Liverpool rank highest for pressing in the attacking third and City are fourth in this category.

With the margins being so tight again this season, the second league meeting between the two will be pivotal.

Over the past four seasons it's Manchester City who have held the upper hand, winning three and drawing three of the seven matches, while leading the scoring 14-8.

City are unbeaten too at the Etihad against Liverpool during these seasons - and it was back in 2015 that Liverpool last won a league game there, before Guardiola took charge.

But this is football, where chaos will always play a part. While the numbers can edge the neutral to see City carrying an advantage into the final games, there are wildcards yet to be played. But the quality of opponents yet to be faced does slightly favour City.

Both have European ties to contend with, where winning or losing will have an impact on confidence, and there is the psychological impact of facing each other in the FA Cup semi-finals on 16 April.

Because of the cup runs, each team still has a rearranged league game to fit in. Wolves will host City on a date to be fixed, while Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa will welcome Liverpool on 10 May.

While all the focus is on Sunday's meeting, could it actually be the Reds' former captain who denies them the title?
Business / The Power Of Blogging by Nickypius00(m): 11:18am On Apr 08, 2022
Many people today think blogging is all about going into the internet post whole lot of fake news to gain money. From research 80% of aspired bloggers failed in this field because they are money driven and don’t have the passion for blogging.
When starting a blogging site ,you have to do key findings about blogging..and the first thing you have to do is to know the meaning of blog ,and get a proper understanding of blogging ,and as a blogger you need to do whole lot of findings ,in the sense that any post from you,can be defended by the Same you .this where the (you vs you ) formula need to be applied..because for any news being posted by you ,you must have an account for it ,in the sense that will be able to stand with your words.
Sports / Patrick Veira Proves He His The Right Man For Arsenal With His 3:0 Victory by Nickypius00(m): 10:28pm On Apr 04, 2022
Veira men continue to hunt arsenal down …and with the 3:0 victory over arsenal proves Patrick Veira has defeated Mikel artetal tactics … what’s next for arsenal and their champions league fight ?

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Education / What Are The Hope Of Young Government Teachers In Benue State? by Nickypius00(m): 9:11am On Apr 04, 2022
There’s a saying “teacher create leaders of tomorrow”
And with the current situation of benue state pensioners not been paid their gratuity and pensions.
Raises a lot of questions about the hopes of young government teacher in benue state..
A lot of youths have passion for teaching and aspired to be a teacher..
But with the current situation,most of them tend to choose another carrier paths ..
Dreams dying everyday
Good and passionate potential teacher opt for alternative jobs …because nobody want to them selfs in this kind of situation..what can we do to stop this? What are the hope of this young teachers ? And how can we put an end to this 33 month suffering from benue state government to this pensioners
Politics / What Are The Hope Of Young Government Teachers In Benue State? by Nickypius00(m): 8:41am On Apr 04, 2022
There’s a saying “teacher create leaders of tomorrow”
And with the current situation of benue state pensioners not been paid their gratuity and pensions.
Raises a lot of questions about the hopes of young government teacher in benue state..
A lot of youths have passion for teaching and aspired to be a teacher..
But with the current situation,most of them tend to choose another carrier paths ..
Dreams dying everyday
Good and passionate potential teacher opt for alternative jobs …because nobody want to them selfs in this kind of situation..what can we do to stop this? What are the hope of this young teachers ? And how can we put an end to this 33 month suffering from benue state government to this pensioners
Education / The Cry Of Benue State Pensioners by Nickypius00(m): 9:46pm On Apr 01, 2022
The benue state governor continues with an empty promise given to benue state pensioners ..according from my research it’s believed that the state governor has Been owing this pensioners 33 months salary…specifically the otukpo local government pensioners…
From statistics it is believed that most of this pensioners has lost their life’s..without having access to their money which his held by the state governor..
MAny of this pensioners are dying slowly,most of them could not train their children in schools .
It is believed that ,many of this pensioners can no longer cater for them selves and their children…
Most of them are been chase out of their rented homes. This pensioners feed from hand to mouth…
This are our teachers suffering for good works they have rendered…
This are the people that taught us to become who we are today ,this is our teacher…
And can’t be treated this way …because even the state governor had a teacher before…and for the teacher to transmit his idea of his knowledge to us ..they have done a good job and deserved a better treatment..
I believe our voice can help this pensioners
I believe there have done well enough
And it’s our turn to return the favor back
This men are too old and deserve to enjoy from their fruit of their labor…not suffering after their efforts
Let’s put an end to this ..I believe our voice can make an impact. #pray_for_benue_state_pensioners

Education / Re: I Am A Submissive Lady – A Pretty UNN Graduate Is In Need Of A Husband by Nickypius00(m): 1:40pm On Apr 01, 2022
Fake article…if she really need a man she would have posted in instagram or find a genuine one her self
Celebrities / Serah Gorge-will Shows Off Her Big Butt by Nickypius00(m): 8:07am On Nov 24, 2021
Here are some sexy pictures of the top model

Celebrities / Nigeria Top Model Shows Of Glimpse Of Her Boobs by Nickypius00(m): 7:54am On Nov 24, 2021
Nigeria top model shows of glimpse of her boobs

The daughter of gorge-will was seen posting nudes
Photos of her self in a hotel she lodge in Dubai

Sports / Re: Bayern Munich Dock The Wages Of Five Unvaccinated Players ( Pics) by Nickypius00(m): 7:41am On Nov 24, 2021
All good players but still they hard a comfortable victory

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