Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has suggested on social networking site Twitter that Manchester City will fail to progress to the final of the Champions League this season.
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And key to City’s success was Kevin De Bruyne – a player Chelsea sold in 2014 after barely giving the Belgium worldwide a chance in London. He is a player who doesn’t hold the ball too, he plays easy, he plays fast, finishes well and comes very well in the area.
Liverpool reached the semifinals with the most dramatic of comebacks against Borussia Dortmund and Jurgen Klopp’s side will be desperate to win the trophy now.
“Everyone has learned [from past mistakes] now, especially the manager because I think he was one of the best people to learn that, in time, to do the right thing at the right moment”.
Although Chelsea have managed to halt their poor run of results from earlier in the season following the appointment of Guus Hiddink in December, the awards will go ahead as planned in spite of the Blues failing to defend their league title and being eliminated from the Champions League and FA Cup recently.
Manchester United and Arsenal have both been linked with a move for PSG’s all-time leading goalscorer, though after a Champions League defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday, he insisted he wants to play for a club that can fight for trophies.
Three Leicester players – Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante – made up 50 per cent of the six-strong shortlist announced this week for the Professional Footballers’ Association Players’ Player of the Year award.
Liverpool face La Liga outfit Villarreal, who are now fourth in the Spanish top flight and have already knocked some big hitters out of the Europa League this season, most notably Bayer Leverkusen and Napoli.
Premier League has five teams in the Champions League – Liverpool, Man City and the top three in the league.
The Blues’ top scorer for the season is undoubtedly a man they can rely on when it comes to goal scoring. But he is yet to play in the Premier League and he confirmed that there were offers for his services. “I just want to help City win a game that’s very important to us”.
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“I think we will improve and for Chelsea the only target is to win”.
