Bundesliga

Bukayo Saka made the wrong decision to go down in search of a penalty for Arsenal against Bayern Munich during Tuesday night’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates. That is the view of former Aston Villa and Liverpool attacker Stan Collymore, who believes the young English winger should have stayed on his feet and attempted to score, rather …

Xabi Alonso’s decision to remain at Bayer Leverkusen beyond the 2023/24 campaign could be pivotal ahead of the club’s next summer window. The suggestion had been that several members of the Bundesliga outfit’s side could be tempted to call time on their careers at the BayArena had the Spaniard been set to depart. German football insider Christian Falk, however, has …

For long periods of their game against Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham were more than holding their own which had to have pleased manager, David Moyes. What the Scot will surely not be happy about is conceding two late goals to the Bundesliga champions-elect, which gives the Hammers another huge mountain to climb. More Stories / Latest News …

With seven minutes still to play in West Ham’s Europa League quarter-final first-leg tie, David Moyes side were hanging on for a goalless draw, due in no small part to Lukasz Fabianski’s heroics in the visitors goal. The hosts had fired in 18 shots in the first half alone but the East Londoners’ defence couldn’t be breached. Leverkusen’s opener, when …

Bayer Leverkusen came on strong in the opening part of the first half of their Europa League quarter-final first-leg against West Ham, as expected, and the Hammers owed a debt to their keeper, Lukasz Fabianski, for keeping the game goalless. The excellent Alejandro Grimaldo was given the freedom of the Bay Arena to unleash a ferocious shot goalwards, but the …

David Moyes’ West Ham side face their toughest test of the 2023/24 season on Thursday night, as they take on Xabi Alonso’s unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen side. The East Londoners are without top scorer Jarrod Bowen through injury, and he’s joined on the sidelines by Kalvin Phillips and first-choice goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola. Influential midfielder, Edson Alvarez, is suspended, meaning that Moyes …

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has admitted he spent some time studying Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya before last night’s big game in the Champions League. The England international scored a penalty against Arsenal’s Raya in the first half of the quarter-final first leg at the Emirates Stadium, and he spoke afterwards about how he adapted his penalty-taking technique against the …

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has admitted it will be tough for Arsenal to win the Champions League this season, though he wasn’t too keen to give much of a verdict either way. The England international has had a superb season for Bayern, scoring 39 goals in 38 games in all competitions so far this term since his summer move …

Arsenal and Bayern Munich played out a thriller at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night but the game had a few disputable refereeing decisions and TNT Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand was “adamant” Bayern Munich should have had a penalty. The Gunners took the lead in the game through a wonderful Bukayo Saka goal before Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane would help …

RB Leipzig do not want to lose Lois Openda this summer and the Bundesliga club have placed a massive €100m price tag on the player to keep the likes of Man United away.  The 24-year-old joined the German club ahead of the current season for a club record €43m from RC Lens, following a very impressive campaign in Ligue 1. The …