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Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea will all play the away legs of their upcoming UEFA Champions League Round of 16 clashes at neutral venues due to travel restrictions placed on the UK due to a mutation of COVID-19 being found across England. [ MORE: How to watch PL in the USA ] RB Leipzig’s home first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 versus Liverpool will be played in Hungary, Manchester City’s trip to Borussia Monchengladbach will also be played in the Hungarian capital city of Budapest and Chelsea will now travel to Romania to play Atletico Madrid for their first leg. The German side was not allowed to host Liverpool due to travel restrictions placed on English clubs due to the nation’s ongoing problems handling the coronavirus pandemic, as a new strain. Liverpool will head to Puskas Arena in Budapest for the first leg on Tuesday, Feb. 16, and will still get to host Leipzig at Anfield for the second leg on March 10. Manchester City will head to … [Read more...] about Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea have Champions League venue switched

The transfer window is still a bit away however, teams have already started planning for it and several top names from there are already attracting interest. Here we have taken a look at four such attackers who have been the most impressive so far in Championship and apparently have already been contacted by several clubs from Premier league: Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) The former Newcastle United forward is continuing to grow at the Championship and could be ready for a jump this summer. The 24-year-old Blackburn forward has improved his last season's 17 goals tally already this season and has 19 goals to his name. With Blackburn having no chance of getting a promotion, midtable PL clubs could target him this summer. West Ham are apparently one of the sides keeping a close eye on him. Ivan Toney (Brentford) Brentford replaced their star forward Ollie Watkins with him and he fired Brentford into promotion contention only to lose it in the play-off final. However, he has … [Read more...] about Four Championship strikers who could attract interest from the Premier League this summer

Pep Guardiola has set out what his Manchester City team must do in the final 10 games of the Premier League to seal the title, and was in a defiant mood after their defeat to rivals Manchester United. [ MORE: How to watch PL in the USA ] City lost 2-0 to  second-place United , as their incredible run of 21 wins on the spin was ended. Guardiola’s side are still 11 points clear at the top of the table and they host Southampton on Wednesday (start time, 1pm ET on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com ) as they can extend their lead further. Latest Premier League news UEFA Champions League: How to watch, odds, predictions Premier League standings 10 things we learned in the Premier League – Matchweek 27 “We have done incredible, but today the news is we lost so congrats Man United for this victory, but we are trying to win the Premier League,” Guardiola said. “We will try to win the Premier League and we need to win six or seven games and … [Read more...] about Guardiola sets target for Manchester City title win

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Bruno Fernandes are both feeling pretty good after Manchester United moved back into second place by snapping Manchester City’s 21-match winning streak. Interestingly, though, they both know that United’s win is a good sign because of how often they’ve played better but failed to get results. [ MORE: Three things learned | Player ratings ] In fact, Solskjaer worried that United might not make it to halftime with the lead. “We’re on the front foot for 15 minutes, really, really at it,” he said. “Then for the next 30 minutes we played too much on the result. We knew what we were doing but still I’d like a little bit more on the ball for my heart. When you defend for long times against good teams, inevitably they will create chances.” “We had to get to halftime to get a hold of everyone. I know it’s hard. You’ve gotta work hard defensively, use your energy, but then come alive again.” What a difference that break made, though United got a … [Read more...] about Bruno, Solskjaer on Manchester United’s derby win; Rashford injury update

Manchester United surprisingly slipped up at Palace, Liverpool’s loss versus Chelsea was surprising in that it wasn’t, and Manchester City is a finely-tuned machine. Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe are here to break down the midweek Premier League matches. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ] The gents discuss: Liverpool losing their 5th straight home match, this time at the hands of Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea (00:44) Manchester City looking unbeatable against Wolves (23:45) Manchester United dropping points in their draw with Crystal Palace (29:00) Leicester’s injuries taking their toll in the Foxes’ draw at Burnley (39:00) Tottenham getting a 1-0 win at Fulham, with Dele and Bale back in the starting XI (43:00). To listen to more lively conversations and passionate debate from Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe, subscribe to The 2 Robbies Podcast on NBC via Apple Podcasts or anywhere you listen to podcasts for automatic downloads. And you can follow them on … [Read more...] about 2 Robbies podcast: Chelsea wins at Anfield, Man City keeps dominating