On a sunny Saturday lunchtime in Nottingham, Manchester City were defeated 1-0 by Nottingham Forest in a huge game in the race for a Champions League spot. The reigning Premier League champions never really had an opportunity to win the game, although they may well have been happy with a point given how well Forest…
Anger has largely been replaced by acceptance among those of a Manchester United persuasion, with Sunday’s FA Cup penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Fulham having almost been met by a sense of inevitability among those in Old Trafford. To their credit, the United faithful stuck by their team even in the wake of…
After a near-perfect start to Arne Slot’s reign, Liverpool will end 2024 eight points clear of Nottingham Forest at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand. What does that mean? Not a lot, Slot and his players will probably say. The figures, too, might bear that out: of the last 20…
