By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
After the 0-2 defeat by Chelsea in the Premier League, Manchester United have gone nine consecutive matches without a win in all competitions. Manager Michael Carrick has dismissed the idea that the next two games will decide his future, Seneweb reports.
Ivory Coast winger Amad Diallo left Manchester United’s match against Chelsea with muscle pain, three days before Ivory Coast announce their squad for upcoming fixtures. The length of his absence is unknown and his participation in two matches against Gambia remains uncertain, Afrik-Foot reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Afrik-Foot ·
Gary Neville criticised Arsenal’s Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhães for exaggerating contact with Alexander Isak during their 1-0 Premier League win over Liverpool. The former Manchester United player commented on the incident on Sky Sports after Kai Havertz scored in the 16th minute, the Daily Post Nigeria reports.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Source: Daily Post ·
Andoni Iraola said Liverpool should tell its players to go down after contact in the penalty area to win a penalty, after the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal and the rejection of Alexander Isak’s appeal, following a hold by Jurrien Timber that did not send him to ground, according to Punch, MyJoyOnline and Citizen Digital. Citizen Digital reports that Arsenal took the lead through Kai Havertz and now have a three-point advantage over Manchester City.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Source: Punch ·
Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a goal from Kai Havertz in the 16th minute and have 24 points at the top of the Premier League, according to Punch, Seneweb and The Maravi Post. Seneweb and The Maravi Post say it was the Gunners’ first league win at Anfield since 2012; Seneweb adds that Havertz became the competition’s all-time leading German goalscorer, with 46 goals. Daily Post reports that Liverpool dominated the early exchanges and that Andoni Iraola regretted the first 15 minutes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Source: Punch ·
Russian bombing kills 26 at Ukrainian aid centreA Russian bombing of a humanitarian aid centre in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, killed 26 people and injured five. The toll includes two rescuers and four police officers, after a double strike on a school used to distribute aid, according to Ukrainian authorities and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Super Falcons players receive $100,000 eachNigeria’s Super Falcons players each received the equivalent of $100,000 after winning their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title. The coaches and officials received $50,000, in addition to the homes and honours already awarded, according to Nigeria’s National Sports Commission.The week in Africa
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