Bayern Munich’s elimination from the Champions League semifinals by Atletico Madrid ensures that Pep Guardiola will not win a European title for the German club before he joins Man City next season. Though Guardiola has won five other trophies in his three seasons with Bayern, this comes as a terrible disappointment to him. Thankfully, his fellow managers have reached out to him with their comforting words.
Category: England
Leicester players celebrate improbable Premier League title at Jamie Vardy’s house party
After being told by everyone all season that he’s having a party, Jamie Vardy decided to do just that for the Chelsea-Spurs match that would prove to be the final result needed to confirm Leicester’s Premier League title. And as a result, we get this brilliant celebration video.
Spurs squander 2-0 lead to end title hopes in most Spurs way possible
Spurs hadn’t won at Stamford Bridge since 1990, but they had to do just in order to prolong their slim title hopes for another week. They seemed destined to do just that when they took a 2-0 lead over Chelsea jsut before halftime. But then the longstanding animosity between the two clubs boiled over and Spurs did what they do best: implode.
2016 Arsenal civil war moans on with protest and counterprotest
The Great Arsenal Civil War of 2016 eclipsed the club’s match against Norwich as fans took the battle from the outposts of YouTube, Twitter, and Starbucks across north London to Emirates Stadium itself. An organized Wenger Out protest was met by a pro-Wenger resistance force while some highly paid men in kits ran around a bit.
Crystal Palace player accuses Alan Pardew of being bad at counting to three
Lee Chung-yong has only made 12 appearances for Crystal Palace this season and according to the South Korean international, that might be at least partly down to manager Alan Pardew’s struggles in counting to three.
Leicester fan convinces girlfriend to name their daughter “Vardy” with internet petition
Given the incredible turn of events for Leicester City this season, it’s understandable that their fans would be a bit drunk on life and delirious. Perhaps this is why Leicester supporter Ashley Marriott decided that “Vardy” — as in the club’s top scorer Jamie Vardy — would make a good middle name for his unborn daughter and that he should start an internet petition to convince his partner of this.
Broken Arsene Wenger blames Arsenal fans for not winning the Premier League
Arsene Wenger is a broken man. Looking set to finish third or fourth in the Premier League for the 11th consecutive year in a trophyless season that will likely mark the first time in 21 years that Arsenal will finish behind Spurs, the club’s fans have been voicing their discontent even louder than usual in recent weeks.
Spurs falter under the pressure of playing in front of Baby Spice
Spurs all but wrapped up the Premier League title for Leicester by only managing a 1-1 draw with West Brom at home on Monday night. The pressure was on with first-place Leicester beating Swansea 4-0 the day before and Spurs fan Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton in attendance at White Hart Lane for the important match. But the former Spice Girl’s presence was too much for this young Spurs team to handle as they conceded a 73rd minute equalizer to Craig Dawson, who scored an own goal in the 33rd minute to give Spurs the lead.
Eden Hazard finally deems this Premier League season worthy of his goals
On the last full day of his reign as PFA Player of the Year, Eden Hazard scored his first two goals of the Premier League season in Chelsea’s 4-1 win over Bournemouth, proving that his terrible form this season has either been a slow-burn practical joke or something else equally incomprehensible.
Maybe he had been suffering from amnesia, simply forgot how to score goals, and thought his name was Stanley Dingleton, but hit his head the night before the Bournemouth match and it all came back to him? I don’t know. I’ve been thinking about this a lot this season and I still don’t know. The Dingleton theory seems like it’s on the right track, though.
It had been 356 days since his last Premier League goal, but that’s all over now.
Meanwhile, Luis Suarez has scored four goals in each of his last two La Liga matches — a new record — bringing his total to 34 for the season.
Congrats, Eden!
Claudio Ranieri is so excited he’s making up words now
“We are in @ChampionsLeague, man! Dilly ding, dilly dong!”https://t.co/XNFOGaMuew
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 22, 2016
Amidst all the talk of whether Leicester can hold on and win the Premier League title, Claudio “The Sausageman” Ranieri has provided an impassioned reminder that club’s already certain achievement of a place in the Champions League needs to be recognized.
“Hey man, we are in Champions League!” Ranieri told a reporter during his Friday press conference. “WE ARE IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, MAN! Dilly ding, dilly dong! Come on!”
So there you have it. Claudio Ranieri remains endlessly likable and he confirms that Leicester will sign former Montreal Impact midfielder Dilly Duka this summer.