Gessica Howarth

[Lemon @Lemonbryz]

🚨🎙️Roy Keane on Manchester United Conceding a 92nd-Minute Equalizer to Ten-Man Tottenham;

🗣️"Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. You couldn't make it up.

You've got twenty minutes left against ten men—TEN MEN!—you've finally dragged yourselves ahead through Mbeumo, and what do you do? You completely switch off.

You stop running, you stop defending, and you invite them right onto your backyard.
To give up a lead in the 92nd minute to a Tottenham side that was down to ten players? It is disgraceful. It's damaging to the eyes, it's unhealthy to watch, and quite frankly, it makes me sick to my stomach.

This team has a soft core a mile wide. They don't know how to manage a game, they don't have the stomach to see it out, and they haven't got a clue what it means to grind out a result for Manchester United.

You're at Old Trafford, you've got the three points in the palm of your hand, and you bottle it at the death.

It's pathetic. Absolutely pathetic."

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Roy Keane on Luke Shaw refusing to go down after Rodrigo Bentancur headbutted him:

“Everyone’s talking about the headbutt. Fine. It’s a red card.

But I’d like people to watch what happened before it.

There’s a loose ball and Bentancur comes flying in as though somebody’s told him the ball is leaving the country.

Luke Shaw is going towards it. He sees the challenge coming and gets himself out of the way.

And thank God he does.

Because if he leaves his leg there, we’re not discussing a headbutt. We’re discussing whether Luke Shaw will be playing football again this season.

Now, Luke has had his injuries. He knows what it’s like to spend months watching football instead of playing it.

So I can imagine what’s going through his head when he sees a man throwing his entire body at a loose ball.

‘Not this again.’

And he jumps out of the way.

Some people will say, ‘Oh, he pulled out of a challenge.’

Yes. And he’s got two functioning legs afterwards. Good decision.

But then Bentancur gets up, Cunha goes towards the ball, and there’s another wild swing at it.

I’m watching this thinking, ‘Does he know there’s a football match going on, or is he trying to remove the ball from the stadium?’

That’s when Shaw goes over and pushes him.

Now, was the push necessary? No. I’d tell Luke that myself.

You can have a word with somebody without putting your hands on him.

But I understand why he’s angry.

He’s just avoided one dangerous challenge, watched his teammate nearly get caught by another, and he’s looking at Bentancur as if to say, ‘What exactly are you doing?’

Bentancur goes down from the push, gets back up, and decides to put his head into Shaw.

And this is the part I liked about Luke.

He doesn’t collapse.

He doesn’t grab his face and roll around waiting for the referee to notice.

He stands there.

Somebody beside me said, ‘He could’ve made more of that.’

I said, ‘Why should he have to?’

The referee can see what happened. The cameras can see what happened. A headbutt doesn’t become a headbutt only when somebody falls over.

I played in an era when players would tell you exactly what they thought of a challenge. Sometimes with words. Sometimes not with very polite words.

But there’s a difference between playing hard and being reckless.

A hard tackle has a purpose. You’re trying to win the ball.

When you keep launching yourself into challenges without any regard for the person in front of you, don’t act surprised when somebody has something to say about it.

And don’t confuse Shaw staying on his feet with the incident being harmless.

He doesn’t have to fall down to prove somebody’s lost his head.

The funny thing is, Luke spends the whole sequence trying to keep his legs out of trouble.

Then Bentancur gets himself sent off because he couldn’t keep his head out of trouble.

I’d be having a word with Shaw about the push.

But I’d be having a much longer conversation with Bentancur about everything that came before it.”

[Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell]

Carrick on boos: "When things aren't quite going to plan, I understand the reaction at times. Hurts a lot. Sometimes you have to go through it. I care as much as anybody about this place, so you could say too much because then it overspills. It's coming from a good place." #MUFC

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

🚨THE PLAY THAT ENDED THE YANKEES SEASON🚨

The #Yankees lost to the #Rays by ONE RUN last night after a game-tying home run was overturned due to fan interference.

The home run would have tied the game and given New York another chance to win.

BRUTAL.

[BetMGM 🦁 @BetMGM]

Was this fan interference?

[The Cutback @The_Cutback]

England drifted to a 3-1 win against Greece on Friday night. The Lionesses had one job to do and got it done, but it wasn't the most convincing performance.

Flo Lloyd-Hughes reports from Crete on another low-energy night from England.

https://t.co/nA7BUpHF32

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Leeds fearless, determined and so well organised so far against Arsenal. Tanaka and Ampadu terrific in midfield, although those yellows…. Stach influential as ever. Calvert-Lewin worrying Arsenal’s vaunted defence. Wing-backs Bogle and Gudmundsson tireless back and forth. What a job Farke is doing. Champions need to raise their game - and maybe turn to the bench at some point. #ARSLEE

[Tyrone Marshall @TyMarshall_MEN]

United not ruling out surgery for Benjamin Sesko as they weigh up treatment options on his shin injury. Not exactly the same issue that kept him out for nearly four months, but in the same area #mufc

https://t.co/yx52AjgBGl

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for ‘BLOODAXE’, a new Viking warriors series from the creator of ‘VIKINGS’

Releasing January 20 on Prime Video.

[Zaza™ @Josephzaza50]

Club football is finally back 🤗

[Transfer News Live @DeadlineDayLive]

🚨 Andy Burnham personally chaired meetings at which £55M in public loans were approved for property developments linked to Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour. 🔵

The funding was approved during Burnham's time as Mayor of Greater Manchester, raising questions over his involvement in the decisions.

(Source: The Telegraph)

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Maybe next year they’ll give the Chemistry prize to a Hamas bomb maker.

[Financelot @FinanceLancelot]

BREAKING: AI companies are reportedly planning for a crisis scenario where "AI" cyberattacks the backbone of the financial system, shutting down banks, per Axios

[Footy Accumulators @FootyAccums]

Manchester United fans are bringing back their Stretford End ‘ticker’ banner, after Manchester City's Premier League guilty verdict.

It will read '51 years' to represent the last time their city rivals won a trophy.

(@AndyMitten)

[Man United News @ManUtdMEN]

Manchester United fans bring back banner mocking Man City after 115 charges verdict | #mufc
https://t.co/PXYvyoAF9g

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Everton owners, the Friedkin Group, say they are considering a potential sale of the club less than two years after they took control.

@SkyJacquie reports.

https://t.co/NFxO0i6IGt

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[The Cutback @The_Cutback]

Racheal Kundananji has joined the Chicago Stars from Bay FC. The Zambian forward has signed a deal running through the end of the 2027 season, with Bay receiving $700k in intra-league transfer funds.

Vlatko Andonovski, Chicago Stars' new chief soccer officer, said: "Racheal is a proven goal scorer and a fierce competitor, and we’re thrilled to add a player of her quality to our roster.

#NWSL

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🚨🇪🇸 High praise for Jude Bellingham from Spain boss Luis de la Fuente:

🗣️ “I really like Bellingham’s style. I think I would vote for him as the number one player in the world.”

Coming from the manager who has just guided Spain to back-to-back EURO and World Cup triumphs, that is some compliment. 🤯🏆

[Gessica Howarth @gesshowarth]

RT @TimesSport: Tom Pidcock "mad" as two team-mates hit by police motorbike going "wrong way" — less than two months after incident that ki…

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Instead of catching a flight, Cadillac F1 driver Valtteri Bottas is cycling from Sepang in Malaysia to Singapore for next weekend's Grand Prix 🚲🏁

The route he's taking is over 350km long! 👏