OneFootball
Dan Burke·19 April 2021
OneFootball
Dan Burke·19 April 2021
It might have been a truncated Premier League weekend dominated largely by talk of a European Super League, but we still found the time to hand out some awards.
And thereâs a couple of bonus FA Cup awards thrown in too.
Ahead of the weekend, Paul Pogba gave an interview in which he made no secret of his dislike for his former Manchester United boss José Mourinho.
âOnce I had a great relationship with Mourinho, everybody saw that, and the next day you donât know what happened. Thatâs the strange thing I had with Mourinho and I cannot explain to you because even I donât know. So, yeah,â said Pogba.
Mourinho was then asked about Pogbaâs comments after Tottenhamâs 2-2 draw with Everton on Friday night. And this is what he had to say âŠ
Weâd hate to see JosĂ©âs face if he did care what Pogba thought about him.
You can always rely on Newcastleâs Allan Saint-Maximin to deliver the goods on Twitter, and his reaction to Joe Willockâs late winner against West Ham on Saturday was priceless.
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If youâre reading this Phil Foden, thatâs why players shouldnât hire PR companies to run their social media.
Perhaps we should have known not to expect a high-intensity FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday when Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel came out of the tunnel wrapped in each otherâs arms.
Thereâs clearly a lot of mutual respect between the two coaches and itâs lovely to see.
Whether they will be quite so convivial if Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the Champions League final remains to be seen.
On Saturday night, Sheffield Unitedâs 1-0 defeat to Wolves saw them officially relegated from the Premier League with six games to spare.
Amid all the European Super League talk on Sunday, some argued that the Big Six should be docked points for their transgression.
But even if those clubs were all docked a whopping 30 points, poor Sheffield United would still be propping up the table.
Oh dear.
Compared to last week, there wasnât much VAR nonsense to get our backs up this weekend.
Except for this douchebaggery at the Emirates on Sunday, of course.
If the European Super League comes with a no VAR guarantee, we might just be tempted to rethink our stance on it.
Mason Greenwood is a special talent and he showed why with two more goals to add to his collection in Manchester Unitedâs win over Burnley on Sunday.
And how about this for a stat âŠ
He only needs another 227 goals to match Rooneyâs all-time United record. You wouldnât bet against it, would you?
Weâre going to assume Kelechi Iheanacho didnât mean to play a one-two with Southamptonâs Jannick Vestergaard when he scored Leicesterâs winning goal in Sundayâs FA Cup semi-final.
But he did it, it worked, and the Foxes can now look forward to their first FA Cup final since 1969.
Nice.