Pep Guardiola vows to stay honest with players ‘whether they want to hear it or not’ as Tottenham visit Man City for first time since ‘happy flowers’ speech when he blasted players for sloppy victory

Pep Guardiola was fuming after City’s 4-2 win over Spurs in January, even though they had come from 2-0 down at the Etihad. He said: ‘Playing with this lack of passion, this season I can announce we are not going to win anything. ‘[We lacked] guts, passion, fire, desire to win from minute one. The … Read more

Premier League fans SLAM PGMOL’s Match Officials Mic’d up show as ‘utterly useless’ and a ‘massive cop out for Howard Webb’… with Michael Owen panned for NOT challenging the former ref

Howard Webb joined Michael Owen to discuss a number of VAR incidents  Match Officials Mic’d Up releases conversations between refs and VAR officials It’s a three-team title race… Toney could lead Arsenal to glory: It’s All Kicking Off  By Dan Cancian For Mailonline Published: 20:48 GMT, 14 November 2023 | Updated: 20:50 GMT, 14 November … Read more

GRAEME SOUNESS: These rock star referees don’t know football and there’s a howler every week… VAR should make it a doddle but communication between officials is gibberish at times – Klopp knows he won’t get a replay but is forging a siege mentality

I worked with some of the most competitive managers and coaches you could ever imagine at Liverpool. Men who were obsessed about winning and even gave us dog’s abuse when we didn’t win in the manner they expected. But asking for a game to replayed because they were on the wrong end of a refereeing … Read more

League One side Burton Albion tease return of former England international Peter Crouch as he is pictured holding shirt with name and number

Peter Crouch retired from football in July 2019  after 468 Premier League games The 38-year-old now hosts a popular show called That Peter Crouch Podcast  Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport’s podcast ‘It’s All Kicking Off!’ By Max Carter Keall For Mailonline Published: 18:08 BST, 6 October 2023 | Updated: 19:34 BST, 6 … Read more

Gary Neville ridicules Jurgen Klopp’s plea to REPLAY Liverpool’s match with Tottenham after VAR incorrectly disallowed Luis Diaz’s goal – accusing the Reds of grabbing ‘defeat from victory’

Assistant referee 1 (Adrian Holmes): ‘All good. Both holding. Both holding’ Referee (Simon Hooper): ‘Yeah, leave it alone.’ Assistant referee 1: ‘Waiting. Delaying, delaying.’ VAR (Darren England): ‘Possible offside, Diaz.’ Assistant referee 2 (Simon Long): ‘Give it.’ Assistant referee 1: ‘Coming back for the offside, mate.’ VAR: ‘Just checking the offside. Delay, delay.’ VAR: ‘Give … Read more

PGMOL release VAR audio from Liverpool’s controversial defeat to Tottenham that saw Luis Diaz’s goal incorrectly ruled offside

By Ed Carruthers For Mailonline Published: 18:32 BST, 3 October 2023 | Updated: 18:47 BST, 3 October 2023 The PGMOL have released the full audio from the VAR hub during Liverpool’s controversial 2-1 defeat to Tottenham. During the match, Liverpool forward Luis Diaz had a goal incorrectly chalked for offside, with the refereeing body immediately apologising … Read more

Chelsea Women name England’s World Cup skipper Millie Bright as their captain ahead of the new WSL season

Millie Bright has been named Chelsea’s new captain ahead of WSL season The 30-year-old defender captained England to the World Cup final in August Mail Sport’s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here By Dan Evans For Mailonline Published: 14:17 BST, 29 September 2023 | Updated: 17:56 BST, 29 September 2023 Chelsea FC … Read more

Harry Kane begins his journey to Germany by private jet ahead of £100m move to Bayern Munich after FINALLY getting permission from Tottenham to fly and complete medical with German giants

Harry Kane and wife Katie arrive at Stansted Airport private terminal to fly to Germany to complete his £100m Bayern Munich transfer after his flight was cancelled TWICE as negotiations continued By Sami Mokbel For Mailonline Published: 15:44 BST, 11 August 2023 | Updated: 17:25 BST, 11 August 2023 Harry Kane has begun his journey … Read more

Chelsea closing in on appointing Mauricio Pochettino as manager

Chelsea close in on appointing Mauricio Pochettino as new manager – with a deal set to be agreed in coming days – as Blues move quickly to secure former Tottenham boss By Sami Mokbel for the Daily Mail Published: 19:00 BST, 24 April 2023 | Updated: 08:05 BST, 25 April 2023 Chelsea are closing in … Read more

PGMOL admits they got decision wrong after Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma was denied a late penalty

Brighton receive a THIRD apology of the season from the PGMOL because of a costly VAR error… as Howard Webb admits the Seagulls should have been awarded a penalty in defeat at Spurs Kaoru Mitoma was fouled by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg but didn’t get a penalty  PGMOL chief Howard Webb has acknowledged the wrong decision was … Read more