LONDON, England – Chelsea don bounce back enter top four of Premier League with 1-0 win over Tottenham for Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Enzo Fernandez shine as e score ba header for early second half, make am the difference for dis derby clash. Chelsea don dey feel pressure after them perform no too well before di international break, but Tottenham no take advantage of di issues wey dey affect di home team.
VAR play im own role for di match as dem rule out goals from Moises Caicedo for Chelsea and Pape Sarr who be Tottenham substitute after half-time. Dis victory don set Chelsea back on di path to di Champions League.
Meanwhile, Arsenal don receive bad news as dem confirm say defender Gabriel go miss di rest of di season due to hamstring injury. Di Brazilian player go undergo surgery after e get di injury during di 2-1 win against Fulham on Tuesday night.
Arsenal statement talk say: “Gabi go need surgical repair procedure for im hamstring in di coming days, and di recovery and rehabilitation programme go start immediately, with di aim to be ready for di start of next season.”
On anoda note, England manager Sarina Wiegman dey focus on di Nations League double-header against Belgium, which go shape di team for di upcoming European Women’s Championship. Di Lionesses dey prepare to host Belgium for Bristol on Friday night before dem go travel to Leuven on April 8.
Sarina talk say: “We wan win against Belgium twice, but we also dey prepare di team for di Euros in July, so we go sabi di players wey dey available and dem wey fit perform.”
Di United Kingdom dey close to hosting di first football World Cup since 1966 after dem confirm say FIFA president Gianni Infantino accept di four-nation plan for di women’s finals in 2035 as di sole bid. Manchester United fit build new 100,000-capacity stadium wey go fit host matches for di tournament, and Wembley fit be di final venue.
Mark Bullingham, di Football Association chief executive, talk say: “We get plenty different stadiums wey dey built for di country, including Man United and Birmingham. With 10-year horizon, we go fit know where we go dey den.”
Di UK bid go go front to FIFA Congress next year to get dem vote, but dem go still check am according to di game’s global governing body evaluation report.
As di Nations League matches dey come up, England go face Belgium at Ashton Gate on Friday night. Other matches include Scotland vs Germany at Tannadice, Wales vs Denmark in Cardiff while Northern Ireland dey travel go Romania and di Republic of Ireland go face Greece for Crete.
