Serie A: Osimhen reflects on Napoli’s victory against Frosinone

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1 year ago

August 20, 2023

Seyi Babalola

Victor Osimhen has said it was important for Napoli to start the defence of their Serie A title on a winning note.

The Partenopei rallied from a goal down to beat Frosinone 3-1 at the Stadio Benito Stirpe on Saturday.

Osimhen continued his fine form in the Italian top-flight by netting a brace in the encounter.

The 24-year-old reflected on the victory, while congratulating his teammates.

“It was important to start well, congratulation to the team,” Osimhen told DAZN.

“The opponent gave us a hard time, they are a good side. We have a great squad, and I am happy with this win. I’m happy I scored two goals, we must keep this momentum.”

Osimhen has earned huge plaudits from manager Rudi Garcia all summer.

Garcia recently likened the Nigeria international with Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 24-year-old is delighted to get huge backing from the Frenchman.

“What can I say? It’s important for the coach to believe in me, it’s also important to repay the trust on the pitch,” said Osimhen.

“Everyone’s the leader, we have to take responsibility. We have Di Lorenzo, the captain, Mario Rui, Meret. As I said, we are one group. We want to keep on improving.”

EPL: Can’t cry about it — Arteta on Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at Fulham

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4 days ago

December 8, 2024

Seyi Babalola

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said they cannot “cry about” the 1-1 draw at Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Arteta, however, insisted his team deserved to take all three points.

Raul Jimenez opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half before William Saliba levelled in the 52nd minute.

Speaking after the match, Arteta said: “Gutted that we didn’t win it. We fully deserved to win it. That’s the quality of the opposition, so you cannot cry about it. We generated all the chances but it’s so difficult to attack.”

Arsenal had 70 per cent possession and VAR denied Bukayo Saka what would have been a late winner.

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EPL: ‘We started badly’ – Amorim on Man Utd’s 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest

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5 days ago

December 7, 2024

Seyi Babalola

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted his team did not do enough to beat Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday.

The Red Devils suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time under Amorim, losing 3-2 to Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.

Goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood moved Forest up to fifth place, with Rasmus Hojlund and Bruno Fernandes getting on the scoresheet for United.

The result leaves United in 13th place, 10 points above relegation places.

Amorim, speaking with BBC Sport, said: “Tough game. We started really bad. The first play we suffered a goal and then it’s hard to try to fight. We then controlled the game and had a lot of situations.

“We improved the movement in the last third. We managed to draw the game and then, at halftime, we were ready to go for the win and then started really bad. Two goals. Then we tried a lot of things with not a lot of quality.

“We didn’t have many situations to score. Tough game in a tough moment but we have to continue the job.”