Man United embarrassed at Everton

Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had a nightmare day at the office on Sunday.

After being dominated by Barcelona earlier in the week, United were looking to bounce back vs Everton.

They also had the chance to move up to 4^th place with a win over the Toffees.

However, the Red Devils were well and truly embarrassed by Marco Silva’s men.

The game finished 4-0 to Everton with goals coming from Richarlison, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Lucas Digne and Theo Walcott.

Solskjaer on United’s transfer plans

With United clearly in need of some investment, their fans may have been hoping for a big overhaul this summer.

However, speaking in a recent interview, Solskjaer stated that while United will sign players this summer, fans shouldn’t expect six signings in the upcoming window:

“There will be new players coming in over summer but I don’t think you can expect six.

“I don’t think any manager you ask would be in favour of that amount of change anyway. We want to rebuild but it is going to have to be gradual, over a few windows.

“We plan to be in the top four, we plan to be in the Champions League next season and we want players who can keep us in the Champions League and move us up the table.

“But we know there is not going to be a quick fix. We have to take it step by step.”As quoted by ESPN.

United have been linked with a lot of stars already this summer, including Jadon Sancho and Declan Rice.

Solskjaer is targeting some of the best emerging English talent in Jadon Sancho, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Declan Rice and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Liverpool midfielder James Milner has this evening revealed the reason behind his walking stick celebration during the Reds’ victory over Cardiff City.

Cardiff 0-2 Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds travelled to the Welsh capital a short time ago, for a crunch Premier League clash.

The matchup marked a crucial one at both ends of the English top-flight table, with Liverpool of course in the midst of one of the most tightly-contested title fights in recent history, and Cardiff battling to avoid relegation.

As such, there was an understandably-tense atmosphere around the Cardiff City stadium ahead of kick-off.

When all was said and done, though, there could only be one winner, with Liverpool having held their nerve yet again to eventually emerge victorious.

The Merseysiders took the lead 10 minutes into the second-half, when Gini Wijnaldum rifled Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low corner beyond the helpless Neil Etheridge.

Only two Premier League defenders this season have over 6 assists:

Andy Robertson – 9
Trent Alexander-Arnold – 8

And James Milner put the game to bed from the penalty spot 10 minutes from time, slotting home in characteristically-cool fashion after Sean Morrison had been adjudged to have felled Mohamed Salah in the Cardiff box.

‘That one was for Virg’

Milner’s game-clincher, meanwhile, saw the veteran English midfielder’s celebration quickly garner attention online.

After finding the net, Milner proceeded to burst towards Liverpool’s fans, before imitating an old man with a walking stick.

And the former Aston Villa and Manchester City man has since provided an insight into the reasoning behind his celebration, confirming that it was in response to persistent ribbing on the part of teammate Virgil van Dijk regarding his age:

Milner on his celebration: “That one was for Virg (Van Dijk) because he always gives me stick about being old.”

Crystal Palace vs Everton

Everton travel to Crystal Palace on Saturday as they look to continue pushing for a Europa League spot.

The Toffees currently occupy 7^th place, above Watford on goal difference.

However, Watford have a game in hand on Everton, as do 10^th place Wolves who are just one point behind Marco Silva’s side.

Everton also have to face Tottenham in one of their final league games of the season so picking up a win vs Palace is a must if they want to stand any chance of qualifying for Europa League.

Crystal Palace, on the other hand, are already safe from relegation and will have very little to play for vs Everton.

Digne & Richarlison updates

Everton’s last tie saw them face Manchester United on Sunday.

The Blues have been in great form recently, baring a 2-0 defeat to Championship bound Fulham last weekend.

They have also been in solid form against the top six clubs.

That form was once again on display vs United as Everton came away 4-0 winners.

Despite the superb result against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, Everton did suffer a few big blows on Sunday.

After opening the scoring Richarlison was subbed off in the 51^st minute.

Then, after putting in a MOTM worthy display that included scoring from outside the box, Lucas Digne limped off in the 84^th minute.

Marco Silva has since given an update on the duo.

While Silva doesn’t know the extent of Richarlison’s injury yet, Digne’s problem does seem to be quite minor.

Cardiff 0-Liverpool 2

Liverpool and Cardiff went head-to-head on Sunday in a key clash at both ends of the table.

Cardiff started the day in 18^th place and in desperate need of a win to continue their relegation battle.

A win for the Welsh side would have seen them go level on points with 17^th place Brighton.

Liverpool, on the other hand, needed to win to return to the top of the table after Manchester City beat Tottenham on Saturday.

Warnock on Liverpool’s penalty

It would be Liverpool who came out on top on Sunday with a 2-0 win.

Georginio Wijnaldum put the Reds 1-0 up before James Milner made it 2-0 from the spot after Mohamed Salah was brought down.

Tottenham willing to part ways with Trippier

Tottenham have reportedly slapped a rather large price tag on their main right-back, Kieran Trippier.

According to the Express, Spurs would be willing to part ways with Trippier for a fee of around £40m.

Trippier joined Tottenham in 2015 from Burnley for a fee less than £5m and had proved to be somewhat of a bargain.

The 28-year-old was particularly impressive for England at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Unfortunately for Spurs fans, Trippier’s form didn’t carry over into the 2018/19 campaign.

The full-back has had several poor displays this season and is often criticised by Spurs fans.

As a result, they would probably bite your hand off to get £40m for him.

Valencia replacement?

The main club Trippier has been linked with recently is Manchester United.

This isn’t too surprising as United will be short a right-back come the summer.

Antonio Valencia’s deal runs out in July and United chose earlier this year not to renew it.

Ashley Young can also play right-back but he too is getting on in years and his recent displays have been pretty poor.

This would leave Diogo Dalot as United’s main right-back next season. While Dalot is a solid player he is only 19 years of age.