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Man United were let down by VAR VAR was arguably the main talking point from Man United's 2-2 draw at Bournemouth on Friday because of two controversial penalty decisions with one being given and the other being turned away. The one that wasn't given was Adrien Truffert's foul on Amad Diallo and this decision was the one that cost Man United the win because it was a definite foul. Truffert was clearly holding Diallo when trying to win the ball off him and he even pushed him j

Thomas Tuchel announced his latest England squad earlier today ahead of their upcoming friendlies against Uruguay and Japan. There are two new faces to the squad in Jason Steele and James Garner whilst there are recalls for Aaron Ramsdale, Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, Harry Maguire, Fikayo Tomori, Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dominic Solanke. Jason Steele's call up was very surprising because he's Brighton's back-up keeper and back-up ke

PROBABLE LINE UPS FOR BOTH TEAMS: When this final was confirmed, a lot of people were saying that it could decide who wins the Premier League title. But now I don't see it being that kind of game because Arsenal pretty much have the title in the bag as they're nine points clear. Arsenal haven't won this competition since 1993 when they won it under George Graham and have lost their last three finals in this competition, one of which was against City back in 2018. Mikel Arteta

FRIDAY: BOURNEMOUTH V MAN UNITED Bournemouth are still unbeaten since losing to Arsenal in their first game of the new year but have drawn their last four league games. They've replaced Brighton as the draw specialists as they've now picked up more draws than any other team with 14. Man United are in the drivers seat in the race for a top four finish and the calls for Michael Carrick getting the job full time are only increasing. They haven't won any of their last five games

Everyone loves a goal on the counter-attack because they're the goals that get the fans excited and off their seats. They're also the goals that turn defence into attack within the space of a few seconds because of the pace at which they're scored at. To score an effective goal on the counter-attack, your team needs to have players with pace because you want to get the ball from one end to the other as quick as you can and to do that, you need players who are quick and direct