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How Chelsea lost 0- 1 to Liverpool : on Virgil van Dijk wins Carabao Cup for Reds with dramatic extra time goal

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2 years ago

February 26, 2024

Dutch defender, Virgil van Dijk helped a young Liverpool team to Carabao Cup glory on Sunday night, February 25.

Van Dijk headed home an 118th-minute winner from a corner – after having an earlier effort controversially disallowed by VAR as the Reds condemned Chelsea to a sixth consecutive Wembley cup final defeat.

Klopp put in three teenage substitutes in the latter stages of the game but still saw his injury-ravaged side defeat Chelsea’s team, leaving Mauricio Pochettino, still without a trophy in English football

With Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai all injured, Chelsea should have made light work of Liverpool but that wasn’t the case.

The Blues started poorly with Levi Colwill at the heart of the defence. Chelsea’s keeper Djordje Petrovic was soon forced into a decent save from a powerful Luis Diaz shot.

Chelsea came close on 21 minutes – Sterling was blocked off by Conor Bradley, only for Conor Gallagher’s close-range effort to be brilliantly saved by Caoimhin Kelleher.

Moises Caicedo was guilty of a horrible late challenge on Ryan Gravenberch, which left him in agony on the touchline but referee Chris Kavanagh, consistently one of the Premier League’s worst officials, missed it and VAR didn’t suggest the possibility of a straight red card.

Gravenberch was withdrawn, replaced by Joe Gomez, then Bradley moved into midfield, a tactical change from Klopp.

Raheem Sterling goal for the Blues, however, a skeptical offside call denied their celebration.

Later on Cole Palmer’s through-ball fed Jackson, who squared for Sterling to find the net.

But Jackson was flagged offside and despite the Chelsea striker looking to be onside, Brooks again refused to get involved.

Liverpool twice went close themselves, Cody Gakpo crashing a header against the post, then Brdaley having a shot blocked

Andy Robertson swung in a free-kick from the left and Van Dijk scored with a towering header only for the effort to be disallowed by the forensics department spotting a block by an offside Wataru Endo on Colwill.

In extra time, Klopp sent on three teenagers – Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns and James McConnell.

Liverpool caused a corner in Chelsea’s post and Tsimikas delivered it to the near post. Van Dijk shook off Disasi and headed in front of Mykhailo Mudryk to score inside the far post.

With three more trophies up for grabs, Liverpool football club ended the night as the 2023/2024 Carabao cup champions.

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Chelsea mathematically out of title race after 3-0 defeat to Everton

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2 days ago

March 21, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Chelsea are now mathematically out of the Premier League title race.

This follows their 3-0 drubbing in the hands of Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday night.

Liam Rosenior’s men came into the match with 48 points, looking to keep pace with the teams in front of them.

However, Beto opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half, before adding a second after the break.

Chelsea barely threatened Everton and looked flat for most of the game, before Iliman Ndiaye added a third.

The result means the Blues cannot match the 70 points that league leaders Arsenal currently have with seven matches left.

Champions Liverpool are also on the verge of being mathematically ruled out, as they have 49 points.

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Super Eagles player bounced me from Iheanacho’s room — Osimhen

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2 days ago

March 21, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, has claimed that a senior member of the Super Eagles squad in 2017 sent him away from a hotel room during his first call-up to the national team.

According to the 27-year-old, it was Kelechi Iheanacho who intervened and welcomed him inside.

Osimhen revealed this while appearing on a Twitch livestream with comedian, Carter Efe in the early hours of Saturday.

He said: “When I came, I met Iheanacho. And I told him, ‘ah, see me, I’m gonna carry your boots.’ So he said I should come to his room so, he gave me his room number.

“So, as I got to his room — I don’t just want to mention the name — he had a roommate. So, as I knocked on the door, the roommate opened the door. So, he like bounced me out of the room.”

Osimhen refused to reveal the identity of the player who sent him away.

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AFCON 2025; Drama as Senegal Reportedly Relocates Trophy To Military Base After CAF Decision (Video)

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3 days ago

March 20, 2026

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Drama as Senegal reportedly relocates AFCON trophy to military base after Confederation of African Football (CAF) viral decision.

‎It would be recalled that CAF stripped Senegal of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, awarding it to Morocco instead.

This decision came after Morocco appealed the result of the January 18 final, where Senegal won 1-0 in extra time.

‎ According to the CAF Appeal Board, Senegal had forfeited the match due to their players walking off the pitch in protest of a penalty awarded to Morocco, citing Articles 82 and 84 of the AFCON regulations.

The controversy surrounds the AFCON final, where Senegal’s players walked off the pitch in protest of a late penalty awarded to Morocco.

In a clip circulating on the microblogging platform, X (formerly Twitter), a young man with glasses is seen holding the AFCON trophy surrounded by military personnel.

The clip captures the military personnel’s excitement as they support the trophy, with an officer recording the moment.

In a recent development, Senegal has announced plans to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with some officials and players expressing outrage and disappointment.