Spurs were beaten 6-1 by Newcastle on Sunday and made a change ahead of this weekend’s clash with Liverpool
Cristian Stellini has been sacked by Spurs. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Tottenham have sacked caretaker manager Cristian Stellini ahead of the Premier League showdown against Liverpool after pressure mounted on him following a crushing loss to Newcastle.
Stellini was named the best job in north London last month after Antonio Conte was sacked following Tottenham’s early exit from the Champions League and FA Cup. However, despite a bright start in his temporary position, the chaos eventually continued.
Under his watch, Tottenham beat surprise package Brighton and parted ways with relegated Everton in Stellini’s opener. However, support for the Italian and his credentials in the Tottenham dugout quickly waned after back-to-back defeats to Bournemouth and top-flight Newcastle.
To date, Tottenham are still fifth in the ongoing Champions League qualifiers. However, having played more games than the two teams currently above them, Newcastle and Manchester United, the board decided to take immediate action.
Tottenham still have a few potentially crucial days ahead of them. Indeed, they face United at home on Thursday evening (7:45 p.m.) and this match will be followed by a meeting with Liverpool on Sunday April 30 at their base of Anfield (4:30 p.m.). Liverpool, on the other hand, have won their last two games.
Stellini, who assisted Conte throughout his spell at the helm, went ahead in four games after moving into the top role, picking up a total of four points. Tottenham were beaten 6-1 by Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, conceding five goals in 21 minutes.
This prompted Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to take action for the second time in a month.
Ryan Mason, the club’s former midfielder, is believed to take charge for the remainder of this season. CONTINUE READING….
Liverpool offered a new European qualifying route from Man United
Man United’s win over Brighton in the FA Cup semi-final gave Liverpool a boost in their battle to qualify for Europe
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag (Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
It’s not often to see Liverpool supporters cheering on Manchester United.
And the truth is they probably weren’t on Sunday as the Old Trafford side cruised to the FA Cup final with a penalty shoot-out win over Brighton and Hove Albion at Wembley.
But the Seagulls’ defeat was actually good news for the Reds. Well, at least in terms of improving their chances in European football next season. Winner.
At the start of the season, the team finishing fifth in the Premier League has an available place in the Europa League, with another going to the FA Cup winners. The winner of the League Cup gets a place in the Europa Conference League.
With United and FA Cup runners-up Manchester City both set to finish in the top five, this means whichever team finishes sixth will also secure a Europa League spot with the fifth team – both straight to the group stage .
And with United having already won the League Cup, the Europa League Conference place is now on the verge of being handed to the team finishing seventh, as was the case last year with West Ham United, who has reached the semi-finals this season of the competition has reached.
Liverpool, of course, still have hopes of an unlikely top-four finish, although realistically that would require Jurgen Klopp’s side to win all of their remaining seven games and either
Newcastle United or Manchester United would suffer a devastating loss of form as the Reds score nine points. of places in the Champions League.
But that sixth place will most likely secure Europa League qualification has boosted their chances of a place in Europe next season, avoiding the Europa Conference League, whose qualifiers play a play-off round at the end of August
The Reds are currently in seventh place, one point behind Aston Villa and a further two points behind Tottenham Hotspur, but with a game in hand for both and a much better goal difference. They too are due to receive both teams at Anfield in the coming weeks.
It means whatever Brighton – who are one point behind Liverpool but have two games to play – get for the rest of the season, the Reds will be in control of their own Europa League destiny – starting with West Ham on Wednesday night.
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With just over a month to go until the end of the season at Liverpool, they have seven games left before the final whistle on May 28.
After four games unbeaten in a nervy 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, the Reds travel to West Ham United on Wednesday night to close the gap on the first four to six points.
With a sparse fixture list lately, Jurgen Klopp has been reluctant to make any changes to his squad and has maintained the same line-up for the past three games.
He was able to do so largely thanks to the schedule which saw his side only play three times in two weeks. a far cry from last season’s efforts at this stage of the campaign.
But with the visit to the London stadium marking a relatively quick turnaround from Saturday’s win over Forest, Klopp is likely to make some changes in the capital.
Moving into the five-man defence, Klopp will likely remain confident with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson ahead of Alisson Becker in goal. There is a possible reason for Kostas Tsimikas to replace Robertson, but the Scotland captain will likely get the nod.
The Alexander-Arnold experiment of the last few weeks has been fascinating to watch