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Thomas Tuchel's damning verdict on Chelsea flop Romelu Lukaku has been challenged by Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.The Blues edged to a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, but Lukaku was once again anonymous for most of the match.The striker touched the ball just seven times during Saturday's derby clash - the lowest of any Premier League player to complete 90 minutes since data was first collated at the beginning of the 2003/04 campaign.However, Tuchel denied after the game that Lukaku's ineffectiveness was down to Chelsea's system - a claim that both Lineker and Shearer refuted.The former striking duo hinted that the Blues should do more to get the best out of their club-record signing.But Tuchel was defiant after the match, insisting: "No, no, it's not about the system."Well, it is what it is. But for him, there is no change of system because it's the same attacking structure."But that didn't wash at all with Shearer, the Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer, who leapt to Lukaku's defence.He told Match of the Day: "It's clear that they [Chelsea] aren't working on things on the training ground as they are not doing it during the game for him [Lukaku] or for the team."Do you think Chelsea should be doing more to get the best out of Lukaku? Let us know in the comments section. And Lineker, the show's host, went one further by insisting that he'd be "hammering people" if he were in Lukaku's position.

Alan Shearer’ to make a cheeky header during his side’s defeat of Latvia in their first game of the 2022 Winter Olympics.Winger Max Friberg was lining up for the Swedes in their Group C encounter with Lativa, with both teams harbouring hopes of winning the gold medal.Friberg was the furthest player forward for Sweden with 11.33 minutes remaining of the second period when the puck was launched forwards.It was too high for the Frölunda HC star to bring down with his stick, despite him being 1.79 metres tall, so he employed a novel method to get the puck back on the ice.After the puck was played forward from deep on Sweden’s left, Friberg jumped up and headed it into the centre of the rink.Unfortunately for Friberg, none of his team-mates were far enough forward to capitalise on his header, with Latvia mopping up easily.While his fellow Swedes were unable to anticipate it, Friberg’s header delighted supporters watching on.And some even compared the 29-year-old to legendary Premier League striker Shearer.How many medals do you think Team GB will win at the Winter Olympics? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section...“Has Sean Dyce seen this?” one fan asked.“Alan Shearer like flick on that,” another tweeted.“Man Utd scouts on high alert,” a third joked.“Lovely little near-post flick on,” a fourth said.Friberg helped Sweden to survive a comeback from Lativa to secure a win in their opening game of the Beijing Games.Anton Lander’s goal as well as a double from Lucas Wallmark had given the Swedes a commanding 3-0 lead midway through the second period.But Latvia hit back through powerplay strikes from Renars Krastenbergs and Nikolajs Jelisejevs to send the game to a nervy finish.The Swedes were able to hold on though and

Newcastle are pushing to sign the lofty defender from Brighton ahead of Monday's deadline as they continue their January upheaval thanks to the finances of their mega-money Saudi owners.The Magpies have been keen to bolster their backline this month, but as of yet have come up short in their pursuit of a number of key targets - though that doesn't appear to be an issue with Burn.The towering 29-year-old is reportedly nearing a move to Tyneside to add some much-needed steel to the Toon's defence, however, despite his colossal height, Burn's aerial stats leave a lot to be desired.According to WhoScored, the mountainous Seagulls defender has an aerial duel success rate of 60.4% this season - a figure lower than that of Tottenham's significantly smaller Lucas Moura.In fact, Burn is believed to be 12 inches - or one foot - taller than Spurs' Brazilian attacker, who stands at a mere 5ft 7in.Moura, who is considered to have quite the spring on him, boasts a more impressive success rate of 63.6%, with both players having contested over 50 aerial duels this campaign.Will Dan Burn help Newcastle United avoid relegation this season? Let us know in the comments section below.Despite the somewhat damning statistic, Newcastle are widely reported to have agreed a deal with Brighton in the region of £12.5million for the defender, who spent time in the Magpies' academy and grew up idolising club legend Alan Shearer.While Burn's gargantuan frame is clear for all to see, a lesser-known fact about the Toon target's appearance is that he only has three fingers on his right hand.According to The Free Library, he was wearing a ring on one of his digits when climbing a fence aged 13.The item of jewellery is then said to have got caught on a

Masked Singer chiefs say the TV character has become their most popular star ever.The celebrity hiding behind the mask has proved you don’t need to be “pitch perfect” to survive in the contest.Show chief Dan Nettleton said: “Doughnuts is a breakout star. We have never had someone with his singing ability get so far as he has got so far.

Manchester United famously missed out on signing Newcastle great Alan Shearer in 1996 - and Gary Neville might have had something to do with it.

Gary Neville has revealed that whilst on England duty he approached Steven Gerrard about signing for Manchester United, but his proposal was met with a swift rebuttal from the Liverpool legend.

Gary Neville quipped that Steven Gerrard "wasn't loyal" to Liverpool due to his failed move to Chelsea during a discussion with Jamie Carragher over tapping up team-mates on international duty, but failed to have the same success with his own attempts to convince him to sign for Manchester United.Gerrard spent the majority of his 18-year playing career at Anfield, but it's well known he came close to joining Chelsea back in 2005 when the Blues were at the peak of their powers under Jose Mourinho.The move fell apart at the 11th hour - and Gerrard remained at Liverpool until he eventually left the club in 2015 to finish his career in MLS with LA Galaxy.However, that wasn't the only time Gerrard was offered the opportunity to leave Anfield for a Premier League side. Neville has now admitted that he tried to convince the Liverpool captain to join him at Old Trafford - in a similar way to how he'd attempted to talk poach both Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer for Sir Alex Ferguson's side.

The Masked Singer's Doughnut has been rumbled as fans and judges guess that it could be former footballer Michael Owen after a series of clues.The ITV show kicked off on Saturday night with Doughnut performing second on the programme.Judges and viewers alike all agreed that the new clues all pointed towards the celeb underneath the mask being a current or former footballer.Fans of the show all flocked to social media after the character chose to sing Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline, which has now been coined by English football fans as a matchday chant.One fan said: "English footballer no one else would sing this as a clue. Probably Micheal Owen #TheMaskedSingerUK"A second added: "First time properly watching Masked Singer.

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard was the only rival player that Sir Alex Ferguson would have wanted to play for Manchester United.

Premier League football.A free shot at goal from 12 yards out feels like it should never be missed for professional footballers, but most players have failed to convert at least once.Even Matt Le Tissier missed during his career, and the Southampton icon certainly features in our top ten.There is no room for Alan Shearer, Sergio Aguero or Wayne Rooney with each failing from the spot a number of times.Though at this wonderful time of the year, we are just focusing on those who, more often than not, found the net. Thanks to our good friends at Opta, Daily Star Sport have taken a look at the Premier League's best penalty takers of all time, though they must have taken a minimum of ten spot-kicks...

Newcastle United fans felt hard done by during their game against Manchester City at St James Park, with pundits and ex-players in agreement that the Magpies should have been awarded a penalty after Ederson appeared to foul Ryan Fraser.

Manchester United and England forward Andy Cole was told by a doctor that he might have died if it wasn't for his physical fitness before his lifesaving kidney transplant.The 50-year-old scored 187 goals across 414 Premier League appearances for seven clubs between 1993 and 2008, putting him third in the all time scoring charts behind only Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer.Having won five Premier League titles, the Champions League and three domestic cups during a glittering playing career, Cole retired in 2008 and has since worked as an ambassador for United.However, back in 2015 Cole fell ill after contracting a virus on a trip to Vietnam which reduced his kidney function to just 7% of its usual capacity - and needed a lifesaving kidney

Benjamin Mendy during coverage of Manchester United vs Arsenal.Ahead of the Premier League match on Thursday evening, Thomas was engaging in conversation with pundits Patrice Evra, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer.The discussion turned towards the Gunners' goalkeeper, at which point he said: "Let's talk about one big positive and it comes in the form of Aaron Ramsdale in goal."He has got a save percentage of 81.4 per cent, Benjamin Mendy the only one who can better that in the Premier League." Instead of naming Chelsea shot stopper Edouard Mendy, Thomas mistakenly named the Manchester City defender, who is currently in custody charged with six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.The error was an honest one, but despite that, Thomas

Newcastle hero Alan Shearer fears relegation may be inevitable for his former side despite the £300m takeover from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.Still winless this season, the Toon could only claim a point in their relegation crunch-clash with Norwich City on Tuesday evening.Though they took the lead, Eddie Howe's side were pegged back through Teemu Pukki's 79th-minute equaliser and the Magpies remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.Newcastle's record goalscoring was on commentary duty for last night's fixture and couldn't hide his anxiety surrounding their leaky backline.On commentary for Amazon Prime, he said: "I'm still scared stiff whenever the ball goes into the final third for Newcastle as it's individual

Scott McTominay has been praised as Manchester United's key organisational player by Premier League legend Alan Shearer.

Micah Richards has rated Carlos Tevez as a better all-round player than Sergio Aguero in an assessment not all Manchester City fans would agree with.

Newcastle United hotshot Alan Shearer is one of the Premier League's most endearing legends thanks to his goalscoring touch.Since the Geordie hung up his boots in 2006, no Premier League striker has been able to touch Shearer's goalscoring record.However, Shearer's daughter, Hollie Shearer is starting to earn a name in her own right thanks to her sizzling Instagram snaps and Spotify presence.Hollie, 26, has amassed over 44,000 followers on her Instagram account, and she regularly uploads bikini-clad snaps to the platform.But it's her music career that has started to turn heads for the 26-year-old.Hollie released her first single in 2020 titled 'Leave Right Now' which was quickly followed by 'Love You Better' and '1400 Days'.The 26-year-old

Newcastle United in 1996, Toon Army hero Alan Shearer has revealed that he had plans to buy Graeme Souness’ house and join Manchester United.Shearer is the all-time Premier League top scorer with 260 goals and is famed as one of the biggest legends in recent history.However, his career could have may have taken a completely different course if the forward didn’t decide to sign for his boyhood club in 1996 amid interest from United and Real Madrid.The Red Devils were incredibly keen to sign the former Southampton but were battling for his signature with Newcastle, their title rivals.Shearer was caught in two minds about the decision and initially concluded that he wanted to move to Old Trafford, and he had everything in place to do so –

Alan Shearer, the Premier League's all-time record goalscorer, has named Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva in his Team of the Week.

Juventus.After claiming in his autobiography that he would never pursue management, he was appointed as Juve’s head coach in summer 2020, taking over from Maurizio Sarri.Pirlo had no coaching experience and had only just written his managerial thesis, but was expected to extend the Bianconeri’s nine-year Scudetto-winning streak.He did not, finishing fourth despite possessing numerous world-class players and suffered a loss to Porto in the last-16 of the Champions League to cap off a disjointed season.Needless to say the long-haired maestro was sacked before being replaced by former boss Massimiliano Allegri.Failure when describing Frank Lampard’s stint as Chelsea manager is slightly harsh, but there is no room for mediocrity at Stamford

Will Newcastle play in the Champions League in the next five years? Let us know your thoughts hereWilcox is in no hurry to leave the Etihad but has been identified by Newcastle as an individual who ticks the boxes they are looking for as the link man between board and team management.The 50-year-old, who won three caps for the Three Lions, was a member of Blackburn’s Premier League winning squad in 1995 alongside Toon legend Alan Shearer.And it will be no surprise if the pair have been in touch since the Newcastle takeover with Shearer tipped to be handed an Ambassadorial role by the new regime.