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Pep Guardiola reveals why Manchester City lost 2-0 to Chelsea

City suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday with goals from N'golo Kante and David Luiz in each half.

Unai Emery reveals why Arsenal lost 1-0 to Everton

"If we scored then it would have changed the match but defensively we conceded more chances than what we were doing first half," Emery told Sky Sports.

Europa League: How Sarri reacted to Arsenal's win over Napoli

"As usual in the last two months we started very badly in the second half and we need a solution. "I can try without going into the dressing room at half-time if that'll solve the problem. "It's not easy to understand. It is a big problem.

EPL: Guardiola reveals why Man City lost 2-0 to Man Utd

"The second half was good and it was a good performance."

AFCON 2019: South Africa coach reveals why they lost to Nigeria

"It's hard to lose in the dying minutes of a game but I thought we weren't brave enough in the first half and we didn't defend well enough. "We tried to come out in the second half but we left spaces for Nigeria to exploit.

Champions League: Tuchel explains why Bayern Munich lost to Lazio

[The second half was] characterised by uncertainty again. It was a bit slapstick. We did everything to lose this match. It was in our hands. "At a certain point we stopped believing, I have no idea why. There were many individual mistakes.

Champions League: Simeone reveals why Atletico lost 1-0 to Man City

Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone has bemoaned his team's failure to play the way they planned in the first half of their 1-0 defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday night.

Chelsea vs Liverpool: Lampard reacts to Christensen's red card in 2-0 defeat

Lampard told BBC Sport: "The red card changes the face of the game, the talk I do at half-time. It forced me into a reshuffle and it was always going to be difficult after that. "I think it could be given or not.

EPL: What Harry Maguire said after Man United's 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth

"The quality in the final third wasn't good enough to create a real clear cut chance, then they came into the game at the end of the first-half and it is an awful time to concede just before half-time, it is probably the worst.

Simi calls out Adekunle Gold for lying

Adekunle Gold, whose real name is Adekunle Kosoko, had tweeted about watching a particular TV show when Simi hilariously came for him, tweeting "This nig*a pressed phone through half of it. Slept thru the other half of it.

Referee Mark Clattenburg apologizes to Hull City for allowing Alexis' goal stand

"It happens so quick that it's a tough one for the ref, you've got to kind of feel sorry for him. At the end of the day, these decisions don't really go your way when you come to these big stadiums and that's killed us.

Man Utd fail to win last preseason game against Aston Villa

In the second half, Leon Bailey pulled one back very early, before Calum Chambers' thumping header made it 2-2 with the final kick of the game. United's next game will be against Atletico Madrid on July 30.

EPL: What Ljunberg told Arsenal players during half time of 3-1 win at West Ham

"We will take this second half as an example for the rest of the season."

EPL: We're not at the highest level - Tuchel reacts to Chelsea's 1-0 win at Everton

"It was a bit of a strange second half without the rhythm from the team, and interruptions, but we hung in and did what was necessary to keep a clean sheet and we go from there."

Sarri warns Juventus team after 3-2 defeat to Tottenham

"Tottenham have players who have known each other for years and in the first half they seemed quicker, but it's normal. "If we want to show our football we must defend further forward.

EPL: Brendan Rodgers told Leicester players to "punish" Southampton in 9-0 win

The Foxes stormed into a 5-0 lead at half-time and instead of taking their foot off the pedal in the second half, the visitors hit four more goals after the break.

EPL Table After Manchester United Lost 2-0, Newcastle Lost 1-0 & Liverpool Drew 1-1 Against Arsenal.

It's not a surprise that the first half of the game ended as a goalless draw after both sides failed to utilize their early Goalscoring chances in the first half of the game.

BHA 4-2 TOT: Current EPL Table & Match Review as Tottenham blew away a chance to make the top four

Brighton added two goals in the second half to make it 4-0 before Tottenham scored in quick succession to make it 4-2. Brighton survived the late scare from Tottenham as they finished the game on top.