Frank Lampard, Chelsea’s caretaker manager, addressed the media in a pre-match press conference ahead of their upcoming Premier League clash against Arsenal. Lampard expressed his fascination with comparing the stories of the two clubs, highlighting the potential impact of Arsenal’s resilience.
As Chelsea aims for a victory in Tuesday’s game following a series of five consecutive losses, Lampard acknowledged the challenge they will face against Arsenal, who are eager to secure three points and regain the top spot in the league standings.
Lampard praised Mikel Arteta’s side, recognizing their impressive performance throughout the season. “They’re still very much in the hunt to win the Premier League. They’re a fantastic team who have had a great season,” he commented. Lampard further noted that if Arsenal faced any setbacks, it could fuel a strong reaction, while emphasizing the importance of making things difficult for them.
Additionally, Lampard drew comparisons between the two teams, highlighting the long process involved in achieving success. Reflecting on the Amazon series that provided insight into Arsenal’s operations, Lampard stated, “What you see is that there’s a long process to get to where you want to.” He recalled facing Mikel Arteta’s early teams, noting the variations in their tactical approach. However, he acknowledged that Arsenal now possesses a clear identity in their playing style and a strong vision in terms of player recruitment.
Discussing Chelsea’s journey, Lampard emphasized the need to consider the tougher periods in a season when assessing the team’s potential. He affirmed the possibility of Chelsea going through such phases and highlighted the importance of making good decisions along the way.
Chelsea’s clash against Arsenal promises to be an intriguing encounter as both teams seek a positive result on Tuesday.
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Benjamin Mendy standing in front of chester crown court.
British media reported on Friday that Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was acquitted of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault on Friday, while a jury failed to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one attempted rape. .
The trial has been taking place at Chester Crown Court since August after 13 women filed charges against Mendy and Louis Saha Matturie. Manchester City have released a statement saying the club is aware of the decision.
“Given there are open matters related to this case, the club is not in a position to comment further at this time,” City said in a statement.
Iran has arrested many of its citizens for taking part in the protests sweeping the country. One woman who has been arrested twice by Iranian forces for taking part in the protests says, police detained several protesters in basement of homes due to full jail cells.
woman (left image) detained twice in Iran for taking part in the protests sweeping the nation (file photo, right)
Speaking to Sky News through voice notes sent via an encrypted messaging app, she talked about her experience and why she is prepared to risk her life to make a difference in Iran.
Image:Mina, not her real name, spoke to Sky News shortly after leaving solitary confinement after being detained taking part in the protests
Mina, a scholar in her early 30s was focused on her PhD studies in the Kurdish region of Iran, before the death of Mahsa Amini in mid-September.
Now, she says, the daily lives of Iranians and Iranian Kurds have changed due to the ongoing protests sparked by the death of a young woman.
Mina usually studies in the library and hangs out with her friends. Instead, a few days ago, she was arrested by the regime’s intelligence office and placed in solitary confinement.
“This is a place where detainees are not transferred into the justice system. They undergo beatings and torture,” she elaborated.
The torture sometimes is physical, psychological or a combination of the two. Mina is too afraid to delineate what happened to her in her voice messages.
Two of her friends were recently released from a juvenile detention center in Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdish region.
Mina describes their experiences: “When women’s rights activists are detained, they [the police] don’t attack you physically.
“Instead [the police] threaten, intimidate and try to frighten them. They insult people’s beliefs. It is an intense psychological violence.
“That woman’s future is then also targeted. They can make the woman lose her job and make her life difficult. This creates crippling fear.”
Mina after being held in a cell, was transferred to a building she describes as a house. She was held there once again in solitary confinement until her recent release.
Mina believes the authorities have arrested so many people that they have run out of cells to hold them.
She knows of two other student protesters who were also held in a basement of a home.
“They were held for a week in a huge basement full of protesters. They told me that they were beaten by cables and iron sticks.
“The jails are full of prisoners so now they use houses and basements to detain protesters.”
Image:A man is kicked by Iranian plain clothes security forces, one of whom is holding a gun
According to Iranian human rights activist News Agency, 244 protesters were killed, including 32 children. “When we speak about fear for life, every person in this movement fears for their own lives and the lives of their fellow protesters,” she says, reflecting on the events of the current and past protests.
“We see guns firing in front of us. We have woken in the night shocked out of sleep at the sound of bullets, sirens and the smell of gunpowder and burning on the streets. We see how many people are being killed so the fear of losing one’s life still exists.”
Mina on protesters who survive: “Many of us are concerned about what is going to happen and about the heavy price we have paid inside the country because of the protests and strikes.
“We are also afraid of the hope we have pinned on change. Our fear and concern is that this hope will be lost or crushed.”
Tensions are rising in Iran’s Kurdish regions of which Mina and Amini call home. A recent investigation follows an intensification of Iranian security forces’ crackdown on Iranian Kurds.
Confirmed online video shows police on motorcycles riding through the streets, shooting at civilians. Plainclothes policemen hide among them in the crowds. A video released by the human rights group Amnesty International shows tear gas and bullet shells lying on the floor.
Video from Sanandaj shows security forces patrolling and firing at a residential area. Some of the men were heavily armed and nearly all had their faces covered as they appeared to be shooting at local shops and people’s homes.
Mina fears that police brutality may have weakened the morale of some protesters.
“I think these protests will continue but maybe not with the intensity of the first days and weeks, partly because the crackdown has intensified. But, I think some people will continue despite that.”
Iranian Kurds have been protesting since Amini’s death, with an image showing huge crowds at her funeral on 17 September.
Mina recalls the worry she and those around her felt for the 22-year-old, who died after being detained by police who claimed she wore her hijab (head covering) “improperly”.
“Yes, the current protest started with the death of Jina but this is about institutional violence against all the people and all the individuals living in this society,” she explained.
Image:Mahsa Amini, pictured here in this portrait, was 22-years-old when she died
Mina hopes and desires for a ‘’fundamental change”.
She acknowledges that change may or may not occur, but the fact that the protests continue in the presence of militaristic police shows that the seeds of anger that arose after Amini’s death are taking root and perpetuating in today’s Iranian society.
“I and many other people have concluded that maybe it is true that change will not happen right now but in the coming months or years, it will achieve the result people want. So hopefulness is greater than hopelessness. We will continue.”
Prescription folic acid may help reduce the risk of suicide attempts. (Photo: Unique images)
A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that taking prescribed folic acid significantly reduced the risk of suicide attempts. Experts say it could potentially be a “major breakthrough” in suicide prevention.
A large study that looked at 867,000 American adults over a two-year period found a beneficial link between prescribed folic acid (a B-vitamin that helps the body grow healthy new cells) and a 44% reduction in suicide attempts and intentional self-mutilation. The study also showed a 5% reduction in suicide rates for each additional month of folic acid treatment.
Cleveland Clinic psychiatrist, Dr. Tatiana Falcone told the Unique Observer that the results were very interesting. She noted that while the researchers ruled out factors that could confound the results, they still found that folic acid regimens mattered.
The researchers also compared the two groups. One is taking prescribed folic acid and the other is taking cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) as a control group. It was found that there were fewer suicide attempts in the folic acid group.
However, if additional research confirms that inexpensive and widely available folic acid is a suicide prevention tool, it would be “important for patients with low folic acid levels associated with depression or suicidal thoughts,” Falcone said.
Sanam Hafeez, a neuropsychologist and director of Comprehend Mind, who was not involved in the study, called the results “impressive”.
However, she agrees with Falcone that more research is needed. Hafeez also said it’s important to note that the folic acid used for the purposes of this study is a prescription drug and not an over-the-counter supplement.
“This will be a breakthrough not only in the treatment of depression, but also in the treatment of drug-resistant depression,” Hafeez added.
Several studies have found a link between low levels of folic acid (the natural form of the B vitamin) and depression. This may be because folic acid plays a role in the formation of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate mood. Drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) help treat depression and other mood disorders by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
Falcone adds that it’s important not to wait for depression to be treated. “If depressive symptoms persist for a long time, prolonged suicidal thoughts increase the likelihood that the patient’s condition will continue to worsen. It’s best to combine medication and treatment.”she said.
Graham Potter believes Chelsea have made progress since his appointment ahead of hosting Wolves and could offer former Blues hero Diego Costa a start at Stamford Bridge.
Potter’s team beat Crystal Palace with a dramatic goal last Saturday and followed that result by beating AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The former Brighton & Hove Albion manager remains vigilant against threats from out-of-control Wolves after Bruno Lage was sacked on Sunday.
“I think we’ve made a little bit of progress from the first day to now, as you’d expect. There is a long way to go. We have to focus on the next match,’’ said Potter.
Potter added that wolves ‘’have a lot of talented players and you can’t control the opposition’s situation. They have been in games they have narrowly lost and we are expecting a tough game.”
LAKER TO OBSERVE
Diego Costa
Costa when at Chelsea averaged one goal or assist every 95 minutes in a league game.
FACTS
Chelsea have defeated in their last 4 Premier League matches against Wolverhampton, with their last 3 matches ending in draws.
Chelsea more than any other team lost eight points in 2018, since Wolves returned to the Premier League.
This will be Graham Potter’s first Premier League home game as Chelsea manager. None of the last 14 managers who have managed the Blues in this competition lost their first home match since Graham Rix and Ray Wilkins lost in September 2000 against Leicester.
Joao Moutinho
Joao Moutinho could make his 151st Premier League appearance for Wolverhampton, which would put him on par with Conor Coady in the club’s most competitive appearances. Ruben Neves also made 150 appearances for Wolves in the competition but is suspended for today’s game.
Merseyside Police has launched an investigation after officers attended a house on Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, at 10pm on Monday following reports an unknown male had fired a gun inside the property which according to the police resulted to the death of a nine- year-old girl in Liverpool.
The 9-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, but later died.
Police added that one man was shot in the body and one woman was shot in the arm during the incident inside the house, and have both been taken to hospital for treatment for their injuries.
The Liverpool Echo spoke to a man whose son is known to have played with the victim.
“We’re still in shock, don’t think it’s settled in,” he said.
“She was just a nice little girl, she would ride up: and down on her bike. We want to move now.”
One local resident who identified himself as David told Sky News the perpetrator “needs locking up for the rest of their lives”
“This has shocked me and it’s shocked the community what is happening here today,” he added
Father John Ealey, the present overseer of Kingsheath Avenue Congregation, said the church was “stunned.”.
“It is a very poor area,” he said. “There is lots of relative poverty.
“Lots of drug dealing going on and people being injured as they are caught in the crossfires,”
He said such incidents were common, and encouraged people to pray for their families and communities.
Deputy Mayor Harry Doyle said he was the same age as Rhys Jones, who was gunned down in Croxteth 15 years ago.
He said: “I remember the atmosphere in the city, and not just the city actually, nationwide, around the shooting of Rhys Jones was just absolutely awful.
“I remember my family being equally – look at families this morning on the doorsteps-as worried and concerned and devastated
“My mum wouldn’t let me walk to school around that time. It is unthinkable and it’s unbelievable that this has happened again 15 years on
“We thought we’d rid ourselves of this violence and this week we’ve seen it return.”
Commenting on the issue, assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said: “This is a truly shocking incident in which tragically a young and innocent girl has been shot and sadly died.
“Our thoughts and condolences go to her family and friends at this very difficult time. No parent should ever have to suffer the loss of a child in these dreadful circumstances.
“This crime is abhorrent and our communities must come forward and tell us who is responsible.
Stormzy impel the media not to disturb Cristiano Ronaldo after the striker was benched for Manchester United’s impressive victory over Liverpool.
Stormsey expressed his excitement in an interview with Sky Sports after Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1. He went on to say we need to “let the man (Ronaldo) be great’, despite rumours linking the Portuguese legend with a move away from Old Trafford. Stormzy added: “As much as there’s been a bit of a fuss, that’s a GOAT. You’ve got to let the GOATS be the GOATS’.
Erik ten Hag won his first Premier League title as manager of Manchester United by beating Liverpool at Old Trafford. The Dutch made some important choices and left captains Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, the latter appearing for five minutes as a substitute.
Ronaldo insisted on a transfer all summer, but never found the groom he wanted.
A Saudi Arabian woman studying at the University of Leeds in England has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for using Twitter and retweeting dissident tweets.
Salma al-Shehab, 34, a doctoral student, was charged with “public disorder” and “obstruction of civil and national security.” Salma was originally sentenced to three years in prison, but the sentence was extended to 34 years, including a 34-year travel ban.
The woman returned to Saudi Arabia for a holiday and is awaiting sentencing by the Special Terrorism Tribunal. She is known as a dental hygienist and doctoral student at the University of Leeds. He also teaches at Putri Noor bint Abdulrahman University. Salma is married and has two sons.
Her case got a lot of attention on Twitter as people demanded her release.
University of Leeds student Salma al-Shehab has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting dissidents on Twitter.
This sentence from the Saudi Dictator’s terrorist court, for criticizing MBS’ reign of terror (driven by blood & oil) IS, ITSELF, terrorism! https://t.co/FGepNQjWmJ
– Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal)
#Human rights activists noted the freedom of women’s rights activist Salma Al-Shehab, who was sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 34 years in prison. This is the longest sibling in FreeSalma history.#الحرية_لسلمي الشهاب #.Kingdom
– Abd Alsalaam (@AbdAlsalaam17) August 15, 2022
this is abhorrent – and Salma al-Shehab is a UK resident, she’s studying a PhD in Leeds, the UK should be speaking up for her, as someone who chose to come here.
The situation arose just days after US President Joe Biden met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), is reported to control a significant portion of Twitter.
A US court last week, found a former Twitter employee guilty of spying on Saudi Arabian officials. Ahmad Abouammo allegedly sold information about Twitter users for money.
Abouammo is alleged to have provided information to publications critical of the Saudi regime. He left Twitter in 2015. The jury found Abouammo guilty on six counts.
According to reports, Salma al-Shehab may appeal her sentence. Her Twitter account is said to have only 2,597 followers.
The South African billionaire admits he was a fan of the Red Devils as a child.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has told his social media followers that he wants to buy Manchester United. United fans’ dissatisfaction with Glazer ownership has recently reached new heights, and the Red Devils are facing another disappointing transfer period.
They are no closer to signing long-term goal Frankie de Jong and are also linked with Marko Arnautovic and Adrien Rabiot. Both deals are not very popular with fans.
Manchester United failed on the pitch in their first two Premier League matches, losing 2-1 to Brighton and 4-0 to Brentford.
What did Elon Musk say about the United acquisition?
Musk thrilled Manchester United fans with a spectacular tweet on Wednesday.
After providing yet another update on his political affiliation, the Tesla CEO tweeted: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.””
When asked if he was serious, Musk took the stand.
He added: “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports team. Although, if it were a team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid!”
Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid.
Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid.
Other person who could buy United from the GGlazer
Musk isn’t the only one involved in the recent acquisition. Michael Knighton, who first bought the club for £10 million in 1989, was also mentioned as a potential buyer.
Earlier this month, Knighton said he was planning a “hostile takeover” of Old Trafford.
“We have an inept and frankly useless ownership who know little about this game of football. Everyone knows that we need new ownership of this football club and that is my aim and those are my objectives,” he stated.
“I am making good progress, continuing to talk to the people, I have got some good pledges and good finance. We are now working on the offer document. Remember, it is a hostile bid – that simply means that the club isn’t officially for sale.”
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