The countdown from 101 continues with Nigel de Jong's high kick. In any match anywhere, the sort of flying, studs-to-the-chest kick that Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong laid on Xabi Alonso is a ...

A decade and a half later, the memory of that magical final in Johannesburg has not faded from our minds.On July 11, 2010, ...

Xabi Alonso has branded Nigel de Jong's World Cup final kung-fu kick as one of the worst tackles he has ever been on the wrong end of. Even De Jong accepts he was fortunate not to be sent off by ...

Howard Webb knows the most famous call he failed to make happened in the 2010 World Cup final when Nigel de Jong lodged his studs in Xabi Alonso’s chest like a jousting lance. At least 909.6 ...

He’s got less in common with Klopp than with Maurizio Sarri at Napoli (2015-2018) or Roberto De Zerbi at Brighton — good managers and great teams, sure, but not at all like the current Liverpool.