It is not even Easter, and the title and relegation races appear to be over in English Premier League. At the top, Manchester United are 15 points clear of Manchester City with nine games to go after United beat Reading 1-0 while City lost 2-0 at 10-man Everton. It would take a monumental collapse for […]
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In one of their best European performances in years, Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0 at the Allianz Arena tonight, but were knocked out of the Champions League on away goals (3-3). Arsene Wenger will rue his teams defensive mistakes at the Emirates in the first leg as tonight the made the Bundesliga champions elect look […]
Crisis? What crisis? All we have heard for the last three weeks is that Barcelona are a team in crisis. Well whatever crisis is over as Barcelona became the first team to advance in the Champions League after losing the first leg 2-0. And it was Lionel Messi, who else, that led Barca to victory. […]
With only 9 games left in the season, Reading have fired manager Brian McDermott. McDermott led the club to promotion last season, but after four successive Premier League defeats they are four points from safety and the club has panicked in firing the manager. Reading released a statement that said: “Owner Anton Zingarevich wishes to […]
Barcelona and Arsenal both have huge mountains to climb this week if they hope to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona will have the advantage of playing at home when they play AC Milan on Tuesday, but like Arsenal, who visit Bayern Munich the following day, they know they must score three goals without conceding […]
Thrilling game at Anfield today as third-placed Tottenham Hotspur had their 12-game undefeated streak ended by a 3-2 defeat by Liverpool. The match was billed as a contest between player of the year contenders Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale, and both played significant roles in the game. Spurs centre back Jan Vertonghen twice scored by […]
Lionel Messi became the only player in football history to have scored in 17 consecutive league games, bettering the previous mark of 16, set by Teodor Peterek. Peterek had scored 22 goals in 16 consecutive league matches in the Polish First Division way back in 1937-38. The goal, Barca’s second in the 2-0 win over […]
Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers picked up huge victories on a crucial day for the sides near the bottom of the Premier League. Paul Lambert’s Villa had looked to be heading for the drop when Nathan Baker put an attempted clearance into his own net against Reading. But Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor hit […]