Manchester United are now a point clear of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League after the Blues and Manchester City both were surprisingly held to draws away from home. . United reached the summit for the first time this season courtesy of a 2-1 home victory against Arsenal. Chelsea looked like restoring their […]
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Robin van Persie struck inside three minutes against his former club as Manchester United eased to a comfortable victory over a poor Arsenal side at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney missed United’s fourth penalty of the season but Patrice Evra added a second and Arsenal’s misery was compounded by the sending off Jack Wilshere before Santi […]
Two late goals helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 win over 10-man Espanyol in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. It seemed the 2009/10 champions would have to settle for a draw when Federico Fazio’s fourth-minute strike was cancelled out by Cristian Lopez after 69 minutes. But Juan Cala put Sevilla […]
Malaga are continuing to struggle off field, despite reaching the Champions League group stages this season, and the financial windfall that means. In September UEFA released a list of teams that will not be paid prize money until they have satisfied regulations relating to Financial Fair Play, and Malaga were on that list. The clubs […]
Both Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson have questioned Chelsea’s claim that Matt Clattenberguy racial abused John Obi Mikel during Sunday’s Chelsea v United clash at Stamford Bridge Arsene Wenger first brought up the subject yesterday saying: ‘I believe one of the best things in sport is it’s a battle when it is on. You […]
What is going on at Athletic Bilbao? Since they reached the Europa League final last season, their form has been terrible. Since they beat Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League semi-finals, Bilbao fans have seen their team lose two finals, and endured a slow start to the new La Liga season with only two wins […]
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid enjoyed comfortable wins in the Copa del Rey fourth round, but it was a disappointing evening for another capital club. Real substitute Jose Rodriguez added the gloss to a 4-1 Merengues victory at Segunda Division B side Alcoyano, after a brace from Karim Benzema and a goal from Kaka had done enough […]
After Tuesday night’s remarkable comeback win by Arsenal in the Capital One Cup, I did not think anything could top that. But Wednesday nights three remaining matches came close. Chelsea came from behind three times to beat Manchester United 5-4 after extra time, while Norwich upset Spurs 2-1 and Swansea knocked out holders Liverpool 3-1 […]
Barcelona avoided any mishaps as they set out on the defence of their Spanish Cup title with a 3-0 first leg win away to lower league Alaves on Tuesday. Despite resting several star names David Villa, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas were on target to continue the Catalan giants majestic start to the campaign which […]