Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart could not hide his frustration after Manchester City lost 3-2 at Real Madrid despite leading 2-1 after 85 minutes. “You can’t go 2-1 up with five minutes to go and lose the game,” Hart told ITV1. “Who else can we blame? We can only blame ourselves.” Twice City led in […]
Premier League
When an Aleksandar Kolarov’s free-kick with five minutes to go put Manchester City ahead 2-1 at the Bernabeu tonight, I thought they were going to hold on for a famous victory. But one thing the Premier League Champions have shown this season is an inability to defend like they did last year. And that cost […]
Manchester United officials are trying to spin today’s financial results for the year ended June 30. But even they cannot spin away a couple of important numbers: Profit was £23m thanks to £28m tax credit. Without that, United have a £5m LOSS Total revenue fell by £10m (3.3%) to £320.3m as a result of United’s early exit […]
Demba Ba struck two goals after coming off the bench as Newcastle United came from behind twice to get a hard-earned 2-2 draw with Everton at Goodison Park. Newcastle United came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton at Goodison Park thanks to two goals from second-half substitute Demba Ba. Everton came […]
Espanyol director Joan Collet has admitted that the club are concerned by the sharp drop in season ticket sales this season. Los Periquitos have posted sales of 29,136 season tickets for 2012-13, marking a 4,064 decline on 2011-12’s numbers. “It is a difficult time and many clubs have had this problem. The high percentage of club […]
Real Madrid’s disastrous start to the league season has caused Jose Mourinho to complain of a lack of commitment and focus, accusing his players of displaying a poor attitude. A haul of just four points in four games, which has seen the club fall eight points behind Barcelona, has caused the ‘Special One’ to point […]
David Silva has agreed a new five-year contract with Manchester City that will pay him a reported £200,000-a-week. Silva has been outstanding since arriving at the Ethiad, winning a hat-trick of player of the month awards in his first season at the club and also being runner-up in last season’s Player of the Year awards […]
Atlético Madrid kept up their free-scoring streak but had to survive a late scare in a 4-3 win against Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, while Real Sociedad were the only other team to win on Sunday. After scoring four in their last league outing against Athletic Club and their UEFA Super Cup victory against Chelsea, the […]