Barcelona returned to within five points of Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 4-2 defeat of ten-man Real Betis, on a day when Athletic Club improved their European chances by beating Levante. Josep Guardiola’s men made an explosive start at Camp Nou as Xavi Hernández opened the scoring after ten minutes and Lionel Messi took […]
Premier League
José Callejón scored the winner with six minutes remaining as Real Madrid came back from a goal down to beat Mallorca 2-1 and extend their Liga lead to eight points. Tomer Hemed’s first-half header threatened to send José Mourinho’s side to only their second defeat in 24 matches in all competitions until Gonzalo Higuaín equalised […]
Well that did take long. About 48 hours after firing Neil Warnock, QPR have hired Mark Hughes as their new manager. Hughes is reported to have Hughes has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal that’s worth nearly £10million, making him one of the best paid managers in the Premier League. At around £3m-a-year, Hughes is just behind […]
The legend of Pep Guardiola continues as he was named the best manager of 2011, ahead of José Mourinho (Real Madrid), last year’s winner, and Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United). Guardiola, who was recently named the world’s best manager by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), picks up yet another acknowledgement to […]
The New York Red Bull’s Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight. It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took […]
Football resumed in Spain after the short winter break, and it did not take long for the first upset of 2012 to occur, as a late equalizer from Espanyol in the Barcelona derby dented Barca’s title hopes. Real Madrid started off 2012 like they ended 2011, scoring goals. This week Madrid beat Granada 5-1 with […]