Arsene Wenger today confirmed that Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas will be out for up to four months with knee injury. The Spaniard had to be substituted at half-time in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw against Liverpool on Sunday following a challenge with Xabi Alonso. The full extent of the damage has now been revealed, with Wenger confirming that […]
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Thierry Henry scored the winner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 away and go 10 points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Cani had given Villarreal the lead just after the restart in a pulsating match at the Madrigal, bursting clear to chip Victor Valdes. Barcelona’s Mali midfielder […]
The three English teams left in the UEFA Cup, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, all face tricky ties in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Villa and Tottenham will both face eastern European opposition, with Aston Villa drawing Russian side CSKA Moscow and Spurs travelling to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, who enter […]
The draw for the last sixteen in the Champions League brought together some mouth watering ties as English and Italian teams will meet in three games. The biggest match is probably the one between holders Manchester United and Serie A leaders Inter Milan who are coached by Jose Mourinho. Mourinho has knocked United out of […]
As we head into the crazy winter transfer window I thought it was worth looking back at the worst transfers of this summer. 1. Robbie Keane (Tottenham – Liverpool, £20 million) Robbie Keane was billed as the perfect attacking foil for Fernando Torres when he joined the club he supported as a boy. But it […]
Villarreal, down to 10 men for 37 minutes, lost 1-0 away to Sevilla to leave Barcelona eight points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Building on last weekend’s 4-3 away win over champions Real Madrid, Sevilla took the lead when Brazilian midfielder Renato scored from Frederic Kanoute’s flick on, just before […]
Barcelona opened up an eight-point cushion at the Primera Liga summit Saturday with a 2-0 victory in ‘El Clasico’ against Real Madrid, but it took two late goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi to give gave Barcelona the dramatic win at the Nou Camp. It looked like Real Madrid was going to get a […]
A look at the week 17 winners and losers in the English Premier League. Winners Michael Owen Michael Owen might be the best center-forward available in the January transfer window. With 12 goals in his last 18 league starts, he is once again demonstrating his predatory skills. In three injury plagued season at Newcastle. Owen […]
The lineup for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League has been finalized as Manchester United, Bayern Munich, FC Porto and Juventus each clinched their places in the first knockout round as winners of their respective sections. Group Winners AS Roma (ITA) Panathinaikos FC (GRE) FC Barcelona (ESP) Liverpool FC (ENG) Manchester United FC […]