It wasn’t pretty but Champions League holders were given a scare at home to AaB Aalborg as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side did just enough to stretch their unbeaten record in the competition to 19 games. Danish side Aalborg threatened to pull off a shock result at Old Trafford before reigning champions United came back to […]
Premier League
It wasn’t pretty but Chelsea secured their place in the first knock-out round of the Champions League following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over CFR Cluj on Tuesday. A late goal from Didier Drogba secured the win for Chelsea and left the Blues second in Group A behind Roma who beat Bordeaux 2-0 in Rome behind […]
The BBC had a really interesting post about how Uefa president Michel Platini is looking to shake things up. What Platini wants to do is reduce the number of non-champions from countries such as England, Spain and Italy and increase the number of champions from the likes of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Latvia in the competition. To […]
Real Madrid today announced that they had sacked Bernd Schuster as coach and replaced him with former Tottenham manager Juande Ramos. Ramos’s first game in charge will be Wednesday’s Champions League match at home to Zenit St Petersburg. Real Madrid have struggled this season under Schuster and currently sit fifth in the Primera Liga, nine […]
A look at the winners and losers in the English Premier League after week 16 of action. Winners Manchester United All wins are equal in terms of points but some are more important than others. Nemanja Vidic’s injury time winner against Sunderland was really important as Manchester United could not afford to slip further behind […]
Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign Netherlands striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar from Ajax. The 25-year-old, who will sign a contract until 2013, will not be available for Real until January when he will be available to replace compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with […]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s incredible year continued tonight as he became the fourth Manchester United player to win the European Footballer of the Year award. The 23-year-old Ronaldo adds the Ballon d’Or award to the FIFPro World Player of the Year trophy he won in October, and the Professional Footballers Association and the Football Writers awards. He […]
With its Premiership title hopes hanging in the balance, Arsenal went to Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge and snatched three crucial points to remain in the title hunt. Dutch forward Robin van Persie scored two second-half goals. The second of which all but knocked the wind out of the Chelsea supporters. His two goals came within a three minute […]