According to former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello, the Champions League winners biggest problem during their current slump is Cristiano Ronaldo’s lack of form and fitness. After getting injured in 2016 EURO final for Portugal, Ronaldo missed all of Real Madrid’s pre-season and the opening month o of the season. As a result he has […]
Every drop of football glory is worth its weight in goals – but there is something miraculous when victory is snatched against the odds. Although sometimes, calling it snatched does the success a disservice. From covering every blade of grass to making the most of their one shot at hitting the back of the net, […]
After four consecutive draws in all competitions, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is facing the first crisis of his short managerial career. Zidane is under no illusions that if he does not get the problems at Real Madrid sorted out that he will be out of a job, despite leading Real to their 11th European […]
All summer Arsenal fans clamored for Arsene Wenger to sign up a big-name striker to replace Olivier Giroud as the focal point of the Arsenal attack. Instead Wenger decided that he already had the world-class striker than the Arsenal fans wanted, in Alexis Sacchez. And the stats show that Chile international is a much better […]
Monday was a landmark day for US Soccer as Premier League side Swansea City announced that they had fired manager h Francesco Guidolin and replaced him with Bob Bradley. Bradley, the former US national team boss becomes the first American to manage in the Premier League. “Bob is extraordinarily intelligent about the game, his work […]
Arsene Wenger accepted he was lucky to celebrate 20 years in charge of Arsenal with a Premier League victory after Laurent Koscielny’s controversial stoppage-time winner sank Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor. Wenger, officially appointed Arsenal boss 20 years and one day ago, looked set to mark his anniversary in frustrating fashion as the Gunners mis-fired […]
Jose Mourinho felt his Manchester United side could have beaten Stoke 6-0 and was frustrated to have to settle for stalemate at Old Trafford. United were dominant over the 90 minutes but wasteful finishing – and a revelatory performance from on-loan goalkeeper Lee Grant – meant substitute Anthony Martial’s superb second-half curler was their only […]
Theo Walcott has admitted that Arsenal players know that they need to do better and insists that there is a change of mentality at the club which will ensure that teams like Burnley, who Arsenal play on Sunday, will not relish taking them on. Arsenal have produced two of their best and most coherent performances […]
Despite displacing Petr Cech as the Chelsea No 1 to be a mainstay in the Blues’ title win less than 18 months ago, Thibaut Courtois has become statistically the worst goalkeeper in the Premier League. A promising start to the season under Antonio Conte has disappeared after successive defeats by Liverpool and Arsenal, and this […]