The Spanish paper El Mundo Deportivo claims to be have gotten its hands on the 57 names that make up the shortlist for the this year’s Ballon d’Or. That legendary Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was not one of the five goalkeepers on the list has sparked outrage in Italy, with the Juventus keeper admitting his disappointment. […]
Barcelona’s indifferent start to the season continued on Saturday as they lost 2-1 to Sevilla in a riveting game at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Michael Krohn-Delhi gave the hosts the lead after 52 minutes and Vicente Iborra increased the advantage six minutes later, capitalising on awful defending from the Catalans. Neymar pulled one back for […]
After another disastrous performance, there are more than a few whisper calling for Jose Mourinho to be fired. And knowing the track record of Roman Abramovich in firing managers, Jose Mourinho tried to head off the talk about him getting fired after the Southampton defeat saying: “No way I resign,” he said. “No way. Why? […]
Chelsea’s supporters were still being held high inside the Dragao Stadium when John Terry emerged from the tunnel to perform a set of sprints and exercises. Most of those who had witnessed Porto’s 2-1 win in the Champions League on Tuesday had filed out happily into the night. Those who had made the trip from […]
Neil Ashton in the Daily Mail is reporting that Arsene Wenger accused his under-achieving Arsenal stars of lacking passion and desire during a fiery training ground inquest on Wednesday into their shambolic 3-2 defeat against Olympiacos. The Arsenal manger, under mounting pressure following a second successive defeat in the group stage of the Champions League, […]
Chelsea have made a horrendous start to the season and defender Branislav Ivanovic’s performance against Porto summed up everything that is wrong with the Premier League champions this season. Ivanovic was simply awful against Porto where he made just 10% of his tackles in the Champions League (one out of ten), which took until the […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger warned his side are already facing a must-win game in only their second Champions League group match against Olympiakos at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners host the Olympiakos, who have won all of their five domestic fixtures in the Greek league, needing to recover from a disappointing opening Group F defeat […]
Under fire Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has fired a shot at the club’s transfer committee suggesting that the club’s recent struggles are due to a lack of quality in the Liverpool squad, telling reporters: “If you give me the tools, I’ll do the work.” Rodgers, who oversaw a first win in seven games as Liverpool […]
The New England Revolution ran into one of the goalkeeping performances of the season on Saturday as they drew 1-1 at home to the Philadelphia Union. Union goalkeeper Andre Blake was simply outstanding in making a Union-record 10 saves in the match. The pick of them was late on when an acrobatic volley from Juan […]