Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expects Kieran Gibbs and Per Mertesacker to be available for this weekend’s derby clash with Tottenham. Injuries meant the defensive pair were only fit enough to be amongst the substitutes last night as Southampton won 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium to send the Gunners out of the League Cup. Arsenal struggled […]
Wayne Rooney insists the future is bright for Manchester United despite their inconsistent form under manager Louis van Gaal. United throw away a 3-1 lead against Leicester at the weekend to lose 5-3 and they stand 12th in the Premier League after five matches, already eight points behind leaders Chelsea. Expectations of a major improvement […]
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 25th hat-trick for Real Madrid as he grabbed four goals in a 5-1 home win over Elche. Three days after netting three in an 8-2 victory away to Deportivo La Coruna, the Ballon d’Or winner remarkably went one better at the Bernabeu for Carlo Ancelotti’s team. Edu Albacar had briefly put […]
Maybe former Atletico Madrid and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres just prefers wearing red. Whatever the case, Torres showed a glimpse of his former scoring prowess by scoring for AC Milan in his first start for the club. The Spanish striker, who joined the Italian giants on a two-year loan deal from Chelsea last month, helped […]
Great result for F.C. Internazionale in Europa on Thursday as they beat 10-man Dnipro 1-0 in Kiev in their Europa League opener. Danilo D’Ambrosio’s was the Inter goalscorer. Heading into the match Dnipro were undefeated this season with five wins and a draw in their first six games in the Ukraine Premier League. Dnipro’s form […]
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says that striker Diego Costa will return up front for Chelsea against Premier League champions Manchester City in a huge match on Sunday. Costa has made a brilliant start to his Chelsea career, scoring seven times in four Premier League matches already. But the £32 million signing from Atletico Madrid was […]
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has launched an impassioned defence of under-fire midfielder Mesut Ozil, insisting that the German World Cup winner should not be used as a “scapegoat” for Arsenal’s 2-0 Champions League defeat away to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night. “Why should he be a scapegoat? For what? We’ve lost one game since April […]
Real Madrid opened the defence of their Champions League title with a 5-1 mauling of Basel in Group B at the Santiago Bernabeu. Nearly four months on from securing La Decima in Lisbon, the record winners showed glimpses of their brilliant best and, after an own-goal from Marek Suchy got the ball rolling, Gareth Bale, […]
Louis van Gaal hailed a “new start” for Manchester United and said they are only going to get better. United, inspired by record £59.7million singing Angel Di Maria, blitzed visitors Queens Park Rangers to secure their first win under new manager Van Gaal. Van Gaal said he wanted to put the fear factor back into […]