A Lionel Messi penalty and a late Dani Alves strike gave Barcelona a comfortable 2-0 win over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium while Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice to leave Paris Saint-Germain on course for the quarter-finals after their 4-0 win at ten-man Bayer Leverkusen. After a goalless first half in Manchester the match and […]
While the English media are enjoying the battle of words between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, the Italian press are enjoying a similar exchange between Antonio Conte and Fabio Capello. The handbags in Italy started when Capello, a former Juventus manager, made a comment last week that the quality in Serie A was poor and as […]
Arsenal set up an FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Everton after beating Liverpool 2-1 in a feisty fifth-round match at the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool had trounced Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield in the Premier League last weekend, but the London club took revenge through goals in each half by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski. Steven Gerrard […]
Manchester City avenged their recent loss to Chelsea in the Premier League with a 2-0 home win that sent them into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and kept alive City’s dreams of the quadruple. As good as Chelsea were in the league match against City last week, they were the complete oppose today as […]
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is the Craig Bellamy of football managers. He could have a fight with himself in a telephone box! A couple of weeks ago Mourinho and Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini exchanged words, and now the “Speicial One” has turned his attention on Arsene Wenger who he called “a specialist in failure”. […]
Arsenal today announced a pre-tax £2.2m loss in the six months to November 30 last year despite an increase in operating profits of £22.2m. Overall Arsenal announced that turnover increased to £136.0 million (2012 – £106.1 million). The Gunners saw an increase in matchday income (from £37.8m in 2012 to £45.0m) due to the return […]
Quick. Who is the best teenager in Europe this season? Well if you answered Manchester United youngster Adnan Januzaj or Real Madrid striker Jesé, neither of them made the list. According to whoscored.com the answer is Liverpool and England winger Raheem Sterling. WhoScored’s rating system, of every player to have made at least 10 appearances, […]
According to Jose Mourinho, it was Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules that prevented Chelsea from signing a world class striker like Radamel Falcao and Edinson Cavani this past summer. The Premier League leaders eventually signed Samuel Eto’o from Anzhi Makhachkala in August, having failed with a high-profile attempt to sign Wayne Rooney after Manchester United. […]