Big welcome sight for all Liverpool fans last night against Brighton in the Carling Cup was the appearance of Steven Gerrard for the last 15 minutes. The Liverpool skipper has endured the longest lay-off of his career, stretching six months and covering 17 matches, after surgery on a niggling groin problem that had previously restricted him to […]
La Liga heavyweights Barcelona and Real Madrid will want vast improvement when they host Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano respectively on Saturday. Jose Mourinho’s Real in particular need to buck up their ideas if they are to end Barca’s three-year stranglehold on the title after dropping more points in an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Racing […]
Jose Mourinho admits he is worried about Real Madrid’s current form but said Wednesday’s 0-0 draw was down to Racing Santander’s negative tactics. After the narrow Super Cup defeat to Barcelona, Madrid looked in good form at the start of the season as they scored ten goals in their opening two La Liga games against Real […]
AC Milan’s striker Alexandre Pato was ruled out for a month with a thigh injury on Thursday, adding to a worrying injury list for the Italian champions. The 22-year-old, who scored after 24 seconds of Milan’s recent draw with Barcelona in the Champions League, suffered the injury against Udinese on Wednesday. “Tests undertaken have revealed […]
Much to the relief of Inter fans everyone, the club has fired Gian Piero Gasperini, who failed to win a game while in charge of Inter. Gasperini’s downfall was due to his insistence that Inter play with three defenders and five midfield players, a formation that is not suited to the Inter line-up. Within hours […]
Cesc Fàbregas continued his free-scoring start to his FC Barcelona career with a second-half equaliser as the champions twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Valencia. An Éric Abidal own goal edged the Liga leaders ahead but the visitors swiftly levelled when Pedro Rodríguez rifled in Lionel Messi’s assist. Pablo Hernández’s strike looked like […]
Villarreal picked up their first win of the new La Liga season on Tuesday night, beating Real Mallorca 2-0. Giuseppe Rossi and Nilmar scored early in each half although the hosts could have scored even more as they enjoyed a return to form at El Madrigal. On another night Rossi could have had a hat-trick […]
Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick as Napoli came from a goal down to defeat Serie A champions AC Milan 3-1 on Sunday. Visitors Milan led early in the match at the Stadio San Paolo, following a goal in the 12th minute from former Roma midfielder Alberto Aquilani. Napoli wasted no time in levelling proceedings, with […]
Real Madrid have suffered their first Liga defeat of the season after slipping to a surprise 1-0 defeat at Levante after losing Sami Khedira to a 40th-minute red card. Germany midfielder Khedira received his marching orders upon collecting a second yellow close to half-time, but his team-mates still managed to see more of the ball, […]