Trouble at Anfield as Rafa Benitez pointed an accusing finger at Steven Gerrard and his senior players after Liverpool lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa. An own goal by Lucas Leiva and a glancing header from Curtis Davies gave Villa a 2-0 interval lead before Fernando Torres pulled one back for Liverpool in the […]
A look at the winners and losers in the second weekend of Premier League action Winners Arsenal What crisis at Arsenal? Two games and 10 goals have silenced the critics. Next up in the league is the first big four game of the season as Arsenal go to Manchester United this weekend. The only cloud […]
Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw against newly-promoted Bari in their opening game of the Serie A campaign. The defending champions went ahead in the 56th minute when former Barcelona star Samuel Eto’o scored on his Italian league debut from the penalty spot after Diego Milito was brought down inside the area by […]
La Lga and European champions FC Barcelona warmed up for their appearance in the UEFA Super Cup on Friday with Lionel Messi scoring twice in a 3-0 Spanish Super Cup win against Athletic Club Bilbao. While they struggled to make possession and chances count in the first half at Camp Nou, it took just four […]
Last weekend the Premier League kicked off a new season and this weekend it was the turn of the Serie A to start a new season. Italy With the fixture list handing them a comfortable-looking opener against promoted Bari, Inter coach José Mourinho had reason for optimism ahead of the Italian champions’ first 2009/10 league […]
Wayne Rooney scored his 100th goal and Michael Owen his first for Manchester United as they beat Wigan Athletic 5-0 while Manchester City and Arsenal maintained their 100 per cent starts with home victories. United suffered a shock 1-0 loss at Burnley in midweek but Sir Alex Ferguson’s side were back to their devastating best […]
Earlier this week the Houston Dynamo filled its designated player spot when it acquired striker Luis Ángel Landín on loan from the Mexican club Cruz Azul. The loan is scheduled to run through the end of the 2010 season, at which time the Dynamo can purchase Landin. What makes this deal noteworthy, is that Landín […]
Interesting post on Serie A Tickets about some recent comments from Italian Premier and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi about why football needs a salary cap. “Footballers’ salaries are outside reality. It is necessary to introduce a salary cap,” Berlusconi was quoted as saying by Italian media on Tuesday. “They are unacceptable, distant from the […]