There were famous wins for North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the first legs of their Champions League round of 16 ties three weeks ago, but can they go a step further and knock-out two of Europe’s footballing giants? Arsenal face undoubtedly the tougher challenge as they travel to Catalonia to defend their […]
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While Manchester United’s Premier League lead looks increasingly precarious after they lost at Liverpool, AC Milan and Lille both had big weeks at the top in Italy and France respectively. England Dirk Kuyt was the hero at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool sent Manchester United to their third loss in five league games, the Dutch […]
Real Madrid kept Liga leaders FC Barcelona within sight thanks to a 3-1 victory away against Real Racing Club. José Mourinho’s side started the day ten points behind Josep Guardiola’s titleholders but made the most of their game in hand to return within seven points of the leaders. oEmmanuel Adebayor gave the visitors the lead […]
Barcelona and Valencia both got narrow victories against Real Zaragoza and Mallorca respectively ahead of their decisive Champions League games next week. Seydou Keita scored the only goal of the game at the Camp Nou, where Barcelona, who host Arsenal on Tuesday trailing 2-1, prevailed against Real Zaragoza. His second Liga goal of the campaign […]
Does a day after the question was asked ” Is Real Madrid Overusing Ronaldo?” we learn that Ronaldo could miss Real Madrid’s Champions League last-16 return-leg match against Lyon after being ruled out for up to two weeks because of a leg injury. Ronaldo injured a muscle in his left leg after scoring his third […]
Bad week for managers of the top teams in La Liga. First Pep Guardiola was admitted to hospital overnight for treatment on acute lower back pain and now come reports from Spain that a man armed with a dagger is reported to have tried to stab Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho as he signed autographs […]
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was admitted to hospital overnight for treatment on acute lower back pain, the La Liga club said today. The 40-year-old former Barca and Spain midfielder had to cancel a news conference on Tuesday because of the complaint and looked in pain during the champions’ 1-0 win at Valencia on Wednesday. “Pep […]
Real Madrid fans have to wonder if Jose Mourinho is riding the skills of Cristiano Ronaldo a little too much as stats indicate that Ronaldo has been on the pitch for 2,369 minutes so far this season in La Liga. Ronaldo is the only non-goalkeeper in the top eight positions of the ranking for minutes […]