Wayne Rooney scored a second-half hat-trick as Manchester United came from 2-0 down at half-time to beat West Ham United 4-2 and stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points. The London side led 2-0 at the break thanks to a pair of Mark Noble penalties, but Rooney got United […]
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The tension levels were ratcheted up in Italy this weekend as a defeat for leaders AC Milan added fresh uncertainty to the title race, in contrast to the situations in England and France, where leaders Manchester United and Lille both managed big wins. Italy It was the perfect end to the perfect week for Inter […]
Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers are heading to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating Arsenal and Birmingham City respectively. Sir Alex Ferguson selected seven defenders in his starting XI at Old Trafford and one of them, Fabio, broke the deadlock after a superb counterattack in the 28th minute. Fabio was involved in the […]
It appears that Arsene Wenger is still furious about the refereeing in Barcelona if his quotes in the Guardian are anything to go by. Here are some of his comments: “Arsenal football club has been punished. When you have a football game of that stature, you cannot come out with decisions like that and show a […]
Arsene Wenger and Samir Nasri have both been charged by Uefa with improper conduct for “inappropriate language” over comments made to the referee after last night’s defeat by Barcelona. Wenger was furious with referee Massimo Busacca for the red card shown to van Persie and confronted Busacca at the final whistle and their angry exchanges […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League again with a dramatic 3-1 victory at the Camp Now. It was an Arsenal performance that asked a lot of questions. Arsenal looked set to head into half-time at 0-0, despite losing their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny early in the match to a hand injury, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Arsenal blew a great opportunity to put pressure on Manchester United ahead of their game at Liverpool tomorrow, buy being unable to beat Sunderland at home. For the second time in less than a week, a referee has had a major impact on the title race. In midweek it was Martin Atkinson failure to send-off […]