Manchester United went two points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Chelsea in an incredible game at Old Trafford today. United were three up at half-time with goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney as Chelsea contributed to their own downfall courtesy of poor defending and a dismal failure to […]
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A Dutch classic and a Warsaw derby are among the weekend’s top games as on-song Manchester United FC look to test new-look Chelsea FC’s resolve in the English Premier League. Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven v AFC Ajax Ajax will be keen to defend their unbeaten start to the Eredivisie season when they visit a PSV side […]
AC Milan got the new season off to a dramatic start with a thrilling draw at Barcelona but there were opening victories for Marseille, Chelsea, Porto and APOEL. Pato struck for AC Milan inside 25 seconds at Camp Nou, the fifth fastest in Champions League history and the earliest on any matchday one. Pedro Rodríguez […]
In an interview that will not go over well in the Chelsea dressing room, Fernando Torres says that his poor goalscoring record at Chelsea is due to theclub’s ‘very slow’ and ‘older’ players. Torres says that it is the squad’s lack of pace and the fact a number of players are approaching the twilight of […]
They have two of the richest football owners in the world, so it should not be a surprise that Manchester City and Chelsea were once again the big spenders in the summer transfer market. Manchester City spent well over 120 million euros last summer, and for the second year in a row, the club was […]
It would not be a transfer deadline without a surprise Liverpool and Chelsea deal. In January it was Torres going to Chelsea and this transfer window is was the sale of Raul Meireles to Chelsea for around £12m, who has signed at four-year deal with Chelsea. Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas worked briefly with the Portugal […]
There were goals aplenty for some of Europe’s leading clubs this weekend as both halves of Manchester celebrated big wins, Real Madrid kicked off the Liga season with a 6-0 win and PSV Eindhoven racked up half a dozen strikes of their own. Premier League Manchester United were rampant as they handed a depleted Arsenal […]
Inspired by a tremendous performance again by Luis Suarez, produced an electrifying performance at Anfield, Liverpool beat 3-1 to move top of the Premier League. Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam scored their first Liverpool goals and with Downing and Suarez in terrific form, Kenny Dalglish has his Liverpool side is looking very much like Champions […]
UEFA has announced that a total of €754.1m was distributed to clubs participating in the Champions League last season and that Barcelona and Manchester United received the largest amounts. The €754.1m prize money allotted to the 32 teams who figured from the group stage onwards consisted of €413m in fixed amounts plus €341,100,000 from the […]