All four Champions League semi-finalists lost over the weekend, with Tuesday’s opponents FC Barcelona and Real Madrid beaten in the same round of matches for the first time in two years and Manchester United following up a setback for rivals Schalke with their own loss at Arsenal. The celebrations were able to begin for Borussia […]
Chelsea
Salomon Kalou’s goal a minute from time helped Chelsea beat spurs 2-1 and close the gap on leaders Manchester United to three points, with the two sides set to meet at Old Trafford next weekend in a title decider. Sandro gave Tottenham the lead when he fired an unstoppable half-volley past Petr Cech from 25 […]
Arsenal’s title aspirations are all but over as they lost a two-goal lead and drew 3-3 with Tottenham Hotspur. Meanwhile Chelsea jumped over the Gunners into second place as they beat Birmingham City 3-1. The North London derby was an enthralling game and if you were a neutral, must have been a fantastic game to […]
Chelsea bounced back from their Champions League exit to Man United with a 3-1 come-from-behind win at West Brom hat moved them within a point of second-placed Arsenal FC, who host Liverpool FC on Sunday. Peter Odemwingie’s 12th goal of the season had given West Brom the lead, but Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Frank […]
Manchester United are one step from once again playing at Wembley in a Champions League final after beating ten-man Chelsea 2-1 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate. Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti gambled on the out-of-form Fernando Torres instead of Drogba. Torres played as a lone striker, supported by Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda, […]
It is the only Champions League quarter-final match-up that hasn’t been settled. These two fierce Premier League rivals are separated by Wayne Rooney’s goal at Stamford Bridge in the first leg. Can Chelsea got to Old Trafford and get a repeat of their 2-1 win in the Premier League last season? Sir Alex Ferguson, United […]
The title races in both France and Germany took another turn this weekend, while AC Milan and Manchester United took anther step towards winning their respective championships. France The Ligue 1 title race tightened as leaders Lille were upset 1-0 by Monaco. Luckily for Lille, there other title contenders failed to take full advantage of […]
Goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Antonio Valencia helped Manchester United beat Fulham 2-0 and extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to ten points. With second-placed Arsenal, who now have two games in hand, not playing until Sunday when they visit Blackpool, United took full advantage. Berbatov’s 21st league goal of the […]
Manchester United took a big step towards a Champions League semi-final berthafter Wayne Rooney’s first-half strike gave them a priceless away goal against Chelsea. Neither side were able to hit their usual stride in the early stages, and it was nearly 20 minutes before the first chance fell to Didier Drogba, whose rasping shot from […]