Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to pick up their 14th successive home victory of the season. Roberto Mancini’s side went ahead through a Gretar Steinsson own goal and Mario Balotelli doubled City’s lead with 20 minutes remaining, courtesy of an excellent backheeled […]
Liverpool
Finally someone in authority at Liverpool FC has stood up to Luis Suarez and told him that his actions at Old Trafford on Saturday are not acceptable. Ayre issued this statement on the Liverpool web site: “We are extremely disappointed Luis Suarez did not shake hands with Patrice Evra before yesterday’s game. The player had […]
Newcastle’s hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea’s draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham. Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area. Not sure what Martin Jol […]
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has issued a like warm apology at best for racially abusing Patrice Evra, but he pointedly has not apologised directly Evra. “I admitted to the commission that I said a word in Spanish once, and only once” said Suarez. “I never, ever used this word in a derogatory way and if […]
Liverpool have given into reason and decided not to appeal Luis Suarez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. Having assessed the findings, Liverpool notified the FA they will not contest the ban, which takes effect immediately, ruling him out of tonight’s match against Manchester City. Accepting the decision now makes sense in […]
Two goals from Craig Bellamy and one from Steven Gerrard was enough for Liverpool tonight, as they beat Newcastle 3-1 in a tight match at Anfield tonight. It was the first time Liverpool had scored three goals in a match since the August 27 win over Bolton and ended a spell where Liverpool had drawn […]
Luis Suarez has been banned for eight matches and fined £40,000 by the Football Association for racially abusing Patrice Evra. Evra told French TV he was racially abused by Suarez on 10 occasions during Manchester United’s Barclays Premier League match at Anfield on October 15. The FA said in a statement: “An Independent Regulatory Commission […]
While Barcelona’s Clásico win at Real Madrid captured headlines around the world, it was not the only significant result in Europe this weekend. Spain The Liga focus fell squarely on the Santiago Bernabéu this weekend as Barcelona injected fresh drama into the title race with a 3-1 comeback win at Madrid. Karim Benzema gave the […]
Manchester United captain Patrice Evra has accused Liverpool striker Luis Suarez of racially abusing him during the 1-1 Premier League draw at Anfield on Saturday. The France international told French television after the game that Suarez used the same insult “more than 10 times” throughout the match. Liverpool said Suarez categorically denied the allegations but […]