Liverpool
A month ago it was a foregone conclusion that Manchester United were going to win another Premier League title. But after back-to-back defeats and Liverpool thrashing Real Madrid, Man United and Aston Villa in their last three games the title race is back on. The International break came at a bad time for Liverpool and […]
Forward Roman Pavlyuchenko is finally earning his paycheck. Pavlyuchenko, one of the Russian heroes from Euro 2008, scored a late winner against Liverpool yesterday. It was Liverpool’s first loss of the season. The loss forced the Reds to now share first in the Premier League table with Chelsea. With the victory, Tottenham continues the run […]
Arsenal The loss away to Fulham is a distant memory as Arsenal find themselves top of the Premier League after 5 weeks. The win at Bolton was impressive not only coming after a long mid-week trek to the Ukraine in the Champions League, but also considering that Arsenal had lost 13 of 27 matches in […]
Liverpool’s Champions League ambitions were dented Wednesday with a far from impressive 0-0 draw in Belgium against Standard Liege. If it wasn’t for a penalty save by Jose Reina and a missed goal by the Norwegian ref Tom Henning Ovrebo, Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez would be telling his U.S. owners that the £20m that they […]
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez thinks that the signing of Robbie Keane for £20million is the final piece in the puzzle. In the Keane press conference Benitez said: “I think all the defences will be worried about stopping them. Other managers and defenders will be trying to sign players but with Robbie, Fernando, Steven Gerrard, Dirk […]
With the Premier League transfer season inching toward the final month of player movement, clubs have begun to make final adjustments heading into the 2008-2009 campaign. Saturday saw former Tottenham Hotspur defender Pascal Chimbonda move to Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. Chimbonda, who can play any of the back four positions, will more than likely […]
Beleaguered ex-Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras has made a permanent move to SPL side Celtic. The 23-year-old Greek international joined City for £6million in January 2006 yet failed to find his niche with the Premiership club. Also from the Manchester City front, boss Mark Hughes will move his attention toward acquiring several more players to […]