Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admitted to concerns about his team’s goal-scoring problems after they were bundled out of the League Cup on penalties by second-tier Middlesbrough. The Premier League giants contrived to fail with three of their four attempts in Wednesday’s 3-1 shoot-out loss, with England internationals Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Ashley […]
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On Tuesday we saw League Cup holders Chelsea lose 5-4 on penalties at Stoke City after a 1-1 draw and a second-string Arsenal team crash 3-0 at second-tier Sheffield Wednesday. On Wednesday the upsets continued as Manchester United lost 3-1 on penalties to Championship side Middlesbrough at home, making it two consecutive seasons that Louis […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left to count the cost of a damaging night in the Capital One Cup as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott will be sent for scans on injuries picked up in the 3-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Both England internationals hobbled off in the opening 20 minutes at Hillsborough, Oxlade-Chamberlain with […]
Under-fire Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hit out at any suggestion his players were not behind him after the Capital One Cup loss at Stoke and insisted he was in a “fantastic” situation. The Blues suffered yet another setback in their disastrous season as they were beaten 5-4 on penalties in the fourth-round tie at the […]
The headlines in the red tops on Wednesday will be all about the pressure on Jose Mourinho, after Chelsea were knocked out of the cup at Stoke on Tuesday night.But left unsaid will be the mistakes that his senior players, like Eden Hazard and Gary Cahill are uncharacteristically making, mistakes that are costing Chelsea games […]
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho faces the threat of a stadium ban after being charged with misconduct for his actions towards match officials at half-time of Saturday’s Premier League match at West Ham, the Football Association announced on Monday. A statement from the FA read: “Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct in relation to his […]
In the Manchester derby last weekend, Wayne Rooney had arguably his worst performance ever in a United shirt as he managed just one shot over the 90 minutes, played zero key passes, completed zero successful dribbles and ended the match with a pass success rate of just 56.7%, the second worst of all starting outfielders. […]
Chelsea stumbled to their five Premier League defeat of the season at West Ham on Saturday, and the pressure got to Blues boss Jose Mourinho who was sent off for protesting three key decisions that went against his side and changed the complexion of the match. The first incident that ruffled the Blues’ feathers was […]
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere says he is pain-free and wants to take either Santi Cazorla or Francis Coquelin’s place in the Gunners line-up when he returns to action. Wilshere is yet to play this season due to an injury he picked up in pre-season, the latest in a long line of fitness issues, he has […]