Liverpool have announced that they lost £20m last year. The clubs latest numbers cover the period August 2009 to July 2010 when the club was under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The accounts, obtained exclusively by the Liverpool Echo, show that Liverpool paid £17.7m in interest payments in 2010, up from almost […]
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Ralf Rangnick is asking his Schalke players to show they have learned the lessons from a one-sided first-leg defeat when they visit Manchester United for the conclusion of their Champions League semi-final. United counterpart, Sir Alex Ferguson, meanwhile, has a selection quandary. Sir Alex Ferguson, United manager I hope Manchester United don’t regard it as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Clint Dempsey 10th and 11th goals this season helped his side Fulham beat Bolton 3-0 on Wednesday night. The goals helped Dempsey move past Brian McBride and Steed Malbranque, who both previously scored 32 league goals for Fulham. The American midfielder hooked a half-cleared corner into the net after 15 minutes and tapped in Eidur […]
It was one of the most one-sides Champions League semi-finals in recent memory as Man United took a huge step towards Wembley and their third Champions League final in four seasons with a 2-0 victory at Schalke. United completed dominated Schalke. They would have been three up half-time if it was not the brilliance of […]
Lionel Messi extended his lead atop the ESM Golden Shoe standings to four points at the weekend after scoring in Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Osasuna. Messi came off the bench to score, while his nearest challenger Cristiano Ronaldo, who also started on the bench at the weekend, failed to score in Real Madrid’s rout of […]
Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick has described his team’s semi-final against Manchester United as the biggest game of his, and many of his players’ careers. By contrast Sir Alex Ferguson pointed to his squad’s experience of this stage as a cause for confidence, along with their freshness, but admitted there was always apprehension with the final […]
Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Bolton this afternoon not only ended any faint hopes that Arsene Wenger had of winning the title this year, it also means that Arsenal are in real danger for caught for 4th place by Man City. Where to start about today’s game? It was all all too familiar story for Gunners […]