A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League again with a dramatic 3-1 victory at the Camp Now. It was an Arsenal performance that asked a lot of questions. Arsenal looked set to head into half-time at 0-0, despite losing their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny early in the match to a hand injury, […]
Premier League
There were famous wins for North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the first legs of their Champions League round of 16 ties three weeks ago, but can they go a step further and knock-out two of Europe’s footballing giants? Arsenal face undoubtedly the tougher challenge as they travel to Catalonia to defend their […]
While Manchester United’s Premier League lead looks increasingly precarious after they lost at Liverpool, AC Milan and Lille both had big weeks at the top in Italy and France respectively. England Dirk Kuyt was the hero at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool sent Manchester United to their third loss in five league games, the Dutch […]
Arsenal blew a great opportunity to put pressure on Manchester United ahead of their game at Liverpool tomorrow, buy being unable to beat Sunderland at home. For the second time in less than a week, a referee has had a major impact on the title race. In midweek it was Martin Atkinson failure to send-off […]
Chelsea came from behind to beat Manchester United 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and reopen the title race. After Wayne Rooney fired United into a first-half lead, David Luiz volleyed in an equaliser before Martin Atkinson ruled that Chris Smalling fouled substitute Yuri Zhirkov inside the box. Frank Lampard rifled the 80th-minute spot-kick past Edwin van […]
Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole will play against Manchester United tomorrow, even amid the controversy surrounding him after an air-rifle incident at his soccer club’s training ground. According to yesterday’s News of the World Cole brought a .22 air rifle to Chelsea’s training ground. While clowning around with the riffle, Cole accidentally shot 21-year-old student […]
t was a good weekend for league leaders in Europe as Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United all extended their leads at the top of their respective domestic leagues. Spain Seven points separate Barcelona and Real Madrid after Josep Guardiola’s titleholders won 3-0 at Mallorca and the Real Madrid were forced to settle for a […]
An 89th-minute goal by Obafemi Martins brought Birmingham City only their second ever League Cup win after a dramatic 2-1 victory against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. Once Robin van Persie had cancelled out Nikola Žigić’s 28th-minute header six minutes before half-time, the odds looked like Arsenal would go on to win the match and end […]