Kick-off: Tuesday, 28 February 2009, 20:45 CET –Camp Nou, Barcelona Barcelona’s Quest for Glory This is a huge two week period for Barcelona. While all the focus in England has been on Manchester United’s pursuit of the quintuple, in Spain the talk has been all about Barcelona’s quest for a history-making treble voyage. Barcelona faces […]
Premier League
No sooner had Chelsea seen off one familiar foe in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League than another homed into view. After knocking out Liverpool in spectacular fashion in the quarter-finals, the Blues take on Barcelona in the last four. Judging by past meetings between the sides, we could be in for a tie […]
Manchester United scored five second-half goals against Tottenham Hotspur as they recovered from 2-0 down to beat the Londoners 5-2 and re-establish their three-point advanage over Liverpool at the Premier League summit. Darren Bent (29) and Luka Modrić (32) deservedly gave the visitors a lead to take into the break and, at that point, few […]
As we approach the end of the season in Europe, the transfer rumors start to fly. The biggest one by far is that Manchester United are in talks with AC Milan over a deal for Kaka. Now Real Madrid were supposed to have signed Kaka already but according to The Sun, Manchester United held talks with […]
When I last looked at the title race back in the beginning of the month I had Man United winning the title by a point over Liverpool and two points over Chelsea. Three games later, the title picture has changed a little. 1. Manchester United (74 pts, 6 games remaining) Man Utd Fixtures: Tottenham H; Middlesbrough […]
Manchester United tightened the screw in the Premier League title race with a 2-0 win over Portsmouth as Chelsea were held to a 0-0 home draw by Everton on Wednesday. Wayne Rooney’s early strike and a late goal from Michael Carrick sent below-par United back to the top spot ahead of Liverpool, three points clear […]
Arsenal’s Andrei Arshavin scored four goals in a pulsating 4-4 draw at Anfield on Tuesday to put a huge dent in Liverpool’s Premier League title push. For the second week running Liverpool shared eight goals, but while their thriller at Chelsea meant they exited the Champions League full of pride, they will rue the two […]
A stunning long-range strike from Cristiano Ronaldo sent Manchester United into the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-0 win at Porto and set-up a mouth watering tie with Arsenal. The Portuguese powered home a spectacular drive in the sixth minute as the holders secured a tense 3-2 aggregate victory. With the win United became the […]