The Prenier League champions are facing a downward spiral. The Blues were comfortably beaten by Arsenal, 1-3. Arsenal’s Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott scored the goals for the Gunners. Carlo Ancelotti’s team have managed just six points from the last 24! Branislav Ivanovic pulled one back for the visitors but to no avail. “We have matured, I have said that many times. Let’s hope it strengthens our belief for [...]
Manchester United knocked Arsenal off the top of the table with a 1-0 win. Ji Sung Park must be feeling on cloud 9 right now as he helped The Red Devils secure a win over rivals, the Gunners.
In a recent interview, Manchester United’s Patrice Evra had a few words to describe Arsenal. However, Arsene Wenger did not react to the insults. This war of words comes right before the clubs match up on Monday at Old Trafford. Evra called Arsenal a ‘training centre’ and a club in ‘crisis’ in an interview with television channel Canal+. Wenger had an opportunity to counter the spew of words but decided [...]
Birmingham City keeper Ben Foster produced a superb performance as leaders Chelsea suffered successive Barclays Premier League defeats for the first time in more than four years. Lee Bowyer’s opening-half goal – his first for nearly 12 months – earned Alex McLeish’s side a shock victory. But their hero was Foster who bounced back from his error on England duty in midweek with a series of stunning saves. Chelsea dominated [...]
A blunder by Pepe Reina handed Arsenal a point. The season opener for Liverpool ended with disappointment. Earlier in the match Joe Cole was sent off on his debut for the Reds for a clumsy challenge on Arsenal debutant Laurent Koscielny who was himself dismissed just before the end for a second yellow card. Liverpool were given the lead by David Ngog just after half time. Arsenal had a lot [...]
Fabregas is keen to return to Barcelona. World Cup winner Fabregas was a youth player at Barca before moving to the English Premier League club in September 2003 and the player has made it clear he wants to return to the Catalan capital. Local media reported on Monday that Barca’s new president, Sandro Rosell, would travel to London this week to try to strike a deal but Guardiola was downbeat [...]
The knockout stage of the Champions League is on the way today. All the fixtures seem to be real exciting encounters. Already goals have been scored in the five games out of eight games with the most thrilling match being that of Marseille versus Real Madrid. Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid Talisman Cristiano Ronaldo opened the score for the visitors in the 5th minute. However, six minutes later Lucho equalized for [...]
Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley Bottom placed Portsmouth played well to earn a victory over Burnley. It was the first match for Avram Grant as Portsmouth manager, and it was a delightful welcome for him. Brunley squandered quite a few opportunities to go ahead and will surely regret the missed chances. Portsmouth didn’t give up and kept pushing forward. Portsmouth had a great chance to go one-up from a penalty but Dindane [...]
Catch all the goal highlights here Barcelona 2-0 Inter Milan Pique puts Barca ahead in the 10th minute and Pedro added another in the 26th minute. Debrecen 0-1 Liverpool David N’gog nudges in the ball from Fabio Aurelio’s corner, in the 4th minute. Liverpool won’t be too thrilled even after leading at half-time, since Fiorentina have taken the lead against Lyon. This squanders “The Reds” chances of going to the [...]
Arsenal v Tottenham Robbie Keane made a bold statement- that Tottenham have a squad that is at least the equal of Arsenal’s. Tottenham have not defeated Arsenal in almost a decade, a run of 19 matches without a win. Last season Arsenal 4 Tottenham 4 Interesting Facts • Tottenham have not beaten the hosts in the Premier League since November 1999 and have not won a league encounter at Arsenal [...]
