Carlos Tevez showed his old manager Mark Hughes no mercy at Craven Cottage as Manchester City romped to a victory that saw them close to within three points of the Barclays Premier League summit. Twelve months ago Hughes was the man profiting from the South American’s prowess in front of goal. Now it is Roberto Mancini hailing two goals and a man-of-the-match display from the inspirational South American. Indeed, as [...]

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 [...]

English Football captain- John Terry might resign as captain. He has come to this decision after the details of his affair with ex-Chelsea and England team-mate Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend came to light. John was earlier involved in scam where he apparently accepted money in return for a tour of Chelsea’s club facilities. Read here. The Chelsea defender will speak with England coach Fabio Capello and FA officials to discover their [...]

Manchester City’s coach Mark Hughes has been sacked and according to news coming in, Roberto Mancini’s appointment was agreed upon before hand. City’s latest match ended in a 3-4 defeat to Sunderland. This was just their second defeat in the league and yet it was a surprising decision by the owner to sack Hughes. The objective for Man City this season was to end with 70 points, but Hughes ascertained [...]

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 [...]

Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City The match started off well for Liverpool with Skrtel’s header being saved by Given, from a Lucas free-kick. There were more injuries for Rafa Benitez with Daniel Agger going down during the free-kick and was later taken off with a concussion. Another injury for Ryan Babel when he was challenged just outside the box, this meant The Reds had to make two substitutions within the first [...]

According to the Daily Mail, Barcelona’s Carlos Puyol could move to the Premier League. Both Arsenal and Man City have shown interest in the Spanish defender, whose contract at the Nou Camp ends next summer. Puyol thinks its time to test himself abroad and what better place to do so than the Premier League. The veteran has admitted that he admires the pace and physical nature of the League and [...]

Possible starting Line-ups: Man City: Shay Given, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Gareth Barry, De Jong, Zabaleta, Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez, Santa Cruz. West Ham: Green, Faubert, Upson, Tomkins, Ilunga, Parker, Noble, Hines, Diamanti, Franco, Cole. Manchester City team news Stephen Ireland will not start the match due to a sickness bug, he was anyway expected to miss out when he was hospitalised midweek after complaining of dizziness. Gareth [...]

There was a flurry of goals in the last ten minutes, the most important one being Owen’s debut goal for Manchester United. Darren Fletcher and Craig Bellamy scored two goals each for Man U and Manchester City, respectively. It was a highly anticipated Manchester derby with both sides showing good form in the league. Although City must have surely felt Adebayor’s loss, who had to miss this game due a [...]

Manchester City’s Emannuel Adebayor played sensationally in his first encounter against his former club, Arsenal. City finished with a 4 – 2 win over the Gunners. Arsenal have failed to triumph over both Manchester teams, losing to Manchester United two weeks back. Both teams had to cope with injuries to key players; Robinho and Carlos Tevez were both ruled out due to ankle and knee injuries, respectively. For Arsenal, Andrei [...]