Month: September 2013
With Suarez Back, Can Liverpool Push For Top 4?
Updated:It has been 4 seasons in a row now that Liverpool have failed to qualify for the Champions League. For a club that boasts of 5 European Cup wins, that…
Read more »Possible Arsenal Line-Up against West Brom
Arsenal will face Premier League outfit West Brom at The Hawthorns on Wednesday night in the third round of the Capital One Cup tie. The Gunners are rocked by the…
Read more »Manchester United vs Liverpool preview – Suarez returns; Hernandez to start?
Updated:Manchester United will take on Liverpool in the Capital One Cup tie on Wednesday night at Old Trafford, where manager David Moyes would be looking to avoid second successive defeat against their…
Read more »Possible Manchester United Line-Up to face Liverpool
Manchester United will welcome arch-rivals Liverpool to Old Trafford on Wednesday night in the Capital One Cup tie, where David Moyes would be looking to silence his critics with a…
Read more »Possible Liverpool Line-Up against Manchester United
Liverpool will travel to Old Trafford to face arch-rivals Manchester United in the Capital One Cup tie on Wednesday night, where Luis Suarez will make a comeback after the 10-match…
Read more »[Photos & Video]: OOPS! Vertonghen pulls the shorts down of Villa striker
Updated:This must go down as one of the comic moments of the season so far. Last night, at Villa Park, in the Capital One Cup showdown, Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen pulled…
Read more »Book Review: I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Updated:Written by Annie Eaves (from Sport Witness) Little boy lost. Three words which don’t automatically spring to mind when thinking of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but that’s a theme which keeps returning…
Read more »[Photos]: Schurrle gets Samsung TV as gift from Mourinho
Updated:Andre Schurrle is a lucky chap. He really is a lucky chap. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was pictured giving a brand new Samsung TV to Andre Schurrle before the Blues’…
Read more »Who Will Succeed Paolo Di Canio as Sunderland Manager?
Paolo Di Canio became the first managerial casualty after he was shown the door on Monday. The Sunderland manager was relieved of his duties at the Stadium of Light after…
Read more »The Sunderland hot seat may still be an Italian job
Updated:It’s often said that countries have national characteristics, that there’s certain similar traits that people brought up in a similar culture seem to have. At least sometimes, that’s simply not…
Read more »Swindon Town vs Chelsea Preview: Mata’s big chance to shine
Chelsea will be looking to make it two wins on the trot in all competitions when they take on Swindon Town in the Capital One Cup third round at The…
Read more »United Didn’t Want It Enough
4-1. It was worse than the 6-1 in 2010 at Old Trafford in 2011 for the familiarity of it all, worse than the 5-1 in 1989 for the insecurity and…
Read more »Tottenham tracking the prodigiously gifted PSG youngster
Updated:The new French talent that is making heads turn in European football is the 18 year old PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot. Rabiot, till recently involved in the youth setup of…
Read more »Swindon v Chelsea preview – Big test for Mata, Essien to start?
Updated:Chelsea will travel to County Ground to face Swindon in the third round of the Capital One Cup tie on Tuesday where manager Jose Mourinho would be looking to give…
Read more »Possible Chelsea Line-Up to face Swindon
Updated:Chelsea will travel to County Ground to play the third round Capital One Cup tie against Swindon on Tuesday night. Manager Jose Mourinho will be looking to make a wholesome…
Read more »Possible Tottenham Line-up to face Aston Villa
Updated:Tottenham will travel to Villa-Park to face Aston Villa in the third round of Capital One Cup tie tonight, where manager Andre Villas-Boas has been left with no other options…
Read more »Aston Villa v Tottenham preview – Defoe doubtful, Lamela to start?
Updated:Big games are coming thick and fast for Paul Lambert and Aston Villa. The Villans have already faced Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool and will face Manchester City in the Barclays…
Read more »City spine the key to entire title race
Updated:Manchester City’s 4-1 demolition of Manchester United at The Etihad on Sunday afternoon was largely down to their world-class spine of Vincent Kompany, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero. Last season,…
Read more »The going gets tough – can Moyes motivate United’s stars?
Updated:Over the years, under Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United had developed a unique trait of bouncing back from adversities. It is this phenomenon which redefines their status as ‘Champions’ in…
Read more »Mourinho dumps Mata but keeps faith in Torres
Updated:It seems like Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is still keeping faith on former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, but has urged the Spaniard to adjust quickly to his systems. The 29-year-old…
Read more »Lukaku: Chelsea is My Future
Updated:Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku is focused on the present at Everton but considers his future lies with Chelsea only. Lukaku was heavily praised by manager Jose Mourinho in the summer…
Read more »5 Things We Learnt From the Manchester Derby
Anyone who came to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday hoping to witness a hard-fought, competitive Manchester Derby went home very disappointed indeed. Well, perhaps not the City fans. The Blue…
Read more »Liverpool led by a returning Suarez could further embarrass Manchester United
Updated:The journey has not been smooth for the anointed successor of Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. David Moyes is feeling the heat already. At Everton, the Scot has had…
Read more »[Photos & Video]: Liverpool defender in tears after saying goodbye
Updated:Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho made an emotional return to his former club Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday night and delivered a farewell speech hinting that the journey with his boyhood club…
Read more »Rodgers hopeful of quick recovery after ‘disappointing’ home defeat
Updated:Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season after losing out 1-0 against Southampton at Anfield on Saturday. Manager Brendan Rodgers accepts that their performance against the Saints was pretty…
Read more »Four points, four games: Have Milan’s difficulties this season already begun?
Updated:Each May, people already begin debating about who will be the next crop of serious contenders for the Scudetto come the following year. Not surprisingly, Juventus, who claimed the title…
Read more »Mutiny at Sunderland training ground leads to Di Canio sacking
Updated:Paolo Di Canio becomes the first manager of the season to get the sacking orders after Sunderland FC officially confirmed that the Italian’s services are no longer required. The pressure…
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