Simon Lloyd
Poor old Joe Hart. As if trying to keep his scalp dandruff free wasn’t stressful enough, the Manchester City stopper has endured a bit of a rough week. Although his team bagged the League Cup on Sunday, he had to watch understudy Willy Caballero become the hero with a string of shoot-out saves. Returning to […]
10 years ago
More terrible news for Wenger
10 years ago
Riyad Mahrez has played a key role in the Leicester City’s fairytale season (to date). With the Foxes still sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, their Algerian international has admitted that he knew very little about the club before he made the move to England. In fact, Mahrez thought that they played […]
10 years ago
We’re pretty certain the name SV Sandhausen means very little to the majority of British football fans, but the Bundesliga 2 side are currently headline news over in Germany. Unfortunately, it isn’t for their on-field performances. Any hopes of promotion have long since faded, and the side currently sit in 12th position in the German second division. […]
10 years ago
Ezequiel Lavezzi has revealed why he made the recent switch to Chinese Super League club, Hebei China Fortune. Refreshingly, the Argentine was honest enough to admit that the whopping wage packet he will earn in China – reportedly £400,000 a week – was one of the main reasons for making the move. “The plan for development of […]
10 years ago
Arsenal’s lacklustre performance at Old Trafford has drawn plenty of criticism. Predictably, it prompted another Twitter outburst from Piers Morgan, who once again demanded that Arsene Wenger left the club. And it now seems Paul Merson also believes Wenger should be sacked – if the Gunners miss out on the Premier Leagie title to Tottenham […]
10 years ago
Gary Neville didn’t attempt to hide his feelings when Valencia’s youngsters exited the Uefa Youth League after a controversial penalty shoot-out. After Los Che drew 1-1 with Chelsea, the match officials ruled that Alberto Gil’s spot kick hadn’t crossed the line in the game’s shoot out, although it clearly had. All remaining spot-kicks for both sides were successful, meaning Valencia […]
10 years ago
Manchester City might well be on course to land three trophies this season, but their defence hasn’t always looked completely solid. The jury is still out on £32m Eliaquim Mangala, and Nicolas Otamendi only seems to look like the real deal when playing alongside Vincent Kompany, a man who has struggled to stay fit throughout […]
10 years ago
In this day and age, moments like this… … will always produce memes such as this: pic.twitter.com/rPeZQsTWg2 — nadidas (@anadin84) February 28, 2016 In fact, Louis van Gaal’s touchline theatrics on Sunday led to a whole host of different photoshopped images, which quickly racked up the retweets on Twitter and lapped up the likes on Instagram. […]
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Poor Manuel Pellegrini. He doesn’t deserve this. Although he may be heading for the Etihad exit door, the Chilean could end the season by guiding Manchester City to three trophies. Having sealed the League Cup after edging out Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out on Sunday, Pellegrini will now hope to deliver Premier League and Chanmpions League glory to […]
10 years ago
Joleon Lescott has had a rough time of it lately. Results haven’t been great for Aston Villa, and following a home thrashing by Liverpool, the defender was heavily criticised for tweeting a picture of what appeared to be his new set of wheels. Lescott apologised quickly, and explained that the tweet had been sent out accidentally, […]
10 years ago
An estimated 1,400 Sunderland supporters made the trip to West Ham on Saturday. As a gesture of thanks from the club for their ongoing support throughout a difficult season, Sunderland issued every single one of them was given a free replica of the club’s green away shirt. This follows the news earlier in the week […]
10 years ago
Unfortunately, Zinedine Zidane never graced the Premier League. While he was linked with moves to England early in his career, the legendary French midfielder spent the best years of his club career with Juventus and then Real Madrid. Now in charge of Real, Zidane has revealed which players make up his all-time Premier League XI, […]
10 years ago
High praise
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Stevie G is planning his retirement, or is he? It’s hardly a secret that Steven Gerrard’s playing career is reaching an end, but it now appears that the former Liverpool captain could be entering his final season. Writing in The Telegraph, Gerrard suggests that although no final decisions have been made, he is considering retiring at the end […]
10 years ago
This could do with some padding out
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Just when it seemed that their injury problems couldn’t get much worse, they did. Anthony Martial, a rare bright point in a dismal Manchester United season, has been injured in the warm-up ahead of the crucial second leg against FC Midtjylland. The French international, who has been a permanent fixture in the United side since […]
10 years ago
Although he might not be old enough to fully appreciate it, it’s been an incredible few months for Murtaza Ahmadi. A photograph of him wearing a home made Lionel Messi Argentina shirt – fashioned from a striped blue and white plastic bag – went viral and sparked a global search to find out the identity of the […]
10 years ago
Board games
10 years ago
Over recent years, the quality of Barcelona’s football has rightly attracted plenty of plaudits. Unfortunately, this incident involving left back Jordi Alba shows a side of football we don’t want to see from one of the sport’s greatest teams. After Olivier Giroud’s hand catches his chest, the Spanish international theatrically throws himself to the Emirates turf, clutching his […]
10 years ago
What a shambles. Gary Neville’s luck as Valencia coach might be changing, but his club’s youth side have every right to feel aggrieved after a horrendous error from the referee cost them their place in the last eight of the UEFA Youth League. Having drawn 1-1 with Chelsea and missed a late penalty to win the […]
10 years ago
All full internationals
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Pep Guardiola doesn’t appear to be letting the small matter of trying to steer Bayern Munich towards a treble get in the way of his preparations for next season. According to reports, the soon-to-be Manchester City coach appears to have secured some kind of deal for German international Ilkay Gundogan. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder has been […]
10 years ago
We doubt Van Gaal would welcome him back
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Dreadful
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Are you sure
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Not again
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Thumping finish
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If you watched Manchester United slump to a 2-1 defeat to FC Midtjylland, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Danish champions are pretty handy when it comes to racking up the goals. They might have only scored twice past Sergio Romero, but the Argentine had to be on top form to keep it at […]
10 years ago
Oddball
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Two legs against FC Midtjylland isn’t exactly the kind of glamorous European tie that Manchester United have been used to over recent years, but given their position in the Premier League, success in the Europa League could represent their best chance of returning to the Champions League next season. Following the news that Wayne Rooney will miss the […]
10 years ago
Stay till the Levy breaks
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We all know someone who’d miss from here
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“Endsgeil”
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Done and dusted
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With one glancing header, Danny Welbeck might just have delivered a season-defining moment with his stoppage time winner against Leicester. Returning from injury to give Arsenal’s title challenge the shot in the arm it needed, this was arguably his most significant goal for the club, and his decision to celebrate it by leaping into the Emirates crowd […]
10 years ago
Thursday nights, baby!
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Tough night
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Ready for a quick getaway
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Distracted?
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Stressed out
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Another injury problem for United
10 years ago
If you thought that Jose Mourinho’s second spell at Chelsea came to an end because of the woeful start they made to the defence of their Premier League title, think again. According to Will Ferrell, he played a significant role in Mourinho’s departure, after poking fun at his famously defensive style of football an an […]
10 years ago
Already calling the shots?
10 years ago
The man does what he wants
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No plans to raise the drawbridge just yet
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On the defence
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