Manchester City went into their 20th game in the Premier League against Watford City at Vicarage road after a disappointing 0-0 draw against Leicester City and standing at the 3rd spot, 6 points off Arsenal. A loss at the hands of flying Watford could possibly push them down to the 4th position. Watford though, went […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney rose to second place on the all-time Premier League scoring list with a clever winner against Swansea City on Saturday. The England captain ended a run of 553 minutes without a goal for his club by deftly flicking in Anthony Martial’s cross 13 minutes from time to […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Relieved Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce gave thanks for two-goal Jermain Defoe after his side ended a five-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over fellow Premier League strugglers Aston Villa on Saturday. “Thank God for Jermain Defoe and his finishing qualities. He turned the game back in our favour,” Allardyce told Sky […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini had words of warning for defenders facing Sergio Aguero in the second half of the Premier League season — he is just going to keep getting better. Aguero headed home the winner as City produced a superb late comeback to beat Watford 2-1 on Saturday, his first […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Carroll scored with a trademark towering header to sink his former employers as West Ham United got 2016 off to a flying start with a 2-0 Premier League win over a typically inconsistent Liverpool on Saturday. Carroll rose to meet a precise cross from Mark Noble 10 minutes into the second […]
By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) – Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both hit the woodwork as Barcelona were held 0-0 by Espanyol on Saturday in a hard-fought derby that left Atletico Madrid poised to go top of La Liga in the later game against bottom side Levante. Barca set a Spanish record of 180 goals […]
By Jamie McGeever LONDON (Reuters) – West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic hailed Andy Carroll as the “cherry on the pie” after the injury-prone striker headed his side to a convincing 2-0 victory over Liverpool on Saturday. The result stretched West Ham’s unbeaten run to seven games, and marked the team’s first league double over […]
West Ham have completed a double over Liverpool this season with a solid 2-0 win on Saturday evening. Michail Antonio’s header in the 10th minute gave the hosts an early lead at Upton Park. Ten minutes into the second half, former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll scored the 2nd goal for West Ham with a typically towering […]
LONDON (Reuters) – West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis believes his unfashionable club will have to “feed off the crumbs” left by the Premier League elite at the end of this month’s transfer window. Pulis’ team are 13th in the table, six points above the relegation zone, and he said he must sell players in […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Bournemouth pounced early in the January transfer window by signing AS Roma winger Juan Iturbe on loan, subject to a work permit, on Friday. A club statement said the 22-year-old would remain on the English south coast for the rest of the season with the Cherries retaining an option to make the […]