REUTERS – There will be a few ‘hiccups’ as Arsenal bid to lift the Premier League title for the first time since 2004 but the squad is strong enough to pull through any situation, midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has said. The Gunners were quick to respond to Saturday’s embarrassing 4-0 league loss to Southampton by easily […]
REUTERS – Season’s surprise package Leicester City are seeking further impetus from a face-off with a highly-competitive side as they host fellow title contenders Manchester City in a potential cracker of a Premier League contest on Tuesday. Claudio Ranieri’s team are second in the table, a point behind Arsenal, with a game in hand after […]
REUTERS – Manchester United were unlucky not to beat Chelsea despite dominating the game, skipper Wayne Rooney said following the goalless home draw against the struggling champions. The exciting draw on Monday extended United’s winless run to eight games, and left the most successful club in the Premiership era in sixth place on the table. […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Under-fire manager Louis van Gaal said he would not quit after Manchester United extended their run without a victory to eight games in all competitions with a 0-0 draw with champions Chelsea in the Premier League on Monday. Sixth-placed United produced an improved display at Old Trafford, having limped to a 2-0 […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Frustrated Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford has decided to end a season-long loan spell at Crystal Palace prematurely after “tearing his hair out” over a lack of first-team opportunities at the Selhurst Park club. Bamford shone in another loan spell at Middlesbrough last season, scoring 17 league goals for the Championship team, but […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Once viewed as a team more likely to kick you up in the air than pass you off the pitch, Stoke City are doing their best to live up to the new, if scarcely believable, ‘Stokealona’ moniker. A thrilling 4-3 victory at Everton on Monday lifted the Potters to eighth in the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – After picking the ball out of his net several times in a 4-0 drubbing at Southampton two days earlier, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech celebrated a record on Monday by keeping his 170th Premier League clean sheet. The Czech Republic stopper surpassed the 169 blanks set by former England international David James as […]
On the whole, it was a very promising match for Louis van Gaal to look at after the last few games. Though it ended in a stalemate but both teams could have won this. United hit the woodwork twice and Courtois made a wonderful point blank save in the second half and Rooney had a chance to […]
Louis Van Gaal avoided a fifth straight defeat as Manchester United played a goal-less draw against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday Night. The home side were in control for the majority of the game. David de Gea also made fine saves from John Terry & Pedro, as Chelsea lacked the real punch in attack […]