MADRID (Reuters) – Under-pressure Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez believes there is a campaign against him and the club and that the team is not playing as badly as is being made out ahead of the La Liga game against Real Sociedad on Wednesday. Speculation has been rife in the Spanish capital over the future […]
REUTERS – It is possible for Tottenham Hotspur to claim their first-ever Premier League title this season, manager Mauricio Pochettino said after a 2-1 victory at Watford on Monday lifted them to third in the table. Spurs, with 38 points from 19 games, are four behind leaders Arsenal and three off second-placed Leicester City, who […]
REUTERS – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has called on his team to be more consistent ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League game against lowly Sunderland. Before Liverpool’s hard-fought 1-0 league victory over high-flying Leicester City on Saturday, the Reds had picked up one point from three games, including shock defeats by Newcastle United and Watford. “There’s […]
REUTERS – Aston Villa manager Remi Garde said he was ‘very concerned’ about his team’s situation following Monday’s 2-0 Premier League loss to Norwich City, which left them bottom of the table after 19 games, 11 points adrift of safety. Goals from Norwich duo Jonny Howson and Dieumerci Mbokani meant that Villa stretched their winless […]
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 […]
