REUTERS – Manchester City’s 2-1 Premier League defeat by Arsenal on Monday night was “hard to take” but the team were confident they have plenty of games remaining to catch up, right-back Bacary Sagna has said. City fell behind after first-half strikes from Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud and while Yaya Toure scored late in […]
REUTERS – Arsenal can win the Premier League title this season if they can continue playing the type of game they did during Monday night’s 2-1 win over Manchester City, midfielder Mesut Ozil has said. The win saw the Gunners, who are second in the table and two points behind leaders Leicester City after 17 […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal could be without forward Alexis Sanchez for the busy Premier League Christmas programme after he aggravated a hamstring injury in training, manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday. Chilean Sanchez, who sustained the initial injury against Norwich City at the end of November, was thought to be in with a chance of […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini is praying for the return of injured captain Vincent Kompany to shore up his team’s defence and keep them in the hunt for the Premier League title. Speaking to reporters after his side lost 2-1 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, their fifth league defeat […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal landed a meaty blow in the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at home to rivals Manchester City on Monday that swept away a few more doubts about their title credentials. Arsene Wenger’s side certainly had the swagger of potential champions as they picked City apart with first-half goals […]
By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dynamo Moscow striker Alexander Kokorin should not hesitate to move to the Premier League if Arsenal come knocking in January, according to former Manchester United midfielder Andrei Kanchelskis. Arsenal have reportedly offered the Russian club six million euros ($6.55 million) for the 24-year-old who played in last year’s World […]
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek is in critical condition after the 47-year-old collapsed while jogging in his hometown near Ostrava, a Sparta Prague football team spokesman said on Monday. The hospital declined to provide further details at his family’s request but media reports citing his agent said the current Sparta goalkeeping […]
By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini, the two most powerful men in world soccer, were banned for eight years on Monday for ethics violations, leaving the world’s most popular sport rudderless in a sea of corruption cases. The pair, who were also fined, had been suspended […]
