It was Arsenal who recorded a comfortable 2-0 win over a jittery and flimsy Aston Villa at Villa Park to soar to the summit of the Premier League. Eight minute penalty won by Theo Walcott, after being brought down by Alan Hutton, was fired into the right hand side bottom corner from the penalty spot. A […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal enjoyed an easy 2-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday to soar to the summit of the Premier League and leave their hapless opponents rooted at rock bottom. A landmark 50th Premier League goal from Olivier Giroud, a penalty converted four days after his Champions League hat-trick against Olympiakos Piraeus, swiftly […]
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy forward Mario Balotelli has said that he cannot not wait for Euro 2016, prompting coach Antonio Conte to ask sarcastically the maverick striker would be playing or watching on television. Balotelli reacted enthusiastically to Italy’s draw against Belgium, Ireland and Sweden, posting their names on Instagram along with the words “I […]
Ronaldo didn’t enjoy much of his football while playing as a number 9. Ronaldo was ripped of any free space, and was therefore ineffective most of the times.
AMSTERDAM,(Reuters) – Davy Propper produced another important second-half goal to rescue a 1-1 home draw for PSV Eindhoven against Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch championship on Saturday. An own goal from Joshua Brenet in the 51st minute gave Roda the lead before Proepper equalised in the 74th to lift his team into joint second […]
By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA (Reuters) – Angry Barcelona coach Luis Enrique blamed stupid mistakes after the La Liga pacesetters threw away a two goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday. Barca have drawn their last two games in La Liga and could see Atletico Madrid draw level with them […]
By Ian Chadband REUTERS – Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was left reflecting on the toughest week of his 18 months in charge after England’s richest club suffered a shocking Premier League defeat at humble Bournemouth on Saturday. The ever-confident Dutchman admitted he was not used to the indignity of successive losses as he […]
A meagre 11 million fans compared to the 73 million, that flock to Old Trafford for home games. 30 million pounds vs 379.5 million pounds. AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United. Van Gaal’s men went into this game looking for some comfort after a massively disappointing defeat to Wolfsburg in the Champions League that knocked them out of the […]
REUTERS – Chennaiyin FC dealt a major blow to Atletico de Kolkata’s title defence when Marco Materazzi’s team romped to a 3-0 victory in the first leg of their Indian Super League (ISL) semi-final on Saturday. After Bruno Pelissari’s curling free kick put them ahead in the 38th minute, the team coached by Italian 2006 […]
