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Aston Villa v Man Utd, Saturday 17:30 Ciaran Clark was dominant in breaking up play in Aston making 30 interceptions in the game, the most by a player in a single game all season according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Ashley Westwood also displayed a fantastic work rate in covering 7.1 miles in […]
Arsenal v Fulham, Saturday 15:00 Arsenal fell victim to the skills of their former star striker Robin van Persie as they were dominated in a 2-1 defeat away to Man Utd. The continued return to fitness of midfielder Jack Wilshere, despite his second-half dismissal, was one of the few bright spots in a poor showing […]
Spurs statement: “The club does not tolerate any form of racist or abusive chanting. Our guiding principle in respect of the “Y-word” is based on the point of law itself – the distinguishing factor is the intent with which it is used ie if it is used with the deliberate intention to cause offence. This […]
Joey Barton scored directly from a corner in Marseille’s 2-2 draw with Moenchengladbach this evening.
Fluminese right-back Wallace has been linked with a £5m move to Chelsea November 8th 2012: If a transfer is agreed, Wallace would prefer to stay in Brazil on loan until the summer. Frederico Morais, Wallace’s agent – “Wallace and I have talked about Europe, but agreed that he will be best served by staying in […]
It has been nearly a week now since Rovers concluded the collective manager searches of the 3 B’s of North West Football – Burnley, Bolton and Blackburn. I say 3 B’s, the 4th B of Blackpool have their own manager search underway but that doesn’t quite fit my story so ignore them, they don’t count. Rovers took […]
Arsenal The post-Robin van Persie era has started very poorly for Arsenal in the Premier League with the Gunners managing only 15 points from 10 matches – their lowest total since Arsene Wenger took over at the club. Safe to say, they miss him. Podolski and Giroud, reasonably asked to carry the burden of replacing […]
Malcolm Dawson writes: “With £10 tickets available via season card holders, a healthy crowd of over 41,515 turned up for this one. The majority, Pete Sixsmith included, were hopeful of a turnaround in fortunes and took their seats looking forward to an opportunity for the Lads to finally stamp their authority on a game there […]
Having recognised that his midfield has been bossed about by opponents, Sir Alex has been seen to pack more numbers in there and employ the energy of Rooney. Whether it is the effective diamond against Newcastle, or the 4-1-4-1 against Chelsea last weekend, he is determined not to see his midfield get overrun as it […]
When Alessandro Del Piero stood in front of his Juventus fans and waived an emotional goodbye after 19 years at the Stadio delle Alpi, few in the news soccer thought we would ever see him grace the football field again. A life of celebrity stardom and possible managerial successes lay ahead of him but, instead […]
West Brom v Southampton, Monday 20:00 Romelu Lukaku scored for West Brom in his second start for the Baggies last weekend, but his goal was not enough to prevent Newcastle defeating West Brom 2-1 Lukaku has three goals now in the Premier League this season having had 18 efforts at goal with a lethal 89% […]
Liverpool v Newcastle, Sunday 16:00 Liverpool shared the spoils with Everton in the Merseyside derby last weekend as Luis Suarez took centre stage as his shot drew an own goal from Leighton Baines and he also scored the second Suarez now has six goals this season, but his 50 efforts at goal means his conversion […]
QPR v Reading, Sunday 13:30 QPR looked like holding Arsenal to a draw in their last league fixture before Mikel Arteta scored a controversial late winner Previously Jamie Mackie and Esteban Grenaro had both missed good opportunities to get on the score sheet Only Sunderland have scored fewer goals than QPR this season, but it’s […]
Whilst Arsenal fans responded to Robin van Persie like a bunch of bitter ex-girlfriends, it appears as though the players at his former club are more forgiving. “Robin, you’re a c*nt” and “Robin van Persie, you know what you are” (?) were sung loudly from the stands, as well as replacing his name with Santi […]
Sunderland v Aston Villa, Saturday 15:00 Sunderland have now drawn six of their first nine games this season after a 0-0 draw with Stoke in their last outing Simon Mignolet was outstanding for the Black Cats to keep a clean sheet Sunderland are the lowest scoring team in the league, having scored just six goals […]
West Ham v Man City, Saturday 17:30 A late consolation goal from James Tomkins wasn’t enough to stop West Ham sliding to a 2-1 defeat against Wigan in their last league fixture Tomkins has previously provided a goal scoring threat from defence for West Ham, having had seven attempts at goal this season, all of […]
Tottenham v Wigan, Saturday 15:00 Gareth Bale and Clint Dempsey were both on target for Spurs against Southampton as they sealed a 2-1 victory Bale’s goal was his third of the season and the talented winger may feel his luck is changing. Bale has had 29 shots at goal so far with an impressive 62% […]
Swansea v Chelsea, Saturday 15:00 Swansea played out the longest game in Premier League history against Man City last weekend, and will be frustrated that they could not take all three points as they outplayed City for long stretches The longest game in Premier League history was a test on player fitness, and Swansea covered […]