Manchester United cut Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Barclay’s Premier League to just one point despite being held by Aston Villa as title race heats up following the top two sides dropping points in midweek. Aston Villa 1 Man Utd 1 The Red Devils’ 1-1 draw at Villa Park, achieved after playing the [...]
There was no dropping to the knees in jubilation this time, there was no place in an elite cup final as a reward, nor was there an epic fight-back attempt from the opposition, but on Saturday Avram Grant once again inflicted defeat upon Rafael Benitez. The Portsmouth boss was at the helm of the Chelsea [...]
Match details Saturday 12 December 2009, 3:00PM Reebok Stadium Att: 22735 Barclays Premier League Referee: Mark Clattenburg (County Durham) Teams Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, K.Davies, Taylor, Knight, Robinson, Chung-Yong, Steinsson, Cahill, Muamba (Davies 82), Cohen, Klasnic (Elmander 74) Unused subs: Al Habsi, O,Brien, Elmander, M. Davies, Samuel, Basham, Ricketts Bookings: Klasnic 45mins, Davies 54, Cohen 59, [...]
MAN CITY 2 CHELSEA 1 Adebayor og 8 Adebayor 37, Tevez 56 Man City: Given, Richards (Onuoha 69), Toure, Lescott, Bridge (Kompany 74), De Jong, Barry, W-Ph’lips, Tevez, Robinho (Zabaleta 90), Adebayor. Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho (Belletti 64), Terry (Malouda 88), A Cole, Essien, Ballack (Mikel 64), Lampard, Deco, Drogba, Anelka. Ref: H Webb Attendance [...]
Dutch international defender Gregory van der Wiel is the latest young star to be linked with City in press around the world. The 21-year-old 5 foot 6 right full-back became a regular in the Ajax side last term under coach Marco van Basten and also made his debut for the Dutch national side to boot. [...]
Watching Paul Merson’s latest attack on Manchester City sent me back almost a decade in time to the days of Harry Enfield and his grotesque character ‘Loads a Money’.
Now forgive me for being a little miffed at the moment, after all we have just drawn a sixth consecutive Premier League match. Yet the reason for my sudden bout of dizziness lies not like most Blues sat staring into their Sunday night pint wondering when this rut will come to an end but elsewhere. [...]
Former Premier League referee, Jeff Winter, has said that Sir Alex Ferguson over stepped the mark with his comments on Alan Wiley. Ferguson implied that Wiley was unfit and not up to the standard of refereeing during Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland. Winter himself was once part of the referee’s club that had to [...]
Spurs romped to victory in their third round Carling Cup match against Preston North End, thanks to a hat trick from Peter Crouch. Tottenham looked in sparkling form and were never threatened during the match as they easily progressed to the next round. Before the game, Spurs manager, Harry Redknapp, was calling for his side [...]
El Hadji Diouf has launched a seething attack against Everton after he revealed that bananas were thrown at him during Blackburn’s match with the Toffees at the weekend. Diouf stormed into the headlines after it was reported that he had filed racist allegations against a number of Everton fans. The fans were said to have [...]