Football Betting Tips: United’s European heroics could lead to league stalemate March 7, 2019 BARCELONA in 1999 and Istanbul in 2005 live long in the memory as the greatest Champions League comebacks in modern history, however we could have another contender after Manchester United’s epic night in Paris on Wednesday. The Red Devils looked dead and buried after their 2-0 first leg defeat at Old Trafford, but Marcus Rashford’s [...]
With nine games to go, the battle for the Premier League Golden Boot looks set to go down to the wire March 7, 2019 At the front of every great team there is a goalscorer, charged with converting the team's chances into goals and delivering moments of quality that can change the course of a game. While the battle for the Premier League crown looks set to go down to the wire, there is another race that is starting [...]
Puma claws Manchester City away from Nike to grow their consumer impression March 6, 2019 Premier League champions Manchester City have signed a long-term shirt sponsorship deal with German sportswear brand Puma, ending a 7-year agreement with Nike. The move will put a different logo on players’ chests but also affect loyal fans. Media reports suggest the deal could be worth up to £65m a year over 10 years. Puma [...]
Only one of Southampton and Cardiff will survive in Premier League relegation scrap March 5, 2019 It's turning into a two-way relegation fight between Cardiff and Southampton to fill the final place in the Premier League's bottom three. For Huddersfield and Fulham it is already too late. The former are long gone and will already be preparing for next season in the Championship, while the Cottagers have got every decision wrong [...]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given Manchester United a new-found resolve ahead of Paris Saint-Germain clash March 5, 2019 When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first – and so far only – defeat as Manchester United caretaker manager against Paris Saint-Germain last month, it prompted doubts as to whether the rich vein of form his side had discovered was about to unravel. A lacklustre performance in the first leg of the last-16 Champions League tie [...]
Premier League scheduling does not favour English clubs in Europe, but whose fault is it? March 5, 2019 It is just as well that Tottenham take a three-goal advantage into tonight’s Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund, given their testing week in the lead-up to the last 16 second-leg match. While Spurs battle fatigue following hard-fought games against Burnley, Chelsea and Arsenal, Dortmund come into the fixture having had four days’ recovery. Such is [...]
Jurgen Klopp blames windy conditions after Liverpool blow chance to regain Premier League lead March 3, 2019 A prickly Jurgen Klopp preferred to focus on the blustery conditions inside Goodison Park after his team drew 0-0 with Everton on Sunday but there is no escaping the conclusion that the Premier League title that Liverpool so crave is slipping from their grasp. Having fuelled hope of a first top-flight crown since 1990 by [...]
Roy Hodgson’s career enjoying late bloom at boyhood club Crystal Palace after England’s Iceland debarcle February 28, 2019 England’s infamous 2-1 defeat by Iceland at the 2016 European Championships could easily have been the end of Roy Hodgson’s management career. Embarrassed by one of the national team’s biggest ever shocks, Hodgson resigned immediately and was heavily criticised for his side’s dreadful performance, negative tactics and team selection. Aged 68 and with 40 years [...]
Brendan’s second coming: Rodgers to resurrect Premier League career with Leicester February 28, 2019 “My biggest mentor is myself,” was just one of the memorable utterances to emerge from Brendan Rodgers during his first stint in the Premier League, but more than three years after his sacking by Liverpool he has returned to England in the latest step in his bid to rebuild credibility. The Northern Irish manager has [...]
Improving Arsenal aiming to repeat finest hour of Unai Emery’s reign against stuttering Tottenham February 28, 2019 This was more like it. After a sticky opening double header, Unai Emery had crowned a 19-game unbeaten run with a watershed 4-2 triumph over Tottenham that suggested not only a challenge to Spurs’ new-found superiority in north London but also a successful transition to the post-Wenger era at Arsenal. It wasn’t just the result, [...]