Worst ever Champions League start for English clubs as Arsenal lose opening two games for first time and Chelsea frustrated in Porto September 29, 2015 English clubs are enduring their worst ever start to the Champions League in its current format after both Arsenal and Chelsea lost tonight. Arsenal were defeated 3-2 at home by Olympiacos – the Greek side's first ever win on English soil – to condemn Arsene Wenger's men to two losses from their opening two Champions League [...]
Premier League: Lukaku inspires Everton fightback September 29, 2015 WEST BROM 2 EVERTON 3 EVERTON boss Roberto Martinez refused to be drawn on his side’s credentials to qualify for the Champions League despite £30m striker Romelu Lukaku sending the Toffees fifth after inspiring a stunning fightback at West Brom last night. Lukaku returned to haunt former club West Brom with a second-half double, either side [...]
Wenger: Don’t blame league for Euro slump September 28, 2015 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger insists it is too early to discern whether a highly competitive Premier League is damaging the results of English clubs in Europe. The Gunners and both Manchester clubs all lost their opening Champions League group stage contests, adding to fears that England could have its allocation cut from four places to [...]
Axe will fall on under par stars, warns Mourinho September 28, 2015 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has warned his under-performing players that nobody is safe from the axe after his side’s uncharacteristically sluggish start to the season. The Blues will seek respite from an underwhelming opening to the Premier League campaign tonight as they bid to build on their Champions League Group A victory against Maccabi Tel [...]
Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers put up for sale by chairman Steve Morgan September 28, 2015 Wolves chairman Steve Morgan has put his 100 per cent shareholding in the Championship club up for sale, eight years after taking control. Morgan will continue to support the club financially as it looks for a new buyer, but will step down from the board and day-to-day activities with immediate effect. The founder of FTSE [...]
Three Arsenal players and Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez named as best in the Premier League in their position so far this season September 28, 2015 Despite the team's unsure start to the season, three Arsenal players have been named as the best-performing Premier League players in their respective positions so far. Read more: Arsenal 2014/2015 player stats Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil have been deemed to be the league's best performing players at centre-back, defensive midfield and attacking midfield respectively [...]
Walcott: Watch hat-trick hero Sanchez go now September 27, 2015 ARSENAL striker Theo Walcott has backed team-mate Alexis Sanchez to open the floodgates after the Chile forward finally opened his goalscoring account for the season with a hat-trick at Leicester on Saturday. Sanchez netted 25 times in his debut season for the Gunners but had drawn a blank in eight games this term before hitting [...]
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: Wilfried Zaha wanted to prove me wrong in Watford win September 27, 2015 Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew praised Wilfried Zaha’s resolve after the winger responded to criticism with a match-winning intervention off the bench at Watford today. Read more: Pardew criticises Zaha Zaha’s trickery tempted Hornets full-back Allan Nyom into a tackle that gleaned a penalty and captain Yohan Cabaye stepped up to become the first away player [...]
The British love affair with Bordeaux is here to stay September 26, 2015 The UK has traditionally been a nation of claret-lovers, dating as far back as the 12th century when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry Plantagenet. Eager to please his French subjects, King Henry II decreed that any ship sailing from Bordeaux would be exempt from export tax. By the 14th century, England, Scotland and Ireland were [...]
Keeping back door closed might be Spurs’ best chance September 25, 2015 Ben Cleminson previews the best of the weekend’s Premier League action DERBY defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday night provided an unwelcome setback for Tottenham. After consecutive wins against Sunderland and Crystal Palace, the 2-1 reverse against their rivals in the Capital One Cup opened up the cracks that those wins had papered over. Spurs still [...]