Liga and Serie A beat English in TV cash grab November 11, 2013 PREMIER League chairmen may be licking their lips at the prospect of BT Sport’s vast investment trickling down to their clubs, but for now England’s top teams are being left in the shade by Spanish and even Italian teams when it comes to income from television rights. Real Madrid (€178m) rake in the most broadcast [...]
Football Comment: Rooney leading United back into title contention November 11, 2013 ONLY since the final whistle blew at Old Trafford on Sunday have we seen just how important their win over Arsenal was to Manchester United. Players such as Wayne Rooney have admitted that defeat would have been a terminal blow to their Premier League title hopes, even at this early stage of the season. Losing [...]
Szczesny wants Arsenal to stretch their lead November 11, 2013 ARSENAL goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has called on his team-mates to reassert their authority at the top of the Premier League table, following Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to title rivals Manchester United. Striker Robin van Persie’s first-half header was enough to inflict a first league defeat on the Gunners since the opening day of the season and [...]
Saints preserving home form is key to early season surge November 11, 2013 PERHAPS the best story from this exciting season is Southampton’s surge into the top three under Mauricio Pochettino. Eyebrows were raised when Pochettino replaced Nigel Adkins, who led the Saints into the top flight with successive promotions, but the Argentinian has improved them even further. The 4-1-4-1 system Southampton favour allows them to press high [...]
BSkyB shares fall on BT Champions League news, but did BT pay too much? November 11, 2013 BSkyB is dragging the FTSE 100 down 4.4 points, as it shares dropped more than eight per cent this morning, after rival BT won the exclusive broadcasting rights to Champions and Europa League football matches. BT Sport will be the home of UEFA from 2015-2018, in a £900m deal announced on Saturday. BT has agreed to [...]
Premier League: Van Persie haunts nervy Arsenal as Moyes enjoys best United day November 10, 2013 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 vs ARSENAL 0 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger blamed nerves after his Premier League leaders were brought back down to earth by familiar foes, Manchester United and their former Gunners striker Robin van Persie. His first-half header earned United boss David Moyes the biggest triumph of his nascent tenure, lifted them to within [...]
Our height was key to victory, reveals Rooney November 10, 2013 MANCHESTER United forward Wayne Rooney revealed his team deliberately pinpointed Arsenal’s lack of height in order to secure a vital three points that boosted their hopes of retaining their Premier League crown. The Gunners, missing 6ft 6in central defender Per Mertesacker through illness, conceded the only goal when former striker Robin Van Persie rose highest [...]
Premier League: Krul defeat for Spurs as Newcastle keeper stars November 10, 2013 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 vs NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas felt the record-breaking performance of goalkeeper Tim Krul was decisive as his team dropped points at home for the third time in four Premier League matches yesterday. Krul saved 14 of Spurs’ 31 attempts at goal, the highest number of stops in a single [...]
Premier League: Pellegrini at a loss to explain City’s travel woe November 10, 2013 SUNDERLAND 1 vs MANCHESTER CITY 0 MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini admitted yesterday that he is baffled by his team’s awful away record, after they fell to their fourth Premier League defeat on the road at the Stadium of Light. A first-half goal from Phil Bardsley gave the Black Cats a crucial victory in their [...]
Injury-time penalty saves Potters November 10, 2013 FOOTBALL: Stoke climbed out of the Premier League’s bottom three yesterday thanks to a last-minute equaliser against Swansea. The Potters led 2-0 at half-time, but were 3-2 down before Charlie Adam’s late penalty.