CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010-11 December 16, 2010 AFTER 96 group stages matches and 276 goals, the wheat has been cut from the chaff. Among the remaining 16 teams are the English quartet of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Spurs, who will find out thier next opponents in today’s draw. The Gunners will be most worried, with Barcelona or Real Madrid potentially next [...]
Inflation fear up, but Posen unconcerned December 16, 2010 SUPPORTERS of a rise in interest rates were compared to “global warming deniers” yesterday by a leading Bank of England rate setter. Adam Posen said that judging the economy on “temporary” high inflation and growth levels was like denying global warming “every time we had a bad winter.” Expecting economic conditions to continue was similar [...]
Title rivals are hard to split in massive match December 16, 2010 CHELSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITED SUNDAY, 4.00PM, SKY SPORTS CARLO Ancelotti was much happier with his team’s performance at Tottenham on Sunday, but how he must wish that Didier Drogba had converted his injury-time penalty. A draw was probably a fair result in the end and taking a point from White Hart Lane is never a [...]
Tevez will be told to stay December 15, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini will implore wantaway striker Carlos Tevez to remain at the club when the pair meet for showdown talks tomorrow. Mancini is yet to confront his leading goalscorer, but is confident the 26-year-old can be talked out of leaving the club in January. City have made it clear they intend to make sure [...]
Cameron refuses to block Spurs Olympic stadium bid December 15, 2010 TOTTENHAM’S bid to move into the Olympic Stadium has received a double boost after Prime Minister David Cameron and the Premier League refused to stand in the way of the controversial plan. Cameron (right) declined when asked by David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, to sign a petition demanding Spurs ditch proposals to move from [...]
Park strife as Arsenal falter December 13, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD 1 vs ARSENAL 1 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes his team are still capable of sustaining a challenge for the Premier League title despite seeing Manchester United ominously climb back to the summit, with a game in hand, following last night’s defeat at Old Trafford. Ji-Sung Park’s splendidly improvised header four minutes before [...]
West Ham linked to Allardyce sacking December 13, 2010 BLACKBURN captain Ryan Nelsen last night expressed his dismay at the shock sacking of manager Sam Allardyce, saying he was “devastated” by the actions of the club’s new Indian owners. Allardyce was shown the door despite Rovers being five points above the Premier League relegation zone in 13th place, amid rumours of conflict with the [...]
Lampard expects to win league December 13, 2010 FOOTBALL: Frank Lampard is convinced floundering Chelsea will retain their Premier League title if they replicate their performance in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Tottenham. He said: “If we play with the spirit we showed there, I have no doubt we’ll win the league, because we’ve got the quality in our team.”
We are back: Ancelotti hails Chelsea revival December 12, 2010 TOTTENHAM (1) vs CHELSEA (1) CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti warned his Premier League rivals that yesterday’s draw at Spurs signalled the end of the Blues’ blip. Roman Pavlyuchenko’s first-half strike looked likely to condemn the champions to a fourth league defeat in seven games, before substitute Didier Drogba benefited from a goalkeeping howler by Heurelho [...]
Wenger surprised at Arsenal leading a tougher top flight December 12, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD vs ARSENAL ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger leads his side into a match that will have a huge bearing on their title ambitions tonight in the firm belief that winning the Premier League is tougher than ever. The Gunners arrive at Old Trafford top of the table but battle-scarred from four defeats, three of [...]