As Manchester United inch closer to a return to Europe’s elite competition, the euphoria at Old Trafford is tempered by thoughts of the future. A tough 2-1 win over Brentford brings them closer to European glory but behind the sprawling billboards, eyes and ears are fixed on the next summer, and the next stage of the rebuilding project. The Brentford victory filled the air with excitement. The crowd...
Pep Guardiola has put Manchester City at a place where they are most comfortable, which is the first place in the premier league table. A narrow 1 0 at Turf Moor over Burnley had left City again on top of Arsenal and rejuvenated the feeling that this time once more the champions just managed to run in time. It was not glitzy or their roughest performance yet in...
Tottenham Hotspur went out of wild celebrations to a state of its death as Brighton scored just in the dying seconds of a half to score a dramatic draw leaving Spurs survival hopes in a thread. What promised to be an epic fight in the race to relegation areas turned out to be yet another sad episode in a dismal season of failure. It is now time to...
There can be no better response to critics than Michael Carrick gave as Manchester United will gain an invaluable 1-0 win at Chelsea regaining its faith in its quest to win the Champions League and showing that being calm can still bring success in the face of adversity. Following the shock defeat at home to Leeds earlier in the week, there were increasing calls of questioning the interim...
Real Madrid Trophyless Season is not only a looming reality but it is rapidly turning out to be a bitter one that may not only typify the club season but may even chart the future of the club in terms of its managers. Following the disastrous Champions League quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich, Los Blancos now has the actual possibility of going the entire season without any trophies,...
With the club entering the most decisive weeks of its history in recent times, and seemingly the ball of European supremacy and the lead in the Premier League at stake Mikel Arteta mood is now characterizing the Arsenal season. It has been an unmistakable message with a massive impact on it no fear, pure fire which Arteta has sent out over a Champions League semi-final berth and a...
Rodri is currently the focus of the transfer attention and the most recent statements by Pep Guardiola have further complicated the case at Manchester City. Although the manager of the City club has clarified that he desires the Spanish midfielder to remain, he has also repeated a solid club ideology, that no individual is greater than the organization. When a player is dissatisfied, he or she is at...
Liverpool poor form is becoming the story of their season and their latest loss to Brighton has made people even more worried about their tough Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain. They used to do under pressure but now they look weak and not consistent which is not what you’d expect from the team that won the league last year. A year ago when Liverpool played Brighton they...
Danny Welbeck Brighton performance was in the limelight yet again as the experienced striker scored a brace that gave Brighton and Hove Albion a 2-1 defeat over Liverpool, further frustrating the Reds who are now a struggling team in what has now become a tough premier league season. During a night of mistakes, passion, and missed opportunities, Welbeck came out with his clinical finishing that saved the day....
Declan Rice The Horse Arsenal is rapidly emerging as the narrative of how Arsenal are so insatiably pursuing silverware and his most recent performance in a 2-0 over Bayer Leverkusen explains the answer to this question excellently. Rice was serving as the engine of Mikel Arteta to play intensely, consistently, and believing in something in a season that is based on those terms, Rice has become the driving...