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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Club friendly:Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Inter

Yohan Cabaye 's second-half strike was enough to hand Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win over Inter in a friendly clash on Tuesday. The France midfielder produced a composed finish shortly before the hour mark in Marrakech. Both sides had been guilty of wasting presentable opportunities before that, but a combination of profligate finishing and good goalkeeping kept the game scoreless until Cabaye's intervention. Mauro Icardi missed two chances...

Real Madrid 2-4 Ac milan: in a friendly to continue their encouraging form

Filippo Inzaghi paid tribute to Stephan El Shaarawy's "two brilliant goals" after his AC Milan side beat Real Madrid 4-2 on Tuesday. The Italy international scored twice along with Jeremy Menez and Giampaolo Pazzini to hand the Rossoneri a friendly win over the European champions in Dubai. Inzaghi was delighted with the efforts of his entire squad and believes the win is another encouraging sign of their recent form against strong teams. "I...

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Manchester City 2-2 Burnley;Ashley Barnes late goal let Chelsea off the hook

A late Ashley Barnes strike gained Burnley a surprise 2-2 draw at Manchester City on Sunday to end the champions’ nine-match winning run.  City were on course for a club-record 10th consecutive victory in all competitions that would have seen them move to within a point of Premier League leaders Chelsea, who drew with Southampton earlier in the day.  However, after George Boyd pulled one back, Barnes completed a memorable comeback for...

QPR 0–0 Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace caretaker boss Keith Millen denied QPR a fourth consecutive Premier League triumph at Loftus Road following a goalless draw.  A stubborn Palace defence kept Harry Redknapp’s side at bay on Sunday as the London rivals claimed what could prove to be a valuable point apiece in their respective battles to avoid relegation.   Palace co-chairman Steve Parish demanded a response from the club’s players after the sacking of manager...

Hull City 0-1 Leicester City

Leicester City ended their three-month wait for a Premier League win as Riyad Mahrez fired them to a 1-0 victory over Hull City on Sunday.  Mahrez collected a pass 20 yards from goal just after the half-hour at the KC Stadium and netted his second league goal of the season past Allan McGregor.  Hull had started well but wasted the few openings they were able to create, and Mahrez punished them in a scrappy first half.  Steve Bruce...

West Ham 1-2 Arsenal:Welbeck's goal scure 3 points for Arsenal

Arsenal overcame a rough first half to beat West Ham United 2-1 on Sunday at Boleyn Ground, with the Gunners once again ruthlessly efficient in front of goal. The hosts dominated the first half but went into half-time down two scores, and they never recovered in the second half.  A sloppy start to the match saw both teams playing long ball after long ball without any real results.  Alex Song thought he had opened the score inside the...

Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland

Ten-man Aston Villa held on for a goalless draw against toothless Sunderland after Fabian Delph had been sent off at Villa Park on Sunday.  Villa midfielder Delph was shown a straight red card by referee Martin Atkinson for a late challenge on Jordi Gomez just four minutes into the second half.  It was the third time in the last four Premier League games that Paul Lambert’s side had been reduced to 10 men, but Sunderland were unable to...

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United:A point for United ensured they will head into 2015 in third place, with a trip to Stoke City to come on New Year's Day.

Tottenham and Manchester United shared the points at White Hart Lane on Sunday, but the home side owed a debt of gratitude to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris for keeping his team in the contest at half-time.  The France international pulled off a string of fine saves to prevent the Old Trafford club from building further momentum after their Boxing Day win over Newcastle. Radamel Falcao, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie were all thwarted by Lloris...

Stoke 2 - 0 West Brom:Diouf brace secures back-to-back wins for stoke city

A Mame Biram Diouf brace helped Stoke to back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this term in Sunday’s 2-0 scalp of West Brom.  Mark Hughes’ men had failed to string together consecutive top-flight wins this season before West Brom’s visit and, although the away side will count themselves unlucky not to have earned a share of the spoils, Diouf’s second-half double proved decisive.  Brown Ideye, Chris Brunt and Craig Gardner...

southampton 1 - 1 chelsea:Chelsea will finish 2014 as Premier League leaders, despite chelsea playing 1-1 draw with Southampton

Chelsea will finish 2014 as Premier League leaders, despite Jose Mourinho’s side toiling to a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Sunday.  The west Londoners failed to hit their usual impeccable standards at the St Mary’s Stadium on Sunday, with Southampton displaying their top-four credentials in a battling display.  An upset appeared on the cards when Sadio Mane made the most of sloppy defending from Chelsea captain John Terry, recently promised...

Saturday, 27 December 2014

Chelsea 2-0 West Ham:

Chelsea retained their place at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham . John Terry and Diego Costa grabbed the goals in an impressive display as the fourth-placed visitors were brushed aside at Stamford Bridge. The Blues entered the game desperate to ensure they remained at the summit ahead of Manchester City's trip to West Brom later in the day, although West Ham - a far cry from the team Jose Mourinho famously...

Arsenal 2-1 QPR

A superb display from Alexis Sanchez helped Arsenal to a 2-1 Premier League triumph over QPR, despite Olivier Giroud's needless red card. Alexis scored a first-half opener and, after Giroud had been sent-off following a moment of madness, then set up Tomas Rosicky for a second as Arsenal took the points at the Emirates Stadium. The game went to script in the early exchanges, as the hosts completely dominated possession amid some dogged defending...

Everton 0-1 Stoke City

Bojan Krkic 's first-half penalty was enough to seal a 1-0 triumph for Stoke City over Everton in a full-blooded Premier League clash at Goodison Park. The former Barcelona forward gave Mark Hughes' side the lead 38 minutes into a stop-start first half with a calmly taken penalty, though Everton missed a host of gilt-edged opportunities to level before the break. Stoke, who were lucky not to have boyhood Evertonian Jonathan Walters sent off...

Sunderland 1-3 Hull City

Hull City climbed out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win at Sunderland , their first success in 11 Premier League games. Steve Bruce's men travelled to his former club looking for their first win since October, having scored just twice in their last nine outings. The misery looked set to continue when Adam Johnson, who scored a last- gasp winner as Sunderland beat Newcastle United last time out, capitalised on a defensive error to give the...

Burnley 0-1 Liverpool

Raheem Sterling netted the winner as Liverpool claimed a hard-fought 1-0 Premier League victory at Burnley on Boxing Day. The England forward scored twice in the League Cup quarter-final victory over Bournemouth last week, and he was on target again as the visitors ended a three-match winless sequence in the top flight. Burnley dominated the first half at Turf Moor and struck the post through Danny Ings, but they were unable to make their superiority...

Swansea 1–0 Aston Villa

Swansea City beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Friday to claim their first Boxing Day victory since 2007. The Welsh club had not won their first post-Christmas fixture since a 4-1 triumph over Cheltenham Town in League One seven years ago, but welcomed a Villa side who had emerged triumphant in just three Boxing Day fixtures in the Premier League era. Swansea were dominant in the first half at the Liberty Stadium and opened the...

Leicester City 1-2 Tottenham: Eriksen & Kane completes the day for Spurs

A stellar performance from Hugo Lloris kept the Foxes largely at bay with the pressure now really mounting on Nigel Pearson following yet another defeat. Tottenham closed to within two points of the Premier League's top four with a 2-1 victory over strugglers Leicester City on Boxing Day. Christian Eriksen's 70th-minute free-kick secured all three points for Mauricio Pochettino's side, after they had soaked up pressure from their hosts. Harry...

Crystal Palace 1-3 Southampton:

Southampton returned to the top four of the Premier League with a comfortable 3-1 win at struggling Crystal Palace. Sadio Mane marked his return to the Southampton starting-XI with a superb performance at Selhurst Park on Boxing Day, as he opened the scoring with an excellent early goal before turning provider for Ryan Bertrand to double the visitors' lead early in the second-half. Defender Toby Alderweireld, on loan from Atletico Madrid, then...

West Brom 1-3 Manchester City

Manchester City made the most of a sluggish showing from West Brom as the Premier League champions eased to a 3-1 win at The Hawthorns. Despite being without captain Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko through injury, Manuel Pellegrini's side took advantage of a dismal opening period from the hosts to keep pace with leaders Chelsea. The visitors were handed an early gift courtesy of Ben Foster, as the West Brom goalkeeper dropped...

Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle

Wayne Rooney put in a vintage performance as Manchester United beat Newcastle 3-1 at Old Trafford to make it seven wins from eight Premier League games. Having been held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa last Saturday, Louis van Gaal's side will have been eager to get back to winning ways in the Boxing Day clash. And United had little difficulty in doing so, cruising to a comfortable victory despite the continued absence of winger Angel Di Maria,...

Agent:I believe Ronaldo will finish his career at Real Madrid

The Portuguese's agent, Jorge Mendes, claims the forward will not leave the Santiago Bernabeu, while he also lauded the prospects of Barcelona star Neymar. Cristiano Ronaldo's agent has claimed that the two- time Ballon d'Or-winning forward will finish his playing career at Real Madrid . The Portuguese was consistently linked with a return to Manchester United last year before putting pen to paper on a new deal which runs until June 2018,...

Thursday, 25 December 2014

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Podolski set for inter move in January

Inter, now managed by former Manchester City Roberto Mancini, want to get the deal done quickly to enable Podolski to acclimatise himself with his new surroundings and teammates and be ready to play. The 2010 Champions League winners have seen a dramatic downfall in fortunes in the last 3-4 seasons and currently lie 11th in the table. Despite not being able to participate in Europe 's most elite club competition in the Italian capital,...

Monday, 22 December 2014

Southampton 3-0 Everton

Southampton ended their poor run of Premier League form by overcoming a lacklustre Everton side 3-0 at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday. A Romelu Lukaku own-goal combined with second-half goals from Graziano Pelle and Maya Yoshida ensured that Ronald Koeman's men secured their first victory in five league outings. Much had been made of Southampton's injury woes before kick-off, with a run of five consecutive defeats in all competitions culminating...

QPR 3-2 West Brom: Austin scores hat- trick in comeback win

Charlie Austin struck his first Premier League hat trick as QPR came from behind to beat West Brom 3-2 at Loftus Road on Saturday. Austin - the top English scorer in the division - headed home the winning goal in the 87th minut to complete a stunning comeback for Harry Redknapp's side - who move out of the bottom three. Joleon Lescott and Silvestre Varela each struck their first goals for Albion as the visitors raced into a dominant lead...

West Ham 2-0 Leicester City

Goals in either half from Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing helped West Ham see off struggling Leicester City 2-0 at Upton Park on Saturday. Nigel Pearson's rock-bottom side had their winless run extended to 12 matches as the hosts continued their fine season with a fourth win from their last five Premier League outings. Carroll maintained his strong return to action from a long-term heel injury by scoring his third goal in as many games after...

Tottenham 2-1 Burnley: Lamela stunner seals win

Erik Lamela's superb first Premier League goal earned Tottenham a 2-1 win over Burnley in an entertaining encounter at White Hart Lane. The Argentine, who arrived for a club-record fee from Roma prior to the 2013-14 campaign, had previously gone 25 league appearances without finding the net for Spurs, but he broke his duck in fine style on Saturday. Lamela produced a sublime curling finish from 25 yards to net the winner in the 35th minute,...

Barcelona 5-0 Cordoba: Suarez ends Liga goal drought as Catalans close on Real Madrid

The €94 million striker finally netted in the Primera Division, while Lionel Messi struck twice, with Pedro and Gerard Pique bagging one goal apiece Luis Suarez ended his Liga goal drought as Barcelona closed to within a point of leaders Real Madrid with a resounding 5-0 win over Cordoba. Pedro broke the deadlock with just three minutes on the clock and the winger then turned provided for Suarez, who opened his Primera Division account at the...

Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United: Falcao on target but Red Devils held by 10 men

Manchester United 's winning run came to an end on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by 10-man Aston Villa . Louis van Gaal's side travelled to Birmingham on the back of six straight wins and boasting an excellent record at Villa, who had lost to Midlands rivals West Brom last time out. However, United were frustrated by a dogged showing from Paul Lambert's men, who held on for a point despite playing the final 25 minutes...

Werder Bremen 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

The 19-year-old opened the scoring at Weserstadion and then set up Fin Bartels for the crucial second as the hosts held on to three precious points - despite Mats Hummels' header Davie Silke was the star of the show as Werder Bremen lifted themselves off the foot of the Bundesliga with a 2-1 win over relegation rivals Borussia Dortmund....

Manchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace

David Silva scored twice as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 to move level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea. The Spain midfielder struck twice in the second half on his 200th appearance for the club at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, as the champions stretched their winning run to eight games in all competitions. City had been toothless in the first half, with James Milner employed in an unfamiliar advance role in the absence...

Manchester United target Enzo Perez expected to seal transfer next week

In the past one year or so, may be more than that, Manchester United have been repeatedly linked with a move for Argentine forward Enzo Perez. Portuguese media, Argentine media and Spanish media both have time and again covered United's interest in the player. Spanish newspapers have an interest here, because, Perez is also a reported target of Valencia . We bring you here some of the recent stories we covered on Enzo Perez that will...

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Swansea City 1-1 Crystal Palace

Mile Jedinak's first-half penalty secured a 1-1draw for Crystal Palace as they battled back to earna share of the spoils at Swansea City on Saturday.A strike from the spot earned a Premier Leaguepoint for the Londoners at the Liberty Stadium lastseason, and history repeated itself this time aroundWilfried Bony gave the home side an excellent startinside quarter of an hour, turning his man tofire home, before Jedinak equalised with apowerful spot-kick...

Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Leicester City: Austin goal decides Loftus Road thriller

Charlie Austin gave QPR a vital victory as they edged out Leicester City 3-2 atLoftus Road to move off the foot of the Premier League table.In-form forward Austin was on hand to force home the winner with a close-range header in the 73rd minute, with his seventh league goal of the seasonensuring Leicester are now bottom.Austin's goal came just six minutes after Jeffrey Schlupp had pulled Leicesterlevel, and lifted QPR above both their opponents and...

Hertha Berlin 0-1 Bayern Munich

Teed up by Thomas Muller, the Dutchman curled infrom 20 yards out with 21 minutes gone and PepGuardiola's men survived a few late scares to claiall three pointsArjen Robben 's curled, first-half effort edgedBayern Munich to a 1-0 victory at Hertha Berlin onSaturday.Bayern have fond recent memories of theOlympiastadion, having sealed the Bundesliga titlethere last March before beating Borussia Dortmunin the DFB-Pokal final three months later, and...

West Brom 0-1 Arsenal

Danny Welbeck struck as Arsenal's resurgent endto November was consolidated with a hard-fought1-0 win at West Brom in the Premier League.Consecutive defeats domestically - following a 3-3draw with Anderlecht in the UEFA ChampionsLeague, which saw Arsenal throw away a three-goal lead - had seen Arsene Wenger's ability toguide the London club to further silverware thisseason questioned.However, a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund inmidweek proved Arsenal's...

Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Nice

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's spot kick early in the first halfwas enough for Paris Saint-Germain to defeat Nice1-0 on Saturday and, in the process, reduce thegap between them and table-toppers Marseilleback to one point.Marcelo Bielsa's side had gone four points clearwith a 2-0 win at home to Nantes on Friday, but thechampions responded in fine fashion at the Parcdes Princes.PSG totally dominated the first half, thoughIbrahimovic's penalty was all they had...

Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City: Glen Johnson secures vital win for Rodgers

Glen Johnson's late goal ended Liverpool's four-match Premier League winless run and ensured adramatic 1-0 win over Stoke City.Brendan Rodgers' men had not won since Octoberbut Johnson - the subject of criticism for somebelow-par showings this term - was the hero as hebravely headed home with five minutes remainingon Saturday.Rickie Lambert's looping header crashed back offunderside the crossbar, with Johnson stooping tonod home the winner at the...

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Everton 2-1 West Ham:Osman the hero on 400th appearance as Toffees burst Hammers bubble

Leon Osman marked his 400th appearance for Everton with the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over West Ham on Saturday. The midfielder finished off a flowing move with 17 minutes remaining at Goodison Park, tapping home from close range after a superb low cross from Samuel Eto'o. Romelu Lukaku had broken the deadlock midway through the first half with a poacher's finish, latching onto a deflection to ne his fifth league goal of the season. Mauro Zarate...

Leicester 0-0 Sunderland:Leicester City's win less run stretched to seven matches as they were held to a goalless draw by Sunderland.

Leicester City's winless run stretched to seven matches as they were held to a goalless draw by Sunderland. Kasper Schmeichel saved well to deny Steven Fletcher and Ada Johnson in the first half as the Black Cats dominated proceedings. But Gus Poyet had Costel Pantillimon to thank for his side claiming a point as the former Manchester City goalkeeper twice denied Matthew James after the break. In a bid to end Leicester's barren run in front of goal,...

Paderborn 2-2 Borussia Dortmund: Reus injured as BVB collapse

Borussia Dortmund surrendered a two-goal lead after seeingMarco Reus succumb to injury yet again as they drew 2-2 atPaderborn on Saturday.Dortmund took a deserved early lead through Pierre-EmerickAubameyang's tap-in before Reus slotted home on the stroke ofhalf-time as the visitors looked on course for a secondsuccessive league win.But Lukas Rupp gave the hosts hope midway through the seconhalf with a terrific individual strike, and they were furtherbuoyed...

Chelsea 2-0 West Brom:Diego Costa was on target yet again as Chelsea beat 10-man West Brom 2-0 to go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Chelsea maintained their unbeaten start to the season andmoved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League witha 2-0 win over ten-man West Brom.With second-placed Southampton not playing untilMonday night, Jose Mourinho's men took the opportunityto extend their lead at the summit as they coasted tovictory against the Baggies at Stamford Bridge.Diego Costa was afforded too much space in the box to firehome his 11th goal of the season with...

Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United: Rooney's strike seal the victory for manchester united

Manchester United weathered a storm to secure a 2-1 victorythat leaves Arsenal 15 points adrift of Premier League leadersChelsea.The hosts dominated for most of the opening hour at EmiratesStadium but found United goalkeeper David de Gea in excellentform.The same could not be said for De Gea's Arsenal counterpart,Wojciech Szczesny, whose failure to deal with a ball into the boxled directly to Kieran Gibbs' 56th-minute own goal on the end oAntonio...