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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...