Marouane Fellaini Is An Important Part Of Manchester United Set-Up And His Performance Against Middlesbrough Showed Us Why No player has attracted more ire and criticism from the fans in recent times at Manchester United, than Marouane Fellaini. The Belgian arrived in the summer of 2013, in the much-maligned David Moyes era and has ever since found himself … Read more
The way Liverpool began the season, it wouldn’t have been wrong to think that they will be right up there, challenging for the Premier League title come May. The exciting 4-3 win against Arsenal on the opening day, while generating great excitement and thrill, also did expose the Reds’ vulnerability at the back. The next game, … Read more
Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by the visiting Liverpool side at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday night. James Milner gave Liverpool the lead from the penalty spot after Gael Clichy’s clumsy challenge on Roberto Firmino. But City responded well despite looking out of the contest for a short time after that goal, with … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur Player Ratings Tottenham Hotspur overcome the absence of Harry Kane to cling on for three points against a gutsy, spirited Southampton side, by winning 2-1 at the White Hart Lane. Christian Eriksen fired home the opening goal from outside the box after 14 minutes after collecting a short pass from Mousa Dembele. Later, Steven … Read more
Manchester United managed to cling on and withstand heavy pressure against a galvanized Middlesbrough side under interim boss Steve Agnew, defeating the relegation threatened side 3-1 at the Riverside Stadium on Sunday afternoon. It was the Red Devils who opened the scoring in the first-half after Ashley Young picked out Marouane Fellaini at the back … Read more
Crystal Palace made it three wins on the spin with a scrappy 1-0 win against Watford on Saturday afternoon at the Selhurst Park, courtesy of an own goal from Troy Deeney. In what was a largely uneventful first-half, the home team came really into the game late in the half as they threatened to break the deadlock, … Read more
Kasper Schmeichel Saves Leicester’s Blushes Leicester picked up their first away win of the season in the Premier League with a 3-2 win at West Ham United. Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring for Leicester after only 5 minutes at the London Stadium. Just two minutes later, Robert Huth doubled the champions’ lead as he headed home … Read more
West Brom recorded their second home win on the bounce over Arsenal as they humbled the Gunners to a 3-1 defeat at the Hawthorns, on Saturday afternoon. The Baggies were looking menacing from the get-go and soon opened the scoring as early as the 12th minute, when right-back Craig Dawson rose the highest for a corner, … Read more
Cahill Goes From Villain To Hero As Chelsea Beat Stoke Chelsea went thirteen points clear at the top of the Premier League standings as they defeated Mark Hughes’ Stoke City 2-1 at the bet365 Stadium om Saturday evening. The Blues did not take long to get ahead, as Willian caught Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant unawares … Read more
The Rise And Rise Of Juan Mata Another game, another big goal from the boots of Juan Mata. The number of crucial strikes the Spaniard has scored under Jose Mourinho this season is rising. Mata was once again the match-winner for Manchester United against Russian side FC Rostov on Thursday night in the UEFA Europa League, scoring the only … Read more