The UEFA Europa League draws came out this Friday right after the Champions League fixtures were announced. Former Feyenoord player and a UEFA cup winner Pierre van Hooijdonk picked out the following draw: [Source: The Guardian] Former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti will return to London with his Napoli side to face Arsenal. Villarreal will face …
Four English teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. What a time to be English! Liverpool’s victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena coupled with Chelsea’s and Arsenal’s wins in the Europa League has ensured that for the first time since 1971 six English sides have progressed into the next round of European …
Leeds United took another step towards the automatic qualification spots for the Premier League next season as they swept a lacklustre Reading side 3-0 here at Madejski Stadium. Mateusz Klich opener followed by a brace from Spaniard Pablo Hernandez was more than enough for the Whites to claim a comfortable victory. Leeds were firm favourites …
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk exhibited pure class as the Reds thrashed Bayern Munich 3-1 at their own backyard to progress to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League. The teams played out a 0-0 draw at Anfield last month and the Bavarians were expected to come out all guns blazing at their …
Liverpool Fans Are Seducing Lady Luck Like There’s No Tomorrow 28 may seem like a random number to you. A number of little to no significance. In the red half of the city of Liverpool, however, the number has a certain gravity associated with it. 28 is the number of years Liverpool fans have had …
Leeds United maintained their push towards getting into the automatic promotion places with a solid 3-0 win over Reading on Tuesday. The 3 points had temporarily displaced Norwich from the summit of the Championship but the Canaries regained their top spot with a narrow 3-2 win over Hull City. Since getting demoted to the Championship …
World fastest man Usain Bolt is known to be a Manchester United fan through and through. And the internet melted down last night when some fans spotted the Jamaican in arch-rival Arsenal’s colours. Bolt, 32, is one of the most decorated athletes in the world and has won as many as 11 world championships before …
Newcastle United got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a stunning 3-2 comeback win against Everton at St James’s Park last Saturday. Everton had lost 3 of their 5 matches, with defeats coming against Wolves, Manchester City, and Watford. Toffees though did manage to pull off a potentially title-deciding nil-nil draw against …
Leeds United moved back to the top of the Championship with a comfortable 3-0 win over Reading yesterday. While Norwich City can regain the summit if the manage to get a win against Hull City, the win should definitely boost the morale in Marcelo Bielsa’s camp as they look to secure promotion to the Premier …
As Steven Gerrard’s men hosted the Dons in the Scottish Cup quarter-final replay, Ibrox was brimming with spectators. Some carrying crossed fingers and some carrying their lucky charms. One spectator, albeit virtual, caught everyone by surprise, though. Celtic’s flying left-back, Kieran Tierney was caught watching the Rangers go 2-0 down to Aberdeen in a live …
The current season keeps getting worse and worse for Everton as they succumbed to another defeat in the Premier League, this time against Newcastle United. This was their sixth defeat in last ten matches in all competitions and includes the humiliating defeat against struggling championship side Millwall in the FA Cup. A lot was expected …
Leeds United showed no signs of slowing down in the race for grabbing the automatic promotion spots with a 1-0 win over Bristol City away from home. Patrick Bamford’s 9th minute strike proved to be the only goal during the fixture as Leeds held off a late push from the hosts to take all 3 …
Tottenham Hotspur wrapped up a completely professional performance here at the Signal Iduna Park as they beat Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund 1-0. A solitary goal from Harry Kane was good enough to see Spurs march through to the quarterfinals of Europe’s biggest club competition. The North London side came into the game with a 3-0 …
Leeds United returned to winning ways with the 4-0 thrashing of West Brom last Friday to maintain pressure on league leaders Norwich City. A 17th-second stunner from Hernandez, another brace from Patrick Bamford and an injury time tap-in from Alioski were more than enough to sink a lackluster West Brom side. With this win, Leeds …
The last few weeks have been tough for Tottenham fans. An early return for local hero Harry Kane after sustaining a ligament injury against Manchester United back in January did result in a goal but Mauricio Pochettino’s side weren’t able to take full advantage of their talisman’s return and were beaten 2-1 away from home by …
Rangers survived an early scare and came back from behind to hold Aberdeen 1-1 in the Scottish Cup Quarterfinals at the Pittodrie stadium. The Gers went behind in as early as 11 minutes as Sam Cosgrove made no mistake from the spot after Connor Goldson took out Gary Mackay-Steven inside the penalty box. Aberdeen, who …
Leeds United leapfrogged Sheffield United to climb up to the second place of the Championship table as they crushed a helpless West Brom side 4-0 here at Elland Road. The Whites were expected to show a response following their shock 1-0 defeat against QPR and as soon as the referee blew the first whistle they …