Zlatan can beat Messi yet
For an ageing warhorse who was supposed to have been past his peak and getting ready to slide off...
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Guess who’s the richest of them all ?
Carlos Tevez has overtaken Messi and Ronaldo to become the highest paid football player in the world. Tevez has...
85 days
Bob Bradley, first American coach in the EPL lasted 85 days during which he oversaw Swansea playing 11 games-...
Suarez tops the goalscoring charts for 2016
Luis Suarez topped all goal scorers worldwide in 2016 with 40 goals, the International Federation of Football History and...
Dele Alli brace gives Spurs comeback win
Dele Alli scored twice — either side of a fine goal from Harry Kane and a penalty miss —...
Mignolet faces flak for goalkeeping blunders
Stoke have only scored three goals against Liverpool in Anfield in the last 40 years.While Simon Mignolet did not...
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scores wondergoal
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored the best goal of his career in United’s 3 – 1 home win over Sunderland. Mourinho...
Manchester City struggle to 3 – 0 win over Hull City
The scoreline flatters to deceive.It took a penalty 20 minutes from time for Manchester City to finally score a...
Giroud to the rescue again
After the despair from successive defeats at Everton and Manchester City it looked like a draw was all Arsenal...
Chelsea roll on
On boxing day Chelsea carried on from where they had left off.Bournemouth were swept aside by the blue juggernaut.Chelsea’s...
What Santa Claus gave them for Christmas
What all your favourite soccer stars got for Christmas this year.
Pep wades into the Messi Ronaldo debate
Pep Guardiola has waded into the “who’s better” debate. Giving due credit to Ronaldo – who has had a...
David Beckham and his son’s Christmas Song
Cruz Beckham,having inherted a reasonable singing voice from his mother’s side of the family,entered the music industry at the...
Soccerblog joins Per Mertesacker in wishing everyone a very merry Christmas
Per Mertesacker starts off reasonably well ..and then goes into a kind of tailspin. He makes a brave effort...
The Chinese League and the lure of lucre
Oscar is looking very happy because he has just completed a move from Chelsea to the super rich Chinese...
Nemar stars in charity match for Chapecoense
Neymar and Friends took on Robinho and Friends and beat them 13-9 in a charity match, Other notable names...
David Luiz shows off a bit of magic
David Luiz – central defender,defensive midfielder and part time magician. Conte’s magical transformation of Chelsea’s fortunes this season has...
Mane gives Liverpool 95th minute winner
A last gasp goal – four minutes into stoppage time gave Liverpool the win over Everton and cut Chelsea’s...
Manchester City beat Arsenal with comeback win
City were a goal down at half time and it looked like they were heading for yet another defeat...
Leicester City come back from a red card and two goals
Jamie Vardy got a red card for a 28th-minute tackle on Stoke midfielder Mame Diouf.Stoke City made the score...
Chelsea surge further ahead
Chelsea are 9 points clear and their latest 1- 0 win over Crystal Palace was their 11th successive win....
United on a winning spree of sorts
Zlatan has scored 9 goals in 9 games and United have won three times in the space of seven...
Zlatan gives United late win over Crystal Palace
Mourinho has even less to be mournful about than ever. United pulled off a 2 -1 win over Crystal...
Adam Lallana shines in Liverpool win
Adam Lallana scored a brace in Liverpool’s 3 – 0 win over Middlesbrough.They are now tied at second place...
Chelsea take 6 point lead at the top
Fabregas gave a timely reminder of his quality that has tended to be a bit overlooked of late. He...
City win for a change but lose Ilkay Gündogan
City beat Watford 2 – 0 without too much fuss but lost Ilkay Gundogan to injury. This means that...
Leicester flatter to deceive
After that hugely impressive 4-2 victory over Manchester City last Saturday Leicester then went and lost 1 – 0...
Williams heads Everton to a 2 -1 win over Arsenal
What is this ? A December curse ? Ashley Williams powered home a towering header in the 86th minute...
Ronaldo makes it 4
Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or beating Messi who ended up second best. The speech.. ..some comments
Arsenal draw Bayern Munich again
The Champion’s League draw is done and dusted and when the dust settled it was revealed that Arsenal will...
Countdown to the Ballon d’Or
As we wait bated breath and bitten nails for the declaration of this year’s winner here’s a look at...
Chelsea ascend,Liverpool descend,United hold steady
Chelsea pulled clear of Arsenal with a 1-0 win over West Brom.Conte’s contenders may have to contend with a...
The Sanchez Ozil contract problem overshadows Arsenal win
Arsenal came back from being a goal down to beat Stoke 3 -1 and to go to the top...
Jamie Vardy scores hat trick after 10 game goal drought
Manchester City were down 2 – 0 within the first five minutes and 3 -0 down before twenty minutes...
Fifa Fan Award nominees.
Fifa have announced a new award for dedicated only to fans.A note on their website says. “The final shortlist...
Henrik Mkhitaryan comes good for Manchester United
After a dream come true move to Manchester United Henrik Mkhitaryan had a bit of a reality check.He had...
Dortmund come back to hold Real Madrid – top group
Dortmund found a late equaliser against Real Madrid,toppled them from top spot and topped their group instead.This after Real...
Leicester City lose by the biggest margin ever.
Ranieri fielded a second string side with 10 new faces in it for the last game against Porto in...
Arda Turan also scores CL hat trick
Lucas Perez was not the only hat trick hero of the night.Arda Turan also scored one – albeit in...
PSG collapse spectacularly
Thiago Silva’s dejection sums up PSG’s unexpected collapse against their unfancied opponents. Ludogorets took a surprising lead in the...
Lucas Perez hits Champion’s League hat trick
Delight for Wenger as Perez hit a hat trick against Basel and apart from their 4 -1 win elsewhere...
Blatter ban upheld
Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his six-year ban from football.It...
More bad luck for Mourinho
The mighly Zlatan scored for United in the 43rd minute and then they were chugging away towards a much...
Bournemouth pull off the most unlikely of comeback wins
Bournemouth after being 3 -1 down against Liverpool,came back incredibly to win the game 4 – 3. Sanchez scored...
Masterminding the Chelsea revival
Conte’s role in Chelsea’s remarkable revival this season has drawn this iconic comparision. That gnashing sound you can hear...
Sanchez scores 14 minute hat trick against West Ham
Woeful West Ham crumbled to a 5 – 1 loss against a vastly superior Arsenal.Sanchez was the star of...
Chelsea beat City 3 – 1
Chelsea’s title ambitions are seriously serious.City drop to fourth place now as they get beaten 3 -1 on their...
Ramos scores stoppage time El Clasico equaliser
Sergio Ramos scored a stoppage-time equaliser and thus Real Madrid hold on to their six point lead on the...
Theo Walcott sets new Guinness World Record
Theo Walcott,previous known for being able to run at superhuman speeds has got a new super power. Staving off...
Ben Woodburn scores debut goal for Liverpool
17-year-old Ben Woodburn enjoyed a night to remember by becoming the club’s youngest ever goalscorer. He volleyed home Liverpool’s...
The november curse catches up with Arsenal
Arsenal’s November curse struck on the last day of november.After lulling them into a false sense of security by...
United give Mourinho a bit of early Christmas cheer
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial gave Mourinho something to be happy about at last. They both scored twice as...