Liverpool squander 2 goal lead against Sunderland
Klopp was critical of the refs after Liverpool allowed Sunderland to come back from a 2 goal deficit –...
Category: Soccer Players
Zlatan can beat Messi yet
For an ageing warhorse who was supposed to have been past his peak and getting ready to slide off...
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...
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...
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...
Ronaldo makes it 4
Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or beating Messi who ended up second best. The speech.. ..some comments
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...
Fifa Fan Award nominees.
Fifa have announced a new award for dedicated only to fans.A note on their website says. “The final shortlist...
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...
Mourning for their loss
The names and photographs of the players from the team who died can be viewed here… The plane crashed...
Ronaldo has changed gears
Ronaldo started the La Liga season rather sedately leading some to believe that he wasn’t going to that well...
Rooney gets a record
Rooney scored in United’s 4 – 0 win over Feyenoord. He now has 39 European goals and broke Ruud...
Steven Gerrard calls it a day
Steven Gerrard called time on a 19 year career. What comes next for him? Coaching at Liverpool. Chatting with...
Puma put out Antonine Griezmann goal celebration Ad
Antoine Griezmann’s legendary Hotline Bling Goal Celebration has now been immortalized in a neat Ad by Puma
Messi sends Celtic home
Messi came back to Barcelona and scored both the goals against Celtic.It was always a forlorn kind of hope...
Midweek bloopers
A couple of bloopers to keep us going as we get to the middle of the week. First here’s...
Puskas Award 2016 shortlist
Shortlist for FIFA Puskas Award 2016 Mario Gaspar (Spain) — 13.11.2015, Spain vs. England, international friendly Hlompho Kekana (South...
England concede two late goals against Spain
After taking an early 2 – 0 lead and Jamie Vardy doing an awesome mannequin goal celebration England then...
Puyol’s Eleven
That’s the lineup that Puyol considers to be the most formidable set of players he has ever played against....
Vincent Kompany’s dark thoughts…
…on the US Election results.. @VincentKompany not true, pep is our manager remember — Jamie (@McfcJamie_) November 9, 2016
Ronaldo commits his future to Real Madrid
Ronaldo is not going back to Manchester United.Not till the 30th of June 2021 anyway.His new contract,due to be...
Zlatan scores the 25,000th Premier League Goal
When Zlatan scored his first goal against Swansea yesterday it turned out that it was the 25,000th Premier League...
Bayern Munich have a “rubbish kit” for their next game.
Bayern Munich will play their next game against Hoffenheim in a kit made from recycled plastic found in the...
Goalie gets one year ban for throwing match
North Korean goalie Jang Paek Ho gives a not quite Oscar winning performance of a goalkeeper trying his best...
Zlatan might be rethinking this
Current EPL standings Manchester United are holding on grimly to 8th spot. Sometimes it’s wise to mince words –...
Bale scores fastest Real Madrid C L goal ever
Gareth Bale celebrated his new contract with Real Madrid which makes him the highest paid player in the world...
Dortmund enter last 16 without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Borussia Dortmund,beat Sporting Lisbon to reach the last 16 of the Champions League even though their star stiker Pierre-Emerick...
Higuain both hero and villain in Lyon draw
Gonzalo Higuain played both Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Juventus’ 1-1 draw against Lyon. He heroically scored off...
Legia Warsaw come back from 2 goal deficit
Why does C R look so sad ? After winning the first leg against Legia Warsaw 5 -1 it...
Ozil magic
A moment of magic from Ozil in the second half ensured that Arsenal qualified for the knockout stages of...
Miroslav Klose says goodbye
Germany’s all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose -whose goalscoring celebration was that distinctive somersault – has joined the ranks of...
How to trap a ball dropped from a very high place
Luis Suarez shows how it’s done. Messi stands by to remind you that this for the experts and not...
The Balotelli Revival
Sounds like the title of a Ludlum novel. Super Mario Balotelli is continuing his remarkable career revival in France...
Ronaldo is smiling again
Ronaldo put his recent slump in goal scoring form behind him and went and scored a hat trick again....
Sanchez makes it 50 goals for Arsenal
50 goals in 106 games and counting,with 8 goals in 14 games this season. He should have been on...
Giroud scores brilliant comeback brace
Giroud came on as a late sub against Sunderland and scored off his first touch. And then he scored...
Pep on why he won’t change his coaching style.
..because he has won 21 titles playing that way. In 7 years. That’s three titles a year. And he’s...
Buffon rises to new levels of brilliance
Buffon played the game of his life to keep Juventus from going down to Lyon, Superhuman reflexes.He saved Alexandre...
Brilliant backheel assist
Spectacular back heel assist by Nathaniel Chalobah in Chelsea’s 3 – 0 win over Leicester City. He’s made a...
Maradona gets into a scrap in Match for Peace
Soccer legends such as Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos,Veron,Totti,Maradona and others played an exhibition “Match for Peace“in Rome on wednesday. The...
Pogba scores winner against Holland
Paul Pogba took France past Holland with a goal struck from way out in the middle distance.The shot was...
Andre Silva scores first hat trick for Portugal
For a change Cristiano Ronaldo got left in the shade.Andre Silva bagged the limelight by scoring his first hat...
Christian Benteke scores fastest World Cup Qualifier goal
Benteke scored a goal in 8.1 seconds. Uefa said the goal was all of 0.2 seconds faster than the...
Ozil finally gets an assist this season
Mesut Ozil had notched up 19 assists last season.He was just one short of Thierry Henry’s record of 20...
The writing on the wall
Rooney needs to get a new set of glasses – because he can’t read the writing on the wall....
Balotelli takes Nice to the top
Mario Balotelli’s new lease of life continues.He scored a brilliant goal four minutes from time to give Nice a...
Chelsea beat Leicester City in extra time in EFL cup
Chelsea came from two goals down to pip Leicester at the post by beating them 4-2 in extra time...
