In the line of sports

Chelsea beat Birmingham city in FA cup

2012-03-06T14:51:00.000-08:00

Following the sacking of Andre Villas Boas on Sunday, assistant coach Roberto took charge of the struggling Chelsea team, soon after the sacking many big names were in the news to take charge of the position left vacant after the departure of Chelsea manager but this time Chelsea owner chooses to hold the decision until summer and appointed Roberto De Matteo as a care taker manager till the end of the season.

Chelsea resume the second leg against Birmingham city with many big names like Drogba, Lampard and Essein left on the bench. New Chelsea manager decided to start with Solomon Kalou, John Obi Mikel and Fernando Torres in front. The Championship side we able to keep the Chelsea quiet during the first half but fans noticed slightly different spirit from the blues in the second half and with in no time Raul Meireles and Mata put their name on the score card and made life miserable for the former Newcastle manager.

Chelsea completely dominated the second half and the spirit which was missing during the reign of AVB was bought back in to the Chelsea camp by the new manager. Now the next big task for the new manager is to conquer the fourth place in the Premier league in order to retain Champions league spot.

Chelsea will also face Nepoli in their second meeting against the Italian side, just to remind you that Chelsea looses the first leg 3-1 two weeks ago an now it would be interesting to see how the Chelsea back room staff and manager will turn the things araound.

Arsenal Champions league dream ends with a bang

2012-03-06T14:16:00.000-08:00

Despite keeping the clean sheet and scoring 3 goals against the Italian giants Arsenal are out of Champions league leaving Chelsea only English club to represent Barclays Premier League in the Champions league.

It started of very well for Arsenal at Emirates they managed to score three in the first half with Rosicky, Koncielny and Van persie scoring for the gunners. But they were failed to score in the second half, Arsenal Captain missed a certain chance to score in the second half which cost them.

Arsenal looses 4-3 on agg and it ends their Champions league dream, The only English club left in the Champions league is Chelsea and they have a similar task to overcome in the second leg at Stanfordbridge, Nepoli are leading 3-1 on agg and now it would be interesting to see how Roberto De Matteo would help them to overcome the massive lead.

Arsenal was without Yossi Benyoun, Aron Ramsey, Jack wilshere and Abou Diaby all three of them missed the game. It’s now the seventh year for Arsenal without any trophy and their hero of the season Robin Van Persie has already put contract extension talks on hold until the summer now if again Arsenal don’t sign big names in the transfer window it would be very difficult for them to retain their star players

Chelsea sack Andre Villa Boas

2012-03-04T12:35:00.000-08:00

The man who costs Chelsea £13.8m just eight months before has been sacked by the Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Blues lure him from Porto and it was quoted that Roman will give young manager some time to settle down in the Premier league.

AVB was under immense pressure due to the bad performance of the team which saw him losing 3-0 to Nepoli in the Champions league and also he managed to get just five wins in from last 16 games. Also Chelsea’s position in the Champions league and Premier League was not promising, and after the current defeat their Champions league place is in doubt.

Chelsea has announced "With immediate effect, Roberto De Matteo has been appointed first-team coach on intern basis until the end of season "

Chelsea manager already mentioned that he could be sacked just two days before a defeat from Roy Hodgson’s West Brom. Chelsea manager was also unable to establish good relationship with the senior players due to which two senior players were axed by him Nicklous Anelka and Alex. Frank Lampard also mentioned that his relationships with the AVB are not ideal.

As predicted the task given to new Chelsea manager is to keep them in the Champions League and they still have plenty of games in their hand inorder to reclaim the fourth spot in the Premier League and retain Champions League football.

Roberto De Matteo’s first game in charge will be FA cup second leg against Birmingham city.

While Jose Mourinho is the leading contender for the position of Chelsea manager in the Summer.

Pasrote set to leave Palermo

2011-07-16T14:50:00.000-07:00

Palermo highly rated creative midfielder Pastore is set to leave Palermo soon accordnig to the Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini Javier Pastore will not play in Seria A next season.

He joined Palermo in 2009 from Huracan in 2009 for 19m euros approx, and made his mark with his numerous eye catching performances. During the current transfer window he is been inquired by various big clubs and also been linked with the big money move to Chelsea and Manchester City.

But the only problem regarding his transfer is the 50m price tag that Palermo has put on him and his current contract at Palermo which will force him to stay at Seria A till 2015 until Palermo agrees a transfer fee.

Currently Chelsea are plugged by the Micheal Essein injury and Spurs demand to release the Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, Earlier last week Harry Redknapp defines Chelsea's improved £27m bid as not pretty poor for the highly rated midfielder.

No doubt Pasrote is a great player but the price would be the issue Palermo wants to sell the Argentinian.

Liverpool can win Barclays Premier league now

2011-07-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

After the departure of Rafa Benitez from Liverpool and depressing Roy Hodgson spell at Anfield new Liverpool owners appointed Kenny Danglish as the new Liverpool manager, he arose the thrust for the trophies after his arrival at Liverpool and match after match we saw the improved and fighting Reds.

During the Winter Transfer window Liverpool make two massive signings Luis Suarez from Ajax and Andy Caroll from Newcastle. while Fernando Torres was sold to Chelsea for record 50m. Both the Reds strikers make the impact as soon as they arrived at Anfield, Andy Caroll didn't play a lot due to injuries but Luis Suarez was phenomenal. Even the absence of Capitan Steven Gerrad and Jamie Carragher didn't affect the performance of the Red army.

Now during the Summer transfer window Liverpool have made some impressive signings. Charlie Adams the Blackpool captain, Jordan Henderson and Steward Downing has already been added to the squad where as Former Roma Goalkeeper will be joining them soon. After the arrival of Kenny Danglish Liverpool have spend 100m on five players and they are now the title contenders.

Liverpool are not only favourite to win Barclay's Premier league but they are also looking good for Eurpa League. BEST OF LUCK...!

Chelsea and Villas Boas looking for Micheal Essein's replacement

2011-07-13T14:45:00.000-07:00

Chelsea's new technical director has confirmed that Blues are in no hurry to sign a replacement for injured Micheal Essein. Essien suffered knee ligament damage during the training session, ruling him out almost six months.

Chelsea have already made two bids for Spurs play maker Luka Modric but Harry Radknapp was not impressed by Blues 27m offer for the Croatian play maker. Chelsea will not be looking for a holding midfilelder as they already have Ramires, Mikel and McEachran who can play there.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan said that he would be happy to allow Scott Parker to rejoin Chelsea on a season long loan and then when we gets promotion he comes back to us.
Chelsea's new manager who has worked with Jose Mourinho and late Sir Bobby Robson as a scout would have no problem in identifying the perfect replacement for Blues.

This is the third time on Micheal Essein's carrear that he has suffered a serious injury. He also missed the World Cup campaign with Ghana due to same sort of injury. Now it would be intersting to see how Chelsea can handle this situation but the big money signing is expected by the new the Portoguese manager.

Tottenham keen to keep Luka Modric

2011-07-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

After an outstanding last season with Spurs Luka Modric has been linked with almost every big spender during the transfer window. Earlier last month Tottenham rejected Chelsea's £22m bid for their Croatian play maker, Modric has been linked with Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and also Real Madrid but only Chelsea made a bid to secure the services of 25-year old.

Spurs were unable to finish in top four last season and lost Champions league spot. Tottenham has a very big and capable squad and Luka Modric has already shown his desire to join Villas Boas at Stanford bridge. Harry Redknapp slams Chelsea's initial £22m offer tor the creative midfielder and describe it as a "Joke".Now Chelsea has tabbed new £27m bid for Luka Modric but it seems that Spurs have some other plans as Harry Radknapp told Sky Sports News "I still think that £27m is a pretty poor offer in my opinion for a player of that ability".

But if we look at the stats Spurs will have to sell inorder to reduce the wage bill as they have lost the Champions league spot and we have also heard about the reports from Tottenham boss that Nico Kranjcar would stay if Modric leaves. Luka Modric has signed new six year contract with Spurs last year worth £50,000-a-week. But if he will be able to fancies move to Chelsea he can earn as much as £120,000 a week. Having lost Michael Essien for six months due to knee surgery Chelsea are looking to fill the gap, other possible target is Lyon's £9m rated Bosnian, Miralem Pjanic.

Free transfers available this season

2011-07-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

At the start of the summer transfer window there were some big names released by the many big clubs due to relegation or to reduce their wage bill other reasons may be that they didn't fit in to their future plans or due to injury problems, some big names include Jonathan Woodgate, Owen Hargreves, Mathew Upson, Pattick Viera, James McFadden, John Carew and a lot more.

Stoke City have already rescued the the services of former Real Madrid and Tottenham defender Johathan Woodgate, where as Owen Hargreaves is capturing the interest of lot of clubs. West Brom are very keen to rescue the services of 30-years old midfielder. who has played just 27 games during his last four years at Manchester United

ARSENAL
Thomas Cruise, Roarie Deacon, Mark Randall.
ASTON VILLA
Durrell Berry, John Carew, Ellis Deeney, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester, Arsenio Halfhuid, Isaiah Osbourne, Robert Pires, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Marcus Bent, Lee Bowyer, Sebastian Larsson, James McFadden, Mitchell McPike, James O'Shea, Stuart Parnaby, Kevin Phillips, Daniel Preston, Luke Rowe, Robin Shroot, Maik Taylor.

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Jordan Bowen, Jason Brown, Zurab Khizanishvili, Benjani Mwaruwari, Michael Potts, Maceo Rigters.

BLACKPOOL
David Carney, Daniel Coid, Ishmel Demontagnac, Rob Edwards, Jason Euell, Marlon Harewood, Richard Kingson, Malaury Martin, Paul Rachubka, Andy Reid, Salaheddine Sbai.

BOLTON WANDERERS
Tamir Cohen, Johan Elmander, Ricardo Gardner, Joey O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Samuel Sheridan.

CHELSEA
Samuel Hutchinson, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk, Jan Sebek, Michael Woods.

EVERTON
Kieran Agard, Hope Akpan, Nathan Craig, Gerard Kinsella, Lee McArdle, Iain Turner.

FULHAM
Zoltan Gera, Edward Johnson, Diomansy Kamara, John Pantsil, Matthew Saunders.

LIVERPOOL
Jason Banton, Deale Chamberlain, Douglas Cooper, Sean Highdale, Steven Irwin, Nikola Saric.

MANCHESTER CITY
Javier Garrido, Scott Kay, James Poole, Shaleum Logan, Andrew Tutte, Javan Vidal, Patrick Vieira, James Wood.

MANCHESTER UNITED
Conor Devlin, Owen Hargreaves, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Edwin van der Sar.

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi, Patrick McLaughlin.

STOKE CITY
Abdoulaye Faye, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ibrahima Sonko.

SUNDERLAND
Michael Kay, Nathan Luscombe, Daniel Madden, Robert Weir, Nathan Wilson, Mvoto Jean-Yves, Bolo Zenden.

TOTTENHAM
Jonathan Woodgate.

WEST BROM
Giles Barnes, Marcus Haber, Dean Kiely, Abdoulaye Méîté.

WEST HAM
Anthony Edgar, Holmar Eyjolfsson, Daniel Gabbidon, Lars Jacobsen, Filip Modelski, Jonathan Spector, Adam Street, Matthew Upson.

WIGAN ATHLETIC
Steven Caldwell, Daniel De Ridder, Joseph Holt, Jason Koumas, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Oakes, Francis Pollitt, Abian Serrano Davila.

WOLVES
Adriano Basso, Jody Craddock, John Dunleavy, Marcus Hahnemann, David Jones, Nathan Rooney

*This data has been taken from espnstartdotcom

Arsenal: Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri staying

2011-07-11T15:11:00.000-07:00

After a disappionting last season with gunners their two main play makers were linked with the move away from Emirates, Cesc Fabregas was in talks with his parent club Barcelona but it is believed that the talks over the highly rated Spanish midfielder broke over the Arsenal's £35m demand.

Samir Nasri was also linked with the two Manchester Clubs and also with Chelsea. Currently Samir Nasri is earning £60,000 a week and he was offered new improved deal £90,000 a week but Frenchman thinks that he deserves a better deal. After the departure of Gael Clichy to Manchester City Arsene Wenger does not want to loose any creative essence. Now Samir Nasri is offered £110,000 a week contract and he is likely to pen down new five year deal with the gunners.

Despite convincing Nasri, Fabregas future at Emirates is still uncertain at Arsenal, If Barcelona meet Arsenal's £35m demand for the Spanish they will not be able to keep their start player. Barcelona are wins La Liga and UEFA Champions league last season and Arsenal's trophy less drought has now increased to six seasons. It seems that players want to leave Arsenal in order to win something. Arsenal badly needs a good goalkeeper and an experience defender.

Yesterday Arsenal claimed that they have signed highly striker Gervinho from Lille, If everything goes fine they have a better chance this season to end their thrust for trophies.

Ashley Young joins Manchester United

2011-06-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

After Phil Jones Manchester United has signed another highly rated English winger Ashley Young from Aston Villa, the 25-year old has passed the medical and the deal is reported to be worth around £16m-£20m.

This is Sir Alex Ferguson's second signing during the summer transfer window, Reds have already signed a highly rated youngster Phil Jones from Blackburn rovers for £16.5m.

Ashley Young was signed from Watford in January 2007 in a deal worth 10m and he scored 38 goals for Aston Villa in 190 appearances.

Ashley Young had made it clear to Villa that he will not be singing a contract extension which was due to expire next summer, this forced Villa to sell him to Manchester United. It is predicted that Ashley Young is signed as a replacement for the ever green Manchester United star Ryan Giggs who is like to end his career after 2011-2012 campaign with Reds.

Michel Owen and other Manchester United belives that Ashley Young would be a fantastic additon to the current squad at Old Trafford.

Chelsea appoint Villas Boas as new manager

2011-06-23T15:02:00.000-07:00

After sacking another manager in a short time now Chelsea has appointed Villas Boas as their new manager, the most interesting thing about the appointed of the new manager is the signing fee they have paid to FC Porto. Blues pay 15 million euros for the 33- year old Portuguese manager. Chelsea confirmed that Villas-Boas is due to begin work immediately on three-year contract worth in the region of £4.4m a year.

Villas Boas wins two domestic and Euro Cup last season with FC Porto. Villas Boas has worked as a scout at Stanfordbridge under former Blues manager Jose Mourinho whom he followed at Inter Milan. Villa Boas is the youngest manager in the Premier league and people have already started to compare him with Pep Guardiola.

After the arrival of Villa Boas there is one good and on bad thing thing that could rock the future of current squad at Stanford bridge. The good thing about the arrival of young Portuguese manager is that he is not new to English Premier league as he has worked with the Blues when Jose Mourinho was in charge, and the worst is that most of the star players in the current Chelsea's squad could not fit his starting lineup.

After the arrival of former Porto manager at Stanford bridge it is expected that some of the players will follow him to London. One of his first moves as the new Chelsea manager could be to sign the Porto's star striker Falcao who would cost Blues around £25m. New Blues manager accepts comparisons with former boss Jose Mourinho are inevitable, but has told the fans that it will not be a one man show to guide Chelsea towards success.

We all know about the nature of Abramovich he has sacked more than 6 managers during the last five years and this time he has spend around 30m on Villa-Boas and in order to build a competitive squad, the Portuguese manager should stay for at least three years.

Barcelona beats Manchester United in UEFA Champions League final 2011

2011-05-29T13:18:00.000-07:00

Spanish giants Barcelona met with Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United last night in the 2011 biggest match at Wembley. Manchester United keep faith in miracle man Chicharito and Wayne Rooney and both the strikers started for red devils in the Champions league final.

In the starting 10 minutes Manchester United dominated the game and cause all sorts of problems for Barcelona, but after that Barcelona took charge of the game and started to play with their convention passing style. Pedro opens the score for Barcelona in the 27 th minute, but Wayne Ronney was spot on to and scored the equalizer in the 34th minute on the superb pass from Ryan Giggs.

At the half time the score was Barcelona 1 and Manchester United 1, but in the second half Spanish giants totally dominated the the game and attacked Manchester united from every where,even though Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand tried their best to stop the Barcelona players and they were successfull in making some crucial saves but even though they failed to mark the run of Lionel Messi and David Villa, both Villa and Messi scores for Barcelona in the second half and seals the game in the favour of Spanish club.

And Once again the worlds best team Barcelona lift the UEFA Champions league trophy.. Congrats

Manchester United vs Barcelona: Champions league Final

2011-05-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

Its a high time for both English and Spanish giants who are due to meet in the years most important clash Champions league final on 28th of this month at Wembley.

Interestingly this time there are no favorites both the teams are 100% capable of beating the other, Manchester United has the worlds most experienced squad where as Barcelona can stunned any team in the world through their extraordinary passing game.

Confidence level of both the teams is high after winning the respective leagues this season and both
are hungry for the biggest victory of the season. Last time when Barcelona and United met in Champions league final Red devils were outclassed by the Spanish giants, Sir Alex Ferguson will have to mark the run of Messi and Pedro and the through passes by Xavi and Iniesta. whereas Pep Guardiola will be looking to mark Wayne Rooney and United's most impressive signing Chicharito Hernandez.

It is confirmed that Ryan Giggs and Antonio Valencia will start the game and are likely to play on wings. Dani Alves and Abidal will have to be very cleaver and quick in order to stop the deadly crosses. Whereas United will have to be very very careful and they have to win the midfield battle in order to beat Barcelona. Everyone knows if you have a player like Nani and Walcott who can stunned Barcelona can win matches for you.

Both the teams will play for the win and we are hoping to witnessed the best football match of 2011. Best of Luck...!

Manchester City qualifies for Champions League football

2011-05-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

Manchester City have finally qualified for the Champions league spot after some massive spending by their new owner Sheikh Mansoor, he invested more than 200m to qualify for Champions league.

Peter Crouch who was the Spurs hero last year did the same job today but for Manchester City. Peter Crouch send the James Milner cross into his own net and help the blues to move one step closer to the priceless glory.

Tottenham played really well and exposed the Manchester City defense on several occasions but they failed to score goal, the substitution of Adam Johnson was the turning point for Manchester City, the arrival of Pattick Viera allows Yaya Toure to go forward and he created all sorts of problems for Spurs and push them on the back foot. There were two good chances for City in the second half to extend the lead but both David Silva and Patrick Viera failed to score.
Manchester City currently have some great strikers on loan including £32m Robinho, £25m Adanayor, £12m Bellamy and £17m Santa Cruz, Mancini has already told to get rid of £25m a year strikers. Carlos Tavez is also likely to leave Manchester City. His possible destination could be Inter Milan, Real Madrid or Chelsea as all are looking to strengthen the strike power. Shaun Wright Phillips will also be leaving the Eastland for the sake of first team football.

There is no that Mancini will spend big during the summer transfer window to achieve something big. The season for Manchester City is not yet over the are due to face Stoke city in the final of FA Cup. And if they win FA cup it will be huge achievement for the blues in 2010-2011 campaign.

Manchester United set to lift Barclays Premier League 2011 trophy

2011-05-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

After the quite start of the Premier League 2011 campaign Manchester United made strongest ever comeback. At one stage Manchester United are closing gap to snatch 19th Premier league title. Currently Red Devils are with Liverpool having won 18 Premier League titles.

Manchester United are now on a winning spree against their arch rivals Chelsea, Red have won the last three encounters against Chelsea. Despite spending more than £90m during 2011-2012 campaign Chelsea will finish trophy less this season and also if Chelsea didn't reduce the wage bill and debts before 2014, Blue will not be eligible to play in Champions league according to UEFA Fair-Play rules.

Today's encounter of Chelsea against Manchester United was title decider, both the teams have now played 36 matches but Manchester United are leading the points table with 76 points whereas Blues are second with 70 points.

Manchester United started the match strongly and the the miracle kid Chicharto scored his 20th goal of the season, before Hernandez only one player has scored more than 20 goals for Manchester United and that was Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Nistelrooy scored 35 gaols for Reds in his first season.

Nemanja Vidic doubles the lead in the 23rd minutes, Frank Lampard revives the Chelsea's hopes in 68th minute after opening account for Chelsea. Once again Carlo Ancelotti left Nicklous Anelka and substitute Solomon Kalou with £50m man disaster Fernando Torres. But once again Fernando Torres failed to do something fancy for the Blues and Chelsea lost the match by one goal.

After loosing everything during 2010-2011 campaign Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's future is in dark.

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2011-05-02T13:24:00.001-07:00

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Aaron Ramsey blurs Manchester United Premier league title hopes

2011-05-01T12:46:00.000-07:00

After a defeat from Bolton Wonderers last week, Arsenal hosted Premier league clash against Manchester United. Arsenal lost their captain Cesc Fabregas due to thigh injury.

Aaron Ramsey was included in Arsenal starting eleven in the absence of their captain Cesc Fabregas. Arsenal started the game well with theo Walcott pressing from the right and Jack Wilshere supported him from the midfield but they lost their highest goal scorer of the season in the 45th minute due to injury. Gael Clichy was also Phenomenal during the entire 90 minutes of the game and didnt allow Nani and Antonio Valencia to cross the ball from the wide areas.

Aaron Ramsey 56th minute strike sealed the game in the favour of Arsenal. In the after match press conference Robin Van Perse said "It was all about pride. The fans were great", He added: "It was up to us to show some dignity and some honour. We did that so we are very Pleased with that".

After the current Manchester United defeat from Arsenal left only three points gap between Premier League leaders and Chelsea. The next week clash between Chelsea and Manchester united could be the title decisive as both the teams are trying to revive their best form. Manchester United also has all important Champions league clash against the German side Schalke 04.

Carlo Ancelotti said 'He will forget the past when he picks a team against Manchester United'. Arsenal has already done a favour for Chelsea by beating Manchester United, now its up to Blues how they fought to revive the Premier League title.

Will Barcelona play Champions league final

2011-05-01T12:04:00.000-07:00

In the first leg of Champions league semi final Barcelona took two goals lead over their arch rivals Real Madrid. From the start of the match Barcelona didn't play their natural game and adopted the defensive strategy. Both the Barcelona's full backs were hardly seen in the Real Madrid's half during the first 45 minutes.

During the second half Pepe was sent off for the tackle on Sergio Busquets, not only Pepe Madrid manager Jose Mourinho was also sent off from the technical area because of his protest and was forced to watch the rest of the match from the stands.

In a press conference after the match Jose Mourinho said "An image is worth more than 1000 words and there are so many images from that game that were shown all over the world, that I have nothing else to add". Real Madrid will be without Sergio Ramos, Pepe and their manager Jose Mourinho who is likely to face action from UEFA in the second leg. Where as Barcelona play-maker Andre Iniesta is likely to feature in the second leg who missed the first leg due to injury.

Pepe red card was the turning point of the match, it looks that ref was a bit harsh on Pepe. From the start of the match Real Madrid holds Barcelona players and won the mid filed battle till Pepe was on the field but after he was sent off, Lionel Messi was left unmarked and scored two most important goals of the season for Barcelona.

Barcelona has two goal lead on their arch rivals Real Madrid and it looks that the Real Madrid Champions league campaign is over. But you don't know what Jose has going in his mind its a Do or die time for Real Madrid they have already lost La Liga this season and the Champions league campaign is their only hope. Real Madrid has to score more than two goals during the second leg against Barcelona, it looks very very difficult for the Real Madrid to come back in the game but with Mourinho's mind games no can escape...!

Arsenal's Premier league title hopes are over

2011-04-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

Arsenal's worst Premier League run continues as they lose against Bolton Wonderers away from home, Arsenal have won only three games out of their last nine Premier league games.

The current defeat from Bolton blurred the Arsenal's hopes of winning Barclays Premier League this season and their cup-less run extends to six seasons. In a post match analysis on ESPN it was said that now its a time for Arsenal to look for new manager. Arsene Wenger is with Arsenal for about 15 years.

Arsenal started the the game well as always but they failed to keep the momentum going and at the end of the first half on loan striker Daniel Sturridge grab a goal for his team on a set piece, Robin Van Persie equalizes for Arsenal at the start of the second half but just couple of minutes before the end of second half Tamir Cohen grab a winner for his team on another set piece.

The lack of trophies is now starting to cost Arsenal. Samir Nasri who is the leading goal scorrer for Arsenal this season has put contract talks on hold, whereas as per some reports Cesc Fabregas and Gael Clichy also wants to leave. Van Persie is also a target of Real Madrid, now it will be interesting to see that how many of the star players Arsene Wenger will be able to retain.

Both the goals were scored on set pieces today this shows lack of concentration and inexperience in Arsenal's squad but Arsene Wenger has mentioned that he will not spend this summer also and it could be the same story for Arsenal again in the next season.

For now they are out of FA cup, Carling cup, UEFA Champions league and now Premier league. Its time to say BYE BYE Arsenal.

Real Madrid lift Copa del Rey trophy

2011-04-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

After loosing first and drawing the second clash Jose Mourinho caught Pep Guardiola in the third encounter against their arch rivals Barcelona and he lift another trophy as manager but first as a Real Madrid manager. Madrid always have a lot of star players in their squad but there was something missing and it came with the arrival of on man: Mourinho...!

Cristiana Ronaldo's header in the extra time helped them to win Copa del Rey trophy first time in last 18 years. Iker Casillas hailed Mourinho as a
'Phenomenon' after the cup win and also it was Real Madrid's first win over FC Barcelona since 2008.

Real Madrid have become a real threat to Barcelona since the Mourinho's arrival at Madrid, Real Mardid have almost lost the battle in La Liga but they are still in war since Barcelona have to play two more games in Champions league against their arch rivals in oder to reach Champions League final.

And we all know no one can escape from Jose Mourinho's mind games....!

What would you call Arsenal Stupid or Unlucky ?

2011-04-18T13:33:00.000-07:00

After a great great start of the 2010-2011 campaign, Arsenal are now second to Chelsea after they are set to loose everything in the current season.

Arsene Wenger tried his best to convene Cesc Fabregas to stay at Emirates during the summer transfer window and he succeeded after declining Spanish giants Barcelona by putting 60m price tag on young play maker.

But it didn't help Arsene Wenger, despite having one of the largest and highly capable squad he is lacking experience in the heart of defense but don't know when will he understand the advantage of having experienced and matured players in squad, You can win matches with the young blood but to win the cup or league you need consistency and thats where gunners are lacking in the long run due to the lack of experience.

No doubt Arsene Wenger is a great manager for Arsenal's owner he earned a lot of money for them but for fans he is no where near a hero, Its now fifth year for Arsenals winless streak and don't know for how long it will continue.

Arsenals last encounter against Liverpool is a true example of what you say a stupidity or they were unlucky, but its not first time for them or may be they need a player with a GOOD LUCK...!

Chelsea's Champions League dream over , Now what about Carlo Ancelotti...?

2011-04-16T12:36:00.000-07:00

After loosing Carling cup, FA cup and almost Premier League Chelsea's Champions league dream is also over. Like Chelsea Tottenham and Arsenal are also out of Champions league the only English club left in Champions league is Manchester United.

Chelsea lost the first leg by just one goal at home but they also failed to impress at Old Trafford and the season for Chelsea is coming to end soon. Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich who has tried more than five managers in less than a decade looks likely to bring the new one for the 2011-2012 campaign.

Blues current manager Carlo Ancelotti joined Chelsea from AC Milan during the last season and helped them to win double, FA cup and Barclays Premier league. But during the current campaign he failed to impress the fans and management and also controversial sacking of Ray Wilkins add to his problems.

Chelsea Ancelotti has mentioned that he has no fear of being sacked and also showed his love for Italian club Roma and also stated that he would love to return to Italy if he lost the job at Stanford bridge.

If Carlo Ancelotti is sacked by Chelsea, Guus Hiddink was the most likely person to replace him at Chelsea. But currently he is with Turkey's national team and rubbishes the speculation of returning to Stanford bridge at the upcoming campaign. Whereas former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is also the option.

Barclays Premier League: Fixtures

2011-04-10T08:41:00.000-07:00

Sunday 10th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Blackpool	v	Arsenal	13:30

Liverpool	v	Manchester City	15:00
Postponed

Aston Villa	v	Newcastle United	16:00

Monday 11th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Liverpool	v	Manchester City	20:00

Saturday 16th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Newcastle United	v	Manchester United	12:45
Postponed

Arsenal	v	Liverpool	15:00
Postponed

Birmingham City	v	Sunderland	15:00

Blackpool	v	Wigan Athletic	15:00

Everton	v	Blackburn Rovers	15:00

Fulham	v	Bolton Wanderers	15:00
Postponed

Manchester City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	15:00
Postponed

Stoke City	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15:00
Postponed

West Bromwich Albion	v	Chelsea	15:00

West Ham United	v	Aston Villa	15:00

Wigan Athletic	v	Blackpool	15:00
Postponed - now being played Sat, Aug 14

Sunday 17th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Manchester City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	13:30
Postponed

Arsenal	v	Liverpool	16:00

Tuesday 19th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Newcastle United	v	Manchester United	19:45

Wednesday 20th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Chelsea	v	Birmingham City	19:45

Tottenham Hotspur	v	Arsenal	19:45

Saturday 23rd April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Manchester United	v	Everton	12:45

Aston Villa	v	Stoke City	15:00

Blackburn Rovers	v	Manchester City	15:00
Postponed

Blackpool	v	Newcastle United	15:00

Bolton Wanderers	v	Arsenal	15:00
Postponed

Liverpool	v	Birmingham City	15:00

Sunderland	v	Wigan Athletic	15:00

Tottenham Hotspur	v	West Bromwich Albion	15:00

Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Fulham	15:00

Chelsea	v	West Ham United	17:30

Sunday 24th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Bolton Wanderers	v	Arsenal	16:00

Monday 25th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Blackburn Rovers	v	Manchester City	20:00

Tuesday 26th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Stoke City	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19:45

Wednesday 27th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Fulham	v	Bolton Wanderers	20:00

Saturday 30th April 2011
Barclays Premier League			BET
Arsenal	v	Manchester United	15:00
Postponed

Birmingham City	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15:00
Postponed - now being played Sun, May 1

Blackburn Rovers	v	Bolton Wanderers	15:00

Blackpool	v	Stoke City	15:00

Liverpool	v	Newcastle United	15:00
Postponed

Manchester City	v	West Ham United	15:00
Postponed

Sunderland	v	Fulham	15:00

West Bromwich Albion	v	Aston Villa	15:00

Wigan Athletic	v	Everton	15:00

Chelsea	v	Tottenham Hotspur	17:30

Note: Schedule has been obtained from football365dotcom.

Should Chelsea axe misfiring Torres..?

2011-04-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

ChelseaFC broke all English records after the signing of Spain and Liverpool star striker Fernando Torres which cost blues massive £50m.

After a very successful last season with Liverpool Fernando Torres was plagued by injuries during the start of current campaign and was sold to Chelsea. Since arriving to Chelsea Fernando Torres is not able to adjust himself according to the playing style of blues.

Since the arrival of Fernando Torres at Stanford bridge Carlo Ancelotti has preferred him over Dider Drogba, but Torres is unable to justify his selection. Currently Chelsea are 10 points behind Manchester United in the Premier league, they have already lost Carling cup and are out of FA cup.

Now Chelsea have only UEFA champions league title in their reach. Chelsea lost the first leg against Manchester United at home last week. Carlo Ancelotti once again prefer Fernando Torres over Dider Drogba and he was no where near his best.

Now all the eyes are on Carlo Ancelotti and Chelsea's upcoming match against Manchester united. will Ancelotti starts with Fernando Torres again ? or he will go with his two best strikers Dider Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.

It looks like that Ancelotti is under pressure of Russian owner who wants Torres to play or may be Carlo is trying to prove that £50m they spend on Torres was not a disaster.

Roman Abramovich has tried more than 5 managers during the last 7 years and now it looks that Carlo is also on his way out of Stanford bridge at the last of current campaign and Guus Hiddink is the most likely manager to replace him.

Premier League: 75 points will be enough to win the league in coming seasons

2011-04-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

With the huge investment by some big big business men in the Premier league and in English clubs the gap between the top four and rest of the teams is decreasing. And it is expected that within two to three years time 75 points will be enough to win the league and the gap of points between the the will be very minor.

During last two years we have witnessed more than £250m of investment on players, and if business icons keep on investing their money in Premier league title will be decided on goal difference. Arab, American, Russian and now Indian business men have jumped into the Premier league. The only thing that could be the hurdle in the way of investment is UEFA fair-play rules but these rules will be applicable to only top five clubs in the league and according to the Fair-Play rules if Club's expenditure is more than their income the will not be eligible to play Champions league football. This decision was took after the clubs with Big names and Big debts are in trouble. Manchester United is the immense example of this situation.

Due to Fair-Play rules it is expected that managers are certainly not looking for star players to solve their problems instead they will be looking to sign star players from small leagues in reasonable amount. Currently Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham are following this policy in England.

It is also expected that player around 30 years of age and huge wages like Frank Lampard, Dimitar Berbatov, Drogba will sold or offered new contract with low wages in future in order to make room for young player. We are expecting to have large number of young player in first team, and due to Fair-Play rules clubs will preferred to have players with long loan spells. And also due to 25-man policy some young players will have the first team action soon.