Portsmouth’s troubles on and off the pitch aggravated following a 4-1 home demolition by Arsenal, who remain in the hunt for the Premier League title.
From this result it is clear Pompey, FA Cup winners last year under Harry Redknapp face an uphill battle to save themselves from relegation come May 2010.
Read more »Wayne Rooney delivered another gem of a performance as Wigan meekly surrendered to Manchester United for the second time this season in a 5-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
With all the injured players coming back, United are only two points adrift of Chelsea, they have almost achieved parity in the goal difference column too after another five-goal mauling of the hapless Latics, who seem ill equipped to survive a relegation scrap.
Read more »Frank Lampard’s penalty rescued a point for Chelsea at West Ham as the Premier League leaders missed the chance to move six points clear at the top. With Manchester United having lost 3-0 at Fulham on Saturday, Chelsea could have opened up a significant gap over the champions with a win at Upton Park.
Read more »Lionel Messi struck an extra-time winner as Barcelona fought back bravely against a impressive Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup and complete an incredible year with a sixth piece of silverware.
Barca’s hopes of adding a maiden Club World Cup crown to their Primera Division, Champions League, Copa del Rey and European and Spanish Super Cup titles dealt a major blow as Argentinians Estudiantes led heading into the final minutes thanks to Mauro Boselli’s 37th-minute header in Abu Dhabi.
Read more »Liverpool suffered their second home defeat in five days as Arsenal grabbed a 2-1 victory in a match which was supposed to be a new beginning for the Anfield men.
Manager Rafael Benitez had insisted the season started again for his men after their midweek Champions League defeat to Fiorentina.
Read more »Manchester United failed to produce any late heroics this time as Gabriel Agbonlahor’s first-half goal earned Aston Villa their first victory at Old Trafford since 1983.
Sir Alex Ferguson described Federico Macheda’s sensational injury-time effort in the corresponding fixture last season as the defining moment of United’s season.
Read more »Chelsea’s below-par defending from set-pieces threatens to wreck their title ambitions as they drew 3-3 with Everton and failed to win for the fourth game in a row.
The Blues have now conceded an unbelievable ten goals in their last four games and all three Everton strikes arrived courtesy of a Chelsea defence that looked clueless at free kicks and throw-ins.
Read more »Michael Owen scored a famous hat-trick as Manchester United made merry of their injury woes to record a memorable win over German champions Wolfsburg.
A measure of United’s achievement was that it represented only a third win in 10 attempts against German opposition in Europe. The fact they did it with over a dozen vital men missing made the feat all the more remarkable.
Read more »Chelsea, who had already topped Group D but suffered a disappointing evening when drawing 2-2 with Apoel Nicosia. In an eventful first half at Stamford Bridge, the visitors took a shock lead through Marcin Zewlakow but Michael Essien hit back with a long-range effort before being forced off with a knee injury.
Read more »AC Milan joined Real Madrid in the Champions League inot the last 16 despite an unconvincing performance at FC Zurich.
After 20 minutes, the visitors lost Thiago Silva to injury and eight minutes later they conceded to Milan Gajic’s spectacular free-kick
Read more »CSKA Moscow booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League after scoring a last minute goal against Besiktas in their final Group B outing.
With Manchester United defeating Wolfsburg 3-1 in the other Group B fixture, a point would have been enough for the Russians to progress, but as it was goals from Milos Krasic and Eugeni Aldonin ensured Leonid Slutsky’s troops went through as clear runners-up of the group.
Read more »Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fifth and sixth Champions League goals for Real Madrid as he inspired the Spanish side to a victory that sent them into the last 16 as Group C winners.
Resuts elsewhere meant Madrid were never likely to miss out on the last 16 of the competition but a Ronaldo brace ensured they would enter the knockout phase in style.
Shay Given emerged a hero on both sides of Manchester by denying a late Frank Lampard penalty to give City a precious 2-1 win over Chelsea and cut their lead over United to two points.
Carlos Tevez’s brilliant free-kick ultimately proved decisive after Emmanuel Adebayor had inadvertently put Chelsea in front, then equalised that own goal himself seven minutes before the interval.
Read more »Paul Scholes came up with the sort of strike which has been his signature throughout a fabulous career as Manchester United gave notice that they are in no mood to lose grip for their title with a 4-0 win over West Ham.
Read more »Blackburn and Liverpool fought out a gruelling 0-0 stalemate at Ewood Park with Liverpool substitute David Ngog the only one coming closest to a goal with a shot that rattled the bar.
The first half was a shocking, grim affair with neither side producing anything worthy of a mention.
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