Premier League Preview. Saturday-Monday.

The Premier League returns after the final set of qualifying matches for the World Cup in Brazil. Liverpool will look to mount some pressure on fellow leaders Arsenal as they’re the first up at mid-day and know that three points will send them clear top. Sunderland welcome Gus Poyet to the Stadium of Light for…

The Weekend Review. 5th-6th October 2013

Manchester City V Everton. Eastlands, Etihad. KO 12.45 BST Joe Hart started despite rumours he may be left out of the match. The microscope was firmly on Hart and he acquitted himself well and was at no fault for Everton’s opener from Romelu Lukaku which was a sublime finish. Hart also made a few routine…

Premier League Preview. Saturday.

This weekend sees the Premier League return before the International break and a chance for some of the teams to return to action after a break and for the others to get back on track after mixed bag of results for some in midweek. Man City v Everton Eastlands, The Etihad.12:45pm BST Everton will be looking…

Champions League Preview. Part 2.

Wednesday evening brings more football from the Champions League. Manchester City host Bayern Munich while Manchester United travel to the Ukraine to play Shaktar Donetsk. Roberto Mancini takes his new club Galatasaray to Turin to play Juventus and Real Madrid play host to Danish club FC Copenhagen. Man. City V Bayern Munich. Eastlands, The Etihad.…

The Weekend Review. 28-29 September 2013.

Tottenham V Chelsea: It was a controversy laden affair at The Lane with Fernando Torres and Jan Vertonghen at the heart of it, with the former seeing red after a second bookable offence. The challenge itself–a high lunge into Vertonghen and vice versa–wasn’t really anything to crow about. Torres led with his arm slightly but…