Manchester City saviour Sergio Aguero rescued another faltering European adventure in the Russian capital as his late double sunk CSKA Moscow. The hosts had led through Zoran Tosic, but they then fell victim to the Argentine attacker. Much was made of the dyed green pitch with patches of sand before a ball was kicked, but…
Around this time in 2015, Chelsea were off to a miserable start in its Premier League campaign. The team drew with Swansea City in Week 1, got crushed 3-0 by Manchester City in Week 2, then beat West Brom and lost to Crystal Palace for a 1-1-2 record heading into September. Stumbling out of the…
Football has always been a difficult game to predict. Due to its complex nature, fans and even pundits who bet on the football with Paddy Power tend to get their predictions wrong. Although people may be unlucky and get a prediction slightly wrong, there are just some predictions which are not even close to being…
Sunderland earned their first Premier League win of the season as Steven Fletcher struck early and sub Fabio Borini netted late to sink neighbours Newcastle United. The visitors had levelled during the second half through Mathieu Debuchy’s first goal in English football. Team News Black Cats boss Gus Poyet made four changes after Swansea put…
Aston Villa missed the chance to go level on points with Manchester United as Rene Meulensteen won his first game in charge of Fulham. Steve Sidwell and Dimitar Berbatov with a penalty were both on target at Craven Cottage. Team News New Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen made just one alteration to his team that lost…
Frank Lampard scored twice against his former club and Oscar also got in on the act as Chelsea brushed West Ham aside. Team News Hammers boss Sam Allardyce was forced into a change to the XI that started the 3-1 defeat at Norwich before the international break. Razvan Rat got injured playing for Romania, so…
Jack Wilshere cancelled out Claudio Yacob’s opener as Arsenal took a share of the spoils from their visit to Wes Bromwich Albion. Team News Baggies boss Steve Clarke made two changes to the XI that started their famous away win at Manchester United. Old Trafford scorer Saido Berahino and Nicolas Anelka replaced injured duo Victor…
Luis Enrique’s announcement that he would be stepping down as Barcelona at the end of the campaign stunned the football world on Wednesday night. It may have been the worst-kept secret in world football, but the timing of Enrique’s announcement caught everyone by surprise and will spark numerous rumours and reports of his replacement. Jorge…
Daniel Surridge came off the bench to rescue Liverpool at the home of their neighbours Everton after Romelu Lukaku thought he had completed the turnaround. Philippe Coutinho’s opener was cancelled out by Kevin Mirallas only for Luis Suarez to put the visitors back in front. Lukaku then bagged a brace for the hosts after the…
John Terry marked his 400th Premier League game for Chelsea by scoring a key goal against Southampton. Fellow centre half Gary Cahill had earlier cancelled out Jay Rodriguez’s first minute opener in a second half revival. Sub Demba Ba then sealed victory for the hosts late on at Stamford Bridge. Team News Blues boss Jose…