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Liverpool v Everton Preview: Draw on the cards?

Liverpool and Everton haven’t had the starts to the season that they expected with injuries and a spate of poor performances taking their toll. However in recent weeks both Merseyside teams have picked up the slack, with Liverpool taking 14 points from a possible 18 while Everton haven’t lost in their last nine Premier League games.

An Emirates Masterpiece, Part II

Earlier in the week, after we gave by far our most determined, outstanding and tactically superior performance of the season, it got me a thinking. When WAS our last truly incredible performance? Well, few would disagree with me when I suggest that it was in fact at the very same venue that today’s game was…

Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United – end of season party for Wenger?

Manchester United emphatically dumped Arsenal out of the title race after clinically dispatching the home side in a 3-1 game that saw Nani finally show why he deserves to stay at Old Trafford after all these years. The two sides were evenly matched in chances in an end to end game, but where Arsenal had…

Celtic still 10 points behind, Hibs keep up fight for 2nd place

Rangers are still 10 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League after a 3-0 win over Falkirk at Ibrox. In honesty, it was a pretty flat game with the class of Steven Davis playing a big part in deciding the result. The Northern Irish midfielder scored the first for Rangers after 18…

Manchester United v Manchester City – Carling Cup Semifinal

Manchester United v Manchester City Carling Cup Semifinal 2nd Leg Old Trafford Wednesday 27 January 2010 Kickoff: 20:00 GMT There hasn’t been a day pass since the first leg when repercussions from the game haven’t been in the news. It seems every man and his dog has opinion on who’s right and who’s wrong but…

Sympathy for the devil not enough for Milan

It was billed as a contest between strength and beauty, substance versus style and whenever that’s the case the public generally side with the latter. And that’s why you should never trust the wisdom of crowds as Inter showed absolutely no difficulty in dispatching Milan, the overwhelming people’s favourites. In the week leading up to…

Rhinestone Ranieri wins Juventus showdown

Anyone visiting Italy last week could be forgiven for mistaking the land of La Dolce Vita for the Wild West, such was the manner in which the country’s press played fast and loose with words like ‘showdown’ and ‘revenge’. Roma boss Claudio Ranieri was back in Turin for the first time since Juventus fired him…

Bundesliga matchday 18: Bayern keep pressure on Leverkusen

Leverkusen and Munich continued their dominance at the top of the Bundesliga, with both winning against potentially tricky opponents. Bayern’s victory against Bremen was enough to see them go top for 24 hours after Schalke conceded two late goals and could only draw against Bochum. Although Bremen had lost their previous three games they are…

SPL Review: Celtic Cut Gap To Seven Points

Celtic have cut the gap at the top of the SPL to 7 points after a 4-1 win at McDiarmid Park against St Johnstone on Sunday. Fortune Scored Two For Celtic At St Johnstone Tony Mowbray’s side had the challenge of coming from a goal behind after Liam Craig slotted home a 12th minute penalty…

Milan derby – Wobbly Inter shoots Milan down

Watch Milan v Inter live online here. Due to Inter Milan’s recent wobbles in the Serie A and AC Milan’s much needed improvement in performance, the Milan derby was considerably anticipated by everyone. Ronaldinho, after a couple of years of quite dull seasons, has again shown the flare that we all know him for in…