When Manchester United’s December 19 visit to Chelsea was cancelled, it was thought a break for the Blues. The defending champions were without a win in five. Manchester United were coming off a 1-0 win over Arsenal, having beaten Blackburn 7-1 on the preceding match day. With four wins in a row, United seemed to [...]
This weekend sees the English FA Cup Third Round fixtures take place – the round where the English Premier League teams enter the fray – as a bumper schedule of 31 Cup football matches are due to take place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th January 2011. The Lincoln City v Hereford Second Round Replay [...]
Posted by uspostsoccerSaturday, November 27th, 2010
Arsene Wenger was spared more anger and frustration as Arsenal found solace in their favourite away stadium and returned to winning ways to re-establish themselves in the title race. After the misery of letting a two-goal lead slip in the North London derby and the subsequent embarrassment of losing to Braga and potentially putting their [...]
Arsène Wenger has never been the type to go into detail about the opposition, nor give special advice to certain players. The Arsenal manager has always preferred to let his team sort it out for themselves, while trusting in their ability to win the day. That said, it might be a good idea to have [...]
Posted by uspostsoccerSaturday, November 13th, 2010
Manchester United staged an astonishing comeback from two goals down to preserve their unbeaten start to the season at Villa Park. Gerard Houllier’s team looked to have secured an impressive victory as they coasted with less than quarter of an hour to go but United simply do not know when they are beaten. With nine [...]