It was absolutely incredible. Some City fans, after waiting 44 years for a top-flight title, left with minutes to play. Stunned by their inability to beat a relegation-threatened QPR, it seemed City were destined for a widely-expensive failure. Goals from Dzeko and Aguero in stoppage-time were astonishing. Many quipped that Mark Hughes had led QPR to a famous result akin [...]
The importance in securing Champions League football season after season for Premier League clubs is becoming increasingly crucial. Global image, and ability to attract and afford Europe’s top players hinges on qualification. Arsene Wenger has dismissed critics who argue that his failure to win a trophy in the last seven years is harming his reputation with the fact that he [...]
Welcome to the first instalment of European Football Weekly. We will feature some of the articles that we’ve enjoyed this week, and also some articles that you’ve sent to us on Twitter. While Real Madrid continue to lead La Liga, Babak Golriz ponders what has changed in the title race this season The fantastic ‘Bootiful Game’ has compiled [...]
Manchester City vs Chelsea Earmarked earlier in the season as a vital fixture in the Premier League calendar, few would have predicted the state of affairs at the respective clubs. Andre Villas-Boas was in charge when the two sides met in December, a match that finished 2-1 with AVB stating that Chelsea were back in the hunt for the Premier [...]
Arsenal’s season in a single fixture. Abject capitulation in their first leg vs AC Milan, much of Arsenal’s hope hinged on the return leg at the Emirates. A 3-0 win was far from embarrassing, but offered little in terms of an apology for the first leg. Arsene Wenger is now focussed on Champions League qualification in the Premier League. AC [...]
Arsenal nearly accomplished the impossible but fell short beating Milan 3-0 which saw the Rossoneri advance on aggregate 4-3. Massimiliano Allegri wanted to start an attacking lineup so his team could take control of the game and score at The Emirates. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Stephane El Shaarawy started up front with Robinho just behind them as the top of the [...]
So close yet so far. Well, that really doesn’t do this match any justice at all, does it?
The truth is that Arsenal truly were just so very close to completing one of the very greatest comebacks in Champions League history.
AC Milan are all but through to the quarter finals, but they’ll have to hold on to their convincing 4-0 score line at Arsenal if they want to advance. Form The Rossoneri are fresh off a 4-0 triumph over Palermo at La Renzo Barbera where the returning Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged a hat trick after thirty-four minutes. Notable absentee Philippe Mexes [...]
Arsenal, trophy-less since 2005, face this season’s Carling Cup winners at Anfield as the race for fourth heats up. Liverpool may finish the season as also-rans in the race for Champions League football, but their significant investment as yielded Europa League qualification and domestic silverware. Arsenal, after suffering their worst league start in 50 years, have managed to maintain an admirable [...]
Jose Mourinho’s transparent desire to return to the Premier League has sparked media speculation over potential suitors for the Portuguese 49-year-old, but which clubs will have a genuine interest in appointing him, and, more importantly, which teams would Mourinho actually consider managing? He has been spotted home searching in West London, so a London club is more probable, but nothing [...]
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