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Liverpool humiliated

May17
2011 Leave a Comment

This Sunday, shock in Premier League. After a good game with occasions on both sides, Tottenham Hotspur managed to obtain a precious victory against Liverpool. With the 2 goals advantage, Tottenham Hotspur seized the advantage in the race for the final Europa League spot as Liverpool’s first match since the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as permanent manager ended in defeat.

Kenny Dalglish: “They started better than we did and scored a goal and we didn’t start to play for 25 minutes. We started to look a bit better and then at the start of the second half they got the second goal and that gave them a real foothold and we didn’t have enough to break them down. I don’t think Pepe Reina was over-busy either but we never played as well as we can play. We feel we have short-changed the fans by not getting the result.”

Harry Redknapp: “We played well. We kept the ball and played some good football. There were some good performances. The back four were excellent. To come here and win is a rarity for Tottenham. But we have done it today and I thought we deserved it.
It was a good performance. We’re trying to get in that fifth spot like Liverpool. We’ve both got big games next week and we will see what happens then. You still want to finish as high as you can. You want to be in the Europa League.”

Teams lineup:
Liverpool: Reina, Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Johnson, Kuyt, Lucas, Spearing, Maxi, Suarez, Carroll
Substitutes: Robinson, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Poulsen, Gulacsi, Shelvey, Cole

Tottenham: Cudicini, Kaboul, Dawson, King, Rose, Lennon, Modric, Sandro, Pienaar, Van der Vaart, Crouch
Substitutes: Kranjcar, Livermore, Defoe, Bostock, Pletikosa, Pavlyuchenko, Bassong

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West Bromwich Albion vs Everton

May13
2011 Leave a Comment

This is a game between two teams from the middle of the board, a game for their supporters. Not being held back by the fear of losing anything too important, they promise a real show on the field
Consulting some statistic data , West Bromwich Albion have lost just twice under Roy Hodgson while the Everton side has won three of their last five duels.

West Brom captain Chris Brunt and defender Steven Reid are available after missing the last two games. Midfielder Paul Scharner is also back in contention, after a one-match suspension for his sending-off against Aston Villa.

Everton has also a comeback in the person of Cahill, who stepped off the bench last weekend after recovering from a foot problem and helped secure victory against Manchester City.

Teams:

West Bromwich Albion: Carson, Myhill, Reid, Hurst, Jara, Meite, Olsson, Pablo, Tamas, Shorey, Cech, Mulumbu, Scharner, Brunt, Morrison, Cox, Vela, Tchoyi, Thomas, Barnes, Odemwingie, Miller, Fortune.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Coleman, Neville, Cahill, Rodwell, Arteta, Osman, Anichebe, Beckford, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Heitinga, Mustafi, Duffy, Vellios, Mucha

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Tottenham helps City

May11
2011 Leave a Comment

It looks like the investment of £1bilion and over £350millions spent on players, the team that Sheikh Mansour built, got the place for the Champions League.

To put some sugar on top of all and please the City owner and manager Roberto Mancini, the goal that sent them in Champions League was scored by the same man who denied them last year, Peter Crouch.

Roberto Mancini: “Congratulations to all the players because I think they did a fantastic Premier League campaign. We have got fourth position now and we still have another two games to go. For me it is an important moment because we have been working for this for one year very hard.”

Harry Redknapp: “I thought we played well, controlled the game for long periods and for an away team we had an awful lot of the ball. I’m delighted with the players. Danny Rose did a great job at left-back and Carlo Cudicini made a couple of good saves. I thought we played some great football.”

The Tottenham Hotpsur forward’s own goal after half an hour was enough to take City nine points clear of the Londoners, and out of Liverpool’s reach as well with two matches to spare.

Team lineup
Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Zabaleta, Milner, De Jong, Toure, Yaya, Johnson, Silva, Dzeko
Substitutes: Balotelli, Kolarov, Tevez, Wright-Phillips, Boyata, Given, Vieira

Tottenham: Cudicini, Corluka, Dawson, Gallas, Rose, Lennon, Palacios, Sandro, Modric, Van der Vaart, Crouch
Substitutes: Kaboul, Pienaar, Defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Pletikosa, Pavlyuchenko

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Manchester, only one point for the title

May09
2011 Leave a Comment

Premier League was the place to watch a beautiful game between two teams in a battle for Barclays Premier League trophy. Manchester United and Chelsea fought bravely, but the Red Devils turned victorious with the score of 2-1.

Sir Alex Ferguson: “We could’ve scored six in the second half, but we expected a tough game and we got a tough game. We were brilliant, we got a great start but Cech made some fantastic saves. When we gave the ball away for their goal, we were a bit nervy but the fans helped us. We kept making chances and Rooney could’ve scored six today.”

Carlo Ancelotti: “In the first minute we lost the game, we started so badly. It was very difficult after that to come back and try to win. The second half was better but United played better and deserved to win. We have to accept the defeat, today United were better and in general this season they were better than us. They deserve to win title, they will win and we have to try to maintain second place.”

Teams:
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O’Shea, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Rooney, Hernandez
Substitutes: Nani, Anderson, Smalling, Berbatov, Scholes, Kuszczak, Evans

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, David Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Essien, Kalou, Drogba, Malouda
Substitutes: Ferreira, Benayoun, Anelka, Torres, Turnbull, Ramires, Alex

After this game, Manchester United is just one point from the finalwith two matches against relegation-threatened Blackburn Rovers next Saturday and Blackpool in the final leg.

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With Premier League title on the table

May04
2011 Leave a Comment

Arsenal changed the terms in Barclays Premier League title race, after finally finding the character of champions to beat the leaders, Manchester United, with a modest 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

With the last Sunday defeat at Bolton Wanderers, The Gunners saw their own title ambitions extinguished , but with this victory they gave their frustrated fans renewed hope, next season might be different for Arsene Wenger’s young team.

Arsene Wenger: “It’s difficult to fault the attitude and sprit of the team but we lack, maybe, under pressure a little bit of nerve and experience. We’re playing to be as close as we can to the top. We need to show that we have fighting spirit and discipline.”

Sir Alex Ferguson: “After that goal we dominated and I think we deserved something. Obviously, it gives Chelsea a major chance now. But in terms of ability – a game at Old Trafford, the supporters will be ready for it – and so will our players.”

The title is still on then and the game with the higher importance is that between Manchester United and Chelsea this weekend. With only three points behind, The Blues are very close and each mistake could be fatal.

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