After weeks of build-up and hype, Liverpool and Manchester United delivered a fairly tepid stalemate at Anfield. A few players were excellent, but the majority were average and some were just below par. Here are the player ratings based on how I assessed the performances. Liverpool Loris Karius 5 Karius didn’t have much to do …
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How will Manchester City respond after their first defeat under Pep Guardiola? Will either Chelsea or Leicester finally kickstart their season? Who will be Juve’s closest challengers in Serie A? These are the questions facing the big football matches on Saturday. Chelsea vs Leicester City On one side is a team where N’Golo Kante’s role …
There’s some great action as another football weekend dawns upon us. Here are 10 matches in Europe that should be really exciting. Saturday October 1 1. Bayern Munich vs FC Cologne A match between first and third in the Bundesliga. Not many would have written that sentence with FC Cologne in mind. Like Bayern, Cologne …
Another bumper weekend of football action is upon us. Here are the 10 most interesting matches to look forward to. Saturday September 24 1. Manchester United vs Leicester City The point that won the championship for Leicester last season. Then there is Mourinho vs Ranieri. When it comes to the football, this …
Such is the relentless pace of the European football calendar that we’ve barely had enough time to savour the return of continental competition and another round of tantalizing domestic league competition is upon us. There are some great matches to look forward to across the continent and these are my picks for the games to …
Lots of great post-match analysis all over the web on this match. An interesting point by Daniel Storey in his piece on Football365. Game on, you’d have thought, yet there never seemed to be any tension brewing in the fixture. After the vibrancy of Leicester on Saturday came the grim realisation of a Chelsea vs Manchester …
Southampton were deserved winners in this clash of upwardly mobile teams. In simple terms, Saints were the better team, while the Hammers were quite poor. The visitors never really got into their stride, even when they were playing against ten men for more than half an hour. Southampton are now only two points behind West …
Was this match the most dominant 1-0 win ever? It certainly felt like that. 65 % possession. 25 shots to 3. Heurelho Gomes deservedly won man of the match. Qique Sanchez Flores graciously admitting that Tottenham were just superb. By every indicator, tangible and intangible, Spurs were clearly the superior team. Not many teams have …
Great analysis on the brilliant Football365 as always. I think Matt Stead has made some great observations on the match in this piece. Finally, the tide has turned. Each previous Leicester victory had passed with disbelief, but qualified disbelief: ‘They will fall away eventually’, ‘wait until they play the big teams’, ‘Leicester won’t win the …
Chelsea completed the double over Arsenal in the league with a 1-0 win at the Emirates. Here are a baker’s dozen of thoughts after the game. We have to start with that man Diego Costa. The Spaniard has taken a liking to playing the Gunners in a similar way to Didier Drogba. Its not just …
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