In any season, Liverpool versus Manchester United is one of the standout matches of the Premier League calendar, and the first meeting between the sides this season is set to be a hugely important game for both clubs. Man City’s loss at Chelsea last Saturday led to Liverpool finishing the weekend as the league leaders…. Continue reading >
With 12 teams having already qualified for the round of 16, the final round of group stage matches in the UEFA Champions League meant that the spotlight focused mainly on three groups. Group C was given the tag of this season’s “Group of Death”, with Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Liverpool drawn together, along with 1991… Continue reading >
With almost three months of the 2018/19 Premier League season gone, the situation at the top of the league could barely be tighter. The top two teams – Manchester City and Liverpool – are level on points, and a north London trio of Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs sit within touching distance of the top. Man… Continue reading >
It took Britain the best part of a century to produce a Grand Tour winner, but since Bradley Wiggins took the yellow jersey at the 2012 Tour de France, the floodgates have well and truly opened. British cyclists have now won 9 of the last 20 Grand Tours, and this year made history by became… Continue reading >
The UEFA Champions League final is one match on the annual footballing calendar which rarely disappoints. And Saturday’s fixture between Real Madrid and Liverpool promises much in terms of entertainment and drama. Real Madrid go into the match having lifted the trophy on three of the last four occasions, including last season’s competition, when the… Continue reading >
When Atletico Madrid lifted the Europa League trophy on Wednesday, Arsenal fans, along with their former manager, may have had a sense of what might have been. In losing to Atletico in the semi finals of the competition earlier this month, it ensured that Arsene Wenger would depart the club without having won any European… Continue reading >
Even for regular match-attending football fans, there are some games that generate a particular buzz. Liverpool v Roma in 2001 was one such game. Aside from playing one of the best teams in Europe, some of the excitement undoubtedly stemmed from a view that the match represented a return for Liverpool to the really big… Continue reading >
Part two of a look ahead to this week’s Champions League quarter-final matches. Barcelona v Roma Roma will compete in a Champions League quarter-final for the first time in ten years when they take on Barcelona in the Camp Nou tomorrow evening – though the Italians haven’t progressed beyond this stage of Europe’s premier competition… Continue reading >
This week marks the return of the UEFA Champions League, with the quarter final first leg matches taking place during tomorrow and Wednesday evening. Beginning with the matches being played tomorrow, here is the first part of a preview of the week’s action, along with predictions on which teams will be make it into the… Continue reading >
After Man United’s loss to Sevilla this week, Jose Mourinho made a number of strange comments, one of which was to refer to the two occasions on which he has masterminded an aggregate Champions League victory over Man United, courtesy of a successful second leg result at Old Trafford. His main point was, probably, to… Continue reading >