Jose Mourinho responded to Manuel Pellegrini’s jibe that Chelsea is a ‘rich horse’ in the Premier League title race by accusing his clubManchester City of spending money on players without regard to UEFA’s financial fair play rules, which are set to go into effect on July 1. The rules allow clubs to operate at a […]
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Report: The Glazers' Frugal Man United Reign
The Irish Independent serves up a report of Manchester United’s player spending since the club was bought by American mogul Malcolm Glazer in May 2005, and finds thatArsenal is the only English club to have spent less than United in the transfer market that has also participated in the UEFA Champions League in the Glazer […]
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Fulham Defender Compares Man United Game to Non-League Soccer
Fulham defender Dan Burn, who is 6-foot-7, compared Fulham’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United on Sunday to non-league soccer, which he used to play with Darlington.David Moyes’ team made a record 81 crosses during the game but still failed to win the match. “I was just saying to the lads that I’ve never headed that […]
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Messi Leads Barca in Sevilla Rout
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi responded to recent criticism of his performances with two goals and an assist as the Blaugrana came-from-behind to defeat Sevilla 4-1 at the SanchezPizjuan on Sunday. After the game, Coach Gerardo Martino praised his team for winning a match that easily could have ended up 2-2. “You have to know when […]
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Ribery to Miss Bayern's Arsenal Clash
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been ruled out of the first game of the defending German treble winner’s two-game UEFA Champions League Round of 16 series againstArsenal in London on February 19th. The France international, who missed Saturday’s 2-0 win at Nuremberg, won’t return to training until the end of next week.
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Juve Suffers 'Cold Shower of Humility'
Juventus coach Antonio Conte bemoaned the “cold shower of humility” poured on his team on Sunday, as the Serie A leader surrendered a 2-0 lead and two points at HellasVerona. Carlos Tevez scored twice in the first-half to give Juve a comfortable lead, only for Luca Toni and Juanito Gomez Taleb to respond in thesecond […]
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Simeone: Atleti Can Still Win Spanish Cup
Atletico Madrid has endured a tough week since ascending the top of La Liga standings on Feb 2nd: first, Diego Simeone’s men were beaten comprehensively, 3-0, by Real Madridin the first game of its two-game Copa del Rey semifinal series on Wednesday; next, they were beaten 2-0 in the league on Sunday by lowly Almeria […]
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David Moyes: 'As Bad as it Gets'
Manchester United slipped to nine points outside of the fourth and final UEFA Champions League qualification place on Sunday with a 2-2 draw at home to last-place Fulham. The Cottagers, who grabbedan early lead through Steve Sidwell, equalized in the fourth minute of stoppage time to snatch a draw from the defending English champion after […]
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Mourinho: Hazard 'the Best Young Player in the World'
Jose Mourinho was quick to dismiss comparisons of Eden Hazard to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi following the Belgian’swonderful hat trick against Newcastle United on Saturday. Hazard scored all three goals as Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 win, emerging at the end of the weekend at the top of the Premier League standings,after Arsenal was […]
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Berbatov to Make Monaco Debut Against PSG
AS Monaco striker Dimitar Berbatov, who is expected to make his debut against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, says that facing the Ligue 1 leader is the “best waypossible” to begin his career in France. The former Fulham striker, who scored just four goals in 18 appearances this season, joined Monaco on loan for the rest […]