CRYSTAL PALACE 2, MANCHESTER CITY 1 Manchester City will reflect on a disastrous Easter weekend with a pair of baffling refereeing decisions which ended with Manuel Pellegrini’s side dropping to fourth place in the Premier League behind Arsenal and Manchester United. City might have opened the scoring early on after a strong start, with Sergio […]
Oldham Athletic toil yet again against strugglers following defeat at Crawley Town
CRAWLEY TOWN 2, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0 Oldham Athletic’s wretched form against the bottom-four clubs in Sky Bet League One continued with defeat at Crawley Town. Latics have still not beaten a team in the relegation places in the current campaign, a mystery bearing in mind some top-drawer displays against the leading teams. It was another […]
Ander Herrera double is key to Manchester United’s win against Aston Villa
MANCHESTER UNITED 3, ASTON VILLA 1 Ander Herrera is helping spearhead Manchester United’s drive for a Champion League place. The Spanish midfielder, who only recently has won back a first-team place, scored twice as the Reds beat Aston Villa and strengthen their hold on third place. And Herrera appears to be relishing playing alongside Michael Carrick who […]
Oldham Athletic come up top trumps against leaders Bristol City
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, BRISTOL CITY 1 Playing the top teams certainly brings the best out of Oldham Athletic as they held runaway Sky Bet League One leaders Bristol City at SportsDirect.com Park. It is just typical of Latics to struggle against the weaker teams in the division and then produce excellent performances against the leading […]
Andros Townsend’s equaliser keeps England unbeaten this season after Italy friendly
ITALY 1, ENGLAND 1 Graziano Pelle scores deserved opener for Italy after 29 minutes England toil but substitute Andros Townsend nets equaliser after 79 minutes England’s unbeaten run now eight games this season This was the first serious test of England after their latest victory in an eminently winnable European Championships qualification group and they […]