MANCHESTER CITY 1, FC BARCELONA 2. Just how important Joe Hart’s injury time penalty save for Manchester City will prove remains to be seen following their home defeat by FC Barcelona in the first leg of their round of 16 Champions League tie. City would have been almost certainly out had Lionel Messi scored from […]
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Germany and USA qualify as Portugal and Ghana go out of the World Cup
USA 0, GERMANY 1 (WORLD GROUP GROUP G) PORTUGAL 2, GHANA 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP G) GERMANY TOP GROUP G, USA QUALIFY IN SECOND ON GOAL DIFFERENCE DESPITE LOSING TO GERMANY AFTER PORTUGAL BEAT GHANA The pre-match build-up to these Group G games in Brasilia should have highlighted the news that Ghana had sent two […]
Luis Suarez in third bite controversy as Italy crash out of World Cup
LUIS SUAREZ COULD FACE SANCTION AFTER ALLEGED BITE ON GIORGIO CHIELLINI ITALY 0, URUGUAY 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) COSTA RICA 0, ENGLAND 0 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) There was a big surprise as Italy joined England on the next plane home at the climax to the Group D games. While the English media were […]
Suarez double leaves England hopes in tatters
URUGUAY 2, ENGLAND 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) LUIS SUAREZ PUNISHES DEFENSIVE LAPSES WITH DOUBLE STRIKE DESPITE WAYNE ROONEY’S FIRST ENGLAND WORLD CUP FINALS GOAL It had to be him. At the end of an exhausting second half, a ‘half-fit’ Luis Suarez pounced on a mistake by his Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard from a long punted route […]
United’s penalty bother as Liverpool are spot on
MAN UNITED 0, LIVERPOOL 3 Manchester United can rarely have suffered such an embarrassing defeat against arch-rivals Liverpool. They were fortunate not to lose by an even larger margin as their hopes of securing Champions League football next season surely disappeared. United were comprehensively beaten to remain seventh in the table and 11 points adrift […]