In a game of one European titan and one team on its way toward the same stature, how was Real Madrid able to come away from the match with three points against Paris Saint-Germain? In order to understand how Nacho netted the only goal of the match in the 35th minute, it is important to […]

New manager Remi Garde has told his players the Aston Villa dressing room must be a strictly English-speaking environment. Garde says French will be banned because he wants his new charges to speak a common language for the sake of unity. As with all squads in the league, Villa are a multi-national group of players, and […]

Remi Garde inherits a struggling squad at Aston Villa with the side rock bottom of the Barclays Premier League and confidence low after seven straight defeats. He faces Manchester City in his first game in charge on Sunday and has just days to get them prepare for the visit of the league leaders to Villa Park. […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is expected to take a strong squad to Russia on Wednesday for the Europa League tie against Rubin Kazan. Most of the players who were involved in the weekend win at Chelsea are scheduled to travel, although one definite absentee will be Joao Teixeira, who is ineligible for the competition. Liverpool at […]

Paul Scholes has once again hit out at the style of football implemented by Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, describing it as "boring." Scholes, who made more than 700 appearances for United in a hugely successful spell between 1993 and 2013, slammed the Dutchman's tactics last month after seeing his former club dumped out […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hailed his side's dominant display after they qualified for the Champions League last 16 with an emphatic 3-1 win at Sevilla. City produced one of their greatest European performances as they overpowered the Spaniards at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium to reach the knockout stages with two games to spare. […]

Louis van Gaal dropped a clanger after Manchester United's win over CSKA Moscow by getting Chris Smalling's name wrong again. Van Gaal made the mistake of calling the defender "Mike Smalling" while sat alongside him at a press conference in San Jose during United's pre-season tour in July, and it seems the United manager is still […]

John Terry insists Chelsea have no wish to be the enemy of everyone and want to be loved – as he hit back at pundit Robbie Savage. Blues boss Jose Mourinho has adopted a siege mentality in an attempt to cope with Chelsea's myriad issues this season, not least a run of nine losses in […]

Over four years after signing for Arsenal, Joel Campbell finally made his first Premier League start last Saturday. The Costa Rica international was forced an appearance in the starting XI due to yet another injury bug for the Gunners. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott were both forced off of the pitch within 15 minutes of […]

Here are the 10 things we learned from the first legs of the Major League Soccer conference semifinals. 1. Having fun yet? For the four teams that advanced through the initial knockout round– and one in particular – there was hardly time to breathe before the conference semifinals started on Sunday. That, plus this being a two-legged series […]

New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has talked to Steven Gerrard about to train with the team this fall, the Independent reported on Tuesday. According to the report, discussions between Klopp and the current LA Galaxy midfielder could eventually encompass a playing role, though only training through Jan. 15 is currently being discussed. Gerrard completed his first half-season with the Galaxy on […]

Pep Guardiola expects Arsenal to come out fighting in their Champions League clash at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. The Bayern Munich coach saw his side beaten 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium in the last round of fixtures as Arsenal reacted to losing their opening two group fixtures. Guardiola's side remain in a strong […]

Wayne Rooney ended Manchester United's 404-minute goal drought by the scoring the winner against CSKA Moscow on a night of high emotion at Old Trafford. The United support had vented their frustration at the players when they sauntered off the pitch at halftime having failed to score again, and then Louis van Gaal got it […]

Manchester City produced one of their greatest European performances to secure their place in the Champions League last 16 with a brilliant 3-1 win at Sevilla. Manuel Pellegrini's men did the damage early as they raced into a 2-0 lead with goals from Raheem Sterling and the outstanding Fernandinho inside 11 minutes at the Ramon […]

It took a volleyed perfect ball from Jesse Lingard, but Wayne Rooney is finally back on the scoresheet. In the process, Rooney has ended Manchester United's 404-minute goal-drought, ending the threat of a fourth straight scoreless draw by putting his team up on CSKA Moscow, 1-0: Wayne Rooney breaks United's 404-minute goalscoring drought (all comps) for a […]