After watching the dramatic Manchester United v Liverpool game, my Sunday afternoon Premier League viewing was completed by watching Chelsea cruise past Blackpool. During the later of the games the following comment from my Dad got me thinking. “Chelsea would put five or six past United or Liverpool at the moment.” Now let’s get a […]

The Ruhr and and Hamburg derbies came and went this weekend and were full of action. Schalke hosted Borussia Dortmund in what is known as the Ruhr derby and Felix Magath's Konigsblauen were once again condemned to defeat. St. Pauli hosted Hamburg in the Hamburg derby, and were unfortunate not to come away with all […]

Group D has an easy-to-predict first place but the rest of the group is wide open. FC Barcelona are a class above the teams they have been drawn in to Group C with, so complacency is going to be their biggest enemy. The real battle is going to be the home-and-away fixtures between FC Kobenhavn, […]

They may have done it the hard way but Manchester Untied did get their victory over arch rivals Liverpool. But Sir Alex Ferguson will have to thank Dimitar Berbatov for the win, after the Bulgarian scored a stunning hat-trick. Was this performance when Bulgarian finally won over the sceptical United fans? Berbatov arrived at Old […]

While he may not have been able to propel Arsenal to the top of the Premier League yesterday, it has been a supremely impressive start to the season for the latest star to come off the Arsenal production line. Jack Wilshere has finally been given his chance to showcase his talents on a regular basis […]

The fifth anniversary of EPL Talk is just a few weeks away, so I wanted to ask for your advice. While we continue to post several interesting articles each day on all sorts of different Premier League topics, I wanted to get your input on what resources would be helpful to you that we could […]

AC Milan seemed to have found the right combination in the Champions League against Auxerre. A simple 2-0 win with Ibrahimovic scoring both goals supposedly solved all the problems around the rossoneri. But after the match, Ibrahimovic decided to insult Milan legend Arrigo Sacchi, and show everyone what a difficult character he is to deal […]

The Bundesliga will take on a fierce face this sunday as two of the biggest rivalries in the league kick-off. Schalke will host Borussia Dortmund in the Ruhr derby, and Hamburg will travel to St. Pauli to contest the Hamburg derby. Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen will host Nurnberg in what should be a convincing win for […]

After a fairly solid start to life on Merseyside, Roy Hodgson will today take his Liverpool side along the M62 for the crunch meeting with arch rivals Manchester United. The meeting will be a real indication of Hodgson’s time at Liverpool so far, and a win could set the tone for his tenure. Without a […]

After the World Cup, I was so jazzed about the beautiful game. I couldn’t wait for the Premier League season to commence. I had checked out all the options available to a DirecTV subscriber, as well as the possibility of foxsoccer.tv since we do have broadband. Foxsoccer.tv were rather sluggish in putting information about their […]

Saturday's Bundesliga matches were laced with goals and filled with action. Wolfsburg and Stuttgart finally got themselves their first points of the season with impressive home wins, and Bayern Munich continued their poor run of form with a 0-0 draw against Koln. Elsewhere, there was a 2-0 win for Mainz away to Werder Bremen, and […]

Leverkusen have just completed the signing of young striker Andre Schuerrle, who will join the club the day the summer transfer window opens at the end of the season. At Leverkusen already, are three well established Bundesliga strikers. Eren Derdiyok, who joined the club in the summer of 2009, Stefan Kiessling, who has been at […]

A resilient Freiburg side, who have now racked up three straight wins, came out of Frankfurt with a 1-0 result that they will be very content with. Freiburg's ability to be able to grind out a result is really an asset for a side that were expected to fight relegation this term. Freiburg defend deep, […]

It's another Premier League Saturday and we have a ton of mouthwatering games in store for us today. As you go through the day, feel free to post your observations, outrage, questions or comments about the matches in the comments section below. If you live in the United States, be sure to refer to EPL […]

EA Sports has released their official US TV commercial for the upcoming release of the FIFA 11 video game. The FIFA 11 video is choc-a-bloc with football superstars such as Rooney, Ozil, Cech, Iniesta and many more. It's one of those videos that you'll want to watch over and over again, and each time you […]