Is Roberto Mancini using reverse psychology, or is he being serious, or perhaps downplaying his team's chances in the UEFA Champions League to help manage the expectations of his bosses? Whatever the case, this week's must-win match against Ajax should be riveting to watch. Here are the Premier League news headlines tonight: Roberto Mancini writes […]

Today's two matches in the Premier League feature Reading against Queens Park Rangers followed by Liverpool against Newcastle United. But, in many ways, it's Mark Hughes versus Brian McDermott leading into Brendan Rodgers against Alan Pardew. Pardew is the safe one on the block, but QPR manager Mark Hughes is under tremendous pressure to avoid […]

It was an awful day at the office for Arsenal Football Club on Saturday with a poor performance compounded by Jack Wilshere's red card. And made even worse by two other things: (1) Andre Santos asking Robin van Persie to swap shirts at HALF TIME, and (2) Fergie saying that his side could have put […]

We had a few surprise results on Saturday on a day where there were we had a change at the top of the table. Here are the match highlights from Premier League Saturday, gameweek 10 of the 2012-13 season: Manchester United vs Arsenal Video: Manchester United v Arsenal Premier League Highlights 11/03/12 Swansea City vs […]

Seven Premier League matches today. Each of them are excellent match-ups in what promises to be an excellent day. With the clocks changing in the UK last week, and the US not changing theirs until tomorrow, all of the games will be one hour later than usual for us today before things get back to […]

The Sun has an exclusive story tonight that referee officials have already held talks about not taking charge of Chelsea games and have even discussed strike action in response to the club claiming that referee Mark Clattenburg has made racist remarks. Hopefully the officials will not strike, but the sooner this particular case is resolved, […]

beIN SPORT today announced it will be carried by Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will offer the network in English and a separate network in Spanish on TV and on demand. Additionally, both networks will be made available to authenticated subscribers through the TWC TV website […]

Traditionally, November’s first week is an important one for the English Premier League. Managers new and old are being evaluated, having overseen approximately 10 matches for which credit or blame must be assigned. Every year managers at the foot of the table are under pressure, although, the manager under the most scrutiny this season is […]

In the summer of 2011, numerous US soccer pundits lauded the return of Freddy Adu after a two-year absence from the men’s national team. The spark that ignited the fire was Adu’s midfield pass that began a counterattack. Though the counterattack did lead to a goal, it seemed the pundits who praised the American only […]

Today, EPL Talk celebrates seven years of bringing you soccer coverage. The independent website began life in early November, 2005. Since then, we've been through a lot. We launched a print magazine in 2006 as well as our EPL Talk Podcast (which is still running). In 2007, we launched the first-ever soccer vodcast. And the […]

Today, where so much money rests on the result of a team’s soccer season, the number of clubs that aren’t being managed with the idea of sustainable competitiveness is crazy. Players come, players go. Even top clubs such as Arsenal or Manchester United are constantly faced with the threat of superstars leaving, while Real are […]

Trust Sir Alex Ferguson to stir up some trouble and to put more pressure on Chelsea Football Club, the team that sits atop the Premier League table. Ferguson has come out today and said that he's convinced that Mark Clattenburg is innocent — i.e. that Chelsea is lying. Who knows what may happen after this […]

The race to win Beat The Manager, the free prediction game from EPL Talk, is going strong with 300+ readers battling it out to see who will win the next Apple iPad we're giving away. EPL Talk reader Greg Pierko won the Apple iPad for having the top score from gameweek 1-6. Now the race […]

NBC Universal has a lot of work ahead of them in preparation for their Premier League debut on US television next August. We've already discussed which A-team of presenters, commentators and pundits we'd like to see on NBC Sports beginning next summer, but what other recommendations do you have based on what's currently missing in […]

Diego Maradona's sensational goal against England in the 1986 World Cup will long be remembered. No, not the handball one, which — in some circles — is better known, but the one where Maradona snaked through half of the England team and scored one of the best World Cup goals of all time. Artist Richard Swarbrick […]