With Manchester City's loss at Wolverhampton, the predicted Big Three has emerged in the Premier League. Will Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United continue pulling away going forward? That's the question that starts this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, where myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna the continued early season successes of last year's promoted […]

Roy Hodgson finally saw his Liverpool side climb out of the bottom three with a hard-fought win at Bolton. It certainly wasn’t easy for the Hodgson’s men as the hosts frustrated Liverpool for long periods only to be undone by some Fernando Torres magic late on. Torres’ delightful flick in to the path of an […]

Well, well, well – what do we have here? A big three? That's sure what it looks like atop the English Premier League, with a Carlos Tévez-less Manchester City falling off-the-pace after losing in Wolverhampton. While none of Chelsea, Arsenal, or Manchester United were dominant, each picked up three points to gain some distance at […]

In an announcement that is sure to thrill managers of several Premier League clubs, Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has revealed his ambitions of playing in the Premier League. The German midfielder has a contract with the Bavarian club until the summer of 2012, but claims he would be interested in a switch to England. […]

By all accounts it has been a rollercoaster week for Newcastle United boss Chris Hughton. After an impressive win away to West Ham, bookmakers suspended betting on Hughton been the next Premier League manager to lose his job. The pressure was heightened after the Toon were dumped out of the Carling Cup by Arsenal , but […]

Yesterday's halloween-themed matches were full of surprises, and Sunday promises to be just as mental with first-placed Mainz hosting second-placed Borussia Dortmund, and Hoffenheim taking on surprise package Hannover 96, who, with a win, could move into Champions League contention. Mainz v Borussia Dortmund Thomas Tuchel's Mainz side hold a two-point lead over their opponents, […]

It was a packed Buck Shaw Stadium on the campus of Santa Clara. Not a single seat was empty in the college soccer stadium to see their beloved San Jose Earthquakes face the New York Red Bulls. It was a great atmosphere for such a fantastic playoff match and as the other two first leg […]

So much for the "World Cup Bounce" that Major League Soccer must have been hoping for in the form of higher TV ratings after the most watched World Cup tournament in the history of the United States concluded in July. The TV ratings for MLS games on ESPN2 are in, and it's more of a […]

Life in charge of the world’s wealthiest football club was never going to be easy for Roberto Mancini. Ever since arriving at Eastlands last December, there has always been the sense that the Italian is a couple of bad results away from the chop. Well after City’s back-to-back defeats against Arsenal and Wolves these bad […]

The scariest thing about the above picture is that it's real and not Photoshopped. It's been making the rounds across the Internet for a few weeks now, so it's hardly new. But it's the perfect picture to use to wish you a Happy Halloween. Apologies to Liverpool FC supporters. On this Halloween, we have three […]

The Bundesliga just get's crazier and crazier. Some really shocking results in the DFB Pokal in midweek – where HSV, Mainz, Leverkusen, Werder Bremen, Freiburg and Dortmund were all knocked out – have led to a mental Saturday afternoon of football. Things never seem to go as planned in the Bundesliga, and this weekend was […]

The defending MLS champions were out-coached and outplayed in today's first round matchup between the two Western Conference clubs, as FC Dallas got a late goal from Eric Avila to beat Real Salt Lake 2-1. The match saw FC Dallas frantically try and win outright as they knew winning in Salt Lake City was something […]

During half-time of the MLS Playoff match between FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber appeared on Fox Soccer Channel for a few minutes to discuss developments in the league. Two topics of note was whether MLS is considering combining the conferences into one league and what his thoughts were […]

So far there have been three matches played this weekend, and all three of them have been pretty exciting. Genoa – Inter Milan ended in a 1-0 win for Inter, Roma – Lecce was exciting and finished 2-0 for Roma, and AC Milan – Juventus was the shock result, a 2-1 win for Juve. Roma […]

On Saturday, Manchester United's Nani scored a goal against Tottenham Hotspur which was extremely controversial and will be the topic of many conversations over the next few days. Looking at it again and again, the goal was a result of poor sportsmanship by Nani and a mix-up in communication between Spurs goalkeeper Heurehlo Gomes and […]