Football experts along with Pundits sometime become the nightmare for the side they love the most and this happens most in England where everyone is more sensitive than he should be. That is why whenever anything untoward happens to any big league side, pundits and experts collectivity start lambasting everything that did not go in their favor. Chelsea’s exit from Championship league is not a news now, in fact, severe criticism of the Blues from every corner is also not a news yet Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness’ comment about Jose Mourinho went viral and still in the headlines. Souness openly criticized the behavior shown by the Stamford Bridge side during Champions League last-16 exit game to PSG and Portuguese also answered his allegations in his own style. Souness went so desperate that he did not mind calling Blues men ‘pathetic’ and former Everton manager a ‘frustrated man.’ What Mourinho had said reacting former Scottish manager’s comment was, “The difference between me and … [Read more...]

When it comes to show the professionalism every team tries to present itself as they are the only one who care about the dignity of the game, but when a controversial situation arises no one takes his feet back while opposing any decision of the referee. Chelsea, in recent days has come across many situations where its players were seen arguing with the referee. In fact, they are also found surrounding the mentor just to force him to oust any player. While this behavior was severely criticized by everyone, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini openly condemns the behavior demonstrated by his league colleagues in recent days. He pointed his fingers over few incidents where Blues men behaved erectly including the last Championship match where Dutch official Bjorn Kuipers was visibly roofed by the players ahead of the Sweden captain's red card. Apart from Pellegrini, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has as well called Chelsea players disgraceful amid severely criticisms of … [Read more...]

The FA Cup quarterfinal between Arsenal and Manchester United proved to be the mega entertainer for soccer fans all over the world and why not after all this showdown was reportedly watched by a record number of fans and if we discuss about the outcome of the game, it went into Gunners favor. They overshadowed their hosts in every department of the game. United is now ousted from the cup by 2-1 and more importantly it was sourced by the decision to send off Red Devils midfielder Angel Di Maria 13 minutes before the end of the game. Knowingly, the marching order of the Argentine was not because he did something wrong to other players but for his tugging on the back of Oliver – the referee’s - shirt. Later, United fans severely criticized the referee for behaving like anti United while few experts are also calling the decision correct under the circumstances and one of them is former Premier League referee Graham Poll who favors Oliver's decision to debar any player who is misbehaving … [Read more...]

Counting on ace players has ever been the main striking force for every manager and if this key player is also the captain of the team, his importance gets tripled thanks to the motivational power that works in team favor after showing confidence in the skipper. Manchester United is one such team where although there are several great players yet manager Louis van Gaal wants only to talk about his skipper Wayne Rooney who can win them first silverware of the season. This is not a secret now that Gaal has taken many initiatives since he made a move to league giants including experimenting with the field spread and placing Rooney on rather unconventional position. Reds Devils’ upcoming FA Cup quarterfinal with Arsenal is of course the most talked about showdown and Dutchman wants to capitalize his weapons including strengthening the level of motivation among players by showing a stiff confidence in the skipper. He recently said it is Rooney’s desire to win first career FA cup that will … [Read more...]

The upcoming FA Cup quarterfinal between Arsenal and Manchester United recalls the famous showdown between these two giants back in 1999 that was triumphed by the Red Devils. In fact, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger still considers that loss as the biggest in his career and even admitted that noise coming out of United’s dressing room that night after their win still haunts him. This shows how serious he is with their upcoming clash with the Gaal army and if they have any chance to overcome Old Trafford rivals. For Wenger that match changed the course of soccer forever and he says it was the Ryan Giggs' iconic injury-time goal that could not let them enter into the finals. Similarly, Manchester United, who could not have had a dream run in current as well last season, is also looking forward to repeat their last meet with the Emirates giants which would also help Dutchmen proves his innovative field spread along with a mega outlay of funds that he did to hire players of his choice last … [Read more...]