English Premier League is getting even more exciting day by day, especially when two heavyweights are in front of each other. While Arsenal has been one of the strongest contenders for the title, Liverpool is another one who has impressed everyone this season. If we review the season so far, Liverpool started their campaign with a promising note and ruled the table for some time initially, but then they got a strong competition from teams like Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal, and dropped to fourth place. Now, they seem to have polished their belt and ready to strike the field again; they proved it when they crushed Arsenal by 5-1 and earned important three points against the topper. Martin Skrtel and Raheem Sterling proved to be lethal for them and scored two goals each along with Daniel Sturridge who scored the last one. As far Arsenal is concerned, Mikel Arteta tried to offer some resistance in the second half but they were too far to shed off the lead. Unlike other managers, … [Read more...]

Verbal fights are not the new thing in English soccer; in fact, they have been the trademark of many brilliant soccer minds found on English soil. This time, we are talking about two biggest challengers to the league title this year: one is Manchester City and another is Chelsea. These teams are not only in the news for their in-field performances, but also for their media battles outside the field. Though, City is almost on the top of the leaderboard, but Chelsea is equally optimistic to triumph over the beautiful silverware, and looking at their last few matches, second term serving manager Jose Mourinho is supposed to speak blatantly after every match or controversy. Recently, Portuguese football manager lambasted Chilean football manager and said City has been luckiest this season as far referees’ decisions are concerned, he was obviously trying to target recent penalties that went into last year runner up’s favor. He pointed out some instances where City got the undue advantage, … [Read more...]

Age is no bar for peoples who love their profession and enjoy being on the top of any international sport’s governing body, and if this sport is soccer, you can imagine how the fascination would have been. We are talking about FIFA’s 78-year-old President Sepp Blatter who is going to end his term as the top of soccer watchdog next year. He earlier hinted he would not contest for the next term, but now, he clues he may stand for another term next year no matter what his critics would say about his ambitious plans. Reportedly, UEFA president Michel Platini has until been the most likely contender for the supreme FIFA post, but after Blatter’s re-entry into the probables list, matter is again heated up into the sports media all over the world. Many call this aged ‘young’ as the perfect man to handle the growing problems in soccer fraternity today coz he doesn’t hesitate in speaking against anyone he doesn’t take as the right one to stand with while Platini is supposed to be the diplomatic … [Read more...]

If anyone is asked about the team having most upside downs in any EPL season, it would surely be Liverpool. This is probably be the only team to enjoy the top leaderboard position during the initial phase but then starts falling on expectations and downgraded by colleagues in no time. Even many experts had said when they were on the top and everyone overstated them to be the title winner that they need to remain there for couple of months especially during March, otherwise, they have done this in the past but always lost their rhythm in the middle. Right now, they are good eight points behind of the Arsenal, the topper on the chart, but ever bigger concern is Manchester City and Chelsea who are in excellent form these days. Manager Brendan Rodgers is also not very optimistic about their chance for the title; however, being associated with the Reds, he sees full potential to revive his team even at this stage. They drew last match with West Brom and now preparing to face Arsenal over … [Read more...]