Every time a side is up against anyone at home, it is supposed not only to dominate it but secure full points out of it as well, and when it fails to do so, it is taken as a big fault of it and fans do not forget these mistakes easily as well. Manchester City’s recent game with Everton at Etihad was one such game that they thoroughly dominated with more than 72% possession than their Goodison Park visitors but when they could only drew it at last, it was like a shock to all City fans who expected their side to take full points out of it. Apparently, reason for their failure to win the game is missing two penalties with Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero having their spot-kicks saved by Maarten Stekelenburg, who himself also made an incredible one-handed stop from De Bruyne's long-range strike. As far Aguero is concerned, it was his fourth penalty miss in the season and second in a week after his spot kick was saved by Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar in Argentina's 1-0 defeat last … [Read more...]

Every time we talk about any legendary manager or player, we talk about his brilliance in the field but behind every success there is a trait and this attribute can be a punishment for others but it is acceptable as long as it is yielding results and this is something that holds true for Manchester United who almost ruled the English soccer under the mentorship of former manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Alex has undoubtedly been the among the most successful English managers ever but this is also true that he could never make everyone happy about the way he used to lead the side, in fact, many used to call him authoritative who only wants to dictate the players. Every now and then former players, who have played under him, reveal lots of things about the former Red Devils boss and this time it is the turn of club's former youth player Mads Timm to talk about his style of leading the highly successful Manchester United of nineties. He reveals some dressing room insides in his … [Read more...]