Rafael Benitez's tenure as Inter Milan manager has come to a swift end as he this evening has been sacked club president Massimo Moratti at the Italian club. Despite recently being crowned World Club Cup champions, a series of poor results has left the treble winners in serious trouble sitting 7th in the Serie A league table, 13 points adrift of rivals AC Milan. Spanish media sources had already speculated that Benitez, 50, was well aware of his imminent sacking and has been holding out for his dismal in order to make sure he receives a huge pay-off. The former Liverpool coach is currently … [Read more...]
Barcelona Dominate In 5-1 La Liga Victory Over Local Rivals Espanyol
Barcelona have had a tremendous start to their La Liga campaign this year. Having lost just once, they top the La Liga table by 5 points and have enjoyed a fantastic victory over Castilian enemies Real Madrid along the way. Though no matter how impressive they have been this year, few still would have expected them to overcome fierce local rivals Espanyol the way they did on Saturday evening in an emphatic 5-1 away victory. Despite goals from Xavi, Pedro and David Villa it was Lionel Messi who once again stole the show as he ripped through the Espanyol defence with devestating effect. … [Read more...]
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers Highlights
Bolton Wanderers got back to winning ways after their defeat to Manchester City today as they were narrow 2-1 victors at home to Blackburn Rovers. Substitute Fabrice Muamba made an instant impact after coming on as he fired the hosts into the lead in the second half. However it seemed Blackburn had snatched a point late on at the Reebok Stadium through a El-Hadji Diouf. But Despite being down to 10 men after losing midfielder Mark Davies to a sending-off, Bolton hit back immediately and Stuart Holden provided the late winning goal for Owen Coyle's side. … [Read more...]
Wolves 1-0 Birmingham City Highlights
Wolverhampton Wanderers grabbed a much-needed three points this afternoon with a 1-0 home victory over West Midlands rivals Birmingham City. Stephen Hunt was the hero Sunday afternoon as his calm first-half strike gave his side a throughly deserved victory. … [Read more...]
Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea Highlights
The spoils were shared this afternoon in this highly-anticipated clash between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. Spurs enjoyed a dream start when Roman Pavlyuchenko put his side ahead thanks to some clever play from Jermain Defoe. However substitute Didier Drogba managed to pull the visitors level in the second half when Spurs keeper Gomes was unable to keep out his venemous shot. Carlo Ancelotti's men almost won the game right at the end but Didier Drogba was unable to convert a late Chelsea penalty. Final Score Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea. … [Read more...]