Aston Villa produced a hard-earned victory in today's Premier League Midlands derby clash with a 2-1 victory over West Brom. French boss Gerard Houllier can sleep easy tonight in the knowledge of his side's assertive performance as they move to up to 13th in the Premier League table. It was Marc Albrighton who deserved the plaudits this afternoon for a convincing attacking display assisting both Stewart Downing's volley in the first half and Emile Heskey's header towards the end to wrap up the win. Paul Scharner scored a powerful header in the 90th minute for the Baggies to make it a tight … [Read more...]
Marseille 1-0 Chelsea Highlights
Chelsea's dreadful run continues as they suffered yet another poor result in their final Group F tie with Marseille in the Champions League. Despite already guaranteeing themselves top spot of the group, it will still be a disappointing result and performance all round for Carlo Ancelotti's men as a late strike from Brandao was the difference here at the Stade Velodrome this evening. … [Read more...]
Arsenal 3 – 1 Partizan Belgrade Highlights
Arsenal ensured qualification to the Champions League knockout stages this evening after a comfortable 3-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade in Group H. Robin van Persie put the hosts ahead from a spot-kick early on before they suffered a slight scare when Serbian visitors Partizan levelled early on in the second half thanks to Brazilian striker Cleo. However the Gunners held their nerve and regained the lead through Theo Walcott whilst Samir Nasri added a third to put qualification beyond doubt for Arsene Wenger's men. … [Read more...]
Is This The Worst Football Miss Of All Time?
Future hosts of the 2022 World Cup Qatar may go down in history as producing the worst ever miss in football. At 0-0 and only seconds left during their Asian Games quarter final tie with Uzbeckistan it seemed Qatar had won it at the death after a goalkeeping blunder left striker Fahad Khalfan with an open goal. Amazingly though the teenager was unable to convert his chance and hit the post from one yard out. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQLylizGmDs[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Liquid Football Goal Of The Week!
After much deliberation Liquid Football HQ has awarded this week's Premier League goal of the week award to French attacking midfielder Samir Nasri for his splendid individual effort against Fulham yesterday for Arsenal in their 2-1 win. … [Read more...]