The pity is that the F.A. Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Tottenham is not a Premier League match. With six games remaining, Chelsea leads Spurs by four points, following the Blues' 2-0 loss at Manchester United on Sunday. While no league points will be ...
The walk from the security-guarded gate at Selhurst Park to the Arsenal coach is about 15 meters, but to the players beaten 3-0 by relegation-threatened Crystal Palace Monday it must have seemed 150 meters. Arsenal supporters, whose mood was toxic after witnessing another dire display, ...
When Diego Simeone shakes hands with Craig Shakespeare next Wednesday the Atletico Madrid coach will have little idea about his opponent. In fairness, even in England few do. When your club reaches the last eight of the Champions League the manager has usually excelled ...
Which is worse — being sworn at or being hit? Being called an obscenity or off work for a few weeks as a result of an injury sustained? Silly question on the face of it and the law in most countries would consider violence of the ...
It is a topic that has not, to the best of my knowledge, been debated — that England might fail to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals. It is not so much a taboo subject, but a general acceptance that England will qualify ...
The reason Paul Pogba joined Manchester United in a world record £89 million transfer last summer is the same as why he left Old Trafford for Juventus as an 18-year-old in 2012) — Mino Raiola, his agent. Raiola is probably unperturbed his client has been ...
When you are a multimillionaire and you are two years past the retirement age with most of those who judge your work urging you to leave your job, why not call it a day? At 67 you could go anywhere in style. First-class flights, five-star ...
Jürgen Klopp knows what is wrong with Liverpool. He just does not know how to fix it. Liverpool struggles to defeat opponents near the foot of the Premier League and has the worst defensive record of the top eight teams. Even Middlesbrough, which is 17th, ...
Some clubs change managers regularly and most still don't get it right. Aston Villa has had seven in the past six years and has tumbled from Premier League safety to a Championship relegation battle. On the other hand, in Roman Abramovich's 14-year watch at Chelsea there ...
The champion of England plays a League One side in the F.A. Cup fifth round Saturday. Few are predicting a surprise result as hardly anyone thinks Leicester City will beat Millwall. So poorly is Leicester playing that it would be something of a shock if ...
