Soccer Blog | Archives | 2018

Espanyol beat Real Madrid after 11 years of trying

Real Madrid were enjoying a revival of sorts with a few wins on the trot.Espanyol have derailed that by...

Chelsea drop to 5th

Chelsea scored first against United but lost eventually and now Champion’s League qualification is looking doubtful. Another highlight of...

Pep gets his first bit of Manchester City silverware

Manchester City took the first of possible three trophies when they beat Arsenal 3 – 0 in the Carabao...

Girona get hammered 6 -1

A Suarez hat trick,a Messi brace and a Philipe Coutinho maiden La Liga goal sent Girona home with the...

Klopp radiant as Liverpool go second

Klopp is beaming so much that he could possibly be used to power a teleportation machine. Liverpool produced a...

Ostersund give Arsenal the fright of their lives

There’s this book by Robert Ludlum called “The Osterman Weekend” which I have read three times and still not...

David de Gea takes it to a new level

Sevilla came close but couldn’t get past de Gea.De Gea made eight saves in the game – and at...

Barcelona have the last laugh

Chelsea,having been trained not to smile when serious business was afoot,put up a really good show against Barcelona in...

Wigan pull off the shock of the season

Pep lost his cool after Fabian Delph picked up a red card for a totally brainless slide tackle towards...

Real beat Betis in 8 goal thriller

Real Madrid’s talismanic striker Ronaldo had been having a pretty untalismanic season at the La Liga last year.But 2018...

Spurs stutter against Rochdale in FA Cup

A few days ago Spurs,after going two goals down against Juventus, had pulled off a most unexpected come back...

Giroud scores his first goal in blue

Arsenal’s loss is Chelsea’s gain.Giroud scored his first goal for Chelsea against Hull City in the FA Cup.The first...

Chelsea post back to back wins after Conte bans smiling

Conte cracked the whip and banned his team from smiling during training – in a bid to boost their...

The Prince of Egypt

Mohamed Salah’s absolutely awesomely brilliant composure and control are evident in this goal he scored against Porto yesterday. This...

Liverpool in Champion’s League Utopia

Poor Porto found themselves at the receiving end of a cataclysm.Liverpool ended the game with a 5 – 0...

Ronaldo makes it 100 Champion’s League goals for Real Madrid

Ronaldo created more history by becoming the first player in the world to score 100 Champion’s League goals for...

Kane gets the better of Buffon

Spurs found themselves 2-0 down after just nine minutes inside the Juventus Stadium. At that stage it looked like...

Manchester City blow Basel away

Basel got bashed 4 – 0 in the first leg.Ilkay Gundogan,Silva and Aguero scored within the first 23 minutes...

Firmino conjures up the assist of the season

Firmino backheels the ball to lay on the perfect assist for Salah to score Liverpool’s second goal against Southampton...

St James’ Park beats Mourinho again

Manchester United were beaten 1 – 0 by Newcastle and that made it seven Premier League matches without a...

Arsenal beaten by one Kane goal

The incomparable Kane,soaring high above the arsenal defence,scored the goal that took Tottenham to third place in the standings....

Aguero and De Bruyne hat trick combination

Kevin De Bruyne produced a hat trick of assists and Aguero scored a hat trick plus one. City went...

Teenage football player dies of heart arrest

Barcelona and Valencia maintained a minutes silence before the kickoff of their Copa del Rey second leg game in...

Adidas has come up with some great new ads

Starring Messi,Pogba,Beckham among others – which include Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, Portland Thorns midfielder Lindsey Horan...

The Pique celebration saga

Barcelona were one goal down against Espanyol with 7 minutes remaining on the clock when Gerald Pique scored the...

Chelsea suffer their second successive 3 goal defeat

Chelsea suffer successive 3 goal PL defeats for the 1st time in over 22 years, since v Man Utd...

Kane scores his 100th goal for Spurs

Klopp is not clapping.Harry Kane’s 100th goal for Spurs came off a penalty against Liverpool in the dying seconds...

Woeful Everton and an Aaron Ramsey Hat Trick

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan had a brilliant debut and Arsenal produced a blistering offensive display. Everton were obliterated...