Good run continues as top four stay firm

A furstrated looking Moyes during the clash with Southampton

Van Persie clashing with Jay Rodriguez

Manchester United's poor start to the season continues as they suffered another huge setback at the hands of Southampton on October 19 2013, drawing the match 1-1. David Moyes has voiced to his squad that they need to buck up as soon as possible if they were to be serious contenders for the title this season. The defending champions have now only won 3 games since the start of the season, drawn 2 and lost 3. This is so not Manchester United, regardless that they usually spell a slow start to the season, but this time around, the slow spell to the season seems to march on even longer, leaving them 8 points adrift of table toppers, Arsenal. It looks like Alex Ferguson's departure is proving to be a massive blow for the red devils and being under Moyes, nothing seems to go right for the devils at the moment. Robin Van Persie, have been on the dark shades since the season started, barely could even see him shining like a star like how he used to shine, since his transfer from Arsenal, scored the opening goal but with a last minute winner by Adam Lallana saw United's early goal cancelled out and the joy was short-lived. Moyes tactics at the moment proves to be a big question mark as questions are being raised against his tactics in terms of playing the right players at the right time of the game. Nemanja Vidic, one of the powerhouse defender, is slowly slacking off in recent games, and not as rockful as he used to be in the United's defense. One thing that needs to be clearly notified here is that, Manchester United's form have been in jeopardy lately and totally inconsistent, of course undeniably. Meanwhile, at the Emirates, Arsenal march on with their impressive start to the season with a easy 4-1 win against Norwich City. Goals from Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and the double from the on form Mesut Ozil was enough to see off an arguably poor Norwich defence. Arsenal manager have been ordered by the club owners to start to deliver the trophies since good players are now on target, and Arsenal are indeed posting a huge threat to all the teams and looking to be a serious title contenders this year. Arsenal have gone 7 years without a trophy, and it is a rare phenomena witnessing such a prestigious club being trophy-less for years. It's time Wenger deliver the silverware's with the German "wizard" Mesut Ozil on a cracking form for the gunners, not only assisting but also scoring goals magnificently. If Arsenal were to march on with their current outstanding form towards the end of the season, don't be surprised folks with the Gunners finally becoming English Champions again just like old times. Olivier Giroud have been raising to the occasion lately and he has been in a good form for the Gunners, and if he keeps up his form, he may turn to be a huge demand for other teams in the future. Now we shall fly to Merseyside, where Liverpool continues their good form too, regardless of the draw they suffered against the Magpies, Newcastle United during the weekend, on October 19 2013. Winning 5 games, drawing 2 and losing 1 is pretty impressive for how Liverpool's performances have been in the past few seasons. They are now third in the table, level on points with Chelsea, who leapfrogged the Reds on goal difference after their 4-1 win against Cardiff City. Liverpool are now 2 points adrift of Arsenal, and the two will clash in the upcoming Premier League matches, and that will definitely prove to be the turning point of who has the upper-hand against each other. Liverpool's Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge are proving to be the most deadliest combination ever in the Premier League thus far as they combine and play 1 touch passes extremely mind-blowing. Steven Gerrard marked his 100th Premier League goal with a penalty. The penalty was awarded after Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa brought down Luis Suarez inside the penalty box with rash tackle on the Uruguayan. Liverpool then needed another equalizing goal from Daniel Sturridge to cancel out Paul Dummett's lead for the Magpies. Chelsea, on the other hand, enjoyed a 4-1 victory against Cardiff City. Goals from Samuel Eto' who finally scores his first goal for the blues, Oscar and the double from Hazard was enough to kill of newly promoted side Cardiff City. Mourinho is finally feeling a sense of the old Chelsea he once managed, after witnessing his side thrashed Cardiff 4-1 with a good string of performances. At the eastlands, Manchester City finally won their first away game of the campaign with a 1-3 victory against West Ham United. Sergio Aguero scored a brace while David Silva netted the other goal, and a goal for West Ham by Ricardo Vaz Te. At the moment, Southampton are looking strong as well, as they are sitting 6th in the table, just behind Spurs that won 0-2 against Aston Villa on Monday morning. The Premier League looks to continue interestingly from now on.

Daniel Sturridge slotting in the equalizer

Hazard celebrates his goal

Kieran Gibbs in action

Young talents looming largely

Young talents in the football are growing wide lately. In the latest World Cup qualifying matches, that saw England ease their way through to the World Cup campaign next year in Brazil, the likes of Andros Townsend rise to the occasion to prove the world that he is a threat to be reckoned by all the other opposition teams. Andros Townsend represented England for the under-16, 17, 19, 21 and now the Spurs under-rated midfielder has found his way through to the senior squad. Andros Townsend was given his senior international debut against Serbia & Montengero on Saturday morning, 12th October 2013 and he gave one helluva string of awesome performances against the Serbians and definitely did impress the England manager, Roy Hodgson. He played on the right flanks with Gerrard playing a deep cental role and Lampard on the left side. Townsend started his debut match brightly and went on to score a goal indeed in the second half, to pile pressure on the Serbians, in match that saw England bagged 4-1 over the Serbians. Townsend has often been moving around clubs on loan and now he's back in Spurs, and with his outstanding performances against the Serbians, Andres Villas Boas would definitely want to keep him in the fray of the Spurs line up. On the other hand, the rising star, Daniel Sturridge has been in fine form after a string of wonderful performances for Liverpool in the league, and he is now proving to be a massive threat in England too. During his days in Chelsea, he has often been benched and not the preferred forward over the likes of Drogba, Shevchenko those days. Since his transfer to Liverpool earlier this year from Chelsea,, Sturridge has been on fire for the Reds scoring six goals in the past seven games, and more to come from the England forward. His partnership with Luis Suarez, who is back from the 10 match suspension for biting Chelsea's Ivanovic is absolutely staggering and it is proving to be the best strike force in the Premier League thus far. Phileppe Coutiho has been sidelined for a shoulder injury, and will be out till the end of November, and his return will be extremely massive as Liverpool will have the strong strike force in the Premier League. The Reds are now in for the kill and to seal the Premier League title since 1990. Another under-rated youngster, Stephan El Shaarawy, aged 20 is an italian professional footballer, who plays for Italian side AC Milan. Shaarawy started his footballing career with Genoa and was then signed by AC Milan after a successful loan spell at Padova. Shaarawy has also played for the Italy under 17, 19, 21 and now the boy is playing at senior level with all the big guns, the likes of Andre Pirlo, Gianlugi Buffon, Totti and so on. Shaarawy is also one good example of a young prospect that has always been under-rated, and one good thing about this lad, is that he rejected offers from many big clubs, just to stay with AC Milan. He claims he wants to be AC Milan legend and going up the hall of fame, with the likes of Paulo Maldini, Gattuso, Seedorf and the list goes on. Expect more this youngster as he has more to provide for country and club.  

Liverpool on form start to the season

Enrique, Sturridge, Gerrard, Suarez, Coutinho 

Sturridge doing the Sturridge dance

                                       
             
                                                                                                             
 Liverpool have started off their season pretty much as well as they want it to be, winning three games in a row starting off with a 1-0 victory against the arguably poor Stoke City following with Aston Villa and the fiesty encounter with Manchester United with the same scoreline. Daniel Sturridge has been in tremendous form lately, banging in all three goals in the 1-0 wins in the 3 respective games and also scoring one of the goals during the 2-2 against Swansea in the fourth week. He is proving to be a threat to be reckoned at Anfield and a huge favorite indeed among the Liverpool fans. Since joining Liverpool from Chelsea in early 2013, he has never failed to shine in all the games he has featured and has been the main man for Liverpool ever since Luis Suarez got suspended for 10 games for biting Branislav Ivanovic of Chelsea. Luis Suarez, who is serving a 10 match ban is on the fringe of returning and could even start in the match against Manchester United in the Capital One Cup third round in Old Trafford. The combination of Luis Suarez and Danile Sturridge will prove to be a massive threat to all the teams and its time to witness some real life raping in football when these two are played together in the field. And also not to forget, the brazillian magic man, Phileppe Coutinho also a massive threat in the team and at such a young age, his playing ability, momentum, stability and aggression is absolutely phenomenal. He is such a great all rounder, skillful, tactical minded and whenever he's on the ball, you can expect something interesting and eye catching to happen. Coutinho's arrival from Inter Milan has boosted some problems in Liverpool in the sense, that coutinho's addition has widened the wing side, giving more pace and attacking options. Coutinho, also a great passser of the ball, as most of his assist are pin point and inch perfect. Most of Sturridge's goal has come from the assists made from Coutinho which is totally staggerring and brilliant. Steven Gerrard, may not be in the youth category as the rest, but he is still a great force and a great mastermind indeed in the team. He is such a sightful person that still delivers inch perfect passes just like always. Stevie may not have the full fitness he used to have, but he is still a great footballer and a true living legend. Liverpool lost their first match of the season against Southampton at Anfield, sadly which happens to be a poor performances by the reds. Southampton edged Liverpool by one goal and a string of saves from Simon Mignolet denied Southampton to increase the deposit which it could have been even worse for the Reds. Coutinho, out because of the shoulder injury he suffered during the 2-2 draw against Swansea, was heavily missed as his pace and attacking ability lacked in this defeat to Southampton. He will be back by the end of November.

He's back and even better of course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Man Utd Clinches 20th title, Disaster for the Spanish Giants, The Hungry Suarez

Manchester United proudly clinched the 20th title, overtaking the almighty Reds by two titles with an impressive win against Aston Villa at Villa Park. Robin Van Persie scored a hat-rick against the Villans and now he stands high of winning the golden boot award for being the EPL top scorer, overtaking Luis Suarez by a one goal margin, and now he could even extend his goal tally as Luis Suarez has been banned for 10 matches for biting Branislav Ivanovic in a premier league match against Chelsea. Manchester City suffered  defeat at the hands of Spurs which obviously meant Man United were already on the verge of winning the title. Manchester City conceded 3 late goals against spurs despite taking an early lead against them. Mancini said in an interview, ''they played with great spirit and never gave up till the end, and they were awarded for the incredible effort''. Mancini also added ''Manchester United learnt from the mistake they made last season, and improved alot this season''. Real Madrid and Barcelona suffered crazy, unbelievable defeats at the hands of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Semi-final 1st leg. Barcelona suffered a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of the German champions, which leaves the spanish warriors wanting to hope for a miracle to happen at the Nou Camp for the return leg to enter the finals at Wembley next month. Messi, whom was suffering full match fitness, was barely even seen in the game and the number of times his name was mentioned can actually be counted. That's hoe silent and quiet he was throughout the match. Goals scored by Gomez, Robben and a double by Muller was enough to kill off the Spanish giants. On the other hand, Real Madrid suffered a 4-1 beating at the hands of Dortmund at Germany. Regardless of the massive win, one point that needs to be stressed is that Cristiano Ronaldo simply cant stop scoring, yet again scoring the sole goal against the German club. Robert Lewandowski scored all four goals and became the first player ever in UCL history to score four goals against Real Madrid. This history will forever stand strong in the hearts of all Dortmund fans. Both the Spanish Giants need to really hope for a miracle to happen at the return leg or else it's gonna be a all german final at wembley next month. In order for the El Clasico to take place, Real and Barce need to strive hard and work their asses off to win the return by a huge margin and not to conceded any goals of course. The Suarez issue just keeps fuming up all the time. The Liverpool forward involved in a race row against United's Evra has now once again been involved in another issue, but this time around he got a little hungrier and bite Ivanovic. Suarez was caught by the television to have bitten Chelsea's Ivanovic in a premier league clash that ended 2-2. Luis Suarez has now been handed a 10 match ban, and he not only brought huge dissapointment to the club but he also denied himself a glorious opportunity to win the golden boot award, as he will miss all the remaining games. That's a very sad thing for the Uruaguayan. Whatever it is, Long live the Reds...YNWA..

Luis Suarez 
Biting Ivanovic





                                                                                                 Real Madrid Players In Agony

Barcelona Players Looking Dejected after the defeat 

against Bayern

Too Little Too Late And The Top Four War

It May have just been too little too late for the Eastlands (Manchester City) to try and snatch the Premiership title from the Glorious Red Devils,a team that has been on a great run of form lately and are about to reach their 20th title, overtaking the almighty Reds, liverpool by two titles. Honestly speaking, Manchester City have obviously slacked out a little and they are to blame themselves if Manchester United are to claim their 20th title, only if they grab six possible points from the remaining 5 mathches which i assume shouldn't be a problem for the Red Devils. Manchester City started the season quite moderately, not really great, but on the border line, but somehow they lost their attention and lost huge amount of focus and also lacked manpower as some of their key players had to be hijacked due to international duties. key players like Yaya Toure, whom was missing for quite some time due to international duties, and also the injury prone, David Silva whom was also out of form this season. He is a sort of player that usually brings light and sparkles his team, imagine if David Silva fails to deliver to the manager's expectations??. that's a big ''no no'' man. Manchester United have been totally consistent this season, and if not to be mistaken, this could even be named as United's best spell ever in the Premiership looking at the amount of points that differentiates United and their fierce city rivals, Manchester City. It is clearly proven this season that Manchester United stand tall as the giant of Manchester and the so-called ''Conquerer''. 13 points gap and with 5 games left to play for, and expecting a remarkable comeback from City???...Are you serious people?..Well, i do know ''Nothing is Impossible'', but with a team in Manchester United, we all damn right know that they would never allow themselves to slip up unless it just happens, where they call it the luck. Earlier this morning, Manchester City narrowed Wigan Athletic with a 1-0 win and Manchester United was held for a tough draw against West Ham United and the tie ended 2-2. Manchester United had to come from behind twice to snatch a draw, and the goals scored by Antonio Valencia and Robin Van Persie. Let's all hope for the best and if United were to surrender the title back to the defensing champions through any late slip-ups nearing the end of the season, It's definitely an epic and also an unexpected season end ever. Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton are currently on the chase for top four place and sadly, these four teams have been playing great football of late, but only two of them would emerge towards Champions League football next season. Well, Liverpool is definitely declined from the equation because they are taking a huge vacation at the moment, resting from Champions League Football, and will be back very soon of course. Chelsea sitting in a pole position at the moment and they are guaranteed into Champions League football next season if they continue their impressive run in the premier league after crushing West Brom 3-0 this morning. Now it's up to Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton to fight it out to see who cruises to the Champions League football next season. Liverpool, once again, have been quite inconsistent  this season, but huge amount of expectations are piled upon the Reds as for the players that they've signed late this season. The likes of Daniel Sturridge and Phillepe Coutinho being added to the team is huge boost to the whole team and also for the tireless Luis Suarez, who has been working his ass off like a mad man for the team. his efforts,goals,assists and inch perfect freekicks are some of the key factors that Liverpool are still surviving top 10 this season, or else Liverpool would be in a position that no one would want to see or even imagine. The Reds are definitely coming back with a bang next season and will surely prove to be a force to be not taken down easily and will put a great fight against all. Steven Gerrard, as we all know, has hit his 30's and this lad is still reckoned as a great force in the team and he is such an inspirational figure to all those young talents, like Coutinho, Sturridge and so on. Long Live the Reds!!...YNWA

                      From Left: Steven Gerrard, Henderson, Sturridge and Lucas Celebrating