Manchester United 2 Liverpool 2 A glorious hat trick from Dimitar Berbatov gave Manchester United a fully deserved win against Liverpool. The Bulgarian striker scored either side of half time, including a stunning overhead kick to mark his second goal. Liverpool were thrown a lifeline by lapse’s in United’s defence as Steven Gerrard scored twice [ Read More ]
Sunderland 1 Arsenal 1 A goal in stoppage time from Darren Bent earned a deserved point for Sunderland against an Arsenal side reduced to 10-men at the Stadium of Light. The Gunners went in front in bizarre fashion when a Cesc Fabregas block on a clearance from Anton Ferdinand flew in from 40 yards out. [ Read More ]
Liverpool 4 Steaua Bucharest 1 Liverpool comfortably beat Steaua Bucharest in their Europa League tie, with Joe Cole scoring his first goal for the club following his summer move from Chelsea. England international Cole needed just 27 seconds to break the deadlock after capitalising on poor backpass by Octavian Abrudan. The Romanians levelled when Cristian [ Read More ]
Manchester United 0 Rangers 0 Even the return of Wayne Rooney could not inspire Manchester United to victory against an ultra-defensive Rangers at Old Trafford. The striker was recalled to first team action after being left out against Everton on Saturday as United manager Alex Ferguson made 10 changes to the side that drew at [ Read More ]
Everton 3 Manchester United 3 Two goals in stoppage-time capped a stunning fightback for Everton after United manager Alex Ferguson dropped Wayne Rooney for his Goodison Park return. Ferguson’s side appeared to have his 700th game in charge sewn up as they held comfortable two-goal lead going into three minutes of added time. But Everton [ Read More ]
The new manager of Aston Villa has been revealed as former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier. The 63-year-old returns to English football after a six-year absence and departed his role as technical director at the French Football Federation to take over at Villa Park. He replaces caretaker Kevin MacDonald, who had been in charge [ Read More ]
Switzerland 1 England 3 Wayne Rooney put allegations surrounding his private life behind him as he scored England’s first goal in what was an impressive victory in Switzerland. Rooney’s early opener at St Jakob Park was his first international goal for a year and set England up for a maximum six points from their first [ Read More ]
Roger Federer sailed into the quarter finals of the US Open with a straight-sets victory against 13th seed Jurgen Melzer. The five-time champion recorded a comfortable win, easing through 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in the night session. Federer enjoyed some good fortune in the second set tie-break with two net-cords and had to come back [ Read More ]
England 4 Bulgaria 0 Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick as England began their Euro 2010 qualifying campaign with a resounding victory against Bulgaria at Wembley. After a dismal performance in this summer’s World Cup, manager Fabio Capello was under increasing pressure to deliver a convincing win. Tottenham Hotspur striker Defoe settled any nerves with an [ Read More ]
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has defended the club’s failure to meet the target set for season ticket sales. The Old Trafford club sold 51,800 season tickets, short of its 54,000 target, Mr Gill confirmed. However, he insisted the number was “pretty good in the current climate” and reassured that the United was “in [ Read More ]
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