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Carlos Vela and Another Example of Why we Need Goal Line Technology
Carlos Vela scored a goal, but Gorka Iraizoz was quick enough to pull it out of the goal and Real Sociedad were left with 0, as Athletic Bilbao won the Basque derby, with a little bit of help from the referee and his assistant who proved once again how badly football needs goal line technology and replays to assist us.
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Roman Abramovich And the Chelsea Managers He’s Fired Over the Years
Roman Abramovich likes to keep it interesting on the Chelsea sidelines and the dressing room, going through managers like dirty socks. Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Carlo Ancelotti and last (and least) Andre Villas-Boas have all gotten the firing treatment. Who’s next?
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Ashley Young Out of Nowhere (Tottenham vs Manchester United)
Ashley Young scored only two goals this season, both in the same match, in what would become the historic 8-2 win over Arsenal. Months later, and another London opponent brought the best out of him, as Young scored twice in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Tottenham, keeping them two points behind the league leaders.
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Andre Villas-Boas Gets the Roman Abramovich Treatment – Sacked From Chelsea
Andre Villas-Boas was feeling it coming in the air last night, and there was no surprise that after his seventh league defeat of the season, a deserved 1-0 at the Midlands against West Brom, Roman Abramovich chose to terminate the contract and sack the Portuguese manager after less than 10 months at the helm.
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Chelsea’s Romance With Andre Villas-Boas Almost Over
Andre Villas-Boas had nothing to say to his defense. Another loss, Chelsea’s 7th in the Premier League this season, this time to West Brom, 1-0 coming late in the match. The away form, the general from, the thundering silence from Roman Abramovich and the potential exits from both the FA Cup and the Champions League, and the storm clouds just aren’t going away.
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Dortmund Running Away With the Bundseliga, Bayern Keep Falling
Bayern Munich struggled away from home, again, losing to Leverkusen 2-0. Meanwhile, Dortmund, who haven’t tasted league defeat since September, didn’t have it easy against Mainz, but came out with a 2-1 victory, their 7th consecutive victory as the open up a 7 point lead at the top of the German league.
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Roman Shirokov and Another “Miss of the Season”
Roman Shirokov joined a long line of players who have missed incredibly easy goals this season. Not exactly as terrible like the Deivid miss from last week, but his header to the post while the entire goal was waiting for him to score in the match between Zenit and CSKA Moscow.
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Utah Jazz – Where Winning Streaks End
The Utah Jazz ended the Miami Heat’s game winning streak with a dramatic 99-98 win, despite LeBron James having another huge game (35 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists), combining for 66 along with Dwyane Wade, and giving up on another chance to take the final and potentially winning shot.
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Van Persie Doubles Up at Anfield (Liverpool vs Arsenal)
Liverpool scored first, but failed to capitalize on their superiority all throughout the match. Arsenal didn’t attack much, but Robin Van Persie was there to do his usual fabulous finishing job, scoring twice, including a quality volley in injury time, to give Arsenal a 2-1 win over the Reds and be the first team to leave Anfield with 3 points.
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Benfica vs Porto – The Game That Sent The Title North?
Hulk opened the scoring, Oscar Cardozo’s brace gave Benfica the lead in the second half, but a red card and Porto’s superior side eventually got the two goals that might bring them the title for a sixth time in seven seasons, winning the O Classico 3-2 in dramatic fashion, taking sole lead of the Primeira Liga in Portugal.