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Chelsea FC – Oscar Proves He Can Play With Juan Mata
The excellent performance from Oscar and the fantastic result coming from throwing in Eden Hazard and Willian late into the match is another big encouragement to Jose Mourinho that what he’s doing with Chelsea this season is keeping them on the right track, as substituting Juan Mata might have raised some eyebrows, but still delivered the goals his team was looking for.
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Liverpool FC – Luis Suarez Needs to Show Up For Second Half as Well
Even if Liverpool are enjoying one of their best starts ever to a Premier League campaign, while getting an abundance of goals from their SAS duo up front – Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez, the alarming drop in performance from the first half to the second has to be something Brendan Rodgers takes care of and soon.
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FC Barcelona – Neymar Leaves Scoring Up to Alexis Sanchez
For those expecting Neymar to fill the scoring void left by the Lionel Messi injury, there are other players to look to in hope of making up for his absence, such as Alexis Sanchez, who upon his third season at Barcelona is finally looking like the forward the team envisioned when they first signed him.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Can’t Get More Clutch Than This
Every bit of criticism poured onto Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti is justified, but most of the time, it doesn’t matter. Cristiano Ronaldo can’t stop scoring goals during injury time, truly making something out of the nothing that is his team’s open play, while Karim Benzema is fading away into obscurity and Isco isn’t as good as advertised.
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Manchester United – Adnan Januzaj is the Only Player David Moyes Trusts
Sometimes the player does match the hype, and all the talk of Adnan Januzaj before the season and during his cameo appearances for Manchester United turned out to be quite accurate foreplay for the main course. While Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie look like shadows of their former selves at the moment, the young Belgian winger seems like the only refreshing thing in a malfunctioning Manchester United team.
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AS Roma – Francesco Totti Keeps the Perfection Going
Maybe until he doesn’t win a second Serie A title with AS Roma and become the greatest scorer in league history, Francesco Totti won’t retire. A brace in the clinical 3-0 win over Inter, he led his team to carry on with their perfect start, while pushing himself closer to the seemingly unreachable Silvio Piola.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Luckily Keeps Title Hopes Alive
Once again, a bit too much of injury time saves Real Madrid from being knocked out of the La Liga title race. This time, Cristiano Ronaldo needed a lucky bounce and Alvaro Morata to give his team any kind of hope with the first goal of the season for him in a dramatic and undeserved 3-2 win over Levante.
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Premier League – Week 7 Results & Table
In a busy Saturday to open the 7th gameweek of the season, Liverpool returned to the top of the table thanks to a convincing win over Crystal Palace. Manchester United are back to their winning ways, coming back from an early goal against Sunderland, while Manchester City looked impressive in another home win, this time […]
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Adnan Januzaj Saves David Moyes & Manchester United
One win doesn’t put Manchester United and David Moyes back in the title race, but the quick rise of Belgian starlet Adnan Januzaj, scoring twice in the 2-1 victory over Sunderland, might be the beginning of the long climb back from depths the club hasn’t been used to being in for a very long time.
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Europa League – Week 2 Results & Tables
A busy day as always in the Europa League saw Swansea, Ludogorets, Red Bull Salzburg, Rubin Kazan, Fiorentina, Genk, Frankfurt, Sevilla and Tottenham do the expected thing and win their second match, making it quite clear that their qualification from the group stage is close to being guaranteed. Group A Valencia rebounded from their embarrassing […]