Premier League

David Moyes's Side Frustrate Spurs To Move Off Bottom Of Premier League

... remain in the bottom three, their position worse after wins for Crystal Palace and Swansea above them.  Spurs moved above Arsenal on goal difference, but with the Gunners losing and Chelsea drawing, Mauricio Pochettino’s side left the North East with a feeling it should and could have been better. Tottenham remain on course for a top four finish, but these are the games they had to win if they are going to have a realistic chance of catching Chelsea. The title looks as though it is out of their reach for another year. Tottenham have been in superb form, muscling their way up the table, like body builders pushing their way through a crowd to get to the front of a concert. Weaker teams have been brushed aside and the disappointment of a failed Champions League campaign in the autumn, replaced by thoughts of silverware in ...

Premier League Clubs Net January Profit

... both going for striking experience in Demba Ba (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) and Emmanuel Adebayor (free agent) respectively. Former Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Crystal Palace striker Emmanuel Adebayor was a free agent. It was a quiet window for Serie A in Italy, with Juventus spending big on young talent but parking it for the future; for example, Mattia Caldara, a 15 m euro (£12.9 m) signing, is staying with his current club Atalanta on loan. With Barcelona typically quiet and Real Madrid barred from involvement, it was similarly sedate in Spain. Villarreal's sale of Alexandre Pato to Tianjin Quanjian for 18 m euros (£15.4 m) was comfortably the biggest transfer in La Liga, though Jese's loan move to his hometown club of Las Palmas was a romantic subplot on deadline day. France was busier than usual this winter, with Julian Draxler (36 m euros/£30.8 m) and Goncalo Guedes (30 m euros/£25.7 m) both joining Paris St-Germain ...

F365's Ten Worst Buys Of The Premier League Season

... looked during Euro 2016, it’s a real shame. We were looking forward to him flourishing in an advanced midfield role for Leicester, but to have made the bench only three times in six months indicates a serious issue. Last week Kapustka’s agent confirmed that his client would be staying at Leicester, but only because FIFA regulations mean he cannot play for three clubs in the same season: “Given the constraints imposed by the regulations, we decided that the best solution would be to stay in Leicester. For the next six months we plan, together with Bartek, what we want to pursue.”. Rough translation: He’s off in the summer. 2) Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham). When Newcastle supporters were seen joyously celebrating the sale of Sissoko to Tottenham for a fee of £30 m, Tottenham fans probably had a clue that their club had dropped a b*llock. Daniel Levy is rightly lauded for some ...

Sam Allardyce Blasts Premier League Scheduling On Deadline Day

... deadline day is a huge distraction for players and managers. The comments came after the Eagles' 2-0 victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, with Allardyce securing three points for the first time since joining the club, but the ex-England manager was less than happy with how the fixtures had fallen. Palace announced the signing of Luka Milivojevic on a three-and-a-half year deal after the final whistle but Allardyce had no idea what deals had been done during the game. He said: "I think the hard bit is the distraction. I had a player asking me if he was up for sale so that is what you get when you get this God-forsaken window. "You get players being told information which is not true. Sometimes it has some validity in it but sometimes when you have a big game like we did and a player asks this, that shows just how bad this window is and just how bad it is putting a game on the same day. AFC Bournemouth. Lineups and Stats. "Our job is hard enough but to make it even harder than it already is, I really don't accept. "I think there should ...

Late Costa Penalty Miss Costs Premier League Leaders Points

... entered the match red hot while Liverpool was looking to avoid seeing itself nearly out of the title race before January came to a close. Despite not rediscovering its dynamic scoring touch, Liverpool threatened and came back from a goal down to earn a point. Chelsea's David Luiz opened the scoring with a brilliant free kick in the first half that caught Mignolet off guard. As Liverpool were setting up to defend a cross, David Luiz hits a stunning free-kick off of the inside of the post. 1-0. #CFC __link__/Vb W 0 co VPf M. — Chelsea GIFs (@Chelsea GIFs) January 31, 2017. Georginio Wijnaldum then scored for Liverpool early in the second half with a header to bring things level. 32 flags: Georginio Wijnaldum goal: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea NBC Sport. Premier League Soccer. __link__/3 f 8 rf 2 u TBy __link__/tp G 798 X 7 i T. — Fan Sports Clips (@Fan ...

Hosts' Title Challenge Looks To Be Over After Shock Defeat At The Emirates

... bit shellshocked. The only concern for the boys in yellow is that their exuberance leaves them exposed at the back. It's two. 8:00 PM. 13 mins. Unbelievable! A sloppy throw allows Etienne Capoue to take possession and he managed a shot after an ambitious run through the heart of the defence. A deflection puts it straight into Deeney's path and he makes no mistake. Faboulous from Capoue, horrific from Arsenal. 7:57 PM. 10 mins. Wicked deflection gives Kaboul the goal. Off a set play the centre back stuck it low and hard, and it caught Aaron Ramsey in the back giving Cech no chance to stop it. Watford will be surprised to find themselves leading so early on after neither team had managed a clean opportunity. 7:54 PM. 7 mins. Arsenal win their first corner of the match, and Watford just about deal with Ozil's ball into the box as Gabriel can't get his head to it. Arsenal threaten for the first time. Following the earlier Watford effort, Arsenal register their first attempt at goal. 7:49 PM. 2 mins. Cech deals with an awkward low cross coming in from the left flank. Niang causing some minor early ...

Why Moussa Dembele Will End Up In The Premier League Even If He Doesn't Join Chelsea

... showed off the pace and poise that there had been glimpses of in Fuham’s youth teams and in the FA Youth Cup. He also showed an absolute desperation to get to the top that does not characterise every young striker in English football. Fulham staff remember how he turned down Christmas parties and away days to work hard on his game and his fitness. Although everyone else had watched him, especially Arsenal, those performances very nearly took him to White Hart Lane, where Mauricio Pochettino and Paul Mitchell had identified Dembele as a youngster who was fit and fast enough to play their football, pressing from the front, especially while there were still questions about Son Heung-min. Dembele even had a medical at Spurs ahead of the proposed £4 m move but it collapsed after quibbling over whether Dembele could return to Fulham on loan for the second half of the season. Dembele has ...

Premier League Ins And Outs

... it. There was nothing. The manager raised £5 m from the sale of the midfielder Tom Carroll to Swansea and he loaned out a couple of youngsters but he will push on with the players in whom he has invested great trust. David Hytner. In None. Out Tom Carroll Swansea City £5 m; Ryan Loft Stevenage loan; Shayon Harrison Yeovil Town loan; Connor Ogilvie Stevenage loan; Anton Walkes Atlanta United loan; Luke Amos Southend United loan. The further the team’s form has plummeted in the past two months, the more muddled their play has looked but Walter Mazzarri seems to have decided that the main way to improve that was to sign a prolific striker. M’Baye Niang does not fit that bill yet, which is why Milan let him go to Vicarage Road, but he certainly has rich potential and, if he fulfils it, will carry more of a threat than Odion Ighalo, whose move to China was confirmed on deadline day. Costel Pantilimon’s injury in the FA Cup defeat at ...

31 January 2017

... it was a foul, no need for oratory. You'd think. In nearly 18 minutes, Chelsea have completed 23 passes. Lallana finds Clyne who finds Coutinho as Lallana nashes around the outside. The pass arrives, but it picks out Azpilicueta - just. Shortly afterwards, the ball goes out of play and Conte, generally fuming, hoofs it away. Ras Clattenburg has a word, he exchanges a snigger with Klopp, and we get on with the game. Moses goes down the right for the first time and finds Willian just ahead of him; he runs the ball into touch and everyone laughs. Chelsea have done nothing but defend and give the ball away, and when they win a free-kick close to halfway, instead of taking the opportunity to do something, it's walloped directly to Henderson. Liverpool are at it, Lallana setting Countinho away to run at Luiz. And he fools him too, feinting right, moving left, before tripping over the ball. The pressure is maintained, but, and eventually Coutinho slides right to Wijnaldum, who flings his body into a rasper that Courtois pushes away high at the near post. Henderson and Firmino build at inside-left, feeding Milner again, but when his low ...