Tottenham threw down a marker to Leicester in terms of the title race with a scintillating win over Stoke at The Britannia Stadium With Leicester only managing to salvage a draw at The King Power Stadium on Sunday it presented Mauricio Pochettino’s side the opportunity to close the gap to …
Read More »Sunday’s Football a few quick thoughts
Leicester snatch a point at the death to extend the lead at the top of the Premier League to 8 points for at least 24 hours A dramatic ending of their game against West Ham when Leonardo Ulloa slotted home a 95th minute penalty, but that point comes with a …
Read More »European Semi Final Draws and Thoughts
Champions League: Manchester City vs Real Madrid Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich Probably not quite the draw that Manchester City wanted but there was never going to be an easy tie at this stage of the competition. That means we could have an all Madrid final for the second time …
Read More »Liverpool vs Borussia Dortmund a few quick thoughts
It may be a massive cliche but it really was one of those “Magical European Nights At Anfield” last night. An absolutely sensational comeback by Jurgen Klopp’s side when they game looked over within the first 10 minutes That’s because Dortmund were quick out of the blocks and undid all …
Read More »Wednesday Football a few quick thoughts
Barcelona’s run of bad form continues as it’s now just one win in five for Luis Enrique’s side More importantly they have relinquished their grip on the Champions League trophy This means that no one has managed to win back to back competitions in the modern era With Atletico having …
Read More »Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg a few quick thoughts
It was another night for Ronal Madrid as the Portuguese star scored a hat-trick to turn round the 2-0 deficit from the first leg and break Wolfsburg hearts at The Bernabeu He has now recorded his 91st, 92nd and 93rd Champions League goals which increases his already record haul Wolfsburg …
Read More »Manchester City vs PSG a few quick thoughts
Manchester City win the battle of “El Cashico” as Abu Dhabi gets the better of Qatar The blue half of Manchester reaches their first ever Champions League Semi Final as they look to go all the way and end Manuel Pellegrini’s reign as City boss on a high Kevin De …
Read More »Match Of The Day a few late thoughts
Another delayed edition this week due to the two biggest games of the week being played Yesterday (sorry Liverpool and Stoke fans) Wins for Leicester and Tottenham sees nothing really change in terms of the status quo at the top of the Premier League Leicester were 10 points clear for …
Read More »Sunderland vs Leicester a few quick thoughts
Leicester grabbed another all important win in the race for this season’s Premier League title That win gave them momentarily a 10 point gap and threw the gauntlet down to Tottenham with the North London side set to play just minutes later Claudio Ranieri’s side bucked the usual trend of …
Read More »Tottenham vs Manchester United a few quick thoughts
A whirlwind 6 minutes at White Hare Lane keeps Tottenham on the heels of Leicester and keeps them just about in the title race With the game delayed until 4:30pm due to the Manchester United Coach (not Louis Van Gaal that is) stuck in traffic and the gap at the …
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