They say lunchtime kick offs are anti climactic and never live up to the hype, this game more than exceeded it. Arguably the game of the season as West Ham and Arsenal played out a 6 goal thriller and in fairness it could and should have been even more West …
Read More »Borussia Dortmund vs Liverpool a few quick thoughts
It wasn’t quite the perfect homecoming for Jurgen Klopp last night but it’s very much advantage Liverpool in this Europa League Quarter Final matchup With Klopp’s obvious knowledge of his opposition he was the perfect man to create a gameplan to stifle Dortmund and in most cases he did exactly …
Read More »Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid a few quick thoughts
No one saw that one coming did they The rank outsiders beat The Galacticos in arguably Wolfsburg biggest ever result It seems as if Real Madrid had an El Clasico hangover last night and will have their work cut out in the 2nd leg They had chances early on with …
Read More »PSG vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
A good result for Manchester City but it could have been so much better for Manuel Pellegrini’s side They came away with a Draw infront of a rapturous Parisian crowd but will come away thinking what might have been after a pulsating encounter at the Stade De France The tempo …
Read More »Bayern Munich vs Benfica a few quick thoughts
Arturo Vidal’s early header was the difference between the two sides as Bayern take a slender advantage into the 2nd leg of the tie with Benfica Vidal ended a well worked move and nodded home a Juan Bernat in what was the first attack of the game After scoring in …
Read More »Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid a few quick thoughts
Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez will have grabbed the headlines last night. The former for the wrong reasons and latter for the right ones Torres kept his goalscoring record against Barcelona going with a first half strike to put Atletico ahead but then he was also involved in the games …
Read More »Match Of The Day a few late thoughts
A slightly delayed edition this week as I thought I would wait for the Leicester game to take place to add extra context to the article That context being that Leicester move another step closer to the Premier League. With the gap at 7 points over Tottenham it’s going to …
Read More »Manchester United vs Everton a few quick thoughts
Manchester United keep the pressure up on cross city rivals Manchester City in the race for 4th place with a win over Everton The victory for Louis Van Gaal’s side sees them now just a point behind City In a day where Sir Bobby Charlton had a stand named after …
Read More »Leicester vs Southampton a few quick thoughts
1-0 to the Leicester. It all seems a bit too familiar as of late A 4th result of that kind in a row and their 5th in 6 matches The win today at the King Power stadium sees them take another massive step towards winning the Premier League title Not …
Read More »Liverpool vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
An arguably frustrating trip to Anfield for Tottenham Yesterday in what they will feel is two points dropped and a massive blow in terms of trying to close the gap on Premier League leaders Leicester A win for Leicester against Southampton Today would see them go 7 points clear with …
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