Brendan Rodgers has been left happy with the performance of Emre Can against Chelsea. Rodgers’ side were beaten 2-1 by Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in a game which saw Gary Cahill and Diego Costa cancel out Can’s deflected 25-yard shot. However, the performance of the German midfielder has given Rodgers some positives to take from the result and he has said that he believes the midfielder will offer more of the same this season. “I thought he did very well,” the Liverpool boss told reporters. “The plan was to play Emre because of the physicality of Chelsea, they’re a big team…
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Per Mertesacker will not consider it a failure if he fails to win the Premier League title with Arsenal. The German defender is fresh off the back of a World Cup winning campaign with the German national side, but is yet to win a league title during his career. Joining Arsenal in 2011, the central defender came close to winning the Bundesliga in 2008 when his Werder Bremen side finished runners up and he has spoken of his failure to win a domestic title. His response however may give Arsenal fans a kick in the teeth as their desire to…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been left unhappy following his side’s 2-1 defeat to Stoke City at White Hart Lane. Goals from Bojan Krkic and Jonathan Walters gave Mark Hughes’s side the win over Spurs, leaving the North London side in 12th place and 15 points behind league leaders Chelsea. And, their manager – Pochettino has been left unhappy with his players following the defeat on Sunday. “I am quite unhappy, and disappointed with the performance and the result but I have to balance my emotion because I understand this job,” he told reporters. “We need to find a solution…
Angel Di Maria is happy at Manchester United, insists his wife, despite claims he has not taken to life in England. Former Man United midfielder Paul Scholes wrote on his column for newspaper the Independent that Di Maria seemed less happier than he did whilst playing for Real Madrid. He added: “Preparing for the broadcast of the game [Real Madrid v Liverpool, for which Scholes was a television pundit] in Madrid this week, I watched reruns of last season and Angel Di Maria smiling broadly as he celebrated goal after goal with Cristiano Ronaldo. “He doesn’t seem to be in…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed that Arsenal must ‘live in a realistic’ world after their indifferent form in recent weeks. The Gunners have not started the season in title contending form and worries amongst fans and media men close to the club continue to grow after a 2-1 defeat to Swansea City on Sunday. The result leaves Arsenal 12 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, though Wenger has insisted that he has more important worries than being concerned by the gap. He told Sky Sports: “At the moment we have different worries than that. We just lost a game…
Brooklyn Beckham has signed for Arsenal on a short term deal after performing well during a trial. The 15-year-old has impressed with Arsenal in recent weeks and coaches at the club have decided to offer him a one-year deal. David Beckham’s eldest son has signed on the dotted line, rejecting the chance to trial with Chelsea and his father’s former club Manchester United. A long term deal is now being planned by Arsenal and will reportedly be on the table should the youngster enjoy his stay at the club. A source quoted by the Daily Star today said: “Brooklyn is…
Former Manchester United boss David Moyes is set to be announced as the new boss at Real Sociedad. Sitting third bottom in La Liga, having won just one of their 10 games so far this season, Sociedad have been a shadow of the side that qualified for the Champions League last season. Jagoba Arrasate took over in 2013 and guided the club to a seventh place finish last season, seeing them qualify for the Europa League this campaign. However, after poor form and mixture of problems off the field, the Basque coach has now been relieved of his duties. Moyes,…
Jose Mourinho has revealed that Cesc Fabregas and Ramires played against Liverpool on Saturday, and could now be ruled out for a long time. Former Arsenal man Cesc Fabregas has an hamstring problem, whilst Ramires is battling an abductor injury. “The team as a team, players as individuals, I think all of them gave a great performance and had the game under control,” he said after the match. “One point at Anfield, which normally every team would accept as a fantastic result, the team didn’t accept that and came out in the second half to win the game so I’m…
Arsenal attacker Theo Walcott has confirmed that he turned down a move to Chelsea as he found it ‘daunting’. Walcott’s recent return to full fitness following a ligament injury has been met with delight by the Arsenal fans, who feel he could now give them that extra edge in attack and relieve Alexis Sanchez of some of the pressure. However, Walcott may have not been an Arsenal player had he not turned down a move to Chelsea when he was a kid. Quoted in the Daily Mail, the former Southampton man turned down the chance to join Chelsea and remain…
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that winger Angel Di Maria find it hard to make an impact against Crystal Palace on Saturday. United went on to win the game thanks to a goal from substitute Juan Mata, but Dutch boss Van Gaal has discussed how Angel di Maria struggled to make an impact, adding to some indifferent performances against West Brom, Chelsea and Manchester City of late. Van Gaal says that the former Real Madrid did not have the best of games, but believes he can push on and make an impact in the coming weeks. “Yeah…