Football

David Beckham is a legend of the sport and today he is slightly more removed from the European game than he has been for pretty much his entire life but even so, he’s really put his foot in his mouth with this one.  Questioned by a Sport360 reporter on who he thinks could win the Champions League this year, Beckham …

The BT Sport commentator and analyst has spoken on Anthony Martial’s start to life in the Premier League. It won’t surprise you to hear he’s going against the grain with his logic.  Speaking to BT Sport, Owen gave his opinion on Anthony Martial. The only problem is, people rarely want to hear it. “I am not watching him and he …

Despite Wayne Rooney being, in most spectators’ minds, the recognised penalty taker for both club and country, he has since been overtaken by Juan Mata. The Spaniard opened the scoring for the Red Devils during Wednesday night’s Champions League win over Wolfsburg from the penalty spot, which left some querying why United’s senior striker didn’t step up to take it. Louis …

The days of European dominance seem over for the Premier League. Where did it all go wrong?  “They said ‘Thierry, is this the best league in the world?’” A rare bout of existentialism there from Sky as Thierry Henry pondered this question in their ad to kick-off the league in August. Was there finally some doubt creeping in to challenge …

Manchester City were largely under the cosh this evening, however a last gasp penalty from Sergio Aguero sealed Pellegrini’s men a vital three points.  Manchester City took on Borussia Moenchengladbach this evening in the Champions League and they were very fortunate to come away with a win. Their German opposition had a penalty stopped in the first half after an …

This was ridiculous… After disastrously falling behind in the first half, a penalty from Juan Mata drew United level before half time. The midfielder has been sensational throughout and many commentated at half time that the former Chelsea man was at the epicentre of every positive move that United created. However, it was his ridiculous assist for the Red Devils …

Cristiano Ronaldo just scored his 500th career goal against Malmo this evening.  Another day, another Cristiano Ronaldo goal. That’s his 500th career goal. Unbelievable achievement. #CR500 — Football__Tweet (@Football__Tweet) September 30, 2015 Many have speculated in recent weeks as to whether Cristiano Ronaldo is past his best. Despite scoring five goals in one game, the Portuguese superstar has suffered a …

Poor Nicklas Bendtner, he just can’t catch a break. Following Cristiano Ronaldo’s epic movie trailer, Talksport have paid homage to the greatest striker that never was.  We all say stupid things when we’re young. But if you’re a footballer earning tens of thousands of pounds a week, people remember what you say. And boy, do they use it against you …

Steven Gerrard won the Champions League and two FA Cups in his time at Anfield but he’s now revealed the manager who he thinks would have brought more silverware to his beloved club during his distinguished career with the Reds. The boss in question is under pressure Jose Mourinho, who’s won a major honour, since being at Porto, at every one …

Arsenal have just slumped to their second defeat in this season’s Champions League and one of the Gunners’ most vociferous supporters, Piers Morgan, has now had his say on the matter. The focus of much of the debate surrounding this surprise loss to Olympiacos on Tuesday night has centred around the dropping of Petr Cech, who Morgan unambiguously states was not injured. This …

It’s taken Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski just 184 minutes to score ten goals versus Wolfsburg, Mainz and Dinamo Zagreb respectively. Lewandowski has now shown the Champions League what he can do with his display against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night but the quick-fire five goals he notched up against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga have to be the most astounding of the lot. …

Willian is in great form for Chelsea… Jose Mourinho’s men have had a dreadful start to the season. Currently sitting in 14th position in the Premier League, the London side have had their worst opening to a campaign in some time. However, Brazilian midfielder Willian seems to be defying the current trend at Stamford Bridge and, after scoring a cracking …

Having lost to Dinamo Zagreb in their opening Champions League fixture of the season, tonight’s clash with Olympiakos is of huge importance to Arsenal.  Arsene Wenger has already described the fixture as a must win and he must be seriously sweating at half time as the Gunners find themselves 2-1 down to Greek opposition. Arsenal initially fell behind after a …