Chelsea manager Avram Grant fears a lack of concentration may scupper his side’s hopes for silverware this season.
The Blues remain in the hunt for glory both at home and abroad this season, but recently let a 3-1 lead slip against Tottenham in the Premier League and on Wednesday Fenerbahce came from a goal behind to [...]
April 5, 2008
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Jose Mourinho has been in talks with Internazionale about a return to management, according to his personal advisor Eladio Parames.
The Portuguese has been out of the game since leaving Chelsea last September after his relationship with the Premier League club’s board broke down.
It has been reported that Mourinho has been in Italy on Friday in [...]
March 29, 2008
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Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna will be out for at least three weeks due to the ankle injury he suffered at Chelsea.
Sagna headed Arsenal in front at Stamford Bridge last Sunday before collecting the knock prior to Didier Drogba’s double for the Blues.
The defender was forced to pull out of the France squad to face England [...]
March 28, 2008
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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has admitted England’s four contenders in the UEFA Champions League pose the biggest threat to his side in this season’s competition.
The Catalan giants avoided any of the English sides in the quarter-finals draw after being paired with Schalke in the draw.
Messi is a big fan of Premier League football and he is [...]
March 26, 2008
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Arsenal’s Grand Slam Sunday defeat at Chelsea hammered a painful nail in the coffin of their crumbling Premier League title ambitions, with only a flicker of light now visible in their bid to top the table come May.
Gunners fans had been dreaming and pining for a first league crown since 2004, but stale league displays [...]
March 24, 2008
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Cesc Fabregas has admitted that he is dreaming of another UEFA Champions League final appearance this season, but is not intent on gaining revenge over Barcelona.
The Arsenal midfielder is desperate to make up for losing in Paris two years ago when Barcelona came from behind to win the trophy with goals from Sameul Eto’o and [...]
March 24, 2008
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Didier Drogba cast himself as Chelsea’s title saviour on an afternoon when his brace rendered Arsenal’s own challenge redundant at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United’s cruise control victory over Liverpool earlier in the afternoon had made the capital derby a must-win affair and it was Avram Grant that emerged victorious as Chelsea came from behind to see [...]
March 24, 2008
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Chelsea have rejected newspaper reports that manager Avram Grant has received death threats.
The Sun claimed that ‘a package containing vile racist threats and a suspect white powder’ had been sent to the club’s training ground on Monday.
The reports suggest it was the second time that Grant had been targeted following claims of a similar incident [...]
March 18, 2008
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Robin van Persie has urged his Arsenal team-mates not to throw away their hard work so far this season.
The Gunners have slipped off the top of the Premier League table after a run of four successive draws.
However, they have progressed to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and van Persie believes they are still [...]
March 18, 2008
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Liverpool will face Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, while Man Utd tackle Roma and Chelsea take on Fenerbahce.
The first meeting between Arsenal and Liverpool will be at Emirates with the return at Anfield.
Manchester United face Roma, who they have already played in this season’s group stages.
The game is a repeat [...]
March 14, 2008
Categories: football . Tags: arsenal, barcelona, champions, chelsea, league, liverp[ool, manchester, united . Author: mylow . Comments: No Comments