Burnley earned a hard fought 1-0 win over Frank de Boer’s Crystal Palace, to register their first home win of the season, in the Premier League, on Sunday. The Clarets were off to a flier as record signing Chris Wood capitalized on a blatant error by Palace, to put his team ahead with a sumptuous finish … Read more
Full Time: Manchester City 5-0 Liverpool Manchester City were ruthless against a 10 man Liverpool side as Guardiola’s men struck 5 past the Merseysiders at the Etihad. Despite a threatening start from Klopp’s Reds, Manchester City struck first blood through Sergio Aguero, who became the League’s all time leading non-European goalscorer with that goal. Following … Read more
Match Report: Leeds United 5-0 Burton Albion Leeds United trounced Burton Albion 5-0 in the 6th round of fixtures in the EFL Championship, courtesy of a brace from new signing Pierre-Michel Lasogga, along with strikes from Kalvin Phillips, Pablo Hernandez and Kemar Roofe. The script couldn’t have been written any better for debutant Lasogga, as he opened the scoring in … Read more
Newcastle United were finally off and running in the Premier League, as they trounced a sorry West Ham United side 3-0, at St. James’ Park on Saturday. After a scrappy start to the game, it was the home team that broke the deadlock, as summer recruit Joselu scored his first goal for the club on his first … Read more
Celtic survived a scare against St. Johnstone, as a late goal from Callum McGregor earned Brendan Rodgers’ side a 1-1 draw, at the Celtic Park. Despite the Hoops’ strong start and early control of the game, it was the Saints who took the lead through Steven MacLean in the 40th minute. Celtic huffed and puffed looking for an equalizer, … Read more
Manchester City left it very very late to emerge victorious against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, on Saturday afternoon. Much to the surprise of many, it was the Cherries who took the lead, through a wonderfully hit half-volley from Charlie Daniels in the 13th minute. But, the lead did not last for long though, as Gabriel Jesus equalized for … Read more
Barcelona continued their strong start to the La Liga campaign, as they claimed a 2-0 win over Deportivo Alaves, on Saturday, thanks to a double from talisman Lionel Messi. The Argentine had a penalty saved in the first-half, as the tie remained goalless despite the Catalans dominating proceedings for large parts. Ten minutes into the second … Read more
Manchester City left it late late in their first home game of the new season, to salvage a point, drawing 1-1 against Everton, on Monday night. Despite a number of chances created by the Citizens, it was Everton who took the lead in the 35th minute through that man, Wayne Rooney. And it looked like the Toffees would walk away … Read more
Full Time: Barcelona 2-0 Real Betis Barcelona capped off an emotional week in the aftermath of the terror attacks, with a 2-0 win against Real Betis, in new manager Ernesto Valverde’s first match in-charge of Barcelona in the La Liga, at the Camp Nou, on Sunday. An own goal from Betis defender Alin Tosca in the 36th minute and a Sergi Roberto … Read more
Full Time: Deportivo La Coruna 0-3 Real Madrid Real Madrid began their La Liga campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Deportiva La Coruna, away at the Estadio Municipal de Riazor, on Sunday night. Gareth Bale opened the scoring for Zinedine Zidane’s side in the 20th minute, before midfielder Casemiro doubled their lead seven minutes later. Toni Kroos made it three in the second half … Read more