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Newcastle Impose Their Will on Arsenal

November 7, 2010 — by Sean

Man of the Match: Andy Carroll (please cut off your ponytail, thank you)
Newcastle came into their game at the Emirates significant underdogs, though in good spirits coming off a strong win last weekend against aggressive long-time rivals Sunderland. The first half was one of frustration for Arsenal, with Fabregas' strike against the crossbar the only time the 22 year old Dutch goalkeeper Krul let a ball past (a triumphant return against the team who put 4 past him in recent Carling Cup play). Walcott was unlucky against the woodwork in the second half, but overall Krul made some top-notch saves to kept Newcastle in the lead. Arsenal tried and tried, but couldn't penetrate a compact and organized Newcastle defense. The team in black and white collapsed around the Arsenal playmakers as they crossed midfield, cutting off distribution through the center. They also did well to quickly pressure the

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Weekend Results

November 7, 2010 — by Sean

We're really into the season now, with some great games and big upsets this weekend. England is done all matches, and we're still catching up with play on the continent. For now, results are at one of our favorites on all things EPL: football365.com. We'll be back through the week discussing the games in every league, alongside what's to come.

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What to Watch this Weekend (Nov 6-8)

November 5, 2010 — by Suman

We know Lazio was Il Duce's fave team, but take it easy on the Roman salutes this weekend, ok?
Listings for what's on TV taken again from Soccer Insider courtesy of the kind and gracious Steven Goff at the Washington Post: SATURDAY England, Bolton-Spurs 8:30 a.m. ESPN2, ESPN Deportes Will be funny to see if Steinsson handles Gareth Bale better than Maicon did on Tuesday.  Guessing the first yellow will appear inside 5 minutes.  Maybe ole 'Arry will rest Bale as he is now the best player in the world. Germany, Moenchengladbach-Bayern Munich 10:30 a.m. ESPN Deportes (Out of respect for the Bayern fan that was in the bar with us Wednesday afternoon..and who is Gründer, Gesellschafter und Berater of http://koelnsport.de/) England, Fulham-Aston Villa 11 a.m. FSP Key Americans on both sides: Clint Dempsey for Fulham, who scored both their goals last weekend; and Brad Friedel is still

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Mancini Running Man City Players into the Ground

November 5, 2010 — by Sean

Mancini loses his shit at David Moyes: last season
Manchester City have been on a lovely little losing streak of late, and the only player capable of dragging them out of the doldrums has flown off to Argentina to hide in his mom's house. There have been all sorts of rumors flying about over Mancini's lack of control in the dressing room. Now with an ever expanding injury list the gaffer is looking to lay blame on his physio, Jamie Murphy. Mancini has won a key battle in his attempt to impose his authority, with the club’s head physiotherapist set to lose his first-team role. Jamie Murphy, whose relationship with Mancini is understood to have become strained, was absent from last night’s trip to Poland (ed note: refers to the embarrassing loss to Ekstraklasa minnows Lech Poznan). Anyone remember how Tevez and others were complaining of Mancini's training practices

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Red Bulls Choke

November 5, 2010 — by Sean

Red Bulls Arena this evening, courtesy of cultfootball correspondent / resident stalker Amy Chiu
Well, our local team, the New York Red Bulls, have gone crashing out of the MLS playoffs even with the likes of Rafa Márquez and Theirry Henry on the roster. To be fair, Henry was injured and only came on in the last 5 minutes, when he mishit a ball lofted gently to his head whilst unmarked inside the six yard box. It would've tied the game. Henry would've been a hero, worth every penny. I couldn't believe it. But first things first. The Bulls were actually pretty fun to watch tonight. Sure they lack that killer last pass, and even if they made the right choice the person on the end of the ball usually stiffened up and turned it over. But there were some serious bright spots. Lindpere was

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Champions League Matchday 4 Video Highlights: Madrid-Milan, Spurs-Inter, Arsenal-Шахтар

November 4, 2010 — by Suman

In case you missed the this week's Champions League action, here are highlights from three of this week's 16 matches: Tottenham Hotspur 3, Inter Milan 1: In the performance of the week, which has made him the talk of European football, 21-year old Welshman Gareth Bale led Spurs to a big victory at home over defending champion Inter.  Though he wasn't involved in Spurs' first goal (Modric feeding van der Vaart for that one), he singlehandedly created the latter two by streaking down the left wing and feeding perfect, nearly identical low crosses right into the path of the goalscorer (Peter Crouch for the 2nd, Pavylyuchenko for the 3rd (that after Samuel Eto'o had pulled Inter back to 2-1 with a suberb finish). Here is the Guardian's "as it happened" commentary on the last goal, to read along as you watch: GOAL! Spurs 3-1 Inter (Pavlyuchenko 89') That is just

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Milan sneak a draw against Madrid

November 4, 2010 — by Sean

A better showing for the Rossoneri today against Madrid, due in no small part to the injection of pace at the center of their formation in the form of Kevin-Prince Boateng. Gattuso was a demon in defense, doubling Ronaldo every time he touched the ball, and making a general nuisance of himself whenever Madrid came with 40 yards of goal. Still, it was Madrid who dominated chances throughout the game as well as having the better of threatening possession.  Their first goal was a thing of beauty, and there were times when the ball moved so quickly between their attacking four that Milan was left simply standing and watching. The side the Italians fielded today was slightly younger than the one the sent out in Spain, and they looked more determined to defend even if nothing was really materializing up front (save for a couple of Ibrahimovic chances that he really

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