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Monday, April 25, 2016

Highs and Lows of EPL Week 34

Midweek action:

Man City lost some ground when Rafa Benitez Newcastle held them 1-1. Arsenal won 2-0 against WBA to go back on 3rd. Man Utd and West Ham kept chase, winning 2-0 against Palace and 3-1 over Watford respectively.
The Red Devils will play in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley against Everton on Sunday

The Red Devils are in the FA Cup final after 9 years of absence, recording their 19th FA Cup final. Martial scored a 93rd minute winner against Everton winning 2-1. They will meet Crystal Palace who won 2-1 against Watford.


Marouane Fellaini celebrates with United team-mates after scoring the opening goal

With Spurs being held 1-1 by WBA at White Hart Lane, it is now Leicester's title to lose. The Foxes just need another win from the last 3 matches to be crowned champions after thrashing Swansea on Saturday. They next visit Old Trafford...it will be a cracker!!!

Monday, April 18, 2016

Highs and Lows of EPL Week 34

UCL Q-finals

Man City is in uncharted territories now that they reached the semi-finals in UCL for the first time after beating PSG 1-0 (3-2 aggregate) at home.
de Bruyne scored the winner
Source: sidomi.com

Real Madrid overcame a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 on aggregate against Wolfsburg, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hattrick.

Barcelona was knocked out unceremoniously by A Madrid, losing 2-0 to Simone's side (Agg 3-2).

Bayern Munich made it into the last 4 with a 3-2 aggregate against Benfica, drawing 2-2 in Portugal

Man Utd surprisingly overcame West Ham 2-1 in a replay at Upton Park. The much maligned Fellaini scored the winner. with Marcus Rashford scoring the first goal for Utd. It was a beauty. The man of the match should be De Gea as he made numerous first class saves. They will now meet Everton in the semi at Wembley later this month.

LvG breathed easy once again.

Jurgen Klopp brought Liverpool to heady days when they came from 2-0 down to win 4-3 against his old club B Dortmund in the UEFA Cup Q finals to qualify with an aggregate of 6-5!! Incredible fightback from the Reds with Dejan Lovren scoring a late late goal.

EPL Weekend Action:
Once again the Foxes showed their resilience in the 2-2 draw with West Ham in their chase for the title. It took a last minute penalty from Ullao to secure the draw after Jamie Vardy scored then got sent off due to a second yellow for diving. He could be banned for another match if FA decides to charge him for misconduct against the referee, Seemed that the pressure is getting onto him.

Arsenal saw their chance fading fast when they could only draw with Palace. Arsene Wenger agreed that it is the 'mental thing' that set the Gunners back. They are now 4th level with Man City.

Boring Utd could only win 1-0 against Villa, who would be relegated, despite scoring in the first half. Marcus Rashford is the hero again.

The young Spurs are in a fine vein of form, thrashing Stoke 4-0 at Brttainica to keep chase of the Foxes. They are now trailed by 5 points with 4 games left and is the only team left that can challenge for the title.

Kane scored a brace against Stoke

Monday, April 11, 2016

Highs and Lows of EPL Week 33

It is deja vu for Man Utd again this week after the euphoria of the Manchester derby win. No attack, weak strategy, hopeless...... The Red Devils just collapsed in a 6 minute 2nd half spell to lose 3-0 to title chasing Spurs at White Hart Lane. They have only 2 shots on goal throughout the match and this bore bad tidings when they meet West Ham in the FA Cup q-final replay midweek. Once again, LvG's head is on the chopping board. Red Devils fans must not expect much in the midweek clash against the Hammers!!

Leicester got the UCL qualification with a simple 2-0 win over Sunderland. Only 3 more wins out of 8 to win the title. Arsenal, like the Red Devils, faltered to 3-3 draw after leading West Ham 2-0. Their hope for the title is fast fading.


LvG still believes that Utd can be in top 4! Lol!!

Monday, April 4, 2016

Highs and Lows of EPL Week 32

Week after the very last Internationals week:

Leicester is like Chelsea of the past, grinding out results to remain on top. Their 1-0 win over Southampton wad their 5th consecutive 1-0 wins at this last stage of the championship race. They stretch their lead over Spurs by another point, the latter drawing with Liverpool 1-0. It is now Leicester title to lose (5000-1 odds at the beginning of the year!!!)

Anthony Martial is one bright spark in the Red Devils side as he scored in the 1-0 win over Everton to be just 1 point behind 4th place Man City.

.Manchester United's Anthony Martial celebrates scoring his side's first goal.
It was a stolen victory because we did not play well,” United manager Louis van Gaal told Sky Sports.
“Everton are a very good team, better away than at home, and you could see it was a very tight game and we were the lucky ones I think,” he told the BBC after United’s fourth league win in their last five matches