Premiership review - 19th/20th April 2014

In the weekend Premiership games Arsenal beat Hull City by three goals to nil. It was a pretty convincing win and Arsenal where able to play there free flowing football style.

Arsenal fans will probably be wondering where this free flowing football has been. Arsenal's lack of consistency is why they are fighting for fourth place as opposed to challenging for the title. 

Liverpool beat Norwich City by three goals to two and this has helped them to maintain there position at the top of the league. 

The shock of the weekend was Chelsea losing at home to Sunderland. Sunderland beat Chelsea by two goals to one and this means that Chelsea are now five points behind Liverpool with three games to go. 

Elsewhere Everton beat Manchester United by two goals to nil and David Moyes was subsequently sacked as Man United manager. 

This loss means that it is highly unlikely that Man United will play any European games next season. 

Manchester City beat West Brom by three goals to one and this means that with three games to go there still a possibility of them winning the title. 

So Liverpool are top of the league and sitting pretty and if they beat Chelsea at home in the next match they will probably win the title. 

Champions League's review - 8th/9th April 2014

In this weeks Champions League games Chelsea drew three all over all with Paris Saint Germain but qualified for the semi-finals on the away goals rule.

Jose Mourinho was delighted after recently complaining that he did not have much of a strike force.

I would say that their striker Fernando Torres as totally underperformed since moving to Chelsea. He is quite fortunate that the have the fans are not on his back in day day out.  

Elsewhere Bayern Munich beat Manchester United by four goals to two to secure their place in the semi - finals. This loss has again heaped the pressure on David Moyes.

I suspect that if Man United do not end up qualifying for the Champions League then it will be difficult for David Moyes to hold on to his job. 

So Chelsea are the last British team to be in the Champions League and they are hoping they will go all the way and win their second Champions League in as many years. 

Champions League - review 1st/2nd April 2014

In this weeks Champions League games Man United drew one all with Bayern Munich. 

This was a good draw for Man United to get and it gives them confidence to get the win when they go to Bayern Munich's ground next week. 

It again relieved a bit of the pressure from David Moyes's shoulders and it might even get the Man United fans believing that they can win the Champions League. 

Paris Saint Germain beat Chelsea by two goals to one. This was a bad result for Chelsea and I thought they where going to win both the home and away legs. 

So Chelsea have it all to do in their home leg and they need to win by two clear goals to remain in the Champions League. 

Champion League - review 18/19 March 2014

In this weeks Champions League games Barcelona beat Manchester City by two goals to one on the night and overall by four goals to one. 

It was always going to be a tough ask for Manchester City to turn around a two goal deficit and going down to to ten made their mission impossible. 

However Man City can now focus all their efforts on winning the Premiership where they have a two game advantage.

Elsewhere Manchester United beat Olympiakos by three goals to nil and winning the tie by three goals to two. 

To be fair I would have been really shocked if Olympiakos had beaten Man United at Old Trafford. 

This win did ease the pressure on David Moyes as some fans don't believe that he will bring Man United silverware.

 So this win was a stay of execution for David Moyes the problem for him is the battle gets even tougher from here. 

Premiership review 8th/9th March 2014

Some Premiership games took place over the weekend and Manchester United beat West Brom by three goals to nil. 

This was a must win game for David Moyes as he is under a lot pressure due to previous poor results. 

But even though they got a good win, they are still sixth in the league and are five points behind Tottenham who are in fifth. 

Chelsea beat Tottenham by four goals to nil and this was an empahtic win for Chelsea and it confirmed their position at the top. 

Chelsea literally have one hand on the trophy with less than ten matches remaining they just need to keep on winning! 

For Tottenham this was disaster of a match and it was not helped by going down to ten men. They need to regroup as there they are at home to Arsenal in there next premiership game. 

Champions League review - 25th/26th February 2014

In this weeks Champions League Olympiakos beat Manchester United by two goals to nil.

It probably the worse result I have seen for Man United and you do have to wonder if David Moyes will be the manager by the end of season. 

What was most surprising is that Man United lost this game with virtually a full strength team. 

I was not surprised that Robin Van Persie missed an absolute sitter as he did the same thing when he was playing for Arsenal in the Champions League. 

I suspect if David Moyes doesn't win the home leg of this tie. I think the pressure to sack him will be overwhelming. 

 

In another surprise result Chelsea drew one all with Galatasary. In a match that Chelsea expected to win. 

But at least they got an away goal so that should definitely help them in their home leg. 

It is also notable that Chelsea where the only British team to even score a goal. So they probably have a great chance of making it to the quarter finals. 

 

Premiership review -11th to 13th January 2014

Now that the Xmas and New Year games are completed. There is literally a point or two between the top five teams. 

So with the pressure very much on for the top five teams there where more points up for grabs. 

Man United beat Swansea City by two goals to nil and this win has taken the pressure of David Moyes for the time being. 

Tottenham Hotspurs also recorded a two nil win and this win was vital and helps to keep them top six. 

Elsewhere Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City all recorded wins. Arsenal played there game on Monday evening and this heaped the pressure on Arsenal's shoulders. 

Arsenal beat Aston Villa by two goals two one. In this game Theo Walcott took no part in as he was injured in the previous game and is now out for six months!

It was an important win for Arsenal and this win put them back to being top of the league and there literally a hairs breath between Arsenal and Man City. 

Premiership weekend of 7/8th December 2013

Over the weekend Man United lost by one goal to nil to Newcastle. It was a shock result because Newcastle had not beaten Man United at Old Trafford for over thirty years. 

David Moyes is now under serious pressure and if Man United lose any more  matches, it will be difficult for him to hold on to his job.

In another shock result Stoke a City beat Chelsea by three goals to two. It has been over thirty years since Stoke beat  Chelsea. 

However Chelsea are still third in the premiership so at the moment Jose Mourinho is not feeling the pressure. 

Man City drew one all with Southampton in match that most people expected them to win.

 However they are still top four and they play Arsenal next and this match will be a big match for both clubs. 

Arsenal drew one all with Everton at home and it was probably a fair reflection of the match. 

I suspect that Arsene Wenger had one eye the final Champions League match so he did not play all our best eleven at once. 

Arsenal played reasonably well but Everton where really up for the challenge and did not leave empty handed.

Arsenal are still top league and are five points ahead of second place Liverpool. Who beat West Ham by four goals to one. 

So Arsenal have a little cushion but is there is still all to play for. 

Champions League - 24/10/13

On Wednesday both Man United and Man City played their Champions League games. 

Man United beat Real Sociedad by a goal to nil and curtesy of an own goal. Although Man United fans will be grateful for the three points, this will not help the fans to get behind David Moyes. As Man United are used to more convincing wins.

Man City beat CSKA Moscow by two goals to one. However the main talking point of this game was the racist chants directed at Man City player Ya Ya Toure. 

Toure would like football governing bodies to take stronger stand against these clubs. Whilst Toure has a valid point getting the governing body to listen and act upon Toure's recommendations will be a challenge in its self. 

But from a footballing point of view both Man United and Man City had a good night and this takes them one step closer to qualifying for the knockout stages.