defeat

Chelsea suffered their first Champions League defeat under Roberto Di Matteo last night against Shakhtar Donetsk, and it certainly made me wish I could turn back to the clock and change a couple of decisions made by Roman Abramovich in the…

The new Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is adamant that he is not looking for revenger on Chelsea, who sacked him midway through last season, but the players themselves should be looking to right the wrongs that Chelsea caused them last…

The Chelsea veteran midfielder Frank Lampard is disappointed with the team after losing 2-0 to Everton, and this weeks inquests will hopefully make the whole Chelsea squad decide to stand up and fight back. There has been much talk about…

After winning their first three Champions League Group games, Arsenal have only needed just one more point to be sure of qualifying for the knockout rounds, but they have somehow contrived to lose both games since then. Last nights 2-0…

The England manager Fabio Capello apparently agreed with Liverpool bosses that his captain Steven Gerrard would only play an hour of the friendly against France last night, but decided to leave him on the pitch until Gerrard limped off five…

It would have taken a brave man to predict a Wigan win at White Hart Lane yesterday, especially as Wigan had shipped ten goals in their first two games this season without reply. Spurs were expected to win comfortably but a Rodallego winner…

The Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is very aware that he lost his first game as Chelsea manager when they played at the DW stadium last season, but after getting revenge on the last day of the season (8-0!) he thinks that his team will be…

Holland shocked Brazil as well as the rest of the world by beating the Samba Boys, despite going one goal behind early on in the game. Brazil were so far superior in the first half that it just looked like a matter of time before they…