Man City 4 Porto 0: Lessons from a comfortable cup win
City show why they’re favourites Roberto Mancini’s men currently edge derby rivals Manchester United as favourites to win the Europa League. And while on paper…
Kieran Beckles Archives: 02/2012
Liverpool 6 Brighton 1: Scoreline flattered us, admits Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish believes Liverpool were flattered by their 6-1 FA Cup fifth-round victory over Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield on Sunday. The visitors scored…
Liverpool 6 Brighton 1: Lessons from a Reds rout at Anfield
Suárez was hit and miss The Uruguay striker made an underwhelming start to his FA Cup debut for Liverpool on Sunday, before bursting into life…
Chelsea 1 Birmingham 1: Lessons from a Stamford Bridge stalemate
Yet more pressure on Villas-Boas Andre Villas-Boas looks to be on borrowed time at Chelsea. The Stamford Bridge crowd expressed their displeasure at the Blues’…
Bayer Leverkusen 1 Barcelona 3: Lessons from a one-sided clash
Scintillating Sánchez What a luxury for Pep Guardiola to have Alexis Sánchez to turn to when his key players are having an off-day, or an…
Tottenham 5 Newcastle 0: Lessons from a one-sided affair
Why did Everton let Saha go? Louis Saha’s White Hart Lane debut was impressive, and it begged the question of why David Moyes allowed the…
Man United 2 Liverpool 1: Lessons from a tense top-flight encounter
Suárez the pantomime villain The tone of what was always going to be a particularly feisty north-west derby was set by Luis Suárez’s refusal to…
‘Stuart Pearce is the ideal person to take temporary charge of England’
Stuart Lancaster has backed the Football Association’s decision to place Under-21 head coach Stuart Pearce in temporary charge of England. FA chairman David Bernstein confirmed…
Six Nations 2012: England’s Stuart Lancaster wary of Italy threat
Stuart Lancaster has warned England to expect a difficult test against Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday. England, fresh from their 13-6 victory over…
Liverpool 0 Tottenham 0: Lessons from an Anfield stalemate
The audition for England’s right-back position With Fabio Capello in attendance, Glen Johnson, Martin Kelly and Kyle Walker all looked to impress the Italian ahead…
Six Nations 2012: Ireland rue late errors in 23-21 defeat by Wales
Declan Kidney blamed late errors for Ireland’s demoralising 23-21 defeat by Wales in their Six Nations opener at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday. Leigh Halfpenny,…
Chelsea 3 Man United 3: Lessons learned from a dramatic draw
A glance at England’s future Two of England’s brightest prospects, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck, were in sparkling form in a pulsating encounter at Stamford…
Djibril Cisse could be key to QPR’s bid for Premier League survival
Mark Hughes’ shrewd signing of Djibril Cisse could prove the decisive factor in Queens Park Rangers’ quest for Premier League survival. The 30-year-old French striker,…