Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Manchester United Manager David Moyes Sacked By The Club

Manchester United sack manager David Moyes, Ryan Giggs named interim manager. Moyes had a hugely disappointing season as manager since replacing Alex Freguson last July. Announcing the departure shortly after staff arrived for work at the Carrington training ground, United thanked the Scot for "the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role"

List of disappointments -
Defeat in Champions League
Knocked out of League Cup by Sunderland
Lost a home game to Swansea in the 3rd round of FA Cup
Defeat against Everton confirmed club is out of race for Champions League

Moyes last press conference as a manager.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Premier League Manchester United vs Everton 0 - 2 Sunday 20 April | Goodison Park

Manchester United manager David Moyes continued his stepping stone to failure when his poor side was beaten easily by Everton. Moyes was greeted with boos as he walked out of the tunnel before the match. This loss definitively ended United's hope of qualifying for the Champions League.

Everton won a penalty after Jones struck out his arm to block Lukaku's curling shot. Baines guided the spot kick down the middle for the sixth goal of the season. Everton doubled their strike two minutes before the half time when Kevin Mirallas scored a fantastic goal.

Here are the highlights.


Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Premier League Liverpool vs Manchester City 3 - 2 Sunday 13 April 2014 | Anfield

Liverpool took a huge step towards their Premier League title dream with a 3 - 2 victory over Manchester City.

Goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel put Liverpool in complete command in the first half.
Philippe Coutinho's 78th minute strike took Liverpool 7 seven points clear of the visitors. Manchester City fought back from 2 - 0 down to level the scores, but mistake by captain Vincent Kampany let Coutinho fire a dramatic 78th minute winner.

Here are the highlights


Sunday, April 13, 2014

Champions League Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona 1 - 0 April 9 2014

Atletico Madrid continued their successful run this season against Barcelona by defeating them 1 - 0 and winning the 2nd leg 1 - 0 with the help of Koke's early goal. This win helped Atletico to claim a berth in top four first time in 40 years.

The stunning 1 - 0 victory at an electric Calderon stadium followed last week's 1 - 1 draw in Barcelona in their Champions League quarter final, first leg and denied Barca a record extending seventh consecutive appearance in the last four.

Here are the highlights.


Champions League Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 1 - 3 April 9 2014

Manchester United are knocked out of the Champions League by holders Bayern Munich. Title holder Bayern came alive in the second half after falling behind and beat Manchester United 3 - 1 on Wednesday to advance to its third straight Champions League semifinal.

Bayern enjoyed 65% of the possession but failed to make an impact, and Patrice Evra put United ahead with a superb volley in the 57th minute.

The lead was gone in 60 seconds as Mario Mandzukic got the equalizer. Thomas Mueller made it 2 -1 in the 68th minute and Arjen Robben made it 3 - 1 in the 76th minute.

Here are the highlights


Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Champions League 2 leg Chelsea vs Paris St- Germain 2 - 0 (agg 3 - 3 ) Tuesday April 9 2014

Wow, that was a great performance by Chelsea. Chelsea came from behind to overcome a 3 -1 loss in the first leg when substitute Demba Ba struck a dramatic late goal to seal a 2 - 0 home victory over PSG.

Chelsea went ahead in a tense end to end battle at Stamford Bridge with a superbly taken goal from the substitute Andre Schuerrle after 32 minutes and they also hit the bar twice on two minutes early in the second half.

Here are the highlights.


Premier League Chelsea vs Stoke 3 - 0 Saturday 5 April 2014 | Stamford Bridge

Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League with a convincing 3 - 0 victory over struggling Stoke. On his first Premier League start, the Egypt forward, Mohamed Salah scored a goal to give the hosts the lead. Goals from Frank Lampard and Willian helped maintain Chelsea's unbeaten home record.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: "I keep saying that we don't depend only on ourselves and we never did. I was waiting to be top of the league and depending on ourselves but that has never happened. We depend too much on other results"

Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "I was disappointed with what we produced. It's a wake up call to us. For weeks and weeks we've been a lot better than that but for whatever reason we didn't have enough players playing at their maximum today"

Here are the highlights: