Manchester City vs West Ham

Big spending Manchester City denied by determined Hammers

 September 22, 2015   John Welsh

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Manchester City fielded the most expensive starting line-up in Premier League history when playing West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening, but at the conclusion of the game, there was proof that spending vast amounts of money does not automatically guarantee success with the Hammers emerging from the contest as 2-1 winners after […]

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Premier League woes as three teams beaten during first week of Champions League group games

 September 18, 2015   John Welsh

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For the first time since four English teams were allowed to participate in the Champions League tournament, three representatives of the Premier League were beaten in the opening set of group fixtures when Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City all succumbed to 2-1 defeats this week. Only Chelsea secured a victory when beating Maccabi Tel […]

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City extend Mourinho woes as Liverpool and United maintain contact at the Premier League summit

 August 18, 2015   John Welsh

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It was not a good week for Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho as he was widely criticised for his actions relating to medical staff members Eva Carneiro and Jon Fearn, and then watched as Manchester City inflicted a 3-0 defeat on the Blues, a scoreline which could have been more emphatic but for some quality first […]

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Manchester City declare title ambitions during first weekend of Premier League campaign

 August 12, 2015   John Welsh

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During a weekend of Premier League action when most of the pre-season favourites for the title struggled to claim maximum points from their opening fixtures, only Manchester City demonstrated their true qualities via an emphatic 3-0 victory at West Brom on Monday evening. The fact that Manager Manuel Pellegrini chose not to select leading striker […]

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Months of drama anticipated as Premier League 2015-16 campaign begins

 August 6, 2015   John Welsh

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With the onset of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign imminent, there has much transfer activity over the past few weeks as the 20 football club overhaul or strengthen their squads with the title, Champions League qualification places and the preservation of top flight status’ all at stake in the coming months. Chelsea are the team […]

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Gutierrez seals Premier League status for Newcastle to end months of personal torment

 May 26, 2015   John Welsh

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Amid the frayed nerves among spectators and players alike as games were contested to decide which teams were to be relegated from both the Bundesliga and the Premier League, there were the usual scenes of ecstasy and despair as the matches unfolded. Freiburg and Paderborn failed to secure their top flight status in Germany with […]

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Burnley relegation fears deepen with costly penalty miss

 April 27, 2015   John Welsh

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With Chelsea now seemingly set to clinch the Premier League title for the 2014-15 campaign, attention now focusses on the other end of the table where relegation issues are now becoming keenly contested with as many as eight teams involved in attempting to preserve their top flight status. Four successive victories by Leicester and seven […]

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Chelsea set for Premier League title as campaign approaches finale

 March 25, 2015   John Welsh

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With just eight games remaining in the current Premier League campaign and with a lull in proceedings due to the international football break, it may be an ideal opportunity to reflect upon the potential title winners at the end of the season and the prospects of those teams vying to secure qualification for the 2015-16 […]

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An embarrassing two weeks for the English Premier League in UEFA European competitions

 March 20, 2015   John Welsh

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For the first time this century, there will be no English representatives in either the Europa or Champions League quarter-finals after Everton were defeated 5-2 by Dynamo Kiev on Thursday evening to be eliminated on a 6-4 aggregate from the Europa League. This week has also witnessed the early departures of Manchester City and Arsenal […]

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A poor week for the Premier League in European competition

 February 27, 2015   John Welsh

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The English Premier League is arguably regarded as the best football in Europe, if not the World, and a recently signed TV package worth over £5 billion for the live screening of matches may justify that assertion. However, such revenues do not guarantee success on the pitch as the performances of English teams in European […]

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