19 February 2014
Watch Bayern Munich Beat Arsenal 3-1 At the Emirates Last Season
Last Season Bayern beat Arsenal 3-1 on home soil. However Guardiola's two visits to the Emirate has ended in one defeat and one draw. Pep will be feeding a different club today and he is expecting total victory and he believes winning at the Emirate is not new to the players involved. Wenger has said his team is equal to the task. Enjoy the video....
Celia Kay Denies She Had Sex With Olivier Giroud
On Tuesday the model wrote on her Twitter page:
Obviously no one knows how to read lol – check your sources idiots as it’s been reported we did NOT sleep together
MANUEL NEUER: We Must Stop Arsenal's Game Plan
However, the Germany goalkeeper is optimistic over his side's chances of winning in north London once more as they prepare for a rematch.
Mesut Ozil Might Loose World Cup Shirt To In Form Mario Gotze
Back in September there was no doubt whom the superior player was: Gotze was injured and on the fringes of Pep Guardiola's team, while Ozil had made a flying start to life in the Premier League.
He had set up a goal just 11 minutes into his debut against Sunderland and backed it up shortly afterwards with a spectacular goal against Napoli. Things soon went awry though. Even before a shoulder injury ruled him out of a sizeable chunk of Arsenal's festive fixtures, the steady stream of assists and goals had dried up.
MAN CITY 0 BARCELONA 2: Watch Furious Pellegrini's After Match Interview
The City boss went off on on an epic paranoid rant after seeing his side lose to Barcelona in the 1st leg of their Champions League last 16 clash last night, theorizing on conspiracies that would have made Mourinho blanche.
In essence, Pellegrini believes that Swedish ref Erikkson was out to favour Barcelona right from the off, in order to atone for a mistake he’d made against them in the group stages in favour of Milan.
Pellegrini also ridiculously cited his nationality, saying that a Swede shouldn’t be in charge of such a big game as Swedish football isn’t important enough.
CESC FABREGAS: Jose Mourinho & Co Can Shut Up Now
The first leg of the last-16 tie at the Etihad Stadium was finely poised until the 54th minute when City defender Martin Demichelis hauled down Lionel Messi with the Argentine through on goal.
Although initial contact may have been outside the area, referee Jonas Eriksson awarded a penalty and issued Demichelis with a red card, with Messi converting the penalty and Dani Alves adding a late second. Barca have been criticised of late for some below-par performances - former Real Madrid boss Mourinho claimed earlier this week they were the "worst Barcelona for many, many years" - but Fabregas was quick to focus on the positives.
PEP GUARDIOLA: You Can't Dominate Against Arsenal
A year to the day since a 3-1 win at the same last-16 stage helped secure victory on away goals against Arsenal -- winners of the second leg 2-0 -- Guardiola's men return to London aiming to take a significant step towards becoming the first side to retain the trophy in the Champions League era. Former Barcelona boss Guardiola said: "It's my third time as a trainer here to play against Arsenal. I've never won here. I learnt that you can't dominate 90 minutes against Arsenal. It's impossible.
"You can play good, you can dominate during half-time, 30 minutes, 75 minutes, but complete 90 minutes it's impossible because you will always have a problem. We'll try to make a good game, as best as possible; don't think too much about the second game, concentrate on what we have to do tomorrow. And I hope it goes well.
Furious Manuel Pellegrini Blasts Referee After Barca Loss
Pellegrini was angry that Eriksson sent off City’s Martin Demichelis and awarded a penalty, which Lionel Messi converted to open the scoring.
“The referee did not have any control of the game," Pellegrini said. "He decided for Barcelona from the beginning to the end. I think it was not a good idea to put a referee from Sweden in such an important match and a referee who made a mistake against Barcelona in the group stages.”
BAYER LEVERKUSEN 0 PSG 4: Ibrahimovic Hits Brace In Rout
The Swede was quiet, even off-colour, until scoring twice in four minutes at the end of the first half, converting a controversial penalty and then smashing a left-footed shot from the edge of the area straight into the top corner. Blaise Matuidi earlier stunned the BayArena just three minutes into this first leg with the opening goal, and that set the tone for the match.
PSG had no need to get out of second gear against opponents who are no strangers to the latter stages of the Champions League but froze badly this time and appeared to accept their fate.
MAN CITY 0 BARCELONA 2: Messi & Alves Dis-unite City
City had their chances but Barcelona dominated possession throughout and were rewarded when Alves struck the second in the last minute. City had set up well in an attempt to soak up Barcelona pressure and catch them on the break but the task proved beyond them after Messi punished a mistake early in the second half.
The Argentinian raced away and, although replays suggested contact by Demichelis may have been just outside the box, a straight red card was brandished and the penalty awarded.
18 February 2014
JUAN MATA: Man United Can Still Make Top Four
The Spain international arrived at Old Trafford in a £37.1million deal from Premier League rivals Chelsea in January and has had an immediate impact, assisting goals in three of his first four league outings for the Red Devils.
Having failed to win their last three matches, though, David Moyes' men are now 11 points adrift of Liverpool, who currently occupy fourth spot, but Mata has refused to concede defeat in the race for Champions League football.
DANNY MILLS: City Can Tear Barcelona Apart
The Blues face the Catalan giants in the first leg of their last-16 clash at the Etihad on Tuesday evening, with Gerardo Martino's side slight favourites to progress.
Bayern Munich comprehensively beat Barca in the semi-finals on their way to picking up Europe's premier trophy last season, however, and former defender Mills claims Manuel Pellegrini’s side have all the qualities required to secure a similar result.
CHELSEA: What The Arrival Of Matic Means To Mikel
In his homeland of Argentina, the perception is not quite the same, however. He remains in the shadow of Diego Maradona, El Pibe de Oro, the enigmatic wizard who almost single-handedly dragged his team-mates and a football crazy nation to World Cup glory in 1986. Having grown up and developed as a footballer at the famed La Masia, Messi is often regarded as more Catalan than Argentine by his own countrymen, a view buttressed by the allegation that he doesn’t bring the same level of performance to the Albiceleste.
JUAN MATA: Jose Mourinho Advised Me To Join Manchester United
And the World Cup winner, who had been Chelsea's player of the year in both of his full seasons at Stamford Bridge before Mourinho returned as manager, said the Portuguese gave his blessing to the move.
He told Canal Plus: "We spoke and he [Mourinho] said that he thought this was a good option for me, and I told him I thought this was a good option for me.
ARSENE WENGER: We Are Set For Bayern Munich
The Frenchman is preparing his side to face the reigning Champions League holders in a rematch of last season's round-of-16 tie, from which Bayern progressed on the away goals rule.
Arsenal had headed into that two-legged encounter on the back of a disappointing FA Cup defeat to Championship outfit Blackburn Rovers, but, a year later, now sit second in the Premier League and go into Wednesday night's game off the back of FA Cup victory over Liverpool.
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