Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur

This was a good game between Manchester United and Tottenham. There were many great plays. The 1st good play came in minute 19. Juan Mata made a pass to Radamel Falcao whose shot was saved by Hugo Lloris. Two minutes later Harry Kane made a pass to Andres Townsend and De Gea saved his left-footed shot. Only 1 minute later Juan Mata took a free kick that deflected off the post. Robin Van Persie rebounded but a last minute clearance by Vlad Chiriches caused Tottenam to preserve their tie. You'd already know by now that this was a game with any chances. In minute 39 Van Persie receives a through ball from Michael Carrick, fakes a shot against Lloris, but the French keeper put a stop to his shot and then cleared the ball. Then in inute 45 Lloris is just able to tip out a far-range shot from Ashley Young. After that Manchester United started getting sloppy. They couldn't put any more shots in and the game ended that way. My man of the match is Hugo Lloris. Thanks to his outstanding goalkeeping Manchester United didn't win and Tottenham picked up a point. This was a very weird game; so many chances, yet it ended in a scoreless draw.  

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Southampton vs. Chelsea

This was a well-fought game. Chelsea, who had gone on a 5 game winning streak since their defeat to Newcastle, takes on Southampton, an underdog team that is in 4th place. The game started off in minute 8 when Fabregas takes a corner. Fraser Forster feels comfortable jumping up to punch it out but fails. John Terry tries to reach Forster's height but the ball hits the wrong side of his head and the abll goes backwards. Then in minute 17 Dusan Tadic gives a high through ball to Sadio Mané. Mané runs down the center and then comfortably chips it over Thibaut Courtois to score the 1st goal. That was a good goal, well-played-out and strong. The lead didn't last too long, though, as Chelsea got a last minute 1st half equalizer. Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin fouls Diego Costa but he stays strong and passes to Fabregas. Fabregas chips it to Eden Hazard, who evades 3 defenders and takes a shot past Fraser Forster. In minute 55 a common thing happened for Chelsea. Fabregas got booked for diving. Chelsea is known for flopping. Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa, Willian, and now Fabregas have all gotten yellows for diving. It was a clear flop, so the referee did a good job. In minute 87 Schneiderlin gets ssent of for a 2nd yellow card and Southampton lost hope off a victory. The game ended 1-1. My man of the match was Hazard. He scored 1 goal, and dominated the mifield. He traumatized the Southampton defense with exellent passes and dribbles and was a key player in this hard-fought tie.    

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Chelsea vs. Stoke City

This was an interesting game between Chelsea and Stoke City. The game started out in minute 2 when Fabregas takes a corner. After moving around in the area John Terry gets something on it and scores to the left corner. That was Terry's 1st goal of the season. After playing for many years in Chelsea, the whole squad knows that he is the best on the team for that; pushing his way through the box and scoring headers. The next goal came in minute 78. Willian was running down the sideline and then passed it to John Obi-Mikel. Mikel ran around a midfielder and passed to Eden Hazard. Hazard played it out to Fabregas who does a fake shot then slips it past Asmir Begovic. That's how the game ended. My man of the match was Fabregas. Assisting 1 and scoring one, Fabregas added another of each to his 14 assists and 1 goal.

Lionel Messi To Manchester City? Sergio Busquets To Chelsea?

Messi To Manchester City?

Lionel Messi has been at Barça for 10 years now, and has received 4 Ballon D'ors, has both the La Liga and the Champions League records for most goals, and is only 27. He said he wanted to stay at the Catalan club forever but rumours say that he is linked to a Premier League move. Manchester City are trying to bring Messi to England. Sources say that Manchester City are approaching a £200 million transfer for La Pulga and £500k a week. As January 1st approaches, Messi could be a future Man City man.

Sergio Busquets To Chelsea?

Chelsea new summer signing Cesc Fabregas has the record for the most assists in the Premier League right now. To think that he barely found room on the FC Barcelona starting XI and now is a star at Chelsea is pretty peculiar to think. This January Chelsea are looking for more. Jose Mourinho is looking to sign Sergio Busquets from the Catalan club. Apparently Busquets doesn't like Luis Enrique and is stalling a contract renewal. With rumours of John Obi-Mikel's departure, Chelsea surely could use Barça's No.5.

Raheem Sterling to Real Madrid? Bale To Manchester United?

Sterling To Madrid?

Real Madrid are eyeing the transfer of Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling this January. They are on a tight budget with summer transfers of Toni Kroos for £24 million pounds and James Rodriguez for £63 million but they can get some money by selling Gareth Bale and already have cash from the hefty £59.7 million pound transfer of Angel Di Maria to Manchester United. 

Bale To Manchester United?

Manchester United got off to a wrong start in the Premier League but are now standing in 3rd place and are 7 points behind 2nd place Manchester City. This Saturday when they face Newcastle they have a chance to build a stronger lead to West Ham who face 1st place team Chelsea. They still need an incentive to get better and a star like Bale would help the team. Chelsea is also looking for the Welshman but I think Louis Van-Gaal's side will win the race as Jose Mourinho is not looking to spend to much money. 

   

The Three Ballon D'or Finalists

January 18th is almost here, and FIFA have selected the 3 finalists: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid). All 3 of them have had amazing years. Neuer was the starting goalie for World-Cup-Winning Germany and won the Golden Gloves. Messi broke both the UEFA Champions League and the La Liga goalscoring records this year, and won the Golden Ball. Cristiano Ronaldo has had an amazing season, with an average of over 1.75 goals per game. All of them deserve this win, but I think more than anything it should go to Lionel Messi. Messi broke 2 records this season, plus the Golden Ball in Brazil. My 2nd choice would be Neuer. He went 920 straight minutes without conceding any goals and won the Golden Gloves. CR7 has also had an incredible season, but did not receive any awards from Fifa. He deserved it last time, after being named UEFA Player Of The Competition, but he didn't get it. As the big day approaches, who will go home with a trophy? Neuer, Ronaldo, or Messi?

Lionel Messi: La Liga Record Is His

On Saturday, November 22nd, Lionel Messi broke the La Liga goals record of 251. This feat was achieved by Telmo Zarra, in the 1950s. Messi scored three goals in Barça's 5-1 win over RCD Espanyol. He was thrown up in the air by his companions, and lights flashed all over the stadium. His 1st goal that broke Zarra's record was a right-footed tap to Neymar's cross. I think what Neymar did was very nice. He could've easily shot and scored for himself but he passed to Messi so he could have the achievement. I think Messi deserved this achievement. After 10 years, players coming and going, Messi, Xavi, Mascherano and Dani Alves were the only ones who never left their team. I have to say this was probably easier for Messi to break this record than it was for Zarra. Zarra didn't have great players beside him, like Messi did. Getting assists from Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Neymar, and other players it was easier for Messi to break this record than Zarra. Messi is a great player with fabulous skills. The quality in his passes and shots is tremendous. He can be against 3 defenders, find the one way to get past them, and score. He can pass very well, and has had 11 assists and 20 goals so far this season.

Chelsea: Rockstar Season

As the season continues, Chelsea is still showing off their tremendous skills. From quality players like Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar, and more Chelsea is continuing to excel in the season. They "won" the summer transfer season, scoring Fabregas, Costa, and Drogba and selling David Luiz and Romelu Lukaku. As a free transfer, Drogba is doing an excellent job for The Blues, from scoring goals and assisting well. As for the out transfers, Diego Costa completely replaced Lukaku, as he wasn't that good for Chelsea anyway, with a profit of over 18,000,000 pounds. Chelsea would be even better with David Luiz but it was worth the hefty transfer fee. During the midweek win vs. Derby County, players like Hazard, Luis, and Schurrle just told Derby County from the start that they were going to lose. Manager Jose Mourinho has done an amazing job this season with Chelsea, and is saying that he is taking it easy in the January transfer season. Chelsea is in a very good shape right now. Manchester City are not far behind them, though, so I think they should take advantage of Aguero's injury to build a gap between the two teams. This will be hard for Chelsea, because their next three games are away. They face Stoke City, then Southampton, then Tottenham Hotspur, and then their home derby vs. West Ham. Manchester City, on the other hand, have 3 games home in the next 4 fixtures. Whatever game Chelsea plays, they make it a very entertaining one to watch and a hard one for the other team to win. Many of Chelsea's players are young and have at least 4-5 more years. Chelsea is expected to win the season and then next one, too. They are on fire.

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Arsenal vs. Newcastle United

Arsenal and Newcastle, 2 teams that are 6th and 8th place so far, face off. Newcastle had gotten a lot of public media interest for being the 1st team to beat Chelsea since March and were looking forward to continuing their winning streak. The game started off in minute 15 as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain intercepts a pass. The ball goes right to French striker Olivier Giroud who passes it to Alexis Sanchez, on the left wing. Giroud calls for the return and Sanchez displays a great cross back to the Frenchman and he heads it in. It was a well-set-up play. Newcastle almost scored the equalizer, when Jack Colback takes a free kick that is headed by defender Michael Williamson. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny makes a very nice save and the ball rebounds to Papiss Cisse, only for his shot to be denied by Szczesny agin before it is cleared.   The next goal came in minute 54, as Santi Cazorla makes  a pass to Sanchez on the left. Sanchez makes a nice defence-splitting pass back to Cazorla, who evades Fabricio Coloccini's tackle and chips it over Jak Alnwick. Not only 4 minutes later, Oxlade-Chamberlain is running up the middle before making a pass to Hector Bellerin. Bellerin crosses the ball to Giroud right near the right post, who chips it way over Alnwick. Newcastle come back in minute 63, when Colback wins a free kick just outside the area. He crosses it to Ayoze Perez at chest-level, and Perez heads it into the far post. The last goal came in minute 88 when Cazorla gives a through ball to Danny Welbeck. While Welbeck gets it, Paul Dummett shoves him to the ground. Cazorla takes the penalty, chips it to the center, and Arsenal wins 4-1.  
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Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Manchester United vs. Liverpool

This was a very good game between two good teams: Manchester United vs. Liverpool. Although Liverpool had a very bad start this season, their team consists of very good players, who can't seem to find the net too often. As for Manchester United, they also had a bad start but now are 3rd place in the league and have a 4-game winning streak. The game started out in minute 12, when Ecuadorian midfielder Antonio Valencia nutmegs Joe Allen and sends a pass to Wayne Rooney, who shoots into the left corner, as goalkeeper Brad Jones dives to the right. Manchester United continued with a goal in minute 40. Ashley Young makes a cross intended for Robin Van Persie and Van Persie heads it off-target but Juan Mata with perfect positioning heads it in at the last second doubling the lead for the Red Devils. Liverpool almost scored one though, as a faulty pass from John Evans leads Raheem Sterling to a one-on-one with David De Gea. De Gea saves it, as he doesn't fall for Sterling's trick. Liverpool gets another golden chance in minute 68. Philippe Coutinho makes a very nice through ball to Sterling. Sterling avoids a slide tackle by Phil Jones before turning around and passing to Italian Mario Balotelli. Balotelli had just been fined by FA for posting a racist and anti-Semitic post on Instagram. He was signed by Liverpool this summer for 16 million pounds and was still looking forward to his 1st premier league goal. Unfortunately for him, De Gea was in goal. He dived high to the right, tipped the ball off a bit, and the ball cannoned off the crossbar. The third goal was defined in minute 71 when John Evans takes the ball away from Kolo Toure and passes it to Mata. Mata runs down the field and then passes to Rooney on the left wing. Rooney's cross to Van Persie is intercepted and poorly cleared by Dejan Lovren. Mata receives the ball again, passes to Van Persie, and Van Persie scores with an "open" half-goal as Brad Jones wasn't expecting that change of play. That is how the game ended. My man of the match was David De Gea. He had 8 fabulous saves, and if it wasn't for his skill Manchester United probably would've lost.