On Sunday West Londoners Fulham hosted Liverpool at Craven Cottage in match of two halves – yup, that old cliche. Liverpool went down in the 33rd minute, but they wasted no time in equalizing through their superb January signing, Daniel Sturridge. Half-time tactical changes by Brendan Rodgers shored up Liverpool’s defense, and they began to catch [...]

On a gloriously warm spring day there were no goals but plenty of excitement on display at Anfield. It was an odd match, defined by a typically frenetic derby pace, but the occasion didn’t get the best of anyone and both sides were disciplined. In total only 3 yellow cards were shown. The match was defined by width, [...]

Arsenal ground out a 0-1 win against Fulham at Craven Cottage through a Per Mertesacker header. Arsenal dominated the game throughout, mostly due to Steve Sidwell’s 12th minute ejection for a bad tackle on Mikel Arteta. Despite this, Arsenal struggled to create chances, and Fulham looked capable of stealing a goal at times. Line ups [...]

Liverpool created a staggering amount of chances, but Reading managed to keep the game scoreless through a fantastic breakout performance by their goalkeeper, Alex McCarthy. Liverpool dominated every metric of this match. It’s a wonder that Reading managed to keep them out, but then again, it’s also a wonder that no one in a Liverpool [...]

Poor Sunderland. They deserved more from  a reinvigorated performance that contrasted with the majority for their season. 2 scrappy goals sunk Sunderland’s 1 goal lead against Chelsea. This puts a larger ding in their hopes of avoiding the drop. It will sting, because Sunderland actually played pretty well, and the match could have easily gone either way. [...]

Manchester City put a major dent in Newcastle’s hopes of staying above the relegation zone on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium. Four different Manchester City players but the ball past Elliot for a strong victory against Newcastle. Newcastle are a mere 3 points above the relegation zone at this point. This match was a case [...]

Manchester City produced chances but failed to finish them over the course of Everton’s 2-0 home victory over The Citizens. Moyes’ side played a direct, physical style, pushing Manchester City off the ball and looking to fire forward to immediately spring pressure on City’s defense. Formations City continued to play three at the back with [...]

Manchester United came out strong and dominated the first half against Chelsea. However, Rafa Benitez made some astute tactical changes and altered the flow of the match in favor of his side. In the second half, nearly all traffic was flowing against Manchester United’s goal, and Chelsea nearly walked away with a 3-2 victory. United [...]

Shinji Kagawa proved a point on Saturday with an aesthetic hat trick as Manchester United beat Norwich 4-0 at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney later rounded off the victory with a deceptively easy looking strike from distance. Few will have predicated any other result to this match. Norwich recently turned out a poor streak with a win against [...]

QPR expectantly lost at home to Manchester United by 2 goals to nil. Rafael scored a stunning volley, and Nani slotted Giggs in for a second to carry United over a Rangers. Overview In terms of possession, the game was far more balanced than most may have predicted. The difference was largely marginal, with Manchester United carrying [...]