Tag Archives: Rivals
Messi fires warning to rivals
Lionel Messi has warned his opponents that there is more to come as he and his Barcelona team prepare to tackle Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. The champions are unbeaten in their four away games to date in La Liga, but two wins and two draws have seen them slip behind Real Madrid.
The little Argentine blew [...]
Rivals line up for relegation scrap
Following the key Christmas and New Year period, the Premier League relegation scrap looks as tight as it’s ever been as we look ahead to what may lie ahead for the teams struggling at the wrong end of the top flight in the second half of the season.
In what looks like being one of the [...]
Rivals face major injuries
Manchester City currently have just three fit defenders ahead of their crunch clash with Chelsea (Man City 21/10, Draw 9/4, Chelsea 6/5 – Match Betting), who themselves have major injury concerns.
Both teams crashed out of the Carling Cup in midweek but the two managers would have had one eye on Saturday’s big game at Eastlands.
City [...]
Wengers warns European rivals
Arsenal (12/1 to win the Champions League) boss Arsene Wenger has warned other side’s in the Champions League that his squad are full of confidence as they once again begin their campaign in Europe.
The North London club play Braga in the opening Group H game on Wednesday with the Gunners hoping to get off to [...]
Championship rivals irked by Bellamy
Chairman across the Championship are aggrieved with Manchester City for giving Craig Bellamy to Cardiff City (6/1 – Championship outright) and paying his wages, according to John Ryan.
The Doncaster chairman has criticised the moneybags regime at Eastlands for allowing the 31-year-old striker to go on a season-long loan to Cardiff and continue to pay the [...]
Owen dismisses rivals
Manchester United striker Michael Owen has brushed off the idea that the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool will challenge for the Premier League title this season (United 9/4 – Premier League outright).
Last season saw Chelsea pip United to the title on the last day of the season after the race for top spot [...]
Mancini issues taunt to rivals
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has taunted the Blues’ Premier League title rivals by claiming the established ‘Big Four’ are “running scared” (City 4/1 – 2010/11 Premier League Outright).
The Eastlands outfit will be the biggest spenders this summer by some distance, with the likes of Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng, David Silva and Aleksandar Kolarov all [...]
Rivals ready Gerrard raid
Manchester City are reportedly preparing an audacious summer raid on Liverpool for Steven Gerrard to boost their Premier League title ambitions for next season (City 6/1 Premier League Outright 2010/2011).
City boss Roberto Mancini has been linked to a myriad of players already this summer and looks set to be handed a blank cheque book to [...]
Roma Stay Top After Derby Win Over Rivals Lazio
Roma made it six wins on the spin as they squeezed past Lazio in a fiercely contested local derby.
A Mirko Vucinic double was enough to seal victory for the league leaders, who remain one point ahead of Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan.
Struggling Lazio shocked their local rivals by taking a 14th minute lead when Tommaso Rocchi [...]
Rivals to forfeit Europa League?