After the poor form of his side in the league this season Roy Keane has resigned as the manager of Sunderland this morning saying that he keeps the interest of the club as his highest priority and it was good for both him and the club if he parted away at this moment. The former Manchester United player was instrumental in building the current team. Sunderland who were promoted the top flight last season did a wonderful job to stay in the Premiership and also produced some good results. This time the state of the team is in misery as they are fighting down in the relegation spot. Right now they are in the 18th position and need some work to be done so that they stay in the top flight next season too. Keane voiced his self-doubt last weekend regarding his ongoing suitability for the post after the 4-1 home defeat by Bolton Wanderers which featured an appalling defensive performance.He said: “I ask myself every day if I’m the right man for Sunderland.I asked myself this morning, and I said I was. Sunday morning, if the answer’s no, we’ll have to look at it.”
Much to the surprise of the fans and the players Sir Alex Ferguson who is mostly on the last season at Manchester United after which he is posed to retire from managing teams has ruled out any possible winter transfers in the winter window that is to open in the next couple of weeks. It has been the tradition of Manchester United to sign big players on the winter window. History speaks as players like Evra, Vidic, Larson all were bought in the winter transfer window. But this time he has ruled out that there will be no signings this time as his team is capable of winning the title. Ferguson, who has been linked with a move for Serbian youngster Zoran Tosic, insists there will be no new faces arriving in January. The United chief says he is happy with the squad at his disposal, but he believes City, backed by the Abu Dhabi United Group, will be flexing their muscles.
After much debate and speculation Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal who helped Manchester United to win two titles last season has won the most coveted prize that a player could earn which is the Player of the Year award. Ronaldo was a clear winner, collecting 77 votes from the 96 journalists who judge the award, while Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Liverpool’s Fernando Torres filled out the placings. It was no surprise that the player won the award as being a midfielder he scored 42 goals last season to help Manchester United to become both English and European champions. Only Messi was giving tough fight to him but he outbeat him with a huge margin of votes. Having bagged this award too the FIFA Player of the year award is only up for grabs and once again the fight starts and it is more interesting this time as no English based player has ever won the title so far in the history of football which favours the Argentinian.
Chelsea owner has stated their striker Drogba is going no where and there will no addition of players to the squad in the winter transfer window this season. Drogba who was instrumental in helping Chelsea win the title a couple of years ago and the main player in the team last season was speculated to leave the club and join Inter Milan in the start of the season but the player did not go. He missed most of the current season due to an injury and with the substitute striker Anelka in great form and being the leading goal scorer in the league so far Drogba could not find a place in the team. This raised the speculation once again that Drobga might leave the club as he is not getting regular match practice here. But the Chelsea owner today stated that the player is not leave the club and there will also be no further addition to the team’s strength as he is not having any players in mind to buy in the transfer window that is to open in the next couple of weeks.
Arsenal beat Chelsea at Bridge and has removed them from the top of the table. Liverpool now lead the table for a short period of time and have to win their match against West Ham tonight. Chelsea were well posed to win the game and were in complete control of the most part of the game before a bad decision from the referee changed the course of the game. It was the linesman’s bad decision that allowed a Van Persie offside goal and in quick succession of five minutes he netted another one to make clear that they were in the lead and this time he made no mistake. With this win Arsenal moves up in the table and are behind Manchester United now in the fourth position. The players are delighted with the result and so is the manager of the team. Scolari said that he was much disappointed with the decision of the referee and he felt that it was his team that should have won the match. Chelsea who were undefeated in their home for more than four years have now been beaten thrice at home in a span of two months and this is not a good sign for a team that is looking to win the Premier League title.
Manchester United won the 151st Manchester derby by a one goal difference and it was Wayne Rooney who scored his 100th goal in an occasion to mark it well. The player scored from a rebound shot from Michael Carrick and he could have added to his tally another goal only to be denied by the goal keeper in the final minute of the game. The match witnessed some rough action from both the team players as they were seen fighting for most of the match. Around 10 yellow cards were issued in the match and it was Cristiano Ronaldo who recieved the card twice and hence had to leave the game. With this red card he will be not available for the next couple of weeks. Though the match took place in the home of Manchester City and they have been in form so far it was Manchester United who dominated most of the game. With this win United have cut down the lead at the top of the table to five points with a match in hand for them. This has boosted the confidence and the chances of Red Devils retaining the title and with a big match between Arsenal and Chelsea taking place later tonight Manchester United will be praying for Arsenal to win the match as the gap between them and Chelsea will reduce.
Fernando Torres of Liverpool is out of action once again and this time he will not be playing for three months. The forward picked up an hamstring injury and his absence is going to affect the team a lot as they are in a good position of winning the title for the first time in 18 years. Torres was back in action after suffering a similar injury a couple of months earlier and have played just two matches following his return. This is really a bad season for Torres as he is suffering a lot of injuries. The player most part of the championship that has taken so far due to an injury. Liverpool are in the top of the table sharing the top spot with Chelsea and about half the tournament is about to get over. Liverpool are having big matches in the weeks to come.
