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Arsenal produced a stunning 7-5 comeback from 4-0 down last night. Let us help digest what you saw. It was a scoreline which resembled a tennis match. 7-5. That just doesn't happen in football. Does it? Here are five conclusions from last night's epic encounter. Via HITC Sport 1) This Arsenal have the mental strength which previous sides did not Would Arsenal have achieved this comeback last season? We aren't so sure. The season before? Certainly not. It may have been a defensive shocker for the Gunners, but they dug deep and from somewhere, found it within themselves to win despite finding themselves 4-0 down after 39 minutes. This Arsenal squad have a real togetherness, and the players are all fighting for the same cause. The camaraderie within the squad is plain to see, as Theo Walcott and Carl Jenkinson showed in their post-match interview. It has to bode well for the season ahead, and nights like this will boost the unity within the ...

Mark Clattenburg made the right decision in sending Fernando Torres off, says Jonny Evans. Jonny Evans has backed referee Mark Clattenburg for sending off Fernando Torres in Manchester United's 3-2 win at nine-man Chelsea in what was a controversial encounter at Stamford Bridge.  More pictures on the last Sunday's Game?      

Javier Hernandez is Manchester United's lethal weapon. Just ask Chelsea, who have conceded five at the hands of the Mexican in eight games. Via Bleacher Report Chelsea will be utterly sick of the sight of Javier Hernandez. When they saw him stepping off the United bench on Sunday, they should have known what would happen. Even in such an unpredictable game, there was an air of predictability as Chicharito took to the field. It would be he whose swift feet and quick adjustment allowed him to divert in Rafael's goalbound effort after Robin van Persie's shot was cleared off the line. It was of course Chicharito who headed the equaliser in the 3-3 draw last season at the Bridge, and Chelsea fans will not forget his goal after just 41 seconds against them at Old Trafford in April 2011, a game which effectively decided the fate of the title. Whether or not Hernandez starts tomorrow night in the League Cup is one of many intriguing selection di...

Via Bleacher Report    Chelsea v Manchester United was the best match of the season so far. There was plenty to learn, especially for referee Mark Clattenburg and the FA. A growing number of people are absolutely fed up with what FIFA calls "simulation." Referees are clearly under pressure to deal with it, because apart from the obscene money factors, this is killing the game. Many bemoan all the foreign players coming into the game because they are squeezing homegrown players out. Yes, they have brought great flair and skill to the Premier League, but they've also brought the ugly face of cheating. It is suspected that in some countries abroad, players are told to take every advantage and also coached as to how to get an unfair decision. FIFA wants to keep the game unsullied by video technology and rely on the "human factor," but today, Chelsea fans would have every right to feel aggrieved because of decisions that could have been resolved ...

Nani Mkali Miongoni mwa Wachezaji Hawa, " Mata , Cazorla or Silva ? Hii hapa ni statistic ya michezo yao waliyoicheza Juan Mata - michezo- 13, magoli - 6, saidia - 5, pasi kamilifu           asilimia 88.4  Santi Cazorla - michezo - 14, magoli - 2, saidia - 2, pasi kamilifu asilimia 87.8  David Silva - michezo - 14, magoli 0, saidia - 1, pasi kamilifu asilimia 88.9 

He is the one who was in charge during Chelsea v Manchester United match last Sunday. He was faced with so many decisions and did not hesitate to decide whenever he was obligated to. I mean, no one saw him hesitating but went straight to deciding whenever he felt like it was according to the FIFA football rules. The big issue was when he sent off Fernando Torres after he tried to cheat. Torres fell down "dived" looking for a free kick and was awarded a second yellow card which was really accordingly, and automatically Mr. Clattenburg , according to the FIFA rules, not his, had to give him a red card because that is what the rules say, and that is what all the referees do. What do you have to say about this as a football fan? You can comment as a Chelsea 's fan, a Manchester United 's fan or any. Your comment is even more valuable.

I do not think if it is wise to write so many things about the Chelsea v Manchester United game because I do believe that no any real football player missed the game. So, down here I have just prepared some pictures for you to see and remind yourself of what happened at the home of Chelsea, "Stanford Bridge."   Everybody looked furious  Diving seemed a big problem to the  Chelsea star Torres. He was rewarded  a red card after he was shown a second  yellow card.  T he referee always tried to calm people  down whenever he thought there was  a problem.  It was just like his usual moment whenever  he plays against Chelsea, aka Chicharito  scored the third goal for Man United.  Even a steward was injured, that is how  tough the game was.   Torres diving  Glorious moment to them   Have got anything to say about what happened  during this game? Your ...

According to HITC SPORT   What does a potential Champions League exit mean for Roberto Mancini and Manchester City? Despite a positive start, Wednesday night was a chastening one for Manchester City's players, staff, and fans. The English champions lost against Ajax, a game they really had to win, and now sit on just one point after three games. A maximum haul from their final three games (which would include winning in Dortmund), would see them finish on 10 points; the same number which saw them cruelly eliminated at the same stage last season. Elimination once again at such an early stage would be a body blow for the club, whose ambition this season extends beyond simply attempting to retain their league crown.  Progress in Europe is required, to continue their upward curve of success, and to keep and attract star players. And then there are the financial implications. With the possible Financial Fair Play rules incoming, television money from...

Via Bleacher Report   Manchester United's veteran defender Rio Ferdinand continues to push to be at the top of his game for the Red Devils. However, at the age of 33 the out of favor England international is no longer looked to as a first choice for his country and he is beginning to be less and less a first choice for United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. His recent controversial incident over the 'Kick it Out' anti-racism campaign has also cast a doubt on his status with the club and his manager according to the Telegraph . With his career in red looking to be winding down here is a look at five potential replacements for the veteran defender that has been such a massive part of the club's success over the last decade. Stoke City and former Manchester United youth player Ryan Shawcross has been linked with a return to his former club by British news outlet Sport as well as other sources in the past two weeks. The st...

Via Bleacher Report Manchester United survived the shock of conceding two early goals to move a step closer to the Champions League knockout phase with victory over SC Braga.  The Portuguese side's veteran Brazilian striker Alan punished carelessness from United's reshuffled defence - without the rested Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra - with two clinical finishes to stun Old Trafford. It was the sort of slow start that has threatened to undermine United this season, but Mexican Javier Hernandez took advantage of the opportunity to make his mark by leading the fightback. Hernandez scored with a far post header to put United back in the game before half-time and, after Jonny Evans scrambled an equaliser, he was on the mark again as he rose to beat Braga keeper Beto for the winner with 15 minutes left.  United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wanted a third successive victory in the group stage to mov...

Sir Alex Ferguson wants former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola and not Jose Mourinho to become his eventual successor at Manchester United. According to a report on ESPN, chief executive David Gill and a member of the Glazer family also met the former Barcelona manager, who left his role at the Camp Nou after four successful years, at that time. A United source said that the meeting was “informal”, however the future is understood to have been discussed. Of course, all this talk comes in the wake of an interview given by Manchester United chief executive Woodward. He said: “We have a view as to what type of manager we want and how and when we’ll go about it. But it’s in the drawer and long may it stay in the drawer.” Mourinho shares a good relationship with Ferguson but others in the Man United hierarchy believe that the former Chelsea coach doesn’t have a long-term vision and he isn’t a long term candidate as well. In the last 12 years, he has coached six clubs — ve...

Frank Lampard Frank Lampard anaweza kuikosa mechi kati ya Chelsea na Manchesster United itakayopigwa Jumapili ijayo baada ya kuumia na kuchechemea wakti wa pambano lao la ligi ya mabingwa pale walipopambana na kupewa kichapo na Shakhtar Donetsk kwenye dakika ya 18 tu siku ya Jumanne. Je, unafikiri Chelsea wakimkosa Frank Lampard wataathirika kwa namna moja au nyingine?

After his team Arsenal was beaten by Norwich City 1-0, this was what Arsene Wenger had to say showing how angry he became because of losing their game. "We gave an easy game away and I am angry,"   "In the end, Norwich gave us a good lesson, but it is one I would rather not have. "They wanted the win more than us, showed more desire and it is hard for me to admit that. Too many lessons like this and you stand at the end of the season with too many regrets." "The gap is very unpleasant. We had an opportunity that Tottenham could win and we could win, and we both lost. That of course makes the gap a lot bigger. "You cannot say you do not worry about that, but what is more disappointing is that we could not score. After we went 1-0 down we had the ball for 70 minutes and could not score a goal." Wenger was asked after the game whether he could look to sign a striker in the January transfer window, following a lack of ...

  Wayne Rooney na Robin Van Persie wakiwa kwenye mazoezi Jamaa wanaonekana wakali. Ukali wao unathibitika pale wanapocheza pamoja na jinsi wanavyoonesha ushirikiano wakiwa kazini. Lakini maswali ni kwamba ushirikiano huu utadumu? Ushirikiano huu utaleta mafanikio ya kutosha na hata kuwasaidia kurejesha ubingwa wa EPL? Ushirikiano huu utaisaidia Man United kuchukua hata kombe la mabingwa? Najua na wewe unayo maoni yako. Unasemaje?

Wayne Rooney alifunga magoli mawili ukiachilia mbali lile la kujifunga baada ya kutokea kizaa zaa langoni mwao, Van Persie alifunga goli moja na Danny Welbeck alifunga moja. Pamoja na Stoke City kuanza kuleta purukushani lango mwa Man United lakini walijikuta wakipewa kichapo kikali cha magoli 4-2 na kuwagawia wappinzani wao pointi zote 3. Uzembe wa mabeki wa Man United uliwafanya Stoke City wapate goli la pili baada  ya kumwachia mshambuliaji wa Stoke kupenya katikati yao bila kipingamizi.

Shenhua Shanghai, the Chinese Super League club that made the game-changing move to sign ex-Chelsea stars Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, is facing a player insurrection over unpaid wages. The players, Anelka included, boycotted practice on Monday and could skip the club’s next match if the money owed to them isn’t paid. You can’t help but wonder if everyone else would get paid if it wasn’t for those pesky aging stars. Ahem. Not that Nico and Drogs can’t still contribute. Drogba is in high demand, apparently, having been linked to defending Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande (I will never get tired of that name). Guangzhou’s manager, Marcelo Lippi (yes, that Marcelo Lippi) has denied the rumor, even while the man attempted to take control of Shenhua Shanghai, Zhu Jun, tweeted (well, it’s not tweeting—it’s the Chinese equivalent, so weibo…d) that Guangzhou is actively bidding for Drogba. Considering the money crunch in Shanghai, maybe overloading the Ivoria...

Ashley Cole amepigwa faini ya kiasi cha £90,000 na FA kufuatia hatua yake ya kuandika ujumbe usiokubalika kwenye twitter, huku mwenzake John Terry anatarajia kupewa adhabu na timu yake kufuatia adhabu yake aliyopewa ya kutocheza mechi nne na £220,000 na FA kwa kosa lake la lugha ya ubaguzi wa rangi kwa Ferdinand mdogo, huku yeye mwenyewe akiwa hajapanga kukata rufaa. wachezaji wpte hao wawili wameomba radhi, huku Terry akishindwa kuomba radhi ya moja kwa moja kwa Ferdinand.

Ni mchezaji mwenye purukushani za kutosha awapo uwanjani. Purukushani zake ni za aina mbili. Zipo zile zinazoisaidia timu yake ya Man City pamoja na timu yake ya taifa ya Italy. Lakini pia zipo zile zinazowafanya siyo washabiki wa soka tu wakereke bali pia hata makocha wake. Lakini Balotelli ni mchezaji mwenye kipaji cha cha pekee kwa miongoni mwa wachezaji wa umri wake. Lakini sports director wa Man City, Brian Marwood, alikuwa na haya ya kusema kumuhusu Balotelli.   “I think that it’s important to make a good example. I think – and we all know who we are talking about – that you will get people within the system who do not show the right values and the right behavior. “In the main, we have a ­fantastic group of players here. I look at Pablo Zabaleta , I look at Vincent Kompany , I look at Joe Hart, Gareth Barry and Joleon Lescott. “I think we have a lot of players who can behave in the right way. You just have to make sure that they are the role models.” ...

It’s hard being a teenage celebrity. The paparazzi, the screaming fans, the inability to graduate from high school. It’s all so difficult, which is why we can imagine that it’s gratifying for celebs when they finally receive that elusive high school diploma. The latest famous person to be awarded said diploma is Drake, who, at 25, has officially graduated high school. Drake . The rapper joined Degrassi at age 15 and never finished high school. But this week, Drake tweeted that he’s finally finished high school. Drake wrote, “97% on my final exam. 88% in the course. One of the greatest feelings in my entire life. As of tonight I have graduated high school… Thank you to my teacher Kim Janzen for spending the last 5 months working tirelessly with me!! OVO SOUND.” . This is big news for the rapper, who left Toronto’s Forest Hill Collegiate Institute for Degrassi , which he has said was motivated by a desire to help his family. Drake told Complex last year, “My mot...

A much more aggressive President Barack Obama showed up to the second presidential debate Tuesday, which at times devolved into angry crosstalk with Republican rival Mitt Romney. President Obama was under pressure to perform dramatically better at this debate—held at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y.—than the one held two weeks ago. Gov. Romney's energetic performance at that first debate quickly boosted him in the polls, with some recent measures showing he and the president in a virtual tie among likely voters. Romney kept up his Denver demeanor, attacking Obama on his jobs record, failure to pass immigration reform, policies in the Middle East, and other issues. But this time, instead of simply repeating portions of his stump speech, Obama was ready with specific retorts and counter-attacks. The president frequently accused Romney of twisting facts, occasionally interrupting him as he spoke. At one point, the debate almost became a shouting match ov...

 Hii furaha ilipotea mwishoni Bobby Williamson alishindwa kutimiza ndoto yake ya kuipeleka Uganda kwenye Fainali za Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika mwakani baada  ya timu yake kupoteza mchezo kwa kufungwa kwa penati na mabingwa watetezi Zambia .   Kocha wa Zambia Uganda hawajacheza mashindano hayo tangu mwaka 1978 . Mechi yao ya Jumamosi iliwapeleka kwenye sheria za matuta baada  ya kutoka sare hadi mwisho wa dakika 90, na Zambia kushinda kwa penati 9-8 .     Jinsi mambo yalivokuwa

Wana usalama wakijaribu kutuliza vurugu zilizoletwa na washabiki wa soka huko senegal baada ya timu yao kufungwa magoli 2 na kupoteza matumaini ya kufuzu kushiriki kombe la mataifa ya Afrika. Baada ya kuona hakuna tena matumaini wakaanza kuwasha moto na kurushia vitu kadhaa uwanjani na kuleta fujo nyingine zisizo na msingi kutokana na hasira iliyowatawala. wachezaji wa Ivory Coast ikabidi wasindikizwe na polisi ili wasije kudhuriwa na washabiki wenye hasira ya kufungwa wa Senegal. Taarifa zilmesema kwamba watu 10 akiwemo waziri wa michezo wa Senegal Hadji Malick Gakou walijeruhiwa kwenye vurugu hizo. Ingawaje mechi ilivunjika lakini inaonekana ushindi utatolewa kwa Ivory Coast.

The Chelsea left back apologized in person to FA chairman David Bernstein for posting a vulgar tweet after a commission set up by the governing body questioned the evidence Cole gave in defending John Terry in a racism case. "He expressed a degree of remorse for what he had done, wished it hadn't happened," Bernstein said. "I looked him in the eye and really felt that he meant it." Cole has been charged with misconduct by the FA and is set to be fined, but is free to play for England in Friday's match against San Marino and the away game in Poland on Tuesday - if selected by coach Roy Hodgson. "His contrition is greater because he realizes that he might have put his position in jeopardy - and I'm very happy he hasn't done that," Hodgson said. "I'm pleased the chairman has gracefully accepted the apology from Ashley. I know how saddened he was by it and I'm glad it's been resolved." ...

As it was reported yesterday by Capital FM-Kenya   NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 9 – President Mwai Kibaki has declined to assent to the amended Finance Bill (2012) that was passed by Parliament on Thursday October 4, 2012.   The amendment awarded parliamentarians a severance pay of Sh9.3 million each. The pay award would have cost the taxpayer a total of Sh2.1 billion. “The president objected to the amendment on the grounds that it was first unconstitutional, and secondly untenable in the prevailing economic circumstances in the country,” a statement from State House said. The president said that coming shortly after the increment of salaries for teachers and doctors, the severance pay for parliamentarians would lead to an unsustainable wage bill at a time when the country requires massive resources to implement the new constitution and meet other competing demands in the economy. In the meantime, the Head of State has assented to the amendment in the elec...