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Burnley 1 - 1 Chelsea FC  Only few teams have been able to draw Chelsea this season and Burnley joined the League, staging a play that Chelsea and Conte will term surprising. The Blues started out well in the early minutes of the game, taking Burnley on a fast counter and ending it with a goal in the 7th minute, Pedro Rodriguez gave them the lead but like few other teams in the League who had been in this position, Burnley recognized themselves and this got them an equalizer. Burnley showed a spectacular feet and almost won the game for  themselves, getting back into the game with some nice free kick from the Claret's record signing Robert Brady. Chelsea had no shot on target in the second 45, as the host Burnley took the game to them coming close and Thibaut Courtois made a couple of great saves in either half from Matt Lowton and Andre Gray. Burnley Sean Dyche: "Chelsea are a fine side. They are the market leaders for a reason and we limited them to two shots on...

Liverpool had won only one in seven games Playes without the Senegalese Sadio Mane who went on international duty to the African Cup Of Nations, actually speculated as the reason for their poor performance during the period and Today he showed the world why Jurgen Kloop and the whole Liverpool team actually missed him. Liverpool are now 4th with 49 points courtesy of Sadio Mane's two goals in the first half. Tottenham Hotspur who had been victorious against Chelsea struggled against Liverpool making less chances with their high line football. Harry Kane was isolated up front, while midfielders Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen were virtually anonymous in the opposition half. Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen which are the latest injury problems for Pochettino had Tottenham Hotspur struggling and what made it worst the Spurs made only two shots which Simon Mignolet was there to save keeping him less troubled throughout the match. Sadio Mane was spectacular almost setting another Hat-tr...

Manchester United 2 - 0 Watford  Manchester United At Old Trafford presented one of the best displays of football against the Hornets who had been victorious in their last two League games which also included their victory over the title contending Arsenal. Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with a Shot from Close range after wasted efforts by Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Anthony Martial. Before the goal Manchester United had already overwhelmed the Watford side, sending them into a defensive situation. Anthony Martial had made his impact on his return to take Rashford's place assisting the first goal and scoring an intelligent goal in his comeback. Heurelho Gomes was vigilant and clearly the reason why more goals were not conceded in the game but there was actually nothing he could do in Martial's goal case. He had successfully stopped Zlatan Ibrahimovic at close range, Paul Pogba’s first Shot and many other remarkable saves, w...

Arsenal FC 2 - 0 Hull City  The Gunners went back to winning ways at the Emirate Stadium against a 10-man Hull City with Sanchez the Man Of The Match. Arsene Wenger watched from the stands as he served his final of his four match touch line ban, his team had fallen twice back to back to Watford and Chelsea respectively. The Chilean had his first goal in on controversial terms which attracted an apology from the Clattenburg after the game. The goal was moved into the net from Sanchez hand in the 34 minute which had almost decided the match, till that 90th minute hand ball from Sam Clucas. An opportunity which was taken neatly by Sanchez moving his goal tally to 17 and also cementing their place in the top four at least for the weekend Arsene Wenger speaking to Match of the Day: "We were resilient, focused and organised, but a bit with the handbrake on as we were under pressure to win the game. In the end perhaps we were fortunate to get away with a positive result. H...

Liverpool FC Vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview  Liverpool host the Spurs this week end in a game that will decide their fate in their bid to remain in the Champions League Qualification spot. Tottenham Hotspur on the other hand, are enjoying an unbeaten record, with two wins and two draws in the past four games. Liverpool have been winless in all 2017 League fixtures and will Love to get back to winning ways ways in this one which might be hard to achieve as Tottenham are as big a temporal not to write off, presently second in the League Table. Liverpool have won 44 out of 75 and drawn 8 games played which is a positive for the Reds but the Spurs are different and under Pochettino it's been a revolution. Danny Rose will be out due to knee injury, Jan Vertonghem out with an Ankle injury and Eric Lamela with a hip problem Jurgen Klopp could be without centre-backs Ragnar Klavan and Dejan Lovren for the big clash. Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 8 Premier League games ...

Stoke City Vs Everton FC Preview  Stoke City have had a rough January meeting Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United and of the three succeeded in taking a point against Manchester United in their last fixture. This time the Mark Hughes side face one of the  big teams in the middle of the table Everton who had picked up their third straight win in their last fixture against Crystal Palace. Everton are now becoming some power as they have been able to win 5/6 of their last 6 fixtures of which includes the 4 Nil trashing of Manchester City, now beginning to look like the team to beat in the middle,  the Toffees seem to be on some incredible form as compare to The Porters. Everton are having a some problems in away fixtures which they will love to elevate themselves over away with the Porters. While the Britainna Stadium is a place Stoke new gives a win away hence it going to be tough for the Toffees in this one. Predictions The Porters will only let go of a ...

Watford will Visit Arsenal on Tuesday in their next Premier League tie, both teams obviously in different forms of late. Arsenal has won 5/6 of their last fixtures while Watford have only one win and two draws in their last six fixtures. Granit Xhaka wont be featuring for the Gunners as he picked up his second Red Card for the season and will miss their fixture with Chelsea away at Stanford Bridge Next month. Mohamed Elneny is out on international duty, while Santi Cazola is out due to injury, therefore are Aaron Ramsey and Francis Coquille. Arsenal  presently second in the Premier League Table with 47 points will love to take three points in this game in order to get closer to the Leaders, then upset them when they visit Stanford Bridge Next month. Watford with 24 points will also be faced with Relegation issues if they are beaten, which will make this tie a serious game for the Visitors. My Predictions Arsenal are on some incredible form of late which is directly opposite ...

Manchester United cruises through to the next Round of the English FA Cup with a four Nil win over Wigan, Bastian Schweinsteiger made his first start of the season with an impressive performance, scoring the last of the four goals in their victory at home. Making nine changes to his starting line up against Hull City,  starting Martial who had been left out of the team in their last few fixtures. Manchester United delayed in taking their chances but  just before the Half time whistle, the old and Rusty Schweinsteiger as some might say got his game back, created and assist for Marouane Fellaini to give United a win. Martial had some good influence on the home side after shifting to the flank, assisting Chris Smalling and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the second and third goal before Schweinsteiger made his mark on the Score sheet concluding the win. Wayne Rooney today was honored for his new record of 250 goals and this was presented personally by Sir Bobby Charlton himself before ...

Liverpool 1 - 2 Wolverhampton Liverpool got kicked out of the FA Cup by Wolverhampton Wanderers with a miraculous show of football, marking Liverpool's third defeat in a row. A very early goal in the first minute by Richard Stearman's header saw the wolves leading from the first minute which was later doubled by Andreas Weimann before the Half time whistle. Origi scored in the 86th minute but the Liverpool side didn't do good enough to equal the visitors in 90 minutes, hence a third defeat at home by a team not even in the EPL. Chelsea 4 - 0 Brentford Chelsea made their mark on the lower division team Brentford, taking the lead with willian's 14th minute goal. The Visitors had nothing to offer as total dominance was observed from the start. Pedro Rodriguez added to make it two before half time. After twenty five minutes of play without a goal, Branislav Ivanovic added to the League leaders increasing the deficit for the defending visitors and ...

Manchester United lost their 17 game Unbeaten record to struggling Hull City at the KCOM Stadium. Manchester United made five changes to the team at their last fixture which struggled to make an impact against the Tigers. The 35th minute penalty taken with quality to give Hull City their first goal came as a result of Rojo pull of Harry Maguire's Shirt which occurred after a brief scramble after a set piece. The goal had given Hull City some confidence and a which ignited their great performance, owning more shots than United but Paul Pogba was their as hindrance in the 66th minute scoring from Close range to give United a two goal lead in aggregate before the late winner by Baye Oumar Niasse who got close with a shot at the wood work before heading home a cross for the winner. Manchester United will now head to Wembley for Southampton who had been miraculously victorious against Liverpool in both legs of the Semi Finals of the EFL CUP. Jose Mohrinho for his 54th ...