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Manchester United vs Chelsea was expected to be a tactical battle between Mourinho and Conte.It proved so.Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the premier league. Goals from Lukaku and Lingard gave the home side a big victory against Chelsea. Manchester United climb back to the 2nd place in the league, 2 ahead of Liverpool and 6 ahead of Chelsea. An excellent result for Manchester United and their hopes of a top 4 finish, while worrying signs for Chelsea and next years champions league. Here are some of the talking points from Manchester United vs Chelsea 5) Jesse Lingard at it again Just an year back, people were flipping about the idea that Lingard was get 100,000 a week. No one could have expected the kind of impact he had this season. He has been a catalyst for Manchester United this season. Coming of the bench in play of Martial to score the winner for united. He bring with him a high tempo to the game, that looks to change United's players mood. He pressed ex...

A  6-1 victory for Barcelona vs Girona courtesy of a hattrick from Suarez, god like performance from Messi and a special first goal in laliga from Coutinho. Barcelona, remains unbeaten and at top of the league with 10 points ahead of 2nd placed Atletico Madrid. Here are the main talking points from Barcelona vs Girona Laliga match 5) Girona dared to attack Barcelona Putting every men behind the ball to defend or "parking the bus" is said to be against football. Girona scored the first goal inside 3 minutes by Portu. Girona would not have thought to have that kind of start against Barcelona . They dreamt of attacking Barcelona at Nou Camp and win the match. What followed after this brave attempt  was Barcelona's relentless attack. They scored 4 by the end of first half, and the half ended with 4-1 in Barcelona's favor. Girona manager Pablo Machin  changed his tatic and brought on defender Carles Planas for forward Adey Benitez. If he would have parked the bu...

The Premier League is back on for it's game week 28. The highlight of the week are Manchester United vs Chelsea and Arsenal vs Manchester City. This week is a big one , as rivals for the top 4 and bottom 3 are playing against each other. Premier League GW28 is expected  to be crucial in determining the league table. Here are Premier League GW8 Preview 1) Leicester City vs Stoke city This is a match which has more importance to Stoke rather than Leicester. Currently sitting at 8 in the premier league with 35 points, Leicester are very comfortable and a victory will help them in getting close to the Europa League spot. Stoke have a different story. A victory is needed for them. Currently sitting at 19th in the table with 25 points, every point is important for them. The main problem for Stoke have been their defence. They have considered 53 goals in 27 matches so far. That is roughly 2 per game and that is the key reason for the bad performances. While they have only scored...

Chelsea faced Barcelona and the match was brilliant. Barcelona drew Chelsea 1-1 at Stamford bridge. Willian was the man to score for Chelsea. While Messi finally scored a goal against Chelsea , in his 9th match against them. Chelsea vs Barcelona Champions League match was expected to be a tactical battle between to excellent managers. The score line flatters as, clearly Chelsea was excellent at the game plan Conte set and Barcelona had a bit a luck for the game to end 1-1. With that in mind, here are talking points of Chelsea vs Barcelona 5)Antonio Conte proved critics wrong It was considered to be a match, that Barcelona will win easily. It was not the case as Chelsea suffocated Barcelona in the final third and game nearly nothing away.The goal they conceded was a defencive mistake and not Barcelona breaking Chelsea's defence. Antonio Conte knew he would not get much of the ball in the match and needs to be good in the counter. Playing Willian was the key as he proved ...

Chelsea and Barcelona face each other in the champions league round of 16 on 21st february. This is the second biggest match of this knockout round. The current english champions vs Barcelona. In this article , you will find out who will qualify for the next round between chelsea and barcelona. Without future to do here is the Chelsea vs Barcelona Match Preview 1) Antonio Conte vs Ernesto Valverde The match is expected to be a tactically brilliant match. The reason for it is Antonio Conte the Chelsea manager and Ernesto Valverde the Barcelona manager. Both the managers might have a different approach and philosophy to the game, but they both pride on defencive brilliance. While, Antonio Conte has won the Serie B  with Bari, 3 consecutive Serie A with Juventus and Premier League with Chelsea last season, Ernesto Valverde has yet to make a big mark. He has won the Greece super league 3 times and 2 Greek Football Cup with Olympiacos and a Supercopa de Espana with At...

The FA cup is the most prestigious domestic cup for English teams. It has surely lost a bit of value due to the League and Champions League , in the last few seasons. This season however it feels like it is very important for all the top 6 to win  this trophy. Let's look at why the FA cup is important to the top 6 this season one by one. 6) Manchester City The importance of this trophy for City is huge in few aspects. They are already running away with the league,find themselves in the carabao cup final and after PSG's loss to madrid in Champions League they look to be the undisputed favourites to win the Champions League. If City wins the carabao cup, champions league and the league, then they would become the 2nd English team to win a treble. But if they also win the Fa Cup they will be the first team to win a Quadruple. This is a big reason, why Manchester City will try to win the Fa Cup as well. Let's wait and watch if City will make history or not. 5)...

Real Madrid vs PSG was the match of round of 16 in the champions league. It was Ronaldo vs Neymar. Underperforming Real Madrid vs high flying PSG. Yesterday night the 90 minutes were as intense as it can be. One team was fighting to prove critics wrong, while one team was trying to finally leave a mark in Champions League. End result Real Madrid defeats PSG 3-1 in the first leg. The score would make you feel that it was an easy afternoon at Madrid office, but it was not. Madrid was fortunate and brave to win it 3-1. While PSG was a bit unlucky to lose with such a score. To do justice to this match i will be breaking down it into talking points. Real Madrid vs PSG(3-1) X Taking Points 5) Ronaldo at it again Cristiano Ronaldo simply is a man of moments. Even in a underperforming  season by his standards, he manages to make headlines. His calm and composed penalty , along with literally a knee tap in gave Madrid 2 goals. He might not be in the best of forms but is still sha...

With Champions league Knockout stage approaching. I decided to give my prediction, who might qualify to the next round. Juventus vs Tottenham Hotspurs The first match of the knockout beings with these two teams. This is expected to be an riveting encounter between to brilliant teams. Juventu has picked up the pace having not conceded in the past seven matches . The great Juventus defence is back to its brilliant best. With match winners like Huigian and the ever reliable Buffon they should be hoping for the best. Tottenham Hotspurs  have had a great Champions League campaign so far. The topped the group with the highlight being defeating Real Madrid at home. On recent form they look like a team who can defeat anyone . The were brilliant against Manchester United and Arsenal in the premier league and would love nothing more than to beat Juventus the last years finalist and go to quarter final. They have match winners in Eriksen , Dele Alli and most importantly Harry Kane...

Newcastle vs Manchester United was looking to be a routine victory for Manchester United. A Newcastle team who has not won a home match since October going against the all mighty United. But somehow everything went wrong for Manchester United in this match and at the end Newcastle picked up a deserving victory.

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly one of the greatest to ever grace a football pitch.  We are so lucky to watch him in his full flow every week. Being from a generation where football is watched in every part of the world , he has shown incredible live to consistence for the past decade. Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo  will forever be considered the best to have played the game. Tho the debate between Messi and Ronaldo will never end. Both set of fans have their own opinion why their idol is the greatest. So, i decided to list out the reasons why is Lionel Messi best in the world Here we have a list of reason why is Lionel Messi best in the world 5) Lionel Messi's Vision So we start of the list with one of Lionel Messi 's best attribute in football i.e. his vision. By being part of La Masia he improved his natural vision to nearly perfection. We can see so many videos of Messi and realize his vision is nearly pitch perfect. He can literally lob a ball from one e...