Jose Mourinho defended the tactics used by Chelsea during their 2-0 win over Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday.
Goals from Demba Ba and Willian gave Mourinho s men a crucial victory at Anfield, a result that keeps their Premier League title hopes alive.
Liverpool now lead Chelsea by just two points, with the third-placed Manchester City who have a game in hand on both of their rivals a point further adrift.
Chelsea were happy to sit back and hit Liverpool on the counter-attack throughout Sunday s match, a tactic that irritated the hosts, who had their 25-game scoring streak in the league ended.
But Mourinho who also said captain John Terry has a chance of being fit for Wednesday s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg with Atletico Madrid defended …
Former winger Suso is linked with a return to the Premier League with reportedly interested in the Spanish player.
According to Marca, the 23-year-old left-footed winger, who never quite managed to live up to the expectations and Anfield but saw his stock rise through the roof after a fine spell at, has been identified as one of the Spurs’ summer transfer targets.
Mauricio Pochettino is said to be a long-term admirer of the player who racked up seven goals and 11 assists during last season for Rossonerri.
The Spaniard has emerged as a transfer target for several European outlets, however, and the Premier League club faces fierce competition for Suso’s signature.
Pochettino is hopeful he could use the charms of the Champions League football and the …
Microsoft has announced the next set of additions to the Xbox Game Pass library, and it includes two games that are out right now.
Available today is the action-RPG Tales of Arise and the narrative adventure game Return to Grace, both of which are available across console, PC, and the cloud. On February 21, the zombie game Dead Island 2 was added to Game Pass. Then on February 22, Game Pass adds Bluey: The Video Game, which is based on the TV series. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
On February 27, Game Pass adds the humorous killer shark game Maneater on console, cloud, and PC, while Madden NFL 24 adds cloud support that day (it was previously added to Game Pass on console).
February 28 sees the launch o…
Coming off the failure of the Wii U, Nintendo hit it out of the park with the Switch, putting up some of the best sales figures for a home console in its history. Despite these impressive numbers, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa isn’t resting, and he said he wants to avoid the big dropoff that most of Nintendo’s systems see once they’ve been out for a few years.
Speaking to Nikkei Business (and translated by Kotaku), Furukawa explained that with the exception of the Switch, Nintendo has seen its business take a “nosedive” when consoles have hit their midlife point Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Since the Switch is now four years old, it’s seemingly at least at its midlife point, but sales continue to be strong f…
Wayne Rooney s long-time England attacking partner Peter Crouch feels the Manchester United striker s achievements have been under-appreciated .
Since making his Premier League debut at the age of 16, Rooney has won five league titles, as well as the Champions League, the Europa League, the FA Cup and four EFL Cups.
The striker became United s all-time record goalscorer last season with a late free-kick against Stoke City, and sits second on the list of all-time Premier League scorers, behind only Alan Shearer.
His achievements are not limited to club football, either, the 31-year-old having overtaken Bobby Charlton as England s leading marksman in 2015.
Summer for me is about time with family .
— Peter Crouch (@petercrouch)
Rooney and…
Zinedine Zidane refused to be drawn into discussions over James Rodriguez s future at Real Madrid, insisting he and the squad are interested only in Wednesday s crucial LaLiga clash with Celta Vigo.
Reports this week have suggested James is set for a big-money close-season move to Manchester United after falling down the pecking order at Santiago Bernabeu.
The attacking midfielder moved to Madrid after a stellar 2014 World Cup that saw him win the Golden Boot award, but has found playing time limited since Zidane took over in January 2016.
But Zidane was keeping his cards firmly to his chest when asked about James future at a pre-match news conference.
James is here, that s not up for question. He s with us, he said.
He didn t train [on Tuesda…
Wigan hope to move out of the relegation zone when they welcome Stoke to DW Stadium on Saturday in the English Premier League.
Stoke are now a firmly established Premier League side and followed their 12th placing in the 2008-09 season with an 11th-placed finish last season.
After 15 matches this campaign, Tony Pulis men are in eighth spot on the standings with 20 points, and in their most recent encounter they had a 90th-minute equaliser from Matthew Etherington to thank for their 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Wigan, on the other hand, are in 18th place and in the dreaded bottom three but only six points behind Stoke on 14.
In their last match, though, they were outplayed by bottom side West Ham en route to a 3-1 loss at Upton Park.
And the new…
President Dmitry Medvedev wrote Hurray! on his blog Thursday and his prime minister hailed both his country and FIFA as Russia rejoiced in the honor of finally being picked to stage the World Cup.
Hurray! Victory! Medvedev wrote in his Twitter account moments after the FIFA 2018 vote in Zurich was broadcast live on most Russian television channels.
Medvedev quickly added that all that Russia needed to do now was break its decades-long run of under-performance at the world s most-watched event.
Now we have to really prepare the way we stage the World Cup. And, of course, put up a deserving performance, Medvedev wrote.
Arctic chills across European Russia kept most of the festivities indoors as only a few dozen braved the -25 Celsius weather to launch ce…
Bolton Wanderers are facing a face fight to keep highly-rated centre-back Gary Cahill in the January transfer window.
The newly capped England star has been impressive at the heart of the Wanderers defence this season and now has the major forces of English football chasing his signature.
Solid
Cahill has been a key part of Bolton’s solid season so far. He is the man who organises the Wanderers defence and for a young guy he has showed excellent leadership skills.
He has the potential to be a top quality centre-back and is improving with every game he plays.
Bargain
If reports are to be believed Gary Cahill is now rated in the £20million bracket. Former club Aston Villa must be absolutely sick over selling the star for just £5million.…
Claudio Ranieri s Roma will be wary of an upset when they travel to face CFR Cluj in Champions League Group E on Wednesday.
Second-placed Roma are in pole position to join Bayern Munich in the knockout stages, and only need a point from their trip to the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Radulescu to guarantee their passage to the last 16.
Roma are three points clear of third-placed FC Basel, but a goal worse off than the Swiss title holders.
If Basel spring a surprise in Munich and Roma conspire to lose in Romania, the teams will trade places, leaving Ranieri to settle for Europa League football in the second half of the season.
Cluj have nothing to play for after being consigned to fourth place with a defeat at the hands of Basel on matchday five, a loss that…