By Ian Grant CUP FINAL STATS AND FACTSFour of the last five FA Cup finals have involved either Chelsea or Arsenal.Both finalists have played three Premiership opponents on the way to the final. Arsenal and Chelsea have scored 15 goals…
By Myles Palmer Most FA Cup Finals are 50/50 games and Cardiff will be no exception. Ranieri’s Blues are a flair team with tons of firepower. They have experience in key positions and a goalkeeper, Carlo Cudicini, who could make…
By Myles Palmer ____________________________ Bayer Leverkusen 1 Man Utd 1 ____________________________ Keane 28 Neuville 44 ___________________________________________________________ United lost 2-2 at Old Trafford – that’s where they blew it. In any Champions League game 2-2 at home is a defeat. That…
By Myles Palmer ___________________ Bolton 0 Arsenal 2 _________________ Ljungberg 36, Wiltord 44 ________________________ I was never worried in the first 35 minutes, although the performance was predictably uptight,inhibited,apprehensive. Dennis Bergkamp was cool and purposeful while others twitched and made…
By Myles Palmer Bolton look safe and they now have Youri Djorkaeff,who is still a class act. Djorkaeff is a brainy, acrobatic,tightly-focused performer who was signed by Arsene when he was at Monaco. An inside forward with a half-back’s toughness,a…
By Myles Palmer NEVER, never, never have I seen such a blatant dive in a match between two Premiership teams.Van Nistelrooy dashed between two defenders and couldn’t reach the ball, so he threw himself to the deck.This is a player…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSWenger said: “Freddie is a symbol of the team in the way he never gives up. Just when you think he’s tired he finds extra resources from somewhere.”Tord Grip said: “Looking at the whole season, Fredrik and…
By Myles Palmer A friend says fiery Freddie Ljungberg came back from the corner, after celebrating the first goal against West Ham, with tears in his eyes. One of my lifelong Gooner pals phoned tonight and said, “When Freddie scored…
By Myles Palmer A friend says fiery Freddie Ljungberg came back from the corner, after celebrating the first goal against West Ham, with tears in his eyes. One of my lifelong Gooner pals phoned tonight and said, “When Freddie scored…
By Myles Palmer Carlo Cudicini is almost as good as Dudek, the top keeper in the Premiership.For me, Cudicini is phenomenally sharp and acrobatic and assured. He has saved penalties by Gary McAllister, Kevin Phillips and Marcus Bent this season.Zola…