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27/Feb/14 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg Results Highlights Tottenham Come Back to Beat Dnipro 3-1 at HomeTottenham hammered Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-1 at White Hart Lane, and managed to enter Europa League Round of 16 with aggregate of 3-2. Jermain Defoe appeared during the break for an emotional farewell, before he leaving to join Toronto FC.Dnipro opened the scoring just after the interval, when Roman Zozulya headed ina fine goal at 48th minute. However, the striker was sent off at 62nd minute with a straight red card, for headbutting with Jan Vertonghen. Tottenham struck three second half goals within 13 minutes to secure the victory for the Spurs. Christian Eriksen struck the equalizer for the hosts at 56th minute, from 25-yards into bottom left-hand corner of the net. At 65th minute Emmanuel Adebayor struck from the centre penalty area, and helped Tottenham leadi ng in the score board. Four minutes later, Adebayor scored his second of the match pass keeper Denys Boyko into the lower right corner of the net and seal the victory as 3-1. Tottenham will play against Benfica in Round of 16 First Leg tie on 13 March 2014, at White Hart Lane. Swansea Lost 1-3 to NapoliSwansea City were eliminated from UEFA Europa League, after they lost 3-1 to Napoli at San Paolo, Italy.Lorenzo Insigne opened the score for Napoli at 17th minute, assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín. Jonathan De Guzman scored the equalizer for Swansea at 30th minute, but it's not enough for the visitors. Higuaín struck Napoli's second goal from center of the box area. Gökhan Inler struck during injury time to seal the home victory for Napoli, with aggregate of 3-1. 
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26/Feb/14 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Results Highlights Man United Lost 2-0 to Olympiakos at GreeceOlympiakos beaten Manchester United 2-0 during their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg tie at Karaiskaki Stadium.Seven minutes before the interval, Olympiakos midfielder Alejandro Domínguez deflected Giannis Maniatis's shot, past United keeper David de Gea into the bottom left corner of the net. At 54th minute, Olympiakos's on loan midfielder from Arsenal, Joel Campbell struck the second goal for the hosts. Campbell fired a powerful shot from 30-yards to the bottom left corner, assisted by Michael Olaitan. Manchester United will play against Olympiakos in Round of 16 Second Leg tie on 19 March 2014, at Old Trafford. United need to win by three clear goals in the second leg tie, for them to march on to the quarter finals stage. Chelsea Draw 1-1 with GalatasarayChelsea has became the only unbeaten Premier League team in UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg ties. The match has became focus since it's a battle of the bosses: Roberto Mancini vs José Mourinho.Galatasaray striker or ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba facing his former club and former boss Mourinho in the battle. Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder was another focus since he playing against his former manager at Real Madrid. Fernando Torres opened the scoring and put Chelsea ahead using just 9 minute. Chelsea defender César Azpilicueta's cut-back found Torres's path, then the Spanish striker shot the ball to the centre of the net. Aurélien Chedjou struck the crucial equalizer for the hosts at 64th minute. The Galatasaray defender struck the goal from close range inside the box area, assisted by Wesley Sneijder with a corner cross. Chelsea will play against Galatasaray in Round of 16 Second Leg tie on 18 March 2014, at Stamford Bridge.
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23/Feb/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 27 Results Highlights
Liverpool Beaten Swansea
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21/Feb/14 Rooney Extended Contract with Manchester United Wayne Rooney has signed a new contract with Manchester United with four years contract extension. This new contract will be keeping him at United until June 2009, when he is 33 years old. Rooney will become the club's ambassador when he retires from soccer games. Rooney has joined Manchester United from Everton since August 2004. The England striker has scored 208 goals in 430 appearances for the Red Devils. He is listed fourth in the club's all-time goalscorer table, named behind Jack Rowley (211 goals), Denis Law (237 goals) and Bobby Charlton (249 goals). The new contract giving the superb striker an estimated salary of £300000 a week, the highest pay in English Premier League. Rooney is expected to be become the new United captain during next season, with existing skipper Nemanja Vidic already officially announce he will be leaving the club this summer. |
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21/Feb/14 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Results Highlights Tottenham Lost 1-0 to Dnipro at Dnipro ArenaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk beaten Tottenham 1-0 in Europa League Round of 32 First Leg tie at Dnipro Arena.The hosts were awarded with a penalty when Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen pulling Nascimento Leite Matheus inside the box area. Dnipro forwarder Evgeni Konoplienka calmly converted the penalty to lower left corner of the net. Tottenham will play against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg tie on 27 February 2014, at White Hart Lane. Swansea Goalless Draw with Napoli at HomeItalian Giants Napoli were held 0-0 by Swansea at Liberty Stadium. Swansea was leading by interim player-manager Garry Monk while former Liverpool manager and former Chelsea manager, Rafa Benitez is the manager of Napoli.Swansea had fired ten shots on target by in-form players Wilfried Bony, Chico, Ashley Williams and Nathan Dyers but both Napoli keepers Rafael and Pepe Reina made impressive saves to keep clean sheets for the visitors. Napoli will play against Swansea in Round of 32 Second Leg tie on 27 February 2014, at San Paolo.
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18/Feb/14 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Results Highlights Arsenal Lost 2-0 to Bayern at EmiratesBayern Munich saw off the ten-men Arsenal 2-0 at Emirates Stadium. In the dramatic Round of 16 first leg tie, both team missed an opportunity to score penalty during first half. The Gunners keeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off at 37th minute, after brought down Arjen Robben.Toni Kroos almost put Bayern ahead at 3rd minute, when he left footed fired from 25-yard towards the top of the net. However Szczesny managed to tip over and save it from the top right corner. At 8th minute, Arsenal was given a penalty when Jerome Boateng fauled Mesut Özil in the penalty area. Özil failed to capitalize the penalty opportunity since his tame left footed shot was saved by Manuel Neuer in the centre of the goal. Arsenal was reduced to ten-men when goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was being sent off at 37th minute. Szczesny was shown a straight red card following his actions bringing down Arjen Robben in the penalty area. Substitute keeper Lukasz Fabianski was brought to the field immediately to replace Santi Cazorla. This time, Bayern defender David Alaba also failed to capitalize the penalty opportunity when his left footed shot hits the base of left post. Bayern managed to break the deadlock at 54th minute, with Toni Kroos struck the opener, assisted by Philipp Lahm. Kroos fired a powerful shot from 20-yard, past keeper Lukasz Fabianski into the top-right corner. At 88th minute, Philipp Lahm again assisted in Bayern's goal, when his through ball found Thomas Müller's path. The substitute headed in the late goal to the bottom right corner to seal the 2-0 victory for Bayern. Bayern will play against Arsenal in Round of 16 Second Leg tie on 11 March 2014, at Allianz Arena. Barcelona Beaten City 2-0 at Etihad StadiumBarcelona beaten Manchester City 2-0 during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg tie at Etihad Stadium.The match was ended goalless after first half. Barcelona broke the deadlock at 54th minute, when Lionel Messi was brought down by City defender Martin Demichelis. Demichelis was sent off with a straight red card while the visitors were given with a penalty. Messi converted the penalty to the centre of the net to open the scoring for Barcelona. Dani Alves added another goal for Barcelona just before second half was ended. The defender exchanged passes with Neymar, before he fired the ball from a difficult angle to the bottom left corner. Barcelona will play against Manchester City in Round of 16 Second Leg tie on 12 March 2014, at Estadio Camp Nou.
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16/Feb/14 FA Cup Fifth Round Results Highlights
Arsenal Won 2-1 Against Liverpool
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| 15/Feb/14 | Sunderland vs Southampton | 1-0 |
| 15/Feb/14 | Cardiff vs Wigan | 1-2 |
| 15/Feb/14 | Sheffield Wednesday vs Charlton Athletic | P-P |
| 15/Feb/14 | Man City vs Chelsea | 2-0 |
| 16/Feb/14 | Everton vs Swansea | 3-1 |
| 16/Feb/14 | Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest | 3-1 |
| 16/Feb/14 | Arsenal vs Liverpool | 2-1 |
| 17/Feb/14 | Brighton & Hove Albion vs Hull | 1-1 |
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14/Feb/14 Fulham Appointed Felix Magath as First Team Manager
Fulham Football Club officially appointed Felix Magath as their first team manager, to replace René Meulensteen. The former Bayern Munich manager has signed a 18-months contract with the club.
On 01 December 2013, Fulham has departed with their former manager Martin Jol , and assigned Meulensteen as their new manager on the same day. After 75 days in reign, René Meulensteen only managed to lead The Cottagers to win three out of their thirteen Premier League matches. Currently Fulham were located at bottom of EPL Table, with earning only 20 points after played 26 EPL matches.
On 14 February 2014, Fulham became the first Premier League club who departed with two managers in the season of EPL 2013/14.
A statement in the Fulham website reads: "I'm very happy to welcome Felix Magath to Fulham Football Club. Felix is an accomplished manager with multiple honours in the Bundesliga and a hunger to replicate his success with Fulham in the Barclays Premier League."
Felix Magath started his soccer career playing for German Football Club Viktoria Aschaffenburg. The former West Germany midfielder retired after the 1986 World Cup due to serious knee injury.
Since year 1992, Magath involved in coaching and became head coach of Bayern Munich in year 2004. He leads the Germany giants to win both Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in back-to-back seasons. After Magath departed from Bayern in year 2007, he managed VfL Wolfsburg and Schalke 04 before he landed at Premier League as coach for the first time.
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12/Feb/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 26 Results Highlights
Arsenal Goalless Draw with United
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08/Feb/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 25 Results Highlights
Liverpool Saw Off Arsenal 5-1
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04/Feb/14 Swansea Sacked Manager Michael Laudrup Swansea City Association Football Club sacks manager Michael Laudrup following their 2-0 away defeat to West Ham United during the weekend. The club is the seventh club who departed with their team managers in EPL 2013/14. Michael Laudrup was a retired Danish footballer, and played for numbers of high profile clubs such as Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Ajax. After retired as a player, Laudrup started his coaching career at Danish national team and some other Danish, Russian and Spanish football clubs before he was landed to Premier League during year 2012. Michael Laudrup had been appointed as Swansea City manager since June 2012. He brought Swansea to won their first Capital One Cup trophy during February 2013. Under Laudrup's reign, Swansea finished at 9th place during the season of EPL 2012/13 and qualified for 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. However during season of EPL 2013/14, Swansea only managed to win six games after played 24 Premier League matches. Currently Swansea City are located at 12nd place in EPL Table with only two points above the relegation zone. Garry Alan Monk was announced as the player-manager following Michael Laudrup's departure. |
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03/Feb/14 EPL 2013-14 Match Week 24 Results Highlights
Chelsea Won 1-0 with Ivanovic's Goal
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03/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Man City vs Chelsea Results 0-1 Chelsea beaten Manchester City 1-0 at Etihad Stadium, with defender Branislav Ivanovic struck the only goal at 32nd minute. After Ramires's shot was blocked by Vincent Kompany and the ball fell to Ivanovic's path, the defender calmly fired the ball through a left footed shot from 25-yards to the bottom left corner of the net. City had won all their previous eleven Premier League home matches at Etihad, however their home record were ended after the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea. Both Manchester City and Chelsea remained at second place and third place after the match and only two points behind leaders Arsenal. Both teams are having 53 points and with City having advantages in goal difference. Chelsea almost added more goals, however The Blues hit the woodwork three times through Samuel Eto'o (44th minute), Nemanja Matic (53rd minute) and Gary Cahill (67th minute). |
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02/Feb/14 Match Week 24 West Brom vs Liverpool Results 1-1 Liverpool was held 1-1 by West Brom Albion at The Hawthorns. The draw results might dented The Reds' Top Four hope, with Everton just won against Aston Villa one day ago. The fourth place Liverpool now only leading two points above The Toffees. Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring at 24th minute, assisted by Luis Suárez. With Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling setting up the goal and passed to Suárez, the Uruguayan cross the ball to Sturridge's path. The England striker fired a on-target shot from close range to the centre of the net. West Brom almost get their equalizer, when defender Gareth McAuley delivered a powerful header at 53rd minute. Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet made an impressive excellent one-handed save at the top right corner to stop the on-target shot. Finally Albion got the equalizer at 67th minute, when Victor Anichebe punished Kolo Toure who was playing the ball across his own goal. When the young defender made serious mistake when he directly passed the ball to Anichebe, the West Brom forwarder kept calm and fired the ball from 20-yards into the bottom left corner of the net. |
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02/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Results 2-0 Arsenal beaten Crystal Palace 2-0 at Emirates Stadium, with the recovered Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struck both goals. The Gunners back to the summit of EPL Table, before Manchester City play against Chelsea on 03/Feb/14. Laurent Koscielny almost opened the scoring at 24th minute, when he delivered an on-target header, from the centre of the box area. Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni made a brilliant save with a one-hand at the bottom left corner of the net. Oxlade-Chamberlain broke the dead lock for Arsenal at beginning of the second half. When Santiago Cazorla sent the ball precisely into box area, Oxlade-Chamberlain arrived and fired the ball into the top right corner, as his first goal of the season. The talented England midfielder add another goal at 73rd minute, assisted by Olivier Giroud. From the centre of the box area, Oxlade-Chamberlain beaten Julian Speroni again by making a low shot into the bottom right corner. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was voted as Man of The Match with his perfect central midfield performance and both winning goals. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Newcastle vs Sunderland Results 0-3 Sunderland beaten Newcastle 3-0 at St James' Park to claim their sixth victory of the season. The Magpies just sold their superb midfielder Yohan Cabaye to Paris St Germain three days ago. Sunderland was awarded with a penalty at 19th minute, when Newcastle midfielder Vurnon Anita brought down Phil Bardsley inside box area. Black Cats midfielder Fabio Borini sent the ball to the top left corner and helped the visitors leading in the score board. However he was booked following his excessive celebration. Four minutes later, Adam Johnson added another goal for Sunderland, with his left footed shot to the bottom right corner. Johnson has struck six goals in four Premier League matches since 11/Jan/14. The midfielder almost added another goal during second half, however his shot has hits the left post at 66th minute. At 80th minute, Jack Colback fired the third goal, assisted by Fabio Borini. Colback was named as Man of The Match for his superb performance and his fine finished. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 West Ham vs Swansea Results 2-0 The ten-men West Ham United beaten Swansea 2-0 at Upton Park. This crucial win was The Hammers' third home victory after 24 Premier League matches. Both goals were scored by Kevin Nolan, and assisted by Andy Carroll. At 26th minute, Andy Carroll headed down a ball precisely to Kevin Nolan. Nolan controlled Caroll's pass on his chest and fired the ball to the bottom right corner of the net through a superb volley. Kevin Nolan struck the second goal just before first half whistle was blown. When Stewart Downing sent a precise corner cross to Andy Carroll's path, the England striker again headed the ball to Kevin Nolan. Nolan headed in the ball past Swansea keeper Gerhard Tremmel into the bottom right corner. At 59th minute, West Ham United were reduced to ten-men when the assists hero Andy Carroll was sent off for fighting. Referee Howard Webb gave a straight red card after Carroll was found fighting with Chico Flores. Carroll might be banned for three matches while Hammers were struggling at the relegation zone. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Cardiff City vs Norwich City Results 2-1 Cardiff City came back to beat Norwich City 2-1, with two new signed strikers shined in the battle. This was Cardiff's first victory after their seven winless matches rally since 21/Dec/13. Robert Snodgrass put Norwich ahead at just 5th minute, when he fired Martin Olsson's cross into the bottom right corner of the net. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made an immediate impact when he introduce Wilfried Zaha to replace Peter Whittingham at 38th minute. The highly-rated striker immediately energized Cardiff's attack and causing problems for the Norwich defenders. At 49th minute, Zaha assisted Craig Bellamy to score the equalizer for Cardiff. Bellamy found Zaha's cross before he left footed shot passed Norwich keeper John Ruddy into the centre of the goal. The goal meant Craig Bellamy has scored for seven different Premier League clubs in his career. Within a minute, Kenwyne Jones struck the winning goal for Cardiff after he shot from a very close range following a corner cross. Both Wilfried Zaha and Kenwyne Jones were just transferred to Cardiff during the lately Winter Transfer. Zaha was voted as Man of The Match in his first match representing Cardiff City. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Everton vs Aston Villa Results 2-1 Everton made another remarkable home debut, after they came back to beat Aston Villa 2-1 at Goodison Park. The Toffees moved up to the fifth place, after overtake Tottenham which drew 1-1 with Hull City in their latest battle. Defender Leandro Bacuna opened the scoring for Aston Villa at 34th minute, with his right footed shot to the centre of the net, assisted by Christian Benteke. Roberto Martinez made some impressive changes to help Everton to seal the victory at the end of the match. Steven Pienaar was brought to the field at to replace Ross Barkley at 45th minute. The Everton boss made another highly influential change, when Steven Naismith replaced John Stones at 70th minute. Four minutes later, Pienaar assisted Naismith to struck the crucial equalizer for Everton. With Steven Pienaar sending a precise cross to Naismith's path, the Scotland forwarder fired the ball beyond Villa keeper Brad Guzan into the bottom right corner. Steven Pienaar was elected as Man of The Match for his progressive impact to the match and his fine assist. Five minutes before second half was ended, Kevin Mirallas delivered a 25-yards fabulous free-kick to seal the 2-1 victory for Everton. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Fulham vs Southampton Results 0-3 Southampton saw off Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage, after scoring three second-half goals within 11 minutes. Fulham suffered their 17th defeat of the season, and slipped to bottom of EPL Table. After a goalless first half, midfielder Adam Lallana opened the scoring for The Saints at 64th minute. Lallana struck his 7th goal of the season to the bottom right corner of the net, assisted by Rickie Lambert. At 70th minute, Rickie Lambert added the second goal for the visitors, assisted by substitute Nathaniel Clyne. Lambert assisted in Southampton's third goal five minutes later, after sent a superb long range pass to Jay Rodriguez. The Saints top scorer grabbed the ball and cut into left side of the box area, before he fired it to the top right corner. Jay Rodriguez who just struck his tenth goal of the campaign, was named as Man of The Match. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Hull vs Tottenham Results 1-1 Tottenham was held 1-1 by Hull and slightly slipped to sixth place in EPL Table. The Spurs were one point behind Everton, and four points above the seventh place Manchester United. Hull City new boys Nikica Jelavic and Shane Long paired up to contribute Hull's goal. At 12nd minute, with Jelavic provided the ball, Shane Long grabbed the ball passed Jan Vertonghen and Michael Dawson. The former West Brom striker shot the ball beyond Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris into the top right corner of the net. Shane Long was voted as Man of The Match after his first battle for Hull City. Paulinho struck the crucial equalizer for Tottenham at 61st minute. With Spurs defender Danny Rose delivered a precise cross to Paulinho's path, the midfielder brought the ball from the edge to the centre of the box area, before he shot it to top centre of the net. |
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01/Feb/14 Match Week 24 Stoke vs Man United Results 2-1 Manchester United suffered their eighth league defeat of the season, after Stoke City beaten them 2-1 at Britannia Stadium. Man of The Match Charlie Adam struck twice to earn the remarkable victory for the hosts. United were forced to replace two of their first started defenders during the first half, with Jonathan Evans was brought down at 11st minute after a knock. While Danny Welbeck replaced Phil Jones at 45th minute, after the defender injured after a fall. Adam opened the scoring at 38th minute, with a 30-yards long range free kick passed the helpless United keeper David De Gea into the net. Just after the interval, Robin van Persie struck the equalizer for United, assisted by Juan Mata. With Mata sent a loose ball through to RVP's path, the recovered striker fired it from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner of the net. Just five minutes later, Charlie Adam scored the winning goal for Stoke City though another long range shot. The superb midfielder left footed fired a 25 yards shot into the top right corner of United' net to seal the victory. |
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