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Liverpool v Manchester United. Januray 28
With Premier League action making way for the fourth round of the FA Cup this weekend, we take aim at the Liverpool v Manchester United showdown in what promises to be a cracker. Two of England’s footballing giants head to head. Add to that the bad blood over the Luis Suarez racial slur incident and what you have, ladies and gentlemen, is the potential for a firecracker.
If this turns out to be as close as Tottenham comes to the title this season (and between ourselves, it probably is), at least they can say they went down swinging. Beaten (thanks to Balotelli), and bloodied perhaps (again, thanks to Balotelli)…but definitely not broken. They fought like Lions in this one, clawing their way back from 2-0 to be 2-2 and looking to all and sundry like the more likely winners. If it was a fair world they would have been. It is not a fair world. Their demise came at the hands of a rising footballing icon. This defeat will not be easy to swallow.
Sunday, January 22 – Etihad Stadium
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Manchester City, who are learning quickly that life as the Premier League’s front runner is not easy. Teams are aiming up against them now. Calendars are circled weeks in advance. Major rivals are playing with extra passion, and contests can be bitter. In recent weeks they suffered back to back Cup losses (at home no less) to Manchester United and Liverpool. The days of wine and roses may well be coming, but they are not here yet. Read the rest of this entry »
It was great television at Liberty Stadium on the weekend – a combination of cabaret, comedy and drama culminating in a 3-2 victory for the home side and a game that will be remembered by Swansea fans for a long time. Goals were scored, accusations of diving were made, Managers criticised referees and a good time was had by all.
Premier League fans, welcome to 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
January 15, Liberty Stadium
We ease our way back into the tipping with a look at Swansea taking on Arsenal, in what promises to be a fairly entertaining afternoon of football.
I hope you all had some time off and a good, relaxing Christmas break. It’s good to be back, right?
There was no break in the EPL mind you, the show rolled on as it always does with the usual mix of seasonal good cheer and hilarity. Thierry Henry made an Ali like comeback to Emirates Stadium (or is that Jeff Fenech like…we will see).
Tis the season folks, but nobody panic – there will be football.
We’ll be taking a short break, but leaving you with two games to tip on whilst we are away (games listed below).
In the meantime, on behalf of all of us at Ambition we wish you a merry Christmas, and a safe and prosperous 2012.
A good, competitive match between two of England’s very best, with the home team taking the points and the bragging rights with a 1-0 victory. No real surprise – (City are top of the table and feature roughly 38 million pounds worth of former Arsenal players in its ranks) but the Gunners had been in blistering form leading into this one and plenty of fans were talking up the upset.
Sunday December 18, Etihad Stadium
Manchester City’s hopes for an unbeaten season were put to rest last week by the sure boot of Frank Lampard, in a result that must have seen many newly minted City fans rushing back to their cupboards to dig out their old Chelsea jerseys. It’s hardly a disaster, but it has made the fight at the top of the table very interesting indeed.
Liverpool made a couple of major purchases last transfer window in Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll, in the hopes that these two attacking weapons would give the Reds the firepower they lacked with Torres no longer a part of the club (or, you know, when Torres was part of the club).
