By Josh Powell | Chelsea v Benfica, Europa League Final Chelsea face Benfica in tonight’s Europa League Final as they attempt to become the first club ever to hold the Champions League title and the Europa League title at the same time. It might only be for 10 days but expect some fans to have […]
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Paddy Power is backing Barcelona and Chelsea for European glory
By Josh Powell If Chelsea pull their fingers out it is very possible they could win two trophies, finish in the top four and Rafa Benetiz will still have his P45 drop through his letterbox in mid-May. Paddy Power have made the Champions League and FA Cup holders favourites for more European glory this season. […]
Betting news on Chelsea, McIlroy, Woods and today’s racing
Football Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League but it was a tough night for Liverpool. Brendan Rodgers’ side beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 thanks to another two goals from Luis Suarez but it wasn’t enough as the Reds crashed out on away goals. Chelsea, last season’s Champions League winners, are the 7/2 favourites to win the Europa League, closely followed […]
Can Liverpool be the Europa League comeback kings?
By Rob Stanworth | Europa League The second-leg fixtures of the Europa League round of 32 get underway on Thursday with many of the ties precariously placed. The usual suspects have meandered their way through the group stages, despite the majority playing their second 11, and they are now looking forward to progressing to the […]
Betting news: Liverpool drift like a barge for Europa League
MAIN HEADLINES LIVERPOOL ON THE BRINK OF EUROPEAN EXIT OSCAR PISTORIUS DUE IN COURT ON MURDER CHARGE TIDAL BAY OUT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL Football Liverpool are on the verge of a premature Europa League exit after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Zenit St. Petersburg in north-western Russia last night. In a frantic […]
Andy Gray exclusive: Zenit will be too strong for Liverpool in Europa League clash
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray has joined Paddy Power to give his insight on Liverpool’s chance against Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday evening in the Europa League. Zenit v Liverpool, Live on ITV 4, Thursday, 5pm Liverpool are up against a good side in Russian Premier Division team Zenit and Brendan Rodgers’ needs to put […]
Betting news on Liverpool, Phil Mickelson, AP McCoy and the darts
Football The big game certainly lived up to all the hype Sky Sports had thrown at it, as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Real Madrid in Spain. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring midway through the first half before Cristiano Ronaldo rose like a salmon to nod in the equaliser after half an hour. It means the tie is delicately poised going into the […]
Newcastle: What’s in store for Dem, Ba relegation?
By Andrew Robinson | Premier League, hopefully The mighty Newcastle that took the Premier League by surprise last season and almost sneaked into a Champions League spot seem to have disappeared. Alan Pardew’s side have been replaced by a sorry-looking squad that can’t cope with seemingly constant stream of fixtures heading their way, particularly over the Christmas […]
Liverpool bank on Luis Suarez to sink 11/4 Udinese
By Andrew Robinson | Europa League Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool travel to Udinese tonight with their Europa League campaign on a knife edge. His side had the chance to secure qualification and end the chances of Young Boys last time out, but they managed to squander a lead at Anfield and were held to an […]
Betting news on Celtic, Frankie Dettori and the UK Championship
Football It may have lacked the glamour and wow-factor of that win over Barcelona, but last night Celtic Park celebrated the hard-earned win over Spartak Moscow with similar jubilation. The Celts’ 2-1 victory over the Russian side combined with Benfica’s admittedly rather unfortunate draw with a disinterested Barcelona at the Camp Nou ensured that the […]
Liverpool to prove too strong for Young Boys
By Lee Dover A crisis at Liverpool? What crisis. Since the Reds lost 2-1 at home to bitter rivals Manchester United they’ve remained unbeaten in the Premier League. And the Anfield club are not faring too badly in the Europa League either ahead of Thursday night’s clash with Swiss side Young Boys that could […]
Video: Taison scores a van Basten belter….but better?
Taison Barcellos Freda, to give him his full name, proved that the Europa League isn’t simply a poorly exposed graveyard for European football’s also rans. The Brazilian scored a volley for Metalist Kharkiv in their 3-1 home win over Rosenborg which was reminiscent of the great Marco van Basten’s wonder goal for Holland against the […]
Twitter reaction to Liverpool’s loss against Anzhi Makhachkala (and Jose Enrique in Nandos)
The lads did well tonight,shame about the result. Just lacking in the final third— Phil Thompson (@Phil_Thompson4) November 08, 2012 Plenty of effort but we really only have suarez capable of scoring. Still fancy us to qualify.— The Liverpool Way (@theliverpoolway) November 08, 2012 Fowler: "It was just a typical Liverpool game. They controlled it […]
Betting News on City, Liverpool, McIlroy, Breeders Cup
Football Money bags Manchester City are 50/1 to win the Champions League after slumping to a 3-1 defeat at Ajax last night. Roberto Mancini’s schizophrenic tactical changes have been called into question as the Italian switched to three centre-backs from a 4-4-2 formation when City were a goal up and promptly paid the price to […]
Betting news on Liverpool, Mark Webber and Templegate’s tips
Football Brendan Rodgers was left frustrated after watching Liverpool fall to a 3-2 defeat to Udinese at Anfield. ‘Lazy, loose and sloppy’ are the words he used to describe his teams performance and it now leaves the reds with a tricky test to qualify from group A of the Europa League. Elsewhere Spurs picked up a point in […]
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