BLACKBURN ROVERS 1, MAN UNITED 2 Manchester United needed to summon their big guns from the bench to beat plucky Championship club Blackburn Rovers and claim a quarter-final place in the Emirates FA Cup. Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic again came up with the goods when required on a damp and dreary afternoon at Ewood Park to […]
Oldham Athletic ride luck to pick up point at Swindon Town
SWINDON TOWN 0, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0 Oldham Athletic certainly rode their luck to pick up a point from their bottom-of-the-table clash at Swindon Town. Had it been a boxing match, it would probably have been stopped as Latics had to withstand a pounding, especially in the opening period. Swindon had 16 goals attempts in the […]
Manchester City live to fight another day after FA Cup draw at Championship club Huddersfield Town
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0, MAN CITY 0 (FA Cup 5th Round) Pep Guardiola reflected philosophically after Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at Championship club Huddersfield Town in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup. “A lot of Premier League clubs are out, but we are not. We have another match to qualify […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first Manchester United hat trick helps Reds to a 3-0 Europa League victory against St Etienne
MAN UTD 3, ST ETIENNE 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first hat trick for Manchester United and 17th of his career moved the Reds to within touching distance of a last 16 place in the Europa League. The Swede’s treble gives United a commanding lead going into the second leg of their last 32 tie at French […]
Onwards and upwards as Oldham Athletic end Charlton’s long unbeaten run to pull three points clear of the relegation places
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0 It was a measure of how far Oldham Athletic have come under new manager John Sheridan that they found a way to beat Charlton Athletic in a game they had no right to. Latics recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season to move three points clear of […]