ENGLAND 2, LITHUANIA 0 England expected more, though their win against Lithuania extended their lead at the top of their World Cup qualifying group to five points. A place in Russia looks nailed on, though it was a pretty ordinary display from England that lacked sparkle and panache. After the spirited showing against Germany in […]
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Jamie Vardy hat trick inflicts more pain on Manchester City who lose at lowly Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY 4, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City looked far from Barclays Premier League title contenders following their shambolic defeat at lowly Leicester City who dramatically rediscovered last season’s championship form. And City’s honeymoon under Pep Guardiola is well and truly over as they are in the midst of a desperately poor run of form. […]
Two last-gasp goals from Spain denied England victory in 2-2 draw at Wembley
ENGLAND 2, SPAIN 2 Manager-in-waiting Gareth Southgate experienced the harsh realities of playing one of the world’s top teams and must still be wondering how his side failed to beat Spain at Wembley. Two goals ahead in the 89th minute, caretaker manager Southgate would be forgiven for thinking it was game, set and match to […]
Manchester United win the Community Shield with Jose Mourinho at the helm
Leicester City 1, Man Utd 2 Jose Mourinho’s wins his first trophy as Manchester United manager – the Community Shield Jesse Lingard opens the scoring, but United are pegged back by Jamie Vardy’s equaliser Zlatan Ibrahimovic starts and scores the late winner Juan Mata comes on as substitute, but is taken off with less than a […]
Kane and Vardy have party as England defeat Turkey in Euro 2016 warm-up game
ENGLAND 2, TURKEY 1 Kane and Vardy are having a party is the quirky name of a new charity Euro 2016 pop song. And the front pair had a party as they both scored against Turkey in a friendly at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium in the build up to next month’s Euro finals in France. […]