Archives for "April, 2009"
Cech Bounces Back To Foil Hammers
By Danny Wright Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink believes his goalkeeper, Petr Cech, is back to his best after a stunning penalty save in his side’s 1-0 win over West Ham on Saturday. The stopper has also kept back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League after Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Everton at Stamford Bridge. The Czech [...]
United will be just fine Howard
Ex United Stopper Tim Howard believes his old club Manchester United will bounce back from their FA Cup exit by winning the Premier League and Champions League. Howard returned to haunt his former club with two penalty saves at Wembley as Everton booked a final showdown with Chelsea at the weekend. The American keeper [...]
Itandje Plays Down Hillsborough Indiscretion
By Danny Wright Liverpool goalkeeper Charles Itandje says the media have over exaggerated his behaviour during the Hillsborough memorial service, which lead the club to suspend the player for 14 days. Itandje was punished after he appeared to be laughing during the emotional ceremony on Wednesday, where 28,000 Liverpool supporters gathered at Anfield to remember [...]
Howard: I Don’t Regret United Exit
By Danny Wright Everton’s FA Cup hero Tim Howard says he has no regrets about leaving Manchester United three years ago. Howard, who dumped his former club out of the semi-finals on Sunday with two penalties saves in a 4-2 shootout triumph for The Toffees, insists he is a better keeper after moving to David [...]
Howard Denies United FA Cup Glory
By Danny Wright Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard was The Toffees hero as the stopper saved two penalties in a shoot-out to bag his side a place in the FA Cup Final, seeing off trophy-chasing Manchester United. Howard denied former team-mate Rio Ferdinand with an excellent save and also saved a tame Dimitar Berbatov effort to [...]
Cech Unflustered By Poor Form
By Danny Wright Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has played down his recent run of poor form, which has seen the stopper concede seven goals in the past two games. Cech was at fault for Liverpool’s opening goal in an incredible 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night, a result which saw his side progress [...]
Prospects look positive – Gordon
Sunderland and Scotland stopper Craig Gordon believes the display against Manchester United proved the club are good enough to stay in the Premier League this season. Despite losing 2-1 Gordon believes they showed enough quality to survive in the top flight. “It’s a step in the right direction, if you get performances right, points will follow,” he told [...]
Harper hails Shearer effect
Steve Harper has hailed the impact of Alan Shearer. Stopper Harper has been a long-standing fixture at St James’ Park and has played under 10 different full-time managers during his 16-year spell at the club. Harper was a young reserve when Shearer signed for a world record £15million move three years later and since then has [...]
