LONDON (Reuters) – Christian Eriksen’s double helped earn Tottenham Hotspur a comfortable 4-1 win over Sunderland to reignite their Premier League title challenge and plunge their visitors into deeper trouble at the other end of the table. Eriksen struck either side of halftime and even though there was a touch of fortune to both goals, […]
Tottenham are clearly in the title race, 7 points off Arsenal and Leicester City. Having lost ground to Leicester following a 1-0 defeat at White Hart Lane, they’d be looking forward to taking all 3 points against the Black Cats. Sunderland, on the other hand, have experienced a sort of resurgence since 2016 and are now […]
REUTERS – Manager Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal’s heavy schedule has helped the side maintain a rich vein of form that continued with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland in an FA Cup third round tie on Saturday. The packed fixture list in England over the Christmas and New Year period has come under fire from several […]
REUTERS – Striker Alexis Sanchez will miss Arsenal’s FA Cup third round tie with Sunderland on Saturday as a precautionary measure, manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed. The Chilean has been sidelined for more than a month after picking up a hamstring injury against Norwich City on November 29. He was expected to return to the […]
(Reuters) – Premier League strugglers Sunderland have signed defender Jan Kirchhoff from Bayern Munich for an undisclosed fee, the club said on Thursday. The towering centre back, 25, began his career at Mainz before joining Bayern in 2013. He also played on loan at Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. “Jan has a very good pedigree […]
REUTERS – Premier League’s “diabolical” fixtures are devaluing the FA Cup by forcing managers to field weakened teams in the knockout competition, Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has said. Fresh from last weekend’s 3-1 league win over Aston Villa, the Black Cats have played four games in 15 days during the festive period and now face […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Relieved Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce gave thanks for two-goal Jermain Defoe after his side ended a five-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over fellow Premier League strugglers Aston Villa on Saturday. “Thank God for Jermain Defoe and his finishing qualities. He turned the game back in our favour,” Allardyce told Sky […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Christian Benteke condemned struggling Sunderland to a 1-0 defeat and sent Liverpool level on points with sixth-placed Manchester United in the last Premier League game of the year on Wednesday. The Belgium striker broke through 22 seconds after the restart to bag his sixth goal of the campaign, the quickest second-half goal […]
REUTERS – Sunderland need to tighten their leaky defence as they look to avoid defeat in their next two games and increase their Premier League survival chances, manager Sam Allardyce said. The Black Cats, on a four-match losing streak in the league, have conceded the most goals in the league this season with 37 going […]
