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So pleased to hear that Liverpool smashed penalties into Chel$ki’s faces and showed Moan-rinho that he can put down Rafa Benitez all he wants… Football speaks louder than words. I’m wondering if a Man U-Liverpool final is possible… If not, it will be AC Milan v Liverpool all over again! Without wobbly-knees Dudek.

I have nothing against Middlesborough but I like seeing the Gunners fire on all cylinders – though it should have been 8-0 as Pires was wrongly ruled offside. Oh well. Two 7-0 scores in two seasons, ain’t too bad. Congrats to Henry’s record-breaking hat-trick, and to Hleb for finally scoring a goal, after giving all…

Many people didn’t expect the unseeded Gaston Gaudio to clinch the French Open title. I said they should look back to Wimbledon 2001, when another guy I was rooting for, Goran Ivanisevic, decided not to become second best again. Ah, if I were a betting woman… Now, who would’ve thought red-hot favourite Guillermo Coria would…

Woohoo! It’s a Newcastle 🙂 win, and Arsenal 🙂 have drawn with Liverpool 🙂 A good day for all my favourite Premier League teams tonight. I’ve been listening to the games go on as I’m working on the website, and have missed almost all the goals because my back’s turned to the TV set. Thank…

I was about to hit the sack but was jolted by the news that [Chelsea just sacked Scolari](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/02/09/chelsea.scolari/index.html). There are numerous academic journals that discuss the efficacy of sacking football managers on the basis of improving performance. Some look for a correlation between sackings and performance with inconclusive results while others report that [stability is…

What a crying shame! After 92 minutes of glorious Premier League football, Wigan lost concentration and let Hernan Crespo unleash a massive projectile into the top corner of the net. The last two matches (Arsenal v Newcastle and this one) showed some similarities. The underdog teams knew what they were up against, and began with…