Heading into the weekend, we previewed the main plotlines we thought might unfold in La Liga (Spain), Seria A (Italy), and the Bundesliga (Germany). Now let’s see what actually happened:
Spain - La Liga:
What a weekend: stuttering favorites, resurgent challengers, big performances from two of the league’s big men and Arsenal doing what Arsenal do time and time and time and time again. It’s the Game Day 15 Premier League Review.
Is Jose’s Juggernaut Tiring?
And so, on the 6th December 2014, it came to pass that the Premier League once more had a title race worthy of the name.
Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino has fired 40 managers in 23 years, in addition to all the crimes he's committed in that span.
With Spurs sitting in a disappointing 10th place, and on the back of as conclusive a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea as you’re likely to see (though Spurs haven’t won at Stamford Bridge in two-and-a-half decades), is Mauricio Pochettino starting to look over his shoulder at White Hart Lane?
It has been said that the price of glory is the one debt that no man can avoid.
If this next video is anything to go off, it would seem that only men cannot avoid it.
When Wayne Curtis stepped onto the pitch back in 2005, you can bet he was willing to put it all on the line in order to make sure his team won. Little did he know, that day “it all” would also include the livelihoods of future unborn generations of the Curtis Clan.
Embarrassed? Ashamed? Those are two things that Leeds United midfielder Adryan might be feeling after he sees footage from the club's match against Derby County this past weekend.
The Brazilian, who is on loan from Flamengo to Leeds United, took a light foul on the foot and took acting to a whole new level. The midfielder who has been compared to Kaka proceeded to act like he was receiving electroshock therapy before he flailed himself from the ground into the air like a dolphin to really, really let the referee know he was fouled.
Per the usual, it was an eventful weekend in the Barclays Premier League, as Chelsea gave hope to the other title challengers and big clubs with high expectations that haven’t been delivered on so far this season came through to earn vital points and inch up the table:
In this week's Premier League review, we look at what's eating Diego Costa (and, more importantly, what other clubs should do about it), why Brendan Rodgers is feeling “absolutely incredible," how to interpret claims of a resurgent Manchester United and more.
Jose Mourinho will tell you that, to date, Chelsea are nothing more than the “Champions of Autumn." However, he also once described the club Roman Abramovich spent more than $3.2 billion on as “a little horse,” so we all know he’s full of sh*t.
Get Yourself A Bargain
Everyone loves a deal, so here’s a rundown of the best bang-for-your-buck strikers of the Premier League season so far (you must have been signed this summer and scored four goals or more to qualify for this special offer):
1. Diafra Sakho (West Ham): 6 goals at $1.25m or £0.8m each