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Cisse not with Newcastle for Portugal trip

Papiss Cisse has not traveled with the rest of the Newcastle United squad to their pre-season camp in Portugal. Cisse refuses to wear club sponsor Wonga on his jersey claiming it conflicts with his religious beliefs.

This is troubling for Newcastle as the club are incredibly thin at striker - Shola Ameobi wants out and everyone else is more of a wide player. Darren Bent is still strongly linked to the club, and it looks more and more like he may have to replace, rather than complement, Cisse.

Source: The Chronicle

Wed, Jul 17, 2013 01:05:00 PM

Fabian Delph scores in surprise Villa win

Fabian Delph scored a neat goal, flicking the ball through his own legs and past Petr Cech, to give Aston Villa a suprise 1-0 win against league-leading Chelsea.

Chelsea, who had Willian sent off in the 68th minute, began to get over-run in midfield by Villa's younger, fresher legs. Delph won the ball in the middle of the park, and danced through Chelsea, before finishing off a lovely cross in from Marc Albrighton.

Source: BBC Sport

Mar 15 - 4:04 PM

Willian sent off as Chelsea stumble at Villa

Willian received two yellow cards, for fouls on Karim El Ahmadi and Fabian Delph. He will now miss Chelsea's next match - a top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal.

Willian's dismissal allowed Aston Villa into the match, and they ran out 1-0 winners. Willian was supposed to have been substituted moments before, but Jose Mourinho changed his mind after giving the fourth official the sub card and removed Oscar instead. It was a decision that usually goes Jose's way, but today swung the match against him.

Source: BBC Sport

Mar 15 - 4:17 PM

Ramires sent off as frustration boils over

Ramires was sent off late for a nasty stamp on Aston Villa's Karim El Ahmadi. It was a straight red and will see him miss Chelsea's next three matches.

Ramires was visibly frustrated as Chelsea lost control of the match after Willian's earlier dismissal. He was running with the ball up the sideline at the death and left a foot in on El Ahmadi after the ball ran out ahead of him. Villa were well worth their 1-0 victory, holding a successful high defensive line for much of the match, and then taking their chance with Chelsea down to 10 (and eventually 9) men.

Source: BBC Sport

Mar 15 - 4:26 PM

Sunderland and Palace play out stalemate

Crystal Palace remain three points clear of fellow Premier League strugglers Sunderland after a goalless draw at a windy Stadium of Light.

In difficult conditions, Fabio Borini went closest to breaking the deadlock for Sunderland when his second-half shot struck the post, while Palace's Kagisho Dikgacoi had his side's best chance but smashed his shot wide when it seemed easier to score. Both sides remain deep in trouble, but Palace will be the happier of the two after securing a point away from home against a relegation rival.

Source: BBC Sport

Mar 15 - 3:03 PM

Baggies beat Swans on late Mulumbu goal

Youssef Mulumbu scored in the 82nd minute to give Pepe Mel his first Premier League win and West Brom three critical points as they look to avoid relegation.

Swansea started about as quickly as you can start with a second minute goal. Given West Brom's miserable form you'd expect that might have been all they needed to get the three points and push the Baggies closer to the drop. Shockingly, that was the last goal the Swans would get on the day. Even more surprisingly, first Stephane Sessegnon and then Youssouf Mulumbu scored for traveling Albion to give them the points and give them a little breathing room from 18th place Sunderland who picked up a point from Norwich.

Source: ESPNFC.com

Mar 15 - 2:15 PM

Lamah scores quickly but Swans fall

The threat of relegation got more real on Saturday with Swansea dropping a home match to one of the few teams below them in the standings.

The Swans got off the mark quickly when Roland Lamah scored in the second minute. The Swans could neither add to that lead nor make it hold up as they allowed West Brom to come back through an early second half goal from Stephane Sessegnon. As the match wound down, Youssouf Mulumbu scored the winner after dribbling essentially unchallenged from 30 yards out to the edge of the box. On such plays are relegation battles lost. Swansea are now only 4 points above the drop - shocking from a team riding so high as recently as the Capital One Cup final last season.

Source: ESPNFC.com

Mar 15 - 2:21 PM

Michu returns to active duty vs. West Brom

Michu finally returned to the pitch in the 63rd minute against West Brom today.

The Spanish attacking midfielder has been out since mid-December but couldn't bring back the magic that made him the Swans leading scorer and the buy of the year in the Premier League last season. The Swans fell to the Baggies in a key match at the bottom of the table but will be hopeful that Michu will bring some goals as he rounds into form. Fantasy managers will want to monitor his form and price (which isn't unreasonable) over the final two months of the season.

Source: ESPNFC.com

Mar 15 - 2:27 PM

West Bromwich Albion release Nicholas Anelka

The Baggies have announced that they have given French forward Anelka his release in the wake of his recent suspension.

West Brom decided that the aging forward just wasn't worth the trouble that he's caused this season. Anelka was unapologetic in the wake of his FA-imposed suspension over the "quenelle" gesture. Between that and his lack of production (and a hefty pay packet we'd imagine) the Baggies decided they'd had enough and imposed conditions of Anelka's return that the forward wasn't willing to meet. You could look at it as Anelka quitting or Albion firing him but either way, he's gone and unlikely to play in England again.

Source: SkySports.com

Mar 15 - 2:35 PM

Fulham WIN. Dejagah goal sinks Newcastle

For the first time since New Year's Day, Fulham football club earned three points in a Premier League match, thanks to Ashkan Dejagah who scored the only goal of the game as the Cottagers defeat Newcastle United.

It looked to be the same old story for Fulham, as Felix Magath decided to roll the dice and field a very different XI, where normally nailed on veterans like Maarten Stekelenburg and Sascha Riether were dropped, and inexperienced youngsters like Cauley Woodrow were handed a start. The move paid off. Woodrow showed composure leading the line and backup keeper David Stockdale made some crucial saves to preserve the clean sheet. The points would come off of Dejagah's strike though, as he sent a low shot to Tim Krul's left. Krul looked as if he should have stopped it but it snuck by. There is still plenty of work to be done in a short time to avoid relegation, but Fulham needed to win, and they did.

Source: nbcsports.com

Mar 15 - 1:28 PM

Magpies back to lackluster attacking ways

Newcastle United could not find the net against the worst defense in the league, falling to Fulham 1-0.

Newcastle were able to show against Hull City last time out that they were capable of some offensive punch since the departure of Yohan Cabaye, but without Loic Remy leading the line, and the attacking contributions usually provided by Mathieu Debuchy missing as well, there was nothing much happening for the Magpies except for a couple of chances that Fulham keeper David Stockdale was able to handle. Moussa Sissoko, coming off a fine two goal effort, was especially quiet.

Source: nbcsports.com

Mar 15 - 1:41 PM

Peter Odemwingie inspires Stoke City to a win

Peter Odemwingie scored two goals to help Stoke City to a 3-1 home win over West Ham.

Stoke City continued their impressive home record with a comfortable win over West Ham. Marko Arnautovic scored the other goal for Stoke. Stoke dominated big parts of the game and the stats showed it. They had 17 shots to West Ham's 8 and had 9 shots on target versus West Ham's 2. They controlled 55% of the possession and were the more impressive side overall. Their defense can generally be trusted at home, but I wouldn't play anyone from their side away from the Britannia.

Source: Sky Sports

Mar 15 - 1:00 PM