The paradox of Portsmouth’s season continues. Another praise-worthy performance produced another defeat and even more problems for the Premier League’s bottom club.
Paul Hart’s plans hit a snag before the game even began, with David James pulling a calf in the warm-up. Portsmouth then missed a penalty before being beaten by a goal from a player [...]

From Zizou’s zenith to a Krankl cracker, we recall some of football’s finest strikes
NB: for the purposes of this article, we have gone with the same definition of a volley as suggested in this piece: namely that a volley is only a volley when it does not touch the floor between the previous player touching [...]

Liverpool have found their voice and they did not require Fernando Torres to say a word. Pushed, pulled and bloodied, the Spain international obeyed his master’s commands and refused to rise to what little intimidation Stoke City presented at Anfield. The riposte came from his feet, not his mouth, and Liverpool’s campaign lifted in the [...]