| Essien: Chelsea don't play good football (Tribalfootball.com) |
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Michael Essien admits Chelsea "don't play good football". The Ghana midfielder said: "All I think about is my team - and to win. We don't play good football, we have to win. Like the Liverpool game, what mattered was the win. In the end we put down a good performance and won it as well."
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| Park Puts United On Ballack And Essien Alert (Goal.com) |
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The two Premier League clubs do battle in the first all-English European Cup final on May 21 in the Russian capital.
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| Pressure? That is knowing you have to win to eat, says Muntari (Guardian Unlimited) |
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Portmouth's Sulley Muntari tells David Hytner why winning the FA Cup won't be the toughest challenge he has faced
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| Essien: We Don't Play Good Football (Goal.com) |
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Critics have long bemoaned the lack of flair in Chelsea’s game, often questioning how a team with so much money and so many superstars can churn out such turgid, Teutonic football.
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| Adebayor believes in SA (Independent Online) |
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Emmanuel Adebayor believes it's the perfect time for Africa to host the World Cup in 2010.
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| Nigeria: Gordon Brown Invites Kanu to Downing Street (AllAfrica.com) |
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Super Eagles skipper Nwankwo Kanu will be at the seat of power in Britain on Monday courtesy of Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has invited him to Number 10 Downing Street.
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| The Answer Man (Soccer365) |
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Lyon hot-shot Karim Benzema has blown away his challengers to succeed Florent Malouda as Ligue 1's player of the year for the 2007/08 campaign.
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| Getafe coach Laudrup not short of offers - agent (Tribalfootball.com) |
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The agent of Getafe coach Michael Laudrup admits the Dane is not short of offers. Bayram Tutumlu revealed: "The cycle of Laudrup at Getafe is over. It's a pity, but now is a decisive time. If he had had been able to sign some attackers, Getafe would now be in the UEFA Cup or Champions League.
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| Cole: Ashley And Essien Could Be Decisive (Goal.com) |
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Both Ashley and Michael have impressed Cole during the run-in, and he believes that their talents could come to the fore against the Trotters.
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| Grant hails amazing Ferguson (TODAYonline) |
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Chelsea's Michael Essien challenges Bolton Wanderers' El-Hadji Diouf (back) during a Premiership game at Stamford Bridge in London.
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