Stoke beat Arsenal 3-2. This isn’t terribly surprising. Neither is the fact that Charlie Adam attempted to choke the life out of Alexis Sanchez in the 84th minute as Arsenal attempted to complete a comeback after being reduced to 10 men. What is surprising is that he was only shown a yellow card for the wrestling move.
Author: Brooks Peck
Don Garber announces new era of MLS transparency that isn’t starting today so shut up about it
Don Garber, the commissioner of MLS and someone who probably sees Three-card Monte dealers as role models, has decided that he now has enough power in American soccer to say and do whatever he pleases.
Jurgen Klopp celebrates Borussia Dortmund moving out of last place like the mad man he is
Borussia Dortmund broke a three-match winless streak with a 1-0 home win against Hoffenheim to move out of last place in the Bundesliga and manager Jurgen Klopp celebrated as if he just helped free a killer whale from captivity in a Disney film.
Goat invades Greek match, wants to play in goal
Everyone should pursue their dreams. Even if you’re a goat.
Someone at the FA got paid to tell England to play “intelligently”
Finally deciding that 48 years of disappointment is enough, the FA has unveiled something called an “England DNA philosophy” that is basically just common sense in PowerPoint form.
Future News: Jose Mourinho says Victoria’s Secret fashion show more competitive than Spurs at Stamford Bridge
Spurs haven’t won at Stamford Bridge since February 1990 — a streak that continued on Wednesday with a 3-0 loss to Chelsea. This has prompted Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho to declare that the Victoria’s Secret fashion show he attended the night before was more competitive than Spurs at their London rivals’ ground.
David Moyes knows tres Spanish words and isn’t afraid to use them
David Moyes has gotten off to a great start in his mission to save Real Sociedad from relegation with a draw, a win, and two clean sheets in his first two matches with the club. Confident that he is now the ruler of Spain, the Scot decided to show off his mastery of the local language (up to the number four) during a press conference.
“They have been training with me dos, tres, cuatro times,” Moyes said when speaking of his new club’s B team as if just saying the numbers in Spanish helped anyone at all understand what he was talking about.
And now, even though he’s getting results, people are once again laughing at him. I’m starting to think he likes it.
Spider-Man invades the pitch during Sunderland-Man City match
Man City made easy work of Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, winning 4-1 with a brace from Sergio Aguero. In fact, the performance was so impressive that Spider-Man invaded the pitch in the 87th minute to congratulate the City players on a job well done.
Borussia Dortmund players attempt to get fans drunk enough to forget how terrible they are
Sitting at the very bottom of the Bundesliga table and getting made fun of by rival clubs on Twitter, Borussia Dortmund held their annual Christmas party with 1,000 fan club representatives on Tuesday. And in an attempt to smooth things over with their guests, several players served up beer in the hopes that they would be less angry about the club’s predicament drunk than sober.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s attempt to curse Inter kind of backfired
The wrath of Zlatan is not something you want to mess with, but sometimes there’s a hitch in its giddyup that produces unintended results.