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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 28: Marcus Rashford of Manchester United celebrates scoring his opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on February 28, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Marcus Rashford could be a prospect that Manchester United can’t afford to squander

Four goals in two games is great for anyone. If you’re an 18-year-old and those two games are your very first appearances for Manchester United, then it’s something special. Marcus Rashford, a kid many people didn’t realize existed two weeks ago has thrust himself into the spotlight. He has, on two consecutive occasions pulled United […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 28: Marcus Rashford of Manchester United celebrates scoring his opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on February 28, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Louis Van Gaal drops to the turf as Manchester United drop Arsenal in dramatic win

Coming into today’s meeting, Manchester United and Arsenal were chasing very different goals. Arsenal was hoping to get back into the title race while Manchester United was hoping to claw their way back into the top-4. In the end, it was United that came away winners, and Arsenal lost crucial ground to Leicester City and Tottenham. […]

HIGHBURY, LONDON – MAY 15: Former Daily Mirror Editor, Piers Morgan with his family during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match between Arsenal and Leicester City at Highbury on May 15, 2004 in London. Morgan, was forced to resign from the paper on May 14, after it was proven that a set of photos he had published, purporting to show British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners were in fact fake. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Tears for Piers: The Manchester United Edition

When Robin van Persie left Arsenal to sign with Manchester United, well known and very outspoken Arsenal fan and occasional CNN reporter Piers Morgan was not happy. As he’s known to do, Morgan immediately took to twitter to go into a full blown meltdown about how he thought van Persie was different and selling him […]

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 12: Louis van Gaal Manager of Manchester United waves to supporters prior to the Barclays Premier League match between A.F.C. Bournemouth and Manchester United at Vitality Stadium on December 12, 2015 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)

Video: Louis Van Gaal theatrically throws himself to ground in protest to fourth official

Diving will probably always be a fact of life in professional soccer, but sometimes it can be rather entertaining. Case in point, Louis Van Gaal. It appeared that Manchester United’s coach was unhappy with the way Arsenal players were going down looking for fouls. The Dutch coach confronted the fourth official to make his protest. […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 28: Marcus Rashford of Manchester United celebrates scoring his opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on February 28, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Video: Marcus Rashford scores two goals minutes apart in Premier League Debut

Just days after 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, scored twice against Midtjylland to save Manchester United in the Europe League, the teenager gave an encore, scoring two goals against Arsenal in his Premier League debut. Both goals came just minutes apart and shell-shocked the visitors, who had been controlling most of the play up to that point. Rashford, […]

LEICESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 27: Leonardo Ulloa of Leicester City celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Norwich City at The King Power Stadium on February 27, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

WATCH: Leicester City gets win on a late goal against Norwich, now up 5 points

Leicester City was in an unfamiliar position against Norwich City, they had the ball. In a rare instance of having the ball more than their opponent, EPL leaders Leicester City struggled to get anything going on. Then in the 89th minute, Leo Ulloa (whose name isn’t spelled anything like how it’s pronounced) tapped in the […]

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 27: Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea and Jose Fonte of Southampton compete for the ball during the Barclays Premier League match between Southampton and Chelsea at St Mary’s Stadium on February 27, 2016 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

WATCH: Chelsea ends Southampton’s 708 minute shutout streak with a cross that went in

This probably wasn’t the way Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster expected to end his and Southampton’s 708 minute shutout streak but it shockingly did. Cesc Fabregas originally looked like he was trying to cross the ball to Eden Hazard but seeing the trajectory of the ball, Hazard stopped and let it go. Forster also appeared to […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 14: Manuel Pellegrini, Manager of Manchester City looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at Etihad Stadium on February 14, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Is Manchester City and Manuel Pellegrini only interested in the Champions League?

72, 51, 75, 76, 53. Those were the numbers on the backs of five players that Manuel Pellegrini put into Manchester City’s starting 11 in yesterday’s humiliation to Chelsea in the FA Cup. Pellegrini fielded a well understrength side while Chelsea didn’t. The result was a 5-1 defeat to the Chelsea. After the match, there was talk […]

Video: Juan Mata scores on controversial free kick

Manchester United unveiled a new controversial free kick style in their 5th round FA Cup match against Shrewsbury. The style sees two people standing over the ball, with three other players standing in between the wall and the goalkeeper in an offside position. At the last possible second those three players try run and get […]

during the Emirates FA Cup fifth round match between Shrewsbury Town and Manchester United at Greenhous Meadow on February 22, 2016 in Shrewsbury, England.

Video: Chris Smalling gives Manchester United the lead

The first 35 or so minutes of Manchester United’s 5th round FA Cup tie against Shrewbury Town was looking like any other typical Manchester United match. United possessed the ball and possessed the ball some more. Eventually they would stop possessing the ball long enough to send a 25 yard shot 30 yards wide or […]

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – JULY 16: Liverpool FC player Mamadou Sakho cuddles Australia Zoo koala India at Gambaro Hotel on July 16, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. Liverpool FC are in Queensland to play the Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium on the first leg of their Australian tour (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images for Tourism Queensland)

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho’s charity work has been exemplary

Since transferring to Liverpool in 2013, Mamadou Sakho has become a popular figure in the community around Liverpool, due to his tireless charity work around the city of Liverpool. Sakho takes every opportunity to give back to his community. Most players will hire a language teacher after transferring to another country. Sakho took it as an […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Manchester United at the Stadium of Light on February 13, 2016 in Sunderland, England.

Wayne Rooney out 6-8 weeks with knee injury

Wayne Rooney is set to miss the next two months after picking up a knee ligament injury in training this week. The news was broken when United landed in Denmark ahead of their Europa League match against FC Midtjylland on Thursday. The team had previously announced that Rooney was not in the traveling 18 man squad […]

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 12: Louis van Gaal Manager of Manchester United waves to supporters prior to the Barclays Premier League match between A.F.C. Bournemouth and Manchester United at Vitality Stadium on December 12, 2015 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)

Has Louis Van Gaal done enough to leave a lasting philosophy at Manchester United?

No one can say Louis Van Gaal isn’t a successful manager. His trophy cabinet includes league titles from around Europe, a Champions League title and a third place finish in the 2014 World Cup. But his current spell at Manchester United has been anything but impressive. To be fair to Van Gaal, the current United […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – MARCH 15: Mauricio Pochettino the manager of Spurs looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on March 15, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Would Mauricio Pochettino be a good fit at Manchester United

At this point it’s no secret that Manchester United will likely be managed by someone other then Louis van Gaal next season. Rumors have flown around over who their next manager will be, most prominently former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, but lately another name has started to gain traction, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino. In just […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 13: Willian of Chelsea is congratulated on his goal by Team mate Pedro during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle at Stamford Bridge on February 13, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Is Chelsea a contender in the Champions League?

It’s a simple question, but not one with a simple answer: Is Chelsea a contender in the Champions League? It’s tempting to look at a season full of drama — the poor domestic form, coaching turmoil and the dramatic dip in form from star players — and say no way. But sports are rarely so […]

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