BRIGHTON CONTINUE MAGPIES CHASE

Brighton & Hove Albion continue the close chase with Newcastle United this season.


Brighton defeated Birmingham, as expected, 3-1 with Glenn Murray stealing the spotlight. The home team moved two points ahead of the Magpiesthough they have played a match more.

Murray scored from Bruno’s cross as early as the second minute to reach his 20th tally this term. The guests City responded, frustrating Brighton’s effort for the rest of the half. The pressure was high but Brighton showed their superiority as they netted immediately after the break to calm things down.

TomerHemed chested the ball in before UweHunemeier completed the 3-0 rout with a shot in the 54th minute. The two goals were important for Brighton’s confidence after Lewis Dunk pulled out of the game with sickness as the excuse.

Newcastle are set to face fourth-placed Huddersfield in a cracker on Wednesday.

Denilson praises Wenger

Former Arsenal midfielder Denilson has praised Arsene Wenger for his management skills and this knowledge of football.


The player who is now playing in Abu Dhabi for Al-Wahda said that it is thanks to Arsene Wenger that many players have become world class and that he is an outstanding manager.

Denilson came through the Arsenal youth team and said that he owes a lot to Arsene Wenger. He believes that it is thanks to Arsene Wenger that players such as Cesc Fabregas have developed into world-class players and it is important that fans know this.

He admits that Arsenal has not been successful during recent seasons and he believes that this is due to the fact that the Premier League has become more competitive with teams such as Manchester City and Chelsea having unlimited resources. However, he believes that Arsene Wenger has not done badly during these seasons and that he has managed to keep Arsenal at the top despite having a tight budget.

Marcus Rashford gets Praised by Morgan Schneiderlin

Morgan Schneiderlin believes that striker Marcus Rashford has the ability to become a star at Manchester United.

The 18-year-old came through the ranks at the club but few would have imagined his astronomical rise to stardom in the matter of a few weeks. The young striker made his debut for the Red Devils only towards the end of February. However, he grabbed headlines almost immediately after scoring twice in the 5-1 victory over FC Midtjylland. This was immediately followed by two goals and an assist in the 3-2 win against Arsenal.

These games quickly catapulted him to stardom and he has never been on the wane since then. Even though there were suggestions that he should be dropped after going without a goal for five matches, manager Louis Van Gaal kept his faith in the player and started him for the crucial Manchester derby last weekend. Rashford returned to scoring ways after a 16 minute goal against their arch rivals. The boy from Manchester was scoring against one of United’s biggest rivals and this has seen him adored by the supporters. Schneiderlin joined United only in the summer but he has already seen enough of Rashford to suggest that he could become the next star at the club.