South-American rivals Brazil and Argentina settle for draw in World Cup qualifier

The World Cup qualifier match between Brazil and Argentina that was initially supposed to take place on Saturday had to be postponed owing to torrential rainfall, ended in a hardly fought draw.

The eternal rivals from South America locked horns in their World Cup qualifying campaign where each of the teams managed a single point as they played out a draw but the match was filled with drama and a lot of excitement especially in the second half of the match.

Arch rivals settle for draw

The Brazilian national football team has lacked the consistency and flamboyance that the teams from the country have boasted of over the years. They were struggling to keep up with the Argentine team that lacked key players like Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero. Angel Di Maria and Ezequiel Lavezzi played an excellent first half as the latter clinched a goal in the 34^th minute. Brazil increased their pace in the second half with a few crucial substitutions. Lucas Lima’s 58^th minute strike cancelled the lead but the Argentines came very close to pulling one back. David Luiz was shown a red card which increased the tension in the visting team camp during the last few minutes of the match, but no harm was done finally. Brazil seemed to be happy to steal a draw where their star Neymar failed to impress the football pundits.

The world cup qualifying pool of South America remains wide open

The South American qualifying group remains a quite competitive one with Brazil placed at fifth position and Argentina at eighth. The top spots will be up for grabs as it will make the road to the World Cup seamless for the teams. The fans are looking forward to some very competitive matches in this group. With teams like Uruguay and Colombia in the frame the task seems cut out for each and everyone.

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United triumphant with 2-0 win as City fail to score against Aston Villa

There have been some wonderful matches this week in the English Premier League.  With Manchester united winning 2-0 and two very tough and battling draws by Manchester City and Arsenal were the highlights of this week’s Premier league Football news.  Manchester city remaining goalless against a team like Aston Villa is bound to raise some questions. So keep reading to get further information on how things turned out for English football this week. Do check out the top stories.

United beat West Bromwich 2-0

In a game which turned out to be a happy one for Louis Van Gaal, Jesse Lingard scored his first goal for Manchester United at the 52^nd minute giving his team a handsome edge over West Bromwich Albion. He was joined by teammate Juan Mata scoring from a penalty in added time. This 2-0 win over West Bromwich propels the club to the fourth place but lagging behind only by a point from joint leaders Manchester City and Arsenal.

In other matches, Leichester City which was at third place in the tables beat Watford 2-1 at home. Norwich beat Swansea 1-0 with Howson scoring at the 70^th minute. Everton came from behind and drew 1-1 with West Ham after Lukaku equalised just before half time.

City fails to find the nets, draws against Aston Villa

In what was a rather disappointing show of football, Manchester City, the board leaders, remained goalless against a club like Aston Villa which is at the bottom of the table. Their shortage of strikers was rather prominent and brutally exposed after they couldn’t seem to find the net in Sunday’s game. With Sterling and Fernando wasting chances and with the continued absence of Sergio Aguero, a rather grand opportunity to consolidate themselves at the top of the table was wasted. It also marked the end of Aston Villa’s streak of seven defeats with Remi Garde, villa’s new manager winning a point in his very first game.

Crystal palace beat Liverpool 2-1 at Antfieldas Coutinho’s equaliser before half time went in vain. Scott Dann’s brilliant 82^nd minute goal took the game away from Liverpool quite convincingly. This ended Juergen Klopp’s unbeaten streak as manager of Liverpool.

Arsenal come back from behind to draw game with Tottenham

In the other big game this Sunday in the Emirates, Arsenal managed to draw 1-1 with Tottenham after a wonderful comeback with an equaliser from Kieran Gibbs in the second half. Earlier Tottenham seemed to be bubbling with confidence when Harry Kane scored a goal at the 32^nd minute. There were some very nervous moments for the Gunner’s fans after the 1-0 lead continued for a long time. It was when Gibbs scored a beautiful goal at the 77^th minute, that the Arsenal fans were able to breathe a sigh of relief thus scripting a wonderful comeback. But the draw meant that the gunners would have to wait more before taking over as leaders.

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