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David Silva of Manchester City and Frank Lampard of Chelsea

By JUSTIN FERGUSON

Two of the biggest names in modern English soccer take to the field once again Sunday as Manchester City visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is unbeaten in his last 64 home matches in the English Premier League, but his second-place Blues have a considerable challenge ahead of them when Manuel Pellgrini’s Citizens visit West London. After struggling away from home to start the season, Man City and their high-powered offense recorded back-to-back away wins against West Ham United and CSKA Moscow.

Elsewhere in the EPL, Jozy Altidore and last-place Sunderland look for their first victory of the season when rivals Newcastle United visit the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats have only recorded one point ahead of Sunday’s Tyne-Wear Derby, but new manager Gus Poyet and his club know a victory against their hated rivals could be the spark needed to turn their season around.

In France, Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco continue their battle for the top spot in Ligue 1 on Sunday. New league leaders PSG, fresh off a 5-0 rout of Anderlecht earlier this week, visit seventh-place Saint Etienne. But before the Parisians take the field, Monaco have a chance to put pressure on their rivals with a home win over a surprisingly down Lyon club at Stade Louis II.

If you will be watching today’s action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (Today’s TV schedule is after the jump):

7:30am – beIN Sport USA – Napoli vs Torino

9:30am – NBC Sports Network – Sunderland vs Newcastle 

10am – beIN Sport en Español – Juventus vs. Genoa

10am – beIN Sport USA – Udinese vs Roma

10am – beIN Sport Play – Parma vs. AC Milan

12pm – NBC Sports Network – Chelsea v. Manchester City

12pm – NBC Sports Live Extra – Swansea City vs West Ham United

12pm – NBC Sports Live Extra – Tottenham vs Hull City

12pm – beIN Sport USA – Monaco vs Lyon

12pm – beIN Sport en Español – Villarreal vs Valencia

12:30pm – GolTV – Borussia Monchengladbach vs Eintracht Frankfurt

1pm – ESPN Deportes – Corinthians vs Santos

1:30pm – NBC – D.C. United vs Houston Dynamo 

1:30pm – Univision – Pumas vs Veracruz

2pm – beIN Sport en Español – Real Sociedad vs Almeria

3pm – GolTV Cerro Porteño vs. Peñarol (Uruguay)

4pm – beIN Sport USA – Saint-Etienne vs Paris Saint-Germain

4pm – beIN Sport en Español- Atletico Madrid vs Real Betis

4pm – MLS Direct Kick- Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution 

5pm – UniMas – New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire 

8pm – MLS Direct Kick – Vancouver Whitecaps vs Colorado Rapids

9pm – ESPN/ESPN Deportes- Seattle Sounders vs LA Galaxy

Comments

  1. keane is one whiny dude. great player but he spends probably 10 minutes a game berating his own teammates and the officials. LA deserved that draw

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  2. Embarrassing for MLS. And the Galaxy almost pushed into the playoff game by that nonsense.

    And on ESPN in Sunday primetime. Well done!

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  3. Deuce scores. No more when-will-the-highest-ever-paid-MLS-player-score jokes now. Dang. I don’t know how to feel.

    Celebrates with the CLASSIC “It’s about time” wrist tap though.

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  4. I really want the Galaxy to win this game, but I’m concerned with rogers on the field. It’s his fault the highlander is gone!
    Freaking rogers needs to get on his unicorn and ride the rainbow to retirement. Baring another 2 camilo goals in the second half, we officially traded the 2013 golden boot winner for an injury plagued marketing has been.

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  5. Rosales starts on the bench. I could care less who wins tonight, but I do have a question.
    Does Sigi dislike Rosales or has he been watching a completely different midfield the last month?

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  6. Penultimate game of the season starts and the Rapids may be toast already, as apart from missing both Powers and Sanchez, they’re wearing those lousy blue kits…

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      • No, I’d rather have the MLS Cup than the U.S. Cup, but I’d rather have the U.S. Cup than the Shield. Totally different. If Red Bulls win the MLS Cup, well, props to them. That’s a big deal.

      • Shield is a bigger deal for me than the Cup. Year long worth of effort versus whose hot or not at the end of the year.

      • Yes, totally agree. US Open Cup is not a big deal at this point as demonstrated by the teams playing their subs for all maches except for the final. Shield is the hard work and sweat of your best players playing the entire season.

      • That’s a great question. Ask me once we’ve won a champions league title :p

        Seriously, I think champions league.

    • US Cup over the Shield? You’re insane haha.
      Not a NY fan, but at least the Shield is on par with what the rest of the soccer world calls the league title.

      Props NY

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  7. Got to feel a bit for Magee who did alot to turn Chicago’s season around but comes up short. I think if he could have lead them on a bit of a run perhaps Klinsmann would have given him a look in the January camp.

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  8. Halftime thoughts:

    Chicago won the first 20 minutes. NY won the rest.
    Peguy can’t finish worth a dang but hes a recent revelation as a pa$$er. He can really pick out the through balls.
    Magee loves scoring big goals
    Henry looks motivated. Man what a goal! Even his diving looks crisper than usual. An in form Henry could spell trouble for the rest of the league.

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