More than bragging rights in North London will be on the line at the Emirates today when Arsenal takes on Tottenham. For the Gunners, holding on to their precious top four place in the English Premier League standings will be at stake, while Tottenham will be trying to solidify their hold on third place.
Chelsea's romp over Arsenal has pushed the Gunners to fifth place, and Arsene Wenger's side can't afford to drop many more points if they are going to be back in the Champions League next season. For Tottenham, a win at the Emirates would mean a ten-point cushion in third place and a chance to strike a brutal blow for their arch-rivals.
In Italy, red-hot Napoli takes on struggling Inter Milan in what should be one of the day's more entertaining clashes, while Spain will offer up the Atletico Madrid-Barcelona battle as Barca tries to keep hope alive of a miraculous comeback on first-place Real Madrid.
If you will be watching today's soccer 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):
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
6:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Excelsior vs. Ajax
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Arsenal vs. Tottenham
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Norwich City vs. Manchester United
8:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - PSV Eindhoven vs. Feyenoord
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Bayern Munich vs. Schalke
10 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Rayo Vallecano vs. Real Madrid
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Stoke City vs. Swansea City
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Cardiff City vs. Liverpool
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Brest vs. Marseille
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Toulouse vs. Sochaux
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Valencia vs. Sevilla
12 p.m. - GOLTV - Real Sociedad vs. Mallorca
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Osasuna vs. Granada
1 p.m. - Fox Deportes/Azteca America - Morelia vs. Cruz Azul
1 p.m. - Univision - Pumas UNAM vs. Queretaro
1 p.m. - MLSSoccer.com stream - Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Napoli vs. Inter Milan
2:45 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/ESPN3.com - Lazio vs. Fiorentina
3 p.m. - MLSSoccer.com stream - Sporting Kansas City vs. Montreal Impact
3 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Stade Rennes vs. Lille
3:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona
5 p.m. - Telemundo - Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Santos Laguna
5:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Boca Juniors vs. Newell's Old Boys
7:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Sp. Desamparados vs. River Plate
…and AZ get one right back. 3-3 now.
great point. most of their top scorers for the last few seasons have finished with like 25-30 goals. Suarez finished with like 35 a few seasons ago.
Dutch league is ranked 8th by UEFA right?
Wow, AZ’s goalie just imploding out there
true that. their top scorer has maybe 4 goals this season. OUCH
Apparently they don’t play defense in the Dutch first division. There are only 6 teams with a positive goal differential.
Jeez! I lost my feed when it was 2 nil Spurs! They must’ve..uh..uh choked? What happened to Brad Friedel, or was it a total defensive collapse??
Hat trick for Jozy. Come on Jozy. 25mins left
Jozy goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3oBOTCbWA&feature=player_embedded
Oh baby Jozy is back. Thank you Jesus.
Let’s hope he bags a goal against Italy come Wednesday
albeit slowly and often out of position when he does so, yes.
Sorry I am watching it on TV.
jozy link?
Two goals for Jozy so far; first one was about good use of his body and strength to give himself position to turn a well placed shot; second goal he was wide open in teh center in a crowded box on a pass coming on the ground from the side; he took it set up and scored well; commentators here in Spain mentioned he showed good awareness.
Right after Heerenveen equalize, Jozy waits at the top of the box, settles, and fires a low shot home!
9th league goal! AZs joint top scorer.
AND THEN HE SENDS A SHOT JUST WIDE.
Tim Ream eats puppies and steps on kittens for fun.
Ribery was very good today! Scord 2 goals against Schalke to pull Bayern withina point of first place in Bundesliga.
Mia Sans Mia!!!!
And Cardiff strikes against the run of play. Lots of possession for Liverpool but not able to create meaningful chances.
Jozy has actually been the best passer in attack the past two games. Holman and Beerens never get him the ball. Besides scoring, Jozy has set up two good scoring opportunities.
Nobody on Spurs played well. They were second to every ball.
JOZY!!!!!!
Jozy nearrrrrrly with an assist on a good run
Looks like chandler is out of the Italy friendly due to a minor injury… Our troops keep falling. This sucks.
Still more mids beating 3 defenders, making good runs, final passes to no one.
Fired a low shot past his defender near post. More placement than power.
Also did the thumb-sucking thing after he scored–has he been scoring in more ways than one?
Jozy! Nice goal.
Sick finish by Jozy!
GOAL JOZYYYYYYY!
Yeah. Though AZ (and Heerenveen to a lesser extent) have had a large number of long ground passes to no one/the other team.
shoulda been a pk there
Seemed like he was lookin for some guadaloupesque magic then changed his mind. Great job fighting off the defender and then distributing to the other striker about 5 minutes earlier that could have also resulted in something.
Jozy kept the ball on a 2 v 2, could’ve set up a nice assist there. BLAH
I didn’t see Whitbread play, but contrary to reports, he seems well enough to play at the highest of club level. With the the Nat team being in somewhat of disarray with injuries. Maybe he deserves a look-see from Klinsi?
4 – Here we go Spurs!
34 – Ah yes, this is going to be an easy one.
40 – Wait, what?
43 – Oh geez, let’s regroup.
51 – What the hellz is this?
65 – I don’t like soccer anymore. I hate it.
68 – Is there any beer left, at all?
They hardly ever score, only Cesena scores less.
sucks espn3 isn’t showing AZ…oh well, first row choppy advertisements it is.
and it’s 1-1…assisted by Whitbread!
Holy crap @ Arsenal.
Jozy back in the XI, as expected given the Benschop injury.
Go bag a couple Jozy, don’t let anybody take it back.
Wasn’t anything too dramatic, but Whitbread just cleared a ball off the goal line that had beaten the keeper and was 1-2 feet from being 2-0
Yes, hopefully Chievo can pick up the win at home today against bottom dweller Cesena, solidifying their spot securely midtable, which isn’t bad for a small market team like Chievo.
too many yellow card accumulation. he’ll be starting with them next weekend. Not playing today leaves him injury free for WED.
It appears that Michael Bradley is not on the field for Chievo today? Anything significant?
I think this is his first game back; I imagine his club didn’t want him to tisk injury for a friendly given his injury-prone past, but who knows.. maybe he will get a call up; he deserves a look if healthy.
Two chaps here claimed Whitbread was injured and so was not selected by Klinsmann.
Don’t like Saha starting for Spurs.
Van Persie is amazing….Arsenal showing some heart coming back form 2-0
Zak is playing and has had a couple of positive mentions, although it will be an uphill climb against ManU
Friedel!
I hope so too.
He’s also prone to one major mistake a game. Even when he seems to be having a solid game, there’s a key error looming around the corner. I just don’t trust him yet. Having said that, having him picking up experience in the EPL will go a long way in eliminating these – I hope.
Go back and watch: he already had a running start.
Start/Stop (i.e. second gear) speed, he has zero.
Not disagreeing but Ream is not slow. Did you see him race back to clear Donovan’s goal off the line in the regular season?
If passing was the only prerequisite to being a good defender, Tim Ream would be world class.
I hope he develops at Bolton but Ream has zero lateral quickness and absolutely no second gear for speed.
Geoff Cameron > Tim Ream