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The Italian Renaissance has started and the Manchester City machine continued to roll on after Roberto Mancini led his new club to a routine 2-0 win over Stoke City at Eastlands. The result allowed the ex-Inter Milan manager to make a winning start to his reign and also in front of the club’s home fans. However, many more questions were raised instead of answers after a turbulent few weeks at City where former boss Mark Hughes was dismissed despite a relatively good record, Mancini was brought in to replace the popular Welshman, Craig Bellamy was reported to row with the new manager and marquee signing Robinho continued to disappoint instead of shine on the pitch.

It was left to another one of Manchester City’s big money signings to get things off on a good start for Mancini. Carlos Tevez continued his free scoring ways since making the move across the Manchester divide from United, while City veteran Martin Petrov supplied another first half goal that gave the Sky Blues something to work on for the rest of the game. Shay Given was the other hero of the night as he made two brilliant saves from Stoke’s Tuncay and Beattie to settle Mancini’s nerves with pressure already rising just days into the job.

The big question mark now would be whether Roberto Mancini can come in to do a much better job than Mark Hughes, who had not done too badly himself. Hughes had publicly stated the objectives given to him by the club in qualifying for the Champions League and by all accounts, had been on track to fulfill the expectations based on points total. But a succession of too many draws appeared to have resulted in the axe falling on Hughes’ head and Bellamy was certainly not best pleased with the developments at City.

The appointment of Mancini has been a curious one with the Italian showing little success in Europe despite leading Inter Milan to three consecutive Serie A titles, which were all somewhat devalued due to little competition from their traditional rivals in AC Milan and Juventus after the pair were seriously penalised for their part in the infamous bribery scandal in Italian football. Despite spending less than a week in his new position, Mancini has already had to fend off speculation that he might not be around at the club in the summer, especially if he fails to guide City to a better showing and position than what Hughes appeared to be doing already. There is also the first problem of getting the best out of Robinho who was brought in amidst much fanfare but has failed to live up to his big price tag.

Robinho continued to cut a disconsolate and frustrated figure against Stoke as the Brazilian could not stamp his authority nor mark on the team. Reported to be greatly disenchanted with life in England, there are rumours that Robinho has been lobbying for a move back to Brazil as he intends to rebuild his career in time for the World Cup finals in South Africa. For now, Mancini has to try to coax the best out of the Brazilian but the Italian has already shown signs that his patience might have run out in the first game. Bellamy was brought on to replace the Brazilian striker in the 70th minute and that would hardly have been a vote of confidence by the coach.

There is nothing quite like Premier League football. Known as England’s best professional football league, the English Premier League or Premiership can call upon a huge global fanbase and not only in England, while it is broadcasted worldwide and one of the most highly regarded leagues in the world. From the time when its first fixture was played, live Premier League football has become not just an important part of English football fans, but also those fans in other countries that choose to follow the fortunes of their favourite British clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. There is no other competition anywhere in the world that can rival it’s global coverage – even the NFL’s Superbowl has had to play second fiddle to it. Every week, tens of billions of pounds are spent not only by sponsors and advertisers on live Premier League games that are shown around the world, but fans are also keen to do whatever it takes to watch these matches live on cable, TV and via the Internet. The league is simply the one that generates the most revenue and such a lucrative competition will and can lure the top talent that demand the best in terms of money and remuneration. This is where we follow all the live Premier League games on WatchLiveStreamingFootball.com.

There has been one team that has swept most of the titles since the Premier League was formed 17 seasons ago and that is Manchester United. The Red Devils have picked up 11 titles in total and are favourites again to win it this season. Arsenal are the club next in line with 3 titles and that is far and below what the Manchester club have won. There are a total of four clubs in the history of the Premier League that have managed to snare the greatest prize in English football. Apart from Manchester United and Arsenal, Chelsea were crowned champions in 2005 and 2006, while Blackburn Rovers are the fourth team as they won it in 1995 when they were funded by a rich owner and during the days of Alan Shearer as huge wealth started to flood the league.

The History of the Premiership

The 1992/93 season was the first for the FA Premier League when the 22 teams from the previous top tier of English football – the English First Division – broke off to establish an elite group that would have their own negotiated broadcast television rights. That was the main reason for the breakup as the clubs decided that they could get a bigger share of the revenue provided by sponsorships and television receipts. The biggest sponsors would get exclusive naming rights to the Premiership and so far there have been three of them – Carling, Barclaycard and then the mother company and bank of the previous – Barclays.

The league was reduced to just 20 clubs in 1995 despite football’s world governing body, FIFA, asking for it to have only 18 clubs. There was a complete break from the English FA in 2007 as the Premier League was then known in its present incarnation of the Barclays Premiership, or Barclays Premier League and BPL.

Structure Of The Premier League

With 20 clubs in the Premier League, each club will play 38 games per season in the typical home and away arrangement. The club that wins the most number of points over the season will become the Premier League champion and along with the clubs in second to fourth positions, will be entered into the UEFA Champions League the next season. There is a difference to their qualifying status as the top two Premier League clubs will go straight into the group phase while the next two have to play qualifiers against qualifiers from other countries for a similar shot in the more lucrative group stage. The clubs that finish fifth and sixth will go on to the Europa League while a place in the competition will also be awarded to the winners of the Carling League and FA Cup.

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After beating Wigan 2-1 at Anfield last night, Liverpool might be doing their best to make good on Rafael Benitez’s promise to the fans that the club will qualify for the Champions League next season. The next match would be against bottom club Portsmouth. It will be a great chance for Liverpool to win two matches in succession which will do their confidence a world of good. The pressure will not start to lift on the players and manager until they have made significant inroads into breaking into the top four. There will not be a single week that passes by the Premier League where there will be no focus on Liverpool and the possible failure of the club to make it to the Champions League in 2010.

So the question will remain as to whether Liverpool can indeed still qualify for the Champions League for season 2010/11. Unfortunately the answer will only be made known at the end of the season when the final league standings are confirmed. But for now, what we can do is to judge and analyse based on the team’s performances as the season wears on. So far, there is very little evidence to support Benitez’s belief. The Spaniard might be in public to try to give his players support and confidence. But the moment that matters most is the time when the players are on the pitch. Beating Wigan Athletic was a good boost for the players’ fragile confidence, but they must continue to build on it. There is little doubt that a team with quality of the kind of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano and Pepe Reina should be able to do much better than what the league table suggests at the moment.

After performances are worked on and improved, Liverpool will also have to deal with the fact that this season is actually one of the most open in the history of the English Premier League. Trying to catch up with Chelsea and Manchester United is almost impossible now. But from Arsenal downwards, Liverpool will have a whole host of teams in which to compete for the two remaining Champions League qualifying spots. Arsenal is too inconsistent and riddled with injuries so they are not too far away from being caught if Benitez can coax a sustained run of good results from his players. The main threats would actually be from the trio of Aston Villa, Manchester City and Spurs. Villa would be the strongest despite having the lesser squad, and simply due to that fact alone. Their players might not have the classy draw of Manchester City’s loud stars nor Spurs’ extravagant artists, but Villa have a squad of real workers who play for each other and the manager. The fact that Carlo Ancelotti came out to voice his opinion that Aston Villa might be the dark horse in the race shows his concern about their quality over the long run.

Liverpool has also become more prone to being bullied and beaten by the so-called smaller clubs, like Sunderland, Birmingham City and more. While these teams will always put an unbeaten run together, they are also inclined to break apart eventually and swing from one run to another. The key for Liverpool to overcome them is to also have some luck in playing them when they are not at their best. Unfortunately, that has to accompany good form by the Anfield club, which has not been present for the whole season.

So can Liverpool still qualify for the UEFA Champions League? It is a difficult question to answer and one that will be affected by the various factors stated above, and more. But there is just too much quality still remaining in the club and if they can harness it well and avoid more injuries, there can be no other club in English football that should represent the country in the best European football competition there is around.