MANCHESTER CITY KEEP HOPE ALIVE, BEAT EVERTON AT HOME 2-3

Manchester City kept hope of winning the Barclays Premier League alive when they won 2-3 away to Ever.This was an important  match for City as it helped in boosting their chances and moving them to top of the table with 80 points and superior goal difference ahead of Liverpool.Liverpool are on 80 points too.

The BPL this season is likely to end in a photo finish if Liverpool and City both win their remaining two matches.If that happens,the championship may be decided on goal difference and currently City has superior goal difference of +59 while Liverpool have +50.

Two seasons ago that was the manner City won the League.They snatched  the League from Manchester United by goal difference.Abilty to defend pretty wel well and be prolific up front shall be emphasised if City win the League this season.However, Liverpool is a high scoring side too.They have the prolific striker in Suarez who has scored 30 goals this season and will surely want to score more.The Liverpool talisman will be supported by Sturrigde, Gerrald and Sterling who are all on top scorers list this season.The players know what is at stake and they must fire on all cylinders starting from when they meet Crystal Palace on Monday,May 5.

ABDUCTED GIRLS : NIGERIA HAS FAILED OUR CHILDREN

The angst over the abducted girls in Chibok,Borno state in North East of Nigeria will not abate either now or soon.Nearly three weeks after their abduction by Boko-Haram,about 200 of these young school girls are yet to be released.The figure would have been more than that if not for the bravery of some of the girls who escaped from their captors.

Now the clamour for the release of the girls has gone viral on the net.On twtiter there is now hashtag bringbackourgirls.On the streets of major cities in Nigeria,women groups and concerned citizens have embarked on protests for government to take drastic action to rescued the girls.There is so much agony in the voices of parents of the girls.

The unfortunate thing about this national problem is about government helplessness.The security of everyone now is by everyone.This government must do something now.We cannot wait a day longer.

Painfully, unconfirmed reports says the girls have been married off to the blood thirsty group.The girls must have been taken beyond our borders into neighbouring Chad,Sudan,Niger etc.

In a sane society,heads would have rolled.In Nigeria,people don't resign even if they have failed woefully.The military should be given a time frame for delivery of the abducted girls to their parents.

CHELSEA LOST TO ATHLETICO MADRID ON WRONG TACTICS

Yesterday Chelsea lost to Atletico Madrid of Spain 1-3. Surprisingly,Atletico Did not score a goal at home against Chelsea FC of England.After the first leg barren draw of last Tuesday,Mourinho praised his tactics and had no kind words for those opposed to his game plan.

The defensive tactics of Chelsea Manager worked against  PSG of France in the quarter finals.It worked in domestic league against Manchester City and Liverpool.It has been working in crucial games against big teams.

Everything went wrong  yesterday. The defence was tight but attention was not placed on the need to score.The challenge for Chelsea was inability to score plenty of goals consistently ; defence was not coordinated with Chelsea's defenders ball watching.

Another undoing of Chelsea was underrating the cut edge scoring potential of Atletico Madrid.The club is league leader in La Liga not by chance but by sheer hard work.The club managed by Argentine,Diego Simeone,has had an impressive season.It is no mean fit given the quality of players of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

So with goal aggregate of 1-3,Athletico play another Madrid club,Real in the in final of UEFA Champions League 2013 in Lisbon,Portugal later this month.The final is a match to watch. The two teams have scored at least. 3 goals away to defeat the home teams.Real beat Bayern Munich,the defending champion away 0-4 after winning 1-0 at home.One thing is clear,Real has psychological advantage over Athletico having beaten them recently,but to underrate the work rate and efficiency of Atletico, is to do the Chelsea mistake