Premier League

With Sunday's clash between the red halves of Liverpool and Manchester approaching, The18 takes a look at the players fans just love to hate.

Each week (or so), The18's Mike Smith takes a look at how football is portrayed and covered in the media and popular culture. This week, we review the documentary “A Day in the Life: Roberto Martinez.”

If there is one thing that has never been in short supply in the life of Mario Balotelli, it’s haters. The combination of his large personality, perceived arrogance, and talent level means that he is just as likely to piss off an entire stadium as he is to bring it to its feet in celebration. The fact that he lives in the first “hater generation,” as rapper Wale so eloquently put it, doesn’t help. Social media is nothing if not a bastion for ignorant hatred, and of all the celebrities who operate in the space Balotelli probably receives the worst of it.

Memphis Depay is the next great talent to emerge from the Dutch Eredivisie, following in the footsteps of Robben, van Persie and Sneijder. Now Man United and Liverpool are fighting over him.

Wayne Rooney is just like you and I…If you and I were drunk fraternity brothers with boxing gloves and too much time on our hands.

Following their 1-0 loss away to Burnley on Saturday, Manuel Pellegrini is Manchester City manager in name only. The18 looks at leading candidates to fill the soon-to-be vacant hot seat at The Etihad.

Reports indicate Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is going to be given another "war chest" this summer to revamp the squad. Is this even news?

Legends will gather in Anfield on March 29th for Steven Gerrard's send-off. Gerrard and Jamie Carragher are serving as the captains, and they've picked their squads.

With 10 games remaining in the EPL season, we look back at each team’s preseason predictions and how they’ve fared so far.

As David Luiz sent Chelsea crashing out of the Champions League on his return to Stamford Bridge, we look at some of the most notorious acts of treachery in football history.