The Eredivisie club, currently ninth in the league standings, had taken a 2-1 lead in the KNVB Beker clash before Van Persie decided to replace starting goalkeeper Mickey van der Hart with Andries ...

Robin van Persie's 'illogical' tactical gamble failed ... Noppert's embarrassment was then compounded when he was beaten by Levi van Duijn's header at the death, leaving Heerenveen reeling from ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney are among the game's many rags-to-riches stories - but some of the biggest names in football were born into wealth ...

Manchester United have not lost any of their last three meetings with Man City in all competitions (W2 D1), last having a longer run between January 2010 and February 2011 (four) ...

Emmanuel Adebayor went from villain to hero in the space of 24 hours at Arsenal – before tarnishing his legacy after joining ...

Harry Maguire guided the ball home into the opposite corner of the net and sent Old Trafford potty, putting the exclamation ...

Football has the power to transform lives with the eye-watering sums on offer to the top stars - but some who have achieved ...

Danny Welbeck opened the game’s scoring after 22 minutes, but Robin van Persie (still an Arsenal player ... minutes to find two goals. A 92-minute header from Dzeko saw the Etihad erupt before ...

Born to two artistic parents, Robin Van Persie enjoyed a liberal upbringing ... their garden grass and urged Oliver to practice diving headers on it once it froze over. Gerard Pique was not ...

Andre Onana was Manchester United's Achilles' heel in their 2-2 draw with Olympique Lyon in the first leg of their UEFA ...