Sunday’s clash with Chelsea at Old Trafford is, essentially, a title decider. At least for the Londoners, for whom defeat will surely end all hope of retaining the Premier League. Having already faced each other four times this season, twice in Europe, the Community Shield and at Stamford Bridge, there is little the teams do [...]
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Sunday’s match against Chelsea may not earn Manchester United the Premier League title but victory will take Sir Alex Ferguson’s side to within a whisker of a 19th domestic championship. It is a prize that came sharply into focus this week, with the 69-year-old Scot resting key players during United’s Champions League semi-final defeat of [...]
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Recriminations over the weekend’s defeat to Arsenal, coupled with Chelsea’s fortuitous win over Tottenham Hotspur the previous day, may not be forgotten but Manchester United is still master of its own destiny on European and domestic fronts. No matter the conjecture emanating from Stamford Bridge, seven points in Manchester United’s three remaining Premier League matches [...]
Sunday, May 1, 2011
There is little doubt that Manchester United was denied a clear penalty with less that five minutes remaining at the Emirates on Sunday but in truth Sir Alex Ferguson’s reverted to type in defeat away from Old Trafford. Ferguson’s side was everything witnessed so often on the road this season: timid, lacklustre and above all, [...]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed Roman Abramovich’s “obsession” with winning the Champions League, reiterating that his Manchester United side is just as desperate to secure Europe’s premier competition this season. Speaking ahead of the quarter-final second leg clash at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, Ferguson claimed that the British press is “running away with sympathy [...]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is backing his strikeforce to fire the Reds into the Champions League semi-final. While the 69-year-old Scot is seemingly unlikely to deploy Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernández at Stamford Bridge tonight, the trio has now scored 50 goals between them this season. It’s the kind of firepower [...]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Another trip to Stamford Bridge, another controversial refereeing performance. Once again referee Martin Atkinson got the big calls wrong and they cost Manchester United dearly on Tuesday night as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea. Wayne Rooney’s superb first half strike had given United a deserved lead at the interval [...]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wayne Rooney starts for Manchester United at Stamford Bridge tonight after escaping FA censure this week. The 25-year-old appeared to strike Wigan Athletic midfielder James McCarthey with his elbow in Saturday’s 4-0 win for United but the FA could not act under its own rules. The former Everton player will either start the game on [...]
Friday, February 18, 2011
“When you join a club you want to do the best for yourself and for that club. That’s all,” said Fernando Torres on signing for Chelsea on the deadline day last month. Despite Liverpool fans’ angry protests, the player had no obligation to the Merseyside club above and beyond the contract he signed in 2007. Indeed, [...]
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
“I never kissed the Liverpool badge,” said Fernando Torres last week. “I see some players do that one week after they join a club but the romance in football has gone. It’s different now. People come and leave. When you join a club you want to do the best for yourself and for that club. [...]
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
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