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Jonjo Shelvey has enjoyed sporadic chances

Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has moved on loan to Blackpool, as he has been unable to break into Kenny Dalglish's first-team this season.

Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez missed the Basel game

Sir Alex Ferguson expects forwards Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez to return from injury for Manchester United against Norwich

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale believes Emmanuel Adebayor is exactly the sort of striker the club needed to bolster their chances of finishing in the top four this season.

 Cristiano Ronaldo has branded the refereeing in Real Madrid's Champions League meeting with Dinamo Zagreb as "shameful".

Di Maria seals victory for 10-man Real
Real emerged as 1-0 victors over Dinamo

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Odense striker, Peter Utaka, has asked Super Eagles’ Coach, Samson Siasia for more playing time so he could reproduce his club form for the country.

The highly-rated Utaka said that his goals for the Nigerians Super Eagles have suddenly dried up while he continues to score

The Liverpool reserve team striker Nathan Eccleston is facing an investigation by the club for comments made on Twitter about the atrocities of 9/11.

Eccleston, 20, has caused outrage after his tweet on the 10th anniversary of the attack claimed it was "an accident" and pointed the finger of blame at the "Illuminati"

Ming retires, ready to take the next step

Ming Retires, Ready to TakeThe Next Step

Torres has been woefully out of touch since his £50million move from Liverpool in January, hitting the target just once.
Emenalo believes the Spain striker is missing the influence of the Reds' midfield, who supplied him with the ammunition to fire 81 goals in 126 appearances while at Anfield.

the 30 players have arrived at the Super Eagles' hotel camp in Abuja ahead of Wednesday's international friendly against their Argentine counterparts.
The duo of Chibuzor Okonkwo and Ehiosun Ekigho had already breezed into the Nigerian capital ahead of the 1pm deadline of Monday handed to the playing personnel of the Super Eagles.

In spite of losing the prestigious (WAFU) trophy to Togo in the final on Saturday game, Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach, Mr Ike Shorunmu, believes that the future of the players who represented Nigeria in the competition is still ahead of them.

Who do you think will win this one? The English FA do want Manchester United to win the league for very obvious reason, I know Chelsea will be frustrated by the officiating referee (Howard Webb e.t.c). Do you think Chelsea can steal this one?

Chelsea limps out of EPL’s title race with whimper  Manchester United celebrated like champion at Ol
d Trafford after a 36-second opener from Javier Hernandez and a Nemanja Vidic’s header took the team to the brink of a record 19th league title.
One point from the final two games against relegation-threatened Blackburn next Saturday and Blackpool on the final day of the season will be enough to seal a championship, which will take Man U past the mark Liverpool has been on for so long.

Sir Alex Ferguson felt victory over closest rival, Chelsea, was worthy of a couple of bows to the Stretford End, as he knows, as do all United's rivals, that the prospect of them not getting over the line now is unthinkable.

United is now certain to win a record 19th title thanks to its 2–1 victory over Chelsea. Built up, as the title decider for a week, so important Ferguson selected a shadow side for a Champions League semi-final, these matches are so often a disappointment. Not this one. Not when United was ahead so quickly.

Carlo Ancelotti must have been devastated to concede quite so simply so early in the game. He made his feelings known about that in the aftermath as he berated David Luiz from the touchline. Hernandez was not hanging about to consider it, darting forward before burying his 20th goal of the season into the bottom corner.
Old Trafford erupted and then watched spellbound as their team produced an awesome display of attacking power. Wayne Rooney was agonisingly close on two occasions, Hernandez should have tucked home Park's far-post cross despite Luiz's touch. Park himself brought an excellent save from Petr Cech.

From the latter effort, United gained the corner that brought its second as first for Salomon Kalou, then Branislav Ivanovic fell asleep. Kalou's crime was to allow Park to race past him and play a short corner with Giggs. The Ivorian was then beaten too easily as Giggs nipped to the byline before dropping a cross into the heart of Chelsea's box where Vidic strode past fellow Serb, Ivanovic, and powered home from close range.
Chelsea players did create opportunities themselves. Edwin van der Sar made an excellent save to repel Kalou and Didier Drogba went close on a couple of occasions. But those chances came against the backdrop of a game set up exactly as the Red Devils would wish, which made the otherwise outstanding Rooney's decision to react to the baiting he was receiving from the visiting fans all the more puzzling.

Having expressed his concern about United being on the wrong end of a refereeing decision, Ferguson could at least console himself his side had established a winning position before Howard Webb turned down their penalty appeals for what seemed a clear Frank Lampard handball to block Antonio Valencia's cross.
With no comeback in sight, Fernando Torres became the third Chelsea replacement after an hour.
Having spent big in January to land some silverware, owner Roman Abramovich must be wondering whether his £75million has been invested wisely given Luiz, an accident waiting to happen on this occasion, had understandably been taken off at the break, along with John Obi Mikel.