Owen Hargreaves’s strangely peripheral role at Manchester United is not down to poor form but disciplinary issues, The Times can reveal. In particular, Sir Alex Ferguson is known to have been angered by the player’s poor timekeeping, with Hargreaves turning up late for several team meetings.
Signed for a projected fee of £20.2 million from [...]

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Arsenal and Liverpool drew 1-1 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg encounter at the Emirates Stadium.
Emmanuel Adebayor gave Arsenal a 23rd minute lead but Dirk Kuyt equalised within three minutes to claim a vital away goal for Liverpool.
Rafa Benitez’s side withstood strong second-half pressure, which included claims for a penalty by Alexander Hleb and [...]

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Chelsea lost their unbeaten record in this season’s Champions League as Fenerbahce came from a goal down to win 2-1 in the first leg of their quarter-final in Istanbul.
The visitors took an early lead at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium thanks to Deivid’s own-goal before substitute and former Sheffield United player Colin Kazim-Richards - now known [...]

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Manchester United have one foot in the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Roma 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 36th goal of the season - and his seventh in Europe - before Wayne Rooney scored a second to give the Premier League side an advantage of two away goals to [...]

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This morning, whilst wading through my daily intake of news and sport, i came across an interesting article. This particular news piece, found in the BBC’s football pages, raised a question that i myself have been asking for some time, and until now, with few conclusions.
The question is essentially very simple; why [...]

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So it a wierd twist of fate, Man Utd will play AS Roma yet again in the Champions League tonight.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is optimistic that goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and defender Patrice Evra will be fit to face AS Roma in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Stadio Olimpico.
While [...]

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Newcastle United lifted themselves clear of the relegation battle with an emphatic 4-1 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Operating in a 4-3-3 formation, Tottenham took the lead thanks to a Darren Bent header midway through the first half, though gaps were appearing in the midfield and defence, and Nicky Butt pulled Newcastle level on [...]

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