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Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany recently return to first-team action, but not with his club team. He made his return with the Belgian national team in the match against Macedonia, which has drawn criticism of the Manchester city manager. Roberto Mancini has criticised the Belgium manager, Marc Wilmots, after he decided to select and field the 26-year-old in the match against Macedonia.
David Luiz has assured the media and fans alike that Chelsea are keen for success in the Europa League.
The Blues, who lifted the Champions League trophy last May, are in Romania for the first leg of their last sixteen tie, and ahead of the game Luiz has insisted the club have the hunger to go all the way in the competition.
The arrival of the former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has made a significant difference to the fortunes of QPR in the last few weeks. Even though they still remain bottom of the table, they have collected several points since the arrival of Redknapp. Redknapp said a few weeks ago that he would like to strengthen the squad in the January transfer window by bringing in a few and selling several players.
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The Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed that the Argentine striker Sergio Aguero is a major doubt for the match against Arsenal after a fortnight. The former Atletico Madrid striker has been one of the best players at the club since his £ 38 million move from the Spanish club more than a year ago.
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The Argentina and Newcastle United defender Fabricio Coloccini has praised the Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella after his excellent start to the career as the national team manager of Argentina. Since taking over of the national team, he has been able to guide the team to 8 victories in the last 10 matches.
The Fulham manager Martin Jol has said that the team certainly missed the presence of the former Tottenham and Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov in the match against Manchester city. Fulham recently lost to the home match against Manchester city 2-1 in the most dramatic circumstances. They managed to take the lead in the first half through a penalty, but the Manchester city striker Sergio Aguero scored just before the break.
The Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that his side easily produced the best football of the season in the 3-0 win over Newcastle United during the weekend. Manchester United were coming into the match after being defeated by Tottenham at Old Trafford last weekend. There were many similarities between the defeat they suffered against Tottenham and this fixture, with the only difference being the winning team at the end of the match.
