Manchester United survived a scare at Old Trafford and booked a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, when they equalized in the final minutes against CSKA Moscow. A rejuvenated visiting side caught the defense of the Red Devils off-guard, as they took a lead in the first half with an excellent acute angle [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United booked its passage to the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League in dramatic and somewhat embarrassing fashion. If a side like CSKA Moscow can come to Old Trafford and score goals in the manner they did, I don't think the Special One at Inter Milan or Barcelona's Pep Guardiola will be having sleepless nights worrying about United's threat to their title hopes.

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What a comeback for Manchester United. The reds qualified for the Champions League knock-out stages after coming from two goals down to draw with CSKA Moscow in a dramatic game which saw Sir Alex...
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Goalkeeper: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)

Despite being on the losing side Akinfeev kept his team close with Manchester United testing him eight times and only finding the net once. The Russian international is a top-class keeper and denied the likes of Berbatov Valencia a number of times.

Centre-Back: Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla FC)

Squillaci has plenty of Champions League experience and is will be an important part of Sevilla's side if they want to make a run.

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Sunday's match between Manchester United and Liverpool has all the ingredients for an October classic: Fernando Torres v Nemanja Vidic. Antonio Valencia v Glen Johnson. Alex Ferguson v Rafa Benitez. All of it being played against the backdrop that one more loss for Liverpool would mean curtains on their title aspirations.

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United maintained their 100 per cent Uefa Champions League record after beating CSKA Moscow yesterday in Moscow. Antonio Valencia had fired a close range shot to beat Igor Akinfeev with an angled...
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Antonio Valencia's impact on the team has hardly been spectacular since his £16 million summer move from Wigan. But what a difference a goal can make. Well, two actually, and in back to back games to boot.

Goals breed confidence, and if Valencia is short of a little confidence, his latest performances in a United shirt will go some way to building it up.

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Nemanja Vidic has praised Antonio Valencia following the two winning goals he has scored in our past two matches.

Vidic reckons the pressure of filling Cristiano Ronaldo's boots had a negative effect on our winger but now we can expect to see more and more great things from Valencia.

"At the beginning of the season, Antonio had some difficulties because he was bought to replace Cristiano Ronaldo," said Vidic.

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Manchester United's purple patch continues. Antonio Valencia once again proved a worthy signing when he opened the score in the 85th minute following a good flick by Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United played magnificently in tough condition, as they came out as victorious side after a hard fought 0-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the Luzhniki Stadium. With the home side having four-game streak over English opposition (including Arsenal) without a loss, it was almost certain that they would produce an upset over the Runners Up [. Click to continue reading...

The first 45 minutes between CSKA Moscow and Manchester United was an insult to the legend that is the Luzhniki stadium. Less than two years ago, it was the scene of United's dramatic (with the Red Devils, when is it not so?) European Cup triumph over a tearful John Terry and company.

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It pains me to have to agree with Rafa Benitez. But Mr Zonal Marking is probably right. Not about zonal marking. But on the notion that the top teams will be losing more often this season as the league becomes more open and clubs realize that it's not illegal to play two forwards against the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea.

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Manchester United had overtaken Chelsea as the Premier League leaders after their hard fought 2-1 victory over Bolton Wanderers at Old Trafford. Michael Owen and Antonio Valencia were United's goalscorers. Taylor scored a textbook header from a Kevin Davies cross. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United took the lead after a Michael Owen header deflected off Zat Knight in to the back of the net, before Antonio Valencia scored his first United goal to give us a 2-0 lead. Matt Taylor pulled one back for the visitors, leading to a nervous last ten minutes after squandering plenty of chances up until that point, but it ended with three points for United and us going back on top.

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Manchester United climbed to the top of the table in the Barclays English Premier League after defeating Bolton 2-1 at Old Trafford. The defeat of Chelsea at Aston Villa means United get a 1 point advantage over the Blues. The game started perfectly for United as they were a goal ahead within the opening 5 minutes. Click to continue reading...

With Chelsea playing Liverpool tomorrow, this was an ideal chance to get a leap forward on both of our biggest title rivals....At the end it was not to be. And to be completely honest we were again...
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Valencia C.F David Silva has been linked with Scouser this summer, but the press suggests that the 23 years old Spanish international winger would prefer Manchester United to Liverpool.
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- Following the media reports during the week that Anderson and Sir Alex Ferguson had a big bust up ahead of the Community Shield because he wasn't picked, I can reveal that there is an element in truth to it. On the Friday before the Chelsea game Anderson kicked off massively with Federico Macheda on the training ground.

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Like at Burnley a few days before, Manchester United were struggling to break Wigan down on Saturday and went in to half time with a 0-0 scoreline.

Ten minutes after the restart Antonio Valencia was on the ball and whipped in an inch-perfect cross to Wayne Rooney's head, which he buried in the back of the net.

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. Premier League Defending Champions, Manchester United bounced back in style after their shock defeat at the hands of minnows Burnley as they slapped Wigan Athletic with 0-5 loss at home. After a mediocre half time performance that saw Wigan holding United 0-0, the latter totally dominated the second half. Click to continue reading...

United kick off their Premier League defence at home to Birmingham tomorrow with a squad not much different from that of last season. Obviously there were a couple of big name departures but the high profile replacements many expected never materialised and with the possible exception of Antonio Valencia, United will field a team of seasoned Reds when they kick off tomorrow.

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May 27th was a day of mixed emotions for me. On the one hand my club suffered a devastating loss that led many to question whether or not they could remain a world class side. On the other, my girlfriend experienced bloodlust for the first time, as obnoxious Barcelona fans nearly caused a small scale riot in our section of the bar.

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.Carlo Ancelotti was given a grand welcome by his new team as Chelsea beat Manchester United 4-1 on penalties. A closely poised match played at the Wembley saw both teams standing at 2-2 at the end of match time. But The Blues emerged victorious on penalties and saw Fergie fuming at the referee in the [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United's Portuguese midfielder Nani could miss the start of the Premier League season after dislocating his shoulder during the Community Shield against Chelsea at Wembley.
Nani, who scored the opening goal in the Wembley showpiece that ended 2-2 before Chelsea won on penalties, left the field in obvious pain after 60 minutes clutching his arm and was replaced by new signing Antonio Valencia.

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"Antonio's performance was the most exciting part of the night for me," said Ferguson on Wednesday. "He has power and speed. Coming to our club, he has taken up the challenge and played with a lot of purpose."

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So United took on Valencia in a match that I (for some reason) thought was supposed to be the Testimonial for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Perhaps not? Regardless, a rather young United side managed to knock two past their Spanish counterparts and managed to look rather convincing in the process.

Second half goals from Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley (both assisted by a once again impressive Antonio Valencia) gave United the victory, and made me even more excited about this Sunday's Charity Shield match against Chelsea.

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Join me as I check in with what has been happening in and around the English Premier League over the last week.
Elano seals Gala switch
Bojinov set for Parma move
Two less bodies to choose from.
Petrov fitness a worry for Villa

Aston Villa are sweating over the fitness of their Player Of The Year Stiliyan Petrov who suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Peace Cup clash with Atlante.

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Not to be overshadowed by Ronaldo's first goal for Real only yesterday, ex-teammate Anderson and new United recruit Antonio Valencia, stepped in to deliver the goods and to have their respective goal scoring cherries "popped" in a Red Devils shirt. Heck, it only took Anderson 77 matches to do so, but it was well worth the wait I guess. Click to continue reading...