Sir Alex Ferguson hailed the resilience of his Manchester United team after admitting they had been second best to Norwich for large parts of their 2-1 victory at Carrow Road, where Ryan Giggs netted a stoppage-time winner on his 900th appearance.
After falling behind to a close-range header from Paul Scholes on seven minutes, the Canaries rallied and forced David de Gea into a string of fine saves.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is extremely impressed with Swansea City's home record and suggests that the toughness of the Welsh outfit at Liberty Stadium should ensure survival in the Barclays Premier League.

Following last night's 1-1 draw with the Blues, the Swans are now nine points clear of the relegation zone with a little over a third of the season left to go.

Chelsea-Manchester United is live on Fox at 7:30 a.m. A preview is here. The "game before the game" marks the second live Barclays Premier League game in two weeks on Fox. On Jan. 22, Fox drew 1.3 million viewers nationwide for Arsenal's 1-2 loss to Manchester United, making it the

Why Fernando Frequently Fails to Fire - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Useless. Flop. Goddamn waste of money. Adjectives are not too hard to come by when Fernando Torres is the topic of discussion. Few footballers have fallen as far and as fast as the former Liverpool hit man has in the past 2 seasons.

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Founded in 1879 as Sunderland and District Teachers AFC, Sunderland joined the Football League in 1890 and went on to win the League the following season.

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Lille playmaker Eden Hazard has admitted that in addition to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal remain one of his desired destinations in the Barclays Premier League.

Former Gunner Emmanuel Petit, however, does not think the Belgian alone can make a difference at the Emirates.

Hazard, one of the most highly coveted players in the world at the moment, has made it clear that playing English football next season is a high priority for him.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech wants his teammates to revive their deteriorating campaign by winning at home to Birmingham City in the FA Cup tomorrow a feat that he realizes won't be easy to accomplish.

Birmingham suffered relegation last year but the Championship outfit has managed to become somewhat of a cup specialist, claiming the Carling Cup at Arsenal's expense at Wembley 12 months ago and now looking to send another London club packing out of the FA Cup.

Sunderland midfielder James McClean has been called into Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland squad for the friendly at Lansdowne Road on 29 February.
McClean tweeted after hearing the news of his international call-up: "Absolutely buzzin and honoured to be called up to represent my country.

Arsenal FC's out-of-favour attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin is on the radar of his former club Zenit St. Petersburg, the Russian club's officials have confirmed.

Coach Arsene Wenger signed Arshavin from his hometown club in January 2009 for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £15 million.

Arsenal FC's out-of-favour attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin is on the radar of his former club Zenit St. Petersburg, the Russian club's officials have confirmed.

Coach Arsene Wenger signed Arshavin from his hometown club in January 2009 for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £15 million.

Rafael Benitez's agent has reiterated his desire to return to work in England but stressed there had been no contact from Chelsea.

There have been several reports today that Chelsea had approached Benitez with a view to him replacing Andre Villas-Boas at Stamford Bridge. But Manuel Garcia Quilon told journalists that Chelsea had not been in touch.

We're still trudging through Mordor aren't we? Gary Cahill takes over as Frodo on this day, as he welcomes his former employer to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

We kind of need a win here. Yeah, we definitely need a win here.

What to say? We've been shit for some time now, and it really doesn't look like getting better soon.

It was a sure thing that the millions of Pounds pumped into Manchester City would play a huge role in their attempt to challenge for the Premier League title, but no one could have predicted how successful they would be in such little time.

With the arrival of Roberto Mancini came big money signings, Champions League football and an FA Cup ; all in the space of two years.

In this interview given just before the game with Tottenham H Freddie spoke at the launch of the Barclays Global Fans Survey – a survey by Barclays to find out the views of Barclays Premier League fans around the world. The interview appeared in the New Paper, Singapore. It is transcribed by Guo Sheng, to [.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojiech Szczesny has hailed skipper Robin van Persie as the best player in the Barclays Premier League, explaining that the Gunners have gotten used to the Dutchman netting multiple goals in almost every match.

Van Persie's goal in the 5-2 North London derby win over Tottenham Hotspur may have been the best, and also the most important goal in the match, but Szczesny joked that it was surprising to see the league's leading scorer score only once for a change.

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Both Arsenal and Chelsea have seen a dip in form lately and both are a full 17 points behind league leaders Manchester City.