Stuff to read while you steal a truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic*...... The hypocrisy of Zidane? (Guardian Unlimited) And Zidane is angry at other people, as well. (France WCB) Does Berba have Spanish ulterior motives? (SoccerLens) More love for the lovable Werder Bremen. Click to continue reading...

Highlights



0 - 1 W.Rooney 22'



0 - 2 D.Berbatov 55'



0 - 3 D.Berbatov 71'



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Everything about Dimitar Berbatov has been fairly casual since joining Manchester United. Whilst I'm more than happy to give him time to settle in, some people have already begun to get on his case a bit for being lazy. I think we have to be mindful that Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored 149 goals in 217 [. Click to continue reading...

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Click here to see Wayne Rooney's goal, here to see Berbatov's first, and here to see his second. "VIDEO: Rooney and Berbatov's Goals Against Aalborg" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

The former Tottenham Hotspur manager Terry Venables has claimed that Dimitar Berbatov was a "poisonous presence" at the club. Click to continue reading...

I could not believe what I was reading when I woke up this morning, former England manager Terry Venables says that the trouble that Tottenham are in right now is Berbatov's fault. It was obvious to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

Rivals Manchester United and Manchester City are to lock horns in a battle to sign Lyon striker Karim Benzema. The French international has become of of Europe's hottest properties in recent months and he has caught the eye of both Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson in particular.

Lyon recently said they would not let Benzema leave for anything less than £80 million, a price that City could certainly meet now they are super rich. Click to continue reading...

The headlines wrote themselves this morning for all the wrong reasons. Rob Styles' itchy whistle finger contrived to invent a new type of offence for awarding a penalty of which he is yet to explain to the media.

It was pretty clear to everyone that it wasn't a penalty and Styles was spooked by the OT faithful and immediately blew.

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has sensationally revealed that Wayne Rooney could have to play off the bench for most of this season as summer signing Dimitar Berbatov eases into the mix at Old Trafford. The 22-year-old England star joined United from Everton four years ago and has been an . Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex Ferguson left Rooney on the bench today and Ronaldo, Tevez and Berbatov started up front but the main talking point was Cristiano Ronaldo yet again. Bolton started off at a great pace,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers; Old Trafford, Saturday 27th September, 1500.

VdS returns against Bolton after a shaky start to the season with Kuszcak ruled out with a groin injury. There was always a chance United would name rookie keeper Ben Amos in the starting line up but it was felt that thinking man's neanderthal, Kevin Davies, and the aerial bombardment he will undoubtedly receive, would be too much of a fiery baptism.

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Tottenham defender Gareth Bale will be top of Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez's wish list when the January transfer window opens, according to the Sun.

Spurs have endured a terrible start to the season and currently sit rock bottom on two points from their opening five matches.

Having already lost Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane over the summer, Spurs coach Juande Ramos will be loathe to lose another of his key players. Click to continue reading...

Given the more than encouraging start Carlos Tevez has made to the 2008/2009 season it was a surprise to read the Manchester United team sheet for the weekend´s game against Chelsea and see the Argentinian relegated to the substitutes bench. Sir Alex Ferguson instead opted to partner Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney upfront. Click to continue reading...

I have never been a fan of Nicolas Anelka so I know I am totally biased against him. Actually, that isn't totally true, when he was a teenager at Arsenal I was as impressed with him as was everybody else. It is since he left Arsenal that he has been such a disappointment. Watching Chelsea play against Manchester United on Sunday, I couldn't help but feel that Anelka looked totally out of place. Click to continue reading...

United took the lead after 18 minutes through Park, who finished from close range after Petr Cech saved a low drive from Dimitar Berbatov following excellent work by Patrice Evra. Chelsea drew level when substitute Kalou rose unmarked in the visiting penalty area to head home a John Obi Mikel free-kick with 10 minutes remaining. Click to continue reading...

Park Ji-Sung was the surprise goalscorer in United's 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge today, capitalising from Petr Cech's inability to cling on to the ball, following a shot from Dimitar Berbatov. "It was disappointing to only get one point," Park said after the match. "In the first half we played well and created good chances - [. Click to continue reading...

1. There is absolutely nothing to choose between these two sides this season. Expect the tightest title race in years as both clubs could go the distance. 2. Dimitar Berbatov cannot defend. Salomon Kalou ghosted past the ex-Tottenham man to grab the equaliser. 3. Sir Alex Ferguson is not stupid. It seems his talk of having "no [. Click to continue reading...

But Park is starting. Swings and roundabouts.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Obi, Joe Cole, Deco Ballack, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka. Subs: Cudicini, Drogba, Ballack, Bridge, Kalou, Alex, Belletti.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Scholes, Park, Berbatov, Rooney.

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The Reds Devils take on Chelsea this weekend, the naysayers would have it that if we lose this game it will turn out to be catastrophic for the Champions. Given United's poor start to the new campaign there are reasons to be concerned.

Going into the 'biggest game of the season" so far, Scolari's team are rightly massive favourites. Click to continue reading...

Russian international striker Roman Pavlyuchenko joined Tottenham Hotspur from Spartak Moscow to replace Dimitar Berbatov. And, although he has not found it that tough to settle in the Premier League, he has spoken of the differences he has encountered in his first few weeks in England. "Everything was unusual for me. Click to continue reading...

His English needs some serious work. He's put what I believe to be a decent statement out to the press tonight but because his English isn't that great, his point isn't put across as well as it could be.

"We need to improve, little by little. It could be 10, 12 or 15 games. No limit.

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Spurs director Damien Comolli will be relieved of his duties after failing to find a suitable replacement for Dimitar Berbatov, according to The Mirror. Comolli, charged with recruiting a world class striker to replace Berbatov - who joined Manchester United for £30.75million - missed out on a number of their priority targets, including an audacious attempt [. Click to continue reading...

With Dimitar Berbatov unable to play against Villarreal tonight, there's every possibility that we'll get to see our first sighting of new signing Manucho, who joined the club last season. As United trained at Carrington yesterday ahead of tonight's match, all eyes were on Cristiano Ronaldo. However, I'm far more interested to see what our Angolan [. Click to continue reading...

Carrick, Berbatov, Scholes....These are just a few of the players that will not participate in Wednesdays Champions League clash against the runners-up in La Liga, Villareal. Carrick suffered a broken metatarsal at Anfield. Berbatov also suffered an injury at the hands of Liverpool. United will also be with out Paul Scholes. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man United
The big match of the weekend was undoubtedly Liverpool against Manchester United, and for a change, the Reds had the upper hand. But it didn't look like it would go that way early on. Carlos Tevez put United into the lead in the third minute, sliding the ball home from a nice pull back from the newly signed Dimitar Berbatov.

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The most recent performance by the team currently masquerading as the reigning Champions of Europe seems to validate a preseason fear held by many a United fan: Carlos Queiroz will be (and is) sorely missed. While C. Ronaldo's failed move to King Franco FC dominated the headlines this summer, the departure of Ferguson's two-time number two is clearly having the greatest impact on the new season.

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Ramos was the pick of the Premiership managers last season.

But this season at Spurs is not going swimmingly well. Spurs lost to Aston Villa, 1-2 and now lie at the bottom of the table. Their worst start in 34 years. The good news is that the Premiership season is just a month old.

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The leaders went into the weekend level on points, both facing Mancunian opposition. Liverpool met fire with fire at Anfield, defeating Manchester United 2 - 1 to briefly claim top spot. Dimitar Berbatov's debut turned out to be a damp squib despite setting up Carlos Tevez for the opener with barely three minutes on the [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United versus Villarreal CF, Wednesday September 16th 1945 BST

Well, you learn something new everyday. Apparently, Villarreall's nickname is El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine)! I'm not going to go all tabloid and start coming up cheesy headlines to do with 'sinking' the submarine, Berbatov scoring with 'depth charges' or a spurious link to the Yellow Submarine being inspired by a long and heavy association with mind-altering drugs.

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Berba, Heskey, Ronaldo and a wet hen - quite a motley collection, but wrapped up in this riddle are two important lessons. First, a trap that United need to avoid to make best use of Berbatov; and second, the only thing our beloved Cristiano needs to do to improve on last season's performance. The Heskey Trap Back [. Click to continue reading...

To say that United have started the season sluggishly would be something of an understatement with just four points in the bag from three games. Our performances thus far have been way short of the benchmark set by the Champions. In sharp contrast rivals Chelsea have started like a train, winning all but one of their four games which sees them sitting top of the table. Click to continue reading...

For my money, Diego Milito is the single biggest steal of the 2008 summer transfer window. He's a 15-20+ goal a season striker whose ability to provide the teamwork of a target man is so underappreciated, and yet Genoa got him for the measly sum of €8m. Well today he made his second rossoblu debut [. Click to continue reading...

In the aftermath of what turned out to be an Anfield horror show on Saturday by the Red Devils, Fergie hinted that he was a little bit perplexed as to why new signing Dimitar Berbatov didn't build on this excellent contribution which led to United taking the lead in the opening minutes of a pulsating clash. Click to continue reading...