Patrice Evra has told reporters of the pain that him and his United teammates are feeling following their 2-0 loss to rivals Liverpool. United were defeated by a Fernando Torres goal, and a late David N'gog goal added salt to United's wounds.

"Normally when United play we create at least five or six clear chances, but we only had the one when Valencia hit the crossbar.

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I really have only one thing to say about yesterday's performance. My girlfriend and I were out to dinner Friday night and the topic of the Liverpool match came up. She asked me if I was nervous/if she should avoid being in the apartment Sunday morning and I (like an idiot) told her the following.

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I really have only one thing to say about yesterday's performance. My girlfriend and I were out to dinner Friday night and the topic of the Liverpool match came up. She asked me if I was nervous/if she should avoid being in the apartment Sunday morning and I (like an idiot) told her the following.

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They call him Mr. Chelsea, and Blues skipper John Terry certainly lived up to that billing when he recently decided to take control of the financial aspect of the women's football team at Stamford Bridge. The economy certainly hit the Chelsea� ladies very hard as a significant portion of their funding from previous years was slashed this season.

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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While Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has� clearly� enjoyed his Spain side cruise to the World Cup 2010 finals with a perfect record (and no goals conceded at home), he has spoken to Arsenal.com to offer some backing to a couple of his teammates who won't be appearing in the showpiece event next summer.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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.It is a little early in the season to suggest any game is must-win for any team, although Portsmouth fans approach every match in that frame of mind. Liverpool will not fall out of the title race if they fail to win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but defeat could prove extremely costly. The Reds [.. Click to continue reading...

After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form� went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of� Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their� perfect record at home against� Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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The first defeat of the season is always the most tricky one to deal with. Perhaps that explains why some feel that the earlier it comes, the better. At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, a determined young Arsenal squad made a typically flying start to the campaign.

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Premier League fans in the United States will once again get the chance to see Burnley take on their new Premiership opposition. This week it comes in the form of Sunderland at Turf Moor.

When the schedule was initially released before the season started, I doubt that many people were circling this date on their calendars.

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After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form� went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of� Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their� perfect record at home against� Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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Stoke City may be a small club, but that never seems to faze them when they walk out in front of the crowd at The Britannia. Saturday was no different.

Chelsea was visiting, and they brought their undefeated record with them, too. Stoke was ready for a battle, though. It's pretty hard to describe how different Stoke is as a team when they are playing at home.

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. Phil Brown's Hull City put the disastrous defeat in midweek to spurs firmly behind them with a win over Bolton at the KC Stadium. It was not, however, a resounding roar for the The Tigers but rather a timid meow as the solitary goal in their 1-0 victory came completely against [...] Click to continue reading...

European champions Barcelona ended their dominant pre-season with a frustrating 1-0 defeat at the hands of a defiant Manchester City side in front of around 90,000 fans at Catalonia's huge Camp Nou Stadium. While I will stay consistent with one of my previous articles by conceding that pre-season results carry little materiality, tonight's game should go a long way in demonstrating just how foolish it is to write off Mark Hughes' flamboyant, new-look Sky Blues.

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A capacity crowd of more than 78,000 was in attendance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday. At the full time whistle, Giants Stadium appeared to be a sight of gross injustice more than anything else. After resiliently fighting with their third-string side for the entire tournament, the Americans finally fell to their bitter regional rivals, Mexico, albeit very harshly.

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While the summer months toil away and the transfer rumors get even more boring (or exciting if you're a Football Manager fan), football fans around the world start to get excited for their club's upcoming season. Will your club succeed? Will they fail? Will your star player remain healthy? Who will Joey Barton hit next?

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When I came across this morning's comments provided by the agent of Barcelona ace Samuel Eto'o, the first word that came to my mind was diplomatic. Mr. Mesalles, who has been instrumental in promoting Eto'o to interested parties ever since Barca's treble-winning season came to an end, stated that� the Cameroon international� preferred to see out the one year that is left on his Barcelona contract.

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So it's finally come to an end. The most protracted and annoying transfer saga in Manchester United history has ended with Cristiano Ronaldo finally getting his wish to look absolutely fabulous in all white whilst topping up his tan in the Spanish Sun.

Some will inevitably see the deal, and his request for it, as inconclusive proof of their belief he is an evil, diabolical, ungrateful little grasping greasy foreign **** who should be strung up and paddled for the sheer gall of wanting to play for anyone but Manchester United.

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After Saturday's match, Manchester United defender Patrice Evra spoke about the game criticising Arsenal's 'physical' approach. Evra received several kicks from Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and co. He said: "I dont know why they tried to kick me. They must be jealous I'll play in a Champions League final. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal last won the league at Old Trafford in 2002 after Sylvain Wiltord clinched the title with his famous goal, or even more infamous celebration. Things have changed massively since then though, Arsenal have moved into a new stadium, United are arguably the best club in the world and the north Londoners have Mikael [. Click to continue reading...

I am not quite sure how much of an audience an article about the German Bundesliga can get, but I will still give it a shot. After all, if there is one league that has continued to offer an air-tight title race throughout the year, it has to be the German first division. With two games to go, as many as four teams� have a realistic chance of being crowned� champions.

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A very impressive Stoke City side continued to march up the table by handing Hull City a shock 2-1 defeat at the KC Stadium this afternoon. In all fairness, Phil Brown's Tigers were completely outplayed and had it not been for defender Andy Dawson's last minute consolation, the final score would have been a little too embarrassing for the hosts.

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One of the most talked about incidents towards the end of the controversial Chelsea-Barcelona semifinal in the midweek was the reaction of Chelsea's German midfielder Michael Ballack as he protested against� one of the many refereeing blunders made that night. Ballack raced towards the official and came within inches of getting physical with the infamous Norwegian.

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Manchester United's 3-1 second leg victory over Arsenal at the Emirates (and, on top of that, it was 4-1 on aggregate) showed the world many things about these two sides. While United deserve all of the accolades that they are getting following this match, few people are mentioning Arsenal's absolute embarrassment at home and their inability to win anything.

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With Aston Villa defeating Hull City 1-0 last night, Premier League fans had to settle once again for an ordinary season at the top of the table. While a few of the places are a bit different (Liverpool ahead of Chelsea?), once again the normal culprits have all locked up European spots.

Even as a United fan, the dullness and predictability of the top half of the table is a bit disheartening.

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A victory at Fratton Park will guarantee Arsenal fourth place and Champions League football for next term, but Arsene Wenger's focus will surely be on this season's competition and Tuesday's semi-final, second leg against Manchester United. The Gunners were highly-fortunate to come away from Old Trafford with a 1-0 defeat and with a titanic clash looming [. Click to continue reading...

If this news story is any indication, then Arsenal is in for a pretty good 2009/10 Premier League season. Wolverhampton is back in the Premier League for next season, after securing their promotion spot this past weekend, by beating QPR at home 1-0. The last time that Wolves were up, during the 2003/04 season, Arsenal had their glorious undefeated season.

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Having lost out to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final at the weekend, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that his young team have enough in the tank to possibly steal the title from the grasp of Manchester United. In the Premiership latest Wenger has suggested that his team are not prepared to [. Click to continue reading...

Two Cockney titans will pit their wits against each other in a couple of hours time. North London giants Arsenal take on West London minnows Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-fina at Wembley. Domestically, the Gunners are in 4th place of the Premier League table and are within 6 points of the Blues. Arsene Wenger's [. Click to continue reading...

As soon as the final whistle was blown at the Dragao last night, Manchester United confirmed its place in one of the two UEFA Champions League semifinals.� Who was� the� opponent?� A young� Arsenal side� that had� already� been penciled in� as one of the semifinalists, around half an hour before United, courtesy of an emphatic 3-0 thrashing of Villarreal.

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Following last week's Champions League quaterfinal first legs, the remaining eight teams have a very clear view of what they need to do this week. With two English sides in action today and another two tomorrow, fans around the country are all anxiously awaiting their team's kickoff.

Here are my predictions for the matches:

Bayern Munich v Barcelona

I know what you're thinking.

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Following last week's Champions League quaterfinal first legs, the remaining eight teams have a very clear view of what they need to do this week. With two English sides in action today and another two tomorrow, fans around the country are all anxiously awaiting their team's kickoff.

Here are my predictions for the matches:

Bayern Munich v Barcelona

I know what you're thinking.

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Every little kid dreams of scoring the winning goal for their favorite football club. On Sunday at Old Trafford, that dream became reality for one kid.

After a Gabriel Agbonlahor goal put Aston Villa up 2-1 in the 58th minute, Sir Alex turned to an unsuspecting bench player. Federico Macheda, a mere 17-year-old Italian boy, was given his first playing time for United in one of Manchester United's biggest matches of the season.

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