Having mastered the art of kicking teammates, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now moved on to slapping opponents. Zlatan was sent off in the 64th minute of Milan's 0-0 draw against Napoli for reaching around teammate Antonio Nocerino to slap Salvatore Aronica in the face. If the slap is ruled to be a violent gesture, then Ibra will have to serve a three-match ban.

Morning all.

We'd best start with the bad news this morning and that's Jack Wilshere. He's suffered a 'little setback' according to Arsene Wenger and although the manager was obviously trying to play it down a bit, saying he couldn't put a timeframe on it because Jack has to see consultants, the fear is that this could keep him out for at least 6-8 weeks, if not the rest of the season.

The Telegraph talks about the letter Sir Alex has written to fans attending Anfield at the weekend.

The Express reveals Scholes' fear of returning to play.

The United Religion compares Lindegaard with De Gea.

Red Flag Flying High has the latest on our players out on loan.

The Daily Mail reckons Paul Pogba is off to Juventus.

Dateline 22 January 2012, this date will go down in history, it is the date the fans at the Emirates turned on Arsene Wenger.

The fans booed the team off at half-time and were rewarded when youngster Nico Yennaris replaced the hapless and hopeless Djourou who becomes a bigger liability every time he puts on an Arsenal shirt.

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This just appeared on Vincent Kompany's official Facebook page; a personally written note touching on the Manchester City captain's failure to get his red card against Manchester United overturned yesterday...

All-in-all, right or wrong, a very level-headed and considered response from an impressively intelligent footballer.

Last summer, Liverpool rather famously spent big on players who created chances. To many, they paid far too much for far too little and the results haven't lived up to the expenditure, but regardless of whether one agreed with the approach at least there was a clearly identifiable approach: Find the Premier League players who created the most scoring opportunities and then start throwing money in their general direction.

Torres was a name that struck fear into opposition hearts not long after joining Liverpool. With 33 goals in all competitions in his first season at Liverpool, no one could doubt his pedigree. By the time he left for Chelsea ...
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Firstly, let me just start by saying Newcastle thoroughly deserved their win and it was a win by United more than a loss by Manchester. They were never allowed to settle on the ball, from the off. Newcastle also took the game to them, showed no fear whatsoever, gave no respect and pressed on with [..

Dalglish: "Luis has made a brilliant statement. So we'll stand right beside him"

Manager refuses to say anything else for fear of getting in trouble

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BBC Sport Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger unhappy after loss to Fulham.

Over the past year or so, football experts have taken a shot at trying to troubleshoot Arsenal's predisposition to losing games which they had already had won. Many comments focused on the squad's lack of defensive strength but I have a different take on the problem

It's not the defenders that cause Arsenal's fragility, it's the attitude of the manager who almost never holds his players accountable for their mistakes, blames everyone else around him when they lose, and so consequently, his players have no fear.

'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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'Bring it on' Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists New Year meeting with Manchester City holds no fear for his side

The Reds' influential talisman claims his side are relishing the prospect of facing the Premier League leaders and hopes they can carry their positive momentum into the New Year

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Gerrard: I can't wait to get stuck into Man City next

Skipper insists Reds don't fear league leaders

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Steven Gerrard: Liverpool don't fear Manchester City

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is relishing a New Year trip to Barclays Premier League pace-setters Manchester City next week. The England international scored as the Reds beat Newcastle 3-1 on Friday night.

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Gerrard No fear of City

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists the Reds have nothing to fear from their trip to Manchester City at the start of 2012.

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Stevie: Bring on City

Steven Gerrard insists Liverpool will have no fear of facing Manchester City in the first game of the New Year after the skipper helped the Reds return to winning ways by netting the final goal of 2011 in the 3-1 win over Newcastle United on Friday night.

Chris Smalling facing three months out: What the back pages say

Manchester United fear key defender Chris Smalling could be out for three months with glandular fever. Also, Thierry Henry has told Arsene Wenger he wants to accept Arsenal's contract offer and play for them again.

Liverpool fear Luis Suarez will have ban extended to 10 games by the FA – report

With written details of the striker's punishment for racial abuse set to be released, the governing body is reportedly likely to extend the suspension if the Reds appeal

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First of all, no this is not some kind of 4-month-early-April-Fools prank. According to some quite reliable sources, Arsene Wenger is considering making a sensational re-signing of Thierry Henry on a short-term loan deal for Arsenal.

Without Robin Van Persie, Arsenal have looked very short for options up front with Maroune Chamakh not on great form, whilst they will lose both Chamakh and Gervinho to the African Cup Of Nations next month leaving them with Van Persie, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chu-Young.

Arsene Wenger's worse fear regarding one of his Arsenal's players health condition turns out to be true after the manager found out that his defender, Kieran Gibbs, will still be out for at least another month after suffering a setback.

Gibbs has actually been sidelined since October due to a hernia removal surgery but the player has started training not long ago and scheduled to return around this Christmas period, but unfortunately there's still a problem with his health condition.

Premier League Christmas special: Every team discussed

Tuesday sees the start of an exhilarating two weeks of Premier League action. Sportsmail answers four key questions to establish whether the 20 sides go will be full of Christmas cheer or festive fear.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has sung the praises of Manchester United's Brazilian twins, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, and hopes that the injuries which have seen them miss so much of the season so far will become more infrequent the older they get.

"The two of them are terrific talents," said Ferguson.

Dalglish admits fear over Gerrard injury

Liverpool boss said without proper diagnosis the ankle infection could have threatened his career

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So FIFA refuse to bring in goal-line technology in fear it would slow the game, well here's an alternative tested by former Norwegian internationals Lars Bohinen, Jan Age Fjortoft and Tomas Myre, on Live TV. Click the cc button for English subtitles, then let us know who you would like to use the shock treatment on, me personally it would have to be Joey Barton.

Former Barcelona coach Cesar Menotti believes that Real Madrid are afraid of Barca ever since they were beaten 5-0 in La Liga last season.

The Blaugrana hammered the Santiago Bernabeu side in November 2010, and Menotti feels that Madrid have never really recovered since that heavy loss at Camp Nou, despite having met several more times after that game.

Hard to believe, but roughly one third of this year's Premier League season has been played already, and some clubs are starting to look over their shoulder with a nagging worry. They're looking at their current squad and manager, and they wonder: is it enough? Will we make it?
Sunderland's Steve Bruce is this year's first managerial sacking, surely brought on by a lack of results, but also a niggling fear of not surviving in the Premiership.

Liverpool find out extent of Lucas Leiva's injury to left knee

Liverpool fear key Brazilian midfielder Lucas could be out for six months with knee ligament damage. Lucas, 24, was stretchered off following a collision with Ryan Bertrand at Stamford Bridge.

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Tottenham are currently in a spot of bother in the Europa League as they find themselves 2-1 down to Greek side PAOK. Spurs went two goals down, which was hilarious to an onlooking Benoit Assou Akotto who declared that he was laughing out loud as PAOK took the lead. Meanwhile, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere was [.

I have decided (or realized, which ever came first) that I am over-tired and burnt. I need a little breather, so I'm gonna be scarce this week. It's almost silly season again and I need my strength, don't want to be caught napping then.Do not fear: Will has a big ol' MLS series planned and I still have a few promised posts that I keep forgetting to spring on you after I'm recharged - including

The Record Remains Intact

By Tony Attwood

It was the thing that nightmares are made of to lose two of our most prestigious records in one season: the "49″, and being unbeaten in the league through a whole season.

Now only one fear remains that Man City will spend another £100m in the [.

Adam living Anfield dream

Charlie Adam insists a summer switch to Liverpool held no fear for him, with his rapid rise allowing him to fulfil his footballing dreams.

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Manchester City convincing performance in the premier league this season gave the impression that they will stroll their way in winning the title, especially with the ability to still hold unbeaten record until 12 matches.

However, this condition doesn't fear Manchester United's defender, Phil Jones, who is expecting that the Eastlands will soon drop points especially in the upcoming matches where Roberto Mancini's side are set to face difficult opponents in the premiership.

Why Le Classique is shaping up to the best since the Marseille kids upset PSG in 2006

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Arsenal's performance might be rising at the moment, but injury problems still hasn't flee from the Emirates' cloud as the club's coach, Arsene Wenger, has just confirmed that Kieran Gibbs, will be absent for around 4-5 weeks because of Hernia problem.

The injury prone full back, already got operated on Thursday, so he will be needing that pretty long rest before being able to return on the pitch again with his teammates.

Suarez faces minimum six-match FA ban

Liverpool fear racism-row striker will be made an example of

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Gerrard haunted by fear he'll never win the title

I think about it almost every day admits Liverpool captain

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