Manchester United went into yesterday's game against CSKA Moscow needing a point which was achieved but as usual it was done the hard way and once again the problems in the defence were apparent, and it was this problem which nearly led to an embarrassing defeat.

You cannot fault United's determination when they were 3-1 down, something which paid off, but while you can give credit to the midfielders and forwards for their tenacity, the defence was again, unfortunately, the problem.

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Before yesterday's game, all Man United needed to do to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League was to win or draw. Last night there was a six-goal thriller at Old Trafford where things didn't go the way they were supposed to.
CSKA had got off to the better start but United were starting to control the game, when the visitors took the lead. 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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Man United are through to the final eight and one step closer retaining the Carling Cup after beating Barnsley 2-0. United were down to 10-men for half and hour after Gary Neville was sent of for a high challenge with his studs showing.
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Manchester United travel to Barnsley today with the hope of getting a result which will help put the disappointment of the weekend behind us.

Of course, we won't be seeing the same line-up who started at Anfield but with strong competition for places in the squad, the team won't be made up or just youngsters.

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Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the England International team needs striker Wayne Rooney more than Manchester United do. Rooney is a definite starter for both teams. As an England and Man United supporter, I would also say that England needs Rooney more. Click to continue reading...

From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,103 , Referee Mark Clattenburg Manchester United 2 1 Bolton

Zat Knight (o/g 5)
Antonio Valencia (33)

Matthew Taylor (75)

Manchester United Team Statistics Bolton 2 Goals 1 7 Shots On Target 6 8 Shots Off Target 9 0 Shots Blocked 4 13 Corners 1 4 Offsides 1 16 Fouls 10 0 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0 60. Click to continue reading...

The controversy surrounding Manchester United's signing of 16-year-old French prospect Paul Pogba has been cleared up. FIFA have ruled that Manchester United did not contravene any FIFA regulations in their recruitment of the young midfielder specifically Article 19, which focuses on the protection of minors.

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A goal from Federico Macheda was enough to hand Man United a win against Everton.

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Manchester United Reserves' beat Everton Reserves 1-0 thanks to a 56th minute goal from Federico Macheda.

Edwin Van der Sar played for the full 90 minutes without showing any signs of discomfort, indicating he'll be back for the Bolton game.

Ben Foster sadly missed out on his big opportunity to impress and get himself in to the World Cup squad.

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It looks like we could finally have some good goalkeeping news. Ben Foster hasn't had the best of times in the Man United goal but now we could have Edwin Van Der Sar back.
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Reasons why this photo of Federico Macheda and his new girlfriend is all kinds of fantabulous:

1. His LV man bag and Gucci trainers. If you've ever wondered who Gucci makes trainers for, it's European footy players. If you've ever wondered who Gucci makes car interiors for, it's for Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Reasons why this photo of Man Utd mega-talent Federico Macheda and his new(?) girlfriend is all kinds of fantabulous:

1. His LV man bag and Gucci trainers. If you've ever wondered who Gucci makes trainers for, it's European footy players. If you've ever wondered who Gucci makes car interiors for, it's Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Ninety minutes (excluding added time and ‘Fergie time') this morning reminded me why I stay up at 2.45am to watch twenty-two millionaires play the beautiful game. What an encounter it was between the German and English title holders, truly CHAMPIONS league football! I've learnt never to doubt a German man (ladies, please take note) because Wolfsburg manager Armin Veh was true to his word when he said he would be attacking Manchester United from the start at the Theatre of Dreams.

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This time its an Everton centre back who is target of vicious raid!

Everton defender Phil Jagielka was held at knifepoint and forced to hand over jewellery in a raid on his Cheshire home. It is suspected the daft robbers struck at 8pm last night because they thought the player would be on Carling Cup duty against Hull, but they were not up-to-date with their team news.

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This is mainly just a test post as we look to implement a new prediction league. As we tinker, he is what I think Ferguson will chose as tonight's line-up in the League cup clash with Wolves.

Tomasz Kuszczak
Gary Neville
Jonny Evans
Wes Brown
Fabio da Silva
Ji-sung Park
Michael Carrick
Darron Gibson
Luis Nani
Michael Owen
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Who: Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers
What: The Carling Cup
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
When: Wednesday, August 23, 2009 (8:00 PM GMT or 3:00 PM EST)
Why: Because United must defend their title in a cup that no one (aside from nerdy bloggers such as myself) appears to really care all that much about.

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David Ngog staked a first-team claim with the winning goal as 10-man Liverpool Reserves beat arch-rivals Manchester United 1-0 on Thursday.
The French striker fired in the opening minutes but the Reds had to work hard to maintain their lead at Prenton Park following the first-half dismissal of midfielder Damien Plessis. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex showed much interest in the young striker three years ago.

Inter striker Mario Balotelli could have been playing for the opposition in next week's clash against Barcelona, according to El Mundo Deportivo.

The Spanish paper claims 'Super Mario' was on the verge of joining the Blaugrana three years ago, when he was playing for Serie C side Lumezzane in 2006.

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3. Get them some earplugs

The entire Costa Rica team was booed off the field after its 3-0 home thrashing by Mexico. Once sitting in a position of strength in the CONCACAF hexagonal group, the team is now devoid of confidence and in real danger of being forced into a playoff for a spot in South Africa.

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Here we go again!

Fifa have confirmed they have been contacted by Fiorentina about Manchester United's signing of Michele Fornasier.

The Italian Under 16 skipper has agreed a move to Old Trafford and he played in their Milk Cup win in Northern Ireland in the summer.

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That the football community in Britain has responded with such surprise the two transfer window ban that FIFA have slapped upon Chelsea is, in itself, quite telling. It has long been the suspicion of many that the biggest clubs have been getting away with this sort of thing for years, but it is difficult to say whether this particular ruling has drawn so much attention because of its apparent harshness (unless Chelsea win an appeal, they will be unable to sign any new players from other clubs until January 2012, while Gael Kakuta himself has been banned from playing for four months) or because we are so used to big clubs acting in the way that Chelsea have that we have simply become resigned to the inevitability of it all.

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In what is normally a relatively quiet time over in Europe because of impending World Cup qualifiers, FIFA has announced that Chelsea will be banned from registering players until 2011.

The row is over reserve player Gael Kakuta, who Chelsea signed from Ligue 1 club Lens back in 2007.

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In what is normally a relatively quiet time over in Europe because of impending World Cup qualifiers, FIFA has announced that Chelsea will be banned from registering players until 2011.

The row is over reserve player Gael Kakuta, who Chelsea signed from Ligue 1 club Lens back in 2007.

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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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"Sir Alex Ferguson would have us believe he is quite happy with his squad going into their defence of their Premier League crown," said Stan YSB Collymore. "Yet I still think United look a lot weaker than last term following the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck, as I said recently, are a pair of strikers for the future.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has reiterated he will not be making any more new signings before September 1 to appease Manchester United supporters still smarting from the double loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.

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A return of just one goal from the two opening Premier League games – including the shock 1-0 defeat to newcomers Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday has reignited the argument that United are short of a genuine goal threat to provide the foil for Wayne Rooney.

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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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"If you don't put them in then you can't know what you've got...if they're good enough, they're old enough," was the message of Sir Matt Busby, a legacy which has continued through to present day. Whilst having experienced players in your squad is important, you should always make room for the development of youngsters.

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The Guardian wrote us off for winning the Premiership title last season, predicting that Luiz Felipe 'He's won the World Cup, you know?' Scolari would lead Chelsea to victory, something RoM of course disagreed with.

Next season is less predictable than most Premiership seasons, it has to be said, with Scolari coming with the potential to be a superstar or a flop.

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It`s just a pre-season tournament but we have to imagine Sir Alex Ferguson is going in to tonight`s match expecting us to win. Given the way Bayern Munich played last night and the fact they are in front of their home fans, I`d say the odds are against us. They looked a lot sharper than we did again Boca and showed no signs of the team that got humbled in last season`s Champions League.

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Manchester United's 17 year old superstar Federico Macheda is reportedly to sign a new contract with a salary of £20,000 a week.

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