Manchester City and Tottenham are ready to lock horns at the Etihad Stadium in a potential Premier League title-defining clash which promises to be dynamite. For the past two season's, Manchester City and Tottenham clashes have been purely to decide the squabble for that much-coveted fourth UEFA Champions League spot.

Real Madrid and Barcelona face off against each other in the 'El Clasico' Copa Del Rey Quarter-Final first leg as Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola lock horns again. If Barcelona are God, then Real Madrid must be the Devil. Because, for one to exist, the other must co-exist. Whereas, one perceives themselves as the divine [.

On Saturday, January 28, Anfield will witness a thrilling encounter between Liverpool and Manchester United during their FA Cup fourth round match. These two teams have locked horns 16 times in the FA Cup in previous seasons. While United have nine of those meetings, Liverpool have managed to win in only three.

The pre-match hype was all about squad rotation. Who of those gracing the benches of these deep squads was going to make their rare first team appearance tonight? For Manchester City, players like Nigel de Jong, Kolo Toure, and Adam Johnson were looking for a rare place in the side. For Arsenal, the troop of [.

As if a meeting with the Premier League leaders was not difficult enough, Liverpool will be aware that a Manchester City backlash could be on the cards this weekend.
The Reds will head into Sunday's game in positive mood, with a seven-match unbeaten run keeping them within touching distance of the top four.

LA Galaxy will lock horns with Houston Dynamo as the underdog tags remains very much on the Texans for this tie. With the Californians at home for this highly-anticipated clash, the onus is on them to capture cup glory to ...
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After picking up his first Klinsmann-era start against neighboring Slovenia, Michael Bradley returns to Serie A action as the Flying Donkeys of Chievo Verona lock horns with Catania on Sunday.

For those who came second in their Euro 2012 qualifying group, the play-off's await. Nicholas Spiller picks out a potentially thrilling match between Portugal and Bosnia taking place this Friday (11/11/11)...spooky! The two locking horns in the World Cup 2012 Play-offs Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A lot has and will be said about Fergie's winning mentality this week. It's at milestones such as these (and let's face it, SAF's had a few) that well worn phrases are paraded about like leathery skinned ex-pros at identikit stadia they never graced. "Never knows he's beaten", "obsession with winning" and "addicted to success" are all old favourites.

Your immediate answer to the proposed question would most likely be a strict 'no'. And there are a number of reasons why one would be inclined to give Newcastle United no higher than a fifth spot on the log come May 2012.

But let's first give props to the men wearing the black and white stripes.

Liverpool's hopes of progressing to the NextGen Series knockout stage have been given a major boost after Wolfsburg were held to a 3-3 draw by Molde on Wednesday night.
The result means the German side finish Group 2 on six points, one adrift of the Reds who currently occupy the second qualification spot.

Liverpool v Norwich preview

Liverpool and Norwich will both look to build on some encouraging recent results when they lock horns at Anfield on Saturday evening.

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Olympique Marseille host Arsenal at the Stade Velodrome as the two leading sides in the UEFA Champions League Group F lock horns. The hosts Marseille current sit at the summit of the group having grabbed six points from two matches with second placed Arsenal two behind on four points. Despite both sides monopolizing what did [.

'I leapt like a salmon and hung like a hawk'

It's regarded as one of the Premier League's greatest ever matches and as the two old rivals prepare to lock horns once more, LFC TV chats to one of the heroes of our famous 3-3 draw with Manchester in January 1994.

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Reina: Adam is the key

Pepe Reina has warned Spain to beware the threat of Charlie Adam but insists there will be no old pals act when they lock horns with Scotland on Tuesday night.

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'If you were compiling a Premier League worst XI, he'd be first on the list' An Everton & a Liverpool fan preview the Merseyside derby

The two fierce rivals lock horns for the first time this season at Goodison Park on Saturday so what do the fans of each club think about the other team, as well as their own?

'If you were compiling a Premier League worst XI, he'd be first on the list' An Everton & a Liverpool fan preview the Merseyside derby

The two fierce rivals lock horns for the first time this season at Goodison Park on Saturday so what do the fans of each club think about the other team, as well as their own?

Rodolfo Borrell has called for Liverpool Reserves to produce their best display of the season when they face Wolfsburg in a crucial NextGen Series encounter in Germany tonight.
The Reds needed a late own goal to salvage a point when the two sides locked horns at Anfield last week, leaving Group 2 wide open.

Kenny Dalglish admits he has been delighted by Liverpool's overall form this season and is confident they can bounce back from their Stoke disappointment when they lock horns with Tottenham on Sunday afternoon.
The Reds have taken seven points from their opening four Barclays Premier League matches so far this term, but slumped to their first defeat when they went down 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium last time out.

Boss eyes London double

Kenny Dalglish admits he has been delighted by Liverpool's overall form this season and is confident they can bounce back from their Stoke disappointment when they lock horns with Tottenham on Sunday afternoon.

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Kenny eyes London double

Kenny Dalglish admits he has been delighted by Liverpool's overall form this season and is confident they can bounce back from their Stoke disappointment when they lock horns with Tottenham on Sunday afternoon.

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The drubbing of Arsenal at Old Trafford this Sunday made for some uncomfortable viewing, even as a life-long Manchester United fan.

When it comes to United v Arsenal we are used to seeing two of the best sides in the world taking to the field and at the end of the season both sides are usually there or thereabouts when it comes to the title picture.

By 1970's GoonerI must say that Wenger has got hold of Arsenal's transfer tactics this season by the horns and has reversed the general idea that was building up regarding the disintegration of the squad and its star players.Fitstly and most importantly he robustly told Nasri he is going nowhere and certainly not to a Premier League rival.

The mainstream football media are convinced that there is a ‘new Mourinho' at Chelsea. Although I'm inclined to agree, I'm not entirely sure who this ‘new Mourinho' actually is.

Of course, to even ask who this ‘new Mourinho' is implies a form, a Mourinho, from whom to begin. José Mourinho was a Chelsea manager, young, Portuguese, poached from Porto after a blistering season domestically and in Europe, who was expected to grasp a small but ambitious club by the horns and haul it that final step which it couldn't take under its previous (Italian) coach.

For the second successive year FC Twente have won the Dutch Super Cup fixture against Ajax Amsterdam. The Enschede based side won this title in 2010 as defending league champions but were going into this season's competition as cup holders having been pipped to the 2010-11 Eredivisie title by Ajax in a dramatic last day showdown.

For the second successive year FC Twente have won the Dutch Super Cup fixture against Ajax Amsterdam. The Enschede based side won this title in 2010 as defending league champions but were going into this season's competition as cup holders having been pipped to the 2010-11 Eredivisie title by Ajax in a dramatic last day showdown.

Academy forward Adam Morgan is relishing the prospect of England's mouthwatering U17 World Cup quarter-final against Germany on Monday night.
The Reds striker came off the bench to net a cool spot-kick in the shoot-out success over Argentina in the round of 16 - and is now optimistic the Three Lions can rise to the occasion when they lock horns with one of the competition's favourites in Morelia, Mexico.

Liverpool is reportedly interested in Man City winger Adam Johnson and will look to make an offer for the England international this summer. The former Middlesbrough wide man has had an up and down time at Eastlands and spent much of last season on the bench and has voiced his concern at lack of regular first team football and has locked horns with Roberto Mancini on the matter.

We have been paying close attention to the goings-on at Wrexham Football Club over the last few months, and have decided to bring together all of the articles on the subject for quick and hopefully easy reference. Mistrust had been building between the supporters of the club and the owners for some considerable time, and November saw a story that proved to be a portent for what would come to follow over the next six months, as various speculators locked horns with the club's supporters trust for ownership of the oldest professional football club in Wales.

It may well be the Champions League that is stealing all the headlines this week, with Manchester United heading over to Germany to take on Schalke tonight before Real Madrid and Barcelona lock horns tomorrow night in the first of two games that are sure to be European classics, but the Premier League is still all set to experience its fair share of corkers this week, and one of those could well end up coming in the form of a fixture between Fulham and Bolton at Craven Cottage.

There were two games being played last night at similar times. One is called El Clásico (The Classic) while the other is simply called the north London derby. Over the years the only people intrigued and excited by goings on in north London were fans of Spurs and Arsenal, with the possible neutral watching on TV hoping for a fight.

Manchester United will now have to lock horns with Schalke in the Champions League semi-final after seeing-off Chelsea this week. Javier Hernandez and JS Park scored for United as the Reds beat Chelsea 3-1 on aggregate. Yesterday, Schalke convincingly defeated defending champions Inter Milan 7-3 on aggregate to set-up a clash with Manchester United.

Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon has taken to Twitter to defend himself against manager Harry Redknapp's charges of dereliction of duty, claiming that he'd been sick for days and that he was unwilling to be Harry's scapegoat. Aaron, didn't you get the memo? Crouchie has taken goat duties by the horns!

As Milan and Inter prepare to lock horns in Saturday's latest installment of the city's derby, could it really be winner takes all in the race for lo Scudetto? You tell us.
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France and Croatia lock horns in the most intriguing friendly to take place over the upcoming international break. Both nations are comfortably leading the way in their respective Euro 2012 qualifying groups, and are well placed to secure their passage to the finals in Poland and the Ukraine in the coming months.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has played down the hype surrounding his reunion with Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan on Sunday.
Uruguay international Suarez was sent off for a deliberate handball which prevented Ghana from progressing to the semi-finals of the World Cup last summer.
Gyan missed the subsequent penalty and the Africans suffered further misery from the spot as Uruguay advanced to the last four via a shootout.

The Premier League retakes centre stage after a weekend off and there are some crucial clashes at both ends of the table. Sir Alex Ferguson will not be in the dugout when Manchester United host Bolton on Saturday as the Red Devils look to put more room between themselves and Arsenal, who go to West Brom.

It will be a battle of worst versus first when Christian Camacho and Sfintul Gheorghe lock horns with Moldovan Divizia Nationala leaders Dacia on Friday in Chisinau.

Tim Howard and Everton were only able to draw again Birmingham City while Eddie Johnson and Eric Lichaj locked horns with Leeds United coming out victorious in limited midweek English action.

Tim Howard and Everton take on the Europe bound Birmingham as Eddie Johnson and Eric Lichaj lock horns as Preston North End takes on Leeds United in Championship action in a limited midweek.