by TRAVIS CLARK

Will there ever be a Chelsea-Manchester United match-up that won't involve referee criticisms? Whenever Sir Alex and his side end up losing -- especially in a match with such stakes -- comments from the often critical Scotsman almost always lashes out at the ref shortly after the final whistle.

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by TRAVIS CLARK

Will there ever be a Chelsea-Manchester United match-up that won't involve referee criticisms? Whenever Sir Alex and his side end up losing -- especially in a match with such stakes -- comments from the often critical Scotsman almost always lashes out at the ref shortly after the final whistle.

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what do you want from me?

Well; in the press anyway. What he can say he will say and for the most part we're going to be looking worse for it. However, the way that Darren played in our system was all well and good; but lacked a certain 101 cutting edge that we now have with our striking collective.

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I don't know about you but I'm still smarting from the two points dropped at Upton Park last Sunday. Having watched a recording of the game (I was at Wembley watching the NFL game) I'm even more depressed. We were so in control in the first half but we simply don't seem to have the killer instinct.

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Last weekend provided an object lesson in how football fortunes can fluctuate. Liverpool went into their home clash with Manchester United on a knife-edge. Four successive defeats - their worst run since 1987 - had the air thick with talk of a crisis. Manager Rafa Benitez's transfer strategy, team selection, tactics and substitutions were all being questioned by pundits and fans alike, some even suggesting that his job could, or should, be in jeopardy. Click to continue reading...

West Ham 2 (Cole 74, Diamanti 80) Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 16, Gallas 37)
(Premiership)

Perhaps we can excuse the players for thinking the game was won at half time. I certainly did. West Ham were toothless, gutless, and quite frankly, hopeless in the opening 45 minutes.

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Arseblog as usual gives an well balanced summation and my two cents is that the "killer instinct" message should be obvious by now. It cannot be emphasized enough but now it needs to be internalized. I also think it comes from a leadership vacuum on the pitch.

This season, most matches need at least two goals for padding.

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West Ham 2-2 Arsenal

There are draws that seem like wins, and there are draws that seem like defeats. Today's was both depending which team you support.

Deeply frustrating if you're an Arsenal fan though. Coming back from two goals up might be a theme of the weekend, but it doesn't make it any less infuriating, does it?

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Oof. This one stings. Remember when I said that the midweek draw against AZ would be a good thing because it would teach players a lesson about taking other teams seriously and finishing off games? I guess now it's fair to say that the team did not learn either of those lessons. We had this game in hand, and then we let up, got sloppy, and dropped 2 points as a consequence.

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Chivas USA 2 San Jose Earthquakes 2

Chivas USA Coach Preki's body language in the closing minutes of this game (off of bench, hands on hips, hand smacked into palm, etc.) told you all you needed to know about the coach's frustration and the recognition this was a perfect (lost) opportunity to put the Galaxy and Dynamo under pressure Sunday.

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With Luton, Cambridge and Oxford all dropping points, Stevenage missed a big oppoortunity to close the gap on the leaders of the Blue Square Premier after being held at home by lowly Grays. The Essex side came into the game after a run of 3 straight defeats, but frustrated Westley's side all evening.

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Always worth aiming high I guess!

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Hailing from a hotbed of ice hockey, 18-year-old Sergey Khizhnichenko is emerging as Kazakhstan's great footballing prospect after two goals in his second international appearance earlier this month, drawing comparisons with Liverpool FC's Fernando Torres.

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You can see it clearly can't you? We're all expecting a comfortable win because we play Wigan. They've yet to beat us in the Premiership. Martinez is going to be 4th Wigan manager attempting to change this. And he believes attacking is the way to go. Just like Liege in the last game who bombarded our defence when they had the chance. Click to continue reading...

You can see it clearly can't you? We're all expecting a comfortable win because we play Wigan. They've yet to beat us in the Premiership. Martinez is going to be 4th Wigan manager attempting to change this. And he believes attacking is the way to go. Just like Liege in the last game who bombarded our defence when they had the chance.

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What a game. Dominated both games against the Danes. The difference in quality between both teams just can't be measured by the number of points both have in the group standings. But nothing's gone change the fact we lost 5 points against them. In this game the lack of a killer-instinct-striker Click to continue reading...

A couple of weeks ago you'd be forgiven for thinking that, five games in to a new season under a new management team, Reading FC was a club in some kind of irreversible plummet towards League One. What a difference an away win can make, not only to the league table, but to the overall mood surrounding the club and its supporters. Click to continue reading...

I guess we have to take the positives from the performance. We did create several chances and another goal would've probably seen us relax a bit and stick to our a-game. Adebayor was perhaps the only one of ours who had a very good game, he again seemed very hungry, leading the line well, dropping out wide, even into midfield to put himself about.

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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...