If English giants and 2005 winners Liverpool lose to Lyon in France on Wednesday night their Champions League dreams could be all but over. Should Fiorentina beat Hungarian outfit Debrecen (a very likely occurrence) Liverpool will be six points adrift with just two games left.

It makes for grim reading for the Anfield faithful, with their Premier League title hopes in tatters the Champions League represents a great chance for them to pick up some silverware and an exit in the group stages is virtually unthinkable.

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At look at the winners and losers of another weekend of Premier League action.

Winners
Chelsea
Chelsea is the best team in Europe at the moment. That doesn't mean that they will win the Champions League or the Premier League, it simply means that they are playing better than anyone in Europe at the moment.

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At look at the winners and losers of another weekend of Premier League action.

Winners
Chelsea
Chelsea is the best team in Europe at the moment. That doesn't mean that they will win the Champions League or the Premier League, it simply means that they are playing better than anyone in Europe at the moment.

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Jamie Carragher admits he is 'hurt' by Liverpool's current plight, but has called on his team-mates not to be too downhearted.
Club stalwart Carragher was sent off on Saturday as a 3-1 defeat at Fulham condemned the Reds to a sixth loss in seven games in all competitions.
The setback at Craven Cottage has left Liverpool nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea and unlikely to mount a serious title challenge. Click to continue reading...

With the biggest game probably being at the Artemio Franchi between Fiorentina and Napoli, Serie A did not present too much interest this weekend. However Sampdoria were hoping that Inter would drop points to jump above them to the top the table. Juventus needed a change in fortunes after not winning in four while AC Milan wanted to continue their two game winning streak against Chievo.

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What will that victory do for confidence at Anfield?
Liverpool desperately needed that win yesterday. They had gone into the game on the back of four successive defeats, which is almost unheard of at Anfield. You had to go back to 1987 for the last time that had happened and go back to 1953 for the last time they had lost five games on the spin. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes the Premier League champions Manchester United are not the same proposition minus the attacking threat of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, who left Old Trafford in the summer to join Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively.
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It was a statement game.

The Premier League has long been a test of consistency more than quality. Â A feature of the last season-plus has been Liverpool's success against Manchester United, Chelsea, and, to a lesser extent, Arsenal. Â Sunday's 2-0 Anfield win was the third consecutive against the champions in the league.

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Former England manager Terry Venables has claimed Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez could lose his job if his side taste defeat to Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.
Having lost four games in a row, their worst record for 22 years, the Reds are under huge pressure to get a result in Sunday's clash against their arch-rivals in order to get their season back on track. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists that Liverpool's title challenge will not be ended should Manchester United inflict a further defeat upon them this weekend.
Rafael Benitez's Reds have already been defeated four times in the Premier League this season, twice as many as last year in the same competition. Click to continue reading...

The postal strikes, the controversial leader of the BNP Nick Griffin and even pesky little Beach Ball's are things that we have heard of a lot this week in the papers (though in this article, we won't mention anymore about the postal strikes or politics). The word 'beach ball' for many football fans, especially Manchester United fans, would never be thought of in the same way ever again.

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By Gareth Freeman

Torres is a doubt in this fixture as United look to end Liverpool's title bid

On Sunday Manchester United make the short trip to Anfield to face bitter rivals Liverpool. These ties are always well hyped, important and hard fought occasions but this fixture has even more at stake than usual.

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It may still only be October but should Liverpool lose to Manchester United on Sunday their title challenge will effectively be over. They've already lost four times in the league this season and boss Rafael Benitez's woes continued in midweek when French outfit Lyon pulled off a surprise 2-1 victory at Anfield.

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Yesterday, I posted a list of eleven reasons why I believe Liverpool have struggled this season. Today, it's time to look to forward positively and come up with a way out of the current mess. Yes, things are bleak, but I do not think that the season is over. In fact, I actually think Liverpool can still put in a title challenge, but only if certain changes are made and previous mistakes are not repeated. Click to continue reading...

Clint Dempsey has a knack of breaking Liverpool hearts. The last time the Reds lost at Craven Cottage, in May 2007, the American striker scored the winning goal in the 1-0 victory that all but ended Liverpool's title challenge. Will Dempsey's recent goal at the Cottage, sending Rafa's men to their fifth loss in 11 matches, prove as pivotal in the title race this time around?

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Liverpool nation's hopes may ride on the back of Gerrard and Torres

Debrecen vs. Fiorentina

The Viola has to like their chances as Tuesday's game approaches. They have taken points from Liverpool and Juventus in recent matches and they face a team who haven't scored in their own two games in the Champions League this year.

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Carlo's ‘cross' with the defence. What do Abdoulaye Faye, Titus Bramble, James Collins, and Richad Dunne have in common? They've all scored against Chelsea from crosses into the box. Totaling half of Chelsea's goals conceded for the season, 8 in 8 matches, Carlo Ancelotti must address his teams crossing deficiency before their title challenge resumes against high-flying, Lancashire derby winners, Blackburn.

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On Wednesday night two of the world's biggest clubs meet in the Champions League. La Liga giants Real Madrid take on Serie A outfit AC Milan in what surely has to be the pick of the Champions League action.

The two sides have had contrasting fortunes in both league and cup this season.

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Oh God! I am beginning to get a sense of history repeating itself at Anfield.
Remember back in 2002 when we finished in the League to Arsenal, they finished on 87 points while we gained 80 points well ahead of the chasing pack, but no title.
We were all expecting the team that time to push on the next season and win the League, having come so close but it didn't happen. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich got their Bundesliga title challenge back on track with this win away at Freiburg.

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It is true. 7 goals this season and McLeish's Birmingham have scored them all AFTER 75 minutes. (courtesy of optajoe). When it comes for providing entertainment for value, I've heard that the Blues fans are now asking for refunds on free Birmingham city tickets.

So if we click and when we do, we should put Birmingham to sleep BEFORE they wake up.

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Dutch international Dirk Kuyt has stressed how he is enjoying life on Merseyside with Liverpool despite the club's poor start to the season.
The striker, who played for his homeland in a friendly against the Socceroos in Australia this week, is expected to feature against Sunderland despite his long round-trip and hopes that the Reds can now focus on getting their title challenge back on track. Click to continue reading...

The World Cup is just around the corner and the players whose national teams have qualified for the biggest tournament in sports are trying to find a way to book themselves a ticket on the plane to South Africa. Some ‘smaller' national teams' coaches face problems as their key players are not getting enough playing time in their clubs, but who could have though Fabio Capello would have one such problem.

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Carlo Ancelotti has refused to write off Liverpool despite helping land a further blow to their title challenge.
Ancelotti led Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over their championship rivals at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
Goals from former Anfield striker Nicolas Anelka and substitute Florent Malouda sent Liverpool tumbling to their third defeat in just eight Premier League games this season. Click to continue reading...

Oh how different one week makes...last week's review had me raving about Liverpool's form and their attacking potency, I then had the displeasure of watching Liverpool lose in the Champions League against Fiorentina and the gut-wrenching loss to Chelsea, the team I disliked the most. The media is already writing off Liverpool's chances but I will defer my opinions until after the Christmas/New Year matches. Click to continue reading...

Are there more nerve-jangling games than against Liverpool? Whether the tightly-contested, tactical games of the Mourinho era or the goal-fests under Hiddink, games against Liverpool in the last few years have had that little something extra. Before heading to the game yesterday, I was surprised to learn however that not only have Liverpool failed to score at Stamford Bridge in the league over the last five years (aside from last year's winner, an own goal), Chelsea hadn't managed a win over the reds at home in three years.

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Are there more nerve-jangling games than against Liverpool? Whether the tightly-contested, tactical games of the Mourinho era or the goal-fests under Hiddink, games against Liverpool in the last few years have had that little something extra. Before heading to the game yesterday, I was surprised to learn however that not only have Liverpool failed to score at Stamford Bridge in the league over the last five years (aside from last year's winner, an own goal), Chelsea hadn't managed a win over the reds at home in three years.

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Wolves fans are gutted. Prior to this weekend's fixtures, Portsmouth had lost their first seven matches. While losing runs can't go on forever, every club in the country was licking it's lips at the prospect of playing the South Coast side. But on a glorious Saturday afternoon, in front of a packed Molineux, Wolves fans witnessed utter horror as their team became the first club to give up points to Europe's worst team.

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Liverpool defender Glen Johnson believes that Sunday's encounter with championship rivals Chelsea will be "massive" with both clubs harbouring expectations of a Premier League title challenge.
Johnson, a former Chelsea player himself, joined the Reds from Portsmouth this summer and has produced a string of polished performances since his £18. Click to continue reading...

Robin van Persie's new role at the tip of the Arsenal front three is sought to bring more variety to side's attacking play.
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Few would have had Thomas Vermaelen as Arsenal's top scorer in the early stages of the season, not least because he is a defender but the Belgian had also yet to kick a ball in the Premier League before his £10million move from Ajax and who others decided against signing because of his height.

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Goals galore! Football is really back with a bang now!

Let us start off with the most competitive Manchester derby that has occured since football officially began in 1992. A lot of Red Devils out there have been begrudging the blue half of Manchester's new endless pot of resourses, and why not?

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This has to be the most eagerly anticipated derby in years, nay decades. Well certainly in my lifetime anyway.

City's start to the season, culminating in the 4-2 defeat of Arsenal last weekend, will have surely seen United supporters with even the deepest of hatred towards our city neighbours at least acknowledge that they have, thus far, looked impressive.

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Another season of Champions League football has started with a bang even though we failed to see any major surprises. Barcelona showed they would again be the team to beat after outclassing Inter, whereas the debutants did fairly well even though Wolfsburg and APOEL were the only newcomers to win some points in the opening round and the Cypriots' goalless draw at Vicente Calderon is probably the biggest shock of the round.

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admits his side used the disappointing experiences of last season as guidance in Saturday's 4-0 victory over Burnley.
Yossi Benayoun hit a hat-trick, with a Dirk Kuyt goal sandwiched in between, to wrap up a comfortable win against the newly-promoted Clarets on their first league visit to Anfield in 33 years. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool's dramatic 3-2 victory at Bolton will kick-start their title challenge.
The skipper grabbed a stunning late winner at the Reebok Stadium to ensure the Reds bounced back from their defeat to Aston Villa.
The international break means Liverpool are without a game for a fortnight but Gerrard is confident they will build on Saturday's triumph. Click to continue reading...