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Assuming Manchester United can grab all 3 points against Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City will have to come away from the Emirates with a win, if they are to have any hope of stopping their rivals from retaining the Premier League title.

QPR go to Old Trafford on Sunday in the lunchtime kick-off and based on current form and even with QPR's recent results at home you'd have to be a mad man to suggest that Mark Hughes' team will come away with anything.

Bolton's battle to avoid relegation received an unexpected boost with victory over a Liverpool side who need to improve quickly if their season is not to unravel around them.
Midfielders Mark Davies and Nigel Reo-Coker gave the home side a deserved 2-0 lead inside half-an-hour and although Craig Bellamy's seventh of the season reduced the deficit, Gretar Steinsson restored the two-goal cushion just five minutes into the second half.

Steve Clarke believes the way Kenny Dalglish talks to his players has been a key factor in Liverpool's revival in 2011.
Manchester United is the only team to have tallied more points in the Barclays Premier League since the Scot re-took the reins on January 8.
And the Reds have continued to gain positive results of late despite a lengthy list of injuries.

Juventus are reportedly planning a move to sign Liverpool striker Fernando Torres in the summer. Bianconeri boss Luigi Delneri is keen on bringing the Spaniard to the club but will find it tough to persuade the Merseyside club to sell one of their prized assets.
The Serie A side's main attacking threats, with the exception of Fabio Quagliarella, are nearing the end of their careers with the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, Vincenzo Iaquinta and Amauri aged 36, 31 and 30 respectively and the Turin side are planning major summer additions to help make the Old Lady of Italian football into genuine title chasers.

Wycombe got back to winning ways today after last weeks defeat to Chesterfield people were asking the question are Wycombe good enough to win League Two and they answered those questions in dramatic fashion today in a 7 goal thriller at Rotherham, this game had everything great football, seven goals and end to end stuff, this is why it is the beautiful game.

Wycombe's 6 Game Unbeaten Run came to an end today when fellow League Two title chasers Chesterfield came away fro Adams Park with all 3 points which could prove vital come may.

The game began brightly for the Chairboys as they commanded the game in every department but in the 27th minute, Chesterfields Craig Davies gave the visitors the lead totally against the run of play with only their first meaningful attack, a lead they kept for the remainder of the half.

Wycombe continued their impressive form on Saturday beating Burton Albion 2-1 away which sees them move into sixth place in League Two and also unbeaten in their last six games, with four wins against Barnet, Stevenage
, Colchester and Burton and two draws against Aldershot and Shrewsbury respectively.

Wycombe Wanderers are looking more and more like Promotion Candidates after securing their second win inside a week and their first away win of the season against a much fancied Stevenage out-fit 2-0.

Wycombe boss Gary Waddock named an un-changed team to that, that Beat Barnet in mid-week and they again repaid their managers faith in them recording a comfortable 2-0 victory over Stevenage, which leaves the Chairboys 7 points behind leaders Port Vale in seventh position.

Liverpool have entered the scramble to sign Newcastle's Cheick Tiote in the January transfer window.
Tiote became an instant hit at St James' Park following his £3.5m move from FC Twente in August 2010.
And the Ivory Coast international - valued at £25million - is wanted by Reds boss Kenny Dalglish to inject some momentum in the Anfield club's season.

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Arsenal will travel to Anfield on Sunday afternoon, to hopefully secure their first win of the season in a fixture that has seen a lot of drama in the recent years.

If you look back at the clashes between Arsenal and Liverpool, the hype around them in general has been deteriorating for the past 2-3 years, a time period coinciding with Liverpool's fall from title chasers to Europa League drop-outs.

With games against North London rivals Arsenal and fellow title chasers Manchester United coming up, Tottenham Hotspur will see these fixtures as vitally important matches rather than just a chance to get one over on long running Premier League foes.

In recent seasons, wins for Spurs against Arsenal and United have been all too rare.

To coin a well-known footballing phrase, it's squeaky bum time in two of Asia's biggest leagues.

In Japan the title will go down to a last day showdown with any one from Kashiwa Reysol, Nagoya Grampus Eight and Gamba Osaka all capable of winning the championship. Kashiwa currently hold the advantage of topping the table with 69 points from 33 games whilst Nagoya and Osaka trail the leaders by just one and two points respectively with one round of matches to be played next weekend.

Michael Bradley completed his move to Aston Villa on loan from Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach until the end of the current season. The deal reportedly includes a clause to sign the 23-year-old for around $6 million.

Jozy Altidore also moved on loan, taking his talents from Spanish title-chasers Villarreal to Turkish Super Lig joint leaders Bursaspor till season's end.

Aleksejs Višņakovs was on the scoresheet for FK Ventspils in their 2-1 win at home to Skonto Riga

Although the focus for the next four weeks will heavily be centred upon South Africa and the FIFA World Cup, Stoppage Time International Football Blog will continue providing the latest news in some of the European leagues which take place throughout the summer months.