This evening Everton travel to Old Trafford to take on Premier League Champion's Man United. The Toffee's won their last game against West Ham 2-1 whilst Man United had a very disappointing 1-0 loss to Chelsea.
Both teams have injury problems but this game comes after a two-week International break. Click to continue reading...

Most casual observers of Premier League football attribute Manchester United's trilogy of consecutive championships to be largely based on an ingredient no longer present: Cristiano Ronaldo.
But it's intellectual evasion to simply attribute anything to just one factor. The current Galactico's emergence into the world class certainly paralleled United's resurgence against what was Chelsea's brief dominance of the top division, but his influence was not absolute. Click to continue reading...

Alright well I promised it so here it is: Manchester United vs Everton preview (fancy pictures included):

This match marks the return of the EPL after one hell of an international break. We saw Russia fail to qualify for the World Cup in 2010, and Ireland being cheated defeated out of a birth.

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Nemanja Vidic looks almost certain to return to the Manchester United defence for Saturday's Premier League clash with Everton. The Serbian and Red Devils centre-half had been sidelined for the past three weeks with a calf injury. Vidic was recently seen playing for his country against South Korea in a World Cup warm-up match. Click to continue reading...

Man United defender Rio Ferdinand has been suffering from an unknown injury for most of this season and some of last season, he has now been ruled out of action until 2010. Ferdinand has been told that he must get at least six weeks of rest and treatment before he can return. Click to continue reading...

"Vidic: I Don't Think About Leaving United" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

It is Friday morning and Sir Alex Ferguson has finished his pre-match news conference. There is a bit of good news on the injury front ahead of the all important game between Man United and Chelsea this Sunday.
After missing the midweek 3-3 draw against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov are fit to play on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

In football attacking players often get most of the praise when their team is achieving results while players in other positions are often overlooked. Defenders are typically ignored when accolades and awards are given out, yet it would be wrong to underestimate the contribution and influence� of key defensive players such as� Italy's Paolo Maldini or France's Lilian Thuram, just to name a couple of outstanding talents.

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The most eagerly waited fixture in the EPL so far took place on Sunday 8 November when champions Manchester United took on potential challengers Chelsea at fortress Stamford Bridge. So much talking about Chelsea form lately and the run they are on, Manchester United injury list was a major talking point with world's best centre back partnership in the shape of Vidic & Rio Ferdinand both sidelined, though Vidic was on the bench but unable to start to game.

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The Times: They [United] had been the more assertive team throughout, defending diligently and attacking with purpose when the opportunity arose, and would surely have claimed something from the game, quite possibly a victory, had not the two big refereeing decisions gone in Chelsea's favour.

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So then United eventually went on to lose in West London, but with many a Red fearing the worst prior to kick-off (and that was before we learnt that the champions would be without the first-choice centre-back pairing of Vidic and Ferdinand) an unlucky one-nil defeat was a much better outcome than many would have been expecting. Click to continue reading...

Wenger shows interest in up and coming centre back.

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Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic has been reported to be attracting interest from Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City.

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Today Chelsea take on Manchester United in the biggest game of the season so far. Todays game may be early in the season but today Chelsea have a chance to establish a 5-point lead on the other contenders in the title race.
Its the first time we have played United since the season curtain raiser at Wembley and is of much much more importance. Click to continue reading...

Remember, remember, the 6th of November,

Post-Busby, Munich and all,

There's no reason why, including 3 on the trot,

The Alex Fergie era, should ever be forgot.

A bird in hand...

It is slightly disconcerting to think that this man has been on this job for just about 55 days less than the time I've been on this earth.

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On this day 23 years ago, a certain Alexander Chapman Ferguson was appointed as the manager at Manchester United. Today Sir Alex is the most decorated manager in British football history.

His tactical genius, inspirational personality and tremendous focus have put him in a league above others.

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After eleven league games it looks as if Chelsea and Manchester United will be the two sides battling for the title through the course of the season.� Liverpool look to be all but out of it already, questions still remain as to whether Arsenal can maintain their form throughout the campaign and Man City have lost ground following a run of draws.

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VfL Wolfsburg vs Besiktas

Last year's Bundesliga champions have been disappointing this season. They have only shown glimpses of the wonderful attacking football that we were all spoiled with this past year.

Grafite is back from a club-enforced break following his red card against Besiktas a fortnight ago.

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Man United striker Wayne Rooney has missed training today ahead of United's Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow tomorrow. Wayne's wife Coleen Rooney was due to give birth to their first child over a week ago.
There is a good chance that Wayne will be missing for the game tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

Before I write this, let me admit it's almost 3am and I'm very drunk. It's Halloween, I look like a zombie, and I've been talking about United all evening.

In my drunkard status I have settled on several points of view:

1. Dimitar Berbatov is a world class player.
2. Antonio Valencia has the makings of a great United winger.

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You can imagine the disappointment of United fans after the derby defeat to Liverpool but I am pretty sure the Carling Cup game against Barnsley put a smile on their faces. First team players Owen, Obertan, Evans and Brown proved they've got plenty to offer in team's quest for trophies, but it is the youngsters that impressed me the most.

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It was another incredible weekend of English Premier League football. One single match was all it took to lift the doom and gloom at Anfield. A stunning 2-0 win over arch-rivals Manchester United was just the tonic that Rafa's men needed. An excellent all-round Liverpool performance got even better when David Ngog glossed the scoreline with a goal that put the issue beyond doubt. Click to continue reading...

Before Sunday's game between Liverpool and Manchester United, Liverpool were supposedly in crisis. While their manager Rafa Benitez has got some relief from the enormous pressure on him, the questions regarding the team's dependence on Gerrard and Torres will come up again in the future. Liverpool fully deserved their victory and this does not reflect well on the quality of the United team.

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Ahhh yes... the season-boosting 2-0 win over our greatest rivals has indeed happened, and our optimism has finally been able to kick in after losing four straight matches. Goals from Torres and Ngog, as well as a third straight red card from Nemanja Vidic in this fixture, led to our incredibly important three points gained. Click to continue reading...

Scott the red over at 'The Republik of Mancunia' has kindly taken the time to answer some questions about - amongst other things - where it all went wrong for United at Anfield yesterday.
Jaimie Kanwar: What went wrong for United at Anfield?
Scott the Red: The first problem was the team selection. Click to continue reading...

In all honesty, Liverpool deserved their victory. And whether you decide to blame the referee is your choice, but at the end of the day the team who had far more chances and looked better when they had possession deserved to win.

The harsh reality was that United failed to create much and were lacking any real cutting edge.

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Jamie Kanwar from Liverpool Kop has interviewed me after yesterday's defeat.

Jaimie Kanwar: What went wrong for United at Anfield?

Scott the Red: The first problem was the team selection. With Darren Fletcher out injured we needed some grit and fight in the centre of midfield, with Anderson could have provided us with.

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A Fernando Torres finish and a 95 minute goal from David Ngog gave Liverpool a deserved win over Man United at Anfield to bring an end to a run of four successive defeats. Nemanja Vidic and Javier Mascherano were sent off late on.

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With just over half an hour played Jamie Carragher fouled Michael Carrick in the penalty area. He got a foot to the ball but didn't put it out of Carrick's path, yet he did bring our midfielder down. If it had happened outside of the box it would have been an obvious freekick and a yellow card. For it to happen inside of the box it should have been a penalty and at least a yellow card, yet the referee gave nothing.

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Fernando Torres and substitute David Ngog left Manchester United reeling as Liverpool brilliantly halted their four-game losing streak.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez had said prior to the game that one win would change everything, and what a result his team delivered to ease the pressure on the Spaniard. Click to continue reading...

After today's victory over Manchester United, perhaps they should change their theme song from You'll Never Walk Alone to this one.

And yeah, I know that those pictures didn't come from today's game, but I can't keep track of all of Torres' goals against the Mancs nor Vidic's red cards against Liverpool.

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Yes the ref was lousy, but don't let that mask what was a terrible performance across the pitch by what could only bee described as a toothless United team at Anfield on Sunday. The final score of 2 – 0 didn't flatter the home team as they notched up their third win in a row between the local rivals.

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Today started in a very confused fashion, that tends to happen when someone messes with all the clocks in my house. It makes it worse when you forget one and then have to check BBC News for what time it actually is. That didn't happen to me off course, I only put my clock forward three weeks early. Click to continue reading...

Here's 10 things you wouldn't have known about Liverpool-United matches till you saw today's. Well, you might still not know some of them, but you'd at least suspect them.

1. Rafa's good at Math. He knows that if United are the champions above everyone else, and he beats United, then he's the champion.

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Liverpool:

-Reina
Johnson-Carragher-Agger-Insua
Mascherano Lucas -
Benayoun Aurelio
-Kuyt -
Torres -

Bench: Cavalieri, Voronin, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Degen, Skrtel

Manchester United:

Van der Sar
O'Shea Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Valencia Carrick Scholes Giggs
Berbatov Rooney

Bench: Foster, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Nani, Fabio Da Silva, Jonathan Evans

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Nemanja Vidic has praised Antonio Valencia following the two winning goals he has scored in our past two matches.

Vidic reckons the pressure of filling Cristiano Ronaldo's boots had a negative effect on our winger but now we can expect to see more and more great things from Valencia.

"At the beginning of the season, Antonio had some difficulties because he was bought to replace Cristiano Ronaldo," said Vidic.

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