Last season when we beat United twice and drew with Liverpool we showed we can really raise our game and we will need a bit more of that on Saturday. Three points would certainly give everything a different look on Sunday morning.

Manchester United tie up & 163;9m deal for Serbs Adam Ljajic and Zoran Tosic - mirror.co.uk Sir Alex Ferguson is signing Serbians Adam Ljajic and Zoran Tosic for & 163;9million. They will join Manchester United in January if granted work perm....

Privately, Benitez points to the fact that of all the top clubs in the Premier League, it is his side that cooperates most fully with the national teams. Other clubs have a record of withdrawing players from friendly games, with Manchester United chi....

The Sunderland boss admitted he used to love throwing the odd handgrenade when he was Manchester United skipper. And he claims he used to deliberately trigger training ground rows.

The manager could still do so for a while. Some sort of sanction is called for but casting him aside indefinitely is risky. Arsenal are weak in the middle of the defence and Gallas is by far their best performer in that area. He showed that recently ....

Wenger has taken the decision to axe Gallas well aware that Arsenal dare not lose today at Manchester City if they want to keep their title hopes alive.

Micah Richards does not want City to let Arsenal get into their stride when the two sides meet this afternoon.

William Gallas accuses young Arsenal stars of losing hunger - mirror.co.uk

. Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko claims the club...

My dad would watch Jamie every week at Liverpool no matter where he played. He would get the train, Harry says. My mum would make a cheese and pickle roll for Jamie to eat after the game. Now remember, Jamie's playing for Liverpool.

United must catch Chelsea by end of year, says Ferguson - Premier League, Football - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Former Wales, Manchester United and Wrexham soccer star Mickey Thomas said he regularly bets on rugby.

Villa beat Arsenal at the Emirates last weekend and Fergie - who takes his Manchester United side to Villa Park today - believes Martin O'Neill's men are now a major threat to the Gunners in terms of securing a Champions League spot.

In his most candid acknowledgement yet of the deficit that has developed between his side and the League leaders, Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United must close the gap on Chelsea from eight points to two by the New Year, with the added work....

The 56-year-old ex-winger said yesterday: & 8220;It& 8217;s a lot easier to predict than football though the odds are less generous. The stronger teams almost always tend to win. I& 8217;m on my way to the bookies now with & 163;200 to put on Wales t....

The star striker is Scotland's most prolific scorer with more than 100 international goals to her name and plays for Arsenal Ladies in the Women's English Premier League.

On his desk at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground, Harry Redknapp has a black and white picture of Ellesmere United FC, from Poplar in east London, taken in 1949.

England and South Africa have played 30 Tests dating back to their first meeting at Crystal Palace in 1906, which finished a 3-3 draw.

They've hit double figures for consecutive league wins after the disappointment of losing the first Old Firm derby of the season and then losing players to injury on the scale of an epidemic.

and eye for goal. Zenit St Petersburg lifted the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco with a 2-1 victory over Manchester United.