In so doing the 23-year-old becomes the third Portuguese player to lift the famous trophy - after legendary pair Eusebio and Luis Figo - and joins fellow Red Devils George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton in taking the gong.

On the disappointment of dropping two more points - tonight's was their third 0-0 draw against supposed lesser teams at home this season following draws with Stoke and Fulham - Benitez said: 'It was frustrating and I felt we deserved to win.

'Every week it changes. We have won more point so if we win at Blackburn next we will stay top. We should enjoy it, we have one more point and everyone should be pleased.'

Sunday's defeat by Arsenal means Chelsea have dropped 12 points out of 24 at home - the worst record of any club in the top five. But with the Government urging us all to spend our way out of the recession, Kenyon maintained that Chelsea will not be ....

Over the last few weeks we haven't had that. We had a fantastic game against Manchester United and then in the next game, we lost against Villa. If we win against Wigan we will have made a big step.

Former Celtic and Manchester United star Henrik Larsson would consider a return to the Premier League amid reports he is a target for injury-ravaged Everton.

The Manchester United winger was named as 2007 winner Kaka's successor at 0200 GMT after convincingly seeing off competition from Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.

Last month's pulsating 2-1 victory over Manchester United was followed by a convincing win in the Carling Cup but then two defeats in the Premier League. Sunday's comeback at Chelsea has given Arsenal a second chance to reignite their campaign and We....

You can only be content with winning. You need to want to beat Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.

Chris Eagles flirted with it at Manchester United and can play at that level. Chris McCann is ready to play there right now. I brought Kevin McDonald down from Scotland and he seems to get bigger every day - he has the capabilities to play at the to....

Kenyon's vow of financial caution comes with Blues fans asking some serious questions of Scolari for the first time in the wake of the Newcastle and Bordeaux draws, and the defeat to Arsenal.

asked if she liked reading (it was widely reported a few years ago that she

Modric has been out of action for the last two weeks with a groin strain, but could return for next Monday's London derby with West Ham.

FA Youth Cup draw: Swansea City v Manchester City, Swindon Town v Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United, Leeds United v Liverpool, Ipswich Town v Shrewsbury Town, Plymouth Argyle v Fulham, Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers, Nottingh....

When we've gone a goal down in the past, we've gone frantic and anxious. But tonight, we kept on doing what we were trying to do. It was a case of the old master getting the better of young apprentice at a sparsely-populated Madejski - Coppell had ....

Despite Liverpool's inability to beat West Ham and go three points clear of Chelsea, Upson believes it could still be the Anfield club's year.

And that signalled the days of the Blues being considered the football world's cash cow are officially over.

But both men were clearly disappointed with the stalemate against the Hammers, which means Liverpool have only a one point lead over Chelsea at the top of the table.

FA Youth Cup draw: Swansea City v Manchester City, Swindon Town v Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United, Leeds United v Liverpool, Ipswich Town v Shrewsbury Town, Plymouth Argyle v Fulham, Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers, Nottingh....

Green himself has been linked with Tottenham while England defender Matthew Upson, who had a fine game at Anfield, is also rumoured to be available for sale.