If ever a manager was entitled to indulge in self-congratulation, it was Pep Guardiola after his Manchester City side went to Old Trafford, totally out-footballed their arch-rivals and nearest challengers, and came away with a 2-1 victory which was rather more emphatic than that narrow scoreline would suggest.

Harry Kane delivered a Champions League masterclass by hitting a hat-trick and leading Tottenham to a 3-0 demolition of APOEL Nicosia.

Wayne Rooney reached 200 Premier League goals when he put Everton 1-0 up against Manchester City tonight.

Ryan Giggs has warned Romelu Lukaku he will have to deal with a whole new level of scrutiny at Manchester United.

Mauricio Pochettino has warned Tottenham's title rivals his players will only get stronger during the run-in after Spurs dispatched Bournemouth 3-0 to keep the heat on Barclays Premier League leaders Leicester.

1. We wrote off Wayne Rooney too soon

Ex-Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has criticised Louis van Gaal’s tactics at Old Trafford by suggesting he would have disliked playing under his risk-free regime.

Man City 6 Newcastle 1: Sergio Aguero has no peers when it comes to the Premier League’s striking department.

Getting in behind the Premier League weekend.

He was ‘Pally’ by name but, where Roy Keane was concerned, not always pally by nature.

When the call came from Alex Ferguson, Paul Ince was on the golf course playing against Ryan Giggs.

A man from Dublin has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison in the UK for racially abusing ex-Manchester United striker Andy Cole on a flight.

The sentencing of two men involved in an incident when former Manchester United footballer Andy Cole was racially abused on a plane has been adjourned.

Andy Cole doesn’t have to pause for thought when asked what he thinks Roy Keane can bring to the Irish cause.

Sentencing has been adjourned for two men, one of them from Dublin, in connection with the racial abuse of former Manchester United footballer Andy Cole on a plane.

Man City 4 Cardiff 2

Liverpool 2 Hull 0

Two men will be sentenced next month after former Manchester United footballer Andy Cole, 42, was racially abused on a plane.

Two men will be sentenced next month after former Manchester United footballer Andy Cole was racially abused on a plane.

An Irish man has been charged in connection with the racial abuse of former Manchester United star Andy Cole on a flight from Dublin to Manchester.

An Irish man has been charged in connection with the racial abuse of former Manchester United star Andy Cole on a flight from Dublin to Manchester.

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle United 2

Alex Ferguson's 26 and a half years at Old Trafford are littered with key moments and turning points that have helped forge the 71-year-old’s legacy.

Born on New Year's Eve 1941, we chart Ferguson's rise from apprentice toolmaker to the world's greatest football manager.

Snooker loopy and some other howlers from when sport and music combine.

Former striker Andy Cole hopes Wayne Rooney does not use him as an example for why he should leave Manchester United.

Manchester United 4 Fulham 1

Patrice Evra knew from the moment Robin van Persie said sorry at Southampton that Manchester United had signed a class act.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has warned his side not to be overcome by the intimidating atmosphere at Anfield as they go in search of their first win over Liverpool on Merseyside in more than 18 years.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes Robin van Persie’s arrival has put his strikeforce on a par with some of the best he has put together.

Alex Ferguson has no idea what his best striking partnership is going to be.

Set the Giddy-o-Meter to ‘eleven’; in the Van Persie deal, United have found the means to attract, sign, and then pay, a genuinely top class, peak-of-career player, for the first time in years.

We have known for a long time now that football cannot die.

Danny Welbeck cannot wait to welcome Robin van Persie into the Manchester United fold.

Alex Ferguson is ready to party like its 1999 when Robin van Persie joins Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson is ready to party like its 1999 when Robin van Persie joins Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson is confident Robin van Persie will be available to make his Manchester United debut against Everton on Monday night.

Arsene Wenger must hate August 15.

Remember some of the press reports about Dawn Approach, after the horse had beaten Mister Marc by two and three quarter lengths at Naas last month?

We’ve long passed the glory days when YouTube could claim a week as its own.

The Professional Footballers’ Association are to extend the circulation of their booklet on handling depression and make it available to all 50,000 ex-professionals in the wake of Gary Speed’s death.

Andy Cole insists Manchester City will be incapable of mounting a serious challenge for the Barclays Premier League title because of manager Roberto Mancini.

THERE was a time, maybe 15 or more years ago, when if you’d imagined Keith Gillespie playing in red and black stripes, the club you’d have had in mind would have been AC Milan.