Manchester United's stellar squad trounced QPR to hand Louis van Gaal his first win as manager.

Deadline-day signing Radamel Falcao has to settle for a place on the bench as Manchester United look to record their first win of the season at home to QPR this afternoon.

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Bobby Zamora struck a dramatic last-minute winner to sink Derby and fire QPR back into the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest 2 QPR 0

Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar rates Spain as possibly the most beautiful football team in history; so it takes a special kind of self-confidence to believe his side can beat them today to reach the quarter-finals.

Buoyed by a strong showing against the world champions there’s a new mood of optimism in the Italian camp, boosted by the post-match words of their president Giorgio Napolitano who compared the spirit of the nation to the spirit of the team.

Niko Kranjcar wasted no time in talking up Croatia’s chances of winning Euro 2012 following a 3-1 victory over Ireland that has left his side as the unexpected leaders of Group C and serious challengers to reach the quarter-finals.

Robbie Keane is hoping history repeats itself as he goes head-to-head with Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa once again.

Croatian defender Vedran Corluka last night emerged as a possible injury concern for the side’s opening Group C game against the Republic of Ireland in Poznan on Sunday.

Niko Kranjcar has completed his transfer to Dynamo Kiev, the Ukrainian club have announced.

Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar appears to have confirmed he is set to leave Tottenham for Dynamo Kiev.

Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker is a doubt for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game against Fulham due to an Achilles injury.

Slaven Bilic overshadowed the announcement of Croatia’s preliminary 27-man squad for Euro 2012 by confirming that he would be standing down after the tournament.

Slaven Bilic has announced he will step down as coach of Croatia’s national team after Euro 2012.

Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker is making a good recovery from his ankle injury and should be fit for Sunday’s Premier League game at Aston Villa.

Tottenham continue to battle injury problems as they prepare for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League match against relegation-battlers Bolton.

Niko Kranjcar will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed.

Younes Kaboul and Niko Kranjcar will miss Tottenham’s Premier League game at QPR as they both have knee injuries.

Harry Redknapp has called on his injury-hit Tottenham squad to step up and prove they are the real deal by beating Chelsea tomorrow to move one step closer to lifting their first FA Cup in 21 years.

Tottenham 1 Stoke 1

It’s half-time at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb and Croatia are halfway to disaster.

Midway through the first half at the Emirates Stadium, just at the point when it seemed Arsenal were facing humiliation, the atmosphere turned decidedly nasty.

Arsenal 5 Tottenham 2

Tottenham could be without several of their stars, including Emmanuel Adebayor, for this weekend’s north London derby at Arsenal, manager Harry Redknapp has revealed.

Harry Redknapp paid tribute to the Tottenham fans after his players gave the Football Association the perfect example of his credentials for the England job with a 5-0 thrashing of Newcastle.

If Harry Redknapp does eventually succeed Fabio Capello as England manager — and thousands at White Hart Lane made it clear they hope he won’t — one of the first calls he will make will be to Paul Scholes.

Niko Kranjcar is in no doubt — Darijo Srna must be the most underrated player in Europe.

Tottenham 5 Newcastle 0

For Luis Suarez, there was no fairytale return. For Tottenham, there was no Harry Redknapp. And for Liverpool, no victory as they suffered more home frustration after being held to an eighth top-flight draw at Anfield.

Liverpool 0 Tottenham 0

Gareth Bale scored twice as Tottenham returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a stylish triumph over a hapless Wigan side at White Hart Lane last night.

Tottenham 3 Wigan 1

Gareth Bale and Ledley King both came back into Tottenham’s starting XI as they looked to return to winning ways in the Barclays Premier League against Wigan at White Hart Lane tonight.

TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp will swap the dock for the dugout tonight and his men will be fully prepared to beat Watford despite his absence from training this week, assistant manager Kevin Bond declared.

Giovani Dos Santos’ nightmare spell at Tottenham could be coming to an end after Villarreal and Granada both claimed they are in negotiations with the Mexican over a move to Spain.

TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp admits he faces a tough battle to keep his fringe players at White Hart Lane this month.

Aston Villa are optimistic they will complete the loan signing of Los Angeles Galaxy striker Robbie Keane in time for their next Barclays Premier League against Everton on January 14.

BRENDAN RODGERS was delighted to see Swansea earn their first away win in the Barclays Premier League with a performance at Aston Villa he felt truly showcased the team’s virtues.

SIX title chasers; five London derbies; four festive fixtures; three real contenders; two six-pointers — and a Sturridge with Balotelli.

Tottenham will gave fitness tests to Jermain Defoe (hamstring) and Gareth Bale (foot) before deciding whether they travel with the squad to face Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday.

Rafael van der Vaart has recovered from a hamstring injury and is available for Tottenham’s Premier League game against Bolton tomorrow.

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko could start his first Barclays Premier League game of the season this weekend after manager Harry Redknapp revealed Jermain Defoe and Rafael van der Vaart could miss tomorrow’s clash at West Brom through injury.

THE last meeting between the sides has been playing on the mind of the Croatia coach, Slaven Bilic. That was in the quarter-final of Euro 2008. Turkey, having gone behind to Ivan Klasnic’s header in the final minute of extra-time, levelled through Semih Senturk in injury-time, a goal that seemed to shatter Croatia.