Arsenal 0 Swansea 1: Arsenal’s bid to secure a top three finish and avoid the Champions League qualifying round suffered a setback when Bafetimbi Gomis ensured Swansea City completed a double over Arsene Wenger’s side and strengthened their own efforts to qualify for Europe.

Sergio Aguero is determined to put Manchester City back on top next season.

Any British United fan who remembers 1992, and who is also a Red in politics as well as football, could have been forgiven for suffering some sudden tremors of doubt before the weekend’s matches.

Arsene Wenger believes he has solved Arsenal’s soft defensive core and that the Gunners can win the Premier League title playing free-flowing football.

For reasons I’m not going to go into, I missed the first 45 minutes of the Liverpool game — and so missed both goals and anything of interest it seems.

After a week in which the general election was the only topic of conversation in England, the red flag is still flying at half-mast for Liverpool despite a hard-earned point against the blues of Chelsea who have already won the Premier League by a huge majority.

Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1: A game that was preceded by Chelsea’s triumphal march through a guard of honour provided through gritted teeth by Liverpool effectively drew to a close when Steven Gerrard walked reluctantly from the field in the 79th minute, accompanied by a standing ovation drawn from all corners of the stadium.

Crystal Palace 1 Man United 2: Ashley Young’s popular – or more correctly unpopular – image is that of a player who dives to ground rather than rising to a challenge, but there is no denying the determination of a man who has transformed his own and Manchester United’s fortunes over the past year.

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 0: Loyalty is a rare commodity in the fickle world of football which makes Tom Cleverley’s apparent desire to repay his rejuvenation at Aston Villa particularly refreshing — especially when more lucrative offers may come his way.

Hull 0 Burnley 1: While it was a decisive day for Burnley in their failed attempt to survive in the Premier League, this also felt pivotal for Hull.

Memphis Depay has set himself the ambition to become the best player in the world during his time at Manchester United.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini wants to sign Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler, although the German side want £25m for the 21-year-old, according to the Daily Star.

FA Cup Third Round

Cambridge United have been handed a dream FA Cup fourth round tie against 11-time winners Manchester United.

Fergus McFadden has said the new batch of talent forcing their way through this season at Leinster would convince him to stay at home even if an offer from abroad were to materialise.

Yeovil Town 0 Manchester United 2

Southampton 1 Ipswich Town 1

Tributes have been flying in for Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard after he announced the end of his association with hometown club Liverpool when the current season ends.

When lowly Yeovil Town seek to rekindle FA Cup romance tomorrow by plotting Manchester United’s downfall, their playmaker Sam Foley will have international ambitions with Ireland stored in his mind.

Louis van Gaal dug out a favourite old phrase of his to remind his Manchester United players they will be fighting for their lives when they face Yeovil in the FA Cup tomorrow.