LIVERPOOL defender Jose Enrique comes up against former club Newcastle tonight insisting he paid his dues to the Magpies with a spell in the npower Championship.

WIGAN boss Roberto Martinez believes justice has been done after the Football Association rescinded the red card shown to Ireland’s Conor Sammon in Monday’s 5-0 defeat against Manchester United.

RYAN GIGGS is adamant Manchester United’s ability to respond to setbacks shows they have the character to be champions.

SATURDAY

STRIKER Luis Suarez will be banned for Liverpool’s home match against Newcastle tomorrow after admitting making an offensive gesture to Fulham fans earlier this month.

GARETH BALE is relishing his new attacking role and hopes he can continue banging in the goals to help Tottenham sustain their title challenge.

2011.

MANCHESTER CITY captain Vincent Kompany is relishing the prospect of a duel for the title with arch-rivals Manchester United.

THERE is a growing belief at Manchester United that the crushing blow of an early Champions League exit has provided the impetus for a sustained assault on the Premier League title rather than kill the campaign.

IT’S 50 years since Tottenham last won the league but Harry Redknapp’s side will go into 2012 with legitimate hopes of ending that half-century wait.

2012 cannot come soon enough for Liverpool after their miserable end to 2011 continued with a frustrating draw against the Premier League’s basement club, a result which left Kenny Dalglish urging his players to believe in themselves more.

NOT even Alex Ferguson would have expected the tables to have turned this quickly in the Premier League title race.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS conceded Chelsea’s title ambitions are fading fast after his side was held to a third successive draw yesterday, undermining the progress made at the start of the month and confirming their campaign continues to be wracked by inconsistency.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S astonishing response to their historic 6-1 derby day defeat to Manchester City continued at Old Trafford yesterday where a hat-trick from Dimitar Berbatov dragged them level with their rivals at the top of the Premier League.

2011 began with the coutry in the grip of a big freeze. It ends with far more clement weather, but the business environment remains frosty.

NEWS of Manchester City’s demise appears to have been grossly exaggerated.

ARSENE WENGER was well-wrapped up against the cold at the Etihad Stadium but then it was really back in the balmy late summer that he would have been shivering.

ROBERTO MANCINI has warned his Manchester City players that they face “a fight” right until the end of the season from neighbours Manchester United for the Premier League title.

KENNY DALGLISH could not hide his admiration for striker Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan international put a difficult week behind him to produce another menacing performance.

JONAS GUTIERREZ has already put the disappointment of a missed opportunity behind him as he plots victory over West Brom.