WAYNE ROONEY became the highest English scorer in Champions League history as 10-man Manchester United scraped home against Romanian Group C stragglers Otelul Galati last night.

ARSENE WENGER is looking forward to another Champions League outing in Marseille after admitting his side play with more freedom in Europe.

JOEY BARTON, inset, lived up to his reputation for outspoken honesty yesterday with attacks on Ryan Giggs, John Terry and the England rugby team.

PATRICE EVRA has told Alex Ferguson he wants to pursue his allegation of racism against Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.

ALEX FERGUSON is ready to let Wayne Rooney loose on Champions League foes Otelul Galati tonight.

IF Ireland can overcome Estonia next month, expect Giovanni Trapattoni to run the rule over some new faces for his squad for Euro 2012.

ALEX FERGUSON’S insistence that Manchester United’s annual fixtures with Liverpool remain the biggest and best in the English game looks set to be severely tested in the coming week after City’s emphatic victory over Aston Villa lifted them above their cross-town rivals to the top of the Premier League.

IT was an unfortunate reflection on the quality of Saturday’s match that the latest meeting of Liverpool and Manchester United will only be remembered for a controversy over alleged racism.

YOU would have got some odds on Manchester United scoring as many times as the winning side in Croke Park yesterday but Pat Gilroy wasn’t about to join in the chorus of disapproval that accompanied Donegal’s less-than-popular tactics.

KENNY DALGLISH’S totally underwhelming reaction to Liverpool leading the Premier League on Saturday night was understandable in the circumstances.

ARSENE WENGER refused to consider stepping down after watching his side suffer their most humiliating defeat in 115 years and cited ‘special circumstances’ for the way his side were demolished by champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.

ARSENAL supporters won’t be the only ones having nightmares after the Gunners’ 8-2 humiliation against Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S mesmeric and historic 8-2 victory over Arsenal has not only left Arsene Wenger contemplating his lowest ever moment in football management but also provided compelling evidence the Premier League is set for a two-horse title race played out entirely within the environs of Greater Manchester.

AHEAD of tomorrow’s showdown against Arsenal at Old Trafford, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has backed Arsene Wenger’s decision to sell Samir Nasri.

ALEX FERGUSON has accused the FA of failing to acknowledge Manchester United’s status within the English game and treating the Old Trafford club “like s***”.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is on a collision course with Bolton chairman Phil Gartside over the proposed signing of Gary Cahill.

DARRON GIBSON will miss Ireland’s European championship qualifiers against Slovakia and Russia after he damaged ankle ligaments in training at Manchester United.

Ian Macintosh and David Shonfield argue both sides of the debate

ALEX FERGUSON has ended his seven-year feud with the BBC.

LOOK, I know you must all be aquiver with excitement at the prospect of Man U v Otelul Galati.