Newcastle 2 West Brom 1

West Ham 3 Fulham 0

Everton 4 Stoke City 0

Chelsea 3 Southampton 1

Tottenham 2 Man United 2

Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas has hit out at the club’s former chairman, Alan Sugar, for his continued criticism of the Portuguese.

“We’ve sold Elvis and bought the Beatles!” crowed at least more than one former Tottenham player shortly after a transfer deadline that saw Gareth Bale finally depart for Real Madrid and the last chunk of £106 million worth of new talent check in at White Hart Lane.

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We are nearly a third of the way through the Premier League season and it’s probably only now that we are seeing a Manchester United side playing anywhere near what they are capable of.

A day after Martin O’Neill suggested some of Ireland’s younger players might have been a tad nervous in anticipation of Roy Keane’s presence in the camp, James McCarthy has dismissed the idea, saying instead that the new assistant coach has been “a joy” to work with.

The word is that a Carl Froch-George Groves rematch may take place at Wembley — suitable acknowledgement of a week when boxing pulled off a giant-killing to knock football out of the Controvassy Cup.

Ryan Giggs has admitted he would be finished now had he ever elected to leave Manchester United.

Andre Villas-Boas insists he does not fear for his job and still has the full confidence of the Tottenham board, despite Sunday’s 6-0 defeat at Manchester City.

Bayer Leverkusen 0 Man United 5

Former Ireland defender Denis Irwin is adamant an upturn in home results can form the backbone to the national team’s revival under Martin O’Neill and his assistant Roy Keane.

Manchester United manager David Moyes accepts his team have a big job on their hands as they seek to book a place in the Champions League last 16 tonight.

Going into the fifth match of their Champions League campaign, the four German clubs ought to be full of confidence.

Bill Foulkes, who has died aged 81, was a stalwart defender who became the first captain of Manchester United’s ’Busby Babes’ after surviving the Munich air disaster and helped the club to their first European Cup triumph.

Jose Mourinho wants Chelsea to secure their Champions League progression at Basel tonight before turning their focus on the hectic festive schedule which is “only for the braves”.

Arsenal will soon seen the best of club-record signing Mesut Ozil, according to manager Arsene Wenger.