LIVERPOOL face the prospect of having to save their season without their two most senior players after vice-captain Jamie Carragher dislocated his shoulder during yesterday’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham to join captain Steven Gerrard on the sidelines.

MANCHESTER UNITED and Liverpool will meet in the third round of this season’s FA Cup after the bitter rivals was pitted against each other in last night’s draw.

AFTER surrendering the Premier League summit for the first time in more than seven months, Carlo Ancelotti admits Chelsea face a huge test of their character to reassert themselves at the head of affairs.

CRISTIANO RONALDO has sought to play down talk of tonight’s El Clasico being merely a duel being him and ace Lionel Messi.

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THE pressure is piling on Ipswich boss Roy Keane after his side slumped to their fourth successive defeat, hammered 4-1 by rivals Norwich yesterday.

AFTER a rough few weeks, finally Mick McCarthy had more than words of commiseration to offer his players.

NEMANJA VIDIC wants the past to be forgotten and Wayne Rooney left alone to get back to what he loves best — scoring goals for Manchester United.

A FRIEND of mine once told me that he’d briefly toyed with the idea of joining Friends Of the Earth but then decided against it. “You know me,” he explained, “I’d want to be more than just friends.”

RICHARD DUNNE has challenged his side to re-establish their credentials as a Premier League force today in the lunch-time kick off against Arsenal.

LIVERPOOL goalkeeper Jose Reina admits it is currently impossible for them to compete with Premier League leaders Chelsea and stressed things have to improve if the club are to hold onto their star names.

MANCHESTER CITY captain Carlos Tevez has stunned the club by admitting he has fallen out of love with football and will quit the game in his prime.

JONNY EVANS has revealed his performances have left him frustrated for the past six months.

THERE was no apology from Wayne Rooney last night, only a match-winning penalty in the 87th minute as the Manchester United sharpshooter fired his side into the knockout phase of the Champions League.

WAYNE ROONEY insists his long-term future remains at Manchester United as he looks set to make his first start for nearly two months in tonight’s Champions League tie with Rangers at Ibrox.

CHAMPIONSHIP outfit QPR have signed goalkeeper Paddy Kenny on a three-year deal from Sheffield United.

WAGES at Premier League clubs have shown a worrying 11% leap to £1.3 billion (€1.5bn) overall, according to an annual report of football finance.

JUST a day after his arrival in South Africa, England skipper Rio Ferdinand is preparing to fly home after he was ruled out of the World Cup with a knee injury.

WEST HAM co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have heralded the appointment of Avram Grant as the “beginning of a new era”.