Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Man Utd 1 Tottenham 0: For 80 minutes, Manchester United supporters were left wondering where Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been all their lives as the Premier League’s first and only Armenian masterminded a victory that could kick start their club’s season.

The Irish Examiner, or so I’m told, is a hotbed of Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal support, so getting a Tottenham voice in here is a bit of a result.

There’s been some fanciful talk that, with Manchester United’s 0-2 win away to Zorya — and its confirmation of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s belated arrival as a significant influence — Jose Mourinho might well have negotiated one of those famous ‘turning points’ so beloved of teams in, to put it at its most charitable, transition.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Manchester United’s crunch Europa League clash with Zorya Luhansk is under threat due to a frozen pitch that Jose Mourinho claims his team should never have had to encounter.

Monaco 2 Tottenham 1: Hugo Lloris’ penalty heroics could not rescue Tottenham’s Champions League campaign as Mauricio Pochettino’s men slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Monaco last night.

Arsene Wenger is ready to take Arsenal into the latter stages of the Champions League as group winners after claiming Premier League clubs can compete against the competition’s best teams.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has dismissed suggestions the Foxes have been distracted by the Champions League.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Tottenham 3 West Ham United 2: As fans filed out of White Hart Lane into the north London rain on Saturday night, as the initial surge of energy from such a dramatic victory began to subside, there was a moment in the manager’s office in the bowels of the stadium which helps tell the story of the character instilled in this Tottenham team.

Man United 1 Arsenal 1: Wayne Rooney can — and did — protest all he wishes about the unfair treatment he received over “Wedding-gate” but the fact remains that, with every passing week, the Manchester United and England captain is proving ever more dispensable for club and country alike.

Michael Carrick still has a role at the Theatre of Dreams, and four other talking points...

Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 2: It was only a one-word answer. But no question posed to Pep Guardiola after Manchester City’s latest victory elicited a more telling response.

Mauricio Pochettino has instructed Tottenham to pay special attention to Dimitri Payet today but says there is no plan to man-mark the West Ham playmaker.