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Man U showed why they are one of the top club teams in the world. Sir Alex and the boys defeated Schalke 04 2-0.

It should have been lots more but Rooney and his mates couldn’t connect with the back of the net until the second half.

The Rooney man’s slight of hand or I mean foot set up mate Ryan Giggs in the 67^th minute.

The German side never had a chance.

Wayne Rooney ripped the twines in the 69^th minute to make it 2-nil Red Devils.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford had an amazing 13 scoring chances.

I mean folks these were real ones.

It should be a 13-0 whitewash.

All Sir Alex and his chargers need to do is hold serve at Old Trafford.

I don’t think the German side Schalke 04 will score three goals and beat the Red Devils.

Stranger things have happened.

Sir Alex had this to say- “Our concentration, intensity and speed of passing was excellent,” Ferguson told Sky Sports. “We had less chances in the second half but were more dangerous, when Chicharito scored and it was offside it told the players they could beat the goalkeeper.”

The boss man Sir Alex used the same side that started against Chelsea in the Champions League return leg last week.

“The continuity of selection in these games gives us good experience and work-rate and I have good options with the likes of Nani, Scholes and Anderson. We have selection problems now but that is what we want.”\

About resting key players in next weeks return leg- “Depending on the result on Sunday [at Arsenal] I could make two or three changes because we play Chelsea the following weekend.”

“We are a bit disappointed we didn’t take more chances but overall we are delighted with the performance. In the first half especially we had some good chances and we were disappointed at half time not to be in front.”

The Wayne man said don’t count your chickens before they are hatched- “Schalke are a good team and we can’t take them lightly. We need to make sure we are professional and full concentrated.”

Ryan Giggs praised the German keeper – “We knew that if we kept creating chances one would go in and hopefully I would get one on my left foot rather than my right,” he said. “Before the game we would have taken 2-0 but now we are slightly disappointed.”

Up next for Sir Alex and the boys is a hot date with my Gunners at Emirates on Sunday.

Gunner for life.

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Sir Alex and the boys are on to the semifinals of the Champions League.  Man U doubled up Chelsea 2-1. It was 3-1 on aggregate but the mighty boys from Old Trafford were never in danger when a late strike by Didier Drogba in the 77^th minute made interesting. However the Park Ji-Sung goal a few seconds later in the 77^th minute put this sucker outta reach.

Once again, the combo of Ryan Giggs and John O’Shea set up Mexican super man Javier Hernandez in the 43^rd minute. Chicharito ripped the twines to give Man U a 1-0 lead late in the first half.

The Blues Ramirez was given his marching orders in the 70^th minute to give Sir Alex and the chargers a huge advantage.

Game, set, and match to Man U.

The dirty cheaters from Barca lost to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.

However lets get real Barca was never in trouble. Messi and his cheaters blew out the Ukrainian side 5-1 at Camp Nou.

The cheaters are on to the semifinals também.

Later today Tottenham battles Real Madrid at White Hart Lane and Schalke 04 takes on Internazionale on German soil.

The German side blew away the defending Champions League Title holder s 5-2 at their house in Italy.

Both Real and Schalke 04 should advance unless all hell breaks loose but don’t bet the house on it.

Gunner for life.

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Once again, the mighty boys from Old Trafford came up firing blanks in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage.

Man U and Marseille tied nil-nil.

Man U can play great one time and stink the joint out the next.

Sir Alex and his guys used their top line of Rooney, Berbatov, and Nani.

Sure, the Red Devils had their chances but they couldn’t dent the back of the net.

The only saving grace was Man U’s defense.

Vidic and the boys had a stellar performance.

Missing from the back line was Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs.

Still a tie is better than a loss.

An away goal from the Red Devils would have been good but not on this day.

The second leg is at Old Trafford on March 15^th.

Sir Alex had this to say about the tie- I think it was very lucky. The referee’s in a good position and I don’t know why he didn’t give us a free-kick and then the decision is straightforward – it’s a red card.”

On his teams performance-”On our ground we will be much better. Scoring away from home is always important and we didn’t do that tonight.

“You always worry at this stage of the season because there are no bad teams left in the competition, but we will have two or three players back and, whilst we won’t be taking anything for granted, this result is fine.

 ”Marseille made sure they did not lose. It was a poor game for the spectators. Nothing happened.”

About Rooney’s play- He did what we wanted him to do,” he said. “The way we normally set up, with Nani or Ryan Giggs on the left, gives us more natural width, but Wayne worked hard, as he always does.

“He has great spirit but he was better when we played him through the middle in a 4-4-2 at the end.”

This wasn’t a great performance but it will pass.

Gunner nation rules.

Gunner for life.

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Manchester United invited lowly West Ham to Old Trafford.

The host’s treated the Hammers to a shooting gallery.

Yes, my friend, the mighty boys from Old Trafford fired shot after shot after shot at West Ham keeper Robert Green.

It took a while before the Red Devils found the back of the net.

Ryan Giggs took it to the rack. Hammers defender Jonathan Spector was forced to tackle Giggs in the box. Whamo, bamo, It’s PK time. Rooney breaks his scoring drought in the 33^rd minute,

This is the Wayne man’s first goal in five months.

The Hammers hung in there.

I mean, man it was rough out there for the Hammers.

This match was hard to watch.

The feeding frenzy was on.

Nani beat almost entire West Ham team in the 50^th minute to make 2-nil Man U.

Juke right. Side step left. Step side right. Pause. Shift the ball to left. Fire. Bingo. Back of the net.

Nani made the entire Hammers side look ridiculous.

Berbatov added a great flying side ways bicycle kick into the back of the net in the 69^th minute.

The deal was already sealed after the first goal.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford should have had a ton more goals but Hammers keeper Robert Green kept it a respectable massacre.     

Man U is for real.

Chelsea and the rest better watch out.

The Red Devils have real team speed.

They can score.

The only problem is that super defender Rio Ferdinand is out.

Once he comes back watch out baby.

The other team to watch out for is my guys from Arsenal.

The young Gunners such as Theo Walcott are finding their stride.

With Walcott ripping the twines, watch out EPL.

The only bad news in Gunner land is that RVP is hurt.

Chelsea is beating up on the little old lady’s and the little sisters of the poor but let’s see what happens when the Blues get into the meat of their schedule.

Remember this Man U burned em in the Community Shield.

Last year Chelsea took it to the Red Devils.

This is a good indicator of what might be in store.

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Fulham bit Manchester United twice in the butt to comeback for a two all draw.

This is not good for the mighty boys of Old Trafford.

Man U’s road woes still continue.

Three points were a must but a draw is better than a loss.

Scholes scored the first goal of the match in the 11^th minute.

Paul Scholes fired a deadly strike from 30 yards out.

Berbatov set it with a great pass.

Fulham found the equalizer in the 57^th minute.

Fulham pressed the attack.

The Cottagers Duff made a mad rush up the right sideline. He got past Man U defender Evra. Duff laid the ball off for mate Bobby Zamora. Zamora fed Davies.

Davies beat the naked keeper Van der Sar.

Man U scored the go ahead goal in the 84^th minute.

Ryan Giggs fired a wicked shot into the goalmouth. Fulham’s Brede Hangeland deflected the ball into his own net.

2-1 Man U.

The match changer happened in the 86^th minute.

Man U was given a PK.

Nani fired the shot right at keeper David Stockdale.

Block. Save.

This miss cost the mighty boys from Old Trafford the match.

The Cottagers nailed the equalizer three minutes later in the 89^th minute.

Hangeland headed home a brilliantly placed corner kick by mate Duff.

This killed Man U.

Stupid mistakes killed the Red Devils.

Bad defending was the key.

The two goals were the result of poor marking and no help side defense.

This tie may have cost the Man U a shot at the title.

Road wins not ties are the key.

This is a stumble however this is not fatal.

Newcastle killed Aston Villa 6-0.

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Manchester United has done it. The Red Devils defeated Tottenham 3-1 at Old Trafford minus Wayne Rooney. The Rooney man is out at least three weeks said headman Sir Alex.

Rooney has an injured groin.

Ouch, that hurts.

This did not deter Man U. Ryan Giggs nailed two PK’s in the 58^th and 85^th minutes. Nani nailed a perfect looping shot over the keepers Gomes head in the 81^st minute to send the Red Devils to a much needed win.

This squarely puts the pressure on Chelsea to beat Stoke City on Sunday.

Spurs needed this win badly too. But Tottenham could not find the answer after Nani’s goal in the 81^st minute.

A great pass by youngster Federico Macheda set up Nani’s goal.

This loss could have cost Tottenham the final berth in the Champions League.

This will all depend on how the match turns out between my guys Arsenal and Manchester City later today.

Man U is now top dog with 79 points.

The Mighty boys from Old Trafford have two matches left.

Oh what a relief it is.

Spurs have a two-point lead over City. This could change after today.

Both City and Spurs have a game in hand. They will play their game in hand against each other on May 5^th.

You gotta love it.

It may come down to this match to decide who gets the final Champions League spot.

This was not the result we were looking for. Arsenal and City kissed their sister nil-nil. Both sides had limited chances.

For my perspective, it looked like we were playing not to lose. It was good to see Van Persie back in the lineup.

The Gunners seemed just out of synch. We had a majority of the possessions but Arsenal could not connect.

Real scoring chances were few and far between.

A tie is cool but we need the big “W”.

Van Persie played okay. He needed to get his sea legs.

He’s got em.

I am I happy with the result no but I will take it.

Tottenham can thank their lucky stars that City didn’t pull off the upset win.

Spurs can breath a little bit easier.

Tottenham has 64 points. City is a point back at 63. Villa has 61 points and the Reds have 59 points.

Villa entertains Birmingham and Liverpool battles Burnley on Sunday.

If both sides can win, the race for the final Champions League spot will be a real logjam.

West Ham scored a late goal to lift the Hammers past Wigan 3-2.

The Hammers are six points clear of the drop zone.

Portsmouth is outta here.

Burnley and Hull City looks like they might get their tickets punched as well.

We will see.

Hull City lost to Sunderland 1-0.

I don’t see Burnley pulling off upset city against the Reds.

Stranger things have happened.

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What did I tell ya. The EPL champ will have the best road record. Man U’s road woes continued at Elwood Park. Everton took it to the mighty Red Devils. The Toffees whopped em good. The final tally was 3-1 Everton.

This gives the mighty men of Old Trafford five road losses. Yes, count em five road losses.

This is huge for us Arsenal fans. This loss opens up the door for Arsenal. A win today against Sunderland and we will have cut the gap to two points behind Man U.

All we need is to have Chelsea to lose to Wolverhampton.

Go ahead and make my day.

My instincts tell me that with Rio and Nani out due to suspension will really hurt the Red Devils. Add on top of that Ryan Giggs gone because of a broken forearm you have a really depleted Red Devils side ripe for the taking.

This is exactly what the Toffees did. 

Give Everton all the credit. The Toffees flat out took it Man U.

The Toffees have now beaten both Man U and Chelsea at home.

Home cooking goes a long way.

Rio Ferdinand’s absence really hurt the Man U “D”. 

With Rio in the line up, I don’t think the Toffees would have scored.

Man U opened the scoring in the 16^th minute. Berbatov one timed a great centering pass from mate Valencia for 1-0 Man U lead.

Then all hell broke loose. Everton kept applying the pressure.

The Toffees were like a pressure cooker. They kept the steam up and then the lid blew off this baby.

Everton’s Diniyar Bilyaletdinov nailed a perfect long-range ball in the 19^th minute to even this sucker up at one all. Red Devil’s keeper Van der Sar never even flinched. He had his cement shoes on.

The Toffees scored the go ahead goal in the 76^th minute. Dan Gosling back heeled a great cross from mate Steven Pienaar for a 2-1 Everton lead.

Everton put the final nail in the coffin in the 90^th minute. Jack Rodwell wove his way through the entire Man U back line. He teed up a great shot that made went flying past the sprawled out keeper Edwin Van de Sar.

Final score was 3-1 Everton.

Well Chelsea is well on their way to giving Wolves a futebol lesson. Didier Drogba has hit for the daily double.

The Blues have it in cruise control.

Chelsea is well on its way to a huge road win.

The Blues have 2-0 lead with ten minutes left.

Arsenal on the other hand is in a dogfight with Sunderland. Nicklas Bendtner rammed home a point blank gimmie shot in the 27^th minute to give us 1-0 lead.

Cesc Fabregas set this baby up with a great run into the box. He made a great pass right through the goal crease to left post. 

This created the walk in goal for Bendtner.

This is way this baby stands with about thirteen minutes remaining.

If things remain the same, Chelsea will have 61 points. Man U remains at 57 points. Arsenal is still with in striking distance with 55 points.

It is all over but the shouting as Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 win over Wolverhampton.

This gives the Blues seven road wins on the season. Chelsea is 7-3-4 on the road. Man U drops to 7-2-5. Arsenal remains at 6-3-4.

Finally, we get another goal in the dying moments of the match against Sunderland. Cesc Fabregas nailed the PK kick to put this guy out of reach.

We can all breath a huge sigh of relief. 

The Gunners are up 2-0 in the 90^th minute.

Thank God for small favors.

It is all over. We pick up the all-important three points.

The top of the table looks like this after Saturdays encounters.

Chelsea is the top gun with 61 points. Man U is second with 57 and Arsenal is third with 55.

The race is on baby.

Man U is wobbly on the road. Chelsea has their troubles as well.  It will come down to this. Beat the teams you should. Hold serve at home. Have more wins than losses or ties on the road.

Trust me on this.

Man U’s loss to Everton may have well cost them a shot at the four peat. Better yet this may have cost the Red Devils second place in the table as well.

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We have some huge fixtures on Saturday and Sunday in the EPL. Manchester United and Everton battle each other in Everton’s house Elwood Park.

The Red Devils are a scant one point behind league leaders Chelsea. Rooney and the guys need to come out breathing fire. In Man U’s last five road games, they have two wins, two draws, and one loss.

Man U has struggled on the road. The Red Devils are coming off a road tie with Aston Villa. This road match will be a key test to see if the Red Devils can become the first EPL team to get a four peat.

Rooney, Berbatov, and Anderson need to attack and create a ton of scoring chances. Rio Ferdinand and Nani will not play due to suspensions.

Without Rio and Nani Man U could pull a Keystone Cops routine on the defensive end of the pitch

With Giggs out due to a broken forearm this will hurt Man U a lot. How much? This depends on Berbatov.

The Toffees will be missing one of their key players too. Midfielder Tim Cahill will be out at least three weeks with a pulled calf muscle. 

We have a huge match against Sunderland at Emirates on Saturday. Let’s hope we put the fiasco of what happened in Portugal behind us.

I hope someone slapped Fabianski upside the head for his stupid and dumb play in net against Porto on Wednesday.

This bum Fabianski needs to wake up and make sure he doesn’t play stupid in goal if Arsenal is forced to use this clown in goal if Almunia is not ready to go.

Both Diaby and Gallas will be out. This is going to kill us but I am sure the return of Alex Song will help.

God please don’t let us pull another Rocky Horror Picture Show at home.

The Gunners need to take care of business at home.

Arsenal needs to take names and kick butt.

Fabregas and the guys need to torch the twines.

Chelsea has a road trip to Wolverhampton. Chelsea has a habit of losing on the road. The Blues are coming off a huge road loss to Everton. Wolves are not that good. In plain English, they stink big time.

Let’s hope the Blues have a brain fart and lose big time.

Over the past few weeks, the big boys have stubbed their toes big time on the road.

The EPL winner will have the best road record.

Chelsea is 6-3-4 on the road. Man U is 7-2-4. Arsenal is 6-3-4.

Last year Chelsea, Man U, and Arsenal had a combined nine total road losses.  Right now, they have a combined twelve losses with 12 matches left in the season.

They key is hold serve at home and win at least 55 to 60% of your road matches.

When the dust settles the EPL title race will come more into focus.

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