Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes he can rival Sir Alex Ferguson’s 21-years at Manchester United after admitting he would be lost without the pressure of management.
Wenger takes charge of his 635th game at Arsenal against Reading on Monday and recently signed a contract keeping him at the Emirates Stadium until at least the summer of 2010
Strugglers Marseille showed current form cannot always gauge the outcome as they beat French league leaders Lyon 2-1 for only their third win of the season thanks to two goals from Mamadou Niang.
An eventful first half ultimately decided the match between two of France’s big clubs though Marseille’s fourth-from-bottom position hardly gives credence to their major team status.
Chelsea manager Avram Grant has told Steve McClaren that Frank Lampard should be an essential part of the England team.
Grant has been impressed with the way Lampard responded to being dropped by McClaren with a series of dominant displays for the Blues.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be sidelined for at least four weeks after suffering an ankle injury in training on Friday.
Rooney left United’s training ground on crutches and the injury means he will miss England’s final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia on November 21 and the friendly in Austria six days previously.
Barcelona fought out a dour 0-0 draw at Rangers two weeks ago and have been widely criticised for their play away but at home, in their Nou Camp citadel, they are a different proposition.
Celtic and Scotland midfielder Scott Brown has accused Benfica defender Agustin Binya of trying to break his leg in their Champions league clash here late Tuesday and called on UEFA to take action.
Manchester United can deliver the perfect anniversary present to Sir Alex Ferguson by clinching their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League here on Wednesday.
Victory over Dynamo Kiev would assure United of progression to the last 16 of Europe’s premier competition, a day after Ferguson marks 21 years in charge of the English champions.
A Congolese player at FC Brussels who walked out after being racially abused by the Belgian club’s president Johan Vermeersch has agreed to return.
Zola Matumona quit the club after he and his fellow players were lambasted by Vermeersch for a string of poor performances, with the club president telling him to think about things other than “trees and bananas.”
Marseille failed to react to club president Pape Diouf’s lambasting of them after their latest French league disappointment at the weekend and went down to their first defeat in the Champions League this term here on Tuesday, a 2-1 reverse by FC Porto.
Champions League holders AC Milan shrugged off their modest domestic form to beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 here on Tuesday and put one foot into the last 16.
Filippo Inzaghi unlocked the game for the Italians when producing a second half double and setting up Kaka for the third goal to lift Milan to the top of Group D with two games remaining.
