Posted on 18 March 2010
The eight quarter finalists for the UEFA Champions League have now emerged and the anxious wait to find out who United have to face will end on Friday night. The UEFA general secretary will make the draws at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The pairings will be determined by an open draw in which no teams are seeded and clubs from the same national association can be drawn against each other.
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Posted on 18 March 2010
Manchester United will be the ones on red alert when Liverpool visit Old Trafford on Sunday for a Premier League match neither side can afford to lose. United were thumped 4-1 by Liverpool at home last March and still went on to win the championship but the stakes are higher than ever now.
The league leaders are just two points clear of Chelsea, who have a game in hand and no Champions League to distract them after being dumped out by Inter Milan, and Arsenal as the season enters the final stages.
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Posted on 17 March 2010
At some point during the next season Sir Alex Ferguson will have to make a decision which will be present him with an agonising dilemma. Goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar will turn 40 in six months time and while the giant Dutchman continues to show the same class that has been his hallmark throughout his long career, the time is fast approaching for him to hang up his gloves.
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Posted on 17 March 2010
Ryan Giggs is fighting to be fit for Sunday’s eagerly awaited Premier League showdown with Liverpool at Old Trafford. United’s 11 times title winner has been out of Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad since fracturing his arm five weeks ago when the 36 year old hurt himself in an accidental collision against Aston Villa at Villa Park in early February.
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Posted on 16 March 2010
Get ready for a wild eight week ride folks. As Sir Alex Ferguson has a habit of saying at this stage of the season “Squeaky bum time” is here and it has arrived with a vengeance starting this coming Sunday with the visit of Liverpool. Clashes between these two old rivals have always been fierce yet the stakes have never been higher than they will be this weekend…and for a very good reason. Read the full story
Posted on 16 March 2010
Club captain Gary Neville is convinced that Manchester United can have an unbeaten run-in to the Premier League title. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told his team they must win all of their remaining eight games to land a record-breaking 19th championship. And Neville, a key player in the 3-0 win over Fulham on Sunday which put United two points clear of Chelsea and Arsenal at the top, believes his team-mates are capable of doing precisely that.
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