News Headlines

FA Cup third round: Middlesbrough 0-1 Manchester City

Roberto Mancini said: "I respect the FA Cup, it gets you into Europe. I respect the Carling Cup as well. At Manchester City we want to try to win everything." If that sounds like a gloat in the direction of Old Trafford, it was made before Manchester United tripped up against Leeds. City too have a...

FA Cup third round: Portsmouth 1-1 Coventry City

While around 150 Portsmouth fans could be heard protesting outside against the owner, Ali al-Faraj, Avram Grant's sense of humour was holding up fine. Being bottom of the Premier League with his players unpaid while facing an unwanted replay with a transfer embargo still in place, it inevitably...

FA Cup third round Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Peterborough United

Poor Roman Pavlyuchenko. He has lost the power even to provoke anger from his manager and on Saturday found sarcasm his reward for throwing the sort of hissy fit to newspapers for which the "quoted out of context" excuse was invented.Having accused Harry Redknapp in the Russian press of playing...

Arsenal indebted to Ramsey

In 2007, he was just a 17-year-old kid on the bench for Cardiff City but Aaron Ramsey has come a long way since that day at Wembley. In fact, Ramsey has graduated to running the midfield of one of the most sophisticated teams in Europe.

Sturridge plugs gap at Chelsea

Chelsea's transfer policy bore fruit yesterday, six months down the line. Speculation is rife about who they might sign during the January transfer window, but it was two players recruited last summer who were behind this thrashing of Watford.

McDermott makes his mark but Reds survive

Approaching his opposite number for a handshake after Saturday's game, Reading's caretaker manager Brian McDermott realised he was unsure of the appropriate form of address. "I called him Mr Benitez," he said. "What did he call me? I don't think he knew my name."

Liverpool escape Reading loss

Reading 1 Liverpool 1

Richard Cresswell repays Blackwell faith

Sheffield United 1 QPR 1