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Drogba dilemma is a bigger problem than Terry absence

CHELSEA coach Carlo Ancelotti faces a dilemma over the fitness of striker Didier Drogba following Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Liverpool 3 - 0 West Ham United: Carragher confident for fourth-placed finish

LIVERPOOL cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory over West Ham at Anfield to keep their faint Champions League hopes alive and leave the Hammers with three games to secure their

Mourinho facing a CV-defining test

WHEN Jose Mourinho took his Internazionale side to Old Trafford in the Champions League last season he was spotted alone sitting high up in the stand a couple of hours before

Liverpool and Fulham braced for long trips to continent

LIVERPOOL and Fulham are preparing for long journeys to Madrid and Hamburg respectively for Thursday's Europa League semi-finals.

Arsenal must respond in style, says Silvestre

MIKAEL Silvestre is at a loss to explain how Arsenal threw away a two-goal lead at Wigan and with it their Barclays Premier League title chances – but has vowed Arsene Wenger

Attwell's refereeing again under fire

STOKE City defender Danny Higginbotham has claimed referee Stuart Attwell allowed himself too be influenced by "who shouted the loudest" in their 2-1 weekend defeat t

Liverpool 3-0 West Ham

The arduous journey to Madrid began with a stroll for Liverpool as West Ham reminded Martin Broughton, the on-looking British Airways and now Anfield chairman, all about carrying passengers. Here, on a night when fighting spirit was a prerequisite for a team in trouble, was the embodiment of...

Arsène Wenger's Chelsea wage remarks are a bit rich

• Arsenal's wage bill is third-highest in Premier League • Transfer budget will be funded by stadium redevelopmentArsène Wenger's comments about the money spent on players' wages at Chelsea on Sunday were a bit, er, rich. Although the Arsenal manager's record has been very strong...