Ferguson hails 'true professional' Fletcher

Who Ate All The Pies • Champions League predictions - can Chelsea join Man Utd & Arsenal in the next round?
My thoughts on tonight's CL action... Chelsea vs Olympiakos (0-0) As Arsenal showed last night, 0-0 is a dangerous scoreline to defend at home. Do Chelsea sit back and look for a 1-0 win, or go for the jugular. I'm...

CaughtOffside.com • Fergie expects more from his Manchester United team
It was a far from vintage Manchester United performance on Tuesday night, although the English champions did enough to knock Lyon out on aggregate and progress to the quarter finals of the Champions League. Sky Sports report that Sir Alex Ferguson ...

Manchester United • Sir Alex: English Opponents Hold No Fear
Of course by English opponents, he means English with squads of largely non-English players — but let’s not be too pedantic. I’m not sure I share his bold assertion however [ neither does Ronaldo ]. It’s unlikely the ...

Manchester United • The Verdict on Yesterday’s Narrow Victory
Whilst we all shrug our shoulders about the quality of performance, at least we’re in the draw for the quarter finals. That’ll do nicely I suppose. Those closer to the action have a varied reaction: Lyon themselves see our equalizer in ...

The Far Post Report • Messi injury taints Rijkaard's cheer
FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard's enjoyment of his side's progress to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals was tempered by a thigh...

Chelsea's Grant brushes up for Greek test (AFP)
Avram Grant has friends in high places at Chelsea but even that won't stop him feeling the heat if his team are knocked out of the Champions League by Olympiakos on Wednesday.

FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi out 6 weeks after tearing thigh muscle (AP)
FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will be out for six weeks after tearing his left quadriceps in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Celtic in the Champions League. The Champions League's leading scorer left the field in tears in the 35th minute of the ...

Champions League Arsenal Victory
I watched Arsenal systematically take apart Milan last evening and there is nothing the current player of the year could do about it.  In fact, I would go so far as saying that the majority of the Arsenal midfield were as good if not better than ...

Injury puts Barcelona's Messi off pitch for six weeks (AFP)
Barcelona's Argentina striker Lionel Messi will be out of action for six weeks after tearing a muscle in his left leg during Tuesday night's Champions League victory over Celtic.

Gunnerism VIII: One Nil To The Arsenal
The stage was set. It was the second leg of the Champions League first round knockout. Milan had never lost at the San Siro to English opposition. They were also seven-time Champions League winners. Arsenal, on the other hand, had never won it. The ...