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After their 4-0 humiliation by AC Milan on Wednesday, Arsène Wenger took the unprecedented step of openly criticising his players. The Frenchman, who in the past has usually resorted to smokescreens t

Look no further than league two and Southend United. Currently sat top of the table they are a stunningly attractive price of 5/6. Despite a dip in form of late, manager Paul Sturrock certainly has th

Chelsea v Birmingham, KO: Saturday 12:30, live on ESPN Andre Villas-Boas has said, and done, some strange things in his short stint as Chelsea boss but his latest admission that he doesn't need the

Peterborough v Bristol City Is it too early to start throwing in the phrase 'six pointer'? Probably not. Especially when you consider that there is only a third of the season to go and both these s

Manchester City are in the process of learning that any slight slip up can prove catastrophic when fighting for major honours, but their Europa League opponents Porto have demonstrated this season tha

How badly do Manchester United want Europa League success? That's the question that punters tempted to lay them at odds-on at the Amsterdam Arena will be posing, but the same can be asked of Ajax.

Lyon v APOEL, live on Sky Sports 4 Lyon This is Lyon's ninth consecutive appearance in the last 16. The reason they are here again is December's 7-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb. The reason why they w

Brighton v Millwall Crazy price alert! Brighton are unbeaten in nine in all competitions, and have won five of their last six at home. They are hosting a Millwall side that has lost five of its las

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona, live on Sky Sports 2 Leverkusen Leverkusen are 15 points behind Borussia Dortmund - who beat them on Saturday - in the Bundesliga and unlikely to match last season'

Manchester United showed all their fighting spirit in coming from 3-0 down against Chelsea to earn a point. Who knows how significant it might become the end of the season? And whereas Sir Alex Fergus