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Chelsea and Arsenal, two distinguished clubs in FA Cup history, went head to head in a hugely anticipated semi-final encounter on Saturday with no clear advantage to either team.
Alan Shearer is back with the Toon Army. To many Newcastle United fans, this fact has not yet sunk in... they will know if this is a marriage made in heaven in 8 matches.
If Manchester United are beset by injuries, they are not showing it. The Red Devils were rampant in a masterful 5-0 thrashing of West Bromich Albion. And they had just won the Club World Cup.
Who will follow next in the footsteps of Kevin Keegan, Juande Ramos and Roy Keane this season? Off hand, I can think of a few dispensable candidates, namely Scolari, Mark Hughes and Paul Ince.
The arrival of oil money has brought about a sea change at Eastlands. Manchester City fans turned out in record numbers in anticipation of a walloping of Chelsea.
Recent deadline deals broke a Premier League transfer record by surpassing the 500 million mark from some 470 million in 2007. Let's review two crazy last minute transfers for value.
Sir Alex Ferguson is in his elements when it comes to mind games. Luiz Felipe Scolari has barely settled in at Chelsea, and Ferguson has already taunted his abilities.
Manchester United pipped Chelsea to clinch their 17th Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at Wigan. It was a close shave and Chelsea let themselves down with a 1-1 draw with Bolton.
The moment of truth will be out soon for the Special One. Even if Avram Grant wins nothing, he has already gone one up over his predecessor, Jose Mourinho, by getting the better of Liverpool.
The Premier League title race was blown wide open by Chelsea who mustered a dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United. All is not lost yet but there is already a palpable shift in power.
Liverpool were given a taste of their own medicine as they ended the Champions League semi-final first leg with a vexing 1-1 draw against Chelsea due to an own goal by John Arne Riise.
The petty bickering between Hicks and Gillett, both owning 50-50 share in Liverpool, is a timebomb. Both are businessmen, but their styles are as different as chalk and cheese.
It is hardly a surprise that Liverpool had another enthralling European night with a 4-2 victory over Arsenal. For the third time in four seasons, the Reds reached the Champions League semi-finals.
Avram Grant is a man blessed with extraordinary luck. His famous 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge allowed him to keep pace with league leader Manchester United.
Open any Chelsea blogs and you are likely to find much disapproval for Avram Grant. Chelsea drawing 4-4 with Tottenham Hotspur in this "entertaining" London derby had won Grant few fans.
Jose Mourinho, unemployed since leaving Stamford Bridge, fired a salvo when he remarked that he is keen to "kill" his old club if he meets them in next season's Champions League.
After the disappointment of the Carling Cup loss, Chelsea have to pick themselves up against West Ham which should be easy considering Chelsea's impeccable track record.
It has been a long time since Tottenham won anything meaningful... the League Cup is their first silverware in nine years. A sign of greater things to come?
Chelsea are now on course for an unprecedented quadruple. Grant said: "We are in all the competitions. We won today and we are in the last eight of the FA Cup."
Chelsea move a step closer to retaining the Carling Cup with a 2-1 victory over Everton in the semi-final first leg on Tuesday.
The giant-killers are back in action and this is what makes the FA Cup extravaganza so enticing for soccer fans the world over - record books are shredded and the underdogs triumph over the Goliaths.
Chelsea ensured a miserable New Year's Day for Roy Hodgson in his debut as Fulham manager. Hodgson has wasted no time in showing that the battle to stay in the top flight will be anything but easy.
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