EPL Super 6 Pointer Sunday : Man Utd Vs Chelsea

last SG · 2006-11-24T23:09:19+00:00

I won’t say they got backbone, but they willing to move out of their comfort zone in order to do what they suppose to be doing, playing football, and at thei...

lpx88 SG

True.Unless they heavily fortify their squad In Jan

dragg SG

dont bet, just enjoy the game.

may the better team win.

coldzero SG

AGREE! Hope no crucial errors by referees.

dragg SG

i wont be surprised.

superstrongnlong SG

Maybe beckham will score! Laughing

coldzero SG

Originally posted by superstrongnlong:

[b]Maybe beckham will score! Laughing [/b]

diaooooo Rolling Eyes

ghimpheng SG

Manchester United have no new injury worries ahead of the top-of-the-table clash with champions Chelsea.

Rio Ferdinand had been a doubt after picking up a foot injury but has been passed fit, while Patrice Evra could come in for left-back Gabriel Heinze.

Chelsea should have top scorer Didier Drogba (ankle) and midfielder Michael Ballack available after slight knocks.

Frank Lampard returns to the squad and Ricardo Carvalho (ankle) has recovered, but Salomon Kalou is still sidelined.

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Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Smith.

Chelsea (from): Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Geremi, Terry, Carvalho, Boulahrouz, Bridge, A Cole, Lampard, Essien, Ballack, Makelele, Drogba, Robben, Shevchenko, Wright-Phillips, J Cole, Diarra, Mikel.

Ben_Ng69 SG

This match maybe not betting. Too risky Very Happy

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Chelsea's Mourinho warns ref over Man Utd bias
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has turned up the heat ahead of tomorrow's showdown with Manchester United by putting ref Howard Webb on notice.

Mourinho said: "We don't want refs to treat us like they treated United when Tottenham's Pedro Mendes had a shot which was two metres over the line and nobody saw it.

"We don't want to be given penalties like United had in the first minute against Portsmouth to score as soon as the game has started.

"We don't want any of that.

"We just want something that has always been abundant in the English game - fair play and dignity."

The comments are sure to crank up the pressure on referee Webb, who was handed the game following recent controversies surrounding usual first-choice Graham Poll.

Mourinho added: "I know that people here don't want us to win but in football the team that does enough to deserve the victory should win.

"You can't be biased against one particular team because the team has won on many occasions in the past.

"Or because the owner of the club is who he is, or because the manager is who he is, or because the players are who they are.

"We want to win when we deserve to win and lose when we deserve to lose."

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Man Utd's Ronaldo: I was born to dazzle
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Manchester United wing ace Cristiano Ronaldo says he was born to dazzle.
United's skilful Portuguese winger insisted: "The stepover is something I did as soon as I started playing football.

"I always tried to invent new dribbles, new moves."

Speaking to Manchester United Opus, Ronaldo added: "I was born with my ability.

"Things would come into my mind and I'd try them.

"When I was young we didn't have money for big presents but if I was given a ball I'd be happy."

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Man Utd's Rooney questioned by police
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was yesterday questioned by police over an alleged brawl outside a nightclub.

The 21-year-old Manchester United forward was interviewed by officers investigating claims that a photographer was assaulted outside Panacea in Manchester city centre on October 15. He was interviewed at a police station in Greater Manchester and was questioned under caution but not arrested.

A spokesman for the force said a file would be passed to prosecutors to make the decision on possible charges. "A 21-year-old man was interviewed today at a police station in Greater Manchester," he said. "He voluntarily attended and was interviewed in connection with an alleged assault on October 15. A file is now being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service."

The appointment for Rooney to attend was made after complaints from the photographer who claims he was attacked outside the club at around 5am. He did not need medical treatment after the alleged assault, police said at the time.

The United squad trained as usual at Carrington this morning and Rooney later spoke to police at an unidentified police station.

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Lampard: Chelsea players have no excuses if title defence fails
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says there can be no excuses if they fail to defend their Premiership title this season.

"I think things are in place for us to dominate and now it's up to us," he said. "We have the squad, the manager, above the manager from the top, the training facilities and the ambition. The rest is down to us. There are no excuses with what we've got in front of us. It's just up to us to perform on the pitch.

"It has to be our aim to overtake United. They've set the target in terms of results on the pitch and success off the pitch. We're not there yet, but you've got to aim to be the biggest and the best. If you're looking at a target, United have set their stall out, so I understand what Peter Kenyon [the Chelsea chief executive] is saying."

Such is Chelsea's relentless ambition that even the prospect of three successive titles - two more than they won in the first 99 years of their existence - does not sate them.

"United have set the benchmark and we want to match them by winning three in a row and then surpass them," Lampard said. "But I do feel they had almost a decade of dominance, really, along with Arsenal, to an extent. Three years would be great and it would be on the way to matching them, but there's probably a longer period of time we would have to reach to be able to say we have done what they've done."

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Chelsea's Drogba confident of successful Sheva partnership
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Didier Drogba insists he and Chelsea teammate Andriy Shevchenko can form the most lethal partnership in the game.

The Ivory Coast star has scored 14 of the pair's 21 goals this season as £30million man Shev, 30, struggles with life at Chelsea.

But Drogba, 28, said: "Andriy is a great player who is devoted to the team.

"We complement each other on the field perfectly. He has helped me a lot. It's good for our team to have different options, which is good for a flexible attack. I am scoring the majority of goals but I am only one player.

"When I joined Chelsea in 2004 I had to adjust to a new environment, learn how to play in a new set-up and with entirely new players.

"But as time goes on you learn and it will be the same for Andriy."

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Cudicini: Chelsea go to Man Utd to win
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini insists they will play to win at Manchester United tomorrow.
He said: "United will face us as league leaders and with three points more than us - but we are the reigning champions and this means a lot.

"They will want to win but what Rooney, Ronaldo or any other Man United player wants to do doesn't bother me.

"I respect them, but that's it. At Chelsea we aren't inferior to anybody and we've shown it enough in recent seasons.

"Nerves are a big factor but we're used to playing games like this.

"So would we be happy with a point? I would say for this Chelsea side - with Mourinho as its coach - never! Our priority is to win.

"A draw wouldn't be any good for either side."

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Man Utd boss Ferguson: Ronaldo wrong on Chelsea
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Cristiano Ronaldo is wrong to suggest Chelsea have not improved on last season.
Ronaldo questioned whether Chelsea had progressed from last season despite buying Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack. Ferguson disagrees.

He said: "They have added three very good new players in Ballack, Shevchenko and Ashley Cole.

"We have added Michael Carrick and got Paul Scholes back from injury, so I think we have two strong squads."

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Man Utd boss Ferguson tells players: Don't miss this chance
tribalfooball.com - November 24, 2006

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is urging his players not to blow their chance tomorrow to put daylight between themselves and defending Premiership champs Chelsea.

United can go SIX POINTS clear in the Premiership if they beat Chelsea at Old Trafford tomorrow.

And in a title race that threatens to go down to the wire, the Reds boss insists this is too big an opportunity to let slip.

Ferguson said: "The players and the supporters have to see this as a great opportunity for us.

"Sometimes you look to other sides to give you a hand in a title race.

"But we have our own opportunity here to pull away.

"We've got 76,000 in that stadium on Sunday and they had better shout.

"We have fantastic support and when they get fired up they are the best in the world and we need that on Sunday."

Ferguson wants the right response to make sure it is Chelsea chasing their tails for a change.

The United chief trailed in Jose Mourinho's wake for a couple of years when he arrived at Stamford Bridge in June 2004. Not so this time.

Ferguson said: "It is not lost on us that in the last two seasons Chelsea have put themselves in a fantastic position at this time, nine or 10 points ahead.

"They have then been very difficult to peg back. We did our best to peg them back last year but, in the end, we just hadn't been quick enough out the blocks.

"This time we are in front and have the chance now to go six points ahead which will have them chasing us. Mind you, they might just go out and buy six more players in the New Year! They seem to have a bottomless pit. One thing is for sure, we are going to be each others' main challengers this season."

Ferguson believes the match will live up to the big-match hype. He said: "You cannot hide the fact that the match is a fantastic prospect in front of a full house.

"It should be a great game between two great sides with some great players."

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'Dynamic' Chelsea will overtake Man Utd popularity
tribalfooball.com - November 23, 2006

Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon insists they will become the world's biggest club ahead of Manchester United in future years.
Kenyon argued that United were built on history, whereas new Chelsea are a vibrant young club starting from scratch.

He said: "Chelsea as a football club and a brand is more dynamic, more relevant.

"We're expected to do things a bit different and that's part of the DNA of Chelsea, being based in one of the top three cities in the world, which is another difference from Manchester.

"It's not a criticism of United, it's in the context of where we differ. They are built around heritage.

"And if you look at their record of eight Premiership titles, two Doubles and the Treble in 1999, they've set the benchmark for every other English club.

"Chelsea didn't have a tragedy, they didn't have 10 years of unbelievable success in the 60s which culminated in winning the European Cup. It didn't have the domination and success of the Fergie years.

"It hadn't got any of those. It didn't have an old boys' network.

"We're very different - but things like Sunday bring us together. We are not saying we have overtaken United yet.

"But the growth of our fanbase is quicker than other football clubs and our revenue has grown dramatically and is now on a par with United.

"By 2014 we want to be internationally recognised as No 1."

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'We must impose ourselves on United' - Lampard

COBHAM, England, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has called on the Premier League champions to stamp their authority on Sunday's game at Manchester United right from the kickoff.

Chelsea, who are second in the table and three points behind a buoyant United, need to avoid the kind of slow start which led to their 1-0 league defeat at Old Trafford a year ago.

'It will be very important to start well, because I've watched United, we all have, for quite a lot of the season and they come out flying,' Lampard told a news conference on Friday.

'We have to start well and impose ourselves on the game.

'Once we do that, and play at our best, we're confident we can beat any team. It's important we play to our strengths.'

Looking back to their defeat last November, when United's early pressure led to midfielder Darren Fletcher's 31st minute winner, Lampard said: 'It was frustrating because we were on a very good run.

'We hadn't been beaten for a long time and we didn't deserve to lose the game. United are always starting at a high tempo... but in the second half we deserved to get something out of the game.

'But we didn't and we've got to be wary of a slow start this time.'

Sunday's game is a meeting of champions past and present with Chelsea, backed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, determined to become the new powerhouse in the game.

Asked about comments by Chelsea Chief Executive Peter Kenyon on Thursday that the west London club was looking to become bigger than United, Lampard said: 'That has to be our aim.

'Manchester United have set the target in terms of results on the pitch and off the pitch. They're a huge club and we're not there yet...but it's a target to aim for.'

As for United's current season, he added: 'I've been very impressed with them. They're playing well, they're top of the league - that speaks for itself.'

However, Chelsea can point to having already put in one big-match performance away from Stamford Bridge this season, having earned a 2-2 draw at holders Barcelona in the Champions League last month.

'In terms of the atmosphere and the spotlight we'll be under, it will be similar,' Lampard added.

'We had to show character and we had to show great belief in ourselves when we went to the Nou Camp...and we'll try to take that attitude to Man United.'

Despite the publicity surrounding the game, Lampard was wary of reading too much into its possible bearing on the title race, highlighting the fact that Arsenal won there in September but now trail United by 12 points.

'I watched Arsenal play United and Arsenal were the better team - and then afterwards United kicked on again,' he said.

a-Lost-9uY SG

the opening handicap is it manU -0.5???

stellazio SG

i got a feeling 0-0.

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