Football Archives: 09/2010

Carlo Ancelotti will return to London in time to take charge of Chelsea’s clash with Arsenal on Sunday despite the death of his father Giuseppe

Darren Fletcher believes Mexican forward Javier Hernández will develop into an Old Trafford great after a promising start to his Manchester United career

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hailed the introduction of a new internet-based transfer system as an “historic moment for football”

Juventus right-back Marco Motta has criticised Manchester City’s transfer policy ahead of this week’s Europa League clash between the two sides

Martin Skrtel insists Liverpool still need time to adapt to new manager Roy Hodgson and is confident the Reds can bounce back from a difficult start to the season

Roma’s persistence paid dividends during their Saturday night Serie A clash with Inter Milan as Rafael Benítez’s side succumbed to their first league defeat of the season

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has suggested he may not end his career at Stamford Bridge

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has called for the PFA to clamp down on diving in football – and accused Samir Nasri of conning the referee during Arsenal’s clash with Tottenham last week

Roma’s Mirko VučiniÄ”¡ scored a 92nd-minute winner to secure Claudio Ranieri’s first victory of the season and end Inter Milan’s unbeaten start to the domestic campaign

Arsene Wenger was at a loss to identify the reason behind his side’s poor performance after Arsenal were beaten by a spirited West Brom outfit on Saturday

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini still believes Chelsea will secure a second successive league title despite suffering a damaging 1-0 reversal at the City of Manchester Stadium in Saturday’s early kick-off

Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed his comments about Liverpool striker Fernando Torres stole the headlines from Dimitar Berbatov last Sunday

Arsene Wenger is hoping Cesc Fabregas will recover from a hamstring injury in time to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 3 October

Double winners Chelsea, seven-time League Cup champions Liverpool and two-time winners Manchester City all made premature exits from the Carling Cup last night as a string of upsets stole the headlines

Newly appointed Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has remarkably revealed he is yet to sign a contract with the Birmingham club

Arsene Wenger heaped praise on Jack Wilshere after the 18-year-old midfielder helped inspire Arsenal to victory at White Hart Lane on Tuesday night

Damien Duff and Keith Andrews have been named in Giovanni Trapattoni’s 26-man Ireland squad for the national side’s upcoming Euro 2012 Group B fixtures against Russia and Slovakia

The Sport Review’s weekly pick of ten of the best ‘tweets’ from some of the sporting world’s biggest stars

The eagerly-anticipated grudge match between Manchester United and Liverpool, both champions of England on 18 occasions, appears to have turned amicable this year

Rafael Van der Vaart’s 76th-minute penalty sparked a Spurs comeback after Steven Fletcher had given Wolves a first-half lead at White Hart Lane

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Nemanja Vidic will captain Manchester United for their clash against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon