Matchday Two: Tuesday, September 30
Kickoff: 20:45 (2:45 PM EST)
Location: Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg, Denmark

United will look to get back to winning form in the Champions League against last year's Danish Superligaen champs. It also looks to be the 4,308th game that will see Anderson play well, and yet still fail to score.

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The headlines wrote themselves this morning for all the wrong reasons. Rob Styles' itchy whistle finger contrived to invent a new type of offence for awarding a penalty of which he is yet to explain to the media.

It was pretty clear to everyone that it wasn't a penalty and Styles was spooked by the OT faithful and immediately blew.

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Good news for United, Nemanja Vidic is set to return from suspension. While Edwin van der Sar is said to have recovered from a knee injury sustained during the Manchester United vs. Chelsea match. Also Ronaldo will be in the starting line-up. While Bolton will have Johan Elmander and Matt Taylor back from injury. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers; Old Trafford, Saturday 27th September, 1500.

VdS returns against Bolton after a shaky start to the season with Kuszcak ruled out with a groin injury. There was always a chance United would name rookie keeper Ben Amos in the starting line up but it was felt that thinking man's neanderthal, Kevin Davies, and the aerial bombardment he will undoubtedly receive, would be too much of a fiery baptism.

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"It's all too beautiful", the Small Faces reminded me on Sunday when Ji-Sung Park scored his 18th minute goal.

I've had a bit of a pop at him over the last few days and I'm not afraid to say that I loved Mr Park for a few minutes on Sunday. Just a few minutes, mind you. I still think he doesn't deserve a place in the starting line-up but he WILL win me round if he keeps scoring important goals.

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Salomon Kalou's header ten minutes from time cancels out Ji-Sung Park's opener and preserves Chelsea's unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United ends honors even at 1-1.

Unlike the Liverpool/Manchester United clash last weekend, this was more typical big four fare. The game wasn't pretty by any means, plenty physical and full of controversy.

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Edwin Van der Sar was substituted with half an hour played against Chelsea today, following a tough challenge with Florent Malouda. Whilst Andy Gray was hoping for a penalty, it was clear our keeper got something on the ball. He tried to stay on the pitch, but it was only minutes later that he made way [. Click to continue reading...

Today's big game in the Premier League saw Chelsea and Manchester draw 1-1. In truth both Luis Filipe Scolari and Sir Alex Ferguson will be reasonably happy with the point although with Chelsea being at home, Scolari may feel a little upset.

Man United's Ji-Sung Park put the visitors in front after Chelsea keeper Peter Cech parried Dimitar Berbatov's straight into the path of the on-rushing Park. Click to continue reading...

But Park is starting. Swings and roundabouts.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Obi, Joe Cole, Deco Ballack, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka. Subs: Cudicini, Drogba, Ballack, Bridge, Kalou, Alex, Belletti.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Scholes, Park, Berbatov, Rooney.

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United started their Champions League campaign against La Liga runners-up Villarreal. United's starting eleven was: Van der Sar Neville, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani Rooney, Tevez Suprisingly, no Vidic, Brown or Giggs United had a great opportunity in the 9th minute from the first corner kick in the match. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man United
The big match of the weekend was undoubtedly Liverpool against Manchester United, and for a change, the Reds had the upper hand. But it didn't look like it would go that way early on. Carlos Tevez put United into the lead in the third minute, sliding the ball home from a nice pull back from the newly signed Dimitar Berbatov.

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Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
Ok, see, this is why it's not such a great idea to like both Liverpool and Manchester United. Because yeah, I wanted United to win, and Berbatov to be amazing on his debut, and Wayne Rooney to score a hat-trick or something. And instead I got Rooney marooned out on the wing, an own-goal for Wes Brown, and the Edwin van der Sar Comedy Experience. Click to continue reading...

Debuts for Sulky-smooth and Riera went better for the Spaniard
Liverpool beat the old Red Menace 2-1 in the early Saturday fixture- a great way to kick off the weekend.   Berbatov cut back a nice pass that found Tevez totally unmarked and making no mistake; his countryman and friend Javier Mascherano didn't seem to realize the kickoff had happened two minutes prior. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez has finally got something to smile about after watching Liverpool beat Manchester United for the first time in his Anfield career thanks to an own goal from Wes Brown and Ryan Babel's winner.

The Liverpool boss had never beaten United in eight previous league games, with the champions having won the last five meetings between these two giants. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have today finally beaten Manchester United at Anfield today after seven years without a victory against the Premier League Champions. The Merseyside giants came into today's game unbeaten in the Premier League along with their rivals, but were desperate to secure three points after several years without a victory over Sir Alex Ferguson's men. Click to continue reading...

United have become so accustomed to winning at Anfield these days that we now expect to win, whereas in years gone by it was the other way around, so losing by the odd goal in three as we deservedly did was something of a shock. The result has given United fans and Ferguson in particular a lot to think about regarding selection issues. Click to continue reading...

Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Skrtel Aurelio
Benayoun Alonso Mascherano Riera
Kuyt Keane

Goals:
Tevez 3'
Brown (og) 26'
Babel 77'

Finally. And what a way to do it.

United made a dream start, with early pressure leading to a Tevez goal within three minutes when Berbatov beat two men to the byline and was able to cut back to Tevez (Mascherano failed to follow him into the box). Click to continue reading...

Apparently the standard of English football, despite the travesty of the national team, is not going down. It is going up. The evidence is there for all to see. No fewer than 17 of the 20 nominees on UEFA's list for Club Footballer of the Year are based in the English Premier League. Furthermore, seven nominees are English, making England the best represented nation on the shortlist, ahead of Spain (five). Click to continue reading...

In the wake of England's disappointing performance against the Czech Republic, Premiership Talk takes a look at the five players who have proven themselves in the English Premier League and deserve a call-up. Nominate your players by joining the Premiership Talk Forum.

1. Gabriel Agbonlahor. Click to continue reading...

...and Carlos Tevez, Owen Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Gary Neville, Louis Saha, Ji-Sung Park and Michael Carrick (for 65 minutes). We weren't at the races today. As soon as Edwin Van der Sar made the decision to punch the ball rather than collect it, leading to the corner which Newcastle opened the scoring from, you knew we [. Click to continue reading...

So the new season is upon us, we kick off tomorrow against West Brom and as is traditional on Arseblog here's a preview of our squad.

Goalkeepers: Jens Lehmann was a hugely experienced keeper yet it was his mistakes that gave the chance to Manuel Almunia last time around.

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
15:00 GMT, 10:00 EST
Wembley Stadium

Every year the English top flight season kicks off with the Community Shield. While the competition has no real bearing on anything, it's a celebration of football; the English league champion faces off against the FA Cup winner from the previous season. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v Portsmouth
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
15:00 GMT, 10:00 EST
Wembley Stadium

Every year the English top flight season kicks off with the Community Shield. While the competition has no real bearing on anything, it's a celebration of football; the English league champion faces off against the FA Cup winner from the previous season. Click to continue reading...

Dutch and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced that he is retiring from international competition. Ruud said, "After stuyding the schedule of Real Madrid and the Dutch team I realized playing for both teams would mean too tough a physical load for me. Therefore I made this choice. Click to continue reading...

It might well be the summer but nonetheless the Reds continue to dominate the sports headlines, today like just about every other day over the last few months, there's plenty to talk about with reference to all things United. Here's a brief summary of the news so far:

Real Madrid's Guti became the latest beckon of light to suggest that Ronaldo moving to his club would be a good idea - he would say that wouldn't he? Click to continue reading...

Which full team from last season, out of the top four, has the best players individually...?? Order: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United (My Opinion) Goalkeeper: Almunia, Cech, Reina, Van Der Sar (Cech) Right Back: Sagna, Belletti, Finnan, Brown (Sagna) Centre Back: Gallas, Terry, Caragher, Ferdinand (Ferdinand) Centre Back: Toure, Carvalho, Agger, Vidic (Vidic) Left Back: Clichy, Cole, Aurelio, Evra (Clichy) Right Midfield: [. Click to continue reading...

The 28-year-old Barcelona player, the heartbeat of Spain's midfield during the tournament, was voted the Castrol player of the tournament by a nine-strong panel of UEFA's technical experts. There was no place for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 23-man squad of the tournament however. The squad did include Manchester United's keeper Edwin van der Sar, Michael Ballack and [. Click to continue reading...

Wesley Sneijder and Edwin van der Sar have secured a position in the UEFA star-squad, chosen by "a select team of football experts" (they didn't consult me!!). 23 players in total and Spain dominates this group with nine players. Xavi Hernandez is part of the group obviously, chosen as the best Click to continue reading...

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With the European Champions now over, it is time to look back at the players who made the tournament one to remember.

From the daring Turks to the high-flying Russians to the dynamic Dutch, there were plenty of standout players in the tournament, but only 11 can make the Euro 2008 Best XI.

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With the European Champions now over, it is time to look back at the players who made the tournament one to remember.

From the daring Turks to the high-flying Russians to the dynamic Dutch, there were plenty of standout players in the tournament, but only 11 can make the Euro 2008 Best XI.

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Spain midfielder Xavi has been named the best player of Euro 2008.

Euro 2008 team of the tournament:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).

Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).

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The official Euro 2008 team of the tournament: Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands). Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia). Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc [. Click to continue reading...

The AD readers - and maybe you too - have chosen their definitive team. Edwin van der Sar was the no-brainer on goal. As right full back they wised up and picked champion Sergio Ramos Portugal's Pepe and Spain's Puyol guard the center while Russian Zhirkov beat Gio by a few Click to continue reading...

Our captain has retired. Edwin van der Sar... Won two Champion League Cups with Ajax and Man United. Several titles. Played for Ajax, Juventus, Fulham, Man United and Oranje, of course. Definitely the Man of the Tournament for Oranje (which normally means bad news, if your goalie is the best man...). Click to continue reading...

Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin has claimed that a move to Spanish giants Barcelona would be the culmination of everything he has worked for in his career.

After being suspended for Russia's opening two games of Euro 2008, Arshavin has set their campaign alight with a string of impressive performances for one of the tournaments dark-horses which has led Guus Hiddink's side to within one victory of a showdown with either Germany or Turkey in the final. Click to continue reading...