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Manchester United welcome Chelsea for their first meeting season with Avram Grant’s in charge for the first time in the wake of Jose Mourinho departure. It’ll be interesting to see if he’s able to please Abramovich with a more pleasant style to watch, while United is close to full-strength first XI with Rooney returns […]

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It was a great start for United for this year’s UEFA Champions’ League with a 1-0 away win in Lisbon. Ronaldo scored (with Brown provided the rare assist with a precise cross from the right wing) on the return to his “second home” as Edwin van der Sar was marvelous throughout the night. […]

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In a few hours time, Manchester United will kick-off the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions’ League campaign with Match Day 1 at Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal against Sporting Lisbon. It’s an interesting tie with many aspects:

Cristiano Ronaldo — This will be his first return to his old stomping ground after a successful switch […]

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It was a real blow to learn that Silvestre’s season is over, having torn his cruciate knee ligaments when he tried to defend Arteta towards the end of the first half during the contest at Goodison Park.  That means Evra is the only left back for United throughout the season.  It is a big disappointment […]

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Manchester United is now sitting at 4th in the Premiership table after 6 matches with a run of 3 successive 1-0 wins. United were briefly on top of the table before Arsenal –who beat Tottenham with 3 goals in the last 10 minutes to clinch the London derby win (and pile considerable pressure on […]

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