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It has been 10 tumultuous years, the greatest decade in Chelsea history. Three titles. Five Champions League semi-finals, capped by that night of glory in Munich last May. Four FA Cup triumphs. Two League Cup wins. Oh, and just the nine managers. But as Rafa Benitez sifted through the wreckage of his trip to the Etihad, the reality facing the Blues was stark. Locked into a fight to the finish for a top four slot, Chelsea now confront the most crucial three months since Roman Abramovich transformed the club into a global powerhouse. And if they do not win what Arsene Wenger controversially claimed as the "third trophy" then the entire future of the club will be changed. Benitez, confident in his own abilities, believed he was the man to transform Chelsea whenhe was parachuted into the seat still warm from Roberto Di Matteo's backside in November. Yet the results have not come. Where Di Matteo garnered 24 points from 12 Premier League games before being relieved of his comm...

He may have been catapulted to overnight stardom, but Raheem Sterling's twinkling feet remain firmly planted on the ground. And the England sensation insisted that means him accepting he still has the L- plates on at the Anfield club, where he is prepared to listen and learn as he carefully attempts to establish a long term first team berth. Sterling exploded onto the scene with Liverpool under new boss Brendan Rodgers, showing his class with some fine early season performances that earned rave reviews from even the likes of international coach Gary Neville, and ultimately his first England cap. Even now, the 18 year old has played more games for the Reds this season than every player bar Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, some going for a rookie teenager with a slight frame. More recently, following the arrival of Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, he has been relegated to the bench, but Sterling is adamant there will be no diva tantrums after reaching for the stars, but instead...

Tottenham's matchwinner Gareth Bale refused to get too carried with his own performance after his late strike secured what could be a vital win for Tottenham against West Ham . The Welsh winger struck twice, while Gylfi Sigurdsson also scored for Spurs who came back from 2-1 down to take the three points. Bale put Spurs ahead before an Andy Carroll penalty and a Joe Cole strike put the Hammers ahead, but Spurs ran out victors with Bale's superb 90th.minute strike - his 15th Premier League goal of the season - securing a win which sees them jump above Chelsea and into third. "It was a massive victory," he said on Sky Sports 1. "We knew after the (Chelsea) result yesterday that we had a massive chance to get third spot. We deserved the victory. "We know what we are capable of. We have scored a lot of last minute winners. "We are confident that if we keep battling to the end we will score. "I'm just enjoying my football. The most important thing i...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has overseen a huge rise in wages to an estimated £155million per year. It means the Gunners are the fourth highest payers in the Premier League behind the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea but shell out around £60m more than Tottenham. The shock figures come in Arsenal’s latest financial results which – as revealed in Mirror Sport on Saturday – show pre-tax profits of £17.8m and shows they have cash reserves of £123m. They prove that Wenger has big money to spend - with the £150m Emirates sponsorship cash still to be added on - and shatters the myth that Arsenal do not pay big wages. However, it suggests they are not getting value for money on their wage bill which rose from £142m last year. Wenger has proudly boasted the club is run on a socialist structure and Tim Payton, of the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust, said: “These figures contain few surprises. “They show that Arsenal yet again made a profit from the sale of their best players and that the club has larg...

Premier League fixtures Saturday, February 23 2013 Arsenal v Aston Villa Fulham v Stoke City Norwich City v Everton Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United Reading v Wigan Athletic West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland Sunday, February 24 2013 Manchester City v Chelsea Newcastle United v Southampton Monday, February 25 2013 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur Saturday, February 23 2013 Spain - La Liga Barcelona v Sevilla Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid Mallorca v Getafe Real Zaragoza v Valencia Italy - Serie A Palermo v Genoa France - Ligue 1 Ajaccio v Lille Evian TG v Montpellier Nancy v Saint-Étienne Rennes v Sochaux Troyes v Bastia Valenciennes v Toulouse Germany - Bundesliga Augsburg v Hoffenheim Bayern München v Werder Bremen Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV Mainz 05 v Wolfsburg Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf Stuttgartv Nürnberg Netherlands - Eredivisie Groningen v PEC Zwolle Heerenveen v Twente Heracles v Vitesse VVV v RKC Waalwijk Portugal - Li...

Premier League fixtures Saturday, February 23 2013 Arsenal v Aston Villa Fulham v Stoke City Norwich City v Everton Queens Park Rangers v Manchester United Reading v Wigan Athletic West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland Sunday, February 24 2013 Manchester City v Chelsea Newcastle United v Southampton Monday, February 25 2013 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur Saturday, February 23 2013 Spain - La Liga Barcelona v Sevilla Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid Mallorca v Getafe Real Zaragoza v Valencia Italy - Serie A Palermo v Genoa France - Ligue 1 Ajaccio v Lille Evian TG v Montpellier Nancy v Saint-Étienne Rennes v Sochaux Troyes v Bastia Valenciennes v Toulouse Germany - Bundesliga Augsburg v Hoffenheim Bayern München v Werder Bremen Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV Mainz 05 v Wolfsburg Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf Stuttgartv Nürnberg Netherlands - Eredivisie Groningen v PEC Zwolle Heerenveen v Twente Heracles v Vitesse VVV v RKC Waalwijk Portugal - Liga bwin Porto v Rio Av...

Emmanuel Adebayor is ready to pile the pressure on his old club Arsenal - by keeping them out of the Champions League. The Togo striker helped Spurs to a Europa League last-16 tie against Inter Milan with an aggregate win over Lyon on Thursday. Now, he is determined to clinch Tottenham a top-four finish in the Premier League, depriving troubled arch-rivals of a place in European football's elite competition for the first time in 17 years. Arsene Wenger's men staged a valiant rally to overhaul their neighbours from White Hart Lane in the final months of last season, and the two clubs clash next week in a match that could prove pivotal to the current campaign. Adebayor said: "For me, it's a big opportunity to show people I was right to leave Arsenal, which means finishing on top of them. "If that's with Tottenham then it's even better. Everybody knows there is a big rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham. "When I was at Arsenal, my job was to score ...