Arsene Wenger held an immediate 45-minute inquest into his Arsenal side’s failings after the shock FA Cup defeat by Blackburn in a bid to salvage their season ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Bayern Munich. And the furious Arsenal manager is determined to replace struggling goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Wenger kept his players in the dressing room on Saturday to thra...Full Story »

ARSENAL are preparing to offer Arsene Wenger a two-year contract extension. Fans turned on the Gunners boss following Saturday’s shock FA Cup KO by Blackburn at the Emirates. But the under-fire Frenchman has hinted he wants to stay to reach two decades in the hotseat, ending all talk he will go when his deal runs out in June 2014. Wenger’s future has been in doubt after eight trop...Full Story »

Liverpool forward Fabio Borini is likely to miss the rest of the season after sustaining a suspected dislocated shoulder in the 5-0 win over Swansea. The Italian came on as a late substitute but fell awkwardly soon after, with his screams audible from the stands. Borini immediately came off and went straight down the tunnel as Liverpool finished the match with 10 men. Out for the season: Fabi...Full Story »

Rafael Benitez looks like getting the chance to extend Sir Alex Ferguson's barren run without winning the FA Cup to nine years. Manchester United have lifted the trophy five times since Ferguson took over as manager in 1986. But they have not done so since 2004 - their longest spell since the Scot took over the Old Trafford reins. United must first beat Reading tonight and Chelsea must overc...Full Story »

Arjen Robben has told his boss Jupp Heynckes that he does not understand why he is not in Bayern Munich’s first-team. Heynckes has opted to select the attacking trio of Franck Ribery, Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller ahead of the former Chelsea winger of late and Robben says he is ‘not happy’ at being dropped. Out of favour: Arjen Robben has found himself on the bench in recent w...Full Story »

Lifelong Arsenal fan Colin Kazim-Richards turned the tables on his boyhood club as he produced the most spectacular moment of his much-travelled career to send Arsenal crashing out of the Cup. Last season Rovers lost 7-1 at the Emirates as they were relegated but gained sweet revenge as they took their place in the last eight courtesy of the Turkey international's scuffed effort 18 minutes from...Full Story »

Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright has slammed Ashley Cole and for diving during Chelsea's FA Cup clash with Brentford. Wright, in the studio as part of the ITV team for the fourth-round replay, criticised Cole for his reaction to a challenge from Brentford's Shaleum Logan in the first half at Stamford Bridge. Cole won a free-kick on the edge of the Bees' area after going to ground ...Full Story »

Fiorentina rejoined the hunt for a Champions League place with a resounding 4-1 win over Inter Milan at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Two goals apiece from Adem Ljajic and Stevan Jovetic earned the Viola all three points in arguably their most impressive performance of the season. Vincenzo Montella's side gave Inter no chance at all in a totally one-sided game, although Antonio Cassano did resto...Full Story »

Real Madrid eased to a relatively comfortable 2-0 derby victory over Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabeu despite playing over 70 minutes with a man less following Sergio Ramos' dismissal. Madrid had looked set to run riot in Jose Mourinho's 100th league game in charge after scoring twice in the opening 12 minutes through Alvaro Morata and Ramos while going close on a number of other occasions. Howe...Full Story »

Espanyol's remarkable revival under coach Javier Aguirre continued as a solitary Sergio Garcia goal earned the Catalan club a third consecutive win in the Primera Division. Real Betis, though, are on the slide having failed to win in five attempts and Pepe Mel watched his charges struggle to convert a handful of half-chances at the El Prat. The hosts, who were perhaps unlucky not to win by a l...Full Story »