MANCHESTER, England, March 15 (Reuters) – Everton
resume the priority of securing a tangible memento for manager
David Moyes’s decade of service when they host Sunderland on
Saturday (1245 GMT) in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Moyes celebrated 10 years at Goodison Park this week and has
been lauded for his longevity in the hire-and-fire culture of
the Premier League as well as for his ability to create a
reliable team on modest resources.

MANCHESTER, March 15 (Reuters) – Premier League
leaders Manchester United will go four points clear if they beat
second-from-bottom Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux this
weekend but need only look back a year to know that is not as
easy as it sounds.

In February 2011, then bottom club Wolves ended United’s
29-match unbeaten league run, inflicting a first league defeat
of the season on the eventual champions when they stunned their
visitors 2-1 in this fixture.

LONDON (Reuters) – Andre Villas-Boas always knew he would have to be prolific in terms of results rather than words to keep the Chelsea manager’s job he was axed from on Sunday after less than nine months in charge.

Owner Roman Abramovich’s experiment to bring in an upcoming manager rather than the established names he had employed in the past failed for the same reason that proved the undoing of the Russian’s other six appointments.

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) – Andre Villas-Boas always
knew he would have to be prolific in terms of results rather
than words to keep the Chelsea manager’s job he was axed from on
Sunday after less than nine months in charge.

Owner Roman Abramovich’s experiment to bring in an upcoming
manager rather than the established names he had employed in the
past failed for the same reason that proved the undoing of the
Russian’s other six appointments.

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has recovered from a throat infection in time to spearhead the attack for the trip to Tottenham Hotspur that manager Alex Ferguson has branded their most important game of the season so far.

The Premier League champions, who trail leaders Manchester City by two points, head to third-placed Spurs Sunday thinking only of their own title challenge rather than the fact they can almost certainly destroy Tottenham’s with a victory.

MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Manchester City’s strikers could be the trump card that ends the club’s 44-year wait for the English league title as their leading trio are in form at just the right time in the season, manager Roberto Mancini said Friday.

A goal each from Sergio Ageuro, Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli secured a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers last weekend, with the Premier League leaders finding themselves in the ideal situation of having all their main forwards scoring with ease.

MANCHESTER, England, March 2 (Reuters) – Manchester
City’s strikers could be the trump card that ends the club’s
44-year wait for the English league title as their leading trio
are in form at just the right time in the season, manager
Roberto Mancini said on Friday.

A goal each from Sergio Ageuro, Edin Dzeko and Mario
Balotelli secured a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers last weekend,
with the Premier League leaders finding themselves in the ideal
situation of having all their main forwards scoring with ease.

MANCHESTER, England, March 2 (Reuters) – Manchester
United striker Wayne Rooney has recovered from a throat
infection in time to spearhead the Premier League champions’
attack for the trip to Tottenham Hotspur, manager Alex Ferguson
said on Friday.

Defender Chris Smalling is doubtful for Sunday’s game after
a clash of heads on England duty midweek, while midfielders Tom
Cleverley and Antonio Valencia are ruled out with foot and
hamstring injuries respectively.

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United can stamp out any lingering Tottenham Hotspur title ambitions with a victory in London this weekend that would set the Premier League trophy firmly on course to remain in northwest England.

Alex Ferguson’s men head to White Hart Lane on Sunday to face a shell-shocked Spurs, who are still recovering from last weekend’s 5-2 thumping by arch-rivals Arsenal, a result that left them eight points adrift of second-placed United.

MANCHESTER, England, March 1 (Reuters) – Manchester
United can stamp out any lingering Tottenham Hotspur title
ambitions with a victory in London this weekend that would set
the Premier League trophy firmly on course to remain in
northwest England.

Alex Ferguson’s men head to White Hart Lane on Sunday to
face a shell-shocked Spurs, who are still recovering from last
weekend’s 5-2 thumping by arch-rivals Arsenal, a result that
left them eight points adrift of second-placed United.