premier league prize is bottom line for chelsea boss carlo ancelotti

... 'we have the same problem because we show tranquility on the outside but, on the inside, it's different,' said ancelotti, the former ac milan manager ... it was also the ideal result after a great deal of negativity brought on by chelsea's champions league defeat by inter milan and a lacklustre performance against blackburn

ross turnbull thrust into the line of fire as chelsea look to go back to the top

... chelsea have been hit by a goalkeeping crisis before their champions league round of 16, second leg against inter milan on tuesday ... inter’s league lead could be closed to one point if ac milan beat chievo on sunday

fergie expects united duo to stay on

... neville was equally non-committal about his future following wednesday's champions league victory over ac milan, insisting he was concentrating purely on his performances for manchester united

drogba aims to take chelsea back to premier league glory

... carlo ancelotti's side were knocked off top spot by manchester united last weekend, so the pressure is on chelsea to reclaim pole position with a home win over west ham on saturday before the leaders, fresh from their impressive champions league win over ac milan, play 24 hours later against fulham at old trafford ... "while drogba expects chelsea to last the pace, leaders united showed in their wayne rooney-inspired destruction of milan that they are just as motivated to take the major honours

martin samuel- how ronaldos exit turned rooney into the real deal

... yet not any striker would have thought as clearly as rooney as it arrived at his feet and christian abbiati, the ac milan goalkeeper, advanced ... he destroyed ac milan here, the 7-2 scoreline a massive humiliation for the italians ... as promisingly as milan started in the san siro stadium two weeks ago, so united began here, and rooney looked a monster of a player ... top dog: rooney outjumps milan defender daniele bonera to put united in frontunited's ethos shone through here ... milan had the odd moments, but the return of rio ferdinand and nemanja vidic makes a huge difference, and rooney is irresistible ... we hear much about milan lab, the scientific centre based at the milanello training complex where age does not matter and fitness is all ... manchester united 4 ac milan 0 (agg 7-2): wayne rooney's nod to greatness as rossoneri flattenedmanchester united 4 ac milan 0: the action as it happenedmanchester united fc

man utd 4 ac 0 agg 7-2- rooneys nod to greatness as rossoneri crushed

... far more enjoyable, it has to be said, than it would have been for the other old boys of ac milan ... united have waited a long time to beat milan but they did so withease in this last-16 tie, building on the 3-2 victory at the san sirowith a win that was surprisingly comfortable so easy that ferguson took off rooney after 66 minutes and still found himself celebrating an extension to his team's lead ... after 13 minutes, to be precise,because that was how long it took for rooney to score the first goaland leave milan needing three to progress beyond this round ... leonardo should have sent on beckham long before he did, because when he came on the midfielder was probably milan's best player ... ac milan (4-3-3): abbiati 5; abate 5 (beckham 64, 6), bonera 4 (seedorf 46, 6), thiago silva 5, jankulovski 6; flamini 6, pirlo 6, ambrosini 6; huntelaar 5, borriello 5 (inzaghi 68, 6), ronaldinho 5 ... martin samuel: how cristiano ronaldo's exit turned wayne rooney into the real deal at manchester unitedwhatever happened to the artist formerly known as ronaldinho? ac milan forward has old trafford stinker from sol campbell's judas chants to luis figo's severed pig's head - sportsmail remembers the returning starslook who's beck in town: one last hurrah for the maestro of old traffordmanchester united 4 ac milan 0: as it happenedmanchester united fc

dunga comfortable with ronaldinho omission

... an influential display in ac milan's uefa champions league defeat against manchester united showed he can still torment the world's best defenders

fergie persuaded me to stay- van der sar hails manchester united manager

... 'i only have to think about the ac milan game

michael owen may edge out wayne rooney at wembley, says ferguson

... "rooney may nevertheless miss out at wembley or play only part of the game, as ferguson juggles his resources to keep his strongest team fresh for the champions league return against milan and the title run-in ... "i know my team for the ac milan game already," ferguson says

capello aims high for england

... as he proved against ac milan and west ham, he is also adding headed goals to his game