HE'S rubbish that Torres - Sir Fergie said so - now he's coming to get you at Old Trafford


MASTER tactician Ramos gets it wrong again by hauling Keane off


RUBBISH refs ruin football - it's enough to make Avram hit the bar (but he can't)

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How must Sir Fergie feel with Liverpool coming up and Fernando Torres scoring so freely?

Didn't Fergie question whether the Spanish superstar could score enough goals in England, or whether he had the correct physical strength to handle difficult defenders?

Golden boy: Fernando Torres

They have to catch the Liverpool No.9 before they can stop him.

Now it's Manchester United next for Torres – the first of five games that will determine Liverpool's season.

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United, followed by Everton and then three games against Arsenal. How good is he? We'll see for certain when we look at his record against Liverpool's next opponents.

Currently, he looks the best striker in the Premier League, with grace and balance and pace and movement.

He scores so many goals with his head, not because he is strong in the air, but because his movement away from defenders and into space creates chances for him to finish.

Torres is something special and Sir Fergie was wrong to have questioned his ability and doubted his quality. Will United find out how wrong next weekend?

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Juando Ramos makes substitutions regularly and uses them well, like Jose Mourinho used to, but why does it always seem to be Robbie Keane who is hauled off?

Jacket in: Robbie Keane hurls his top down after being taken off - while Juande Ramos can't look him in the eye

The strop from the skipper at Manchester City might not earn him any brownie points with the boss, but the fans love his passion and dedication to the cause and he's a talented boy who scores and creates too. It backfired at Manchester City as Spurs lost 2-1.

"What the f*** is that about," Keane questioned as he marched to the bench. Fair question.

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Arsenal are having more wobbles than a jelly in an earthquake. "I'll tell you why there was a difference between our win in Milan and the next game (Wigan)," said captain William Gallas.

"It was in the head. It is human nature after a huge game in Europe, it is difficult to find the same motivation for the following game."

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Looking for motivation: Arsenal skipper William Gallas

Motivation? Looks like Arsenal are running with lead in their boots and their results – four games without a win – seem to back that up. Are we seeing the end of their title attempt, while Chelsea are springing to life? What a fascinating end to the season awaits us.

Three points separate first and third, when there has been twenty points in each of the last two seasons. It's too close to call.

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Poor weekend for officials. How many decisions did they get wrong?

Firstly, there was Mark Halsey at Arsenal (is there a worse referee?). No way did Mido deserve to be sent off. Watch his eyes.

Then, for Arsenal's equaliser, George Boateng was tripped by Emmanuel Eboue. A Middlesbrough free kick should have been awarded and not a corner. Scroll down for more

Making his mark: Halsey red cards Mido and gets it all wrong (again)

Two offside calls wrong too; one gave Middlesbrough a goal they shouldn't have had, another overruled an Emmanuel Adebayor 'goal' that should have stood. Surely Halsey must now now be suspended after this display.

Next to Anfield, where Steven Gerrard's handball in the closing stages should have resulted in a Reading penalty. How blatant was that?

Sunderland too should have had a penalty for John Terry's foul on Roy O'Donovan just before he scored his first goal in 19 months.

Bolton ought to have had two penalties for hand balls at Wigan, where Steve Tanner's decision to send off Jason Koumas after three minutes was also harsh.

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Will Alan Curbishley ever stop using the excuse of West Ham's injury list. I remind you, he signed Craig Bellamy, Scott Parker and Kieron Dyer, all of whom have a season ticket at Casualty.

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In a season of giant killings, wouldn't it be romantic if Hull City (they beat Southampton 5-0 at the weekend) end up in the Premier League?

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To Hull and back: The Tigers crushed Southampton 5-0 to close in on the Premier League - here Ian Ashbee, Henrick Pedersen and Michael Turner celebrate one of the five goals

That's the first time romance and Hull have ever been mentioned in the same sentence.

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Good weekend

1. Jermain Defoe. Looking a top player again, after Spurs almost strangled his fox-in-the-box qualities. Six goals in six games for a Portsmouth team in sixth place. The joy of six.

2. Roy Hodgson. Clean sheet, three points. "We're not a bad team, we've had a bad season and we're in a bad table position," says the boss. Er ...

3. Freddie Shears. Local boy, latest from the awesome West Ham production line. How long before he ends up at Spurs, Manchester United or Chelsea?

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Blowing bubbles: Freddie Sears celebrates his winning goal for West Ham

4. England goalkeepers. Clean sheets for David James, Chris Kirkland and Ben Foster.

5 Ronaldo's celebration at Derby. Proves how much it means to him.

Bad weekend

1. Shane Long. Throwing down your shirt after being subbed is never a good career move.

2. Scott Carson. Oops. (Not such a good weekend for all England goalkeepers) Scroll down for more

You're out of the Wembley semi: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink gets his marching orders

3. Gary Megson. So you went out of Europe when resting your best players and still lost to Wigan's ten men.

4. Everton. You don't lose to Fulham and end up in the Champions League.

5. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Red card and out of a Wembley semi-final.

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Latest from the Chelsea training ground where all that money couldn't buy a player to hit the target in Soccer AM's compulsive Crossbar Challenge.

And you have just got to have a look at how bad Avram Grant's attempt is. At least he's game for a go.

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