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Chelsea fans turn on £70m star over his 'worrying' comments hours before their must-win game at Aston Villa

The Blues are currently sixth in the Premier League table - six points behind Villa, who are one of their biggest rivals in their bid to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Manchester United are scoring and winning under Michael Carrick but he has an attacking conundrum on his hands for the remainder of the season, writes NATHAN SALT

Five attackers - Amad, Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes , Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko - don't fit in to four positions and so one will always miss out.

PREM Rugby transfers: Leicester in for Mako Vunipola after shock Courtney Lawes approach, Saracens poach Bath cult hero, latest on new Harlequins and Gloucester head coaches and why Newcastle are ready to reel in world-class star

Former England stars are dotted around France, where contract renewals take place late in the season - meaning the likes of Mako Vunipola and Courtney Lawes are weighing up their options.

Steven Gerrard hits out at 'desperate' Liverpool after Wolves dealt hammer blow to top-four hopes at Molineux - and pinpoints the star who 'has to play' after £44m man's quiet display

The Reds have lost five games to 90th-minute goals, the most in a single campaign in Premier League history, and doing so at Molineux loosens the title-holders grip on the fifth Champions League place.

This is the depressing truth: The Premier League will be won by the country's ugliest team... or the most boring, writes JEFF POWELL

Just listening to the ballyhoo, we could be forgiven for believing we are approaching the climax of one of the supreme contests of all sporting time.