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MATT BARLOW: For a change, Arsenal performed with a trace of discipline. They played with poise. For once, Arsene Wenger’s team refused to be lured into the high-speed pursuit of glory.
In seven years as Monaco boss Arsene Wenger was never once distracted by the lure of its famous casino. On his first competitive return to Monte Carlo, he will be expected to gamble.
MATT BARLOW: Gary Neville surveyed Tottenham's right-side and described it as a 'graveyard' after it was torn apart in the first-half by Manchester United in the 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
MATT BARLOW: Wayne Rooney responded in style to revelations that he had been knocked-out while boxing in his own kitchen, by scoring a wonderful goal and producing a punch-drunk celebration.
UEFA president Michel Platini is preparing a crackdown on bad behaviour by players in a bid to eradicate the intimidation of officials from European competitions.
MATT BARLOW: It was a decade ago that John Terry first learned the tricks of the role as captain, he knows what his manager Jose Mourinho wants. This includes turning the heat on officials.
Chelsea crashed out of Europe, beaten on away goals by 10-man Paris St Germain and branded 'babies' by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The striker said:. 'I felt there were 11 babies around me.'
MATT BARLOW: Why worry? This was all under control for Chelsea. Turned out there was something to worry about. That something was Paris St Germain, a team with bottle to match their talent.
Three weeks after the disturbing video footage taken on the Paris Metro shamed Chelsea an initiative is gathering support to fight back against the racists who still attach themselves to club.
Nemanja Matic returns to the Chelsea team after serving a two-match ban in domestic football and Jose Mourinho admits the club has learned valuable lessons from the way he was allowed to leave.
Jose Mourinho has downplayed suggestions his side have benefitted from not having a game at the weekend by insisting Saturday's training session was harder than PSG's win against Lens.
Arsene Wenger has revealed how he scrapped the exit strategy drawn up for Francis Coquelin after a rapid mid-season transformation by the French midfielder.
Arsene Wenger will ask his team to target the 72-point barrier to be sure of winning what Louis van Gaal dubbed England’s Rat Race, but how many points will each team get? Sportsmail takes a look.
MATT BARLOW: It has been a testing month since they beat Arsenal and only the reaction will determine what Pochettino can expect to achieve with these promising youngsters.
MATT BARLOW: John Terry recalls how winning the 2005 League Cup set Chelsea on course for success, and the Blues legend has challenged the club's current crop to do the same.
With one of David Beckham’s pristine white Real Madrid shirts proudly on display in the reception area, it does not take long for visitors to realise this school is a place of rare sporting significance.
MATT BARLOW: Diego Costa is determined to maintain the physical style which made him one of Europe’s most feared strikers but he admits his recent three-match ban is playing on his mind.
Dimitar Berbatov has revealed how Monaco beat Arsenal with a simple plan to punish the spaces left by their predictable commitment to attacking flair and speed during the 3-1 win for the visitors.
Thibaut Courtois expects to keep his place in the Chelsea team for the Capital One Cup final but admits he has never been involved in a competitive penalty shoot-out.
Chelsea have warned their own supporters ahead of the Capital One Cup final against Tottenham that they will ban anyone using anti-Semitic language and support criminal action against them.
MATT BARLOW: Monaco once held talks to lure Cristiano Ronaldo to the principality, but the days of signing the likes of Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez are long gone.
Radamel Falcao has not surrendered his status as one of the world’s most clinical strikers but may simply be lacking a little love and affection, says Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.
MATT BARLOW: Diego Costa or John Terry would be missed, of course, but Nemanja Matic dictates how Chelsea plays and Jose Mourinho will not have wanted him out of Capital One Cup final.
MATT BARLOW: For a man who really did not want to talk on Saturday evening, Jose Mourinho woke on Sunday having had a serious re-think, invited himself on to Sky Sports and let loose.
Jose Mourinho has called for Burnley striker Ashley Barnes to be banned for what he claims was a 'criminal' and 'career-ending' tackle on Nemanja Matic.
MATT BARLOW AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Branislav Ivanovic scored his fourth goal in six games but Chelsea dropped two points as Burnley fought back after Nemanja Matic saw red.
MATT BARLOW: When opportunity knocked Les Ferdinand paid attention. From non-League Southall to the England team and most recently to a desk in his office behind which he sits in at QPR's base.
John Terry admits there have been no talks yet about extending his Chelsea contract beyond the end of the season. He is aware time is running out for him at the top level but wants to continue.
MATT BARLOW: When Mourinho bemoaned his lack of strikers after losing 3-1 in the Parc des Princes last season, there was more to it than goals. He also lacked the strong front man, to carry the team forward when they needed a break.
MATT BARLOW IN PARIS: It was almost seven o’clock in the evening by the time Jose Mourinho arrived at Parc de Princes, but his reputation, as usual, had preceded him by several hours.
Brentford manager Mark Warburton, assistant David Weir and director of football Frank McParland will learn their fate this week - with all three to be told their contracts will not be renewed this summer.
He glanced at Jose Mourinho and Phil Parkinson recognised the signs. It was happening again and not even the Self-assured One was immune.
MATT BARLOW AT THE EMIRATES: Arsenal had Leicester by the throat thanks to first-half goals by Laurent Koscielny and Theo Walcott but Nigel Pearson's Foxes refused to yield in a nail-biter.
Nigel Pearson revealed he had spent Sunday afternoon in Sheffield’s Greystones pub watching a Canadian folk band — which he did not enjoy.
MATT BARLOW AT UPTON PARK: Having started at the top of the diamond, Angel di Maria finished the game on the left wing. He is finding it difficult to influence games like he did at Real Madrid.
Kim Bo-kyung says he is looking forward to working with Wigan manager Malky Mackay again after the South Korea winger signed for the Championship club until the end of the season.
Chelsea fear they will be without Cesc Fabregas for at least two more games as the Spaniard continues to struggle with a hamstring strain suffered in the Capital One Cup win against Liverpool.
Juan Cuadrado had come to symbolise a young man with ambition and desire to succeed against the odds long before his £27million transfer to Chelsea.
Kim worked with Mackay at the South Wales club before the manager was sacked by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan in December 2013 amid a storm of racist, sexist text messages.
MATT BARLOW: Gary Lineker thought it might be time to make it a Bank Holiday and for a while it seemed like the usual movers and shakers had decided to take deadline day off.
If one player personifies Chelsea's brutal pursuit of the Barclays Premier League title, it is not Diego Costa - it is Branislav Ivanovic.
By the orderly standards of a very impressive campaign thus far, Chelsea appear to be flirting with turmoil as the world tunes into Saturday’s clash with Manchester City.
Perhaps it explained his restless manner on the touchline. Jose Mourinho is not at ease when his defence springs a leak. It doesn't happen often, but it disturbs him when it does.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho revealed the cost of reaching Wembley was a trio of injuries to Cesc Fabregas, Filipe Luis and match-winner Branislav Ivanovic.
The Capital One Cup semi-final secong-leg between Liverpool and Chelsea certainly lived up to the billing but who was absent and did the home supporters greet Steven Gerrard with respect?
The magic of the FA Cup isn't always as magical as supporters might like. But this year's fourth round had more than enough shocks to justify the cliché for another year at least.
It took until the end of December before the first Premier League manager was fired, but the rate of sackings in the Championship has worsened.
MATT BARLOW: United might have known what to expect from this proud little club who have spent the last decade teetering on the brink of extinction, simply refusing to fold.
Richard Money will warn his Cambridge players that any shirts swapped with Manchester United's megastars after Friday's FA Cup tie must be replaced at their own cost.
Chadwick’s passion for his home-town club refused to fade during a career which took him from Old Trafford to Burnley, Reading, West Ham, Stoke, Norwich and Milton Keynes.