With his options at parent club, Moses would have wanted to use his year at Liverpool as a chance to show he can shine at a big club and now he wants to use his strike against the Cherries as motivation to do just that
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Mohamed Salah joins from Swiss champions, FC Basel, for a fee in the region of £11 million, which makes him the most expensive Egyptian player of all time
Ten-time winners and current Premier League pacesetters, Arsenal, were paired with Liverpool after their victories over Coventry and Bournemouth respectively
Liverpool cruise past their opponents with their goals coming from a likely and a less likely source, their second from Daniel Sturridge but their opener from Victor Moses, a player who had scored only once all season prior to Saturday
Essien had fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge this season and has been linked with a move to Italy these past few weeks
The Arsenal manager expressed his surprise that Chelsea should do business with a Premier League rival, albeit one that is flagging this season, and he warned his Stamford Bridge counterpart, José Mourinho, that he could live to regret the decision in the longer term
Salah has been a rumoured transfer target for Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool side during the January transfer window, although they have been usurped
Even in a ridiculously bad shoot-out, De Gea’s save from Adam Johnson meant Sunderland had only scored twice
A few things are clear: Chelsea and United are close to agreeing a £40m deal for Mata, the playmaker whom José Mourinho just does not fancy. What is indisputable is that the Spaniard can finish
There is an instinctive reluctance at Stamford Bridge to lose their player of the season from each of his two full campaigns at the club, sentiment expressed publicly by Mourinho over recent weeks when the manager has been asked about Mata’s immediate future
Mata, Chelsea’s player of the season in each of his two full campaigns with the club, has lost his integral role under José Mourinho this term and has found himself limited to 11 Premier League starts to date
United would have looked to get back into the match early in the second-half but the game was put well and truly out of their reach as Eto’o helped himself to his third just minutes after the re-start
Rooney is expected back at United’s Carrington training base on Friday following his break in Egypt
“It’s been an amazing journey. I’ve enjoyed every bit of it,” he told the club’s official website. “I’ve worked with some great people, great players from when I came to the ones that are here now. They’ve all been brilliant
Mikel, who stormed out of the awards venue in anger, was quoted by sources close to him that the organisers had assured him that he will emerge as the winner
Boro boss, Aitor Karanka, who confirmed the loan signing of Omeruo, has been looking to add to his squad since arriving at the Riverside in November and the former ADO Den Haag of Holland defensive stalwart was one of the players linked with Boro in the summer, but previous boss, Tony Mowbray, decided he wanted someone with more consistency
Two second half goals allowed Chelsea to progress from their FA Cup tie against Derby County at Pride Park, giving them a fourth-round fixture against Stoke City at Stamford Bridge
Mignolet was at full stretch to turn over a Frank Lampard shot from 25 yards, which appeared destined for the top corner – but the Belgian goalkeeper was beaten by a brilliant shot from his compatriot, Hazard, moments later
Chelsea frustrated an incoherent Gunners side from the off, though in truth both sides took time to rise the justifiably-hyped occasion
Fitting, then, that Pep Guardiola is the best-paid football manager in the world, raking in £14.8 million per year