Everton delivered what will surely be a fatal blow to Manchester City’s already fading English Premier League title hopes with a 2-0 success at Goodison Park
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The star match of the day will be between Everton and Manchester City at the Goodison Park while Queens Park Rangers take their survival battle to the Villa Park as guests of Aston Villa
United looked on course to get some consolation for their midweek Champions League exit against Real Madrid as early goals from Javier Hernandez and recalled Wayne Rooney put them in complete control
The Jose Mourinho-led side came back from a goal down to progress at the expense of the Red Devils.
If this is achieved, the outcome of title holders, Manchester City’s last games will be of no effect as the Red Devil, with 90 points, would have reclaimed the title
Carlos Tevez, who replaced knee injury victim, Sergio Aguero, broke the deadlock in first-half injury-time after a mistake by Villa defender, Ciaran Clark
One of the finest clubs in Europe is destined to go out of the most lucrative club competition.
Prior to the 1-1 draw between the teams three weeks ago, both sides were hot favourites for the cup.
Madrid’s two victories over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey and the league have injected belief that Jose Mourinho’s side can go to Old Trafford and win
Norwich barely offered a threat to the league leaders and they were finished off 13 minutes from time, Kagawa finding another classy finish to a flowing move as thoughts turned to Madrid
Boro lacked confidence in front of goal and missed three late chances
Elsewhere, Wigan ran riot at the Madejski Stadium to enhance their survival prospects at the expense of Reading – as Norwich dented Everton’s slipping European ambitions with a come-from-behind home win and Romelu Lukaku guided West Brom to victory over Sunderland
Top on the bill is the clash between second-placed Manchester City and third positioned Chelsea
Following Manchester United’s 1-1 draw against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, Sir Alex Ferguson will most likely introduce some fresh faces when Reading visit on Monday in the FA Cup fifth round
Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for the English Premier League leaders with a 20th minute header to deliver United a crucial away goal
That Ronaldo will lead the assault against his former team, Manchester United, makes this fixture an interesting one
Two first half goals by Ryan Giggs and Robin Van Persie were all Manchester United needed to dismiss Everton in the English Premier League
Manchester United will surge 12 points clear of their second-placed rivals if they beat Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon
Both sides spurned chances throughout the encounter but Rooney, the England striker, showed fine composure to take advantage of a Philippe Senderos mistake to net the winner with just 11 minutes to play
Arsenal will continue its battle for Champions League slot when Stoke City visit the Emirates Stadium in one of the Saturday’s fixtures while relegation haunted QPR entertain Norwich
Pablo Zabaleta’s diving header and a disallowed Sergio Aguero goal were as close as Roberto Mancini’s side came to breaking the deadlock, leaving the Premier League champions cursing a missed opportunity to keep pace with Manchester United
According to Forbes, United are comfortably ahead of the world’s second-most-valuable sports team, the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, worth $2.1billion