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Neil Mellor: Liverpool are a far better side now

FOUR years ago Neil Mellor was helping Liverpool progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League.Read

Strong team, strong will - what can stop Liverpool?

LIVERPOOL signalled their intent to fight it out on all fronts with the line-up they named at Preston on Saturday – but Sammy Lee has banished talk about going for a treble.Read

Macclesfield boss Keith Alexander

Macclesfield hopeful of staging Everton FA Cup tie despite freeze

MACCLESFIELD TOWN remain confident tomorrow’s FA Cup tie with Everton will go ahead – despite not being able to do any work on the pitch yesterday.Read

Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres

Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres set for Preston FA Cup return

RAFAEL BENITEZ is considering giving Steven Gerrard an instant return to action in tomorrow’s FA Cup third round tie at Preston North End.Read

STOKE striker Ricardo Fuller has been told he has a future at the club.

But chairman Peter Coates has left the Jamaican in no doubt as to how deeply hurt he is by his behaviour.Read

MANCHESTER UNITED striker Wayne Rooney believes the club are well placed in a three-horse race for the Barclays Premier League title.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side are seven points behind leaders Liverpool with two matches in hand, both at home, to Wigan and Fulham.Read

Everton set themselves a Champions League target

STEVE ROUND insists no-one in the Everton camp is surprised that they have finished the year in the top six of the Premier League – with a Champions League place remaining their ambition for 2009.Read

Everton 3, Sunderland 0: Toffess strike the right note for new year

WELL it was never going to be 7-1 again was it? David Moyes had that rare species called strikers at his disposal last year when Everton racked up their biggest league win for 11 years over Sunderland.Read

Tim Cahill praises team-mates for helping him make his mark

STAND-IN striker Tim Cahill has praised the support of his team-mates as Everton have emerged from an injury crisis with a firm grip on a top six position in the Premier League.Read

Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard

Robbie Keane a key figure for title bid - Liverpool FC assistant boss Sammy Lee

LIVERPOOL assistant manager Sammy Lee has dispelled any notion that Liverpool’s management team have doubts about Robbie Keane’s ability.Read

Liverpool 3, Bolton 0: Robbie Keane double a match for rivals

MATCHING their rivals stride for stride was always going to be key to Liverpool sustaining a realistic title challenge this season.Read

WIGAN left-back Maynor Figueroa has turned his loan move from Honduran side Deportivo Olimpia into a long-term deal.

Figueroa, 25, has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract after the clubs agreed a fee.Read

BIG MATCH COMMENT: Chelsea should have really lost at Everton

SETANTA pundit Craig Burley surveyed the striker-less Everton team sheet and concluded that it was “pretty much a nightmare.”Read

MICHAEL OWEN has told Newcastle he will not make a decision on his future until the end of the season.

However, the 29-year-old has ended speculation that he could leave Tyneside in January by committing himself to the club until the end of his current contract.Read

Steve Round

Steve Round: Wigan defeat has made us stronger

EVERTON assistant manager Steve Round has revealed how last month’s defeat to Wigan marked a turning point in their season.Read

Why nobody wants to come home for Christmas

FATHER CHRISTMAS will have to leave room for some extra mince pies if he pops in at Premier League grounds this week.Read

COMMENT: Robbie Keane proves it was business as usual

WOULD Rafael Benitez have as much influence from the sofa as he would from the dugout? Well, Robbie Keane was taken off before the end so there’s your answer.Read

Everton consider Fellaini protest

EVERTON will consider speaking with referees’ chief Keith Hackett if they feel Marouane Fellaini continues to be unfairly treated.Read

Rafa Benitez “very close” to a new deal says Parry

RAFAEL BENITEZ is “very close” to sealing a new contract extension with Liverpool, according to chief executive Rick Parry.Read