Another Frustrating game from the reds!

Liverpool had a very frustrating game again as they had a draw aganist birmigham city, which have dented their champions league chances against the likes of manchester city, tottenham and Aston Villa, a 53rd minuite goal from Steven Gerrard gave reds the lead but again, set peice ended the game, when Steven Ridgwell made an awesome header from corner post, and caused a stalemate for the match, Staduim of Birmigham is a seige for the top clubs as Chelsea, Manchester United and even Tottenham have not won away from Birmigham, Rafeal Benitez is again at pressure with this match.

John Terry's blame game

Chelsea captain John Terry has hit out at the standard of refereeing in the Champions League in the wake of his side's elimination from the competition at the hands of Inter Milan.

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John Terry was infuriated by the performance of referee Wolfgang Stark

Terry runs the risk of a UEFA punishment after claiming "bad refereeing'' cost his side dear in the defeat against the Italian champions.

Chelsea had two strong penalty appeals turned down by referee Wolfgang Stark during Tuesday's loss at Stamford Bridge, while ill-feeling remains over the four penalty appeals famously turned down by Tom Henning Ovrebo in the Blues' semi-final exit against Barcelona last season.

And Terry has called on his club to take up the matter with European football's governing body.

"It was a bad performance by us but a really bad performance from the referee,'' Terry said of Tuesday's 1-0 loss, which sealed a 3-1 aggregate defeat. "It is not good enough at this stage of the competition. We were at home and we didn't get one decision.

"We do our best to get ourselves in this position and for two years running we get let down by bad refereeing. We need someone at the club to take it up with UEFA.''

"I'm not going to say the word conspiracy. But I'm so frustrated by what happened. Florent Malouda got fouled inside the box in the first half and the referee waved play on. Didier Drogba gets manhandled and if the referee misses it, we have the linesman.''

Terry claimed Stark was unwilling to talk with him during Tuesday's game, and accused the official of showing "disrespect''.

"When a decision didn't go our way I, as captain, went to speak to the German referee and he turned his back on me,'' Terry said.

"I wasn't shouting. I went to try to talk to him and when he wouldn't talk that is when I got frustrated. That is just pure disrespect. If I get myself in trouble, then so be it. I owe it to our fans to speak out.''

Blues assistant boss Ray Wilkins confirmed owner Roman Abramovich had met with the players following the defeat to Inter, but insisted that contrary to reports, it was a civilised and "positive'' meeting.

Wilkins told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "It was a very positive meeting that the players have had with Roman so from that aspect he just added his support to the situation.

"We were delighted to see him, he's always extremely involved in the club. He owns the club and wants to have a big input into what happens. So whenever he is down it is a positive as far as we're concerned.

"He's very close to the players, he knows the way they work so therefore he wanted to have a little input with them during the week. It was nothing dramatic, it was all pretty low-key stuff so we just get on with the business now.''

It has been reported Abramovich will now embark on a major overhaul of the playing staff. Wilkins accepted changes were likely this summer, but said that was a normal occurrence at any big club.

"Seasons pass on, people are brought in and people leave the club and that's the way football is,'' he said. "We're no different to any other football club.

"We want to improve, we want to go forward and if it means a few players go along the way and a few come in that is just the way football is run. Whenever a top-quality player becomes available, a top club like ours will always be involved in the process.''

Thiert Henry's reluctance

Thierry Henry has admitted he is not relishing the Champions League tie against his former team Arsenal.

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Thierry Henry still has strong feelings for Arsenal

Henry became a legend in north London after eight trophy-laden years with the Gunners and is set to face them for the first time since leaving for Barca in 2007.

The France striker, 32, concedes the first leg of the last eight tie at the Emirates on March 31 will be particularly difficult.

He told Sky Sports: "I'm not saying I won't try to fight or whatever because that's the way the game is. But I don't want to play against Arsenal.

"It will be weird for me to step on the pitch, even if it's at the Emirates and not Highbury, with another shirt on."

When asked if he would celebrate a goal, he added: "Forget about it. No. I do not want to play against Arsenal, simple as that.

"The bond that I have with the Arsenal fans I will never get anywhere else. Because I don't think I will ever play for another team for that long.

"Eight years - I don't think I will be with another team for eight years. I am getting old now.''

Arshavin speaks

Andrey Arshavin believes Arsenal needs to buy "three or four real stars" before they can realistically challenge for trophies despite the club's lofty position on the Premier League table.

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All for nought? Andrey Arshavin doesn't think his goals will help Arsenal win the title

Whilst most pundits would agree that Arsenal lack the depth of a Manchester United or Chelsea, the outspoken Russian's comments seem to come at a strange time given Arsenal are just two points behind league leaders United and still in contention for the Champions League.

Arshavin said he has thought Arsenal have been understocked since selling Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor in the summer and only bringing in Thomas Vermaelen to replace them. That transfer activity, combined with injuries to Robin van Persie,Kieran Gibbs and Aaron Ramsey, will make it "difficult to achieve success" this season.

Arshavin also claimed that the youngsters rolling off Arsene Wenger's production line must possess stronger mentalities to go with their technical ability.

"I am still of the opinion that to win trophies Arsenal needs more players,'' Arshavin is quoted as saying in the Sun. "There is the simple fact that last summer we sold two players and bought only one. So there is an obvious deficit of at least one. Then we lost Van Persie, Gibbs and Ramsey for a long time. So for me it is natural we need new players.

"Without the variety of players we have less diversity in attack. That allows our opponents to read our combinations more easily. Finally, it results in less ball possession for us and our defence comes under more pressure.

"The Premier League is very interesting, at least as long as we continue fighting to win it. But without new experienced players, real stars, it will be difficult to achieve success. Ideally we need three or four such experienced players and then among our youths there should be guys who are not only good at playing football but have real character.''

Post match discussions on chelsea vs intermilan match!:posted by Saad

Jose Mourinho made a surprising comeback after recent match between inter milan and chelsea, where the dark horse thrased the blues from the top sixteen knock out stages of champions league.
18 yard box strike from Samuel Eto decided the whole match, an unconcinving game play from Chelsea made there current manager Carlo Ancelloti under pressure where he stated that " They played a very good game, we didnt played the way we wanted to play, Inter deserved to win, we are very sorry but this is the reality we have to face". He also states that" We were never in control , and they passed the ball very well, there were only short periods of time where we passed neatly".
Chelsea fc are now contenders for FA cup and the premier league title.
Discuss your views on the match.

Manchester United Vs Chelsea: post match discussion:posted by SAAD

Another glorious match to watch, as red devils took on the blues, and blues were held victorios after a controversial goal from Didier Drogba, resulting in a 1 - 2 win, a big blow for the Red devils as not only it hampered their Premiere League title chances but also an embarrasing home loss against one of the title contenders.
For Chelsea:
Joe Cole(1)
Drogba (1)
For Manchester United:
Macheda. (1)