Mark Steel: Let’s kick hypocrisy out of football
Wayne Rooney appeared like these a polite younger guy that who would have guessed he’d be the kind to use a swear word at a time of higher emotion? So by natural means for 3 days the incident dominated the news and the radio cellphone-ins, and hundreds of thousands of individuals are apparently shocked since he’s a function model, so let’s at least hope he doesn’t use that sort of language when the prostitutes are round, simply because …

MOSCOW A DISTANT MEMORY FOR FERGUSON
Sir Alex Ferguson is not convinced reminiscences of Moscow 2008 will play any component in Wednesday’s eagerly-anticipated Champions League encounter amongst Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea v Manchester United: Carlo Ancelotti desires Fernando Torres to exploit Nemanja Vidic again
Spanish forward could maintain important to Chelsea’s possibilities versus Manchester United in Champions League.