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LOAN star Henrik Larsson bade farewell to Old Trafford with the goal that sealed United’s passage into the last eight of the Champions League.

LILLE coach Claude Puel has accused Manchester United’s fans of being “violent” and triggering the bad blood that has erupted between the two clubs ahead of the Champions League return at Old Trafford.

SIR Alex Ferguson has warned his Manchester United players not to get sucked into a war with Lille at Old Trafford.

WITH French club Lille heading to Old Trafford for the return leg of their Champions League clash, we take a look at both teams.

AFTER everything that happend in the first leg of this Champions League clash United will be champing at the bit at Old Trafford.

SIR Alex Ferguson has ruled out any chance of extending Henrik Larsson’s stay at Manchester United despite fresh injury concerns surrounding Louis Saha.

PATRICE Evra appears to be a major doubt for Manchester United’s Champions League return with Lille at Old Trafford, while Louis Saha has been ruled out through injury.

WITH nine games to go in the title race 12 months ago Chelsea held a 15-point advantage over United, but then Jose Mourinho’s side lost at Fulham.

RYAN Giggs won’t hesitate to pull a fast one on Lille again despite the outrage he caused in France.

UNITED’S big charity night at Old Trafford has been dealt a blow with David Beckham’s playing farewell being wrecked.

WAYNE Rooney is set to fire United into the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Lille.

MANCHESTER United have the cash to be in the fight to sign the best players in Europe this summer. The cash is coming in part from a new multi-million pound sponsorship deal with Spanish commercial giants Grupo 2002.

HENRIK Larsson will return to Helsingborg as planned next week even though Manchester United might be facing a striker shortage.

UNITED are set to make a late SOS plea to Henrik Larsson as a potential striker crisis looms at Old Trafford. The 35-year-old Swede has remained adamant that he will return home when his loan spell ends next Monday.

SIR Alex Ferguson has warned Chelsea that he has not even revved up yet in the title mind-games battle.

SIR Alex Ferguson expects UEFA to “come down strongly” on Lille once the dust has settled on their acrimonious Champions League clash with United.

ANFIELD match-winner John O’Shea believes United are ripping the heart out of Chelsea’s Premiership title challenge.

RATINGS for Man Utd in their game against Liverpool.

SIR Alex Ferguson is convinced the imminent departure of Henrik Larsson will not have a negative effect on Manchester United’s trophy quest.

JOHN O’Shea scored an injury-time winner to stun Liverpool and give United a commanding lead in the Premiership title race.

DAVID Beckham has not played for England since the World Cup exit.

UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes the last-gasp 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield was a “massive result” in the Premiership title race.

UNITED completed a classic smash and grab raid to beat Liverpool at Anfield. Find out how we rated the Reds.

TOMORROW’S lunchtime crunch at Anfield is being billed as a title decider - and that sent my mind back to another March day 40 years ago.

OLE Gunnar Solskjaer is to have more surgery on his knee, leaving Sir Alex Ferguson with a possible striker crisis.

UNITED’S reserves got their title challenge back on track with a thumping 3-0 win over Newcastle last night.

RIO Ferdinand will use a close encounter with Liverpool’s fans as his motivation at Anfield tomorrow.

RYAN Giggs will become only the second player to top 700 games for the Reds tomorrow.

THERE are not many comedians on the scene as affable as Silky. So generously spirited is he that the freshly showered one even shared some of his bathing experience with CityLife - though not in person we hasten to add.

RYAN Giggs is set to make his 700th appearance for United against Liverpool.

SPORTS Minister Richard Caborn has, like the Prime Minister, backed our campaign to cut the price of Premiership football.

MANCHESTER United have got a world-beating goalkeeper in their ranks.

WAYNE Rooney has hailed Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo as “the best player in the world”.

JOHN O’Shea has urged his Manchester United team-mates to remember the first six minutes and forget the remaining 84 of their pulsating FA Cup tie at Reading.

BARCELONA star Ronaldinho will line up for the Europe XI side when they take on United in the Jubilee Charity Match at Old Trafford.

STEVEN Gerrard insists Liverpool are determined not to allow Manchester United to “win the title at Anfield”.

PLAYER ratings from United’s fifth round FA Cup replay at Madejski Stadium.

TONY Blair today joined our campaign to make football more affordable to the ordinary fan.

REDS boss Alex Ferguson believes United were lucky to survive their FA Cup replay.

UNITED held off a dramatic Reading comeback at the Madejski Stadium to progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo took full advantage of Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard’s Carling Cup final commitments to move to within one point of top spot in the Actim Index, the official player ratings system of the Premiership.

NEMANJA Vidic is a doubt for Manchester United’s FA Cup replay with Reading.

UNITED will find out on Friday if their controversial Champions League last-16 first-leg victory over Lille is to stand.

SIR Alex Ferguson has insisted there are ‘no problems’ between him and David Beckham.

DARREN Fletcher says United will have to work their socks off to keep the Treble alive in Reading tonight.

SIR Alex Ferguson has confirmed he has no plans to step down as Manchester United manager.

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho claims United have enjoyed more than their fair share of luck this season - and has also accused Cristiano Ronaldo of diving.

LILLE have announced they will appeal against UEFA’s decision to throw out the club’s protest about the validity of Manchester United’s winning goal in the Champions League last week.

RIO Ferdinand is desperate to enjoy some FA Cup glory this term to make up for past heartache.

MANCHESTER United’s fringe players step out of the shadows at Reading tomorrow bearing total trust in their ability to steer the Red Devils into the FA Cup quarter-finals.