Manchester United: NO complaints over the result against Everton at the weekend -- we deserved to come away with nothing. To see us go ahead early on and then still lose was an unusual sight, but we were masters of our own downfall defensively and in other ways. It's hard to know why we waited so long to get Michael Owen off the bench and that is a bit of a recurring theme this season.
The Carling Cup final is coming up this week and it's going to take our first win of the season again Villa to win the trophy. I'd say they will be confident that they can win it, but at the end of the day ours is the team packed with players used to winning trophies, not theirs. Liverpool: I DON'T think the draw against Man City on Sunday was the worst result we could have had.
A point away from home against one of your rivals for that fourth spot is probably a point gained in the grand scheme of things. The return of Fernando Torres -- if only for 20 minutes -- is also another big thing for the club. The win in the Europa League last week was quite underwhelming, I just wonder how much the players are really motivated by it. Steven Bickerstaff (Belfast)
Chelsea: GREAT to get back to winning ways in the league again against Wolves after the FA Cup match last week and the previous defeat to Everton. Drogba just continues to go from strength to strength and must be the main rival for Wayne Rooney in the Player of the Year stakes this season.
Tomorrow night will be an interesting match-up with Jose Mourinho facing his former employers and Ancelotti returning to the venue he played and managed at. A tricky encounter over two legs, but would settle for a repeat of our last game at the San Siro when Denis Wise popped up with a late equaliser. Dave Watson (Bangor)
Arsenal: A LOT of people were very quick to write us out of the title race when we lost to Manchester United and Chelsea. Six points off the lead is not a massive amount of ground to catch up, but it will come down to the age old question of consistency of our young players.
The Porto match was crazy on a lot of levels, not least because of the circumstances of their winner. Other referees have said the official on the night was within the law to let them take the free- kick quickly, but for him to do that inside the box and block off our only defender was laughable.Andy Moore (Belfast)Man City: THINK we would have to admit that the game against Liverpool wasn't the most exciting match we've ever seen.
In some ways it was good to see though, because you need to be able to slug it out in games like this and show you won't be beaten. We are still in the best position of all the clubs challenging for the top four, but it's not going to be decided this month or next, it will most likely go to the final week of the season.
It's interesting to hear all this talk of bust-ups and rows in the changing room, you can't help if certain people want to stir it up a bit. Mancini has handled it all really well in my opinion and it's what you would expect of a manager who has managed at the highest level.
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