London, Apr 11 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson upped his war of words with Rafa Benitez by suggesting that the Liverpool coach was guilty of taking his eye off the ball ahead of club's Champions League defeat to Chelsea in midweek by talking about him rather than the task in hand.

Ferguson took another swipe at the Merseyside club by claiming that Chelsea, fuelled by their win at Anfield, were now the biggest threat to United's hopes of completing a hat-trick of Premier League titles.

London, Apr 11: The referee who officiated in Chelsea’s Champions League victory over Liverpool has sensationally claimed that a Stamford Bridge official told him to go easy on three of their players who risked missing next week’s second leg if they were booked.

Danish official Claus Bo Larsen spoke out after being approached at a security meeting at Anfield on the morning of last Wednesday’s game, when he was informed Chelsea “would not be excited” at the prospect of John Terry, Ashley Cole or Nicolas Anelka being booked.

London, April 11 : Oasis' Noel Gallagher confessed getting jittery after enthusiastic fans shook up their venue walls during a performance in Taiwan.

The rockers played their tunes in front of 18,000 admirers at the World Trade Centre Nangang in Taipei on April 3.

Gallagher revealed on his official blog that despite the hair-raising rattle throughout the entire concert, he still tasted excitement.

"So that was a bit mad. 18,000 people. Upstairs. On the 2nd floor of a huge exhibition centre," the Daily Express quoted him as saying

London, Apr. 11: A married footballer has been arrested over a claim he and a pal sexually attacked a teenager.

John Oster, 30, and Paul Wethers went to the girl’s home after a night out in London’s West End, reports The Sun.

The ex-Everton and Sunderland star allegedly groped the 19-year-old. Wethers, in his 30s, is accused of having sex with her against her will.

Police are investigating whether the men planned to “roast” the student — a term used by footballers who have group sex with a woman.

London, Apr 11: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has said that Manchester United can still win five trophies this season, but he is determined to stop their quest for glory and has not given up hope of catching Liverpool and Chelsea in the league.

Wenger is backing bitter rival Sir Alex Ferguson to hold off the Anfield challenge, but he believes his Gunners will still have a major say in the title race.

Arsenal is six points behind third-placed Chelsea, The Sun reported.

London, Apr. 11: A witness has described how he saw two Asian men filming shoppers at one of the alleged terror plot targets two weeks ago.

Joe Hester, 44, said he was shopping in Manchester''s Trafford Centre on March 26 when his attention was drawn to two "impeccably dressed" men who he thought were behaving oddly.

Police believe the Trafford Centre was one of the possible targets of the suspected terrorist plotters after covert surveillance teams watched suspects filming there and at the Arndale Centre and St Ann''s Square in the city centre.