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International fixture week had ended with England scoring two 3-0 win at Wembley. Now we’re back to the Barclay English Premiership.

Manchester United will have early kick-off on Saturday, September 15. United will travel to Goodison Park for 12.00UK time kick-off.

No fresh injury news for United. A win and 3 points is a must from this games for United to close the gap on early pacesetter Liverpool.

Update on injury, it is confirmed that John O’Shea is out for a number of weeks after the Irishman picked up a knee injury in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, while Darren Fletcher is also facing a lengthly spell on the sidelines after being the receiving end of a bad challenge by Patrick Vieira during the early stages of Scotland vs France Euro qualifier.

England second 3-0 win in double header Euro 2008 qualifier matches against Israel and Russia at Wembley have suddenly turn themselves as favorite to win the group.

Michael Owen hit 40th goal for England, he scored in the opening 7th minute pouncing on a loose ball in penalty area to slot home with his right foot. His second was spectacular, scoring with half volley assist by Heskey headed down ball after squeezing between two Russia defenders in the 31st minute.

Rio Ferdinand wrap up the score sheet by slotting home in the 84th minute after some good work by Owen in the penalty area. His second international goal since the 2002 World Cup. So, six month after suffering the worst abuse ever directed at an England manger, Steve McClaren now knows that England require just five points from the remaining three games to qualify, providing one of them comes in the return meeting with Russia next month. (more…)

MANCHESTER UNITED captain Gary Neville could return for the Premier League champions against Chelsea on Sept 23 after ankle and thigh injuries have sidelined him since March. “Hopefully in the next week or two I’ll be back and I hope to be playing games in the next couple of weeks definitely,” Neville told Manchester United’s TV channel. “I think (this weekend’s) Everton game is going to be too soon, I think it will probably be after that.

Meanwhile, Gary Neville has warned his team-mates they cannot afford any more slip-ups in the title race. “I didn’t expect us to go away to teams and lose, I expect us to be consistent like we were like year. Losing one to three games is acceptable but losing more than three would be very hard to pull back the lose points.