Yet they were well
beaten by relegation - threatened Sunderland last weekend and embarrassed by Danish minnows FC Midtjylland in the Europa League on Thursday.
However, over the past ten days they've seen
themselves beaten by relegation threatened Sunderland and Danish side FC Midtjylland in the Europa League.
Not exact matches
Manchester United look to bounce back after a particularly poor performance against West Ham at the weekend
by beating relegation contenders Burnley.
United are having a fine season and are one of a couple of teams currently hanging to the coattails of Celtic at the top of the table, with a 3 - 2 win over
relegation threatened Ross County maintaining the Tangerines» position at the weekend after the leaders
beat ten man Motherwell
by a goal to nil at Fir Park.
The Black Cats are currently sat in the
relegation zone, but gave themselves a huge boost
by beating Norwich City last week, leaving them only one point into the drop zone.
Man City and Chelsea inexplicably lost at home to lower league opposition, and even Liverpool were
beaten in the semi-final
by a team on the verge of
relegation!
This is a tricky game, what with Palace involved in the
relegation mix up, they showed what they are capable of
by beating Chelsea away recently, so they need to be respected yet forked over gently??
It is Wenger's job to see the problems in those performances even when we win, so we can not get
beaten so hard away,
by a team that's near
relegation.
While lifting the title after
beating a local rival would be something to be cherished
by Wolves fans (Cardiff will have to lose or draw to make it possible), it would also underline the fact that Birmingham are in a
relegation battle.
At the time of writing this they've just been
beaten by Leicester City, are a point above the
relegation zone and are twenty points off the top.
Owen Coyle was at the helm when Burnley
beat Sheffield United 1 - 0 in the 2008/2009 Championship Play - Off final, but can he go one better
by guiding a club which only narrowly avoid
relegation from the Premier League last season to the semi-finals of this season's FA Cup?
LIVERPOOL: Everton eased its
relegation concerns
by beating 10 - man Brighton 2 - 0 in the English Premier League on Saturday, despite Wayne Rooney missing a penalty.
Nevertheless, Spurs managed to
beat Hull 2 - 0 to further condemn the tigers to
relegation, and allowed Spurs to go back up to 6th position, and back into the highly coveted and much wanted
by everyone around them, Europa League places.