What the back pages say - March 2
SUNDAY EXPRESS: Sir Alex Ferguson cursed the last-gasp Arsenal goal that robbed Manchester United of top spot in the Premier League... Also: Arsenal ace Eduardo will sue Martin Taylor over the red-card tackle that broke his leg - if he never plays again.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY: Joe Cole's future at Chelsea is in doubt... Also: Rafael Benitez is the sensational summer target of Inter Milan - the club he is set to dump from the Champions League later this month.
SUNDAY MIRROR: Steven Taylor fears he is being driven out of Newcastle United... Also: Avram Grant will be booted upstairs this summer in Roman Abramovich's overhaul of the Chelsea backroom staff.
NEWS OF THE WORLD: Chelsea face an exodus of big-name stars if Avram Grant remains in charge next season... Also: Kevin Keegan watched in horror as his Toon revolution hit a new low and admitted he is now in a relegation dogfight.
THE PEOPLE: Tom Hicks has buried the hatchet with Rafa Benitez by sensationally offering the Liverpool boss a new deal to stay at Anfield until 2012... Alex Ferguson could not believe his luck after Manchester United were denied top spot in the Premier League by Nicklas Bendtner's late Arsenal goal.
THE OBSERVER: Squeaky bum time seems to have arrived early this year, with Arsenal needing a last-second equaliser from Niklas Bendtner to preserve the slenderest of leads at the top of the Premier League... Also: Avram Grant was snubbed three times by Chelsea's playing staff in the wake of least weekend's League Cup final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
SUNDAY TIMES: McLaren Mercedes boss Ron Dennis, whose driver Lewis Hamilton is one of the favourites to win this year's Formula One world championship, is likely to step aside this week... Also: Arsene Wenger insisted last night Arsenal were still favourites to win the Premier League, but acknowledged that Manchester United's momentum was such that everybody else expected the title to remain at Old Trafford.
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY: There are supposed to be no easy games in what many believe to be the world's strongest league, but this was just about as easy as it gets away from home... Also: Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he will pick Paul Scholes in his team for "sentimental" reasons if Manchester United go on to reach the Champions League final this season.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Arsene Wenger hailed Niklas Bendtner's injury-time equaliser against Aston Villa, which keeps Arsenal top of the table, as "vital" to the outcome of a nailbiting title race... Also: Troubles flared at the Emirates Stadium yesterday after a section of Aston Villa supporters sang sick songs mocking the horrific injury sustained by striker Eduardo last week.
