So Liverpool lost twice during the whole of 2008-09. Now they've lost twice in three games and Rafael Benitez has had a few choice words to say to his top, under-performing, players.

'Naff Raff' as the Sun have labelled him, hit out at the mistakes by his players, saying ''Lucas scored an own goal but Gerrard gave away a penalty - and each player will have to analyse a lot of things.'' Although we're a little worried as he appears to view Lucas as a 'star'.

With Liverpool slipping down the table, Manchester United might hope that nobody noticed their recent defeat to Burnley - especially after hammering Wigan. But there's bad news, as the Daily Mirror say that Anderson has been told he can quit Old Trafford after a furious bust-up with Sir Alex Ferguson. Could we be set for another Tevez saga?

Thankfully, Nemanja Vidic has played down speculation he will move to Barcelona after some tricky quotes from his agent last week. The Sun have more uplifting news for Fergie, as he said: "I've never said anything about Barcelona, or Real Madrid or AC Milan - or any club.'' A lesson learned there.

Arsene Wenger is quietly going about his business, and has no defeats to get in the way just yet. The Daily Mail reckon he's after another midfielder - at a cut price fee of course - and will sign Saint-Etienne midfielder Blaise Matuidi, with Cesc Fabregas facing three weeks out after aggravating a hamstring injury.

Chelsea's Frank Arsenen is on the scout for new players, but instead of picking out the next 15-year-old gem - like he's supposed to be doing - he's on the trail of Benfica trio Angel Di Maria, David Luiz and Fabio Coentrao. The Sun have this news, but does anyone feel like Frank just decided to turn up to one Portuguese league match, then presented his findings?

The Daily Star reckon Everton are fuming at yet more delays for Joleon Lescott's move to Man City. An 11th hour hitch won't help relations between the two clubs after it took them all summer to come up with the £24m the Toffees wanted, leaving them in the lurch before the transfer window closes next week.

Meanwhile, the Guardian report that West Ham have been rocked by another tragedy - following the stabbing of Calum Davenport - as midfielder Jack Collison's father has been killed in a motorcycle accident, while he was on his way to watch the weekend's game.