Manchester City striker Robinho has suffered an injury setback in his return from a stress fracture and could be out for two more weeks. The £32.5 million signing from Real Madrid was expected to make his comeback against Southampton in the Carling Cup next week but a stress-fracture to his ankle has failed to heal adequately.

Chelsea have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a suspension of their Fifa transfer ban in the hope that they will be allowed to sign players during the January transfer window. The Stamford Bridge club have lodged an appeal against Fifa's ban, which prevents them from registering any new players during the next two transfer windows, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Watching brief: England manager Fabio Capello and Fulham's Roy Hodgson (left) were at Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea play Atlético Madrid

An examination of the problems besetting Liverpool and Rafael Benitez, some of which are of the Spaniard's own making and some which have been out of his hands. “We have had too many problems all at once,” bemoaned Rafael Benítez in the immediate aftermath of Liverpool’s fourth consecutive defeat, the 2-1 loss to Lyon on Tuesday, which left their dreams of European glory, like their Premie

Liverpool ended their worst sequence of results since 1987 and eased the pressure on manager Rafael Benitez in the most satisfying manner possible as Manchester United were deservedly beaten at Anfield. Fernando Torres demonstrated his world class with a 65th-minute opener, comfortably shrugging off the attentions of Rio Ferdinand before powering an unstoppable finish high past United keeper