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Little more than a month into the season, new signing Oscar is already a Stamford Bridge sensation.
I must confess that I took a bit longer to be won over by him - before making up for lost time by coming to the conclusion that he could be the most important player Brazilian football has produced in a while.
I was at one of his very first matches for Internacional, a 3-0 defeat to Fluminense in the Maracana stadium in August 2010. He was brought on after 35 minutes, made a mess of everything he tried and was himself replaced after 57. It hardly matched the hype that was already surrounding him.
Three months later I saw him get a place in the starting line-up against Botafogo. He made little impression and was substituted once more. But before the game I talked to Inter's director Fernando Carvallo, one of the best talent spotters in the Brazilian game. Forget any early impressions, he said. This boy is the genuine article.

Oscar is already attracting attention for his all-round midfielder's game. Photo: Empics

If such a knowledgeable source had high hopes, then Oscar was clearly worth a third glance, a fourth and a fifth.
Early in 2011, he started to impress playing for Brazil in the South American Under-20 Championships. The individual plaudits went to Neymar and Lucas Moura, but it was noticeable that Oscar was at the heart of many of the good collective things his side were producing.
But could he cut it with the seniors? He quickly showed he could, scoring three times for Internacional in their Copa Libertadores campaign.
Then came his triumphant World Youth Cup campaign. With both Neymar and Lucas promoted to the full Brazil side, there was more responsibility for Oscar to carry. For all his frailty and sloped shoulders, he bore it well.
He scored all three goals in the final against Portugal. But at least as impressive was his all-round game - and as he has continued to progress over the subsequent year, it is his versatility which catches the eye as much as his ability to score goals - like the one against Juventus last week that sent the Stamford Bridge faithful crazy.
Oscar can drop back and mark. Stronger than he looks, he can win the ball, orchestrate possession from deep, feed the strikers and get beyond them to shoot at goal. Bright and mobile, two-footed and talented, he is a midfielder in the full sense of the word - and it is precisely that which makes him so interesting.
The glory days of Brazilian football - those three World Cup wins between 1958 and '70 - came after they had come up with the idea of the back four, dropping an extra player to the centre of the defence to provide extra security.
A football team is like one organic unit - making changes in one part will inevitably have an effect on another. In this case the burden was borne by the central midfielders. Since the initial idea was to retain two wingers and two strikers, the pair in the middle found themselves with acres of space to cover. So both of them had to be all-rounders, able to attack and defend.
In 1958 and '62 the central midfield pairing was formed by Didi and Zito. 'The Ethiopian Prince,' Didi was the brains of the team, cutting opponents apart with his elegant passing. But he also had to work hard when Brazil lost possession, getting behind the line of the ball and closing down space.
Alongside him, Zito was the enforcer, the hard man who screened the centre-backs. But he could also make an attacking contribution, as he showed when scoring the goal that effectively won the 1962 World Cup. Brazil and Czechoslovakia were level at 1-1 when he both started and ended the move that put his side ahead, running the length of the field to head home at the far post.
Eight years later in Mexico, it was a similar story, with Gerson and Clodoaldo in the roles of Didi and Zito.
Brazil were a goal down in the semi-final against Uruguay. Gerson, the latter day Didi, was not the greatest athlete - he was struggling to find space against the tight Uruguayan marking - so he took a decision. He dropped back to cover and sent Clodoaldo, Zito's replacement for club and country further forward. It was an inspired switch - just before half-time Clodoaldo scored the equaliser.
The classic 4-2-4 system did not last long. Even in 1958 Mario Zagallo was funnelling back from left wing to help out the overworked midfield duo. But for a while afterwards, 4-2-4 influenced the way that Brazilian midfielders developed. The 1982 pairing of Falcao and Toninho Cerezo were also all-rounders.
Then it all changed. Brazil became increasingly dependent on attacking full-backs. Someone had to cover for them. And having purely defensive midfielders in a 4-4-2 meant that there was also space for purely attacking ones. The age of the specialist was born.
For years Brazil's midfield included Gilberto Silva - now winding down his career where he started it, at centre-back - and Kaka, who in reality is a support striker. Even while it was winning trophies, a midfield without midfielders could never capture hearts by producing the flowing football of old.
For all the frequent disappointing results Brazil have had over the last two years, and for all the jeers aimed at coach Mano Menezes, there are grounds for optimism. The midfielder is back. Oscar is proof. So too is Romulo.
If Oscar is an attacking midfielder who can also defend, Romulo is the opposite. Both were on target last week in the Champions League - Oscar, of course, for Chelsea against Juventus, and Romulo for Spartak Moscow against Barcelona - on his 22nd birthday. If this really is the rebirth of the all-round Brazilian midfielder, then we all have something to celebrate.

Comments on the piece in the space provided. Questions on South American football to vickerycolumn@hotmail.com and I'll pick out a couple for next week.
From last week's postbag:

I am always interested when British footballers move abroad. The trend has steadily decreased, so the recent transfer of goalkeeper Mark Cook from Harrogate to Universitario of Peru has fascinated me and I would love to hear your insight into this. I see he made his debut recently and was slightly shaky from what I saw online, but the goal was decent and he could do little about it. What has been the reaction to his arrival in South America and how do you feel he will adapt?
Craig Morton
I'm all in favour of British players moving abroad - it's a great way to broaden their education. There are easier places than South America to do it, though! The Mark Cook case is interesting precisely because it is so rare - which means that he sticks out so much.
For the debut match you mentioned - where he did nothing wrong - one of the Peruvian papers sent a reporter into the stands to hear what was being said. There were reports of anger directed at him, at the fact that he was taking the place of a local, and plenty of uncomplimentary remarks about the ungainly way he moves.
He does look as if he could command his area better than the club's other keepers. But fundamental in this position is communication with the defence. He doesn't speak the language and it was clear in that debut game that the centre-backs were reluctant to pass back to him.
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Real Madrid 3-2 Man City: Why City left Bernabeu empty-handed

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Leading 2-1 with less than three minutes to go, Manchester City looked set to become only the third English side to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

But instead of beginning their Champions League campaign with a famous victory, Roberto Mancini's men were left to rue what might have been.
Karim Benzema's equaliser was quickly followed by Cristiano Ronaldo's dramatic last-gasp winner, leading to a sliding celebration from Real boss Jose Mourinho.
What went wrong for City in their first match in Group D?
BBC football pundit Robbie Savage, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, analysed a remarkable night.

Real run riot down City's right

Maicon was not at the races at all in the first half at right-back. He was a passenger and it was like City were playing with 10 men. Cristiano Ronaldo kept cutting inside him.

Ronaldo's reign

Cristiano Ronaldo's winner for Real Madrid was his 39th Champions League goal - only three fewer than the entire Manchester City squad - in 81 appearances.

In the second half, Vincent Kompany looked at what was happening and came across to that wing more. Ronaldo did not have the beating of Kompany and he started to get frustrated.

But, even so, Marcelo was allowed to come inside more and more, as he did for his goal.
For the Real Madrid winner, City let Ronaldo move inside too easily. He went past Pablo Zabaleta as if he wasn't there.
Zabaleta, who replaced Maicon, needed to stop Ronaldo at source. He was on the bench for most of the game watching Ronaldo take apart Maicon and didn't learn. He should have seen what was happening.

Did City's formation put them under pressure?

It was too easy at times for Real Madrid, especially in the first half. With the 4-3-2-1 formation that City play, with two holding midfielders in Javi Garcia and Gareth Barry, it meant the Madrid full-backs could go forward.

English wins at the Bernabeu

Arsenal won 1-0 in a Champions League second-round clash in 2006, with Thierry Henry scoring the winner
Liverpool also won 1-0 in the first leg of a Champions League second-round tie, when Yossi Benayoun scored their winner in 2009

If Mancini wants to play Garcia and Barry - plus Yaya Toure in that position behind Carlos Tevez - he has to go out in the transfer window and buy a Xabi Alonso-type player to do that job.

At the Bernabeu, whenever Garcia or Barry got on the ball, there were men all around them. Madrid were pressing all over the pitch.
City were over-run, especially early on, and Real made changes, bringing on Mesut Ozil, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema when they fell behind.
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Wolves: Dave Edwards says they will not fret over Chelsea caning

Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Dave Edwards insists that Tuesday's 6-0 Capital One Cup caning at Chelsea will not affect their Championship form.

A weakened Wolves side were no match for the Premier League leaders.
But Edwards insists that there will be no hangover when Dave Jones' Sheffield Wednesday visit Molineux on Saturday.
"We've had such a good week in the Championship, we won't take anything out of this game into Saturday," Wolves' stand-in skipper told BBC WM.
"We've got nine points out of nine, with another two home games coming up.
"And a lot of the boys have had a rest. We'll dust ourselves down and put this behind us."

Old gold and black is not the colour at Stamford Bridge . . .

• September 2012: Chelsea 6-0 Wolves . . . 3-0 down after 17 minutes
• November 2011: Chelsea 3-0 Wolves . . . 3-0 down at half-time
• October 2010: Chelsea 2-0 Wolves
• November 2009: Chelsea 4-0 Wolves . . . 3-0 down after 22 minutes
• March 2004 : Chelsea 5-2 Wolves

One source of comfort for Wolves, sixth in the Championship, as they analyse their biggest defeat since March 2007 (a 6-0 home defeat by Southampton) was that Edwards considered all the goals were avoidable.

"The cynic in me says that all six we could have dealt better with," he added.
"Most of the goals were of our own doing and we should be a lot better than that.
"You know set pieces is somewhere you can match a team like Chelsea and to give them three from set pieces is very disappointing.
"But we made some silly mistakes and shot ourselves in the foot right from the start.
"As soon as it gets to 3-0 down you're looking at damage limitation.
"Three out of the last four times we've played here we've been three down in no time. And it's hard to come back from that."
While it was a disappointing team effort from Stale Solbakken's side, Edwards did at least have the honour of skippering Wolves for the first time.
"To lead the team out at Stamford Bridge is a great thing," he said.
"I feel a great deal of pride to have worn the armband."
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england

If you want to know how good Dan Ashworth is, consider the fact he is having to serve almost a year's notice before taking up his new director of elite development job at the Football Association.

West Brom believe it could take that long to find someone capable of replacing their sporting and technical director - and the FA is willing to wait for the 41-year-old because he is rated so highly.
This is the second time the FA has turned to The Hawthorns to make a major appointment inside six months and Ashworth might prove to be even more important to England's long-term prospects than manager Roy Hodgson.
Ashworth will oversee youth development, coaching and the high-performance facilities at St George's Park - the FA's new national football centre at Burton - all with the overarching aim of improving the performance of the national team.
His line manager, Sir Trevor Brooking, said: "Dan certainly won't be lacking things to do."

Youth development

Ashworth, who headed up Peterborough's academy set-up and was later Cambridge United's centre of excellence director before joining West Brom in 2004, will help to develop and implement a "technical script" for the FA.
This might sound like empty jargon but it will set out how England teams play, from Hodgson's senior side down to the under-11s.
The emphasis will be on playing the ball out from the back and keeping possession - qualities England teams have not always had in abundance.
"The game is getting more technical and there is a focus on decision-making, skill and creativity," said Brooking, the FA's director of football development.
The hard part will be making this script become reality.
Implementing the "elite player performance plan", which is designed to make club academies more accountable, should help.

Dan Ashworth factfile

• Born: 6 March 1971
• Playing career included stints for Norwich youth team and Wisbech
• 2000: Becomes academy director at Peterborough
• 2001: Appointed Cambridge United's centre of excellence director
• March 2004: Leaves post at Cambridge United to assist Aidy Boothroyd with running West Brom's own centre
• June 2004: Takes charge of West Brom's youth ranks
• December 2007: Seconded to be West Brom's sporting and technical director
• July 2008: Made permanent in position - overseeing first team, scouting & recruitment, medical & sports science and academy
• September 2012: Made FA's director of elite development

A senior coach at each academy will be interviewed and have to provide a performance plan outlining their facilities, coaching and philosophy.

The level of funding given will depend on the status the club's academy is awarded. The audits took place this summer and Ashworth oversaw West Brom's application for category A status.
Brooking said: "Dan has been through the process and can advise the clubs with the benefit of first-hand knowledge."
Ashworth will also oversee coaching of England teams below the seniors and under-21s. The FA wants him to take a "holistic approach", meaning players will be taught more than just technical skills, but also developed physiologically, socially and psychologically.
The former Norwich City youth team player was an education and welfare officer at Peterborough before becoming a youth coach and then head of the club's academy.
Peterborough director of football Barry Fry worked closely with him and said he had excellent credentials when it came to youth development.
"It was an excellent academy, with Dan very much at the forefront," Fry told BBC Sport. "He brought through players like Matthew Etherington, Simon Davies, Shaun St Ledger, Adam Drury and Mark McKeever, which tells you all you need to know.
"He was so good at spotting talent and a lovely man who got on great with the kids and their parents, which is very important."

Improving coaching

The FA wants the £120m St George's Park to be an "educational hub", where players and coaches from around the country come to learn.
On Ashworth's watch, an online resource for coaches will be set up at thefa.com,  including videos showing examples of good training sessions.

What they say about Ashworth

"Dan took a lot of the burden off me - the chairman was visionary in appointing him," Tony Mowbray, former West Brom boss
"He was so good at spotting talent and is a lovely man," Barry Fry, Peterborough director of football
"Dan has worked tirelessly for this club over the past eight years," Jeremy Peace , West Brom chairman

Coaches will also be encouraged to watch England youth teams being trained and listen to lectures in the 90-seat auditorium.

Ashworth has a Uefa pro licence - European football's highest coaching qualification - and worked as a coach at Peterborough.
Fry said: "I remember Dan was a very good communicator and I know the lads found his sessions interesting and stimulating.
"He'd encourage them to come up with ideas and solutions themselves, rather than telling them what to do.
"Then he's gone on to oversee academies and recruit coaches."

High performance

West Brom have a new, state-of-the-art training centre housing a hydrotherapy pool with underwater cameras and an anti-gravity treadmill.
Players' performances in training are analysed using GPS tracking and computer software and rehabilitation from injury is carefully monitored. It cost £500,000 and was overseen by Ashworth.

St George's Park includes a grass replica of the Wembley surface

The facilities at St George's Park are on another level altogether and the aim is to provide the best performance analysis, sports science, medicine, psychology and research in the country there.
Brooking said: "The facilities at St George's are amazing. The job now is to recruit the staff to match."
Ashworth will also oversee scouting, video analysis and the setting up of a vast player database.
He certainly knows a thing or two about scouting. Ashworth said he used to watch about 300 matches a season at West Brom and he secured some bargains for the club, including Graham Dorrans (£100,000), Youssuf Mulumbu (£175,000), Jonas Olsson (£800,000) and McAuley and Jacob (both free).
This was a big reason why the Baggies had the second-lowest wage bill in the Premier League last season and debts of only £2m.

Diplomacy

"No matter how good our facilities, we can't function without the help of other organisations such as the Premier League, Football League and League Manager's Association," admitted Brooking.
"He's a good man-manager and that's very important. We are trying to be a supportive organisation. We need everyone to buy into what we're doing.
"Dan has worked at a Football League and a Premier League club, and he knows how a club owner's mind works."
It is hard to think of a more demanding job in football, or one demanding so many different skills. Brooking had originally wanted to pair Ashworth with Gareth Southgate, who had been working as head of elite development, but the former England international quit the FA this summer.
"Dan has so many different skills and areas of experience and he's relishing this opportunity," Brooking said.
The former West Ham and England player hopes Ashworth will soon be in place to start the long process of turning round English football.
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Rafael to become Man Utd stalwart - Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand has tipped team-mate Rafael Da Silva to become a "top" defender for Manchester United.

The Brazilian has had a strong start to the season, scoring the equaliser in United's 2-1 win at Liverpool on Sunday.
He emerged as the first-choice right-back after Chris Smalling and Phil Jones picked up long-term injuries.
Ferdinand, however, says the 22-year-old has an "emotional" edge to overcome before establishing himself.

Rafael factfile

Born: 9 July 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clubs: Fluminense, Manchester United
Man Utd appearances: 94
Brazil caps: 2

"Rafa is his own worst critic," Ferdinand said.

"He is emotional and sometimes when he makes a mistake he has to make up for it immediately. That comes out in his game at times.
"When I was his age I was a lot like that. I used to be more interested in what was happening in the attacking part of the game and further up the pitch than defensive play.
"With experience that will disappear and you will see a top right-back."
Rafael moved to Old Trafford from Fluminense in 2008, along with twin brother Fabio, who is currently on loan at QPR.
He signed a new four-year contract in July and has clocked up 94 appearances for the club, including four Premier League starts so far this season.
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tottenham

Goals from Jan Vertonghen, Andros Townsend and Gylfi Sigurdsson gave Tottenham victory over Carlisle to earn them a trip to Norwich in the last 16 of the Capital One Cup.

The visitors took the lead shortly before the break when Vertonghen headed home Sigurdsson's free-kick.
Townsend put Spurs in control with a 53rd-minute second, running from the halfway line before finishing.

League Cup fourth-round draw:

• Sunderland v Middlesbrough
• Swindon v Aston Villa
• Wigan v Bradford
• Leeds v Southampton
• Norwich v Tottenham
• Liverpool v Swansea
• Chelsea v Manchester United
• Reading v Arsenal

• Full draw story

Sigurdsson wrapped up the scoring when he nodded in Kyle Walker's cross.

Tottenham made eight changes from the side that beat QPR at the weekend, with defender Michael Dawson and midfielder Tom Huddlestone both coming into the side.
Former Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini started in goal, with new £8m signing, France international Hugo Lloris, being left out of the squad.
Carlisle, meanwhile, made just one change from their League One win over Coventry on Saturday, with cup-tied Joe Garner replaced by on-loan Huddersfield forward Kallum Higginbotham.
The hosts, who went into the game looking to extend their unbeaten run to six games, started well with ex-Everton striker Danny Cadamarteri, 32, causing the Spurs defence problems on a couple of occasions.
Tottenham were looking the more dangerous going forward, however, and it was they who had the first effort on target as Sigurdsson cut the ball back to Iago Falque, but his shot was saved by Mark Gillespie.
Falque again tested Gillespie just before the half hour mark when his drive was parried by the Carlisle keeper, before Clint Dempsey's follow-up was cleared off the line.

Spurs target number five

Tottenham have won the League Cup four times previously, with their last success in 2008 when they beat Chelsea in the final.

But the deadlock was broken in the 37th minute when Tottenham won a free-kick and Sigurdsson sent the ball into the area where Belgium international Vertonghen was on hand to head home.

Carlisle came close to an equaliser two minutes later as the lively Cadamarteri fired a shot towards goal, but Steven Caulker managed to get in the way and head the ball out of danger.
It was perhaps an important intervention as Tottenham added a second goal eight minutes into the second half to effectively end the game as a contest.
Townsend picked up the ball on the halfway line, raced towards goal before getting the better of two defenders and then firing a low shot into the back of the net.
Carlisle showed plenty of endeavour in the closing stages as they tried to find a goal that would set up an exciting finish.
It was not to be, however, as Sigurdsson opened his Tottenham account with an 89th-minute third, heading Walker's cross beyond Gillespie.
Tottenham assistant boss Steffen Freund: "I know eight Premier League sides are already out, and there are only two games and then we are in the semi-final.
"I can remember 1999 when I won the League Cup - it is special to go to Wembley and I think the players will start to think about that now.
"We brought a few young players in and we believe in them all. Adam Smith was fantastic at right-back and Ryan Mason has been scoring in the development squad, so we knew he can play. Then in the centre of midfield Tom Huddlestone is back after his injury, Michael Dawson is back.
"There are young players coming through which is nice to see, and it is especially nice to know that we have someone (Townsend) behind Gareth Bale who can jump in and create something."
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arsenal vs man city

Laurent Koscielny scored a late equaliser as Arsenal came from behind to snatch a well-earned point from a breathless encounter with Manchester City.

The Frenchman found the net nine minutes from time, thumping in from close range after the champions had failed to clear the danger from a corner.
City had taken a scarcely deserved lead when Joleon Lescott headed in David Silva's corner five minutes before the break.
But Arsenal kept going to salvage a point from a match that maintains both clubs' unbeaten starts to the season and leaves them locked together on eight points from five matches.
City manager Roberto Mancini cut a fraught and frustrated figure throughout the game, as City once again failed to recreate the attacking fluency that became their trademark in the early months of last season.

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Defensive 'problem' concerns Mancini

He could only bring himself to describe his side's Premier League campaign as "satisfactory" in his programme notes before the game. Against Arsenal there was little evidence to persuade him to change his verdict.
Life has not been easy for his opposite number Arsene Wenger these past few years. With Robin van Persie joining the recent exodus of star players from the Emirates Stadium, a sense of anguish among the north London side's supporters is understandable.
But this was an accomplished performance, made all the more satisfying by the contributions of Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey.
The Arsenal faithful even mocked their City counterparts' "Poznan" celebration, by turning their backs to the pitch and bouncing up and down when Koscielny found the net.
And at the final whistle the overwhelming emotion in their section was a sense of pride in the continuing improvement of their team.
If the scarcely believable events against Real Madrid at the Bernebeu on Tuesday night had left City deflated and leggy, Arsenal did their best to exploit it during a frantic first half.
Using the energy of Abou Diaby and the guile of Cazorla, Wenger's side were sharper to the ball and swifter to use it, but yet somehow still found themselves behind at the interval.

Fortress Etihad

Manchester City extended their unbeaten home league run to 32 matches, stretching back to a 2-1 loss at Everton in December 2010.

With Yaya Toure restricted to a deep-lying midfield role and Javi Garcia largely ineffectual, Arsenal bossed the midfield battle early on, with Ramsey and Mikel Arteta pulling the strings. It was Arteta's Spanish compatriot Cazorla, however, who really caught the eye.

Whether dribbling or passing the ball, he showed once again that he has the alertness and imagination to see and exploit openings of which others have no inkling.
He was at the heart of Arsenal's most creative moments, combining with Ramsey to put Gervinho in behind the City defence after 16 minutes, only for the forward's first touch to desert him.
Cazorla twice tested City keeper Joe Hart with shots of his own, once from open play and once from a free-kick, as Arsenal attempted to convert their dominance into goals.
Gervinho found space again only to shoot into the side netting, while a low cross by Gibbs skidded across the six-yard line as City defenders willed it to safety.
Only Sergio Aguero, on his return to the side, carried a potent attacking threat. The Argentina striker tested Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone with a wicked low shot after 13 minutes, but it was not until Mancini switched Scott Sinclair, making his home debut, to the right flank that City's luck changed.

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Wenger credits Arsenal 'spirit'

The home side's goal was straightforward; Silva's 40th-minute corner was headed in by Lescott as Koscielny and Lukas Podolski stood by and Mannone came and missed. Captain Thomas Vermaelen, absent with flu, may just have made the difference.
The goal woke City from their slumber. Mannone went some way to making up for his error by tipping a fierce Edin Dzeko shot just over the crossbar before half-time and City's momentum continued after the break.
Aguero might have gone to ground in colliding with Koscielny in the penalty area. The City striker, to his credit, stayed on his feet only for his shot to be deflected to safety when a penalty might have been greater reward.
Arsenal were far from finished, however, as City retreated deeper and deeper, happy to strike from distance. Cazorla drew a stunning save from Hart with a shot that appeared destined for the top corner.
But Arsenal were not denied for long, finally getting their reward as Koscielny found the net with a thunderous shot after City had failed to clear the resulting corner.
Vincent Kompany almost restored the lead immediately with a dramatic overhead kick, with Aguero forcing a follow-up narrowly wide.
Gervinho might have won it for Arsenal as the clock ticked into injury time, only for his shot to fly high and wide.
It was hard not to imagine what might have been had Wenger been able to call on the services of a world class striker, like Van Persie, to finish off so much of his team's good work.
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Arsene Wenger backs 'unhappy' Andrey Arshavin

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Andrey Arshavin will feature against Coventry on Wednesday and admits the forward is unhappy at his lack of playing time.

The Russia international, 31, has made just one substitute appearance this season but could start in the Capital One Cup match at Emirates Stadium.
"He's unhappy he doesn't play because he deeply loves football and practises with 100% commitment," said Wenger.

Youth and experience

Players who could feature for Arsenal against Coventry on Wednesday

• Andrey Arshavin - forward, 31 years old
• Andre Santos - left-back, 29
• Johan Djourou - centre-back, 25
• Sebastian Squillaci - centre-back, 32
• Marouane Chamakh - striker, 28
• Emmanuel Frimpong - midfielder, 20
• Nico Yennaris - midfielder, 19
• Craig Eastmond - midfielder, 21
• Serge Gnabry - winger, 17
• Hector Bellerin - defender, 17
• Kris Olsson - midfielder, 17

"I'm happy to give him some competition on Wednesday night."

Arshavin joined Arsenal from Zenit St Petersburg in February 2009 and has scored 30 goals in 137 games for the club.
He enjoyed a spectacular start to life in England, scoring all of his side's goals in their 4-4 draw at Liverpool that season.
Arshavin netted 22 times over the next two campaigns, but only twice in 2011-12 before being loaned back to Zenit in February.
He returned to Arsenal in the summer and came on after 77 minutes of their 0-0 draw with Sunderland on the opening day of the season.
"I have personally a great respect for Andrey because sometimes some wrong ideas circulated about him - that he doesn't care, but it's completely the opposite," explained Wenger.
"He's a 200% professional who works very hard every day in training. At the moment he's a victim of the high level of competition that exists for places.
"I think he has huge respect from everybody in the dressing room, and especially from the staff."
The Frenchman said left-back Andre Santos is another experienced player who will be involved against League One strugglers Coventry in the third-round clash.
Youngsters Hector Bellerin, Kris Olsson, Serge Gnabry, Nico Yennaris, Craig Eastmond and Ignasi Miquel are also expected to play a part.
"Serge Gnabry is a great hope for the future," Wenger added. "He has had some injuries [but] if he continues his development, I think he could play in the first team this season.
"He is in the category of Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott - guys who have great power, great pace and good dribbling skills. [He has] goal-scoring potential and good vision as well for the final ball."
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Olivier Giroud scored his first goal for Arsenal as the Gunners put six past Coventry to book a Capital One Cup fourth round visit to Reading.

Giroud latched on to Francis Coquelin's pass to open the scoring, but the French striker then missed a penalty.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain netted before Andrey Arshavin scored on a rare start.
Theo Walcott grabbed the first of two goals before Callum Ball replied for the visitors as Ignasi Miquel added to a convincing Gunners victory.

League Cup fourth-round draw:

• Sunderland v Middlesbrough
• Swindon v Aston Villa
• Wigan v Bradford
• Leeds v Southampton
• Norwich v Tottenham
• Liverpool v Swansea
• Chelsea v Manchester United
• Reading v Arsenal

• Full draw story

Chances were limited for League One strugglers Coventry, who have only tasted victory in the two previous League Cup rounds this season.

But new boss Mark Robins would have been impressed by a first-half performance where Stephen Elliott went closest to opening the scoring when his header flew wide following Franck Moussa's teasing cross.
The victory for Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start to the season, while there were significant returns for Arshavin, who made his first start since January, and Emmanuel Frimpong following a bad knee injury last season.
Having handed debuts to Moussa and James Bailey, Robins watched as Richard Wood fired over on the half-hour mark but, once Giroud had a sighter, the former Montpellier frontman beat the offside trap before the break to steer past Sky Blues keeper Joe Murphy.
Giroud's chances of then doubling the lead and his season's tally were thwarted when Murphy saved his penalty when he stooped low to his right after Reece Brown had brought down Arshavin.
Arsenal forward Giroud, 25, was not helped when a pitch invader caused a delay to him taking the the spot-kick and a frenetic period continued when Miquel crashed a header against the crossbar following Murphy's save.
After Wood went close with another header, Oxlade-Chamberlain established a measure of control when the teenager collected Arshavin's pass to fire in from 25 yards.
Arshavin, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Zenit St Petersburg, got on the scoresheet by chesting the ball down and firing in for his first goal of the season.
Arsenal's Nico Yennaris was a mascot the last time the Gunners hosted Coventry 12 years ago, and he set Walcott free to make it 4-0.
Ball gave Coventry something to show for their efforts on 78 minutes, but two minutes later Miquel finished before Walcott added a second, and his third of the season, in the last minute.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "I think we did our job, in the first half we were tested defensively mainly, in the second half our offensive potential made the difference when they tired a little bit.
"From then on of course you had Andrey Arshavin, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud who were always a threat and the difference of quality had a big impact on the result in the end."
Coventry manager Mark Robins: "I think for us it is easy to be hypercritical but it is difficult to be that when you are playing one of the best teams in Europe - regardless of the players he has put on the field, they are quality players.
"It is disappointing to lose the six goals, there is a danger that you look at it and think that is acceptable, that isn't acceptable but it is building it up.
"We ran out of legs and that is something we have got to work on."
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liverpool

Nuri Sahin struck a late winner as holders Liverpool beat West Brom in the third round of the Capital One Cup.

The Reds went behind early in the game when keeper Brad Jones dropped a free-kick and Gabriel Tamas drove in a shot.
Sahin levelled when his strike squirmed under keeper Ben Foster, before striker Jerome Sinclair, 16, came on to become Liverpool's youngest ever player.
The visitors then produced a well-worked move with winger Oussama Assaidi crossing for Sahin to tap in a winner.

League Cup fourth-round draw:

• Sunderland v Middlesbrough
• Swindon v Aston Villa
• Wigan v Bradford
• Leeds v Southampton
• Norwich v Tottenham
• Liverpool v Swansea
• Chelsea v Manchester United
• Reading v Arsenal

• Full draw story

The victory will provide Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, who will welcome former club Swansea to Anfield in the next round, with plenty of encouragement after he sent out a youthful side to begin the defence of the trophy they won last season.

And the introduction of Sinclair, who only celebrated his 16th birthday six days ago, after 82 minutes created a watershed moment in the Reds history as he replaced Jack Robinson as the club's youngest ever player.
Robinson, who made his debut for the Merseysiders at 16 years and 250 days, was part of Liverpool's starting line-up at The Hawthorns and epitomised the youthful look of the visitors' team.
Rodgers made 11 changes from Sunday's Premier League defeat by Manchester United, highlighting his main focus is Saturday's game against Norwich as his side chase a first top-flight win of the season.
The league campaign began badly for Rodgers when his side were beaten 3-0 by West Brom in August, as the Northern Irishman was handed a defeat in his first competitive game in charge of the Merseysiders.

Liverpool's young guns

• Andre Wisdom: 19-year-old English defender
• Jack Robinson: 19-year-old English defender
• Jon Flanagan: 19-year-old English defender
• Martin Kelly: 22-year-old English defender
• Suso: 18-year-old Spanish midfielder
• Jonjo Shelvey: 20-year-old English midfielder
• Jerome Sinclair: 16-year-old English forward
• Raheem Sterling: 17-year-old English winger
• Samed Yesil: 18-year-old German forward
• Daniel Pacheco: 21-year-old Spanish forward

His return to the Midlands club did not start well either as the Baggies took the lead when Jones dropped Liam Ridgewell's free-kick and Tamas gratefully drove a shot into the net from just inside the area.

The visitors were wobbling and Romelu Lukaku had a shot deflected wide before cutting the ball back for fellow striker Markus Rosenborg, whose effort was saved by Jones at the near post.
Liverpool gradually settled with Moroccan winger Assaidi using his pace and trickery to provide the visitors with an incisive threat on the left wing.
One particular jinking run ended with a cross to the near post where 19-year-old debutant Samed Yesil glanced a header wide.
Another goalkeeping mistake let Liverpool back into the match when Foster should have done better than let Sahin's well-struck left-foot strike sneak past him.
It was the Turkish international midfielder's first goal for the Reds since he joined on loan from Real Madrid in the summer and the effort helped the Reds grow in confidence.
Yesil almost benefited from another Foster error when the Baggies keeper misjudged the flight of the forward's shot and was fortunate when his blocked save bounced behind him and over the crossbar.

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'Outstanding' Reds excite Rodgers

A dipping shot from Liverpool striker Daniel Pacheco skimmed the crossbar before West Brom responded with a Rosenborg sidefooted effort being saved.
Both sides carried a threat but it was Liverpool who provided the quality to engineer a winner.
Substitute Suso ran at the Baggies defence and spread the ball to Assaidi, whose low first-time cross was met with a simple finish by Sahin
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leeds

Leeds produced a rousing display to dump Everton out of the Capital One Cup on a breathless night at Elland Road.

Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.
Sylvain Distin pulled a goal back with a towering header nine minutes from time and Nikica Jelavic went close as Everton finally found their rhythm.
But Leeds stood firm to spark wild celebrations at the final whistle.

Leeds roll back the years

• Leeds have now won all three of their League Cup ties with Everton (the other two in December 1991 and January 1978)
• This was the first meeting between the sides since a 1-1 Premier League draw at Elland Road in April 2004.
• Neil Warnock's side had been knocked out of the competition by Premier League opposition on each of the last seven occasions before tonight.

Everton manager David Moyes wore a look of disbelief at the final whistle, having made six changes from the side that beat Swansea so convincingly on Saturday.

And while the Scot may have questioned the commitment of his players, he could not dispute the result on a night when Leeds tackled, battled, denied space and dominated territory to reach the fourth round of the competition for only the second time in the past decade.
Tactically smart, Leeds' work-rate was also admirable, their players often doubling up on Everton's main threats like Marouane Fellaini, while Victor Anichibe found he had unwelcome, unstinting company throughout. El Hadji Diouf was tremendous throughout, frustrating and counfounding Everton's defence with a selfless display.
This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long - the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.
But few were moaning about the weather when White erupted on to a loose ball after four minutes, surged beyond Fellaini and between the Everton centre backs before placing the ball beyond goalkeeper Jan Mucha and into the corner with a clinical left-foot shot.
White was on the end of another clever Leeds attack seven minutes before the interval, gathering the ball on the edge of the penalty area after a delighftul exchange of passes between Becchio and Diouf, but his shot was too close to Mucha.

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Leeds could and should have extended their lead in the dying moments of the first half but Becchio's close-range header was parried by the unwitting Mucha and Steven Naismith clear the ball off the line.
Everton had to improve after the interval and they did. Steven Pienaar fired over from the edge of the penalty area as Everton began to tick. Anichebe picked out Naismith with a pinpoint cross from the left, only for the Scotland international to head woefully wide from six yards.
Yet still Leeds remained a danger. Diouf was a constant menace for Everton and his free-kick picked out Danny Pugh on the edge of the area and his uncertain goal-bound shot bobbled through a crowd of players before Austin steered it inside the post to send Elland Road into raptures.
Everton finally rose up to find hope and with it purpose to make a game of it. Pienaar's free-kick wide on the left was headed on by Anichebe and Distin rose up and headed forcefully beyond Leeds goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown.
Jelavic tested Ashdown with a header from six yards moments later, while a late penalty shout was waved away when Fellaini's struck Jason Pearce's shoulder. But Leeds weathered the cold, the rain and Everton's storm to cling on.
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League Cup draw: Chelsea to face Manchester United

Chelsea will host Manchester United in the pick of the fourth round ties of the Capital One Cup.

The two sides, who have won the competition four times previously, progressed following wins over Wolves and Newcastle respectively.
Holders Liverpool, who beat West Brom in the third round, host Swansea in a match that will see Reds boss Brendan Rodgers face his former side.

Cup of champions

Ten previous winners of the League Cup are still in the competition. They are Liverpool, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham, Arsenal, Norwich, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Swindon.

Ties will be played on the week commencing 29 October.

Leeds, who secured a surprise 2-1 win over Everton on Tuesday, face Southampton at Elland Road, while Aston Villa's reward for causing an upset at Premier League champions Manchester City is a trip to Paolo Di Canio's Swindon.
Arsenal, finalists in 2011, head to Reading and Andre Villas-Boas takes his Tottenham side to Norwich in two all-Premier League ties.
"It is a good draw, we're really happy with it," said Royals boss Brian McDermott. "I am sure we'll have a few people at the Madejski Stadium for that.
"We look forward to that but before that we have a big game against Newcastle that we're really looking forward to and tonight's result will be important going into that."
Sunderland's victory over MK Dons has earned them a home fixture against north east rivals Middlesbrough. The two sides met in the fourth round of the FA Cup last year, with Sunderland winning the replay to progress.
Finally, Bradford - the lowest placed side left in the competition - head to Wigan.
Former Swans boss Rodgers expressed his excitement about the draw against his old team.
"The Swansea game will be a special occasion, very much so," said Rodgers.
"It is a wonderful club, a brilliant club, and I was in no rush to leave there. I could only leave there to go to another special club. It will be a great night."
The pairing of Chelsea and Manchester United means the two sides will face each other twice at Stamford Bridge within the space of a few days.
They also meet in the Premier League on Sunday, 28 October, while United host Arsenal at Old Trafford the following Saturday, 3 November.
Capital One Cup fourth round draw:
Sunderland v Middlesbrough
Swindon v Aston Villa
Wigan v Bradford
Leeds v Southampton
Norwich v Tottenham
Liverpool v Swansea
Chelsea v Manchester United
Reading v Arsenal
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Sir Alex Ferguson happy with Wayne Rooney return

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praised Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher as they helped secure a Capital One Cup victory over Newcastle.

Anderson and Tom Cleverley scored in the 2-1 win as Rooney returned following a thigh injury last month.
It was also Fletcher's first start in 10 months after a bowel condition.
"Darren Fletcher has had a great 90 minutes and Wayne Rooney had a terrific performance, he tired understandably, but I'm really pleased," said Ferguson.

League Cup fourth-round draw:

• Sunderland v Middlesbrough
• Swindon v Aston Villa
• Wigan v Bradford
• Leeds v Southampton
• Norwich v Tottenham
• Liverpool v Swansea
• Chelsea v Manchester United
• Reading v Arsenal

• Full draw story

"We played really good football and interchanged throughout the match. Okay, we didn't have the width we normally have but that was the plan: to play with a tight midfield and they have all done well."

Rooney, who showed some neat passing and completed 76 minutes before being replaced by Nick Powell, said the workout was a step in the right direction.
The performance was only his second start of the season after playing against Everton in Manchester United's opening Premier League game before being dropped to the bench against Fulham.
The 26-year-old said: "It's been just over four weeks since I last played and I'm delighted to be back out on the pitch.
"I feel good, obviously it's always difficult in your first game back after a few weeks but it's great to get the minutes under my belt and hopefully that can benefit me."
Fletcher, who played the full 90 minutes, added: "It is great to be back."
"I have had a few reserve games and a run-out in the Champions League last week but it is good to be back, especially at Old Trafford, and in a winning team as well."
Ferguson, whose side now face Chelsea in the fourth round, was also content with the performance of an inexperienced defence which had just two previous senior appearances between them.
Centre-back Scott Wooton and right-back Marnick Vermijl both made their debuts and were joined by Michael Keane and Alex Buttner in an inexperienced Manchester United defence.
"Tonight we won with a good bit of style, they've enjoyed it and the players did well," Ferguson added.
"We knew it was going to be a hard game and Newcastle played a strong team, but I think our young players handled that quite well."
Cleverley's goal was his first for United and afterwards Rooney revealed the England midfielder, 23, had received a ticking-off from Ferguson at the break after missing a great first-half chance.
"The manager wasn't too pleased with Tom because of that miss in the first half," said Rooney.
"But it was a nice goal by him and a great strike by Anderson. I am delighted for the two of them, especially Tom because it was his first one."
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Q&A: So what makes a bad tackle?

By Claire Heald BBC News Online

Premier League managers are in critical form after some controversial decisions in recent matches.

Jonjo Shelvey's tackle for Liverpool against Manchester United on Sunday earned a sending-off while David Luiz's challenge for Chelsea against Stoke resulted in just a booking.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers thought the decision to send his man off was harsh, while Stoke boss Tony Pulis was incensed that Luiz managed to stay on the pitch .
So what constitutes a bad tackle? Head of Premier League referees Mike Riley explains.

Where's the line between a decent challenge and a sending-off offence?

Effectively there are four types of challenge - firstly a correct tackle, where the player fairly wins the ball and there is no impact on their opponent, the vast majority of challenges.
A small element are careless - the player makes a legitimate attempt but either in their timing or the skill of the opponent, they foul the other player and a free kick is given.
If the tackle is reckless in nature, the player is booked, a yellow card is given.
If a player endangers the safety of their opponent, it's a red card, a sending-off.
A tackle happens in a blink of an eye and in that second, the referee must consider lots of factors. Was it careless? Did the player show a lack of regard for his opponent's safety? Or did he use excessive force? There is also the state of the pitch, the conditions and the state of the game.

What makes a red card tackle stand out?

The advice to players is to be mindful of their responsibilities towards an opponent and beware that if they commit to a tackle, at speed, with intensity, with two feet off the ground, they run the risk of being sent off.

Shelvey was sent off after a clash with Evans

The advice from referees and assistants to players is to put themselves in their opponent's place and ask: "Can I make this challenge without having an adverse effect on my opponent?"
Referees look for the intensity, and the physical contact that's made.

What about the angle of the tackle, if the player wins the ball, if studs are up or down?

The angle is not important, it's the degree of intensity and contact made.
And a player could win the ball with one foot and still endanger their opponent with the other. A decade ago, if a player won the ball, the tackle could be seen as legitimate, but now the emphasis is on the safety of the players.
The number of free-kicks given has declined in Premier League games and is amongst the lowest per game of any major league worldwide.
With studs, almost by definition, if a player is going into a tackle two-footed, airborne, their studs raised, then they cannot control their velocity and risk a red card.

How do referees try to ensure uniformity across the league?

At the start of every season the Professional Game Match Officials - the body which runs refereeing in England - visit clubs and go through examples of controversial incidents.
They tell players and management staff that if players commit to a challenge at speed with both feet off the ground they risk a red card.
If there is a spate of controversial decisions, the PGMO comes together with the PFA and LMA and re-issues the guidelines on what is an acceptable challenge - to try to reach a common understanding and interpretation of the rules.
The "select group" of the Premier League's 16 referees and 30 assistant referees meet every two weeks to review and discuss incidents. Their performance is also reviewed using a post-match analysis computer system.
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John Terry: Chelsea captain who divides opinion

For more than a decade, John Terry has captained Chelsea, leading the Premier League club during its most successful era.

Blues supporters regard the 31-year-old centre-half, who came through the youth set-up at Chelsea, as both a great skipper and a club icon.
A banner displayed at every home game at Stamford Bridge has a picture of his face alongside the words: "JT CAPTAIN, LEADER, LEGEND."
Terry has lifted more trophies as Chelsea captain than all his predecessors put together.
Yet he remains a divisive figure, thanks largely to a number of off-field controversies, particularly an alleged affair with a team-mate's ex-girlfriend that cost him the England captaincy in 2010.
Born in Barking, east London, Terry made his name as a teenager, making his first-team debut as a 17-year-old.

John Terry's career honours

• Champions League: 2012
• Premier League: 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2009-10
• FA Cup: 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
• League Cup: 2005 and 2007
• FA Community Shield 2005 and 2009
• PFA Player of the Year: 2004-05
• Uefa Team of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Chelsea Player of the Year: 2001 & 2006

Three years later, he captained Chelsea for the first time.

World Cup winner Marcel Desailly played alongside Terry from 1998 to 2004.
"There will be plenty of foreigners who will come and go, but he will stay there and make the new players understand the spirit of the club," said the Frenchman.
In his first full season as Chelsea skipper in 2004-05, Terry led the club to the Premier League title for the first time.
The defender started 36 of the 38 Premier League matches that season and was crowned PFA Player of the Year.
Chelsea won the league again the following season.
"When you say that John Terry was a fantastic captain for me, you are right," said Jose Mourinho, who was boss during that successful period.
Terry was first called up to the England squad by Sven-Goran Eriksson in June 2003. His first international cap may have come sooner.

Terry missed a key penalty when Chelsea lost the Champions League final shoot-out in 2008 against Manchester United in Moscow

In the summer of 2002, when he was tipped by some to make England's World Cup squad, he instead found himself in court accused of attacking a nightclub doorman with a bottle. The jury found him not guilty.
Terry played in his first World Cup in 2006. England went out at the quarter-final stage but he was named in the tournament's all-star squad, the only Englishman to earn the honour.
Shortly afterwards, he was made England captain by Steve McClaren, Eriksson's successor.
The year 2008 was not a particularly good one for Terry. Chelsea lost in the League Cup final against Tottenham and he missed a key penalty in the Champions League final against Manchester United. He was also fined £60 for parking his Bentley in a disabled bay.
Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for the first time in February 2010, following allegations he had an affair with the ex-partner of Wayne Bridge, his former Chelsea and England team-mate.

Terry's controversies

• 2002: Accused - but later cleared in court - of attacking a nightclub doorman with a bottle.
• 2008: Fined £60 for parking his Bentley in a disabled bay.
• 2010: Stripped of England captaincy following allegations he had an affair with the ex-partner of former team-mate Wayne Bridge.
• 2011: Alleged to have made racist comments towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. He is stripped of the England captaincy for a second time. He is cleared in a magistrates' court of racist abuse, but is charged by the FA, leading to him quitting international football.

Terry tried to prevent the media from reporting the allegations, but failed.

Then he found himself in the headlines again when Bridge refused to shake his hand before a game between Chelsea and Manchester City.
Within months of that controversy, Terry led Chelsea to a league and cup double.
Terry kept his place in the England team after the 2010 World Cup despite being criticised for his defending during the tournament.
He also came under fire for speaking negatively about the team's performance in a news conference out in South Africa.
To the surprise of many, Terry was reappointed England captain in March 2011 after Rio Ferdinand - the man chosen as his replacement as skipper - suffered a long-term injury.
But Terry's second spell in charge did not last long and also ended in controversy.
He was alleged to have made racist comments towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand's brother, in a Premier League game on 23 October, 2011.
Terry denied the charge and was found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court, yet he was still relieved of the captaincy in February by the Football Association, a decision that angered Fabio Capello, who resigned as England boss in protest shortly afterwards.

At Euro 2012, Terry's reputation on the field was restored with a series of strong performances

Terry helped Chelsea to victory in the FA Cup final and Champions League final at the end of last season, although he missed the latter event because of suspension.
Despite Chelsea's successes, critics questioned whether Terry's footballing ability was on the decline.
Then came Euro 2012. Despite England's exit to Italy in the quarter-finals, a series of strong performances restored his reputation.
Euro 2012 proved to be Terry's swansong at a major international tournament.
He announced his England retirement on 23 September, claiming the FA's decision to pursue charges against him in relation to the incident with Anton Ferdinand had made his position "untenable".
The negative headlines continue to stack up, but Terry grabs his fair share of good ones.
He supports a number of charities and has campaigned against knife crime. He also made a donation to help keep afloat the football team he played for as a boy.
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