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Chelsea last night lodged a complaint to the Premier League over alleged "innapr-opriate language" used by referee Mark Clattenberg towards John Obi Mikel in yesterday's 3-2 loss to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
Clattenburg was already at the centre of two controversial decisions involving Fernando Torres' dismissal and Javier Hernandez's apparent offside winner.
United took an early two-goal lead through a David Luiz own goal and Robin van Persie strike, but Chelsea found themselves level just as easily through Juan Mata and Ramires either side of half-time. Branislav Ivanovic was then sent off for a foul on Ashley Young as the winger sprinted to goal, before Torres was shown a second yellow for allegedly diving.
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Wade and Varndell a bonus for Wasps
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Yates quits Sky for family reasons
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Lumb the driving force for Sydney
Englishman Michael Lumb hit an unbeaten 82 as the Sydney Sixers made light work of the South African side Highveld Lions to win by 10-wickets in the Champions League Twenty20 final at The Wanderers in Johannesburg yesterday.
Late drama hands victory to Quins
Tom Casson's last-minute try gave Harlequins a narrow 31-28 win against London Irish at the Madejski Stadium. The result brings Harlequins' run of two defeats in a row to an end and leaves Irish languishing with just two wins. MORE
Gritty Vettel wins fourth in a row
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Ex Barca director moves to City
Manchester City have appointed former technical director Txiki Begiristain as director of football, reducing Roberto Mancini's title to first-team coach. MORE
Spirited Everton earn derby draw
Everton fought back from going two goals down early on to earn a draw with rivals Liverpool at Goodison Park. A Leighton Baines own goal and a Luis Suarez strike put Liverpool two ahead, before Leon Osman and Steven Naismith brought it back to 2-2 before half-time. MORE
Cissé leaves it late to bag three points
Papiss Cissé's deflected injury- time goal gave Newcastle a 2-1 win at home to West Bromwich Albion yesterday. Demba Ba's volley for Newcastle was cancelled out by Romelu Lukaku's header, but Cissé's first league goal of the season put Newcastle up to 10th. MORE
Spurs pile more misery on Saints
Southampton manager Nigel Adkins insisted he is "confident" he will get time from the board to turn his team's form around despite seeing them lose 2-1 to Tottenham at St Mary's; Gareth Bale and Clint Dempsey put Spurs ahead, before Jay Rodriguez halved the deficit. MORE
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