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Manchester United are the story of the week after their historic comeback in Paris but this weekend it's Arsenal on the schedule with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopeful he can continue to strengthen his candidacy for the job permanently. The Gunners are looking to bounce back from a disappointing result against Rennes in their Europa League last-16 tie while Chelsea have altogether different emotions after a comfortable evening against Dynamo Kiev. And don't forget Manchester City and Liverpool who will both be back in action at the very top of the table.
We'll have all the latest reaction, news and updates ahead of this weekend's games with nine press conferences on the schedule.
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Much earlier on today we had news from Manchester United, where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke about the latest team news and his own future.
Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's return to competitive action after 11 months out with a knee injury ended prematurely.
The England international was scheduled to play 45 minutes in the under-23s' Premier League 2 match at Derby but was taken off four minutes before half-time as a precaution.
Oxlade-Chamberlain had been holding his right hamstring a few minutes earlier and, Press Association Sport understands, Liverpool were not prepared to take any risks in his return from serious knee ligament damage sustained last April.
The 25-year-old had shown some nice touches during the time he was on the pitch, especially one low crossfield ball to the left wing with the outside of his right foot and another 50-yard diagonal with his left which was instantly controlled by Ben Woodburn.
However, it was very much a performance of feeling his way back in as he kept himself out of any trouble and there was little in the way of driving runs from midfield for which he is associated with.
Having been taken off just before the break, he took the five-minute walk back to the changing rooms with a physio during which time he happily posed for photographs with fans.
When asked how he was, Oxlade-Chamberlain said: "Yeah, all good."

And finally to Chelsea, where there has been further news on their ban imposed by FIFA.
Thank you for joining us today for all the press conferences today, but make sure to keep your eyes peeled for all further news from Manchester City and United as well as Liverpool before the fixtures this weekend.
We'll also have lines from Unai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino as the North London duo face another weekend of domestic action.
I'm Kishan Vaghela, and thank you for joining me today.

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