Clint Dempsey’s strike to cancel out Robin van Persie’s first-half goal means United’s lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League has been cut to five points.Ferguson could not hide his frustration, with linesman Simon Beck in the fi ring line for not indicating a penalty when Wayne Rooney went down following a tackle by Steven Caulker.The United manager could face an FA misconduct charge after he said: “For me it was a poor performance from him, why he never gave a penalty I don’t know.“I think he had a shocking game today, he’s had a bad game. We never got anything from that side of the pitch.” He claimed the same official had denied them at Chelsea nearly three years ago.“We remember him well from his time at the Chelsea game when Didier Drogba was three yards offside and he gave onside,” said Ferguson.“I’m disappointed in his performance, I really am.”Ferguson did give credit to Tottenham, but felt his side should have killed the game off in the second half.“Tottenham worked their socks off, you have to give them credit,” he said. “They kept pumping the ball in the box and got their reward.“We should have killed them off on the counter attack in the second half. It was the final ball that was letting us down. There were four or five opportunities and if you don’t take those chances 1-0 is not a healthy scoreline.”Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas punched the air in delight at the end and felt his side deserved even more than their point which leaves them in fourth place, four points clear of Everton.“We dominated the whole game, played well and deserved to win to be fair,” he said.“We had 60 per cent possession, 15 shots against four and should have won. Champions like United have to go through moments like this but I think we deserved that last-minute goal.“We set our targets high, we wanted to win.”Villas-Boas said he is prepared to gamble and not bring in a striker in January, despite losing Emmanuel Adebayor to the African Nations Cup and Jermain Defoe being the only recognised striker at the club.“We have an extremely good squad and although there is risk of possible injury we were successful when Ade was sidelined,” he said.

“I think we can take the risk and not to go into the market and buy a striker.

“We are confident that we can do it.”

Match Stats:

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Naughton (Assou-Ekotto 64), Lennon, Parker (Huddlestone 80), Dembele, Bale, Dempsey, Defoe.

Subs Not Used: Friedel, Vertonghen, Sigurdsson, Livermore, Townsend.

Booked: Dawson.

Goals: Dempsey 90.

Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Jones, Carrick, Cleverley (Valencia 74), Kagawa (Rooney 62), Welbeck, Van Persie.

Subs Not Used: Lindegaard, Anderson, Giggs, Smalling, Hernandez.

Booked: Carrick, Evra, Rafael, Rooney.

Goals: Van Persie 25.

Att: 35,956.

Ref: Chris Foy.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United match Video:

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Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1:Chelsea gots more quality than Arsenal

Arsene Wenger fears that Arsenal could miss out on the Champions League for the first time in 16 years.

Match Stats:Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Cole, Ramires, Lampard, Oscar (Bertrand 72), Hazard (Marin 88), Mata, Torres (Ba 80).

Subs not used: Turnbull, Ferreira, Terry, Ake.

Goals: Mata 6, Lampard (pen) 16.

Booked: Cole, Mata.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Coquelin (Ramsey 59), Diaby (Arshavin 75), Walcott, Wilshere, Cazorla, Giroud.

Subs not used: Mannone, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Jenkinson, Frimpong.

Goals: Walcott 58.

Booked: Szczesny

Att: 41,784.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

Chelsea vs Arsenal match Video:

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Liverpool 5 Norwich City 0:Luis Suarez has been called since his arrival in England

Whatever the steady stream of controversies consuming the Uruguayan forward, he has worn the air of a man whose conscience is untroubled by his actions.

As always at Liverpool, echoes of yesteryear prevail.

If Daniel Sturridge was not invoking memories of Ray Kennedy and 1974 by scoring in his first three games, then Suarez became the only Anfield striker since Michael Owen 11 years ago to reach 20 goals in all competitions in January in this trouncing.

When the Uruguayan benefited from Sturridge’s beautiful dummy to Lucas’s pass and added to Jordan Henderson’s opener, he did not just push the contest out of the reach of woeful Norwich, but served to strike another blow in support of manager Brendan Rodgers’ insistence on shunting £35 million Andy Carroll through the exit in August.

These days Liverpool play to feet rather than off the percentages. “If he’s playing off a second ball, off an angle or off pieces then that can be difficult,” said Rodgers of a player who scored 17 times last season. “He’s great on the move, but in order to do that you need the team and the ball to be moving.

“The model we are trying to create is about fluidity and mobility, and when you have mobile players with intelligent movement it shifts defenders and creates the sort of space that Luis thrives in.

“But all the credit is with Luis because he’s got to produce the movement and finish the chances, and he’s been unbelievable at that.” Comparisons with Rush and Dalglish, Toshack and Keegan feel premature, but in 114 minutes together Sturridge and Suarez have scored three goals and the early signs are they can blossom. “We have an understanding already and it will get better as time goes on,” said Sturridge.

After just one point from 18, Norwich boss Chris Hughton has strikers of his own on his mind too. He needs help from his board in delivering either Gary Hooper from Celtic or Swansea’s Danny Graham.

Hughton said: “People perhaps don’t understand how difficult it is. I see QPR spending big money. We have to do things our way. It’s about trying to bring the right player in.”

Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder is set to rebuff Liverpool and sign for Galatasaray, and the Reds will have to raise their bid for his team-mate, Brazilian winger Philippe Coutinho, to about £10m after having an £8m offer rejected on Friday.

Match Stats:

Liverpool: Jones, Wisdom, Carragher, Agger, Johnson, Gerrard, Lucas (Sterling 68), Henderson (Allen 77), Suarez, Sturridge (Borini 69), Downing.

Subs Not Used: Gulacsi, Shelvey, Skrtel, Robinson.

Booked: Johnson.

Goals: Henderson 26, Suarez 36, Sturridge 59, Gerrard 66, Ryan Bennett 74 og.

Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Ryan Bennett, Turner, Garrido, Elliott Bennett (Hoolahan 65), Johnson,Howson, Snodgrass (Pilkington 86), Tettey, Holt.

Subs Not Used: Rudd, Jackson, Barnett, Tierney, Kane.

Booked: Snodgrass.

Att: 44,901

Ref: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).

Liverpool vs Norwich City match video:

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