Plan for action-packed week
What a week for sport! Three Premiership sides through to the Champions League semi-finals, two top sides to contest the FA Cup final, and a Prem-iership title race that looks set to go down to the wire. Come on!
Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils will have their minds focused on repeating their 1999 treble - when United won the league, the FA Cup, and then went on to become European Champions. If they can repeat the recent form that saw them storm into the Champions League semis and the FA Cup final, then their destiny is in their own hands.
First to disagree, of course, would be Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. Just to push the point, he has his sights set on the quadruple, having already picked up the Carling Cup.
Chelsea and Man U are scheduled to meet twice more before the season is out. With the sides almost neck and neck in the league, the Red Devils' trip to Stamford Bridge on 9 May could well decide the race for the Premiership.
The FA Cup final is set for 19 May, one month from today. Man U and Chelsea meet again with more silverware at stake.
Will they meet again, in the game that concludes the European season? Both sides have to get past some fierce opposition to make the Champions League final in Athens on 23 May.
First legs of the Champions League semis start on Tuesday when Manchester United play host to AC Milan. The Chelsea-Liverpool tie is on Wednesday.
ITV has coverage of Man U's match from 7.30pm, while Sky Sports 1 has the Chelsea-Liverpool semi from 7.00pm. Both kick off at 7.45pm.
In a remarkable display of symmetry, there are three English sides in rugby union's Heineken Cup semis. But Welsh side the Scarlets have been in great shape and will push Leicester hard. Tune in to SS3 on Saturday from 2.30pm for their 3.00pm kick-off. The next day, relegation favourites the Saints go for European glory against Wasps. Their match kicks off at 3.00pm on SS2, coverage from 2.30pm.
