A round-up of all the top football stories in Tuesday's national newspapers, with Manchester City, Liverpool, West Ham United, Manchester United, Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Sunderland, Chelsea and Arsenal in the headlines.
THE SUN: Robinho has slammed his Manchester City team-mates as a bunch of losers. Also: Rafael Benitez refused to accept Liverpool had wasted a great chance to throw down a title marker as they stumbled to another tame draw. Cristiano Ronaldo has now
blamed his derby-day red card on Micah Richards shouting.
DAILY MIRROR: Steven Gerrard had a nightmare on his 10th anniversary at Anfield last night. Also: Everton are ready to make a shock move for 37-year-old Henrik Larsson to solve their striker crisis. Blackburn's Jersey-based owners are to stage a crisis meeting in the next 48 hours to discuss the financial nightmare of relegation.
DAILY STAR: Roy Keane could have just three games left as Sunderland manager. Also: Chelsea have told Didier Drogba that he is going nowhere in January. Arsene Wenger will drop every single one of his Stamford Bridge heroes against Burnley tonight.
DAILY MAIL: Liverpool stumbled to the top of the table last night to provide more evidence that this could be the tightest title race for years. Also: Paul Ince has asked for another six games to save his job after sensing he may be on collision course with Blackburn's board over coaching and transfer funds.
DAILY EXPRESS: Liverpool could only draw with West Ham at Anfield last night, but the point was enough to knock Chelsea off the top of the Premier League.
THE TIMES: Liverpool moved to the top of the Barclays Premier League last night, but Rafael Benitez was left to rue what felt like an opportunity missed as his team were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw by West Ham at Anfield.
DAILY TELEGRAPH: Chelsea intend to be self-funding on an annual basis from next July and no longer reliant on interest-free loans from their billionaire owner, Roman Abramovich. Also: Robin van Persie has denied being the player who William Gallas singled out in his infamous critique of his Arsenal team-mates.
THE GUARDIAN: Gianfranco Zola gave Chelsea a multitude of reasons to revere him as their greatest ever player. Last night he handed them one to celebrate his entry into management as his West Ham side limited Liverpool's rise to the top to just a single point.
THE INDEPENDENT: It's not only Liverpool's owners who are struggling to find lines of credit. Also: Senior Chelsea players have pointed the finger at Florent Malouda as one of the team's major underperforming stars and there is a feeling in the club that Luiz Felipe Scolari should pick Wayne Bridge on the left wing instead.
