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Who will win; Paul Merson predicts winner of Manchester United vs Chelsea

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Manchester United  and Chelsea will go head-to-head on Sunday in what could prove to be a pivotal battle in the race to qualify for next season’s  Champions League . Just three points separate fourth-placed Chelsea and sixth-placed Manchester United before their  Premier League  clash, with  Arsenal  sandwiched in between them in the table. The three sides look set to be fighting it out for one remaining Champions League spot, with Tottenham Hotspur perhaps just out of reach in third, and United could effectively be out of the running, should they suffer defeat to Maurizio Sarri’s men. However, Paul Merson is expecting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men to keep their hopes alive with a vital three points – and believes Marcus Rashford will be the man to make the difference.

Horacio Sala, Emiliano Sala's father dies of heart attack

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Emiliano Sala's father has died of a heart attack three months after his footballer son was tragically killed in a plane crash. Julio Muller, the mayor of his hometown of Progreso, Argentina, confirmed that the 58-year-old died on Friday. He said he died during the night and paramedics were unable to save him. He said: "2019 doesn't let up in shocking us with news in this town. "At 5 o'clock in the morning, the lady, his wife, rang me and she was very upset. The doctors were there but when I arrived at their home, he had already died." Emiliano Sala was killed, along with pilot David Ibbotson, when the Piper Malibu aircraft they were travelling in came down in the English Channel on January 21, two days after Cardiff had made him their record signing. The 28-year-old was preparing to start a new career in the Premier League after being sold by French topflight club Nantes. His body was pulled from the wreckage on February 7 but the body of Mr