EPL

Arsenal
Arsene Wenger feels the burden of captaincy weighs heavy on Cesc Fabregas, but is in no doubt Arsenal's disappointments will make him stronger.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa assistant manager Gary McAllister has admitted the defeat to West Brom was 'hard to take' especially since they are a local rival.

Birmingham
Skipper Stephen Carr insists Birmingham City's Carling Cup success will be tarnished if his side fail to maintain their Premier League status.

Blackburn
Blackburn boss Steve Kean hailed his side's professional performance and for doing everything he asked for in their crucial win over Bolton.

Blackpool
Ian Holloway believes Blackpool's fate will be decided in their clashes against Manchester United and Tottenham following the draw with Stoke.

Bolton
Bolton boss Owen Coyle denied fielding a weakened team in the defeat at Blackburn and that injuries forced him to pick an experimental line-up.

Chelsea
Chelsea head coach Carlo Ancelotti was happy to admit his side had benefited from refereeing errors in their victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Everton
Everton assistant boss Steve Round admitted that his side had found the going tough in the draw with Wigan, who were fighting for their lives.

Fulham
Fulham head coach Mark Hughes was not surprised by the star performances of Eidur Gudjohnsen and Bobby Zamora in their victory at Sunderland.

Liverpool
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish believes goalkeeper Jose Reina is the reason behind the Reds' improvement in defence in the last three games.

Manchester City
Manchester City head coach Roberto Mancini has told James Milner he could still have a key role to play in the remaining weeks of the season.

Manchester United
Sir Alex Ferguson has virtually ruled out any chance of Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Manchester United as they are doing well without him.

Newcastle
Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan believes the club were right to sell star striker Andy Carroll to Liverpool as the fee was an 'astronomical sum'.

Stoke City
Tony Pulis felt that Stoke got to grips with the elements but were a bit unlucky as they held Blackpool to a goalless draw at Bloomfield Road.

Sunderland
Coach Steve Bruce doubts many Premier League teams could cope with Sunderland's injury problems following their comprehensive defeat to Fulham.

Tottenham
Coach Harry Redknapp insists technology must be adopted after two errors by the referee allowed Chelsea to defeat his Tottenham Hotspur side.

West Brom
Roy Hodgson believes West Brom are now safe from relegation after his side fought back from a goal down to defeat Aston Villa at the Hawthorns.

West Ham
Avram Grant has refused to label West Ham's encounter at Manchester City as the toughest remaining game in their Premier League survival fight.

Wigan
Wigan coach Roberto Martinez said his side's performance in the draw against Everton is what they need to produce in order to avoid relegation.

Wolverhampton
Mick McCarthy admits Wolves may struggle to attain the points needed for survival if there is any repeat of their dismal performance at Stoke.