Fergie blasts EPL over fixture list

Sir Alex Ferguson has lashed out at the EPL over the end-of-season fixtures. The fiery Scot is annoyed that Liverpool tackle Chelsea just three days after their Europa League extra-time semi-final loss to Ateltico Madrid. Liverpool play the Blues at lunchtime on Sunday, while United take on Sunderland at 4pm. "To have to play a lunchtime kick-off after a Thursday game is not fair to the English teams,” moaned Ferguson. "It happens time and time again. It's happened to us and it's happened to the rest of them. We don't have that big a congestion of fixtures that we can't help a team out by one day.” Fergie said he would have preferred Liverpool to have played for 90 minutes on Thursday. “I have always said that I don't think teams get the proper help when they are in Europe. You are then depending on the resilience of the players."