Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is refusing to press the panic button despite seeing his side’s lead at the top of the La Liga table cut to four points. Barca went down 4-3 at Atletico Madrid on Sunday evening, which allowed bitter rivals Real Madrid to further close the gap at the summit. But despite the previously imperious […]
Sergio Aguero’s late goal helped Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Barcelona 4-3 on Sunday and blow the Spanish title race wide open. Barcelona, who led 2-0 and 3-2, have now failed to win in four matches and have seen their lead over Real Madrid cut from 12 points, just three weeks ago, to […]
Manchester United won the Carling Cup 4-1 on penalties against former holders Tottenham Hotspur after 120 goalless minutes at Wembley. Jamie O’Hara’s spot-kick was saved by Ben Foster and David Bentley missed his, while all four United takers converted – Anderson’s cool finish delivering the first part of a possible quadruple for Alex Ferguson’s men. United’s […]
Claudio Pizarro masterminded a dramatic Werder Bremen turnaround at San Siro, beating Dida with two second-half headers to send favourites AC Milan crashing out of the UEFA Cup on the away-goals rule. Having drawn 1-1 in the first leg in Germany, first-half goals from Andrea Pirlo and Pato looked to have smoothed Milan’s path to […]
Real Madrid striker Raul will probably retire at the end of the 2010-11 season although he may consider playing in the United States for a year after that. “It’s difficult because you always want to go when you are playing at the highest level,” the former Spain international and club captain told Wednesday’s Marca newspaper. “At […]
Aalborg BK had a comfortable night in Spain as they secured the biggest aggregate win of the UEFA Cup Round of 32 to earn a last-16 tie against Manchester City FC. Having beaten RC Deportivo La Coruña 3-0 in the first leg in Denmark, AaB put the contest beyond their hosts before the break tonight […]
AC Milan were dumped out of the UEFA Cup after throwing away a two-goal lead in their last-32 second-leg clash with Werder Bremen. Having drawn the first leg 1-1 in Germany, there was some pressure on the Italians going into the return match. First-half goals from Andrea Pirlo and Alexandre Pato seemed to set Milan on a […]
Second-half goals from Simone Pepe and Antonio Di Natale secured Udinese Calcio’s place in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup as the Italian side survived a scare to overcome KKS Lech Poznań at the Stadio Friuli. Having drawn 2-2 in Poland last week, Udinese were favourites to progress on home soil but they fell […]