8 December:
* Juventus Torino – Bayern München 1-4 (1-1).D.Trézéguet ‘19/H.Butt (pen)’30;I.Olic ‘52;M.Gomez ‘83;A.Tymoschuk ‘90. Stadio Olimpico di Torino: 27801 spect.
- Juventus Torino: G.Buffon;F.Cannavaro,F.Grosso,N.Legrottaglie,M.Caceres;M. Camoranesi,
Diego(65.Amauri), Felipe Melo(81.S.Giovinco),C.Marchisio;D.Trézéguet,A.Del Piero(45.C.Poulsen).
- Bayern München: H. Butt;P. Lahm,D. Van Buyten,M. Demichelis,H. Badstuber;B. Schweinsteiger,M. van Bommel,D. Pranjic(72.A. Robben);T. Müller,I. Olic(79.A. Tymoschuk),M. Gomez.

* Maccabi Haifa - Girondinds Bordeaux 0-1 (0-1)./Jussiê ‘13. National Stadium Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv): 25800 spect.
- Maccabi Haifa: N. Davidovitch;T. Masilela(62.T. Tawatha),D. Keinan,E. Mshumar,Jorge Teixeira;L. Rafaelov,J. Culma,E. Golasa(71.A. Harazi),B. Kial;V. Dvalishvili(54.S. Arbeitman),M. Ghadir.
- Girondinds Bordeaux: U. Ramé;F. Jurietti,D. Placente,Jussiê,Fernando;G. Wendel,A. Traoré(78.G. Sertic),L. Sané,D. Bellion;F. Cavenaghi,H. Saivet.

* VfL Wolfsburg - Manchester United 1-3 (0-1).E.Džeko ‘56/M.Owen ‘44,’83,’90. Volkswagen Arena: 26490 spect.
- VfL Wolfsburg: D. Benaglio;A. Barzagli,Ricardo Costa,M. Schäfer,S. Riether;Z. Misimovic,C. Gentner,M. Hasebe(72.A. Dejagah), Josue;Grafite(72.K. Ziani),E. Džeko.
- Manchester United: T. Kuszczak;P. Evra,D. Gibson,P. Scholes;M. Carrick,Ji-Sung Park,D. Fletcher,Nani(74.G. Obertan);Anderson,M. Owen,D. Welbeck(74.L. Valencia).

* Besiktas Istanbul - CSKA Moskva 1-2 (0-1).Bobo ‘86/M.Krasic ‘41;E.Aldonin ‘90. BJK İnönü Stadyumu: 16129 spect.
- Besiktas: R. Recber;M. Ferrari,I. Toraman,I. Üzülmez,T. Sivok;I. Kas,M. Fink(76.U. Inceman),F. Ernst;R. Tello(88.Mert Nobre),E. Dag(68.N. Kahveci),Bobo.
- CSKA Moskva: I. Akinfeev;V. Berezoutski,D. Semberas,C. Odiah,G. Schennikov;E. Rahimic,M. Krasic(82.S. Oliseh),E. Aldonin,P. Mamaev;A. Dzagoev(90.A. Grigoryev),T. Necid.

* FC Zürich - AC Milan 1-1 (1-0).M. Gajic ‘29/Ronaldinho (pen)’65. Stadion Letzigrund: 24100 spect.
- FC Zürich: J. Leoni;A. Rochat ‘63,H. Barmettler,H. Tihinen,P. Koch;D. Djuric(66.V. Lampi),S. Aegerter,M. Gajic(82.X. Margairaz),O. Okonkwo;A. Nikci(74.J. Vonlanthen),A. Alphonse.
- AC Milan: Dida;A. Nesta,L. Antonini,Thiago Silva(20.K. Kaladze),I. Abate;A. Pirlo,Ronaldinho,C. Seedorf,M. Ambrosini(55.M. Flamini);M. Borriello(84.F. Inzaghi),Alexandre Pato.

* Olympique Marseille - Real Madrid 1-3 (1-1).Lucho González ‘11/C. Ronaldo ‘5,’80;Raúl Albiol ‘60.
Stade Vélodrome : 55722 spect.
- Olympique Marseille: S. Mandanda;G. Heinze,L. Bonnart,S. Diawara,T. Taiwo;Lucho González,F. Abriel,B. Cheyrou,E. Cissé(62.B. Kone);M. Niang(70.M. Valbuena),Brandão(78.F. Morientes).
- Real Madrid: Iker Casillas;Sergio Ramos,Raúl Albiol,Pepe,Álvaro Arbeloa;Marcelo,R. Van der Vaart(72.Raúl),Xabi Alonso(78.M. Diarra),L. Diarra;Cristiano Ronaldo,G. Higuaín(63.K. Benzema).

* Chelsea FC - APOEL Nicosia 2-2 (2-1).M. Essien ‘19;D. Drogba ‘26/Marcin Zewlakow ‘6;N. Mirosavljevic ‘87. Stamford Bridge: 40917 spect.
- Chelsea FC: R. Turnbull;J. Terry,Ricardo Carvalho,J. Belletti,J. Cole;F. Malouda,M. Essien(27.F. Lampard),J. Obi Mikel,Y. Zhirkov;G. Kakuta(73.F. Borini),D. Drogba.
- APOEL Nicosia: D. Chiotis;J. Broerse,Paulo Jorge,Nuno Morais,K. Kosowski(71.N. Mirosavljevic);A. Haxhi(34.M. Ilia),K. Charalambidis,S. Poursaitidis,C. Michael;Marcin Zewlakow(82.M. Breska),Helio Pinto.

* Atlético Madrid - FC Porto 0-3 (0-2)./B. Alves ‘2;Radamel Falcao ‘15;Hulk ‘76. Estadio Vicente Calderón: 24603 spect.
- Atlético Madrid: Sergio Asenjo;Juanito,L. Perea,J. Valera(45.A. López),Álvaro Domínguez;Maxi Rodríguez(68.J. Reyes),Simão,P. Assunção,Cléber Santana;S. Agüero(47.J. Jurado),D. Forlán.
- FC Porto: Helton;B. Alves,J. Fucile,Álvaro Pereira,Maicon(59.C. Săpunaru);R. Meireles,Cristian Rodríguez,D. Valeri(62.Fredy Guarin),Fernando;Radamel Falcao(70.Silvestre Varela),Hulk.

9 December:
* Liverpool FC - Fiorentina 1-2 (1-0).Y. Benayoun ‘43/M. Jørgensen ‘63;A. Gilardino ‘90. Anfield Road: 40863 spect.
- Liverpool FC: Diego Cavalieri;D. Agger,A. Dossena,S. Darby,M. Skrtel;E. Insúa,J. Mascherano(86.Fábio Aurélio),S. Gerrard;Y. Benayoun,A. Aquilani(76.D. Pacheco),D. Kuyt(65.F. Torres).
- Fiorentina: S. Frey;P. Krøldrup,M. Pasqual,L. De Silvestri(83.J. Castillo),C. Natali;G. Comotto,M. Jørgensen(72.J. Vargas),R. Montolivo,M. Santana(72.M. Marchionni);M. Donadel;A. Gilardino.

* Olympique Lyon - Debreceni VSC 4-0 (2-0).B. Gomis ‘25;Michel Bastos ‘44;M. Pjanic ‘59;A. Cissokho ‘76. Stade de Gerland: 36884 spect.
- Olympique Lyon: H. Lloris;Cris,J. Boumsong,A. Réveillère,A. Cissokho;Michel Bastos,J. Makoun(73.K. Källström),M. Gonalons;B. Gomis(67.Lisandro López);S. Govou(29.M. Pjanic),C. Delgado.
- Debreceni VSC: D. Pantic;Z. Szélesi,L. Bodnár(52.C. Bernáth),M. Mijadinoski,Z. Laczko;N. Meszaros,P. Czvitkovics, P. Szakály(75.R. Feczesin),J. Varga;L. Ramos(57.Z. Kiss),A. Coulibaly.

* Inter Milano - Rubin Kazan 2-0 (1-0).S. Eto’o ‘31;M. Balotelli ‘64. Stadio Guiseppe Meazza: 49539 spect.
- Inter Milano: Julio Cesar;Lucio,Maicon,W. Samuel(15.I. Córdoba)J. Zanetti;W. Sneijder,D. Stankovic(52.E. Cambiasso),Thiago Motta;. Eto’o,D. Milito,M. Balotelli(77.S. Muntari).
- Rubin Kazan: S. Ryzhikov;César Navas,A. Popov,V. Kaleshin,L. Salukvadze;G. Karadeniz(74.A. Kasaev),S. Semak,A. Ryazantsev(84.E. Balyaikin),C. Noboa(81.P. Bystrov);R. Murawski,A. Domínguez.

* Dynamo Kyiv - FC Barcelona 1-2 (1-1).A. Milevskiy ‘2/Xavi ‘33;L. Messi ‘86. Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky: 16300 spect.
- Dynamo Kyiv: A. Shovkovskiy;A. Yussuf,Leandro Almeida,Betao,T. Mikhalik;R. Eremenko,O. Vukojevic,Gérson Magrão(75.M. Ninkovic);A. Milevskiy,A. Shevchenko,A. Yarmolenko.
- FC Barcelona: Victor Valdés;Carles Puyol,E. Abidal,Dani Alves,Gerard Piqué(88.R. Márquez);Andrés Iniesta(82.Pedro),Xavi,Seydou Keita,Sergio Busquets;L. Messi,Z. Ibrahimovic.

* VfB Stuttgart - Unirea Urziceni 3-1 (3-0).C. Marica ‘5;C. Träsch ‘8;P. Pogrebnyak ‘11/Semedo ‘46. Mercedes-Benz-Arena: 37000 spect.
- VfB Stuttgart: J. Lehmann;M. Delpierre,S. Tasci,A. Boka,C. Träsch;S. Celozzi,A. Hleb(55.S. Rudy),S. Khedira(59.Z. Kuzmanovic),T. Gebhart;C. Marica(82.Cacau),P. Pogrebnyak.
- Unirea Urziceni: G. Arlauskis;E. Mehmedovic,V. Bordeanu,B. Fernandes,R. Pădurețu;I. Apostol(85.D. Todoran),T. Bălan(62.R. Rusescu),P. Brandan;Semedo,M. Onofraș(45.D. Varga);M. Bilașco.

* Sevilla FC - Glasgow Rangers 1-0 (1-0).F. Kanouté (pen)’8. Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán: 31560 spect.
- Sevilla FC: A. Palop;I. Dragutinovic,F. Navarro,A. Konko,Romaric(73.A. Duscher);D. Zokora,Renato,Jesus Navas(81.A. Koné),D. Capel;Cala,F. Kanouté(59.Álvaro Negredo).
- Glasgow Rangers: A. McGregor;S. Smith(83.J. Fleck),S. Whittaker,D. Weir,M. Bougherra;S. Papac,D. Beasley(45.N. Novo),K. Thomson,L. McCulloch;S. Davis,K. Miller(45.K. Lafferty).

* Olympiakos Piraeus - Arsenal FC 1-0 (0-0).Leonardo ‘47. Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki: 30277 spect.
- Olympiakos Piraeus: A. Nikopolidis;O. Mellberg,R. Bravo,A. Papadopoulos,G. Galitsios;Leonardo,L. Galletti,E. Maresca;Dudu Cearense(86.D. Domi),Oscar Gonzalez(90.A. Pantos),K. Mitroglou.
- Arsenal FC: L. Fabianski;M. Silvestre,A. Song,K. Gilbert,K. Bartley;T. Cruise,F. Mérida,J. Wilshere(76.G. Sunu),A. Ramsey;T. Walcott,C. Véla.

* Standard Liège - AZ Alkmaar 1-1 (0-1).S. Bolat ‘90/J. Lens ‘41. Stade Maurice Dufrasne: 24359 spect.
- Standard Liège: S. Bolat;L. Mulemo,Marcos Camozzato,M. Sarr,Felipe(85.G. Cyriac);W. Dalmat(80.M. Traore),B. Nicaise,A. Witsel,D. Mbokani;I. De Camargo,M. Jovanovic.
- AZ Alkmaar: S. Romero;K. Jaliens,S. Pocognoli,H. Moreno,N. Moisander;Mendes da Silva,S. Schaars,B. Holman(45.M. Martens),M. El Hamdaoui(90.G. Pellè);M. Dembélé,J. Lens(72.P. Wernbloom).

Group tables here: http://zalmoxys.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/uefa-champions-league-20092010-group-stage-2/

keano's influence tonight will be in the spotlight.

With Pavlyuchenko out of the picture and probably the first player moving this winter transfer window, eyes now move away from his input in our cup campaign; (which notably last season, included a spectacular finish against Manchester United). What this does mean however, is that the ever-prodigal son Robbie Keane is looking to state his claim on a starting berth despite certain critics suggesting pseudo-jovially that his contract prevented him from starting on the bench. Whilst the pairing of Defoe and Crouch in the last two games, (as well as the introduction of Kranjcar on the left) definitely payed dividends, Harry is a man who knows seemingly knows the recipe, and his insistance that Robbie should play the majority of the season thus far despite to the uneducated lacking the pinasche of his peers is an intelligence that shouldn’t be discounted.

What Robbie does offer; and many fans can testify to, is the winning mentality, (look above for evidence), and is notably one of the great characters in our dressing room. It can be said that he will never be the same Robbie that partnered Berbatov, and many fans are aggrieved by this very cold fact. But the truth is that it is not that he has left his heart in the cold corridors of Anfield; it is simply that without the aforementioned Bulgarian, (who’s form at Manchester is also indicative of this riddle), he’s missing the telepathic foil that led to his most memorable moves. Whilst after the fallout of the move-back it can now be said that Robbie’s heart is in generally back in the right place; (would you begrudge yourself a move to Spurs from Bolton if offered?) It is notable that he is now in the position where Spurs have the ability to achieve what Liverpool under the shifty guidance of Benitez will most probably fail to achieve this season, (save for massive economic restructuring or intervention). Hopefully this will buoy Robbie and allow him to become the player he always saw himself being; even if it is in a white shirt rather than a red one.

Notably; headlines seem to indicate that Redknapp is happy to state a claim that we’re aiming for a top four spot this season rather than success in cup competitions which over recent years seem to have provided a nice distraction from failures in the league. Whilst this is the best route for the club in terms of the economic growth and consolidation of assets, the fans might find coming short of that spot in the league a little disconcerting. However it does seem that at the helm of the club we have a great progressive figurehead in relation to Daniel Levy, who despite claims that he’s building up the club simply to sell it on is definitely taking the club forward in front of our very eyes. So at once the cups become a different beast entirely; once a sanctum of sorts for ‘our’ style of classic football competition without the over ruling presence of economies of scale and the shifty politics that come with it. Now it is a bit of a distraction from the commitments we have in the league; along with neverending issue of pleasing a squad that’s depth is nearly unparalleled in the rest of the league. Oh how things change and in such a short time.

Tonight’s match as such is seemingly underlined by both manager’s indifference to the competition. Redknapp whilst aware of the rewards of cup glory; especially for an underachieving club such as ours has his eyes set on another prize; whereas Fergie would only really consider a win in the final as a multiplier to beef up the accolades from more economically rewarding competitions. It has all the makings of being a great match.

No seriously; it should be good. Especially seeing as in our recent history Manchester United seem to have always been there causing heartbreak; and with the suggestion that Manchester United’s squad tonight will be somewhat a young muted side; we should be looking to take the game in a convincing and entertaining manner, as is our original style, (and not Arsenal’s might I add.)

Other notable appearances tonight should include Alan Hutton, Gareth Bale, Jermaine Jenas and David Bentley. All of which in my eyes are players of great potential with the ability to produce top performances. Bring on Macheda and Welbeck.

24 November:
* Rubin Kazan – Dynamo Kyiv 0-0. Central’nyj stadion Kazan’:23185 spect.
- Rubin Kazan: S. Ryzhikov;César Navas,L. Salukvadze,C. Ansaldi,R. Sharonov(53.V. Kaleshin);G. Karadeniz(75.P. Bystrov),S. Semak,A. Ryazantsev,C. Noboa;A. Bukharov,A. Domínguez.
- Dymano Kyiv: A. Shovkovskiy;A. Yussuf,Betao,T. Mikhalik, R. Eremenko;M. Ninkovic(86.T. Ghioane),O. Vukojevic,Gérson Magrão;A. Milevskiy,A. Shevchenko,A. Yarmolenko.

* Debreceni VSC - Liverpool FC 0-1 (0-1)./D. N’Gog ‘4. Puskás Ferenc Stadion (Budapest): 41500 spect.
- Debreceni VSC: V. Polekszics;Z. Szélesi,L. Bodnár,M. Mijadinoski,M. Fodor(78.T. Dombi);Z. Laczko,N. Meszaros,P. Czvitkovics,Z. Kiss;P. Szakály(62.A. Coulibaly),G. Rudolf.
- Liverpool FC: Pepe Reina;J. Carragher,G. Johnson,D. Agger,Fábio Aurélio(89.A. Dossena);E. Insúa,J. Mascherano,S. Gerrard(90.A. Aquilani);Lucas,D. Kuyt,D. N’Gog(77.Y. Benayoun).

* AC Fiorentina - Olympique Lyon 1-0 (1-0).J. Vargas (pen)’28. Stadio Artemio Franchi: 34301 spect.
- Fiorentina: S. Frey;P. Krøldrup,D. Dainelli,L. De Silvestri(86.G. Comotto),J. Vargas;M. Gobbi,R. Montolivo,M. Santana(71.M. Donadel),C. Zanetti(80.M. Jørgensen);M. Marchionni;A. Gilardino.
- Olympique Lyon: H. Lloris;Cris,J. Boumsong,L. Gassama,A. Cissokho;K. Källström,Michel Bastos(67.Lisandro López),J. Makoun,M. Pjanic;B. Gomis(79.Ederson),S. Govou(74.C. Delgado).

* FC Barcelona - Inter Milano 2-0 (2-0).Gerard Piqué ‘10;Pedro ‘26. Camp Nou: 93524 spect.
- FC Barcelona: Victor Valdés;Carles Puyol,E. Abidal(89.Maxwell),Dani Alves,Gerard Piqué;Andrés Iniesta(90.Jonathan),Xavi,Seydou Keita,Sergio Busquets;T. Henry,Pedro(85.Bojan Krkic).
- Inter Milano: Julio Cesar;Lucio,J. Zanetti,Maicon,W. Samuel;C. Chivu,E. Cambiasso(45.S. Muntari),D. Stankovic(71.M. Balotelli),Thiago Motta;S. Eto’o,D. Milito(82.R. Quaresma).

* Glasgow Rangers - VfB Stuttgart 0-2 (0-1)./S.Rudy ‘16;Z.Kuzmanovic ‘59. Ibrox Stadium: 41468 spect.
- Glasgow Rangers: A. McGregor;S. Whittaker,D. Weir,S. Papac,D. Wilson;K. Thomson(76.J. Fleck),L. McCulloch,S. Davis,K. Miller(68.N. Novo);K. Boyd,K. Lafferty(85.D. Beasley).
- VfB Stuttgart: J. Lehmann;Ricardo Osorio,M. Delpierre,A. Boka,G. Niedermeier;C. Träsch,A. Hleb,Z. Kuzmanovic(75.T. Hitzlsperger),S. Rudy(89.T. Gebhart);Cacau(82.J. Schieber),P. Pogrebnyak.

* Unirea Urziceni - Sevilla FC 1-0 (1-0).I. Dragutinovic (OG)’44. Stadionul Steaua (București): 10007 spect.
- Unirea Urziceni: G. Arlauskis;V. Maftei,E. Mehmedovic,G. Galamaz,V. Bordeanu;Ricardo(90.R. Pădurețu),I. Apostol,S. Frunză(64.T. Bălan),P. Brandan;M. Bilașco,D. Varga(89.Semedo).
- Sevilla FC: Javi Varas;I. Dragutinovic,F. Navarro(70.D. Perotti),A. Konko,S. Sánchez;Lolo(63.Renato),D. Zokora,Jesus Navas,D. Capel(63.Luis Fabiano);F. Kanouté,Álvaro Negredo.

* AZ Alkmaar - Olympiakos Piraeus 0-0. DSB Stadion: 16213 spect.
- AZ Alkmaar: S. Romero;G. Swerts,S. Pocognoli,H. Moreno,N. Moisander;Mendes da Silva,S. Schaars(89.M. Martens),B. Holman(78.Ari),P. Wernbloom;M. Dembélé(68.G. Pellè),J. Lens.
- Olympiakos Piraeus: A. Nikopolidis;O. Mellberg, R. Bravo,G. Galitsios,Leonardo;Michal Zewlakow,E. Maresca,Dudu Cearense,J. Zairi(90.A. Pantos);Oscar Gonzalez,K. Mitroglou.

* Arsenal FC - Standard Liège 2-0 (2-0).S.Nasri ‘35;Denilson ‘44. Emirates Stadium: 59941 spect.
- Arsenal FC: Almunia;W. Gallas(45.M. Silvestre),T. Vermaelen,A. Song,K. Gibbs;E. Eboué,Cesc Fábregas,S. Nasri(60.T. Walcott),Denilson(66.T. Rosicky);A. Arshavin,C. Véla.
- Standard Liège: S. Bolat;L. Mulemo,Marcos,M. Sarr,R. Goreux;Felipe,E. Mangala,W. Dalmat(64.M. Traore),A. Witsel;M. Carcela-Gonzalez ‘86,D. Mbokani(68.G. Cyriac).

25 November:
* CSKA Moskva - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (0-1).T.Necid ‘58;M.Krasic ‘66/E.Džeko ‘19. Luzhniki stadium: 13478 spect.
- CSKA Moskva: I. Akinfeev;V. Berezoutski,S. Ignashevich,A. Berezoutski,G. Schennikov;E. Rahimic,M. Krasic,E. Aldonin,P. Mamaev;A. Dzagoev,T. Necid.
- VfL Wolfsburg: D. Benaglio;Ricardo Costa,A. Madlung,M. Schäfer,S. Riether;Z. Misimovic,C. Gentner,M. Hasebe,Josue;O. Martins(68.K. Ziani),E. Džeko.

* Girondins Bordeaux - Juventus Torino 2-0 (0-0).Fernando ‘54;M.Chamakh ‘90. Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas: 32195 spect.
- Girondins Bordeaux: C. Carrasso;M. Ciani,M. Planus,B. Trémoulinas,M. Chalmé;J. Plasil,A. Diarra,Fernando,G. Wendel;M. Chamakh,Y. Gouffran(75.A. Traoré).
- Juventus Torino: G. Buffon;F. Grosso,G. Chiellini,N. Legrottaglie,M. Caceres;M. Camoranesi,Diego,M. Sissoko(88.C. Marchisio),Felipe Melo;Amauri(77.S. Giovinco),A. Del Piero(68.C. Immobile).

* Bayern München - Maccabi Haifa 1-0 (0-0).I.Olic ‘62. Allianz-Arena: 58000 spect.
- Bayern München: H. Butt;P. Lahm,D. Van Buyten,M. Demichelis,H. Badstuber;B. Schweinsteiger,M. van Bommel,D. Pranjic(70.A. Ottl);I. Olic(81.A. Tymoschuk),M. Gomez,T. Müller.
- Maccabi Haifa: N. Davidovitch;T. Masilela,A. Osman(74.E. Golasa),D. Keinan,S. Maimon;E. Mshumar,J. Culma(69.L. Rafaelov),B. Kial,V. Dvalishvili(63.S. Arbeitman);Y. Katan,M. Ghadir.

* Manchester United - Besiktas Istanbul 0-1 (0-1)./R. Tello ‘20. Old Trafford: 74242 spect.
- Manchester United: B. Foster;G. Neville, N. Vidic,W. Brown,Rafael(74.M. Carrick);Ji-Sung Park(68.M. Owen),Anderson,D. Gibson(74.P. Evra),G. Obertan;D. Welbeck,F. Macheda.
- Besiktas Istanbul: R. Recber;M. Ferrari,I. Toraman(67.E. Güven),I. Üzülmez,I. Kas;I. Koybasi,M. Fink,F. Ernst, R. Tello(75.U. Inceman);E. Dag,Bobo(84.B. Karadeniz).

* Real Madrid - FC Zürich 1-0 (1-0).G. Higuaín ‘21. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu: 67867 spect.
- Real Madrid: Iker Casillas;Sergio Ramos,Raúl Albiol,Pepe,Álvaro Arbeloa(58.R. Van der Vaart);
Marcelo,Kaka(90.E. Granero),Xabi Alonso,L. Diarra;Raúl(69.Cristiano Ronaldo),G. Higuaín.
- FC Zürich: J. Leoni;A. Rochat,H. Barmettler,F. Stahel,H. Tihinen;P. Koch,D. Djuric(88.M. Schönbächler),
X. Margairaz,S. Aegerter;M. Gajic(76.J. Vonlanthen),A. Alphonse(85.A. Mehmedi).

* AC Milan - Olympique Marseille 1-1 (1-1).M.Borriello ‘10/Lucho González ‘16.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: 49063 spect.
- AC Milan: Dida;A. Nesta,M. Oddo(28.I. Abate),G. Zambrotta,Thiago Silva;A. Pirlo,Ronaldinho,C. Seedorf,
M. Ambrosini;M.Borriello,Alexandre Pato.
- Olympique Marseille: S. Mandanda;G. Heinze,L. Bonnart,S. Diawara,T. Taiwo;Lucho González(66.
B. Kone),F. Abriel,B. Cheyrou(85.F. Morientes),E. Cissé;M. Niang(73.H. Ben Arfa),Brandão.

* FC Porto - Chelsea FC 0-1 (0-0)./N. Anelka ‘69. Estádio Do Dragão: 38410 spect.
- FC Porto: Beto;B. Alves,C. Săpunaru(80.E. Farias),Rolando,Álvaro Pereira;R. Meireles,Cristian Rodríguez,F. Belluschi(71.Fredy Guarin),Fernando;Silvestre Varela(59.Hulk),Radamel Falcao.
- Chelsea FC: P. Cech;J. Terry,Ricardo Carvalho,B. Ivanovic;M. Ballack(67.M. Essien),Deco(76.J. Cole),F. Malouda,J. Obi Mikel,Y. Zhirkov;D. Drogba,N. Anelka.

* APOEL Nicosia - Atlético Madrid 1-1 (1-0).N.Mirosavljevic ‘5/Simão ‘62. Neo GSP (Strovolos): 21178 spect.
- APOEL Nicosia: D. Chiotis;Paulo Jorge,M. Ilia(70.M. Breska),C. Kontis,Nuno Morais;K. Kosowski(76.Marcin Zewlakow),S. Poursaitidis,C. Michael(71.J. Broerse),N. Alexandrou;Helio Pinto,N. Mirosavljevic.
- Atlético Madrid: Sergio Asenjo;T. Ujfalusi,Juanito,L. Perea,Álvaro Domínguez;Simão(90.A. López),
J. Jurado(79.Maxi Rodríguez),Cléber Santana,I. Camacho;S. Aguero,D. Forlán(87.J. Reyes).

Group tables here: http://zalmoxys.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/uefa-champions-league-20092010-group-stage-2/

3 November:
* Bayern München – Girondins Bordeaux 0-2 (0-1)./Y. Gourcuff ‘37;M. Chamakh ‘90.
Allianz-Arena: 66000 spect.
- Bayern München:H. Butt;P. Lahm,M. Demichelis,E. Braafheid(59.M. Gomez),H. Badstuber;B. Schweinsteiger,M. van Bommel,A. Tymoschuk;D. Pranjic,M. Klose(45.A. Robben),L. Toni.
- Girondins Bordeaux: C. Carrasso;M. Ciani,M. Planus,B. Trémoulinas,M. Chalmé;J. Plasil(84.L. Sané),A. Diarra,Fernando,Y. Gourcuff;G. Wendel(68.Jussiê),M. Chamakh.

* Maccabi Haifa - Juventus Torino 0-1 (0-1)./M. Camoranesi ‘45. Kiryat Eli’ezer Stadium: 39120 spect.
- Maccabi Haifa:N. Davidovitch;T. Masilela,A. Otman,D. Keinan,E. Mshumar;Jorge Teixeira,Gustavo Boccoli(71.I. Zaguri),J. Culma(45.M. Ghadir),V. Dvalisvili(56.L. Rafaelov);Y. Katan,S. Arbeitman.
- Juventus Torino: G. Buffon;F. Grosso,G. Chiellini,N. Legrottaglie,M. Caceres;M. Camoranesi,Tiago(60.P. De Ceglie),Diego,Felipe Melo;C. Poulsen;Amauri(84.D. Trézéguet).

* Manchester United - CSKA Moskva 3-3 (1-2).M.Owen ‘29;P.Scholes ‘84;L.Valencia ‘90/A.Dzagoev ‘25;M.Krasic ‘31;V.Berezoutski ‘47. Old Trafford: 73718 spect.
- Manchester United: E. van der Sar;G. Neville,W. Brown,J. Evans,Fábio(59.P. Evra);L. Valencia,D. Fletcher,P. Scholes,Nani(58.W. Rooney);M. Owen,F. Macheda(82.G. Obertan).
- CSKA Moskva: I. Akinfeev;V. Berezoutski,D. Semberas ‘90,S. Ignashevich,A. Berezoutski;G. Shchennikov,M. Krasic,E. Aldonin,P. Mamaev(70.E. Rahimic);A. Dzagoev(72.Daniel Carvalho),T. Necid(85.N. Piliev).

* Besiktas Istanbul - VfL Wolfsburg 0-3 (0-1)./Z.Misimovic ‘14;C.Gentner ‘80;E.Džeko ‘87. BJK İnönü Stadyumu : 18116 spect.
- Besiktas Istanbul: H. Arikan;M. Ferrari,I. Üzülmez(78.I. Koybasi),T. Sivok,I. Kas;M. Fink,S. Ozkan(45.R. Tello),U. Inceman,E. Dag;Rodrigo Tabata(68.Mert Nobre),Bobo.
- VfL Wolfsburg: D. Benaglio;Ricardo Costa,A. Madlung,M. Schäfer,S. Riether;Z. Misimovic(89.J. Santana),C. Gentner,M. Hasebe(45.P. Pekarík),Josue;O. Martins(69.A. Dejagah),E. Džeko.

* AC Milan - Real Madrid 1-1 (1-1).Ronaldinho (pen)’35/K.Benzema ‘29. Stadio Guiseppe Meazza: 75092 spect.
- AC Milan: Dida;A. Nesta,M. Oddo,G. Zambrotta,Thiago Silva;A. Pirlo,Ronaldinho,C. Seedorf,M. Ambrosini;M. Borriello(79.F. Inzaghi),Alexandre Pato.
- Real Madrid: I. Casillas;Sergio Ramos,R. Albiol,Pepe,A. Arbeloa;Marcelo,Kaka,Xabi Alonso,L. Diarra;K. Benzema(82.R. van Nistelrooy),G. Higuaín(74.Raúl).

* Olympique Marseille – FC Zürich 6-1 (2-1).S. Aegerter (OG)’3;F.Abriel ‘11;M.Niang ‘51;V.Hilton ‘80;B.Cheyrou ‘87;Brandão ‘90/A.Alphonse ‘31. Stade Vélodrome: 56282 spect.
- Olympique Marseille: S. Mandanda;G. Heinze,S. Diawara,V. Hilton,G. Bocaly;F. Abriel(68.C. Kabore),B. Cheyrou,S. Mbia(84.E. Cissé),B. Kone(61.M. Valbuena);M. Niang,Brandão.
- FC Zürich: J. Leoni;A. Rochat,F. Stahel,H. Tihinen,P. Koch;D. Djuric,X. Margairaz,S. Aegerter(45.M. Gajic),O. Okonkwo;J. Vonlanthen(9.A. Mehmedi),A. Alphonse(76.A. Nikci).

* APOEL Nicosia - FC Porto 0-1 (0-0)./Radamel Falcao ‘84. Neo GSP (Strovolos): 20825 spect.
- APOEL Nicosia: D.Chiotis;J.Broerse,M.Ilia(57.B.Grncarov),C.Kontis(87.A.Papathanasiou),Nuno Morais;K.Charalambidis,S.Poursaitidis,M.Satsias,Helio Pinto;N.Mirosavljevic,Jean Paulista(61.N.Alexandrou).
- FC Porto: Helton;B. Alves,C. Săpunaru,Rolando,Álvaro Pereira;R. Meireles,Cristian Rodríguez(69.E. Farias),Fredy Guarin(83.T. Costa),Fernando;Radamel Falcao(90.F. Belluschi),Hulk.

* Atlético Madrid - Chelsea FC 2-2 (0-0).S.Aguero ‘66,’90/D.Drogba ‘82,’88.
Estadio Vicente Calderón: 36284 spect.
- Atlético Madrid: Sergio Asenjo;A. López,Juanito,Pablo Ibanez,L. Perea;J. Reyes(72.Maxi Rodríguez),Simão(83.J. Jurado),P. Assunção,Cléber Santana;F. Sinama-Pongolle(53.S. Aguero),D. Forlán.
- Chelsea FC: P. Cech;A. Cole,J. Terry,Alex,J. Belletti;J. Cole(70.N. Anelka),F. Lampard,F. Malouda,M. Essien(59.M. Ballack);D. Drogba,S. Kalou(70.Deco).

4 November:
* Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona 0-0. Central’nyj stadion Kazan’: 24600 spect.
- Rubin Kazan: S. Ryzhikov;César Navas,V. Kaleshin,L. Salukvadze,C. Ansaldi;R. Sharonov,G. Karadeniz(63.A. Bukharov),S. Semak,A. Ryazantsev;C. Noboa,A. Domínguez.
- FC Barcelona: V. Valdés;C. Puyol,E. Abidal,Dani Alves,Gerard Piqué;A. Iniesta,Xavi,Seydou Keita(83.T. Henry),Yaya Touré;L. Messi,Z. Ibrahimovic.

* Fiorentina - Debreceni VSC 5-2 (1-1).A.Mutu ‘14;D.Dainelli ‘52;R.Montolivo ‘59;M.Marchionni ‘61;A.Gilardino ‘74/G.Rudolf ‘38;A.Coulibaly ‘70. Stadio Artemio Franchi: 19676 spect.
- Fiorentina: V. Avramov;A. Gamberini(33.P. Krøldrup),D. Dainelli,M. Pasqual,G. Comotto;J. Vargas(77.M. Santana),M. Donadel,C. Zanetti(45.R. Montolivo),M. Marchionni;A. Gilardino,A. Mutu.
- Debreceni VSC: D. Pantic;Z. Szélesi,L. Bodnár,M. Fodor,A. Komlosi(10.Z. Kiss);Z. Laczko(64.P. Szakály),P. Czvitkovics,J. Varga,L. Ramos(53.A. Coulibaly);Leandro,G. Rudolf.
* Olympique Lyon - Liverpool FC 1-1 (0-0).Lisandro López ‘90/R.Babel ‘83. Stade de Gerland: 39180 spect.
- Olympique Lyon: H. Lloris;Cris,A. Réveillère(19.L. Gassama),A. Cissokho,K. Källström;J. Toulalan,M. Bastos,J. Makoun;M. Pjanic(40.Ederson),B. Gomis(73.S. Govou),Lisandro López.
- Liverpool FC: J. Reina;J. Carragher,S. Kyrgiakos,D. Agger,E. Insúa;J. Mascherano,Y. Benayoun,Lucas;D. Kuyt,F. Torres(87.D. N’Gog),A. Voronin(68.R. Babel).

* Dynamo Kyiv - Inter Milano 1-2 (1-0).A.Shevchenko ‘21/D.Milito ‘86;W.Sneijder ‘89. Stadion Dynamo: 15900 spect.
- Dynamo Kyiv: S. Bogush;Leandro Almeida,T. Mikhalik,E. Khacheridi,R. Eremenko;M. Ninkovic,O. Vukojevic,Gérson Magrão;A. Milevskiy(70.O. Gusev),A. Shevchenko,A. Yarmolenko.
- Inter Milano: Julio Cesar;Lucio,J. Zanetti,Maicon,W. Samuel(79.S. Muntari);C. Chivu(45.M. Balotelli),W. Sneijder,E. Cambiasso(45.Thiago Motta),D. Stankovic;S. Eto’o,D. Milito.

* Unirea Urziceni - Glasgow Rangers 1-1 (0-0).M. Onofras ‘88/L. McCulloch ‘78. Stadion Steaua: 9923 spect.
- Unirea Urziceni: G. Arlauskis;V. Maftei,G. Galamaz,V. Bordeanu,P. Brandán;Ricardo(81.R. Pădurețu),I. Apostol,S. Frunza,T. Bălan(30.M. Onofras);M. Bilasco,D. Varga(81.Semedo).
- Glasgow Rangers: A. McGregor;S. Whittaker,D. Weir,S. Papac,D. Wilson;K. Thomson(85.J. Fleck),L. McCulloch,S. Davis,K. Miller(82.N. Novo);S. Naismith,K. Lafferty.

* Sevilla FC - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 (1-0).Jesús Navas ‘14/Z.Kuzmanovic ‘78. Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán: 32669 spect.
- Sevilla FC: Javi Varas;S. Squillaci,J. Escudé,F. Navarro,A. Konko;Romaric(62.A. Duscher),D. Zokora,Jesús Navas;D. Capel(57.D. Perotti),Luis Fabiano,A. Kone(30.Álvaro Negredo).
- VfB Stuttgart: J. Lehmann;K. Boulahrouz(45.S. Celozzi),M. Delpierre,S. Tasci,A. Boka;T. Hitzlsperger(64.J. Schieber),R. Hilbert(45.S. Rudy),A. Hleb,Elson;Z. Kuzmanovic,P. Pogrebnyak.

* Arsenal FC - AZ ‘67 Alkmaar 4-1 (2-0).Cesc Fábregas ‘25,’52;S. Nasri ‘43;A. Diaby ‘72/J. Lens ‘82. Emirates Stadium: 59345 spect.
- Arsenal FC: Almunia;W. Gallas,T. Vermaelen,A. Song,K. Gibbs,E. Eboué;Cesc Fábregas(67.Eduardo Da Silva),S. Nasri,A. Diaby; A. Arshavin(75.T. Rosicky),R. van Persie(67.A. Ramsey).
- AZ ‘67 Alkmaar: S. Romero;K. Jaliens,H. Moreno,N. Moisander,Mendes da Silva(71.P. Wernbloom);M. Martens,S. Schaars,B. Holman,S. Poulsen(64.S. Pocognoli);M. Dembélé(58.J. Lens),G. Pellè.

* Standard Liège - Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 (1-0).D. Mbokani ‘30;M. Jovanovic ‘88.
Stade Maurice Dufrasne: 24787 spect.
- Standard Liège: S. Bolat;Ricardo Rocha,Marcos,M. Sarr(45.Victor Ramos),Felipe;E. Mangala,A. Witsel,M. Carcela-Gonzalez(86.R. Goreux),D. Mbokani;I. De Camargo,M. Jovanovic(90.A. Angeli).
- Olympiakos Piraeus: A. Nikopolidis;O. Mellberg, R. Bravo,A. Papadopoulos(77.I. Papadopoulos),G. Galitsios;L. Galletti(42.I. Fetfatzidis),E. Maresca,Dudu Cearense,Oscar Gonzalez(78.I. Stoltidis);M. Zewlakow,K. Mitroglou.

By Dave Clarke
At the ripe old age of 35 its amazing that Ryan Giggs is still good enough to win the PFA player of the year award which he did in April this year. One of the reasons for his longevity is that he is constantly on the training pitch going through his paces.

One of the best training exercises for any winger is the training he does so he can get pinpoint accuracy on his crosses. His delivery in to the box is the right weight and direction almost every time.

The secret behind his success is this little exercise.

If you look at the diagram the coach had split the penalty area up into very tight squares numbered one to ten. When he called out a zone to Giggs the player had to cross the ball so it landed in that square. It was a very precise exercise, the coach had a lot of balls and played it to either position 1 or position 2 for Giggs to run onto and cross first time to the called out zone.

As I was coaching under 15s I could use all the zones but for younger age groups you could just shout near, far and penalty spot. There is also an opportunity to practice cutbacks where the player is crossing the ball back to the edge of the penalty area for players running in.

For players who cannot cross the ball very far it is good practice for them to run onto the ball and cross it using a good technique – they will soon progress.

20 October:
* Debreceni VSC – Fiorentina 3-4(2-4).P. Czvitkovics ‘2;G. Rudolf ‘28;A. Coulibaly ‘88/A. Mutu ‘6,’20;A. Gilardino ‘10;M. Santana ‘37. Puskás Ferenc Stadion (Budapest):41.500 spect.
- Debreceni VSC: V. Polekszics;L. Bodnár,A. Komlosi,N. Meszaros(30.Z. Szélesi),P. Czvitkovics;Z. Kiss(88. Z. Laczko),P. Szakály(57. T. Dombi),J. Varga,Leandro;G. Rudolf,A. Coulibaly.
- Fiorentina: S. Frey;A. Gamberini,D. Dainelli(55. C. Natali),M. Pasqual,G. Comotto;J. Vargas,M. Santana(68. M. Jørgensen),M. Donadel,C. Zanetti(45. R. Montolivo);A. Gilardino,A. Mutu.

* Liverpool FC – Olympique Lyonnais 1-2(1-0).Y. Benayoun ‘41/M. Gonalons ‘72;C. Delgado ‘90.
- Liverpool: J. Reina;J. Carragher,D. Agger,E. Insúa,M. Kelly(74. M. Skrtel);J. Mascherano,S. Gerrard(25. Fábio Aurélio),Y. Benayoun(85. A. Voronin);Lucas,D. Kuyt,D. NGog.
- Olympique Lyonnais: H. Lloris;Cris(43. M. Gonalons),A. Réveillère,A. Cissokho;K. Källström,Ederson(61. B. Gomis),J. Toulalan,J. Makoun,M. Pjanic;S. Govou,Lisandro López(86. C. Delgado).

* FC Barcelona – Rubin Kazan 1-2(0-1).Z. Ibrahimovic ‘48/A. Ryazantsev ‘2;G. Karadeniz ‘73. Camp Nou: 55.930 spect.
- FC Barcelona: V. Valdés;R. Márquez(80. Seydou Keita),E. Abidal,Dani Alves(90. S. Busquets),Gerard Piqué;A. Iniesta,Xavi,Yaya Touré;L. Messi,Z. Ibrahimovic,Pedro(66. B. Krkic).
- RubinKazan: S.Ryzhikov;César Navas,V.Kaleshin,L.Salukvadze,C.Ansaldi;R.Sharonov,G.Karadeniz
(90.A.Popov),S.Semak(43.R.Murawski),A.Ryazantsev(84.A.Kasaev);C.Noboa,A.Domínguez.

* Internazionale – Dynamo Kyiv 2-2(1-2).D. Stankovic ‘35;W. Samuel ‘47/T. Mikhalik ‘5;Lucio (OG)’40. Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: 34.721 spect.
- Internazionale: Julio Cesar;Lucio,J. Zanetti,Maicon,W. Samuel;C. Chivu,W. Sneijder,E. Cambiasso(86. M. Materazzi);S. Muntari(45. David Suazo),D. Stankovic(85. P. Vieira);S. Eto’o.
- Dynamo Kyiv: S. Bogush;Leandro Almeida,T. Mikhalik,E. Khacheridi,R. Eremenko;M. Ninkovic(69.O. Gusev),O.Vukojevic,Gérson Magrão(70. Betao);A.Milevskiy(90.A. Kravets),A.Shevchenko,A.Yarmolenko.

* Glasgow Rangers – Unirea Urziceni 1-4(1-1).Ricardo (OG)’2/M. Bilasco ‘32;K. Lafferty (OG)’49;L. McCulloch (OG)’59;P. Brandán ‘65. Ibrox Park: 39.476 spect.
- Rangers: A. McGregor;S. Whittaker,D. Weir,S. Papac,K. Thomson;J. Rothen(66. N. Novo),Pedro Mendes(45.K. Lafferty),L. McCulloch,S. Davis;K. Miller,S. Naismith.
- Unirea Urziceni: D. Tudor;V. Maftei,G.Galamaz,E.Nicu(19.M. Onofraș),B.Fernandes;P.Brandán,Ricardo,
I. Apostol,T. Bălan(75.S. Frunza);M. Bilașco,D. Varga(89.R. Pădurețu).

* VfB Stuttgart – Sevilla FC 1-3(0-1).Elson ‘74/S. Squillaci ‘23;Jesús Navas ‘55;S. Squillaci ‘72. Mercedes-Benz-Arena: 37.000 spect.
- VfB Stuttgart: J. Lehmann;K. Boulahrouz,Ricardo Osorio,S. Tasci,A. Boka;C. Träsch(69. Elson),A. Hleb(69. P. Pogrebnyak),S. Khedira;Z. Kuzmanovic,Cacau(69. T. Hitzlsperger), J. Schieber.
- Sevilla FC: Javi Varas;I. Dragutinovic,S. Squillaci,F. Navarro,S. Sánchez;Lolo,D. Zokora,Adriano(37. D. Perotti),Jesús Navas;F. Kanouté(90. A. Kone),Luis Fabiano(45. A. Duscher).

* AZ Alkmaar – Arsenal FC 1-1(0-1).Mendes da Silva ‘90/Cesc Fábregas ‘36. DSB Stadion: 16.666 spect.
- AZ Alkmaar: S. Romero;K. Jaliens,H. Moreno,N. Moisander(84.P. Wernbloom),Mendes da Silva;M. Martens(69.J. Lens),S. Schaars,B. Holman(73.G. Pellè),S. Poulsen;M. El Hamdaoui,M. Dembélé.
- Arsenal FC: V. Mannone;W. Gallas,B. Sagna,T. Vermaelen,G. Clichy;A. Song,E. Eboué(82.A. Ramsey),Cesc Fábregas,A. Diaby;A. Arshavin,R. van Persie(74.C. Véla).

*Olympiakos Piraeus – Standard Liège 2-1(1-1).K. Mitroglou ‘43;I. Stoltidis ‘90/I. De Camargo ‘37. Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki: 29.889 spect.
- Olympiacos: A. Nikopolidis;O. Mellberg,M. Zewlakow,R. Bravo,A. Papadopoulos;L. Galletti,E. Maresca,Dudu Cearense,J. Zairi(72.I. Stoltidis);Oscar Gonzalez,K. Mitroglou.
- Standard: S. Bolat;Ricardo Rocha,Marcos,M. Sarr,Felipe;E. Mangala,W. Dalmat(48.M. Carcela-Gonzalez),A. Witsel,D. Mbokani;I. De Camargo(89.B. Nicaise),M. Jovanovic.

21 October:
* CSKA Moskva – Manchester United 0-1(0-0)./L. Valencia ‘86. Luzhniki stadium: 51.250 spect.
- CSKA Moskva: I.Akinfeev;V.Berezoutski,D.Semberas,S.Ignashevich,A.Berezoutski;C.Odiah,
G. Shchennikov(62.P.Mamaev),E.Rahimic(90.Daniel Carvalho),M.Krasic;A.Dzagoev,T.Necid(73.N. Piliev).
- Manchester Utd.: E. van der Sar;R. Ferdinand(57.W. Brown),G. Neville,N. Vidic,J. O’Shea;Fábio(88.M. Carrick),L. Valencia,P. Scholes(71.M. Owen),Nani;Anderson, D. Berbatov.

* Girondins Bordeaux – Bayern München 2-1(2-1).M. Ciani ‘27;M. Planus ‘40/M. Ciani (OG)’6. Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas: 31.321 spect.
- Girondins Bordeaux: C. Carrasso;M. Ciani,M. Planus,B. Trémoulinas,M. Chalmé;J. Plasil(85.Jussiê),A. Diarra,Fernando,Y. Gourcuff;G. Wendel(85.Y. Gouffran),M. Chamakh.
- FC Bayern: H. Butt;P. Lahm,D. Van Buyten ‘87,H. Badstuber;B. Schweinsteiger,M. van Bommel(78.A. Ottl),A. Tymoschuk,Hamit Altintop;M. Klose(75.D. Pranjic),L. Toni(77.M. Gomez),T. Müller ‘30.

* Juventus Torino – Maccabi Haifa 1-0(0-0).G. Chiellini ‘47. Stadio Grande Torino: 21.303 spect.
- Juventus: G. Buffon;F. Cannavaro,F. Grosso,G. Chiellini,J. Zebina(35.M. Caceres);M. Camoranesi,Diego,M. Sissoko,Felipe Melo(62.Christian Poulsen);S. Giovinco,D. Trézéguet(81.Amauri).
- Maccabi Haifa: N. Davidovitch;T. Masilela(45.M. Ghadir),A. Otman,D. Keinan,E. Mshumar;Jorge Teixeira,Gustavo Boccoli,L. Rafaelov(57.Tiago Dutra ‘68),J. Culma;V. Dvalisvili,S. Arbeitman(45.I. Zaguri).

* VfL Wolfsburg – Besiktas Istanbul 0-0. Volkswagen Arena: 25.778 spect.
- Wolfsburg: D. Benaglio;Ricardo Costa,A. Madlung,M. Schäfer,S. Riether;Z. Misimovic,C. Gentner,M. Hasebe(67.A. Dejagah);Josue,Grafite ‘74,E. Džeko.
- Besiktas: R. Recber;M. Ferrari,I. Üzülmez,T. Sivok,I. Kas;M. Fink(87.U. Inceman),F. Ernst,R. Tello(81.Rodrigo Tabata),E. Dag;N. Kahveci,Bobo(88.Mert Nobre).

* Real Madrid – AC Milan 2-3(1-0).Raúl ‘19;R.Drenthe ‘76/A.Pirlo ‘62;Alexandre Pato ‘66,’88. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu: 71.569 spect.
- Real Madrid: I. Casillas;Sergio Ramos,R. Albiol,Pepe,Marcelo;Kaka,Xabi Alonso,L. Diarra,E. Granero(67.R. Drenthe);Raúl,K. Benzema.
- AC Milan: Dida;A. Nesta,M. Oddo,G. Zambrotta,Thiago Silva;A. Pirlo,C. Seedorf,M. Ambrosini;F. Inzaghi(60.M. Borriello),Ronaldinho(90.M. Flamini),Alexandre Pato.

* FC Zürich – Olympique Marseille 0-1(0-0)./G. Heinze ‘69. Stadion Letzigrund: 22.300 spect.
- FC Zürich: J. Leoni;A. Rochat,F. Stahel,H. Tihinen,P. Koch;X. Margairaz(84.A. Nikci),S. Aegerter,M. Gajic(72.D. Djuric),O. Okonkwo;J. Vonlanthen(84.A. Abdi),A. Alphonse.
- Marseille: S. Mandanda;G. Heinze,L. Bonnart ‘90,V. Hilton,Lucho González(81.C. Kabore);B. Cheyrou(64.F. Abriel ),S. Mbia,M. Valbuena(65.B. Kone),E. Cissé;M. Niang,Brandão.

* FC Porto – APOEL Nicosia 2-1(1-1).Hulk ‘33,(pen)’48/Álvaro Pereira (OG)’21. Estádio Do Dragão:31.212 spect.
- FC Porto: Helton;B. Alves,J. Fucile,Rolando,Álvaro Pereira;Mariano ‘74,R. Meireles(90.C. Sapunaru),Cristian Rodríguez(69.Fredy Guarin),Fernando;Radamel Falcao(87.E. Farias),Hulk.
- APOEL Nicosia: D. Chiotis;J. Broerse,B. Grncarov,M. Ilia,Nuno Morais;K. Kosowski(38.M. Breska),K. Charalambidis,C. Michael(60.N. Alexandrou),M. Satsias(78.A. Papathanasiou);Helio Pinto,N. Mirosavljevic.

* Chelsea FC – Atlético Madrid 4-0(1-0).S. Kalou ‘41,’52;F. Lampard ‘69;L. Perea (OG)’90. Stamford Bridge: 39.997 spect.
- Chelsea: P. Cech;A. Cole(75.F. Malouda),J. Terry,J. Belletti,B. Ivanovic;M. Ballack,F. Lampard, Deco, M. Essien;S. Kalou(73.Y. Zhirkov),N. Anelka(77.D. Sturridge).
- Atlético Madrid: Sergio Asenjo;T. Ujfalusi,A. López,L. Perea,Álvaro Domínguez;Simão(77.J. Reyes),Raúl García,P. Assunção(54.J. Jurado),Cléber Santana(66.Maxi Rodríguez);S. Aguero,D. Forlán.

Liga Inggris kembali dipertangdingkan lagi dan inilah hasil akhir untuk tanggal 17 oktober 2009 dan ini dia bro.

17 oktober

jam 18:15 wib

ASTON VILLA vs CHELSEA
2-1

jam 20:30 wib

ARSENAL vs BIRMINGHAM CITY
3-1

EVERTON vs WOLVERHAMPTON
1-1

MANCHESTER UTD vs BOLTON W.
2-1

PORTSMOUTH vs TOTTENHAM H.
1-2

STOKE CITY vs WEST HAM UTD
2-1

SUNDERLAND vs LIVERPOOL
1-0

18 oktober

jam 18:30 wib

BLACKBURN R. vs BURNLEY

jam 21:30 wib

WIGAN ATHLETIC vs MANCHESTER CITY

20 oktober

jam 01:30 wib

FULHAM vs HULL CITY

Yuk intip medysept 91 di
Alexa

Liga Inggris kembali dipertangdingkan lagi dan inilah jadwalnya untuk tanggal 17, 18 dan 20 oktober 2009 dan ini dia bro.

17 oktober

jam 18:15 wib

ASTON VILLA vs CHELSEA

jam 20:30 wib

ARSENAL vs BIRMINGHAM CITY

EVERTON vs WOLVERHAMPTON

MANCHESTER UTD vs BOLTON W.

PORTSMOUTH vs TOTTENHAM H.

STOKE CITY vs WEST HAM UTD

SUNDERLAND vs LIVERPOOL

18 oktober

jam 18:30 wib

BLACKBURN R. vs BURNLEY

jam 21:30 wib

WIGAN ATHLETIC vs MANCHESTER CITY

20 oktober

jam 01:30 wib

FULHAM vs HULL CITY

Yuk intip medysept 91 di
Alexa

As coaches we have all been through a period where we haven’t won for a few games and we begin to doubt what we have achieved. Losing is a part of sport that we all must accept and I include myself in that.

However hard we try to achieve a winning team you must be realistic and accept that losing is something that happens to most coaches. Remember that for every game you win opposite you is a coach and team that have lost, so try to respect that and not be over enthusiastic in your celebrations.

I know sometimes it isn’t easy to keep your emotions in check. I can remember after losing three games in a row how fantastic it felt to win again and so did my players. Coaches must try to set an example to their players in victory and in defeat because young players are easily influenced by your reactions.

Watching Maradonna when Argentina won a place in the World Cup in the recent qualifying matches diving full length onto the pitch is a good example of what you shouldn’t do. When my team won the U10 title having been second all season I could easily have done the same. Thankfully I can look back at the occasion and see photos of smiling coaches not idiots!

Watch these clips, one of Maradonna when Argentina beat Uruguay to claim a place in the 2010 World Cup against the odds, the second clip shows the moment Argentina score (goooooooooooooooooooooal!) and Sir Alex Ferguson when his team scored twice in the final minutes to help them on the road to winning the Premier League in England in 1993.

29 September:
*AC Fiorentina – Liverpool FC 2-0 (2-0).S. Jovetic ‘28,’37. Stadio Artemio Franchi: 33.426 spect.
- Fiorentina: S. Frey;A. Gamberini,D. Dainelli,G. Comotto,J. Vargas(75.M. Jørgensen);M. Gobbi,R. Montolivo,C. Zanetti,M. Marchionni(89.L. De Silvestri);S. Jovetic,A. Mutu(82.M. Donadel).
- Liverpool: J. Reina;J. Carragher,G. Johnson,Fábio Aurélio,M. Skrtel;E. Insúa(72.R. Babel),S. Gerrard,Y. Benayoun;Lucas,D. Kuyt(80.A. Voronin),F. Torres.

*Debreceni VSC – Olympique Lyon 0-4 (0-3)./K.Källström ‘3;M.Pjanic ‘13;S.Govou ‘24;
B.Gomis ‘51. Puskás Ferenc Stadion(Budapest): 41.600 spect.
- Debreceni: V. Polekszics;L. Bodnár,M. Fodor,A. Komlosi,Z. Laczko(45.G. Rudolf);P. Czvitkovics,Z. Kiss,P. Szakály(85.T. Dombi),J. Varga;Leandro,A. Coulibaly.
- Lyon: H. Lloris;Cris,A. Réveillère,F. Clerc,A. Cissokho(79.T. Kolodziejczak);K. Källström,J. Toulalan,J. Makoun,M. Pjanic(57.M. Gonalons);B. Gomis(54.Ederson),S. Govou.

*Rubin Kazan – Internazionale 1-1 (1-1).A. Domínguez ‘11/D. Stankovic ‘27.
Central Stadium: 23.670 spect.
- Rubin Kazan: S. Ryzhikov;César Navas,L. Salukvadze,C. Ansaldi,R. Sharonov;G. Karadeniz,S. Semak,A. Ryazantsev,C. Noboa;A. Bukharov,A. Domínguez(86.A. Kasaev).
- Internazionale: Julio Cesar;Lucio,J. Zanetti,Maicon,W. Samuel;C. Chivu,E. Cambiasso(80.P. Vieira),D. Stankovic;Mancini(64.R. Quaresma);S. Eto’o,M. Balotelli ‘60.

*FC Barcelona - Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 (1-0).L. Messi ‘25;Pedro ‘76. Camp Nou: 68.221.
- FC Barcelona: V. Valdés;C. Puyol,E. Abidal,Dani Alves,Gerard Piqué;A. Iniesta(45.Pedro), Xavi,Seydou Keita,Yaya Touré(68.S. Busquets);L. Messi,Z. Ibrahimovic(85.Jeffren).
- Dynamo Kyiv: A. Shovkovskiy;A. Yussuf(45.T. Ghioane),Leandro Almeida,E. Khacheridi,O. Gusev(86.M. Ninkovic),R. Eremenko,O. Vukojevic,Gérson Magrão(73.Betao);A. Milevskiy,A. Shevchenko,A. Yarmolenko.

*Unirea Urziceni - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 (0-1).D. Varga ‘48/S. Tasci ‘5. Stadionul Steaua (Bucureşti): 13.557 spect.
- Unirea Urziceni: G. Arlauskis;V. Maftei,G. Galamaz,E. Nicu,B. Fernandes,P. Brandán;Ricardo,I. Apostol,T. Bălan(45.S. Frunza),M. Bilasco(64.R. Rusescu);D. Varga(90.R. Pădurețu).
- VfB Stuttgart: J. Lehmann;M. Delpierre,S. Tasci,A. Boka,S. Celozzi;T. Hitzlsperger,R. Hilbert,S. Khedira,T. Gebhart;C. Marica(64.J. Schieber),P. Pogrebnyak.

*Glasgow Rangers - Sevilla FC 1-4 (0-0).N. Novo ‘88/A. Konko ‘51;Adriano ‘64;
Luis Fabiano ‘72;F. Kanouté ‘74. Ibrox Park: 40.572 spect.
- Rangers: A. McGregor;S. Whittaker,D. Weir,M. Bougherra,S. Papac;K. Thomson,J. Rothen(73.N. Novo),Pedro Mendes,L. McCulloch(73.K. Boyd);S. Davis,S. Naismith.
- Sevilla: A. Palop;S. Squillaci,J. Escudé,F. Navarro,A. Konko;Adriano(66.D. Capel),Lolo,D. Zokora,Jesús Navas;F. Kanouté(75.Álvaro Negredo),Luis Fabiano(79.Romaric).

*Arsenal FC - Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 (0-0).R. van Persie ‘78;A. Arshavin ‘86.
Emirates Stadium: 59.884 spect.
- Arsenal FC: V. Mannone;E. Eboué,W. Gallas,T. Vermaelen,G. Clichy;A. Song,T. Rosicky(66.Eduardo Da Silva),Cesc Fábregas,A. Diaby(77.C. Véla);A. Arshavin,R. van Persie(85.A. Ramsey).
- Olympiakos: A. Nikopolidis;O. Mellberg,M. Zewlakow,R. Bravo,A. Papadopoulos;V. Torosidis,Leonardo(82.Oscar Gonzalez),Dudu Cearense,C. Ledesma(79.K. Mitroglou); J. Zairi(45.I. Stoltidis),Diogo.

*AZ Alkmaar - Standard Liège 1-1 (0-0).M. El Hamdaoui ‘48/M. Traore ‘90.
DSB Stadion: 16.373.
- AZ Alkmaar: S. Romero;K. Jaliens,G. Swerts,S. Pocognoli(82.R. Klavan),H. Moreno;Mendes da Silva,M. Martens(71.S. Poulsen),S. Schaars, M. El Hamdaoui;M. Dembélé,B. Holman.
- Standard Liège: S. Bolat;Ricardo Rocha(53.L. Mulemo),Marcos,M. Sarr(60.I. De Camargo),Felipe;E. Mangala,W. Dalmat(77.M. Traore),A. Witsel,M. Carcela-Gonzalez;D. Mbokani,M. Jovanovic.

30 September:
*FC Bayern München - Juventus Torino 0-0.Allianz Artena: 69.900 spect.
- FC Bayern: H. Butt;P. Lahm,D. Van Buyten,E. Braafheid,H. Badstuber;B. Schweinsteiger,F. Ribéry,A. Ottl;A. Robben(44.I. Olic),M. Klose(74.M. Gomez),T. Müller.
- Juventus: G. Buffon;F. Grosso,Z. Grygera,G. Chiellini,N. Legrottaglie;M. Camoranesi(90.Tiago),Diego(60.Christian Poulsen),Felipe Melo,C. Marchisio;V. Iaquinta,D. Trézéguet(74.Amauri).

*Girondins Bordeaux - Maccabi Haifa 1-0 (0-0).M. Ciani ‘83. Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas: 17.500 spect.
- Bordeaux: C. Carrasso;M. Ciani,M. Planus,B. Trémoulinas,M. Chalmé;J. Plasil(71.G. Sertic),A. Diarra,Y. Gourcuff(45.Fernando);G. Wendel,M. Chamakh,F. Cavenaghi.
- Maccabi Haifa: N. Davidovitch;T. Masilela,D. Keinan,E. Mshumar,Jorge Teixeira;J. Culma,E. Golasa(84.Gustavo Boccoli),B. Kial ‘88,Y. Katan;V. Dvalishvili(58.S. Arbeitman),M. Ghadir(66.L. Rafaelov).

*CSKA Moskva - Besiktas Istanbul 2-1 (1-0).A. Dzagoev ‘7;M. Krasic ‘61/E. Dag ‘90. Luzhniki stadium: 13.500 spect.
- CSKA Moskva: I. Akinfeev;V. Berezoutski,D. Semberas,S. Ignashevich,A. Berezoutski(45.A. Grigoryev);C. Odiah,Mark González(78.G. Shchennikov),M. Krasic,P. Mamaev;A. Dzagoev,T. Necid(64.E. Rahimic).
- Besiktas: R. Recber;M. Ferrari,T. Sivok,I. Kas,I. Koybasi;F. Ernst,R. Tello(75.Bobo),E. Dag;N. Kahveci(73.S. Ozkan),Mert Nobre,F. Holosko(34.Y. Simsek).

*Manchester United - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (0-0).R. Giggs ‘59;M. Carrick ‘78/E. Dzeko ‘56. Old Trafford: 74.037 spect.
- Manchester: T. Kuszczak;R. Ferdinand,N. Vidic,P. Evra,J. O’Shea;M. Carrick,Luis Valencia(82.D. Fletcher),R. Giggs,Anderson;M. Owen(20.D. Berbatov),W. Rooney.
- Wolfsburg: D. Benaglio;Ricardo Costa,A. Madlung,M. Schäfer,S. Riether;Z. Misimovic,C. Gentner,M. Hasebe(73.K. Ziani),Josue;Grafite(82.O. Martins),E. Dzeko.

*AC Milan - FC Zürich 0-1 (0-1)./H. Tihinen ‘10. Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: 45.981 spect.
- AC Milan: M. Storari;A. Nesta(60.O. Onyewu),M. Jankulovski,K. Kaladze;A. Pirlo,M. Flamini(45.G. Zambrotta),C. Seedorf(45.Ronaldinho),M. Ambrosini;I. Abate;F. Inzaghi,Alexandre Pato.
- FC Zürich: J. Leoni;A. Rochat(80.F. Stahel),H. Barmettler,H. Tihinen,P. Koch;D. Djuric(86.A. Alphonse),X. Margairaz,S. Aegerter,M. Gajic;O. Okonkwo;J. Vonlanthen(76.A. Nikci).

*Real Madrid - Olympique Marseille 3-0 (0-0).Cristiano Ronaldo ‘58,’64;Kaka (pen)’61. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu: 73.000 spect.
- Real Madrid: I. Casillas;Sergio Ramos(72.E. Garay),R. Albiol,Pepe,Marcelo;Kaka(78.Raúl),Xabi Alonso,Cristiano Ronaldo(70.G. Higuaín),Guti;F. Gago,K. Benzema.
- Marseille: S. Mandanda;G. Heinze,L. Bonnart,S. Diawara ‘60,T. Taiwo;Lucho González,F. Abriel(62.J. Rodriguez),B. Cheyrou,S. Mbia;M. Niang(87.H. Ben Arfa),F. Morientes(63.Brandão).

*APOEL Nicosia - Chelsea FC 0-1 (0-1)./N. Anelka ‘18. Neo GSP (Strovolos): 20.000 spect.
- APOEL Nicosia: D. Chiotis;B. Grncarov,C. Kontis,Nuno Morais,A.Haxhi;K.Charalambidis(85.Jean Paulista),S. Poursaitidis,C.Michael(80.M. Breska),N.Alexandrou(58.K. Kosowski);Helio Pinto,N.Mirosavljevic.
- Chelsea FC: P. Cech;A. Cole,J. Terry,Ricardo Carvalho,J. Belletti(68.Deco);B. Ivanovic,F. Lampard,F. Malouda,M. Essien;S. Kalou(80.J. Cole),N. Anelka.

*FC Porto - Atlético Madrid 2-0 (0-0).Radamel Falcao ‘75;Rolando ‘82. Estádio Do Dragão: 45.391 spect.
- FC Porto: Helton;B. Alves,J. Fucile,Rolando,Álvaro Pereira;Mariano(90.D. Valeri),R. Meireles,F. Belluschi,T. Costa(67.Fredy Guarin);Radamel Falcao(88.E. Farias),Hulk.
- Atlético Madrid: R. Jiménez(25.David De Gea);T. Ujfalusi,Juanito,Pablo Ibanez,L. Perea;Simão(69.Maxi Rodríguez),J. Jurado(80.J. Reyes),P. Assunção,Cléber Santana;S. Aguero,D. Forlán.

"owww!"

Wasn’t expecting that. Not at all. Well. Ok, maybe from watching the game you could argue that after Defoe took his goal with a bicycle kick, (something that would cause the majority of Spurs fans to erupt in one way or another); the fact that Berbatov had obviously dived to gain the free kick that Giggs slotted home was a trifle unfair. Simply put; there was no contact whatsoever and Berbatov went down like Newcastle. Without much grace whatsoever. Despite the fact that any Manchester United game will involve the referee being crowded round by a flock of Manchester United players pleading for ‘injustice’ to be punished fiercely. What’s more with Wilson’s here-or-there challenge being deemed worthy of a yellow card in the second half; his withdrawal caused us all sorts of problems in the midfield as once again we found ourselves clutching at straws in the midfield.

For the most part; we would have been lucky to have nabbed a draw; and whether these decisions have altered the game either way are besides the point. What was noticed was that with our two star players out for the majority of the game; and with accumulated fatigue blighting the rest of our internationally productive squad; it was a bit of a nightmare. All things considered I’d rather we have dropped points to Manchester United at this stage than one of our more close rivals; and with the squad waking from their ‘dream’ start; we can now get down the pragmatic reality of the rest of the  season. If I were a sneaky minded Sir Alex Ferguson I may have targeted Palacios for a shady yellow; and worked towards dissecting the team through set pieces. But that would be too much of a coincidence wouldn’t it?

On the bright side; who would you rather have in white; Defoe or Berbatov? Yeah; I thought you’d like that question.

For Chelsea away; I would hope that the plan would be to maximize the cohesiveness of the squad in attempt to get something from the game; prior to heading into more of the business end of the season; as we find ourselves having to take points from the likes of Sunderland and Bolton.

Player Ratings

Cudicini – 6.7 – Looked good between the sticks; and managed to avert a rout with some fine shot stopping saves. Can’t help but think that Gomes would have been able to reach both of the goals though; as he has saved similar before last season. For me Gomes will be 1st choice for Chelsea if fit. As he is potentially the better keeper once he sorts out his composure issues.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto – 6.0 – Looked fine going forward, and alright at the back defensively. Though he was not really a dissuading influence; as play seemed to find itself down the wing more often than not. That on top of a busy midfield; caused us our problems today.

Bassong – 6.2 – Bread and butter defending for Seb today; though Anderson’s goal was the product of a sloppy clearance that should have been closed down faster. Simply put it’s those kind of chances you cannot afford to put on a plate for teams in the sky 4.

King – 5.8 – Looked slightly leggy from recovery of his groin injury; however was a far better option at the back that moving Corluka over and playing Hutton; as Corluka’s inconsistency at centre-back can always cause problems.

Corluka -5.9 – Looked fairly composed at the back until he had a ring ran around him leading to a goal. Whilst it is fair to say that his cool head under pressure has saved us many times; he must be more ccareful of complacency; as he has the potential to be resolute if he concentrates better.

Lennon – 6.2 – Taken out of the game for the most part; people now know what he is capable of so as such he needs to shake up his game a bit; which he is doing by being more explosive and unpredictable. Sadly didn’t happen too much for him today.

Palacios – 6.7 – Looked great today until he received his booking and was subsequently taken off the pitch as a precaution; whilst the replay displayed his innocent. His absence in the second half was evident due to our lack of industry. He didn’t look good on the bench whatsoever.

Huddlestone – 6.3 – Looks great partnering Wilson; as he knows he has a safety net and can play his game. With Wilson sitting out the second half, Tom found himself in charge of giving Fletcher and Anderson the run around. Whilst he’s getting quicker. He’s not that quick yet.

Keane – 5.6 – He’s not a winger. Hasn’t got the skill to really take on players with more that two touches at the moment; and as such was a pretty useless option on the left. Doesn’t look like he has those twenty goals a season in him anymore either.

Defoe – 6.5 – Great bicycle kick to put the early pressure on Utd, and had a fair few chances to make an impact with a few saved shots. If we can crack the service to him in the way that our wingers have, down the middle then the goals will keep coming. It’s a bit of a shame to see him isolated when the centre of the field are having problems.

Crouch – 6.0 – Had a few good chances to score; and he always will in a game, because of his physique and first touch. However he’s pretty useless holding up the ball in the middle third and with our play pressured by their high defensive line; and a particularly aggressive Mr. Vidic. He didn’t find the net today.

SUBS

Jenas – 5.8 – Flattered to deceive. Had one opportunity on goal which was saved well; but otherwise finds himself anxious with a lack of craft on the ball. Soon to be replaced by…

Krancjar – 6.0 – A bit nervy with his passing on his debut; but looking a far better option that Jenas once he nails down the centre/attacking midfield role in our squad. First touch has the potential to be very useful.

Hutton – 6.3 – For me; he’s becoming the first choice right-back the more and more he plays. Not quite showing his true potential yet; but could give Charlie problems if he doesn’t sharpen up.

Next Game: Chelsea Away – Building on the weak performance here will be the task in hand. Anything take from the game should be seen as a bonus. In other news; it is rumoured that the Sandro deal will be completed in the January window; which means that there won’t be so much pressure on Wilson towards the end of the season.

Il campionato è fermo per le nazionali e noi guardiamo un pò al calcio in generale, in Premier League per la precisione.

E’ di questi giorni la notizia che il CRC (Camera per la risoluzione delle controversie) della FIFA ha punito il Chelsea per tesseramento scorretto.
Cosa è successo? Nel 2007 i Blues hanno tesserato Gael Kakuta dal Lens (campionato francese) in modo definito scorretto.
La penalità? Il Chelsea non potrà prendere parte alle prossime 2 sessioni di mercato. In pratica Carletto Ancellotti dovrà accontentarsi dell’attuale rosa sino a Gennaio 2011.

Ovvio che il Chelsea abbia già annunciato ricorso, al Tas di Losanna, contro la sentenza, quindi aspettiamoci degli sviluppo.

Nel frattempo sembra che anche il Manchester Utd possa incorrere in una sentenza simile.

Infatti lo scorso luglio i diavoli rossi di Ser Ferguson hanno cercato di ingaggiare il capitano dell’Under 16 francese Paul Podga, in modo ritenuto scorretto dal Le Havre, club che detiene il cartellino del ragazzo.
Sembra che il CRC della FIFA stia appunto vagliando la situazione e che possa pronunciarsi con una sentenza simile a quella contro i Blues.

Chelsea goleó 3 a 0 al Burnley y se mantiene como líder absoluto de la Premier League junto con Tottenham, que ganó su respectivo encuentro ante Birmingham (2-1). Además, Manchester United derrotó al Arsenal y es tercero, mientras que el City, de la mano de Adebayor, se impuso por 1 a 0 al Portsmouth y sigue acechando la cima.

El Chelsea logró su cuarto triunfo consecutivo en igual cantidad de fechas disputadas en la Liga inglesa, tras vencer comodamente al Burnley por 3 a 0. El francés Nicolas Anelka, el alemán Michael Ballack y el inglés Ashley Cole, anotaron los goles que permitieron al elenco dirigido por Carlos Ancelotti llegar a los 12 puntos. Tottenham tampoco se quedó atrás y consiguió un sacrificado triunfo ante Birmingham (2-1), con tantos de Peter Crouch y Aaron Lennon.

Manchester United por su parte, se quedó con uno de los clásicos del fútbol inglés, al ganarle por 2 a 1 al Arsenal. El ruso Andrei Arshavin abrió la cuenta para los “Gunners”, pero un gol de Wayne Rooney y otro del centrocampista Diaby en contra, le dieron la victoria a los “Reds” que ahora se mantienen a tres unidades de los punteros.

El Manchester City sigue dando de qué hablar en la Liga inglesa. Los dirigidos por Mark Hughes superaron por la mínima al Portsmouth con un solitario tanto del togolés Emmanuel Adebayor en la primera parte. Con este resultado, el equipo de Carlos Tévez -quien fue titular- suma nueve puntos y se ubica cuarto, aunque con un encuentro menos.

A su vez, Liverpool, con los argentinos Javier Mascherano y Emiliano Insúa de titulares, se recuperó de su mal comienzo y revirtió con esfuerzo un 3-2 ante el Bolton. Las conquistas del británico Glen Johnson, del español Fernando Torres y de Steven Gerrard, dieron la alegría al equipo de Rafael Benítez que escaló a la séptima posición.

Otros resultados: Stoke 1 Sunderland 0, Wolverhampton 1 Hull City 1, Blackburn 0 West Ham 0, Everton 2 Wigan 1, Aston Villa 2 Fulham 0

Posiciones: Chelsea y Tottenham 12 pts ; Manchester Utd. 9; Manchester City (*) 9; Stoke 7; Arsenal (*), Liverpool, Aston Villa (*), Sunderland y Burnley con 6; West Ham (*) 4; Birmingham, Wolverhampton y Hull 4; Fulham (*), Everton (*) y Wigan 3; Blackburn (*) 1; Bolton (*) y Portsmouth 0.

(*) Tienen un partido pendiente por la segunda fecha.

60,657 filled Goodison Park on a tuesday evening to see Denis Law score his 100th goal for Manchester United. United won the league game 2-1 and went on to win the league. Law who scored both goals finished the season as United’s top scorer with 23 goals from 36 games.

I can sit for hours and argue that a good coach can mean the difference between winning and losing, and then a good coach makes the headlines by struggling at their new club.

The victory by Burnley over Manchester Utd is important for coaches of youth teams for a number of reasons. First Manchester Utd lost! But seriously I can take this result with me and talk to my players about it at training.

Burnley beat Man Utd… Never! they would have said before the game. Now they can see that you can beat the unbeatable teams at the top of the league. It can help inspire them to great feats over their own unbeatable teams they will face in the coming season.

But it also shows how tactics and good coaching can produce results like this. Pitting your wits against Sir Alex Ferguson is difficult at the best of times but playing him with a less gifted team is a nightmare and yet Owen Coyle the Burnley manager has managed to do it.

He has got Burnley promoted and now they are gracing the Premier League with style and good football. I will watch them with interest over the coming months. And especially when Burnley go to Old Trafford and see what Sir Alex Ferguson has in store for them next time.

Prima vittoria in Inghilterra per lo Special Carl. Il Chelsea di Carlo Ancelotti, infatti, ha vinto il Community Shield e il tecnico italiano ha cominciato col piede giusto l’avventura  alla guida del Chelsea. I blues hanno battuto il Machester Utd 6-3 ai calci di rigore, dopo il 2-2 dei tempi regolamentari,  aggiudicandosi la supercoppa inglese nella sfida disputata a Wembley.

Il Manchester è passato in vantaggio al 10′ con il portoghese  Nani, che ha sbloccato il risultato con un diagonale di destro. Il  Chelsea ha pareggiato al 52′ con Ricardo Carvalho: il difensore ha  firmato l’1-1 con un colpo di testa dopo l’uscita del portiere dei red devils, Ben Foster. Il 2-1 è maturato al 71′ tra le polemiche. Il  Manchester, con Patrice Evra finito a terra dopo un contatto con  Ballack, ha prestato il fianco al contropiede degli avversari. Franck Lampard, dal cuore dell’area di rigore, ha calciato e ha piegato le  mani all’estremo difensore avversario. Lo United ha protestato per lo scarso fair play dei rivali. L’arbitro Chris Foy non ha ravvisato irregolarità nell’azione e, evidentemente, ha ritenuto che Evra  avesse accentuato gli effetti del contrato.

Il Manchester, nonostante l’evidente nervosismo, è riuscito a  raddrizzare la situazione in pieno recupero: al 92′ Wayne Rooney,  servito da Ryan Giggs, ha battuto Petr Cech con un morbido tocco di  sinistro firmando il 2-2 e rinviando il verdetto ai rigori. Le telecamere hanno colto la smorfia di delusione di Ancelotti,  evidentemente irritato per l’ingenuità commessa dalla sua difesa. La  festa dei blues, però, è stata rinviata solo di qualche minuto. Per il Chelsea, dal dischetto hanno fatto centro Lampard, Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba e Salomon Kalou. Cech, battuto solo da Michael Carrick, ha fatto il resto parando i rigori di Ryan Giggs e Evra.

So we’re warming up for the new football season here in the UK, with teams across the country getting in some pre-season friendlies and generally trying to get fit again.

Millwall have the potential hangover of a playoff final defeat lingering but the signs seem good so far in pre-season.

One problem we will have is with our defence depending on how the next few days/weeks pan out.

With our captain Paul Robinson and right back Danny Senda both injured it doesn’t help that Zak Whitbread wants a transfer (not takers so far though) as it effectively leaves us with 4 or 5 defenders to fill 4 positions… which just isn’t enough. Hopefully we may sign a few more players before the season starts on Saturday.

And it’s a tough game, Southampton away – one of the ‘big three’ (Southampton, Norwich, Charlton) who were relegated from the Championship last year.

Add in Leeds, MK Dons, Tranmere and Oldham (amongst others) and League One is shaping up to be very competetive indeed.

I’m tipping Leeds and MK Dons for automatic and hoping we can make the playoffs again and maybe win it this time.

In the Championship it’s all about Newcastle – either they are tipped for the title or generally being laughed at. I don’t think they will get automatic but they have enough strength in depth to make the playoffs… depending on who they put in charge.

For the other teams that came down I expect West Brom will be up there and for Middlesbrough I think it hinges on the impact of Alves and new signing Leroy Lita. If those two fire there is no reason they can’t push for promotion straight back up.

Reading and Derby will both be dangerous and it’ll be interesting to see what Roy Keane gets out of the players at Ipswich.

In the Premier League the apparent loss of Alonso at Liverpool will really hurt their title chances despite the threat of Gerrard and Torres.

Manchester United will have to work extra hard to retain the title, although the shrewd signing of Michael Owen could tip the balance in their favour if he stays fit. Chelsea’s new coach has a lot of work to do but has the squad to push even harder for the title in 2010, along with that elusive Champions League trophy.

You can never write off Arsenal but their 4th place is really under threat from the likes of Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City and even Spurs.

I suspect Hull have had their time in the Premier League unless Jimmy Bullard returns in top form and I’d tip Burnley (as much as I’d love them to stay up) and Wolves or Wigan to join them in the drop – but there will be plenty of teams dragged into the fight.

Down in League Two it seems to be another competitive, tight league and I suspect you’ll be looking at three from Barnet, Bournemouth, Dagenham & Redbridge, Crewe, Rotherham, and Bradford for the promotion places but I expect Northampton and Port Vale to also be strong.

Grimsby need a change of fortunes to avoid being sucked out of the league along with Shrewsbury who have been treading water in League Two of late.

It’ll be interesting to see if Burton and Torquay can survive, with the latter looking more likely.

It’s looking like a great season ahead in all the leagues and I’ll be keeping an interested eye on everything that’s going on as the season progresses.

Day 1 – Saturday 15th August 2009

Chelsea FC - Hull City AFC 2-1 (1-1).D.Drogba ‘37,’90/ S.Hunt ‘28.
Aston Villa FC - Wigan Athletic 0-2 (0-1).H.Rodallega ‘31;J.Koumas ‘56.
Blackburn Rovers - Manchester City 0-2 (0-1)./E.Adebayor ‘3;S.Ireland ‘90.
Bolton Wanderers - Sunderland FC 0-1 (0-1)./D. Bent ‘5.
Portsmouth FC - Fulham FC 0-1(0-1)./B. Zamora ‘13.
Stoke City - Burnley FC 2-0 (2-0).R.Shawcross ‘19;S.Jordan (OG) ‘33.
Woverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United 0-2 (0-1)./M. Noble ‘22;M. Upson ‘69.
Everton FC - Arsenal FC 1-6 (0-3).L. Saha ‘90/Denilson ‘26;T. Vermaelen ‘37;W. Gallas ‘41;Cesc Fábregas ‘48,’70; Eduardo Da Silva ‘89.
- Sunday 16th August 2009
Manchester United – Birmingham City FC 1-0(1-0).W. Rooney ‘34.
Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool FC 2-1 (1-0).B.Assou-Ekotto ‘44;S.Bassong ‘59/S.Gerrard (pen) ‘56.

Day 2 – 18th-19th August 2009

-Tue 18th August 2009
Sunderland – Chelsea FC 1-3 (1-0).D.Bent ‘18/M.Ballack ‘52;F.Lampard ‘61(pen);Deco ‘70.
Wigan Athletic - Wolverhampton 0-1 (0-1)./A.Keogh ‘6.
-Wed 19th August 2009
Birmingham City – Portsmouth 1-0 (0-0).McFadden ‘90(pen).
Burnley - Manchester Utd 1-0 (1-0).R.Blake ‘19.
Hull City - Tottenham 1-5 (1-3).S.Hunt ‘25/J.Defoe ‘10,’44,’90;W.Palacios ‘14;R.Keane ‘78.
Liverpool FC - Stoke City 4-0 (2-0).F.Torres ‘4;G.Johnson ‘44;D.Kuyt ‘78;D.NGog ‘90.
Arsenal FC – Bolton -PSTP-
West Ham Utd – Aston Villa 2-1 (1-0).M.Noble (pen)’44;Z.Hines ‘90/A.Young ‘52. (4 November)
Fulham – Blackburn 3-0 (1-0).E.Nevland ‘43;C.Dempsey ‘67,’88. (25 November 2009)
Manchester City -Everton FC -PSTP-

Day 3 – Sat 22nd August 2009

Arsenal FC - Portsmouth 4-1 (2-1).A.Diaby ‘18;’21;W.Gallas ‘51;A.Ramsay ‘68/Y.Kaboul ‘37.
Birmingham - Stoke City 0-0.
Hull City - Bolton 1-0 (0-0).K. Ghilas ‘61.
Manchester City - Wolverhampton 1-0 (1-0).E. Adebayor ‘17.
Sunderland - Blackburn 2-1 (1-1).K. Jones ‘32;’53/G. Givet ‘21.
Wigan Athletic - Manchester Utd 0-5 (0-0).W.Rooney ‘56;’65;D.Berbatov ‘58;M.Owen ‘85;Nani ‘90.
-Sun 23rd August 2009
West Ham United – Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 (0-0).C.Cole ‘49/J.Defoe ‘54;A.Lennon ‘79.
Burnley - Everton FC 1-0 (1-0).W. Elliott ‘34.
Fulham FC - Chelsea FC 0-2 (0-1)./D.Drogba ‘39;N.Anelka ‘76.
-Mon 24th August 2009
Liverpool FC – Aston Villa 1-3 (0-2).F.Torres ‘72/Lucas (OG)’34;C.Davies ‘44;A.Young ‘75.

Day 4 – Sat29th August 2009

Chelsea FC – Burnley 3-0 (1-0).N.Anelka ‘44;M.Ballack ‘47;A.Cole ‘52.
Blackburn Rovers - West Ham United 0-0.
Bolton Wanderers – Liverpool FC 2-3 (1-1).K.Davies ‘33;T.Cohen ‘47/G.Johnson ‘47;F.Torres ‘56;
S. Gerrard ‘83.
Stoke City - Sunderland 1-0 (1-0).D.Kitson ‘43.
Tottenham Hotspur – Birmingham City 2-1 (0-0).P.Crouch ‘72;A.Lennon ‘90/L.Bowyer ‘75.
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Hull City 1-1 (0-1).R.Stearman ‘46/Geovanni ‘3.
Manchester United – Arsenal FC 2-1 (0-1).W.Rooney (pen)’59;A.Diaby (OG)’64/A.Arshavin ‘40.
- Sun 30th August
Portsmouth – Manchester City 0-1 (0-1)./E.Adebayor ‘30.
Everton FC - Wigan Athletic 2-1 (0-0).L.Saha ‘63;L.Baines (pen)’90/P.Scharner ‘57.
Aston Villa - Fulham FC 2-0 (1-0).J.Pantsil (OG)’3;G.Agbonlahor ‘60.

Day 5 – Sat12th September 2009

Blackburn Rovers – Wolverhampton 3-1 (1-0).El-Hadji Diouf ‘19;J.Roberts ‘56;D.Dunn ‘63/S.Maierhofer ‘88.
Liverpool FC – Burnley 4-0 (2-0).Y. Benayoun ‘27,’61,’82;D. Kuyt ‘41.
Manchester City - Arsenal FC 4-2 (1-0).Almunia (OG) ‘20;C.Bellamy ‘75;E.Adebayor ‘80;
S.Wright-Phillips ‘84/R.van Persie ‘62;T.Rosicky ‘88.
Portsmouth FC – Bolton Wanderers 2-3 (1-2).Y.Kaboul ‘25;K.Boateng ‘63/T.Cohen ‘13;
M.Taylor (pen)’41;G.Cahill ‘89.
Stoke City - Chelsea FC 1-2 (1-1).Abdoulaye Fayé ‘32/D.Drogba ‘44;F.Malouda ‘90.
Sunderland - Hull City 4-1 (1-1).D.Bent (pen)’13,’66;A.Reid ‘49;K.Zayatte (OG)’75/K.Zayatte ‘44.
Wigan Athletic – West Ham United 1-0 (0-0).H. Rodallega ‘55.
Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester United 1-3 (1-2).J.Defoe ‘1/R.Giggs ‘25;Anderson ‘41;W.Rooney ‘78.
Sunday -13 September
Birmingham City – Aston Villa 0-1 (0-0)./G. Agbonlahor ‘85.
Fulham – Everton FC 2-1 (0-1).P.Konchesky ‘57;D.Duff ‘79/T.Cahill ‘33.

Day 6 – Sat19th September 2009
Burnley – Sunderland 3-1 (1-1).G.Alexander (pen)’13;D.Nugent ‘67,’86/D.Bent ‘39.
Arsenal - Wigan Athletic 4-0 (1-0).T.Vermaelen ‘25,’49;Eduardo Da Silva ‘59;Cesc Fábregas ‘90.
Aston Villa - Portsmouth 2-0 (2-0).J.Milner (pen)’34;G.Agbonlahor ‘43.
Bolton Wanderers - Stoke City 1-1 (0-0).M.Taylor (pen)’88/D.Kitson ‘53.
Hull City - Birmingham City 0-1 (0-0)./G. O’Connor ‘75.
West Ham United - Liverpool 2-3 (2-2).A.Diamanti (pen)’29;C.Cole ‘44/F.Torres ‘20,’75;D.Kuyt ‘41.
-Sunday 20 September
Manchester United – Manchester City 4-3 (1-1).W.Rooney ‘2;D.Fletcher ‘49,’81;M.Owen ‘90/G.Barry ‘16;
C.Bellamy ‘52,’89.
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Fulham 2-1 (1-0).K.Doyle ‘18;D.Edwards ‘50/D.Murphy (pen)’66.
Everton - Blackburn Rovers 3-0 (1-0).L. Saha ‘22,’54;J. Yobo ‘58.
Chelsea - Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 (1-0).A.Cole ‘32;M.Ballack ‘58;D.Drogba ‘63.

Day 7 – Sat26th September 2009

Portsmouth – Everton 0-1 (0-1)./L. Saha ‘42.
Birmingham City - Bolton Wanderers 1-2 (0-1).K.Phillips ‘84/T.Cohen ‘10;C.Y. Lee ‘86.
Blackburn Rovers - Aston Villa 2-1 (1-1).C.Samba ‘24;D.Dunn (pen)’88/G.Agbonlahor ‘3.
Liverpool - Hull City 6-1 (2-1).F.Torres ‘12,’28,’47;S.Gerrard ‘61;R.Babel ‘88,’90/Geovanni ‘15.
Stoke City - Manchester United 0-2 (0-0)./D.Berbatov ‘62;J.O’Shea ‘77.
Tottenham Hotspur - Burnley 5-0 (2-0).Robbie Keane (pen)’18,’74,’77,’87;J.Jenas ‘33.
Wigan Athletic - Chelsea 3-1 (1-0).T.Bramble ‘16;H.Rodallega (pen)’53;P.Scharner ‘90/D.Drogba ‘47.
Fulham - Arsenal 0-1 (0-0)./R. van Persie ‘52.
- Sun27th September
Sunderland - Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-2 (1-0).D.Bent (pen)’8;K.Jones (pen)’47,’70;M.Turner ‘73;
M. Mancienne (OG)’90/J.Mensah (OG)’50;K.Doyle ‘55.
- Mon28th September
Manchester City - West Ham United 3-1 (2-1).C.Tévez ‘5,’61;M.Petrov ‘32/C.Cole ‘24.

Day 8 – Sat3rd October 2009

Bolton Wanderers – Tottenham Hotspur 2-2(1-1).R.Gardner ‘4;K.Davies ‘69/N.Kranjcar ‘34;V.Corluka ‘73.
Burnley - Birmingham City 2-1(0-0).S.Fletcher ‘53;A.Bikey ‘62/S.Larsson ‘90.
Hull City - Wigan Athletic 2-1(0-0).J.Vennegoor of Hesselink ‘60;Geovanni ‘68/S.Sinclair ‘87.
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Portsmouth 0-1(0-1)./H. Yebda ‘19.
Manchester United – Sunderland 2-2(0-1).D.Berbatov ‘51;A.Ferdinand (OG)’90/D.Bent ‘7;K.Jones ‘58.
-Sun4th October
Arsenal - Blackburn Rovers 6-2 (3-2).T.Vermaelen ‘17;R.van Persie ‘33;A.Arshavin ‘37;Cesc Fábregas ‘57;T.Walcott ‘75;N.Bendtner ‘89/S.Nzonzi ‘4;D.Dunn ‘30.
Everton - Stoke City 1-1 (0-0).L.Osman ‘55/R.Huth ‘50.
West Ham United - Fulham 2-2 (1-0).C.Cole ‘16;J.Stanislas ‘90/D.Murphy (pen)’47;Z.Gera ‘57.
Chelsea - Liverpool 2-0 (0-0).N.Anelka ‘60;F.Malouda ‘90.
-Mon5th October
Aston Villa - Manchester City 1-1 (1-0).R.Dunne ‘15/C.Bellamy ‘67.

Day 9 – Sat17th October 2009

Aston Villa - Chelsea 2-1 (1-1).R.Dunne ‘32;J.Collins ‘52/D.Drogba ‘15.
Arsenal - Birmingham City 3-1 (2-1).R. van Persie ‘16;A.Diaby ‘18;A.Arshavin ‘85/L.Bowyer ‘38.
Everton - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 (0-0).D.Bilyaletdinov ‘88/K.Doyle ‘76.
Manchester United - Bolton Wanderers 2-1 (2-0).Z.Knight (OG)’5;L.Valencia ‘33/M.Taylor ‘75.
Portsmouth - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 (0-2).K.Boateng ‘60/L.King ‘29;J.Defoe ‘45.
Stoke City - West Ham United 2-1 (1-1).J.Beattie (pen)’11,’70/M.Upson ‘35.
Sunderland - Liverpool 1-0 (1-0).D. Bent ‘5.
-Sun18th October
Blackburn Rovers – Burnley 3-2 (3-1).D.Dunn ‘9;F. di Santo ‘21;P.Chimbonda ‘43/R.Blake ‘5;C.Eagles ‘90.
Wigan Athletic - Manchester City 1-1 (1-0).C.N’Zogbia ‘44/M.Petrov ‘47.
-Mon19th October
Fulham - Hull City 2-0 (1-0).B.Zamora ‘43;D.Kamara ‘64.

Day 10 – Sat24th October 2009

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Aston Villa 1-1 (0-0).S.Ebanks-Blake (pen)’83/G.Agbonlahor ‘79.
Birmingham City - Sunderland 2-1 (1-0).L.Ridgewell ‘38;J.McFadden ‘48/S.Dann (OG)’82.
Burnley - Wigan Athletic 1-3 (1-1).S.Fletcher ‘4/H.Rodallega ‘11,’51;E.Boyce ‘76.
Hull City - Portsmouth 0-0.
Tottenham Hotspur - Stoke City 0-1 (0-0)./G. Whelan ‘86.
Chelsea – Blackburn Rovers 5-0 (1-0).G.Givet (OG)’20;F.Lampard ‘48,(pen)’59;M.Essien ‘52;D.Drogba ‘64.
-Sun25th October
Bolton Wanderers – Everton 3-2 (2-1).C.Y. Lee ‘16;G.Cahill ‘27;I.Klasnic ‘86/L.Saha ‘32;M.Fellaini ‘55.
Liverpool - Manchester United 2-0 (0-0).F.Torres ‘65;D.N’Gog ‘90.
Manchester City - Fulham 2-2 (0-0).J.Lescott ‘54;M.Petrov ‘60/D.Duff ‘62;C.Dempsey ‘68.
West Ham United - Arsenal 2-2 (0-2).C.Cole ‘74;A.Diamanti (pen)’80/R.van Persie ‘16;W.Gallas ‘37.

Day 11 – Sat31 October 2009

Arsenal FC – Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 (2-0).R. van Persie ‘42,’60;Cesc Fábregas ‘43.
Bolton Wanderers – Chelsea FC 0-4 (0-1)./F.Lampard (pen)’44;Deco ‘61;Z.Knight (OG)’82;D.Drogba ‘90.
Burnley - Hull City 2-0 (1-0).G. Alexander (pen)’20,’77.
Everton FC - Aston Villa 1-1 (1-0).D.Bilyaletdinov ‘44/J.Carew ‘46.
Fulham FC - Liverpool FC 3-1 (1-1).B.Zamora ‘24;E.Nevland ‘73;C.Dempsey ‘87/F.Torres ‘42.
Portsmouth - Wigan Athletic 4-0 (2-0).A.Dindane ‘35,’64(pen)’90;F.Piquionne ‘44.
Stoke City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 (2-0).G.Elokobi (OG)’17;M.Etherington ‘44/J.Craddock ‘47,’64.
Sunderland – West Ham United 2-2 (1-2).A.Reid ‘39;K.Richardson ‘76/G.Franco ‘30;C.Cole ‘36.
Manchester United - Blackburn Rovers 2-0 (0-0).D.Berbatov ‘55;W.Rooney ‘87.
-Sun 1st November
Birmingham City - Manchester City 0-0.

Day 12 – Sat7th November

Aston Villa – Bolton Wanderers 5-1 (2-1).A.Young ‘5;G.Agbonlahor ‘43;J.Carew ‘53;J.Milner ‘72;C.Cuéllar ‘76/
J.Elmander ‘44.
Blackburn Rovers - Portsmouth 3-1 (0-1).J.Roberts ‘53,’86;R.Nelsen ‘73/J.O Hara ‘15.
Manchester City – Burnley 3-3 (1-2).S.Wright-Phillips ‘43;K.Toure ‘55;C.Bellamy ‘58/G.Alexander (pen)’19;S.Fletcher ‘32;K.McDonald ‘87.
Tottenham Hotspur - Sunderland 2-0 (1-0).R.Keane ‘12;T.Huddlestone ‘68/
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Arsenal FC 1-4 (0-3).J.Craddock ‘89/R.Zubar (OG)’28;J.Craddock (OG)’35;Cesc Fábregas ‘44;A.Arshavin ‘66.
-Sun 8th November
Hull City - Stoke City 2-1 (0-1).S.Olofinjana ‘62;J.Vennegoor of Hesselink ‘90/M.Etherington ‘29.
West Ham United - Everton FC 1-2 (0-1).T.Hibbert (OG)’65/L.Saha ‘27;D.Gosling ‘64.
Wigan Athletic - Fulham FC 1-1 (1-1).E.Boyce ‘13/C. Dempsey (pen)’38.
Chelsea FC - Manchester United 1-0 (0-0).J. Terry ‘76.
-Mon 9th November
Liverpool FC – Birmingham City 2-2 (1-2).D.N’Gog ‘13;S.Gerrard (pen)’72/C.Benítez ‘26;C.Jerome ‘44.

Day 13 – Sat 21st November 2009

Liverpool – Manchester City 2-2 (0-0).M.Skrtel ‘50;Y.Benayoun ‘77/E.Adebayor ‘69;S.Ireland ‘76.
Birmingham City - Fulham 1-0 (1-0).L. Bowyer ‘16.
Burnley - Aston Villa 1-1 (1-0).S.Caldwell ‘9/E.Heskey ‘86.
Chelsea - Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 (3-0).F.Malouda ‘5;M.Essien ‘12,’22;J.Cole ‘56.
Hull City – West Ham United 3-3 (3-2).C.Cole (OG)’27;K.Zayatte ‘44;J.Bullard (pen)’45/G.Franco ‘5;
J.Collison ‘11;Manuel da Costa ‘69.
Sunderland - Arsenal 1-0 (0-0).D. Bent ‘71.
Manchester United - Everton 3-0 (1-0).D.Fletcher ‘35;M.Carrick ‘67;L.Valencia ‘76.
-Sun 22nd November
Bolton Wanderers - Blackburn Rovers 0-2 (0-1)./D.Dunn ‘32;S.Ricketts (OG)’73.
Tottenham Hotspur - Wigan Athletic 9-1 (1-0).P.Crouch ‘9;J.Defoe ‘51,’54,’58,’69,’87;A.Lennon ‘64;
C.Kirkland (OG)’88;N.Kranjcar ‘90/P.Scharner ‘57.
Stoke City - Portsmouth 1-0 (0-0).R. Fuller ‘74.

Day 14 – Saturday 28th November 2009

Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City 0-0.
Fulham FC - Bolton Wanderers 1-1 (0-1).D.Duff ‘75/I.Klasnic ‘35.
Manchester City - Hull City 1-1 (1-0).S.Wright-Phillips ‘44/J.Bullard (pen)’82.
Portsmouth – Manchester United 1-4 (1-1).K.Boateng (pen)’32/W.Rooney (pen)’25,’48,(pen)’54;R.Giggs ‘87.
West Ham United - Burnley 5-3 (3-0).J.Collison ‘18;J.Stanislas ‘33;C.Cole (pen)’43;G.Franco ‘51;Luis
Jiménez (pen)’64/S.Fletcher ‘68,’74;C.Eagles ‘90.
Wigan Athletic - Sunderland 1-0 (0-0).H. Rodallega ‘76.
Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 (1-0).G.Agbonlahor ‘10/M.Dawson ‘77.
-Sun 29th November 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Birmingham City 0-1 (0-1)./L. Bowyer ‘3.
Everton FC - Liverpool FC 0-2 (0-1)./J.Yobo (OG)’12;D.Kuyt ‘80.
Arsenal FC - Chelsea FC 0-3 (0-2)./D.Drogba ‘41,’86;T.Vermaelen (OG)’44.

Day – 15 Saturday 5th December 2009

Portsmouth – Burnley 2-0 (0-0).H.Hreidarsson ‘65;A.Dindane ‘84.
Arsenal - Stoke City 2-0 (1-0).A.Arshavin ‘26;A.Ramsey ‘79.
Aston Villa - Hull City 3-0 (2-0).R.Dunne ‘13;J.Milner ‘29;J. Carew (pen)’88.
Blackburn Rovers - Liverpool FC 0-0.
West Ham United – Manchester United 0-4 (0-1)./P.Scholes ‘44;D.Gibson ‘61;L.Valencia ‘71;W.Rooney ‘72.
Wigan Athletic – Birmingham City 2-3 (1-0).C.N’Zogbia ‘33;J.Gómez ‘89/S.Larsson ‘61,’72;C.Benítez ‘66;
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Bolton Wanderers 2-1 (1-0).J.Craddock ‘3;N.Milijas ‘63/J.Elmander ‘79.
Manchester City - Chelsea 2-1 (1-1).E.Adebayor ‘37;C.Tévez ‘56/E.Adebayor (OG)’8.
- Sun 6th December
Fulham - Sunderland 1-0 (1-0).B. Zamora ‘7.
Everton - Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 (0-0).L.Saha ‘78;T.Cahill ‘86/J.Defoe ‘47;M.Dawson ‘59.

Day 16 – Saturday 12th December 2009

Stoke City – Wigan 2-2 (1-1).Tuncay ‘37;R.Shawcross ‘74/E.Boyce ‘15;M.Figueroa ‘72.
Birmingham - West Ham 1-0 (0-0).L. Bowyer ‘52.
Bolton - Manchester City 3-3 (2-2).I.Klasnic ‘11,’53;G.Cahill ‘43/C.Tévez ‘28,’77;M.Richards ‘44.
Burnley - Fulham FC 1-1 (0-0).W.Elliott ‘60/B.Zamora ‘50.
Chelsea FC – Everton FC 3-3 (2-2).D.Drogba ‘18,’59;N.Anelka ‘23/P.Cech (OG)’12;Yakubu ‘44;L.Saha ‘53.
Hull City - Blackburn 0-0.
Sunderland - Portsmouth 1-1 (1-0).D.Bent ‘23/Y.Kaboul ‘90.
Tottenham - Wolverhampton 0-1 (0-1)./K. Doyle ‘3.
Manchester Utd - Aston Villa 0-1 (0-1)./G. Agbonlahor ‘21.
-Sun 13th December
Liverpool FC - Arsenal FC 1-2 (1-0).D.Kuyt ‘41/G.Johnson (OG)’50;A.Arshavin ‘58.

Day 17 – Tuesday 15th December 2009

Hull City – Everton FC 3-2 (3-0).S.Hunt ‘9;A.Dawson ‘20;D.Marney ‘28/K.Zayatte (OG)’49;L.Saha (pen)’65.(25th November)
Sunderland – Aston Villa 0-2 (0-1)./E.Heskey ‘24;J.Milner ‘61.
Birmingham - Blackburn 2-1 (1-0).C.Jerome ‘12,’48/R.Nelsen ‘69.
Bolton - West Ham 3-1 (0-0).Chung-Yong Lee ‘64;I.Klasnic ‘77;G.Cahill ‘88/A. Diamanti ‘69.
Manchester Utd - Wolverhampton 3-0 (2-0).W.Rooney (pen)’30;N.Vidic ‘43;L.Valencia ‘66.
-Wed 16th December
Burnley - Arsenal 1-1 (1-1).G.Alexander (pen)’28/Cesc Fábregas ‘7.
Chelsea - Portsmouth 2-1 (1-0).N.Anelka ‘23;F.Lampard (pen)’79/F.Piquionne ‘51.
Tottenham - Manchester City 3-0 (1-0).N.Kranjcar ‘37,’90;J.Defoe ‘54.
Liverpool - Wigan 2-1 (1-0).D.N’Gog ‘9;F.Torres ‘79/C.N’Zogbia ‘90.
Stoke City – Fulham -PSTP

Day 18 – Saturday 19th december 2009

Portsmouth – Liverpool FC 2-0 (1-0).N.Belhadj ‘33;F.Piquionne ‘82.
Aston Villa - Stoke City 1-0 (0-0).J. Carew ‘61.
Blackburn - Tottenham 0-2 (0-1)./P. Crouch ‘44,’83.
Fulham FC - Manchester Utd 3-0 (1-0).D.Murphy ‘22;B.Zamora ‘46;D.Duff ‘75.
Manchester City - Sunderland 4-3 (3-2).R.Santa Cruz ‘4,’69;C.Tévez (pen)’12;C.Bellamy ‘35/
J.Mensah ‘16;J.Henderson ‘24;K.Jones ‘62.
Arsenal FC - Hull City 3-0 (1-0).Denilson ‘44;Eduardo Da Silva ‘59;A.Diaby ‘80.
-Sun 20th December
Wolverhampton - Burnley 2-0 (1-0).N.Milijas ‘15;K.Doyle ‘50.
Everton - Birmingham City 1-1 (1-1).D.Bilyaletdinov ‘5/S.Larsson ‘22.
West Ham - Chelsea FC 1-1 (1-0).A.Diamanti (pen)’44/F.Lampard (pen)’61.
-Mon 21st December
Wigan - Bolton -PSTP

Day 19 – Saturday 26th December 2009

Birmingham – Chelsea FC 0-0.
Fulham FC - Tottenham 0-0.
West Ham - Portsmouth 2-0 (1-0).A.Diamanti (pen)’23;R.Kovac ‘89.
Burnley - Bolton 1-1 (0-1).D.Nugent ‘56/M.Taylor ‘29.
Manchester City - Stoke City 2-0 (2-0).M.Petrov ‘28;C.Tévez ‘44.
Sunderland - Everton FC 1-1 (1-0).D.Bent ‘17/M.Fellaini ‘85.
Wigan - Blackburn 1-1 (0-1).H.Rodallega ‘53/B.McCarthy ‘30.
Liverpool FC - Wolverhampton 2-0 (0-0).S.Gerrard ‘62;Y.Benayoun ‘70.
-Sun 27th December
Arsenal FC - Aston Villa
Hull City - Manchester Utd

Link : http://www.premierleague.com/

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

SCOTTISH football legend Jim Leishman is to become a grandad for the first time – just months after losing his wife to cancer.

Big Leish’s daughter Kate has delighted the former-Dunfermline manager with the news she is expecting a baby next year.

The Fife club’s director of football has admitted he is “chuffed to bits” about the impending debut from the new member of his family.

Mary Leishman passed away in February aged just 53 after being diagnosed with the killer disease last September.

Overwhelmed with support

Leishman – one of Scottish football’s most colourful characters – was by her side when Mary lost her fight for life on the loving couple’s 30th wedding anniversary.

At the time, the dad-of-two admitted he was overwhelmed with support after receiving hundreds of condolence messages from, among others, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Sir Alex Ferguson and the checkout girls at his local Asda.

Following his wife’s death Leishman helped to set up a charity in her honour and completed an 81-mile trek around Fife to raise cash last month.

Leishman, 55, said: “It’s great news and I’m really pleased for Kate and Gordon. We’ve told all our mates and everyone is chuffed to bits.

“[Following Mary’s death] it’s not all been bad and there have been a lot of pluses too.

“The walk was first class and I’m glad we’ve managed to raise so much money for the charity.”

Leishman was first appointed Pars manager in 1983 and led them to a lengthy stay in the Premier League.

He controversially left the club in 1990 and continued his managerial success by leading Livingston into the top flight for the first time in their history.

He returned to his beloved Dunfermline in 2004 as director of football and took over as interim manger for the last three games of the season saving the club from relegation in the process.

The following season he took the Pars to the Hampden for the League Cup final before returning to the post of director of football.

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

SCOTTISH rugby chiefs are following in the footsteps of the world’s top football clubs by installing state-of-the-art grow lights for their new Murrayfield pitch.

The artificial growth lighting system has been developed by a rose enthusiast in Holland who has transferred the pioneering concept to growing grass.

After a trial with his local side PSV Eindhoven the Dutch horticulturalist’s innovative system has been adopted by top football clubs including Manchester Utd, Barcelona and Celtic.

The mobile lighting arms are easy to manoeuvre around the pitch meaning they can be applied to specific parts of the playing surface.

The Home of Scottish Rugby’s surface was removed and recycled in May after the last tournament of the season – the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens Festival.

And just prior to last month’s huge Oasis gig at the stadium the entire area was re-seeded.

Major facelift

Mark Laidlaw, Murrayfield Stadium manager, said: “The pitch held up well last season and, with new lights, we will now be able to grow grass during the winter months, ensuring it will be in great shape for the seasons ahead.”

The Edinburgh stadium is also undergoing a major facelift with the removal and relocation of some of the ground’s turnstiles, along with a new welcome area.

A spokesman admitted the new turnstiles were a result of customer feedback, with many supporters claiming the existing turnstiles were too slow and unable to cope with the huge crowds the stadium regularly pulls.

Rugby chiefs have welcomed the “significant investment” which was announced yesterday. (Tues)

Inside the stadium, the hospitality areas are also to be refurbished and the developments will see improvement to the disabled facilities at the ground.

The new work follows on from the introduction of two high spec LED screens and digital scoreboards and the £2 million upgrading of Murrayfield’s four back pitches.

Concert ban demand

Moves have been made recently to ban major rock concerts from the stadium after last month’s Oasis gig descended into violence.

Residents complained about music fans’ anti-social behaviour and an emergency motion was put forward to the city’s council to prohibit any future events.

Councillors threw out the motion after deciding it was not an emergency matter and SRU bosses have warned a ban on concerts could cost Edinburgh businesses millions of pounds.

England’s chances of winning the World Cup in South Africa got a massive boost when Sir Alex Ferguson decided to take a huge gamble and sign Michael Owen.

Manchester Utd have not played with a goal poacher since Ruud van Nistelrooy was sold to Real Madrid and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hung up his boots.

But it will take all the coach’s finest attributes to change the fortune of a striker who has not scored since January and was unable to score goals to prevent Newcastle being relegated.

England could do with a fired up Owen if he finds his goal scoring touch again. There are few goal poachers in the England set up, indeed there are few in the English Premier League with the exception of Jermaine Defoe.

England manager Fabio Capello will be watching with interest. So will I. A coach can do such a lot for players and if Owen fits in at Manchester Utd expect to see a different player when he runs out on the pitch. At Newcastle his head was often down and that was evident in his play.

A coach can restore confidence and give a player their touch back. Remember when he was scoring goals for fun for England, Liverpool and Real Madrid? Here’s a reminder: