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Game of the week by a mile was this epic encounter between Fiorentina and Bayern Munich.
This battle between Champions League sides was poised going into the tie, with Bayern carrying a 2-1 lead from the home leg, until Fiorentina went and scored, putting them through if the match finished due to away goals.The first goal [...]

ITV are showing the FA Cup this season, after the annual payment lottery saw the event awarded to them.
As with many sports ITV show, it is often bandied around in pubs that “all the bloody ads” can tend to ruin the enjoyment of sport, whether by filling every available gap, or in the case of [...]

Watch in live online video as Arsenal take on Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium in the video above, then enjoy the highlights and match report later in the day.
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UEFA Cup time last night saw the resurgent Tottenham Hotspur – terriffic already under new manager Harry Redknapp – demolish Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 at White Hart Lane.
Spurs were well worth their win, and will be happy that Darren Bent is finally repaying those who backed him by scoring a hat-trick.
Huddlestone had another solic performance, not [...]

Arsenal played out a bore draw with their UEFA Champion’s League Group G rivals Fenerbahce to remain top. Arsenal were booed by their home supporters after watching a pallid game in which Robin van Persie missed a hat-full of chances.
We haven’t got any highlights of this game, perhaps because there weren’t many.
There isn’t much further [...]

Celtic took on Manchester United last night in their European Champion’s League Group E fixture and almost stole the show after Scott McDonald scored with a sublime lob on 13 minutes.
Traveling United fans must have been starting to get a little worried as it took United, despite much early dominence, until the 84th minute to [...]

Liverpool fans will feel a little lucky to have saved a point at home against Atletico Madrid last night in the UEFA Champion’s League given that it took them a 94th minute Steven Gerrard penalty to do so after failing to respond to Atletico’s first half goal.
The match, in truth, was a little dull largely [...]

Chelsea travelled to Rome last night on the back of some great perfromances, their loss against Liverpool aside, at the top of the Barclays Premier League. AS Roma have lost each of their last four league games. It seemed we were set up for another European Cup victory for Chelsea here in their UEFA Champions [...]

Before this game, it seemed as though both of these sides would lose. Fortunately, that’s not possible, so a draw looked the most likely result, until Joey Barton jumped off the prison bus to bang a penalty home after just 10 minutes played. Newcastle would double their lead before their shaky defense remembered what not [...]

Arsenal continued their chase for the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League title with a workmanlike 2-0 win over London rivals West Ham United.
Faubert scored an own goal on 75 minutes to give the Gunners the lead and Adabayor wrapped up the scoring in the first minute of injury time to give Arsenal a two goal advantage.
West [...]