With his thumping goal in the 91st minute, Clarence Seedorf officially re-opened the Serie A Scudetto race. The Rossoneri are now only one point behind Inter and the Nerazzurri will have to make sure they don't slip up in these last 10 games (but then again Milan can't afford to slip up either).

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Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has declared that making four or five top class signings during the summer is more important for the Reds than qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.
While El Nino still believes that Liverpool will secure the fourth and final Champions League place, he has identified the transfer market as key to the future success of the much decorated Merseyside club. Click to continue reading...

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Familiarize yourself with Aston Villa's roster if you haven't already. Martin O'Neill's men will play a huge role in bringing you Fantasy Premier League success.

With two matches this week, two more next week and at least two on the final week of the season, Aston Villa's players will be hot commodities on the transfer market.

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Wigan manager Roberto Martinez believes fourth place in the Barclays Premier League is Liverpool's to throw away.
The Reds travel to the DW Stadium on Monday night looking for a victory that will take them back above Tottenham and Manchester City into the much-coveted final Champions League spot. Click to continue reading...

Premier League chairmen gathered and voted on the proposal to have a playoff for the fourth and final Champions League spot yesterday, and the answer turned out to be "no". Unsurprisingly, the established Big Four were opposed to the idea. Because turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Perhaps more surprising, the chairmen of both Birmingham City [. Click to continue reading...

Better football last year, better at grinding out result this year - Liverpool's win over Blackburn was not for the purists but its importance should not be dismissed.
It was hard work but when you come up against a side like Blackburn, the first thing that you must do is fight and it was really encouraging to see Liverpool roll their sleeves up and battle.

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Gareth Barry admits Manchester City's 0-0 draw at home to Liverpool was a game neither of the UEFA Champions League hopefuls wanted to lose.
Sunday's showdown at the City of Manchester Stadium was a wretched affair, with the only notable highlight being Pepe Reina's full-stretch save from Emmanuel Adebayor in the second half. Click to continue reading...

The battle for fourth place in the EPL, and the final Champions League berth that goes with it, continues today as Manchester City takes on Liverpool in Sunday's match of the day.

Today offers a plethora of quality action from a variety of locations. Be it Italy, where Inter Milan faces Sampdoria, or Brazil, where Sao Paulo rivals Palmeiras and Sao Paulo will do battle, there is something for every taste.

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In a week where Liverpool struggled to beat a team that sounds like an STI, Lukasz ‘Flappy-hand-ski' handed Porto a slim lead, Scotland lost a champions league place, Man Utd struggled to beat a team with more OAPs then a bingo hall, Portsmouth look like going under and a champions league play off was proposed, overall not a great week in English football.

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez admits he will be happy his team do not have to face striker Carlos Tevez at Eastlands on Sunday, but is still wary of Manchester City's quality.
The Argentina international, who Liverpool tried to sign in the summer, is currently in his homeland on compassionate leave after his wife gave birth prematurely. Click to continue reading...

Javier Mascherano does not believe that Sunday's meeting of Manchester City and Liverpool will be a decisive game in the battle for fourth place in the Premier League.
Roberto Mancini's side currently occupy the final Champions League spot ahead of Sunday's game at Eastlands with Liverpool one point behind having played a game more than City. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City star Joleon Lescott has cranked up the pressure on Liverpool ahead of Sunday's massive Eastlands clash.
The former Everton defender saw City leapfrog Liverpool to reclaim fourth spot in midweek and he said: "The pressure is all on you!"
After an unimpressive 1-1 draw at Stoke, Lescott insists it is Liverpool who should be feeling the heat. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has ridiculed the idea of a play-off for the final Champions League place, claiming clubs "will be playing until the end of the century".
Reports this week claimed the Premier League were looking into the prospect of having the sides from fourth to seventh face each other post-season to decide the remaining spot for Europe's elite club competition. Click to continue reading...

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On Monday afternoon the Premier League announced that it's in discussion with all 20 teams on the possibility of a 4-team play-off for the final Champions League spot. The Premier League see this as opportunity to make the league more competitive, as 5 of the last 6 seasons have seen the so called ‘big four' finish in the Champions League places.

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Two years ago, the Premier League proposed one of the most ludicrous ideas I've ever heard the expansion of the Premiership to thirty nine games, with the extra game being played at random locations around the world. The aim was to promote the Premiership brand far and wide, woefully ignoring the harm it would do the league.

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Your frosted tips aren't intimidating and you haven't won a trophy in years
Butt's Brain on a Monday morning as we gear up for The Champions League this week:

• Arsenal legend David Seaman believes that Manuel Almunia is a great # 1. I disagree [Tribal Football]

• Can the tiny country of Israel become a soccer world power?

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Which self-important, deluded, foreign-funded club would you least like to see take the final Champions League spot at the end of the season?

For the Manchester United supporter this is one of life's great conundrums. Arch nemesis or arch rivals? Sworn enemy or noisy neighbour? For those who still believe in the beautiful game and the purities of football Manchester City will represent Beelzebub incarnate – driving ticket prices, agents' wages and fan expectations through the roof.

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Manchester City are level with Liverpool in the race for the final Champions League spot with a game in hand after a 2-0 win against Bolton while UEFA Europa League hopefuls Fulham also won.

Man City took another notable stride towards a top-four finish in the Premier League with a 2-0 triumph over Bolton Wanderers.

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Por un lado tenemos a Cristiano el MEJOR, el Cristiano que define  con contundencia, que es superior a sus rivales, y por otro el INMADURO,  el  otro lado de Ronaldo que salta a la cancha tras la presión y frustración, que se refleja con actitudes antideportivas.

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Por un lado tenemos a Cristiano el MEJOR, el Cristiano que define  con contundencia, que es superior a sus rivales, y por otro el INMADURO,  el  otro lado de Ronaldo que salta a la cancha tras la presión y frustración, que se refleja con actitudes antideportivas.

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Sammy Lee has heaped praise on Liverpool's fans for their 'phenomenal' support through another turbulent week at Anfield.
The club emerged from a difficult spell to beat Tottenham on Wednesday night and move to within a point of the Londoners who currently occupy the fourth and final Champions League place. Click to continue reading...

Paddy Power has offered Soccerlens readers a free £20 bet for simply opening an account and placing a bet with them. Plus they're offering excellent odds on the Liverpool-Spurs game tonight with the Spurs 9/1 to win 2-1. Go ahead, claim your free £20 bet and back Spurs to win.

Liverpool v Tottenham
Premier League
Anfield
Kickoff: 20:00 GMT
Wednesday 20th January 2010

Liverpool and Tottenham meet at Anfield hoping to keep up with the Big Three or at the very least, get an advantage over their rivals in the race for the final Champions League spot.

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Appointing young, relatively inexperienced but high profile coaches seems to be in the in thing at the moment. This is perhaps inspired by the success of Pep Guardiola at Barca. Under his leadership the club have swept all before them in recent years. But this tactic hasn't worked in all cases and last weekend's clash at the San Siro was a prime example of how things can go wrong.

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Manchester United have had so many unforgettable moments, some good, some bad, some ugly. Here, after some thought, I pick six which I think are the not to be forgotten, exceptional moments from the Noughties.

Controversy as Man Utd withdraw from FA Cup, 2000

Having won the European Cup in 1999, Manchester United had withdrew from the FA Cup so they could play in the first ever Club World Championship.

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Champions League 2007 (Frame from intro video), originalmente cargada por N36R0.

Los partidos de Octavos de final ya están listos, se realizo el sorteo, los juegos iniciaran en Febrero terminaran en Marzo del 2010 y los cruces quedaron de la siguiente manera:

OCTAVOS DE FINAL Champions League 2009

Barcelona (ESP) contra Stuttgart (ALE)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Burdeos (FRA) contra Olympiakos (GRE)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Chelsea (ING) contra Inter (ITA)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Fiorentina (ITA) contra Bayern Munich (ALE)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Sevilla (ESP) contra CSKA Moscú (RUS)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Real Madrid (ESP) contra Lyon (FRA)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Arsenal (ING) contra Porto (POR)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo
Manchester United (ING) contra Milán (ITA)
Ida 16/17 y 23/24 de febrero y vuelta 9/10 y 16/17 de marzo

Destacan los cruces del MU contra los rossoneros y el Inter Chelsea, los demás están parejos pero creo que si habrá sorpresas, hagan sus apuestas.

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Heading out - Bolat adds to AZ's agony
When Standard Liege goalkeeper Sinan Bolat fired a bullet header past opposite man Sergio Romero in the dying seconds of his club's final Champions League group game against AZ Alkmaar to snatch a 1-1 draw, it automatically became one of the season's most memorable moments. Click to continue reading...

It was a weekend that saw the race at both ends of the table tighten. Here is a look at this weekends Premier League winners and losers

Aston Villa
Make no mistake this was a huge statement win at Old Trafford for Martin O'Neill's side. So far this season they have played, and defeated, Chelsea at home and away to both Liverpool and Manchester United.

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How much a week can change things. Only days after declaring his frustration over a lack of playing time, Rangers midfielder DaMarcus Beasley has found himself re-integrated into the squad - at least temporarily - by manager Walter Smith. The US international told media earlier this week that he would be looking for a transfer out of Ibrox in the upcoming winter window if his playing time did not pick up, with an eye to getting back into the mix for a spot on the American squad for the 2010 World Cup. Click to continue reading...

Straight after the Chelsea v Everton game, the Chelsea FanCast boys assemble in Putney Station to deliver the verdict on a poor defensive performance by the Chels leaving us with no win in the last 4 games.
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Regular guest contributor, Ted Harwood, reflects back on Arsenal's 1-nil defeat in Greece in their final Champions League Group Stage fixture.

You know that feeling you get when you realize that there is so much more over the horizon, so much out there that one could experience, so much more to try?

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Arsenal's young guns failed to fire Wednesday as they slipped to a solitary goal defeat at Olympiacos in their final Champions League Group H pool encounter to take the Greeks through. Having already wrapped up the group in taking 13 points from their opening five matches, Gunners' coach Arsene Wenger sent out a clutch of 10 [. Click to continue reading...

If someone had told Rafael Benitez back in September that Liverpool's final Champions League Group E match would be a dead-rubber, it is not unreasonable to suggest his response would have been along the lines of a satisfied smile.
Of course, like most, that would have been to assume that the Reds would have sealed qualification from a useful, but hardly terrifying, group with a game to spare. Click to continue reading...

The Derby d'Italia Is a Match Not to Miss

The goals were impressive. The fans were incredibly creative with their chanting and thankfully not offensive. The players were obviously emotional invested in the match, as it was stopped briefly late in the second half for a scuffle among the players.

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Juventus v Bayern Munich
Uefa Champions League
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Stadio Olimpico
Kickoff: 20:45 CET

Juventus go into the final Champions League group A game knowing that a single point will see them through to the next round. Bayern Munich need a win, and have dropped points against Juventus at home and with a team struggling with injuries and unhappy players, it seems likely that the German giants will be lining up in the Europa League in the second half of this season's European campaign.

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Arsène Wenger will send a fringe team out to Greece ahead of Wednesday's final Champions League group stage game against Olympiacos. The Arsenal boss is likely to field a similar starting XI to the one that lost 3-0 to Manchester City in the Carling Cup last week, with youngsters Jack Wilshere and Fran Merida definitely playing. Click to continue reading...

Ahead of tomorrows final Champions League group game against Wolfsburg, Man United midfielder Paul Scholes has said that United have qualified from the toughest group. Man United have already...
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Liverpool travels to Blackburn on Saturday 5th December hoping to register their third consecutive win in all competitions. A Blackburn Rovers who must be full of confidence, having came through a nervy penalty shootout to beat Chelsea and advance to the semifinals of the Carling Cup.
Though not a crucial match, a win for Liverpool will help the Reds consolidate their fifth position in the Premiership league table. Click to continue reading...

Saturday 21st November
11:00 Rubin Kazan v Zenith St Petersburg, Russian Premier Liga, ESPN
What better way to return to club football than by watching a potential domestic title decider? Yep, it's starting to get a bit parky in Russia and this is the penultimate round of the season. Click to continue reading...

Above average finishing ability, Average rat-tail, Below average fitness history
The Premier League is back, and while the World Cup is still top of mind (especially for those Irish and French fans), the greatest league in the world is back from a two week hiatus. Let's get to it:
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