Leading up to the match against Manchester United on Saturday, we looked at Liverpool's league games against them over the past four seasons. Given the recent history of the match, a few things seemed clear: One, the home side was going to out-shoot the visitor. Two, the home side would probably take the edge in possession.

The more time I spend on a college campus, the more I realize that true education comes from not only gaining theoretical experience through classroom lectures and assignments, but from gaining practical experience in that desired field.
Whether it be from internship opportunities to interviewing professionals, getting your hands dirty by experiencing it yourself is the truest form of development.

The mood surrounding Liverpool may have improved with the return of Kenny Dalglish, but with a pair each of losses and draws to go along with four wins as he and the club entered March, that renewed optimism hadn't always led to results. At least, though, there was a widespread feeling that it had become a squad capable of turning the proverbial corner and going on a run if they could only manage to make all the pieces fit together.

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Liverpool | Premier League match report

Liverpool intensified their fight with the Football Association at the DW Stadium but the more immediate target escaped unharmed. While Kenny Dalglish and his players rallied around Luis Suárez in the wake of his eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, potentially landing themselves in further trouble with the authorities in the process, they missed the chance to draw level with Chelsea as Wigan Athletic became the latest beneficiaries of their profligacy.

The second game of the busy festive period is upon us, and a trip to Aston Villa and the odorous Alex McLeish awaits. Villa fans have not warmed to their new manager and his style of football. He has turned them into Birmingham of 2010-11 and so far they have managed four wins from sixteen games scoring only 18 goals.

Liverpool's Kenny Dalglish in charge for 350th match against Aston Villa

• Away results are better than at home for Liverpool • 'At home not getting what we deserve,' says Dalglish Kenny Dalglish disagrees with the school of thought that suggests his Liverpool side perform better away from home.

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Matchday 18, Ligue 1

Finally a Champions League Knockout stages draw that spelt relief for Lyon. In their 9th consecutive appearance in the Round-of-16, they meet APOEL FC; the Cypriot side that managed to finish ahead of Zenit St.

It's been a cracking couple of weeks down on the Bay. Four wins from five league games, including a bustling 3-1 victory against big brothers Plymouth, and the news that key players Lee Mansell and Kevin Nicholson have joined Eunan O'Kane in agreeing long-term contracts mean that Gulls supporters must be purring with satisfaction.

It's been a cracking couple of weeks down on the Bay. Four wins from five league games, including a bustling 3-1 victory against big brothers Plymouth, and the news that key players Lee Mansell and Kevin Nicholson have joined Eunan O'Kane in agreeing long-term contracts mean that Gulls supporters must be purring with satisfaction.

[I]t's been a cracking couple of weeks down on the Bay. Four wins from five league games, including a bustling 3-1 victory against big brothers Plymouth, and the news that key players Lee Mansell and Kevin Nicholson have joined Eunan O'Kane in agreeing long-term contracts mean that Gulls supporters must be purring with satisfaction.

By Geoff Reid

Group A
Manchester City vs Bayern Munich from the Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Arguably the hardest group on paper when the groups were drawn, the visiting Bavarians may have thought they'd have a harder time in this section, but already on 13 points and undefeated, they've already wrapped up the group.

Liverpool head to Fulham on Monday knowing a win would equal a club record of away successes.
In all competitions it is six victories in succession away from home - a win at Craven Cottage will equal the club record of seven set between December 1981 - February 1982 and again in January - March 1988.

After ending November with a shock home loss to Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup quarterfinals, Manchester United will look to open a busy and pivotal December with a win, as they visit Aston Villa this weekend.

United are always a popular Premier League betting pick, and they'll be favored to take the spoils in Saturday's showdown at Villa Park.

Spanish starlet Suso was on the mark as Liverpool Reserves maintained their excellent form with a 1-0 win at Wolves.
Rodolfo Borrell's side was full value for the victory as they made it four wins out of their last five league games.
Jon Flanagan gave an impressive display during his 90 minute run-out in a central midfield role while Nathan Eccleston started in attack.

OK folks.
The end is getting closer. The floor is open from now for suggestions from the denizens of Twitter and Facebook.
Be gentle.
And be generous!
But first Gary Linton (@Linton1388) tells us why Scotland will qualify for the 2014 World Cup. And I'm compelled to tell you why they won't.

I think it is fair to say that Welsh football is on a high right now. True they are set to spend yet another summer watching a Live Football tournament from afar, but four wins from their past five games suggests manager Gary Speed's work is bearing fruit and with the side an average age of 24, pointing to a successful long-term future.

By Chris Wright

The England U21s made it four wins from their first four Euro 2013 qualifying games by decimating Iceland at Colchester's Western Homes Community Stadium last night.

Watford's Marvin Sordell opened the scoring with a peachy finish five minutes before the interval, with Liverpool full-back Martin Kelly barnstorming past two Icelandic defenders to larrup home a second on the hour mark.

Euro 2012 Qualifying Playoffs: Portugal, Czech Rep, Turkey & Croatia on the line - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The likes of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and England have all booked their places in Euro 2012 already, but four tickets to the festivities in Poland and Ukraine still have yet to be punched.

Milan start life Antonio Cassano-less when they host Catania on Sunday night in the Serie A where they will be looking to continue their recent good form. Max Allegri's side have four wins on the trot and are just two points behind leaders Juventus who have a tricky encounter away to Napoli. Should the Old [.

Reds unchanged: LFC v Swansea

AN UNCHANGED Liverpool side will be out looking for three points at Anfield this afternoon against a Swansea City side yet to record an away win this season. The Reds won their last outing 2-0 away at West Brom and manager Kenny Dalglish has kept faith with the same 11 from the off.

I'm really not an expert on Arsenal trivia. Some fans seem to be. In fact, I could pose the following question: "What happened when we hosted Birmingham in league play two seasons ago?" And some fans could answer, "Oh yes, that's the game that we won 3-1, on goals by RvP, Diaby (remember him), and Arshavin.

Real Madrid maintained their perfect record in Group D and strolled into the round of 16, while Inter Milan and Bayern Münich both took giant steps towards the knockout stages.

Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo in each half, a trademark free-kick and a penalty, were more than enough for Real Madrid as they beat Lyon 2-0 to make it four wins out of four in the Champions League this season, and they join Barcelona and AC Milan in looking up a round of 16 place with two games to spare.

Superior finishing helped Lazio claim a 3-0 victory from a game that was more often than not spent on the back-foot. The result at Cagliari sees the Biancocelesti move to third in Serie A after an undefeated October. Edy Reja's men have claimed four wins and a draw from their last five games to quietly become one of the league's sides and this week's Team of the Week.

What a great month! October has produced four wins, one draw and ten goals. I've picked out the best ones below for your selection.Vote box below.
VDV v Arsenal - Defoe ran at the heart of the Arsenal defence and laid wide to Adebayor whose cross was chested down and volleyed home by Van der Vaart.

The Milwaukee Brewers declined their mutual option on Francisco Rodriguez and the closer is now a free agent. The Brewers had a chance to lock him up for next season but the $17.5 million price tag was apparently too high. Instead, the Brewers gave him a $4 million buyout.

Though a closer throughout his career, the Brewers used him as a setup man after trading for him in the middle of the season.

I have been holding my breath before declaring this, but, I think it is safe to say now; Milan are back. In the fight again Last night's win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico made it four wins from four for Allegri's men. Few teams in Europe are in this kind of form, Real Madrid [...]

With seven wins out of the last eight, four wins a row, (albeit some scrappy ones) and goals galore from our star player van Persie, it suddenly feels good to be an Arsenal fan again.

It even seems the majority of gooners making themselves heard on the internet via forums, blogs and Twitter believe we can beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this weekend.

Costa Rica and Guatemala have advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying Finals, taking the top two spots in the five-team Central American tournament.
Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno scored three second-half goals and led Costa Rica to a 5-2 win over Guatemala on Thursday, sending "Las Ticas" to the CONCACAF finals for a third straight time.

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In this week's review section, we look back at stories from the North London and Merseyside derbies, as well as news from bottom of the table side Bolton.

We kicked racism out of football and now we must kick out sick chants of ALL description as well

Spurs fans should today be basking in the warm glow of four wins on the spin and yet another victory over Arsenal. Instead there is still a real bitter taste in the mouth over the events that so soured Sunday'snorth London derby.

Peter Nowak may be rooting for the Chicago Fire to get their fifth US Open Cup title (10pm, Fox Soccer), but the rest of the Union might want to pull for Seattle.

"I've been through the scenario where they tried to position it a week after MLS Cup and one year we lost in the final at Columbus, we played the MLS final on a Sunday in New England and we had to play the Open Cup final on a Thursday in Columbus.

When you worry about missing the playoffs this year, just take a look at Vancouver and remember, that could have been us.

The Timbers didn't get the benefits of being a lone expansion team in 2011, but instead had to split a lot of things with Vancouver: dividing up expansion draft picks and the top MLS draft slot, as well as all kinds of other obscure rankings and allocations.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp claimed that Tottenham's win yesterday was fully deserved amidst some predictable claims to the contrary from his opposing manager.

Despite the narrow margin of victory that was sealed by Kyle Walker's first goal for the club, Tottenham had the clearer chances and had either of Scott Parker or Emmanuel Adebayor found the net with just the keeper to beat, the score line would have been higher.

Newcastle have four wins and three draws in the Premier League from seven games, and have won another two games in the Carling Cup. Tim Krul had great game against Wolves So is that a good start to the season for Newcastle? You bet your life it is, and the Newcastle manager Alan Pardew seems to be like the rest [.

Alan Pardew is resisting getting too carried away with Newcastle's good start to the season, with four wins in their seven games so far and three draws. Alan Pardew a win today would signal great start But he has said today that if Newcastle can best Blackburn Rovers at home today, a good start could become a [.

Liverpool U18s are still chasing their first home win of the season after a last-gasp equaliser earned Barnsley a 2-2 draw on Saturday afternoon.
Mike Marsh's youngsters edged a keenly-contested encounter and looked like taking the spoils through Kristoffer Peterson's header after Jordan Clark's stunning strike had cancelled out Josh Sumner's sublime opener.

Liverpool U18s are still chasing their first home win of the season after a last-gasp equaliser earned Barnsley a 2-2 draw on Saturday afternoon.
Mike Marsh's youngsters edged a keenly-contested encounter and looked like taking the spoils through Kristoffer Peterson's header after Jordan Clark's stunning strike had cancelled out Josh Sumner's sublime opener.

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By THOMAS FLOYD

The Chicago Fire haven't had much to celebrate in a season marred by the ouster of coach Carlos de los Cobos and a league-low four wins through 26 games.

But Tuesday's 2-1 triumph over the Richmond Kickers put Chicago in the U.

Greece will be taking on Israel in Tel Aviv on Friday. This game is one of the most crucial in the campaign so far. Greece go into this game with four wins and two draws in their qualifying matches. This includes the first game between these two sides which Greece [read more]

Four wins, one tie and three shutouts.

All in all, it was a pretty good second weekend of action for the Marquette, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee women's soccer teams.

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