Inigo Lopez grabbed a late winner for Granada to give their La Liga survival hopes a big boost as they beat local rivals Malaga on Monday.

Malaga had the better early exchanges as the game started at a fast and furious pace with first Enzo Maresca then Rondon shooting high and wide from good positions in the opening minutes.

Ahead of United's game against Liverpool at the weekend, Kenny Dalglish has created even more ill-feeling by claiming that Luis Suarez, who was found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra, shouldn't have been banned.

"We don't think he should ever have been away but we are delighted to get him back," he said.

Pelita Jaya's biggest home crowd for many a year saw them beaten 3-1 by Persib. Ok, the game was played at Jalak Harupat which is Persib's home stadium but it used to be Pelita Jaya's though when they played there they struggled to attract fans in what is staunch Persib territory.

The game was moved from Pelita Jaya's usual home stadium of Singaperbangsa in Karawang probably because that stadium would not have been able to handle the travelling support and that makes two consecutive home games played ‘away' from home; they hosted Persija in Solo for the same reason.

Thierry Henry's short return to Arsenal apparently has been considered very useful for club's manager, Arsene Wenger, as he is currently hoping that Henry's loan could be extended for another two weeks.

Wenger revealed that the veteran striker brought plenty positive attitudes for the other players as they listen and learn lots of things from the Gunners' legend, something that obviously helped the tactician's job in improving his team's performance.

Olympique Lyonnais vs. Dijon FCO

Match day 21 – Ligue 1.

In an unbelievably quiet transfer zone window, the report card on indecision in the last month will come 21 days later. That is because starting tonight, Lyon plays a match roughly every three days, for the next three weeks!

Liverpool face off against Manchester City on Wednesday evening in the second leg of the Carling Cup semi final. Liverpool lead the affair 1-0 but with at least 90 minutes still to play the tie is obviously very delicately poised. The second leg will take place at Anfield and with the home crowd roaring them on Liverpool will consider themselves favourite and the more likely of the two teams to succeed.

By Chris Wright

United made it Manchester 2-0 North London in the second of Sunday's super-duper all-singing-all-dancing encounters, beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates to whittle City's lead at the summit of the Premier League back down from six points to three.

In a toughly contested match at the Emirates Stadium, Manchester United emerged 2-1 winners over Arsenal to move within three points of the Barclays Premier League summit.

Earlier in the day, league leaders Manchester City went six points clear at the top thanks to a late penalty kick converted by Mario Balotelli.

By Chris Wright

Pies pick of the stills from last night's FA Cup third round replay action...

ITV's punditry panel Matt Smith, Gordon Strachan and Ian Wright watch over QPR's game against the MK Dons from deep within the bowels of their elevated glass fortress at a sparsely populated Loftus Road

New QPR manager Mark Hughes gives the home crowd a wave before taking his place in the Loftus Road dugout for the first time

Obviously not used to moving at these speeds, a terrified Kevin Davies motors past Macclesfield Town's Tony Diagne at the Reebok.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish rued his side's lack of creativity as they dropped more points at home after being held by Stoke.
The Reds have drawn seven of their 11 games at Anfield this season to seriously damage their chances of a top-four finish.
The home side had the majority of possession but struggled to get to grips with their unfamiliar 3-4-2-1 formation and failed to create too many goalscoring opportunities against a resolute Stoke defence.

The result I wanted even less than a win, a nil-nil bore draw in the bore draw leading to a replay. Something we could do without from every position except perhaps fiscal after all, I imagine a healthy sized home crowd for the return fixture will boost our coffers considerably given the apparent popularity of the fixture down the A46.

By Chris Wright

Oldham's Tom Adeyemi, a 20-year old lad playing in one of the most prevalent games of his professional career to date, was reduced to tears - I'll say that again, reduced to tears at Anfield last night by a small group of Liverpool-aligned flesh-wastes in the Kop and their toxic, racist oral excreta.

Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United | Premier League match report

Craig Bellamy scored twice against his former club and Andy Carroll hit the bar in the second half, though no one could stop Steven Gerrard stealing the show and the headlines with the last Liverpool goal on his second game back from injury.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Each week during the season I'll post an updated MISL Power Ranking which will be based off the cumulative results and current strength of each team. Here's my rankings heading into Week 9. Week 9 Rankings through 12/28 games.
#1 Milwaukee Wave (8-0, 1st Place MISL Central Division)
Milwaukee was able to grind out a hard fought victory on the road over the Rochester Lancers on Wednesday evening.

The Carling Cup semi-final legs between Liverpool and Manchester City look set to be mouth-watering contests but who will be walking out onto the Wembley turf on February 26?
City have certainly been impressive to watch this season, as they have managed to cut out many of the mistakes against lesser side that made them slip up in the Premier League title race last term.

Arsenal's ambition to improve position in the league was halted again as the Gunners only picked up one point from their home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday.

A quick goal by Gervinho didn't resulted in a goal flowing result for the home team as their visitor managed to pick up an equalizer through Steven Fletcher, and hold it until the final whistle.

Chelsea failed to give a special Christmas treat for their fans as Andre Villas-Boas' team only picked up a draw against Fulham at Stamford Bridge, making it their third 1-1 result in a row.

Juan Mata's goal wasn't enough to secure all three points for the Blues as their poor performance on the day was punished by Clint Dempsey, who netted the away side's equalizer.

SPANISH FOOTBALL night with more SPANISH CUP 2º leg results & with lots of surprises. Here are all the results, scorers & briefs. Diego for Atletico ATLETICO DE MADRID lost 0 - 1 to ALBACETE ( 1 - 2 agg ) & gets knocked out of the Spanish Cup. The winning goal came in the 1st min via VICTOR CURTO, & from here Atletico did little.

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Fan's of Arsenal and Chelsea will be hoping for a Michael Cainesque Italian Job if they are to enter the heady heights of a Champions League quarter-final.

Arsenal, who topped their group, were drawn against 7-time European Champions AC Milan, in a repeat fixture to that of the 2008 CL round of 16, where, after a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg, Arsenal travelled to the San Siro to silence the home crowd with a little help from a 30-yard effort from Cesc Fabregas.

By Joel Greenwaldt
For the second consecutive evening the Baltimore Blast found a way to give away a game they should have won in front of their home crowd.
Coming off a shocking 12-10 loss the night before at the hands of the Missouri Comets, the Blast found a way to lose their second game in as many nights to the Syracuse Silver Knights by a score of 12-9.

Thank heavens for Wojciech Szczesny.

Well, that was pleasant, wasn't it? A team full of reserves and youngsters faced off against a determined, full-strength Olympiakos side determined to get the win, in any way possible. With a ravenous home crowd egging them on, this game turned out to be a bit of an ugly affair, with studs flying at different times and resulting in some nasty tackles and unsightly scenes.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has dismissed suggestions that Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will forever be a villainous figure at the Emirates Stadium, hoping that the former Gunners playmaker is given a better reception in the future.

Before his club's 1-0 defeat to City in last night's Carling Cup quarterfinal, Wenger had urged the home crowd to respect Nasri's contributions to the club rather than jeering him for the infamous summer exit.

The Baltimore Blast are leading the way not only on the field but also in regards to average attendance for the 2011-2012 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) season.
Though the Blast have only one official home game to count the attendance for that game was a strong 8,078.

The Baltimore Blast are leading the way not only on the field but also in regards to average attendance for the 2011-2012 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) season.
Though the Blast have only one official home game to count the attendance for that game was a strong 8,078. Compare this with the one official home game for the new Norfolk SharX franchise which had a disappointing home crowd of only 2,347.

A plethora of streaks came to an end in today's Premier League action as Arsenal and reigning champions Manchester United were held to home draws while under-pressure Chelsea finally won at Stamford Bridge after back-to-back defeats in recent weeks.

In reality, though, the trend of streaks coming to an end started at Britannia, when Stoke City ended a four-match slide with a 3-1 home win over the struggling Blackburn Rovers courtesy of goals from Rory Delap, Glenn Whelan, and Peter Crouch.

Rafa clearly believed in the power of his groin a little too much"Pay your tax, my lord, pay your tax," the Aston Villa fans sang to Harry Redknapp, to the tune of 'Kumbaya', during the second half on Monday night. Within seconds, the home crowd replied in near unison with: "2-0 down, my lord, 2-0 down, oh you're 2-0 down.

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Trabzonspor's Halil Altintop (L) celebrates with his team mates after scoring a goal against Inter Milan during their Champions League Group B. soccer match at Huseyin Avni Aker stadium in Trabzon,Turkey.
This has to be the one of the best match, Trabzonspor played at home in front of home crowd in the Champions League.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

Real Madrid entered the fifth matchday of UEFA Champions League already having qualified for the knockout rounds, so a more subdued performance from the Spanish giants wouldn't have been a complete surprise. That's not quite what happened, though,.

With seven wins from eight games and twenty-two points from a possible twenty-four, the sun is rising over the white and navy blue corner of North London at the moment. This evening's match against Aston Villa was one at which Tottenham Hotspur might, in other years, have chosen to fluff their lines, and Spurs supporters are rather over-familiar with their club's predilection for getting to the point of achievement before contriving to find a way to allow it to slip through their hands.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Disappointment is really the only word that seems to come to mind when you think back on the 18-7 season opening loss the Baltimore Blast suffered at the hands of the Syracuse Silver Knights. The game was eerily similar to last season's 16-7 championship game loss to the Milwaukee Wave.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Disappointment is really the only word that seems to come to mind when you think back on the 18-7 season opening loss the Baltimore Blast suffered at the hands of the Syracuse Silver Knights. The game was eerily similar to last season's 16-7 championship game loss to the Milwaukee Wave.

The final lineup for next summer's European Championship in Poland & Ukraine is now set after tonight's playoff second legs, with a strong field of sixteen heading for Eastern Europe.
There were no winning fightbacks following the first legs and Portugal, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Ireland and Croatia all advanced to Euro 2012, eliminating respectively Bosnia & Herzogovina, Montenegro, Estonia and Turkey.

In a week and a half, the Dynamo will face the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA with the MLS Cup on the line. There's still time for you to head west and support your Dynamo and TiqIQ and Dynamo Theory can help you find tickets to the sold our game.

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When The Galaxy Beat the NY Red Bulls to secure the 7th trip to the MLS Cup final, it marked another notch for the 2nd most storied franchise in MLS History.

All but four countries have booked their ticket to next summer's finals in Poland and Ukraine, but the quality among the eight undecided sides have created some intriguing ties, with the prospect of going on a run a la Greece always ever-present.

The play-off's two legs will be played on the 11th and 15th of the coming month, with the following countries paired against each other in the final decisive battles of the qualifying phase.

Misfiring Andy Carroll gives limp Liverpool a new kind of 'Tosh'

• Striker still struggling to justify his £35m transfer fee • 'We've shown we are here to fight,' says Swansea manager The pre-match Remembrance silence here evoked all sorts of memories, of football's past, as well as the fallen.

Liverpool 0-0 Swansea City | Premier League match report

Swansea deservedly gained only their second away point in the Premier League with a performance that had the Anfield crowd cheering them off at the final whistle. The Welsh team were indebted to Michel Vorm, Holland's No 2 goalkeeper, for two outstanding saves at the death, but the quality of their football merited a point.

Liverpool could move back into the top four of the Premier League when they host Swansea in the first league clash between the sides in almost 30 years.
Boss Kenny Dalglish, who played in the Reds' 3-0 victory over the Welshmen in April 1983, has overseen a rich vein of form for the Anfield side in recent weeks.

Today the second leg matches of the Major League Soccer playoff quarterfinals begin. An ailing Colorado Rapids side visit Sporting Kansas City while everyone's favorite neighbors to the north, the Seattle Sounders, will try to dig themselves out of a three goal hole at home against Real Salt Lake.

Watching the last 20 minutes of the Heart v Sydney FC game last night one thing was clear, the Heart players are not enjoying their game.
They are stressed. Perhaps even broken hearted. A goal from a corner - that van't Schip rightly pointed out wasn't a corner - and its is a draw. A 1-0 win from a quality goal from their new Brazilian signing is relegated to 1-1 and a 10th match without a win.