In a case of the means justifying the end, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish employed stultifyingly negative tactics to triumph against Manchester City in the Carling Cup two weeks ago. This ruined the game as a spectacle, and Liverpool fans will be hoping for a more proactive, attacking approach in the second leg tomorrow.

What an amazing story Mirandes is. The club, stuck in the third-tier of Spanish football, came from a goal down to beat Espanyol 2-1 in their Copa Del Rey quarter-final second leg and progress to the tournaments semi-finals on the away goals rule.

Espanyol took a precarious 3-2 first-leg lead to Mirandés tiny stadium in Miranda de Ebro in northern Spain.

After signing on to remain an LA Galaxy player, David Beckham is aiming for more silverware with the reigning MLS Cup Champions.

It was announced Wednesday that Beckham agreed to a two-year contract with the Galaxy after playing a pivotal role during last season's championship run, the club's first triumph since 2005.

Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda has expressed relief at the club's recent back-to-back wins over the Wolves and Portsmouth, and hopes that the Blues can continue to perform well.

A lack of stability has hindered the Blues' prospects of domestic success this season and with Stamford Bridge not being the fortress it has been in recent years, Malouda admits that the team is particularly concerned about the home form.

Sky: Kenny Scoreline flattered us

Manager Kenny Dalglish admits the 5-1 scoreline in Liverpool's FA Cup third-round triumph over Oldham at Anfield flattered his side.

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Liverpool legend Steve McManaman has leapt to the defence of beleaguered striker Andy Carroll, arguing that the goal-shy forward can do what Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo did at Man United, which is triumph over unwarranted early criticism Carroll has scored only 3 goals in his last 24 games for Liverpool, and he's currently in the midst of a barren spell that has lasted 10 games now.

Tigres Triumph: Tigres' players, seen here celebrating their team's league title after beating Santos de Torreon Dec. 11, begin their championship defense this weekend as the Mexican league begins anew (AP Photo). If it isn't enough that American soccer fans will experience the longest MLS season ever this year, while

Martin Skrtel hails Craig Bellamy following Liverpool's victory over Newcastle United

Defender also welcomes the return of skipper Steven Gerrard, who came on as a substitute and scored a goal to cap a performance that saw the hosts triumph 3-1 at Anfield

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Universidad de Chile crowned a fantastic year by winning the Clausura championship final last night. Following a goalless draw in the first leg played last week, "La U" saw off final opponents Cobreloa with a 3-0 score line with all of the goals coming in the first half. Gustavo Canales, Eduardo Vargas and Matias Rodriguez scored the goals which settled the championship which was La U's 15th Chilean championship title overall.

Bahrain have won the Gold Medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games football tournament in Qatar.

Bahrain had qualified for the final by virtue of topping their group in the first stage, gaining back-to-back wins over host nation Qatar and Iraq, before eliminating Palestine in the semi-final ahead of yesterday's final match.

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Oui Paris for Beckham

Reports out of Paris today that's Le Parisien's (a Paris daily) on the left that David Beckham will at long last make his way to Paris Saint-Germain for the tidy fee of $18.7M over 18-months.

Ligue1 will represent the fourth league that Beckham will attempt to win a championship in (The Premiership, La Liga, MLS); his legacy of a nomadic footballer championship-seeking footballer will be cemented with a win in Paris.

It's hard to get too excited about Buriram PEA winning the Thai Premier League. It's been a done deal for so long plus the involvement of high profile politicians and the lingering suspicions of franchise football all leave a bad taste in the mouth.

There are though a couple of noteworthy achievements to come out of their triumph.

Dalglish salutes triumph of Suarez and Downing

Liverpool boss praised the pair for impressing despite adversity

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Sacha Kljestan's run of form is turning out to be anything but temporary.

Kljestan continued his strong season for Anderlecht, scoring a goal in the club's 5-3 triumph over Lokomotiv Moscow in their UEFA Europa League battle. His curling effort to the far corner dug Anderlecht out of an early 1-0 deficit and helped the Belgian side win its group, which should make for a more favorable result during Friday's knockout round draw.

The field is set for the 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship being held in Guatemala in early May after Karla Riley scored her second goal in four days and led Panama to a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica last Saturday to give her country the final berth in the eight-team tournament.
Riley, who scored in each of Panama's four qualifying victories, tallied the winner in the 80th minute to complete a 3-1 aggregate triumph.

QPR defender Bradley Orr has described Luis Suarez as 'unplayable' after the Liverpool striker capped another sublime display with the winning goal on Saturday afternoon.
The Uruguay ace was a constant menace throughout the Reds' 1-0 triumph over the Hoops and Orr admits he has become a huge fan of the No.

I'm going to take a small break from writing about Arsenal today to vent on a subject that has infuriated me since listening to the European Championship draw on Friday evening, and that is the supreme arrogance of English pundits with regard to the national team. We all know that England are forever overhyped before major tournaments, but it is the dismissive contempt for many of the other countries (those not called Spain, Germany or Italy) that winds me up the most.

One of the greatest midfielders of all time, Socrates, has passed away at the age of 57.In 1982, he captained the Brazilian side at the World Cup in Spain. With him as a leader, the team is surely the best side never to have won a World Cup, after they were defeated by Italy in one of the most legendary matches in World Cup history.

After Wednesday night's triumph for Crystal Palace against Manchester United at Old Trafford, that was another reason why I'm falling in love again with the Carling Cup — a competition that has often been derided in the past. Crystal Palace ...
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Kenny Dalglish delighted with Craig Bellamy's contribution

Kenny Dalglish paid tribute to Craig Bellamy for his contribution to Liverpool's 2-0 League Cup quarter-final triumph at Chelsea just 48 hours after the death of the forward's close friend Gary Speed.

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Carra: I'd love to get there

Jamie Carragher has set his sights on a first appearance at new Wembley after helping Liverpool secure a 2-0 triumph at Chelsea in the Carling Cup.

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Atalanta's Argentine import German Denis came back to haunt his former club, but Atalanta didn't count on Edinson Cavani's heart-stopping Napoli equaliser in the final moments of injury time in this one. Cavani was crucial in Napoli's mid-week Champions League triumph over Manchester City scoring a brace.

Kenny Dalglish delighted with squad spirit at Liverpool

Legendary Anfield boss praises his players' togetherness following last week's Chelsea triumph and looks ahead to Man City clash claiming every club wants to be in their position

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This home game against Borussia Dortmund could turn out to be tougher than the away visit to Chelsea. It probably won't have as many goals and will be tighter in the middle, but from a physical and mental point of view the players will have to give at least as much if not more than that celebrated triumph.

Bellamy and Mata top pass stats

Craig Bellamy and Juan Mata topped the accuracy charts for their respective sides. Keep reading for more on this and the rest of the stats from Liverpool's 2-1 triumph at Stamford Bridge courtesy of Opta.

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Adam: That was for you Brad

Charlie Adam dedicated Liverpool's late triumph over Chelsea to goalkeeper Brad Jones following the news that his son Luca had passed away on the eve of the Stamford Bridge clash.

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Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: Glen Johnson stuns former club with late solo goal as Reds triumph at Stamford Bridge again

Former Blues full-back comes back to shock his former employers with a late strike to hand Andre Villas-Boas' men their first successive home defeats for over nine years

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In the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup final, Africa's equivalent of the Europa League or Copa Sudamericana, Tunisians Club Africain secured a slender 1-0 advantage over MAS Fes going into the second leg which takes place in Morocco in a fortnight's time.

Alexis Mendemo scored the only goal of the game as early as the 8th minute to keep hopes of a Tunisian double in African competition alive following Esperance Tunis' triumph in the CAF Champions League last weekend.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has expressed hope that the underachieving England squad performs well in next summer's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, despite knowing that the level of competition will be extremely high.

Wenger understandably considers Germany and Netherlands as the greatest threats to defending champions Spain but after watching the Three Lions defeat the Spaniards 1-0 at Wembley on Saturday, the Frenchman refuses to rule out the prospect of an English triumph.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has declared himself fit to face Italy in Uruguay's friendly on Tuesday - but admits he already has one eye on the weekend clash with Chelsea.
The 24-year-old scored all the goals in Friday's 4-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Chile in Montevideo but came off 13 minutes from the end with a minor back complaint.

Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has laughed off comparisons with Barcelona forward and fellow South American Lionel Messi.
Suarez has been one of the best players in the Premier League since joining the Merseyside giants in January from Dutch giants Ajax and was also instrumental in winning the Copa America with Uruguay in the summer.

First off, big ups this week to J-Klinger, who correctly predicted Houston drowning out KC 2-0 - even had a set piece goal right - and was only a goal off but hit the result dead on in LA's 3-1 triumph over RSL. Dude came quick with it in our Friday Five. I'll getcha next time, bud. Face it. The Galaxy are supposed to be here.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has called on his side to be more ruthless in front of goal this weekend when they take on a confident Norwich City.

Those looking at bookmaker free bets note how Villa have had an up and down campaign so far. They have only lost twice, but they find themselves down in 9th position having drawn six of their ten games so far.

Watch: The making of Will

It was the fairytale story the likes of which had never been witnessed before and probably never will again and today, Liverpool's 2005 Champions League triumph against all odds is immortalised on the big screen with the release of 'Will'.

'Why we chose LFC and Istanbul'

The director of a new full-length movie based around the Reds' 2005 Champions League triumph has explained why discovering Liverpool's Istanbul fairytale led to a case of love at first sight.

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Reds trio set for movie bow

They're three of the finest players to have ever donned the Red jersey and now Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher are set to grace the big screen in a forthcoming movie based around Liverpool's 2005 Champions League final triumph.

The 2011 North American Soccer League champions, the Minnesota Stars, will be at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night, November 1st. Stars players and coaches will be on hand to celebrate the Stars' triumph in the first year of the re-launched NASL, and the Soccer Bowl trophy will be on display beginning at [.

The 2011 North American Soccer League champions, the Minnesota Stars, will be at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night, November 1st. Stars players and coaches will be on hand to celebrate the Stars' triumph in the first year of the re-launched NASL, and the Soccer Bowl trophy will be on display beginning at [.

Kenny on Gerrard latest and WBA

Kenny Dalglish is confident both Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher will return to action in the near future after the duo missed the 2-0 triumph at West Brom.

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