Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke insists that he does not want to sell unsettled striker Lucas Barrios but concedes that the striker might be allowed to leave if he is unhappy at the club.
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Borussia Dortmund’s Hans-Joachim Watzke admits Lucas Barrios could force a January transfer
LONDON (SE) – The Premier League’s bottom two clubs Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers face each at Ewood Park on Tuesday in their last match before Christmas.
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Juventus established a two-point lead atop Italian soccer’s Serie A by beating Novara 2-0, while Valencia defeated Malaga to close the gap on Spanish top two Real Madrid and Barcelona.
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Juventus Goes Two Points Clear in Serie A; Real Madrid Tops Spanish League
The penultimate matchday of 2011 in Italy kicked off with an important victory for the Flying Donkeys, while Stevan Jovetic was on hand to rescue a point for the Viola
The fringe Socceroo is doing his case for a national team recall no harm with some good form, while Nikita Rukavytsya was worryingly injured in Germany
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Australians abroad: Scott McDonald make it five goals in seven games for Middlesbrough
Valencia CF moved to within seven points of Liga leaders Real Madrid CF after winning 2-0 against Málaga CF, while Levante UD lost to Granada CF to fall further off the pace.
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Valencia move clear of Levante in third
Juventus scored a goal in each half against promoted Novara to return to the top of Serie A Sunday.
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Juventus return to the top of Serie A
Walter Mazzarri’s side had a number of chances but the Giallorossi made theirs count as they took the three points in the Derby del Sole.
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Napoli 1-3 Roma: De Sanctis error, Osvaldo and Simplicio edge Luis Enrique’s side back into top half of Serie A
Roma made up ground on the leading pack in Serie A, defeating hosts Napoli 3-1 with an own-goal from Morgan De Sanctis and two others added by Daniel Osvaldo and Fabio Simplicio sealing the victory.
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Roma beat Napoli to keep pace
Juventus returned to the top of Serie A following a 2-0 victory at home to Novara on Sunday, while Inter Milan’s revival continued as they won 1-0 at Cesena to climb to fifth place.
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Derby win takes Juventus back to Serie A summit
Lazio and Udinese shared the spoils in Serie A on Sunday, after both sides played out a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Antonio Floro Flores broke the deadlock for the visitors midway through the first half, then Senad Lulic and Miroslav Klose put the game in the home team’s favour.
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Lazio 2-2 Udinese: Pinzi equaliser ensures points are shared in end-to-end clash at the Olimpico
Bayern Munich sporting director Christian Nerlinger is confident that winger Arjen Robben will sign a new deal with the Bavarians.
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Bayern Munich’s Christian Nerlinger confident Arjen Robben will sign contract extension
PSV capitalised on AZ Alkmaar’s slip-up in the Eredivisie to move within a point of the leaders after a thumping 5-1 win away to Heerenveen.
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Football: High five for PSV
Manchester City’s expensively assembled squad showed Sunday that it may have the character as well as the talent necessary to win the Premier League, beating Arsenal 1-0 to stay on top.
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Man City stays ahead of Man United at top _ just
Roman Hubnik scored late to salvage a 1-1 draw for Hertha against Hoffenheim, while Sebastian Polter scored his first league goal to give Wolfsburg a win over Stuttgart
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Bundesliga Round 17 Results: Kaiserslautern and Hannover share the spoils
PSV capitalised on AZ Alkmaar’s slip-up in the Eredivisie to move within a point of the leaders after a thumping 5-1 win away to Heerenveen.
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High five for PSV
Manchester City’s expensively assembled squad showed Sunday that it may have the character as well as the talent necessary to win the Premier League, beating Arsenal 1-0 to stay on top. Manchester United’s 2-0 win at Queens Park Rangers in the day’s early match meant City knew it had to avoid defeat or lose the top spot it had held since mid-October.
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Man City stays ahead of Man United at top — just
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is pleased with his team’s 1-0 win over Arsenal having lost their previous league game to Chelsea.
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Mancini happy with ‘important’ win
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win against Arsenal in a pulsating game at the Etihad Stadium.
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Football: Manchester City 1 : Arsenal 0
A second-half strike from Roman Pavlyuchenko helped Tottenham see off Sunderland 1-0 and leapfrog Chelsea into third in the Premier League.
Juventus returned to the top of Serie A following a 2-0 victory at home to Novara on Sunday.
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Derby win takes Juventus top
Veteran striker Raul has said he is eager to stay at Schalke 04 with his contract set to expire in 2012 and extension talks with the Royal Blues due to be held in the winter break.
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Hot-shot Raul keen to extend stay at Schalke
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says he would struggle to find a striker “as good as” Roman Pavlyuchenko should the Russian insist on leaving the club in January.
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Redknapp insists Pavlyuchenko has role to play
Liverpool midfielder Stewart Downing is pleased with his team’s performance in the 2-0 win at Villa Park but disappointed by the reaction of some Aston Villa fans on his return to the club he left for Anfield in the summer.
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Aston Villa boos disappoint Downing
PSV capitalised on AZ Alkmaar’s slip-up in the Eredivisie to move within a point of the leaders after a thumping 5-1 win away to Heerenveen.
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Eredivisie wrap: NAC shock leaders AZ, high five for PSV
Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish believes his side lack a cutting edge following their defeat to Liverpool.
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McLeish regrets Villa’s lack of cutting edge
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says he is encouraged by Liverpool’s performance after their 2-0 win at Villa Park.
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Dalglish encouraged by performance
The Alkmaar side was beaten by NAC on Sunday, while all it title rivals except Twente bagged the full three points.
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Eredivisie Round 17 Results: PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord record victories as table topper AZ falls
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger suggests that the offside decisions that allowed David Silva’s goal for Manchester City to stand and disallowed Robin Van Persie’s strike for Arsenal could both have gone either way.
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Wenger queries offside decisions
Hertha Berlin sacked coach Markus Babbel on Sunday amidst a war of words, while Borussia Moechengladbach remain fourth after their 1-0 win over Mainz on the last German league weekend of 2011.
