Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes his team will need 90 points “if Manchester United continue to win” to claim their first Premier league title.
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Mancini sets 90-point target
Club Atlético de Madrid and Villarreal CF were among four top-flight clubs eliminated by lower-league opposition in Spain’s Copa del Rey and there was a surprise in the German Cup too.
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Cup shocks aplenty in Spain and Germany
Newcastle are now winless from their last six English Premier League games after a 3-2 loss at home to West Brom on Wednesday.
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Newcastle 2 : West Brom 3
David Moyes is delighted after his Everton side dug deep to beat a resolute Swansea side 1-0 at Goodison Park thanks a goal from Leon Osman.
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Moyes relieved after hard-fought win
Martin Jol says his Fulham side “let themselves down” in the first-half of their 5-0 home defeat by Manchester United.
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Fulham made it too easy for Man Utd – Jol
Brendan Rodgers is disappointed one slight lapse of concentration meant Swansea fell to a 1-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park.
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Rodgers rues single defensive lapse
Liverpool’s draw with Wigan today at the DW Stadium showed why the Reds aren’t deserving of a spot to play in Europe next year. This result was the fourth time this year Liverpool have drawn against a side of lesser quality (the others being Sunderland, Norwich, and Swansea). Aside from the simple fact that Liverpool can’t find the cutting edge to beat teams they ought to, the match displayed …
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Liverpool FC: 0-0 Draw with Wigan Highlights Reds’ Season-Long Problems
Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill is pleased with the character his side showed in a match they “won twice” at QPR by taking a 2-0 lead before finsing a winning goal after the home side had drawn level.
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O’Neill’s Sunderland had to ‘win game twice’
Sir Alex Ferguson feels the performance of his Manchester United side in the first-half was as “good as they have played all season” following their impressive 5-0 win over Fulham.
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Ferguson lauds ‘superb’ first-half display
Wayne Rooney is pleased to have capped his 300th Premier League appearance with a goal, but was more delighted to have secured another win after Manchester United’s 5-0 thrashing of Fulham at Craven Cottage.
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Rooney pleased to keep pressure on Man City
Juventus have been held to a scoreless draw by Udinese in the Italian Serie A.
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Juventus fail to regain top spot in Italy
The Houston Dynamo will be the latest Major League Soccer team to open a soccer-specific stadium this year and it appears to be coming along quite nicely. A newly released video (h/t Dynamo Theory ) shows the roof is already up and that it pretty much looks like a soccer stadium already. Not much more to say about it than that, but it really is pretty amazing to think that just 10 years ago …
During Wednesday’s Dutch Cup match between Eredivisie clubs AZ Alkmaar and Ajax, a crazed fan ran towards AZ goaltender Esteban Alvarado in the 38th minute, and attempted to land a kick to the Costa Rican goalie’s face.
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AZ Goalie Gets Red Card For Defending Himself Against Attacking Ajax Fan
Juventus will go into Italian football’s winter break level on points with leaders AC Milan after being held 0-0 by third-placed Udinese on Wednesday.
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Juventus stay unbeaten in Serie A after Udinese stalemate
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says he did not have to give any extra thought about selecting Luis Suarez in the wake of the Uruguayan’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.
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Dalglish defiant on Suarez support
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says he can’t fault his players’ effort and spirit as they draw 0-0 at Wigan.
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Liverpool spirit pleases Dalglish
Alan Pardew is disappointed after Newcastle twice came back from a goal down only to concede a late winner to West Brom as they fell to a 3-2 defeat at the Sports Direct Arena.
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Pardew frustrated to concede ‘fortunate’ late goal
West Brom manager Roy Hodgson says his side had plenty of opportunities to seal the match before Paul Scharner scored in the 85th minute to secure a 3-2 win at Newcastle.
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Hodgson ‘made to suffer’ for West Brom win
Wes Brown’s 89th-minute winner has given Sunderland a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Wednesday.
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Football: QPR 2 : Sunderland 3
* Manzano to be replaced by Simeone, reports say
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Atletico coach on the brink after Cup exit
Manchester City ensured it will spend Christmas Day as leader of the of the English top flight for the first time since 1929 after Sergio Aguero scored twice Wednesday to help secure a 3-0 win over Stoke. Aguero opened the scoring in the 29th minute and Adam Johnson, who started a league game for the first time in over two months, added the second in the 36th to give City a commanding halftime…
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Man City beats Stoke 3-0 in Premier League
Villarreal have dismissed coach Juan Carlos Garrido after an embarrassing Copa del Rey exit added to their worrying position in La Liga and woeful performance in the UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is pleased his side recovered from a difficult spell in the second half to go on and claim an important 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
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Wenger delighted with three ‘very big’ points
Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish says defender Alan Hutton “should know better” after his last-minute red card in Villa’s 2-1 defeat by Arsenal.
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Hutton should know better – McLeish
A double by Marco Reus inspired Borussia Moenchenglabach to a 3-1 victory over holders Schalke 04 on Wednesday in their German Cup Last 16 clash.
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Reus double topples Cup holders Schalke
Borussia Moenchengladbach knocked out title holder Schalke from the German Cup with a 3-1 win on Wednesday.
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Holder Schalke ousted from German Cup
Arsenal have kept up the pressure on the English Premier League leaders thanks to a 2-1 away win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.
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Aston Villa 1 : Arsenal 2
A fraction of Bayer Leverkusen fans are rallying against coach Robin Dutt as evidenced by their activity on the social network Facebook.
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Bayer Leverkusen fans rally against coach Robin Dutt
Manchester City will spend Christmas top of the English Premier League after a routine 3-0 win at home to Stoke City on Wednesday.
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Football: Manchester City 3 : Stoke 0
Round-up: Napoli reacted to Sunday’s home defeat by Roma with a spectacular first half display to blow away Genoa and remain joint sixth.
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Serie A – Napoli crush Genoa, Roma win again
