LONDON: Martin Skrtel powered home a header deep into stoppage time to earn 10-man Liverpool a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, while Adam Johnson’s late winner earned Sunderland a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United in the Tyne-Wear derby. In the seventh of nine minutes of ...
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BARCELONA: Luis Suarez’s long wait for a goal in the La Liga finally ended when he added to Lionel Messi’s brace to give Barcelona a 5-0 win over Cordoba on Saturday and finish the year a point behind leaders Real Madrid. After putting Barcelona ahead two minutes in at the ...
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MARRAKESH: Real Madrid outclassed San Lorenzo of Argentina 2-0 in the Club World Cup final on Saturday to put a crown on their status as the best club in world football. Goals from Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale, after being forced into a scrap by the feisty South Americans, saw ...
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Manchester United can win the Premier League title, says Phil Neville. United claimed their sixth successive win by beating Liverpool 3-0 on Sunday and lie third, eight points behind leaders Chelsea and five adrift of Manchester City. Speaking on BBC Radio on Monday, the former United assistant coach was asked ...
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Manchester City have been drawn against Barcelona in the Champions League last 16 for a second consecutive year. Chelsea will play Paris St-Germain, and Arsenal are up against Monaco in ties to be played in February and March. Champions Real Madrid will face Schalke, with last season’s beaten finalists Atletico ...
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Manchester United comprehensively beat Liverpool to pick up their sixth successive Premier League victory. Liverpool, and in particular Raheem Sterling, missed a host of good chances with David De Gea in fine form. After the first such miss, Wayne Rooney swept home Antonio Valencia’s cross before Juan Mata doubled the ...
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Arsenal put their recent Premier League troubles behind them to move to within two points of the Premier League’s top four after an easy win over Newcastle. Olivier Giroud headed the Gunners ahead from Alexis Sanchez’s cross and Santi Cazorla’s cute finish made it 2-0. Giroud added his second with ...
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Chelsea returned to winning ways in the Premier League and maintained their 100% record at Stamford Bridge with a scrappy victory against 10-man Hull. Eden Hazard scored a rare header in the sixth minute to give Chelsea the lead their early dominance deserved. The hosts failed to capitalise from there ...
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