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Match Highlights – Aston Villa vs Chelsea
The 1-0 win for Aston Villa against Chelsea might turn out to be one of the most important results in the Premier League championship race, with Fabian Delph scoring a cheeky winner and both Willian and Ramires not finishing the match, getting sent off along with their manager, Jose Mourinho.
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Match Highlights – Hull vs Manchester City
The road to the championship remains clear for Manchester City, beating Hull City 2-0 in a tough away match after losing Vincent Kompany to a red card but getting the win after a brilliant goal from David Silva and another genius touch from the Spaniard, setting up Edin Dzeko with the finishing goal.
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Arsenal FC – Mesut Ozil & Olivier Giroud Failing Together
Another big occasion, and another match in which Mesut Ozil pulls off his famous disappearing act, while Olivier Giroud, worn out from being the only viable striker on this Arsenal team Arsene Wenger built, didn’t do much better in another rather bland 90 minutes from the French striker.
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Champions League Predictions – Barcelona vs Manchester City, PSG vs Leverkusen
It’s hard to feel too excited about the second legs between Barcelona vs Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain vs Leverkusen after both teams won quite convingly away from home in the first encounters, but it doesn’t mean we aren’t going to have good football to watch.
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Bayern Munich – Arjen Robben Will Dive Each Time if it Means Winning
For some reason people are still shocked by Arjen Robben diving, and then a bit more, and carrying on with it until he wins a penalty. Bayern Munich didn’t score on that spot kick he won the team (Thomas Muller missed), but the Dutch winger will be happy to concentrate all the hate and criticism towards him as long as it means he’s still on the winning side at the end of the 90 minutes.
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Match Highlights – Bayern Munich vs Arsenal, Atletico Madrid vs Milan
Entertaining? Maybe. Surprising? Not very much. Bayern Munich didn’t run into too much trouble with Arsenal, ending their second leg encounter with a 1-1 draw to put them through, while Atletico Madrid looked a lot more hungry and impressive in their 4-1 demolition of AC Milan, also making it into the Champions League quarterfinals.
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Champions League Predictions – Atletico Madrid vs Milan, Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
There’s something a bit too predictable about how the first legs went in the Champions League round of 16, and both Arsenal and AC Milan will try to change that as they travel to play teams that are better than them – Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid, who look confident and simply good enough to make it into the quarterfinals.
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Match Highlights & Table – Week 27 Spanish La Liga
The picture at the top of the table continues to change, with Barcelona slipping to third after their loss at Valladolid, Atletico Madrid moving back up to second thanks to finally winning, this time at Vigo while Real Madrid keep on scoring and winning, opening a three point lead at the top after beating Levante.
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Serie A – Week 27 Results & Table
The most boring championship race in Italy is now slightly more dull with Juventus opening a 14 point lead at the top of the table after beating Fiorentina, while Roma lost against their chasers for second place, Napoli.
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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Tottenham
Even if Chelsea were the better team from the start and already in the lead, Samuel Eto’o diving, Michael Oliver buying it and Younes Kaboul sent off ruined what could have been a much less one sided derby, with the league leaders beating Tottenham 4-0.