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  • Manchester United at Wolves – Too Easy For League Leaders

    Wolves haven’t won at home since December 4, so there wasn’t much hope the bottom ranked team in the Premier League would actually stop Manchester United’s stride towards their fifth league title in six years. Still, a 0-5 home defeat as Ronald Zubar picked up two yellow cards in 11 minutes while Javier Hernandez broke his league scoring drought with a brace. And to think United lost 2-1 on their last visit to the Molineux.

  • Lionel Messi Makes it Look Too Easy (Barcelona vs Leverkusen)

    Lionel Messi became the first player in Champions League history to score 5 goals in one match. Forget about Barcelona beating Leverkusen 7-1 and the aggregate score of 10-2. I don’t know what Guardiola is planning for next year and his future in the game, but it seemed like Messi and the rest put on a show just to convince him to stay.

  • Van Persie Doubles Up at Anfield (Liverpool vs Arsenal)

    Liverpool scored first, but failed to capitalize on their superiority all throughout the match. Arsenal didn’t attack much, but Robin Van Persie was there to do his usual fabulous finishing job, scoring twice, including a quality volley in injury time, to give Arsenal a 2-1 win over the Reds and be the first team to leave Anfield with 3 points.

  • Benfica vs Porto – The Game That Sent The Title North?

    Hulk opened the scoring, Oscar Cardozo’s brace gave Benfica the lead in the second half, but a red card and Porto’s superior side eventually got the two goals that might bring them the title for a sixth time in seven seasons, winning the O Classico 3-2 in dramatic fashion, taking sole lead of the Primeira Liga in Portugal.

  • There’s Only One Team in North London (Arsenal vs Tottenham)

    Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are navigating through a terrible season in their standards, but their 5-2 win over Tottenham in the North London Derby, in their best display of the season with Theo Walcott scoring twice to cap off a comeback from 0-2 down will undoubtedly raise the spirits back to normal among Gunners fans, at least for a week or so.

  • Lavezzi & Cavani Pull Napoli Through (Napoli vs Chelsea)

    Napoli, despite not having the name and experience in the Champions League the Chelsea do, were the favorites coming in to the first leg and came out as the deserved winners with Ezequiel Lavezzi scoring twice and Edinson Cavani with one of his own, cancelling Juan Manuel Mata and the surprising opening goal, winning 3-1 which should put them in the quarter finals.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Goal Not Enough For Real Madrid to Win First Leg

    Cristiano Ronaldo opened, Pontus Wernbloom closed. Real Madrid led throughout most of the match on a frozen Moscow pitch but playing too careful and too defensive instead of finishing the match hurt them in the end, ending the first leg against CSKA in a 1-1 draw, which gives them the obvious advantage for the second leg decider.

  • Back on Track (Juventus vs Catania)

    Juventus put their two consecutive 0-0 draws behind them, coming back from an early 1-0 deficit against Catania to reclaim the Serie A number 1 spot with a 3-1 win after goals from Andrea Pirlo, Giorgio Chiellini and Fabio Quagliarella.

  • Milan vs Arsenal – Zlatan Ibrahimovic Rules in First Leg Thrashing

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic needs to put all the Champions League criticism behind him, and his sublime performance against Arsenal, leading AC Milan to a 4-0 thrashing of a helpless and confused Arsenal side with one goal and two assists, was a good start on his way to the Champions League quarter finals.

  • Alexis and Messi Too Much for Bayer (Leverkusen vs Barcelona)

    Lionel Messi added a third and final dagger in the closing minutes to make sure Leverkusen had no chance of having any hope of coming out for the first leg with at least a draw, and no chance of making the Champions League quarter finals this season, joining Alexis’ double to give Barcelona a 3-1 win in the first leg.