Review - Jan 7 - 8, 2012

A Big weekend for United, City, Arsenal and Barcelona!

Manchester United triumph in their hotly contested FA cup third round match with Manchester City.
In a fiery contest Rooney shines for United with a brace as the City captain, Kompany sees a red for a serious challenge on Nani.
Result - Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester United - Scorers - Rooney (brace), Welbeck, Kolarov and Aguero.


Thierry Henry makes a dream return to Arsenal with a winning goal in their FA Cup tie with Championship side Leeds United to help his team progress to the Fourth Round of the Cup.


Photo courtesy - goal.com

Espanyol folk out a 1 - 1 draw with Barcelona after grasping a last minute equalizer.
Elsewhere Real Madrid extend their lead at the top of La Liga with a thumping 5 - 1 victory over minnows Granada. Barca now trail Real by 5 points.
The tie between Villarreal and Valencia ends in a 2 - 2 draw and the tie between Malga and Atletico Madrid ends in a goalless draw.

All big teams in Serie A register comfortable victories with Inter recording a 5 - 0 win over minnows Parma.

Big action in Serie A at the coming weekend!!

Top billings - Jan 7 - 8, 2012

The Italian and Spainish top flight action returns with the end of the winter break!

The top billing of the week - Manchester City vs Manchester United

A mouth watering tie between the Manchester Clubs in the FA Cup!
To remind you folks why so:
One, who would forget the 6 - 1 mauling of United at the hands of City and that too at Old Trafford
Two, Rooney gets nominated for the Puskás Award (http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html) for scoring the decisive goal last year, last season in the League tie!
League Table!!
Fixture: 1pm GMT, Sunday
Other Big FA Cup ties: Arsenal v/s Leeds and Chelsea v/s Portsmouth

The top Billing of the La Liga - Espanyol vs Barcelona
Barcelona would look to continue their form from the midweek Copa del Ray encounter vs Osasuna.
Fixture: 8.30pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: Villarreal vs Valencia and Malga vs Atletico Madrid

The top Billing of the Seria A - No real big one!
With AC Milan and Juventus locked in at the top of the table with same points, any slip up would be costly by either.
Other good Fixture: Oh really!

The top Billing of the Copa del Ray - Malga vs Real Madrid
The second legs of the Copa Del Ray will be played on the 10th & 11th January.
Other good Fixtures: Sevilla vs Valencia

The Bundesliga remains on a winter break until 20th January.

Another interesting weekend ahead!!!

Review - Jan 2 - 4, 2012

A mixed week for the Big teams in EPL.

Arsenal, Liverpool and United suffer defeats while Chelsea, Tottenham and City triumph!


Results:

Wolves 1 - 2 Chelsea - Scorers - Ramires, Stephen Ward and Lampard

Fulham 2 - 1 Arsenal - Scorers - Koscielny, Sidwell, Zamora

Tottenham 1 - 0 West Brom - Scorers - Defoe

Man City 3 - 0 Liverpool - Scorers - Aguero, Yaya Toure, Milner

Newcastle United 0 - 3 Manchester United - Scorers - Ba, Cabaye, Jones (Own Goal)


Elsewhere Real Madrid and Barcelona triumphed in their first leg ties of the Copa del Ray


Results:

Real 3 - 2 Malga - Scorers - Sanchez, Demichelis, Khedira, Higuain and Benzema

Barca 4 - 0 Ossasuna - Scorers - Fabregas (brace) and Messi (brace)



Valencia and Sevilla meet today on the 5th for their first leg encounter in the Copa del Ray.
There will be much action this weekend with the juicy Manchester Derby amongst other games in the Third round of the FA Cup!