
Pompey hit the self destruct button after 25 minutes at Anfield when keeper Ashdown had his clearance closed down, the ball ran to Maxi to playing in Fernando Torres for the simple finish. One became two minutes later when intense Liverpool pressure finally saw Torres lay the ball off to Ryan Babel who prodded home from 10-yards. A fabulous six minute spell for the Reds was rounded off when Torres and Gerrard were involved before Alberto Aquilani cracked home his first Liverpool goal in front of the Kop. (First half highlights here.) 13 minutes from time Fernando Torres bagged his second of the night to inflict more woes on Pompey, El Nino letting rip with a bullet strike into the near post. Nadir Belhadj denied the Merseysiders a clean sheet when the Algerian latched onto Piquionne’s volley across the face of the goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo cracked home a trademark tomahawk free-kick after 27 minutes at Valladolid. Real doubled their lead just before the interval when Gonzalo Higuain volleyed home a Van der Vaart inswinging free-kick from 3-yards out. Los Blancos went 3-up in the 52nd minute when Alonso’s straight-forward free-kick upfield was flicked on by Ronaldo to Higuain and the Argentine confidently notched his second of the game. The hosts briefly got themselves back in the game when Raul Albiol managed to turn the ball into his own net, Gonzalo Higuain soon restored Real’s 3-goal cushion with his hat-trick goal mopping up a parried shot from Ronaldo.
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Milan got back on the winning trail and closed the gap on rivals Inter thanks to Clarence Seedorf’s late late winner, the Dutchman stealing the headlines with an unstoppable arrowed shot that ripped from right into the left hand top corner.
I rossoneri si portano in classifica a un punto dall’Inter grazie a una magia dell’olandese Seedorf (appena entrato) nel recupero. Ma quanta sofferenza per battere i veronesi, che recriminano per gol annullato per dubbio fuorigioco. Un palo per parte: di Mantovani e Ronaldinho. Grave infortunio a Beckham: si teme la rottura del tendine d’Achille.
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After 56 minutes Lionel Messi danced into the Valencia box and scored yet another high class individual goal to put Barcelona in front. With just under ten minutes remaining Lionel Messi bagged his second receiving a lofted pass from Henry and firing past Cesar. Seconds later the diminutive Argentine completed his hat-trick to cap yet another fine individual display.
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The Black Cats struck after eight minutes against Manchester City, Kenwyne Jones providing a punishingly powerful header from Malbranque’s left-sided cross. The Citizens salvaged a last-gasp point courtesy of a splendid curling shot from Adam Johnson from the right-side of the box that flew unstoppably in the top-left corner.
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Claudio Pizarro marked his 100th game for Werder by hitting a late winner at Hoffenheim, the Peru striker collecting a Jensen pass nine minutes from time and neatly lobbing Hildebrand.
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Juve got off to an incredible start against relegation-threatened Siena, Alex Del Piero finding the net from close ranger after two minutes before Del Piero finished off a fine team move in the 9th minute. Sixty seconds later Antonio Candreva crashed home a brilliant third for the Bianconeri, before Massimo Maccarone pulled Siena back into the match in the 16th minute when he ran past the home defence and slotted his shot into the far corner. After a blistering start to the first half, lightning struck twice at the start of the second as Abdelkader Ghezzal was in the right place to score a rebound and bring Siena firmly back in the match. In the 74th minute Siena tied the match 3-all when Algerian international Abdelkader Ghezzal netted his second of the game from the penalty spot.
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Daniele Dessena put Cagliari ahead in the 16th minute, but Alberto Zapater equalised from the penalty spot in the 36th minute after the home side had already been denied four times by the woodwork. Rodrigo Palacio put Genoa ahead in the 39th minute, but their joy was short lived as Daniele Conti equalised immediately. Giuseppe Sculli restored Genoa’s advantage and Marco Rossi added a fourth before the break. Alessandro Matri scored the second penalty of the match in the 55th minute to make things interesting, but Omar Milanetto sealed Genoa’s win just four minutes later.
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