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 | Nani's Debut
Nani
24/07/2007 View : 7771
This video focuses on Nani’s debut for the Red Devils against Shenzhen |
|  | Liverpool 3 - 0 Sunderland
English Premier League
02/02/2008 View : 5665
Peter Crouch gave Liverpool the lead early in the second-half, getting on the end of a cross from Carragher. Fernando Torres bagged the second with a fine finish, running through after a flick from Crouch. Steven Gerrard added the third from the penalty-spot with two minutes remaining. |
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 | Belgium 1 - 2 Portugal
EURO 2008
02/06/2007 View : 5510
A minute before half-time Nani, the new Manchester United winger, gave Portugal the lead. Fellaini equalised before Helder Postiga got the winner with a fine long-range strike (why didn’t he do this at Spurs?) |
|  | Liverpool 3 - 2 Werder Bremen
Pre-season Friendly
17/07/2007 View : 5457
The Reds had a good night as new signing Voronin neatly scored his first two goals for the club, with Riise scoring a trademark free-kick in-between. Torres, Babel and Benayoun all made their Liverpool introductions. |
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|  | Manchester United 2 - 0 Bolton
English Premier League
19/03/2008 View : 5051
Taylor’s desperate clearance fell to captain Cristiano Ronaldo, and the wunderkid smashed home his 32nd goal of the season. And the fabulous Ronaldo soon found number 33, with a trademark free-kick that gave Al Habsi no chance. Al Habsi redeemed himself, saving from Nani, in a spirited second-half from Bolton. |
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 | Tottenham Hotspurs 4 - 4 Chelsea
English Premier League
19/03/2008 View : 4648
Poor Spurs defending allowed Didier Drogba to answer his critics by scoring after three minutes at White Hart Lane. And it could have been worse for Spurs minutes later, but Joe Cole’s finish was ruled out for offside. Mirroring events from the Carling Cup final, Woodgate rose powerfully to head his second Spurs goal against Chelsea to bring the hosts level. In an incredible opening 20 minutes, the Blues struck back when Joe Cole fed in Essien (Drogba offside?), who chipped the ball past Robinson with the outside of his right foot. The end of the first-half (highlights here) descended into controversy when Ashley Cole’s hospital tackle on Hutton only received a yellow, and Cole had the nerve to argue. After the break, Joe Cole strolled round Chimbonda and found the net via Robinson’s arm. But once again Spurs hit back, Berbatov out-jumping Terry for Tottenham’s second. Cudicini’s wonder save denied Robbie Keane, but Spurs completed the comeback when Huddlestone arrowed a shot into the a far corner. Yet, Chelsea refused to lose, and Cole scored his second after executing amazing control from Drogba’s pass. But Robbie Keane had the final word, curling an absolute beauty into the top corner to end a mesmerising London derby. (Second-half highlights here.) Surely one of the greatest Premier League matches ever. |
|  | Manchester United 4 - 1 West Ham United
English Premier League
03/05/2008 View : 4444
It took Manchester United under three minutes to go ahead against West Ham, Cristiano Ronaldo collecting the ball on the right touch-line, cutting inside and leaving Neill on his backside, before scoring at the near post for number 39 of the season. United then asserted their authority in the 24th minute, Hargreaves finding Ronaldo at the back post for his 40th of the campaign. (Both Ronaldo goals here.) And the game was effectively over 120 seconds later when Carlos Tevez smashed home number three past a flapping Green. The Hammers struck back however in stunning fashion, Dean Ashton planting an overhead-kick in the top corner. And the Hammers got a further incentive after Nani got himself sent-off for headbutting Lucas Neill in a skirmish on the edge of the box. (The four first-half goals can be seen on this video and highlights can be watched here.) Any fears that the Hammers could get back in the game were dispelled by Michael Carrick who had the freedom of the park to run into and was aided by a deflection off Neill. Darren Fletcher came close to adding a fifth when he hit the post after Giggs had played him in. |
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 | Manchester City 1 - 3 Arsenal
English Premier League
02/02/2008 View : 4328
Emmanuel Adebayor scored his fourth goal of the week in the 9th minute at Eastlands, after great work by Bacary Sagna. Fifteen minutes later Arsenal doubled their lead with a goal of real class, a flowing move culminated in a cross by Clichy, headed back by Adebayor and finished expertly by Eduardo with a great chest down and left-footed volley. Two minutes later City pulled one back though Gelson Fernandes after Corluka had robbed Clichy. (First-half highlights here.) The irrepressible Aderbayor got the third in the final minute - a move he started from his own half and finished well, after good link-up play between Hleb and Fabregas. This was City’s first home defeat of the season. |
|  | Ryan Babel
Ryan Babel
09/07/2007 View : 4294
Babel impressed as the Holland U-21 side won the recent European Championship and has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal. However, it now appears Liverpool have joined the race to sign Ajax's the 20-year-old. |
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 | Manchester United 2 - 0 Chelsea
English Premier League
23/09/2007 View : 4175
Flying Carlos Tevez headed in Giggs’ cross on stroke of half-time, to give Manchester United the lead over 10-man Chelsea, after Obi Mikel received a straight red card. Rooney had a shot brilliantly saved by Cech early on. Late on, sub-Saha won and converted a penalty to condemn Avram Grant to his first defeat. |
|  | Manchester United 3 - 2 AC Milan
Uefa Champions League
24/04/2007 View : 4021
United took an early lead after Dida parried in a header from Ronaldo whilst under pressure from Heinze. Kaka equalised with a wonderful bursting run and finish after a great through ball from Seedorf. Ten minutes before half-time Kaka outwitted Heinze and Evra to give Milan a 2-1 lead. Wayne Rooney equalised after chesting-down a sumptuous through-ball from Paul Scholes. With a minute to go Rooney smashed in a low shot to give United a slender lead to take to the San Siro - “The big night gets a big finish from Wayne Rooney”.
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 | Chelsea 2 - 1 Arsenal
English Premier League
23/03/2008 View : 3883
Almunia easily saved a Ballack free-kick after six minutes at the Bridge. Arsenal dominated the early exchanges and Van Persie blazed over on 15, seconds later Cudicini was forced to come out but Eboue was unable to take advantage. On 25 Drogba ran through but failed to control. Five minutes before the break Gallas should have put the Gunners in front at the back post, the linesman had though flagged for offside. (First-half highlights here.) Early in the second-half, Drogba ran through again but was unable to finish, Gallas did well to put him off. Bacary Sagna broke the deadlock just before the hour mark, heading home at the near post from a Fabregas corner, his first goal in English football. With twenty minutes to go, seconds after a double substitution by Avram Grant, Didier Drogba equalised with a fine finish. And the Ivorian turned the game round, and potentially crushed Arsenal’s title hopes, with the second, Almunia could have done better with Drogba’s finish. (Second-half highlights here.) |
|  | Tottenham Hotspurs 1 - 1 Manchester United
English Premier League
02/02/2008 View : 3699
Manchester United played second fiddle at White Hart Lane during the first-half, and Spurs’ dominance was rewarded with a goal from Berbatov following Jenas’ initial run which was completed by Aaron Lennon. United’s best chance came from a Ronaldo header. (First-half highlights here.) Spurs went in search of the second after the break, with the best chance falling to Robbie Keane. Ferguson brought on Anderson and Nani in an effort to add more attacking threat, and in classic United fashion the champions levelled the game in the 94th minute when Tevez volleyed home Nani’s corner. |
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 | Nani vs Belgium
Nani
05/06/2007 View : 3617
This is a short compilation of nani's appearance in the 2nd half of portugal vs belgium on 03/24/07. |
|  | Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea (Pens. 6-5)
Uefa Champions League
21/05/2008 View : 3437
There were a lot of nervous faces when the players came out at the Luzhniki stadium. United settled the quickest with Ronaldo showing some great skill to beat Essien. Scholes and Makalele clashed heads just after the twenty minute mark with both veteran midfielders receiving a booking, United’s ginger midfielder was left with a bloody face. United’s greater purpose was rewarded in the 26th minute. Scholes and Brown worked the ball down the left, and the United right back crossed for Cristiano Ronaldo to head into the bottom corner giving Cech no chance. The goal brought the game to life with both goalies called into action, Ballack saw a header saved and then Cech saved from Tevez and Carrick. Chelsea came back into the game and pulled level on the stroke of half-time, Frank Lampard tapping in after a shot from Essien was deflected into his path. |
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 | Tottenham 0 - 2 Liverpool
English Premier League
11/05/2008 View : 3431
The deadlock was broken 21 minutes from time when Alvaro Arbeloa angled a long ball from right to left towards the penalty area. Torres flicked on with his head and Voronin poked past Cerny. Torres added a second in the 74th minute, twisting and turning past Dawson and slotting past Cerny. |
|  | Liverpool 1 - 0 Chelsea (Penalties 4 - 1)
Uefa Champions League
01/05/2007 View : 3417
Liverpool took the lead just after the twenty-minute mark with a fine left-footed finish from Dan Agger latching on to a free-kick from Gerrard. Liverpool became the first team in the history of the Champions League to progress to the final by winning a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final. |
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 | Liverpool 8 - 0 Besiktas
Uefa Champions League
06/11/2007 View : 3223
Liverpool had a two goal cushion at the break, firstly through Crouch after the ball fell kindly in his path and then through Benayoun’s well-hit strike. The Reds went goal crazy in the second half, with Benayoun bagging the second and third of his treble before seeing Steven Gerrard (69), Ryan Babbel (79 and 81) and Crouch (89) also net. The result break Arsenal’s short-lived reign of the biggest win in Champions League history. |
|  | Newcastle 1 - 5 Manchester United
English Premier League
23/02/2008 View : 3195
Ronaldo set-up Rooney to tap-in for the first Manchester United goal 25 minutes in at a rocking St James’ Park. Cristiano Ronaldo got the second a minute before the break after being put through by Carrick. Damien Duff tested Van der Sar with Newcastle’s first attempt, only for the Red Devils to swiftly move up the other end of the pitch, comical defending allowed Ronaldo to waltz past the defense to add the killer third. Newcastle pulled a goal back when Abdoulaye Faye volleyed home from close range, only for United to restore their three goal cushion with a stunning right-foot curling shot from Rooney. The demolition was completed when Louis Saha smashed in the fifth. |
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 | Fulham 0 - 3 Manchester United
English Permier League
01/03/2008 View : 3092
Owen Hargreaves opened the scoring with a fine free-kick after fifteen minutes at Craven Cottage. Ji Sung Park added the second from a Paul Scholes cross just before the half-time break. With twenty minutes to go Simon Davies put through his own net. |
|  | Manchester United 3 - 0 Liverpool
English Premier League
23/03/2008 View : 2954
In the sixth minute at Old Trafford, Rooney was played in by Anderson but Reina narrowed the angle and blocked well. Midway through the first-half Ronaldo hit the post after ghosting in at the back post, the chance was flagged for offside. Minutes later Steven Gerrard saw a vicious shot deflected for a corner. On 32 minutes Reina juggled a Giggs cross. And two minutes later the Liverpool goalkeeper was at fault for Wesley Brown’s opener, the United right back headed in a Rooney cross, as Reina flapped. Seconds before the break Javier Mascherano was sent-off for receiving his second yellow card for dissent (first yellow here). United dominated the early part of the the second-half, Ronaldo went close with a free-kick and Rooney should have scored when played in by a superb ball from Van Der Sar. Seconds after coming on Tevez should have doubled United’s advantage but Reina again saved from close range. Two goals in three minutes finished the game, Cristiano Ronaldo headed his 34th of the season after Reina flapped again. (The corner was won after Ronaldo missed an easy chance, Reina pushed his shot onto the bar.) And Nani bagged the third after a one-two with Rooney followed by a great finish into the corner. |
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 | Liverpool 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
English Premier League
23/08/2008 View : 2921
Boro put up stern resistance against Liverpool, having the best chance in the opening exchanges when Reina was forced to tip over Taylor’s snap-shot. For Liverpool, Gerrard came close with a right footer and Fernando Torres should have done better when teed up by Robbie Keane. Downing then showed excellent control to cut inside from the left, but he skewed his right-foot shot badly. In the second half Boro continued to impress, and Tuncay almost scored a spectacular goal but his shot went straight at Reina. Back came the Reds with a long shot from Torres, but the deadlock was eventually broken with a fabulous strike from Mido who hit a left footed rocket into the bottom corner. To their credit, Liverpool kept belief even though they were being outplayed, and Jamie Carragher equalised with a deflected shot (accredited to Pogatetz) that flew into the goal. Incredibly captain Steven Gerrard stole the points in the 94th minute, blasting home a winner which the Reds barely deserved. |
|  | Liverpool 2 - 0 Inter Milan
Uefa Champions League
19/02/2008 View : 2765
Liverpool bossed the opening half hour against Inter Milan, repeatedly having chances without success. Inter replied through a series of fouls, and Materazzi picked up his second yellow after 30 minutes. Cambiasso had the Italians first effort after the break, but the Reds continued in the ascendancy, seeing Cesar save fantastically from Torres before Vieira’s cast-iron handball in the box was waved away. Further chances from Hyypia and Torres came and went. But after 84th minutes of almost total control of the match, Liverpool finally saw the net bulge when Dirk Kuyt shot past Cesar after collecting Pennant’s cross. Minutes later Steven Gerrard scored the second with a long range shot which looked suspiciously like a cross. |
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 | Liverpool 3 - 2 Middlesbrough
English Premier League
23/02/2008 View : 2743
Tuncay gave Boro the lead at Anfield on 8 minutes, terrible attempt at playing offside from the Liverpool defence. Fernando Torres equalised for Liverpool on 28 minutes, set-up by an awful headed backpass from Julio Arca. Two minutes later El Nino got his second to put Liverpool in front with a great strike. Torres completed his hat-trick fifteen minutes into the second-half, finishing well after Schwarzer came out and did nothing. Stewart Downing pulled one back late on, but Boro’s hopes took a blow when Aliadiere was sent-off two minutes later. |
|  | Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle United
English Permier League
29/01/2008 View : 2700
After dominating the whole first-half, Arsenal took the lead five minutes before the break, Emmanual Adebayor headed home his third goal against the Toon in four days after great work by Flamini. Newcastle showed a little more fight in the second-half, but with just under twenty minutes to go Mathieu Flamini capped a fine individual performance with a rocket of a strike which nestled in the top corner. Eight minutes later, Cesc Fabregas scored the third, set-up by Bendtner. Late on, Nicky Butt hit the bar for the Toon. |
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 | Manchester United 4 - 1 Middlesbrough
English Premier League
27/10/2007 View : 2679
Nani opened with a 30 yards screamer, only for Jeremie Aliadiere quickly equalised with a precise header after Tuncay teased O’Shea. Stuart Downing then embarrassed himself to play in Rooney to smash United’s second. (First-half highlights here.) After the break Carlos Tevez slotted in after a sublime Rooney back-heel and he added a fourth with a deflected shot. |
|  | Tranmere 0 - 1 Liverpool
Pre-season Friendly
12/07/2008 View : 2577
Liverpool won their first pre-season match of the summer thanks to a fine curling shot from Yossi Benayoun which sailed into the top corner, two minutes before the interval. Daniel Agger made a long awaited return for Liverpool, while new signings Diego Cavalieri and Philipp Degan got a run-out in the second half. |
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 | Israel 0 - 4 Portugal
European under-21 Championship
16/06/2007 View : 2508
Portugal missed out on the semis by a point. Israel, for who it was an accomplishment simply to reach the tournament, go home having lost all three games. Goals were scored by Fernandes, Vaz Te, Veloso and Nani. |
|  | AC Milan 3 - 0 Manchester United
Uefa Champions League
02/05/2007 View : 2507
After dominating the early exchanges, Milan took the lead with a classy finish into the corner from Kaka after a fine flick from Seedorf. Clarence Seedorf made it 2-0 with a great strike into the corner. With just over ten minutes remaining Gilardino had the freedom of the San Siro to bag the third. |
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|  | Belarus 0 - 2 Bulgaria
EURO 2008
02/06/2007 View : 2446
Dimitar Berbatov produced another viruoso performance. After hitting the bar in the first-half, he rounded three men for the first and added a second with a side-foot finish in the second-half. |
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|  | Arsenal 5 - 0 Derby
English Premier League
22/09/2007 View : 2390
Abou Diaby put the Gunners ahead with a vicious drive into the top corner. Then Adebayor showed exquisite control to take down a Cesc Fabregas pass on his chest before rounding Stephen Bywater and slotting a second. Adebayor struck a second-half penalty and Fabregas rifled in a shot before Adebayor again chested the ball down and placed it low beyond Bywater. |
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|  | Chelsea 6 - 0 Manchester City
English Premier League
27/10/2007 View : 2275
Frank Lampard took center stage, feeding in Essien who beat Hart into the opposite corner. Petrov came worked Cech with a free-kick, but Chelsea then doubled their lead over City when Lampard’s outstanding pass beat Richards, and Drobga collected to finished expertly. Drogba bagged his second when Lampard’s shot was saved, before Michael Essien set up Joe Cole, Salomon Kalou and (even) Andriy Shevchenko for the remaining goals. |
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|  | Sunderland 0 - 4 Manchester United
English Premier League
26/12/2007 View : 2228
United blew Sunderland off the park in the first-half (highlights here). The Red Devils went ahead thanks to Rooney’s precise finish following Brown’s pass. Rooney then set-up Saha to make it two. But it was left to Ronaldo to score the pick of the bunch, with a stunning free-kick into the top corner. Saha notched his second of the game from the penalty spot. United move to the top of the table. |
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 | Manchester United 1 - 2 Manchester City
English Premier League
10/02/2008 View : 2188
Darius Vassell stunned Old Trafford with the opening goal midway through the first half. Petrov played in Ireland who saw his shot saved by Van der Sar, and the former England striker placed it home on the second attempt. On the stroke of half-time Benjani got the second on his City debut, flicking on a great cross from Petrov. Michael Carrick fired one back for United in the 91st minute but City completed a league double over United for the first time since the 1969/70 season.(The minute’s silence and the events preceding the game can be seen on this video.) |
|  | Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
Uefa Champions League
22/04/2008 View : 2177
In the early exchanges Torres came close with a toe-poke past the post. On the half-hour Gerrard played a perfect first time pass into Torres, but Petr Cech stood firm, and the Spaniard was denied when he should have done better. Dirk Kuyt then sent the Kop into raptures when his industrious work produced the opener. Kuyt received Alonso’s quick free-kick, retrieved his poor cross off Lampard, before meeting Mascherano’s looping pass in the box and firing home through Cech. (First half highlights here.) Chelsea were anonymous at the start of the second half, but the Reds couldn’t capitalise, Babel striking a shot past the post. Chelsea stirred in the later stages, Malouda was guilty of missing a golden opportunity. Liverpool kept on searching for the crucial second and a piece of individual brilliance from Gerrard, firing a shot into the top corner, forced Cech yet again to save expertly. Cech produced another wonderful save to stop Torres from a corner in injury-time, but in the 94th minute Avram Grant was handed a huge slice of luck, Riise got himself into horrendous trouble trying to head out Kalou’s cross (he truly has no right foot!) and the full-back headed a bullet past Reina, gifting the all important away goal for Chelsea. |
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|  | Spain 0 - 0 Italy (Pens. 4-2)
EURO 2008
22/06/2008 View : 2126
With the Spanish and Italians both showing each other too much respect in the opening stages, chances were few and far between. David Villa had a 25th minute free-kick that Buffon saved easily. Silva then tried his luck, cutting in from the right before curling a left-footed strike past the post. The first half ended in stalemate, the Azzurri putting up an impenetrable backline while doing very little up-top. Spain continued to threaten after the break, Silva swiveled in the box, but a timely slide from Chiellini denied the Spaniard his opportunity. On the hour mark Aragones went for the win, taking off Iniesta and Xavi for Febregas and Santi, but it was the Italians who suddenly sparked into life with a goalmouth scramble that ended with Casillas brilliantly stopping Camoranesi’s shot. Yet the Spanish continued to press, and Gigi Buffon almost had egg on his face, spilling Marcos Senna’s swerving shot only to see the ball hit the post.
For the third night in succession the 90 minutes ended in deadlock, forcing the game into extra-time. Spain, and particularly Silva, continued to look for the elusive goal. At the other end, Di Natale forced Casillas into a tidy save from a header. With neither team finding a goal in extra-time to game moved to penalties. Villa, Grosso and Santi all scored their spot-kicks. Casillas then produced a wonder-save to deny De Rossi. Senna and Camoranesi both scored, only for Buffon to block Guiza’s effort. But then Casillas stole the show, turning aside Di Natale’s penalty, with Fabregas scoring the winner. Spain finally do away with their “June 22nd” curse, setting up a mouth-watering tie with the Russians, who the beat 4-1 in the first round of the groups. |
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|  | Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic
EURO 2008
15/06/2008 View : 2048
After a tense start, both the Turks and the Czechs went on the offensive, Tuncay pulling his 30-yard shot wide of Cech’s post. The industrious Libor Sionko fired a shot over the bar after cutting in from the right. In the 34th minute the Czechs scored by playing to their strengths, Grygera swung in a teasing cross and Jan Koller planted a header which Volkan couldn’t keep out. (First half highlights here.) Koller ran out of legs after breaking from the halfway line to charge down on goal with miserable results. But the Czechs scored their crucial second when Sionko, once again the provider, found Plasil who slid the ball home. The Turks put the cats amongst the pigeons when Arda Turan squeezed a shot past Cech with 15 minutes to go. The Czechs went desperately close to wrapping up the game when Polak’s effort hit the post. But it was Petr Cech who set up the Turkish equaliser, the Chelsea goalkeeper failed to hold on to a pretty tame cross from Altintop and Nihat nipped in to score. With the Czechs clearly shell-shocked, Nihat was put clean through to curl expertly past Cech to cap a comeback of epic proportions. In injury-time Volkan was sent-off for pushing Koller, and Tuncay went in goal for the remaining seconds of an incredible match. |
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 | Liverpool 6 - 0 Derby County
English Premier League
01/09/2007 View : 2043
Liverpool dominated the first-half against Derby. Xabi Alonso’s free-kick beat everyone, including Bywater in goal, to give the Reds the lead. Ryan Babel then doubled the home team’s advantage when he coolly collected the ball, faked out two defenders, before beating the keeper with a class finish. Liverpool continued after the break in the same fashion, as Mascherano stole the ball into the path of Torres, who showed why he is worth £26m. The Rams were put to the slaughter when Alonso got the Reds’ fourth, and then they were taken apart by further goals from Voronin and Torres. |
|  | Portsmouth 1 - 1 Chelsea
English Premier League
02/02/2008 View : 2018
Chelsea were left frustrated at the break against Portsmouth as neither side found the breakthrough. The Blues were more positive, and came closest when Ballack’s header was saved on the line by Kranjcar. Pompey threatened a goal at the start of the half, but a stunning counter attack resulted in the opening goal for the Blues, finished on the volley by Anelka. But Pompey’s new forward line of Baros and Defoe combined from James’ long ball, with the former Spurs hitman scoring on debut. |
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 | Liverpool 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
English Premier League
13/04/2008 View : 2009
It took Liverpool until the second half to move ahead of Blackburn, but a purposeful one-two between Gerrard and Lucas allowed the Reds’ skipper to nutmeg Samba before slotting home the opener. Bentley came close for Rovers with a stylish free-kick. Gerrard then orchestrated the second goal, swinging in a right-wing cross for Torres to head home (the Spaniard’s record breaking seventh successive top-flight goal at Anfield). Liverpool’s three subs then combined as Benayoun found Riise, whose cross was converted by Voronin. Liverpool’s perfect result was blemished by Roque Santa Cruz’s cracking injury time volley. |
|  | Aston Villa 1 - 4 Manchester United
English Premier League
20/10/2007 View : 2000
Agbonlahor headed Villa in front, but United equalised when Rooney capitalised on a Zat Knight mistake. Rooney then collected a precise pass from Tevez, and he had time to control the ball before slotting it past Carson. Villa then left in a third goal just before the break when Craig Gardner sliced the ball into his own net after Ferdinand’s strike on goal. (First-half highlights here.) It then went from bad to worse for Villa, as both Reo-Coker and Scoot Carson were sent off, with the latter incident resulting in Rooney’s penalty kick which was sensationally saved by Stuart Taylor. Yet United were relentless, and scored their fourth from Giggs’ shot with deflected off Laursen. |
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 | Manchester United 0 - 2 Coventry
Carling Cup
26/09/2007 View : 1981
Coventry, backed by 11,000 fans, went ahead when Michael Mifsud turned in Michael Doyle’s cross. And Mifsud killed off United, firing high into the net after Jay Tabb fashioned an opening. |
|  | Manchester United 4 - 0 Wigan
English Premier League
06/10/2007 View : 1969
United had several early setbacks losing Saha (warm up), Vidic and O’Shea in the opening thirty minutes. Olembe had Kirkland to thank for saving his own-goal effort, whilst Mike Riley turned down strong penalty claims from Ronaldo and Evra. United came close to scoring with Ronaldo’s fierce drive, and Tevez should have scored on the whistle. But the Argentine scored a fabulous goal at the start of the second period, which was quickly followed by Ronaldo’s headed second. United then dominated the game, adding lovely team moves for the third and fourth goals, finished by Ronaldo and Rooney respectively. |
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 | Arsenal 2 - 2 Manchester United
English Premier League
03/11/2007 View : 1962
Gallas turned Rooney’s shot into his own net to give United the lead. Fabregas’ simple finish put the Gunners level just after the break, but Ronaldo restored United’s lead when he converted Evra’s cross. But Gallas then scrambled in Clichy’s cross to earn Arsenal a point. |
|  | Manchester United 2 - 1 Everton
English Permier League
23/12/2007 View : 1959
United took the lead through a delightful curled finish from Cristiano Ronaldo. Five minutes later Tim Cahill equalised from a Pienaar cross. With four minutes remaining Pienaar brought down Giggs in the box and Ronaldo sealed the win with a calm penalty sending Howard the wrong way. |
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 | Barcelona 0 - 1 Real Madrid
Spanish La Liga
23/12/2007 View : 1949
Julio Baptista gave Real the lead at the Nou Camp with an explosive finish after a great one-two with RVN nine minutes before half-time. First-half highlights here. |
|  | Wigan 0 - 2 Manchester United
English Premier League
11/05/2008 View : 1932
United were nervous in the opening stages at the JJB, Ronaldo saw his free-kick beaten away by Kirkland midway through the first-half and minutes later Tevez couldn’t quite reach a cross from the Portuguese winger. United did take the lead in the 33rd minute, Boyce fouled Rooney in the box and Cristiano Ronaldo converted the penalty for his 31st league goal of the campaign. United dominated the early exchanges in the second-half, Kirkland saved another free-kick from Ronaldo and then a header from the Portuguese winger, Rooney was the next to be defied by Kirkland. With ten minutes to go Ryan Giggs was given the freedon of the Wigan area to stroke home the second and confirm that the Premier League title will return to Old Trafford. |
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|  | Liverpool 2 - 2 Charlton
English Premier League
13/05/2007 View : 1912
Holland scores to put Charlton in the lead, Alonso equalises, Darren Bent scores Charlton’s second but Harry Kewell insures liverpool 3rd spot with a 90th minute penalty. |
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 | Glentoran 0 - 3 Manchester United
Pre-season Friendly
08/08/2007 View : 1884
Manchester United took the lead against Glentoran with an acrobatic finish from Fraizer Campbell. Patrice Evra finished off a flowing move for the second goal. Nani got the third with a great strike. |
|  | Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Klaas Jan Huntelaar
15/06/2007 View : 1873
Ajax’s Klaas Jan Huntelaar is one of the youngest, most wanted talents on the continent at present. The rumour mill suggests that both United and Arsenal are tracking the player. This video shows why the Dutchman is in such demand. |
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 | Manchester United 7 - 1 Roma (All goals)
Uefa Champions League
10/04/2007 View : 1865
On the pitch, United take an early lead with a great curler from Carrick, his first Champions League goal. Alan Smith, a surprise inclusion instead of Solskjaer, made it 2-0. Wayne Rooney grabbed the third to complete a dream 20-minute start for United. On the stroke of half-time Christiano Ronaldo put the tie beyond doubt. Minutes after half-time Ronaldo added the fifth following a great cross from Giggs. Michael Carrick scored the sixth with a great strike from 25-yards. De Rossi pulled one back for Roma before Evra added the seventh. |
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 | Inter Milan 2 - 1 AC Milan
Calcio Serie A
23/12/2007 View : 1801
Milan took the lead in the derby with a brilliant free-kick from Andrea Pirlo. Julio Cruz equalised ten minutes before half-time. First-half highlights here. Cambiasso gave Inter the lead with a tame shot that Dida failed to stop. Second-half highlights here. The Inter celebrations can be seen on this video. |
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 | Middlesbrough 8 - 1 Manchester City
English Premier League
11/05/2008 View : 1794
Sven’s likely last match at City was a disaster from the 16th minute, after Dunne saw red and Downing converted the penalty. The England man got a second in the second half while Afonso Alves got a hat-trick and there were further goals for Adam Johnson, Fabio Rochemback and Jeremie Aliadiere. Elano got a consolation for City. |
|  | Tottenham Hotspur 6 - 4 Reading
English Premier League
29/12/2007 View : 1793
This is Football not Tennis ! Dimitar Berbatov hit four as Spurs came from behind three times. Malbranque and Defoe also got on the scoresheet. Cisse, Ingimarsson and Kitson (2) got the Reading goals. |
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 | Reading 2 - 4 Liverpool
Carling Cup
25/09/2007 View : 1784
Fernando Torres notched a hat-trick. Yossi Benayoun fired Liverpool ahead after a stylish solo run and shot, but Bobby Convey volleyed an equaliser from Nicky Shorey’s corner. Torres raced clear to score but again Reading hit back when another Shorey corner was prodded in by John Halls. But Torres made sure of their passage when he slammed in his second from a John Arne Riise square ball and then ran clear before calmly slotting home. |
|  | Chelsea 4 - 4 Aston Villa
English Premier League
26/12/2007 View : 1770
Villa started brightly and took the lead when Carew and Maloney combined to put Villa ahead. Lampard went off injured, replaced by Ballack who immediately got stuck in. Ballack then rolled back the years, playing a quality first-time pass to Joe Cole, who shot straight at Carson. A comedy of errors resulted in two goals just before the break. Villa doubled their lead following a gift from Cech as he failed to stop a soft Maloney shot, only to see the ball embarrassingly roll into the net. Following his blunder at Arsenal, rumours of Cech’s severe back problems will likely persist. But Chelsea were the recipients of their own present, as Knight was sent-off for recklessly bringing down Ballack in the box, and Shevchenko converted the penalty. Sheva then levelled the match minutes after the restart with a fantastic shot past Carson. Alex then burst through after excellent team build-up play to put the Blues into the lead for the first time in the game. However Villa’s 10-men showed the fighting spirit, and Laursen volleyed home Young’s free-kick. The end-to-end drama then went into overdrive as Carvalho’s horrible two-footed tackle on Young earned him a straight red, only for Ballack to restore Chelsea’s advantage with a free-kick. But there was a final twist as Cole was sent-off for a controversially claimed handball, and Barry slotted home the penalty to make it 4-4. Breathless. |
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 | Dunfermline 0 - 4 Manchester United
Pre-season Friendly
08/08/2007 View : 1754
In their other pre-season game this evening, United took a 2-0 lead into the break against Dunfermline thanks to goals from Chris Eagles and Ryan Giggs. Wayne Rooney added a third from the penalty-spot midway through the second-half. Rooney got a fourth late on. |
|  | Arsenal 3 - 2 Sunderland
English Premier League
07/10/2007 View : 1749
Arsenal started the game in scintillating form, going two up through van Persie’s thunderous free-kick and Senderos’ first goal of the season. But the Black Cats hit back through Ross Wallace, following a beautiful 40-yard pass from Yorke. Sunderland then completed a remarkable comeback when Kenwyne Jones rose early to head past Almunia. But the Gunners kept on pressing, and got their due rewards when RVP got his second of the game. |
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 | AC Milan 0 - 2 Arsenal
Uefa Champions League
04/03/2008 View : 1745
Arsenal went so close to scoring a crucial away goal ten minutes before the break, Cesc Fabregas hit the bar. With five minutes to go, and the tie heading to extra-time, Cesc Fabregas shocked the San Siro with a fine strike to put the Gunners one-up. In injury-time Emmanuel Adebayor finished at the back post after great work by Theo Walcott to confirm a famous win. AC Milan had never before lost to an English team in the San Siro. |
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 | Liverpool 1 - 0 Standard Liege (AET)
UEFA Champions League
27/08/2008 View : 1727
(Agg. 1-0) (Champions League, August 27, 2008) Liverpool played out a frustrating first half with Standard Liege (highlights here) heading into the break in deadlock. The second half was much better, Robbie Keane was replaced by Nabil El Zhar as the Reds still looked toothless up front. The game headed into extra time, but just as it looked like penalties were imminent, Dirk Kuyt relieved the anxiety at Anfield by getting on the end of Ryan Babel’s cross to direct the ball into the net from three yards. It wasn’t pretty but Liverpool are through. |
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 | Arsenal 7 - 0 Slavia Prague
Uefa Champions League
23/10/2007 View : 1687
The Gunners matched the Champions League record for the largest winning margin in a single game. Fabregas’ strike gave Arsenal an early lead and David Hubacek’s own goal made it two. Theo Walcott then notched his first ever goals in the CL, with Helb scoring a goal in between. Fabregas finished a fabulous counter-attacking move for the sixth, and sub-Bendtner got the seventh to complete the rout. |
|  | Derby 1 - 2 Liverpool
English Premier League
26/12/2007 View : 1677
Torres opened the scoring for Liverpool with a superb individual goal. Liverpool pressed for the second goal, but Derby were grateful to poor finishing to keep them in the game at the break. (First-half highlights here.) And the Rams made Liverpool pay for their missed opportunities as McEveley scored from a free-kick to bring the scores back level. Gerrard pulled a shot wide and Alonso saw his effort well saved as the Reds searched for a winner, whilst Giles Barnes missed a glorious opportunity for the home side. But in the end Gerrard stole the points for an under-par Liverpool, scoring from close range. |
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 | Sporting Lisbon 0 - 1 Manchester United
Uefa Champions League
19/09/2007 View : 1661
Wes Brown was the creator with a fine right-wing cross (his only one of the night!), which Ronaldo diverted past Stojkovic with a fine diving header. United’s hero was van der Saar, who made two fabulous saves in the game. |
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 | Manchester United 4 - 0 Arsenal
FA Cup
16/02/2008 View : 1643
Wayne Rooney headed home the opener in the fifteenth minute against Arsenal after the Gunners failed to clear their lines from a corner. United quickly made it two after Nani teased Hoyte, before crossing for Fletcher to head in the second. And the tie was all but over when Nani controlled and shot past Lehmann for the third. Four minutes into the second-half Emmanual Eboue was sent off for an assault on Evra. Nani beat Hoyte again and set up Darren Fletcher for his second and United’s fourth with fifteen minutes to go. |
|  | Albstadt 0 - 13 Bayern Munich
Pre-season Friendly
15/07/2007 View : 1639
Another massive pre-season win for Bayern, the only sour note was that Luca Toni went off injured after half-an-hour.
0:1 Altintop (31.), 0:2 Wagner (33.), 0:3 Altintop (36.), 0:4 Schweinsteiger (37.), 0:5 Jansen (50.), 0:6 Wagner (57.), 0:7 Van Buyten (67.), 0:8 Van Buyten (72.), 0:9 Demichelis (75.), 0:10 Schweinsteiger (78.), 0:11 Hummels (80.), 0:12 Zé Roberto (87.), 0:13 Demichelis (89.) |
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 | Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
English Premier League
19/08/2007 View : 1637
Fernando Torres began to repay his price-tag when he collected Gerrard’s weighted through-ball, out-paced Ben Haim, and coolly finished past Cech. Frank Lampard equalised on the hour from the penalty-spot. (Presumably Roman has a suitcase of cash waiting for Rob Styles who made a terrible decision for the pen.) |
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|  | Zenit St. Petersburg 4 - 0 Bayern Munich
UEFA Cup
01/05/2008 View : 1614
(Agg. 5-1) Zenit took the lead in the fourth minute when Pavel Pogrebnyak smashed a free-kick through the Bayern wall giving Kahn no chance. Konstantin Zyrianov doubled the lead with a fine run and finish six minutes before the break. Although Bayern pressured at the start of the second half, Zenit grabbed the third on 52 through Viktor Fayzulin. Pogrebnyak slotted home the fourth after great play down the right from Dominguez. |
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 | Anderson
Anderson
07/06/2007 View : 1613
New signing Brazilian Man Utd boy Anderson |
|  | Valerenga Oslo 1 - 4 Liverpool
Pre-season Friendly
05/08/2008 View : 1582
Xabi Alonso scored the opener in the 20th minute from long-range after a nice lay-off from Robbie Keane. Bojan Zajic levelled in the 48th minute, with the Serbian slotting home a left-footed strike. Liverpool replied within a couple of minutes, with Fernando Torres slotting the ball between the keeper’s legs. Yossi Benayoun made it 3-1 to Liverpool on the hour-mark, running across the Valerenga defence and deftly chipping the ball back across the keeper into the far corner, and David N’Gog scored his second goal for the Reds, firing home a left-footed strike to seal the win. |
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 | Liverpool Top 10 Goals 06-07
Liverpool
01/06/2007 View : 1578
Top 10 great goals in Premiership season 2006/07. Steven Gerrard, Peter Crouch, Xavi Alonso, John Arne Riise, which one is the mose beautiful? |
|  | Atletico Madrid 4 - 2 Barcelona
Spanish La Liga
01/03/2008 View : 1571
Ronaldinho scored a dazzling bicycle-kick to send Barca ahead at Atletico Madrid, but the home side got themselves level thanks to Sergio Aguero’s deflected equaliser. And the home fans went into the break delirious when Maxi Rodriguez added the second. Diego Forlan scored the third from the penalty spot after Aguero had been fouled in the box by Puyol. And Aguero got the fourth, a great run and finish. Eto’o pulled one back for Barca. |
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 | Birmingham 2 - 2 Arsenal
English Premier League
23/02/2008 View : 1565
Martin Taylor was sent-off after three minutes for a disgraceful challenge on Eduardo that must have left the Croatian striker with a serious injury. Just before the half hour James McFadden gave the home side the lead with a cracking free-kick. Two goals from Theo Walcott changed the game, the first came on 49 minutes (Walcott’s first ever Premier League goal) after Taylor had been pressured by Adebayor from a corner and five minutes later Walcott scored the second with a fine run and finish. In injury-time McFadden smashed home a penalty after Clichy had brought down Parnaby to seriously harm Arsenal’s title hopes. |
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 | Liverpool 4 - 0 West Ham
English Premier League
05/03/2008 View : 1532
Fernando Torres scored a sweet half-volley, connecting perfectly with Kuyt’s whipped-in cross to leave Green motionless in the West Ham goal for the opener. El Nino got his second after the break heading home from another Kuyt cross, and the Spaniard completed his hat-trick by neatly controlling before sliding his shot into the corner. Gerrard put the icing on the cake with arguably the goal of the game, smashing a shot from 20-yards into the top corner. |
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 | Manchester City 0 - 2 Everton
English Premier League
25/02/2008 View : 1524
In the fierce battle for fourth place in the league, the Toffees opened the scoring after half an hour when Cahill fed Yakubu, who scored from close range. Moyes’ team then seized control of the game and doubled their advantage when Lescott expertly headed past Hart from Carsley’s beautiful cross. The second-half produced no extra goals, but rather a host talking points including Richard’s handball (penalty?) which didn’t receive a booking, Onuoha’s rejected handball in the box, a collection of great saves from both keepers, and Petrov’s questionable red-card for a stupid kick-out at the death.
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|  | Aberdeen 0 - 2 Manchester United
Pre-season Friendly
12/07/2008 View : 1515
Michael Carrick bagged the first after Rooney had been brought down in the box. Wayne Rooney scored the second with a fine header from a cross by Darren Fletcher. The game was in honour of the “Gothenburg Greats” who secured a Cup Winners’ Cup triumph 25 years ago when Alex Ferguson managed the SPL side. |
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 | Chonburi FC 3 - 1 Melbourne Victory
AFC Champions League
19/03/2008 View : 1514
Thailand’s Chonburi went ahead just before half-time thanks to Fabiano’s header, but the Victory drew level when Danny converted Kemp’s cross. Sub-Baga stole the plaudits, firing home a stunning 30-yard shot before the Cameroonian sealed the win with his second in added-time. |
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 | Aston Villa 1 - 2 Liverpool
English Premier League
11/08/2007 View : 1512
Liverpool went into the break one-up thanks to an own-goal from Martin Laursen. Villa captain, Gareth Barry, tied the match up from the spot after Carra handled in the box. But Steven Gerrard stole the plaudits with a magical free-kick to get the Reds off to a flyer. |
|  | Glasgow Celtic 2 - 1 AC Milan
Uefa Champions League
03/10/2007 View : 1510
Stephan McManus had given Celtic the lead scoring from a corner, but Kaka equalised from the penalty spot. A famous victory against the champions was sealed thanks to Scott McDonald’s 90th-minute winner, on the rebound. The game was marred when a Celtic fan ran onto the field, with Dida ending up on stretcher, clutching his face, as a result. Gordon Strachan and Stephan McManus spoke after the game, whilst Clarence Seedorf tried to play down the incident. |
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 | Liverpool Reserves 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Reserves
Reserve League
06/09/2007 View : 1493
Boro took the lead when Tom Craddock punched a cross into the net, in true Maradona style. It was a clear handball but the officials failed to spot it and the goal stood. Gary Ablett’s side got back on level terms after Ray Putterill levelled from the penalty spot following a handball actually spotted by the ref. |
|  | Real Madrid 4 - 1 Barcelona
Spanish La Liga
07/05/2008 View : 1492
After Barca had applauded champions Madrid onto the field, the home side scored two early goals from Raul and Robben (another rare headed goal). In the second-half Madrid doubled their lead with strikes from substitutes Higuain and Van Nistlerooy (pen), with two minutes to go Henry pulled one back for Barca, to compund Barca’s misery, Xavi was sent off late on. |
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