Manchester United v Ajax – as it happened
Manchester United v Ajax – as it happened
Manchester United progressed to the next round despite suffering for long periods during their second-leg defeat.
Full-time: United crawl through to the last 16 of the Europa league. This was a highly entertaining game in which both sides were committed to attack. United had the better finishers, but Ajax had the more coherent creators and outplayed the hosts for long periods in the second half. Ultimately, however, Ajax's inability to convert their chances - which was partially down to a couple of fine saves from De Gea - cost the Dutch. An all-Manchester Europa League final is still on. United will have to beat Athletic Bilbao in the next round.
90+ 1min: Ajax dawdle over a throw-in, oddly. "Ajax will be really turning up the heat now," suggests Wiliam Peake. "Creating a Dutch oven, so to speak." Well, it is sqeaky bum time.
90 min: Anti-Fergie time: the fourth official says there will be only two more minutes.
89 min: Ajax are really going for it now, as you'd expect. But they'll need better crosses than the one Ozbiliz jsut produced: he launched it straight out of play as team-mates lined up in the box.
88 min: Evans booked for time-wasting. That it has come to this.
Manchester United progressed to the next round despite suffering for long periods during their second-leg defeat.
Full-time: United crawl through to the last 16 of the Europa league. This was a highly entertaining game in which both sides were committed to attack. United had the better finishers, but Ajax had the more coherent creators and outplayed the hosts for long periods in the second half. Ultimately, however, Ajax's inability to convert their chances - which was partially down to a couple of fine saves from De Gea - cost the Dutch. An all-Manchester Europa League final is still on. United will have to beat Athletic Bilbao in the next round.
90+ 1min: Ajax dawdle over a throw-in, oddly. "Ajax will be really turning up the heat now," suggests Wiliam Peake. "Creating a Dutch oven, so to speak." Well, it is sqeaky bum time.
90 min: Anti-Fergie time: the fourth official says there will be only two more minutes.
89 min: Ajax are really going for it now, as you'd expect. But they'll need better crosses than the one Ozbiliz jsut produced: he launched it straight out of play as team-mates lined up in the box.
88 min: Evans booked for time-wasting. That it has come to this.
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Euro 2012 - Paper Round: Capello ready to quit now
Euro 2012 Paper Round Capello ready to quit now
The papers are still having a field day over what happens next in the England captaincyscandal after Fabio Capello said at the weekend he completely disagreed with the decision to strip John Terry of the role. |
| Euro 2012 Paper Round Capello ready to quit now |
In an exclusive written by John Cross, the paper claims: "Capello is so frustrated with the Football Association over the John Terry fiasco that he could go even before the European Championship Finals.
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Southampton 0 Leicester City 2: match report
Read a full match report of the Championship game between Southampton and Leicester City at St Mary's Stadium on Monday Jan 23 2012.
The songs being sung about David Nugent by the Southampton fans are unprintable here.
Let us just say that they alluded to what the former Portsmouth striker might like to do in his spare time.
Nugent is not one to shirk a confrontation, and in glee he turned to face his assailants, raising both arms as a conductor might cajole an orchestra.
The songs being sung about David Nugent by the Southampton fans are unprintable here.
Let us just say that they alluded to what the former Portsmouth striker might like to do in his spare time.
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| Southampton 0 Leicester City 2: match report |
Read more »Real Madrid 1 Barcelona 2
Read a full match report of the Copa Del Rey game between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday 18 January 2012.
Eric Abidal proved an unlikely matchwinner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final a the Bernabeu.
Cristiano Ronaldo answered his critics for his poor performance against Barcelona last month by scoring the opener after 11 minutes, picking up Karim Benzema's pass before driving past Gerard Pique and firing low past Jose Manuel Pinto.
Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin is a cut-price £6million January target for Lazio.
Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin is a cut-price £6million January target for Lazio.
The Italian giants are ready to move in and present the Gunners with a dilemma over whether they should cut their losses and sell Arshavin, who has 18 months left on his contract.
The Mirror revealed last month that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could be ready to listen to offers, although he will not want to leave himself short of cover.
Arshavin, a £12m signing three years ago, is out of contract in the summer of 2013 and his value will diminish this summer - Wenger has already hinted that Arsenal will not offer him a new deal.
Pakistan v England: We must not take moral high ground, warns Strauss
- Captain cautions about spot-fixing in England
- 'If there's been one incident there's a fair chance of others'
Andrew Strauss has warned English cricket against taking the moral high ground over spot-fixing on the eve of the first Test against Pakistan.This is the teams' first meeting since 2010, when they played out an acrimonious one-day series after the spot-fixing scandal emerged during the fourth and final Test at Lord's, so Strauss and several other England players have been stressing the need to "move on" from that controversy.
Mourinho relief as Real Madrid edge out spirited Mallorc
Jose Mourinho praised Real Mallorca after his Real Madrid side were forced to dig deep for the three points, which helps keep them clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga, at the Iberostar Stadium on Saturday .
"We had to take risks in the second half to win, and note the specified changes we would have to make if we scored again. I replaced Marcelo because I wanted to use three defenders against an opponent with two wingers and a centre-forward. Many times one must replace players for tactical reasons, not because they played badly."
Liga - Madrid go eight clear with Mallorca win
Real Madrid opened up an eight-point lead at the top of La Liga after a second-half comeback saw them defeat Real Mallorca 2-1 at Iberostar Stadium.
Jose Mourinho displayed characteristic initiative in the second period when quickly introducing three substitutes and his bravery was rewarded as Madrid responded, Gonzalo Higuain scoring with a fortunate finish, Cristiano Ronaldo smacking the bar and then Jose Mario Callejon scoring a fine winner.
Dhoni hints at Test retirement by 2013
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday made a surprise revelation that he may retire from Test cricket if he is to play in the 2015 World Cup.
“If I have to see through the 2015 (World Cup), I would have to retire from one of the formats,” Dhoni told mediapersons here.
Dhoni, who has played in 66 Tests so far and won 17 of the 36 matches in which he has skippered, almost casually mentioned it which took everyone by surprise at the press conference.
Thursday’s disclosure by Dhoni seems to convey what he feels about his future in the game if read together with what he had said earlier that he will decide by 2013 whether to play in 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
