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Metalist 0-1 Newcastle (agg 0-1)

Alan Pardew is confident Newcastle United can mount a genuine challenge for Europa League glory after passing the sternest of tests in Kharkiv. The Magpies arrived in Ukraine having been held to a 0-0 draw by Metalist Kharkiv on Tyneside last week and knowing the balance of the tie had shifted...

Liverpool 3-1 Zenit (agg 3-3)

Last week Brendan Rodgers left St Petersburg urging Liverpool to buy "some men". On Thursday night he could only salute their strength of character. Such is the wildly contrasting nature of his Liverpool team. Their one constant over two legs against Zenit St Petersburg was defensive lapses that...

Sir Alex Ferguson wants to keep hold of Nani

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has dismissed suggestions he is ready to sell Nani.

Yacouba Sylla Villa's hard man

ASTON VILLA believe they have finally found the hard-man midfield star for whom they have been desperately searching.

Rafael Benítez defends Fernando Torres after Hazard rescues Chelsea

• Crucial late goal against Sparta Prague follows Torres misses • 'Let's turn it into a positive: he had those four chances' Rafael Benítez launched a defence of Fernando Torres's spluttering form after Chelsea squeezed beyond Sparta Prague and into the last 16 of the Europa League...

Liverpool 3 Zenit St Petersburg 1, agg; 3-3: match report

Liverpool crash out of Europe despite 3-1 win after Jamie Carragher mistake gifts Zenit St Petersburg crucial away goal.

Raphael Honigstein's paper review

With AC Jimbo on his mid-season break, Raphael Honigstein is substituted in to fill the breach Raphael Honigstein Ben Green Andy Gallagher Richard Sprenger

James McFadden: I'll turn back time and cap it all

JAMES McFADDEN has targeted next month’s World Cup qualification double-header for a Scotland return.

Vincent Kompany to return against Chelsea

DEFENDER Vincent Kompany will lift slim title hopes at Manchester City with a return when they entertain Chelsea on Sunday.