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FC Porto 2-1 Arsenal

Arsenal departed Portugal last night with this tie apparently still very much within their grasp but with a depressing sense of realism pursuing them back to London. The wounds that sapped the conviction from this performance were self-inflicted. Cesc Fábregas's post-match assessment of...

Accountants meet high court deadline as Portsmouth fight for survival

• Breakdown of Pompey's financial state completed• High court to decide if Portsmouth can keep tradingVantis BRS, the accounting company charged with compiling Portsmouth's statement of affairs, completed their work in time. The SOA will now be analysed by HM Revenue and Customs, who...

All the nous of Arsenal's Sol Campbell fails to keep his keeper calm | Amy Lawrence

The veteran Arsenal defender supplied order and a goal but it was not enough to overcome a calamitous goalkeeping displayFor Sol Campbell it was all about having the experience to pull his team-mates over the line. That was how that rugged old warrior Martin Keown had put it. ­Campbell was...

Portsmouth chairman Sulaiman al-Fahim denies £65m Dubai debt claim

• Fahim: 'I rubbish the story of a penalty of £65m'• Former owner also denies being subject of an arrest warrantPortsmouth handed in the statement of affairs demanded by the high court before the 4pm deadline yesterday, but elsewhere it was reported that Sulaiman ­al-Fahim,...

Wigan 0-0 Bolton

For Owen Coyle and, indeed for any manager who switches clubs in midstream, there is always the spectre of Billy McNeill, who exchanged Manchester City for Aston Villa in 1986 and saw them both relegated.Coyle, in the six weeks since he turned from God to Judas at Turf Moor, has improved Bolton's...

'Schoolboy' defenders fail their Portuguese test

Arsene Wenger directed his anger at referee Martin Hansson for allowing Porto's winning goal, but Cesc Fabregas had it right when he described Arsenal's defending as "schoolboy" for both goals his side conceded.

The night Rooney proved he can match Europe's greatest

Wayne Rooney's face, still flushed from the exertions of an extraordinary night, broadened into a wide grin when it was put to him that he had seemed patently unhappy as crosses from his team-mate Nani floated high and wide of him a few hours earlier.

Mikel happy to put disciplinary issues in the past

John Obi Mikel is convinced his bad-boy reputation has gone for good after two years without a red card to his name. Midfielder Mikel's early seasons at Stamford Bridge were blighted by four red cards – including one in the Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal in 2007 – and 27 yellow...