SATURDAYArsenal 0-0 Hull CityThe Gunners will travel to Humberside for a replay of their FA Cup fifth round tie after neither side could find the winner in north London. A Joel Campbell free-kick which hit a post was the closest either team came, as the Tigers ended a 14-game winning run in the competition for Arsenal, who have lifted the trophy for the past two seasons.Las Palmas 1-2 Barcelona (Willian José 10; Suárez 6, Neymar 39)It is eight Liga wins on the bounce for the Blaugrana, Luis Suárez opening the scoring with his 25th goal in 24 league games this season. The early lead lasted just four minutes befo...
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Wins for Bayern and Paris, Barcelona set record
Valencia 1-1 Barcelona (Negredo 39; Kaptoum 84)Barcelona extended their unbeaten run to a club record 29 matches, bettering the mark set by Josep Guardiola's 2010/11 squad, as they reached the Copa del Rey final for the sixth time in eight seasons. With the holders 7-0 up after the first leg, Luis Enrique fielded a much-changed side that fell behind when Álvaro Negredo chipped Marc-André ter Stegen. Just off the bench, Wilfrid Kaptoum ensured it was a historic night for the Liga leaders with his first goal for the Azulgrana. Bochum 0-3 Bayern (Lewandowski 38 90, Thiago Alcántara 61)Bayern eased i...
Bayern have history on side in Juventus showdown
Two of the great names of European football face off in Turin when Juventus host FC Bayern München in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.• Twice champions of Europe, Juventus have got to the semi-finals or beyond in each of the past two seasons, while Bayern won the last of their five titles in 2013 and were semi-finalists in 2014 and 2015.• Juventus qualified for the last 16 as Group D runners-up and have a strong record at home in Europe. However, Group F winners Bayern will not be daunted – they are the only foreign team to have beaten the Bianconeri on home soil in the past decade.• This first-leg match will provide
Bayern set new record, Paris hit five, Chelsea lose
Group ASevilla v Real Madrid Sunday, 20.30CETParis 5-0 Toulouse (Di María 6, Ibrahimović 18, 75, Lucas 66, Lavezzi 78)Zlatan Ibrahimović's double took his league tally for the season to nine as Laurent Blanc's side won their seventh straight Ligue 1 game and maintained their cushion at the summit.Olexandriya 2-3 Shakhtar (Zaporozhan 16pen, Ponomar 90+1; Dentinho 14, Gladkiy 43, Alex Teixeira 54)The Ukrainian top flight leaders racked up their eighth straight league victory with the help of Alex Teixeira's 19th goal in just 13 league games this season. However, the Bra...
Arsenal fall to Bayern once again
Updated: Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014 23:16 | Comments Olivier Giroud (C) vies for the ball with Bayern Munich's Mario Mandzukic, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Dante Arsenal bowed out of the Champions League despite a spirited 1-1 draw against holders Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. It was always going to be a tall order for Arsene Wenger's men after losing the first leg of their last-16 tie 2-0 in London last month. And so it proved, despite a resilient effort from the Barclays Premier League side, who equalised through Lukas Podolski having fallen behind to Bastian Schweinsteiger's close-range effort early in the second half. There was late drama when Lukasz Fabianski saved a stoppage-time penalty from Thomas Muller for what looked a soft decision for