White Hart Lane and Anfield clubs hope to take advantage of Upton Park relegation doom.
White Hart Lane and Anfield clubs hope to take advantage of Upton Park relegation doom.
One of the most-hated Anfield signings will return to Craven Cottage this summer.
Dalglish is determined to land Glasgow-born Ireland starlet McCarthy as part of a major summer overhaul.
And the legendary manager thinks that he can persuade McCarthy to pick Merseyside ahead of London for his next move, which looks increasingly likecoming at the end of the season.
Chelsea wanted to land McCarthy in January and are still in the chase for him
Birmingham City and West Ham United are set to battle for the signature of Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton this summer.
The 28-year-old’s contract with the Magpies expires in 2012 and negotiations have broken down regarding an extension.
Barton is back playing his best football following a controversial few years both on and off the pitch.
Both the player and his manager Alan Pardew say they want the contract to be signed but talks stalled as Barton is questioning the ambitions of the board.
If the stalemate continues, the club will cash in on the England international rather let him leave for free in a year’s time.
Hammers manager Avram Grant thinks Barton is the ideal replacement for Scott Parker, who may leave the club at the end of the season.
Similarly Birmingham boss Alex Mcleish wants Barton to come to St Andrews as Sebastian Larsson is out of contract in the summer.
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Real Madrid went and lost 1 - 0 to Osasuna and this means they are now seven points behind Barca at the top.
Adebayor's debut did not make any difference to the scoreline.
Javier Camunas scored in the 62nd minute with a that shot went in off a post. Defender Alvaro Arbeloa stopped Osasuna scoring a second when he cleared Krisztian Vadocz's shot off the line near the end.
Mourinho is going to find it hard to turn this around.
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Lazio and Napoli closed the gap on leaders AC Milan to just three points with victories Sunday but Juventus failed to keep pace as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Chievo.
Lazio edged out Udinese 3-2 in a thrilling match decided by Christian Zapata’s own goal two minutes from time.
Napoli looked to be heading for a frustrating stalemate until Edinson Cavani struck deep into injury time to thrash a stunning winner from 25 yards into the top corner.
Juventus, on the other hand, were the victims of a late equaliser as Sergio Pellissier popped up at the back post to stroke home in time added on.
Those results left Napoli second ahead of Lazio on goal difference with Juve two points further back.
Milan had lost 1-0 at home to Roma on Saturday night to give their chasers a boost.
The game of the day came in Rome where Lazio had taken the lead twice through Hernanes and Giuseppe Biava but were pegged back on each occasion by Alexis Sanchez and then German Denis.
But Zapata inadvertantly headed a corner past his own goalkeeper under pressure from Libor Kozak to give the home fans a pre-Christmas treat.
Lazio captain Stefano Mauri insisted his team deserved their lofty league standing.
“It was a strange game. We struggled a lot but Udinese showed they’re a great team,” he said.
“Even so, we’re going well although we need to improve a lot because today we conceded some terrible goals.
“We deserve to be where we are, if we’re second (third on goal difference) it’s not by luck.”
Lazio were off to a dream start as Brazilian Hernanes gave them the lead after just two minutes, squeezing a shot from 20 yards inside the post from Tommaso Rocchi’s pass, although Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic was perhaps taken by surprise.
Udinese dominated for large spells thereafter but Kwadwo Asamoah and Antonio Di Natle shot wide while Pablo Armero missed an open goal.
Lazio struck the woodwork on 25 minutes as Hernanes beat Handanovic for the second time but his shot crashed back off the post.
However, on 49 minutes the visitors were level as Lazio’s defence went to sleep.
Di Natale crossed from the right and Sanchez, one of the smallest players on the pitch, ghosted into the six yard box to head home unmarked.
And yet three minutes later Lazio were back in front as Biava volleyed home from close range after Andre Dias headed a corner back into the danger area.
The lead did not last long, though, as Di Natale crossed from the right again and substitute German Denis headed home from 15 yards with Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera wrong-footed.
However, Zapata’s unfortunate late intervention handed the hosts the points.
The other two games ended in major drama.
Napoli had toiled throughout the game without enjoying much success but once again they scored in the “Mazzarri zone”, so dubbed because Walter Mazzarri’s team seem to always score in the last 15 minutes of matches.
Cavani struck just moments after Gianluca Gava saved Napoli by clearing Daniele Corvia’s shot off the line.
There was late drama in Verona too.
Juventus were handed a let-off after Giorgio Chiellini felled Davide Moscardelli in the area, with goalkeeper Marco Storari saving Michele Marcolini’s spot-kick on 15 minutes.
Chievo were made to pay when Fabio Quagliarella scored a brilliant acrobatic overhead volley on 31 minutes.
Juve hit the woodwork twice through Frederik Sorensen and Milos Krasic but had Manuel Giandonato sent off for bringing down Frenchman Kevin Constant as he bore down on goal.
Juve had to hang on for 40 minutes but couldn’t quite manage it as Pellissier popped up late on to snatch the draw.
Sun 19 December, 2010After weeks of protesting against austerity measures being forced upon the Greek people it seemed only a matter of time before such action spilt over into the world of football. Well this weekend Panathinaikos fans were angered by a recent bout of poor form and decided to go on the offensive but their actions seemed to primarily involve picking up things and throwing them in random directions or simply kicking the odd football very hard. It is worth noting that Panathinaikos are actually only two points from top. Note also how all the players run speedily for the tunnel but Djibril Cisse trots along happily, which is fair enough as the Frenchman is after all the runaway top scorer in the Greek League.
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