D Wednesday, October 21, 2009 METROSPORT 23 SOCCER (7.45 unless stated) UEFA Champions League Group A Bordeaux v Bayern Munich.............. Juventus v Maccabi Haifa ................ Group B CSKA Moscow v Man Utd ........ 5.30 Wolfsburg v Besiktas........................ Group C FC Zurich v Marseille........................ Real Madrid v AC Milan.................... Group D Chelsea v Atletico Madrid ................ FC Porto v Apoel Nicosia ................. uefa champions league group e Debrecen ........3 Fiorentina ....... 4 Czvitkovics 2, Rudolf 28 Mutu 6, 19, Gilardino 10 Coulibaly 88 Santana 37 Liverpool .........1 Lyon ................ 2 Benayoun 41 Gonalons 72, Delgado 90 P W D L F A Pts Lyon 3 3 0 0 7 1 9 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 Liverpool 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 Debrecen 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 group f Barcelona .......1 Rubin Kazan .. 2 Ibrahimovic 48 Ryazantsev 2, Karadeniz 73 Inter Milan ......2 Dynamo Kiev . 2 Stankovic 35, Samuel 47 Mykhalyk 5, Lucio 40 og P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 Dynamo Kiev 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Inter Milan 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 Rubin Kazan 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 group g Rangers ..........1 U Urziceni ...... 4 Gomes Og 2 Bilasco 33, Lafferty Og 50 McCulloch Og 59 Brandan 65 Stuttgart .........1 Sevilla ............. 3 Elson 73 Squillaci 23, 72 Navas 55 P W D L F A Pts Sevilla 3 3 0 0 9 2 9 Unirea Urziceni 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 VfB Stuttgart 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 Rangers 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 group h AZ ....................1 Arsenal ........... 1 Da Silva 90 Fabregas 36 Olympiakos ....2 St Liege .......... 1 Mitroglou 43 De Camargo 37 Dudu 84, Stoltidis 90 P W D L F A Pts Arsenal 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 Olympiacos 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 AZ 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Standard Liege 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 coca-cola championship Blackpool .......3 Sheff Utd ........ 0 Bristol City ......3 Plymouth ........ 1 Cardiff .............2 Coventry ......... 0 Doncaster .......3 Peterboro ....... 1 Ipswich ...........1 Watford .......... 1 Leicester .........2 C Palace.......... 0 Middlesboro ...2 Derby .............. 0 Nottm For .......1 Barnsley ......... 0 QPR .................4 Reading........... 1 Scunthorpe .....2 Newcastle....... 1 Sheff Wed .......1 Preston............ 2 West Brom ......0 Swansea ......... 1 P W D L F A Pts West Brom 13 7 3 3 24 13 24 Newcastle 13 7 3 3 19 8 24 Cardiff 13 7 2 4 26 12 23 Middlesbrough 13 7 2 4 20 13 23 Blackpool 13 6 4 3 19 13 22 Preston 13 6 4 3 20 17 22 Nottm Forest 13 6 4 3 15 12 22 Leicester 13 5 6 2 15 11 21 Bristol City 13 5 6 2 14 11 21 QPR 12 5 5 2 21 11 20 Swansea 13 4 6 3 9 10 18 Watford 13 4 6 3 18 20 18 Sheff Utd 13 4 5 4 20 21 17 Scunthorpe 13 5 2 6 19 23 17 Sheff Wed 13 4 4 5 20 18 16 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 12 14 16 Coventry 13 4 4 5 16 20 16 Doncaster 13 2 8 3 14 16 14 Derby 13 4 2 7 15 21 14 Barnsley 13 4 2 7 14 22 14 Reading 13 2 4 7 11 22 10 Peterborough 13 1 5 7 14 23 8 Plymouth 13 2 2 9 12 25 8 Ipswich 13 0 7 6 14 26 7 league of ireland premier diVision Bohemians .....3 St Patricks...... 1 Byrne 23, Oman 34 Quigley 88 Brennan 50 Bray W ............1 Dundalk........... 1 Kelly 57pen Daly 74 Derry City .......1 Sligo Rvrs........ 2 McDaid 15 Cretaro 6, Boco 61 Drogheda U ....4 Galway Utd ..... 0 McGill 39, Crowley 58 Ryan 62, Shiels 90 Shamrock R ....1 Cork City......... 2 Sullivan 3 Dennehy 65 Duggan 76 P W D L F A Pts Bohemians 33 22 4 7 56 19 70 Shamrock R 33 20 9 4 46 23 69 Cork 33 16 7 10 38 25 55 Derry City 33 15 5 13 42 30 50 Dundalk 33 12 8 13 42 43 44 Sligo 34 10 10 14 37 47 40 Galway Utd 33 12 4 17 33 52 40 St Patricks 33 11 4 18 26 43 37 Drogheda Utd 33 7 10 16 30 45 31 Bray 34 6 9 19 29 52 27 firsT diVision Sporting F........2 Limerick FC ... 1 ONeill 41, Zayed 50 OFlynn 73pen Waterford U.....1 Mervue U ........ 0 Grincell 48 P W D L F A Pts UCD 30 21 5 4 54 17 68 Sporting F 31 20 6 5 62 24 66 Shelbourne 29 19 7 3 53 24 64 Waterford Utd 30 18 6 6 46 18 60 Monaghan Utd 30 13 7 10 51 47 46 Wexford Yths 30 14 4 12 25 27 46 Limerick FC 31 10 8 13 44 42 38 Finn Harps 30 8 9 13 34 43 33 Longford Tn 30 7 4 19 39 55 25 Athlone Tn 30 5 9 16 28 54 24 Mervue Utd 31 6 4 21 27 60 22 Kildare Cnty 30 4 3 23 23 76 15 gunners gift aZ their late leveller on a silva platter az alkmaar 1 arsenal 1 ARSENAL failed to cash in last night against financially stricken AZ Alkmaar when they conceded a soft injury-time equaliser. The Gunners were cruising to an easy victory in their Group H match at the DSB Stadium when disaster struck. Cesc Fabregas had fired Arsene Wengers men into a 36th-minute lead but their failure to drive home their advantage cost them dearly. The Dutch champions, playing without shirt sponsors after owner Dirk Scheringa was made bankrupt, madeArsenal pay in the third minute of added time. A long free-kick was headed down by substitute Graziano Pelle for David Mendes da Silva to volley in from close range. The warning signs were flashing as the home side rallied late in the match and Hector Moreno should have levelled but headed wide. AZ have only lost once at home in 34 previous games in Europe and the injury-time goal preserved that proud record. But until the grandstand finish they were no match for Arsenal. The Gunners took the lead when defender Niklas Moisander gave the ball away to Arsenal playmaker Andrey Arshavin. The Russian swiftly found Robin van Persie and he unselfishly squared to leave Fabregas with the simplest of chances. Van Persie was eager to score for the fifth successive game but was denied three times byAZ goalkeeper Sergio Romero. AZ Alkmaar: Romero, Moisander (Wernbloom 84), Jaliens, Moreno, Poulsen, Holman (Pelle 73), Mendes Da Silva, Schaars, Martens (Lens 69), El Hamdaoui, Dembele. Booked: Lens. Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song Billong, Eboue (Ramsey 82), Fabregas, Diaby, Arshavin, van Persie (Vela 74). Booked: Van Persie, Clichy. Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) MATCH FACTS Chelsea are warned: Pay attention or pay the price Carlo anCelotti admits his Chelsea players must quickly cut out the set-piece lapses which are threatening to derail their season. the Blues host atletico Madrid in the Champions league tonight knowing they cannot afford to make the sort of mistakes which saw them lose 2-1 to aston Villa on Saturday. a third straight Group D victory would take Chelsea to the brink of the last 16 with three games to spare. But both goals at Villa came from corners, and ancelotti admitted his team have spent time working on their defending of set-pieces ahead of tonights match. We have worked on it because we have to improve, he said. You can play good matches, like we did at aston Villa, but if you dont pay attention for six seconds for one set-play you come away with a bad result. Midfielder Michael Ballack, who missed the Villa game with injury, added: We have no problem criticising each other in the dressing room. a good team with strong players has to do this. everybody has to take responsibility, otherwise we will concede more goals. Main man and Robin: Captain Fabregas accepts the plaudits from Van Persie after breaking the deadlock Picture: Action Images MICAH RICHARDS has scoffed at reports he wants to leave Manchester City as absolutely ridiculous. The England defender started Citys first six matches of the season but, after the 4-3 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford, he lost his right-back slot to Pablo Zabaleta before returning as a centre-half at Wigan on Sunday. But with the World Cup coming up next summer, it was suggested the 21-year-old was set to leave in search of regular action. However Richards said: To suggest I want to leave City is absolutely ridiculous. When you look at the way this club is going, who in their right mind would want to leave? I am just enjoying the ride. SUNDERLAND will be without injured midfielder Lee Cattermole for at least three months. Black Cats boss Steve Bruce had feared his midfield enforcer could be out for the season after he suffered knee ligament damage during Saturdays 1-0 win over Liverpool. He said: We think it will be at least 12 weeks for Catts. Hes done his medial ligament. Its not good news but its the best we could have hoped. We were all praying he had not done his cruciate and damaged cartilage, which thankfully he hasnt but hes still out for three months. Bruce said Jordan Henderson could be in line to fill Cattermoles boots. STOKE defender Robert Huth has apologised for striking Matthew Upson in the face during Saturdays match against West Ham. The German has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after his swinging arm was missed by referee Martin Atkinson. Huth and his club have accepted the players guilt and are awaiting his punishment from the FA likely to be a three-match ban. Stoke and Robert Huth accept the FA charge of violent conduct and would like to apologise for the incident at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday, said a club statement. Robert Huths actions were totally out of character. FORMER Celtic striker Henrik Larsson will retire next week after the end of the Swedish season, his club Helsingborg have announced. The news comes days after he quit the Swedish national team for the second time following their failure to reach the World Cup finals. We respect Henriks decision and are incredibly grateful for everything he has done and proud to have been a part of his fantastic career, said Helsingborg director Jesper Jansson. Larsson scored over 300 goals during spells with Feyenoord, Barcelona, Celtic and Helsingborg. He was also capped 106 times by Sweden, netting 37 times. 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