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The second and third goals were scored by Nani and Darron Gibson respectively. The Portuguese player Nani, who debuted for United in August 2007, scored on a penalty given in the second half of the match whereas, Gibson scored the final goal of the match with one of his nimble shots. Matt Paterson of Saints was shown the red card when he hurled himself into Nemanja Vidic. Left with only 10 players just 36 minutes into the game, Southampton could do nothing but fight a losing game.Manchester’s win over the League Championship club ensured that it avoided joining ranks with the two top notch teams of Manchester City and Stoke who faced unexpected loses from their lower level rivals. Soccer blogs highlighted the fact that Southampton had beaten Manchester United in the finals of the FA Cup held in 1976, which also happened to be their last honor in the FA Cup.Experienced players, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, were called back to join the team as the coach wanted to get the right balance with those who had been-there-and-done-it before and the promising newcomers like Welbeck. Manchester United’s boss, Sir Alex, was delighted with his team and showered high praise on Welbeck.Having decided to give a rest to top players Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, Welbeck found himself starting the match and succeeded in scoring only in the 20th minute of the game. He managed to get a header straight into the goal through the Saints’ goalkeeper, Kelvin Davis. The 19 years old was replaced by Wayne Rooney in the forward position midway during the second half of the match.  Latest soccer results for those who were unable to watch the matches are available online.Manchester United was already leading 2-0 at this point. In the 48th minute of the second half, Saints’ David McGoldrick was ruled against for having behaved harshly during Nani’s free kick.  This gave United’s Nani the chance to kick from the penalty spot and he made no mistakes in getting the ball rolling into the goal.The third goal was scored by Gibson in the 81st minute of the second half thanks to Wayne Rooney’s run and pull back.The four teams that have emerged as the highest point scorers of the third round and will be facing one another in the fourth round of the FA Cup will be pitted against each other in 2 matches: Liverpool vs. Everton and Manchester United vs. Tottenham. For more English soccer scores keep visiting.

On Saturday English Premier League leader Manchester United drew 1-1 during the 35th closing round allowing Chelsea to reduce the gap to only three points.

The points were scored by South American Roque Santa Cruz who opened the scoreboard in the 21st minute and Manchester’s goal came from the Argentinean Carlos Tevez in the 88th minute with a shooting to the net in combination with offensive midfielder Paul Scholes.

But the hero of the day was Chelsea’s goalkeeper Brad Friedel who played an exceptional game stopping some eminent goal shots above all when the visitors were hunting the draw desperately in the second half.

During the 79th minute Friedel stopped Tévez and later on Wayne Rooney as well as the Irish defense John O’Shea (86th) before the goal arrived. Before the 64th minute the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo threw a ball against a post. This unexpected result holds back Manchester’s run for the title, which previously seemed to be an easy task for the “Red Devils.”

On Thursday Chelsea won over Everton 0-1 and now had 78 points only three points shy of the current leader. The only goal of the game was that of Ghanaian Michael Essien during the first half of the game at the 41st minute.

On the other hand, Arsenal was left out of the competition for the title after being overrun by Reading 2-0. This game put an end to Arsenal’s five games without winning at the Emirates Stadium.

At last the Londoners managed to offer a victory to their supporters thanks to the good work of the Spaniard Cesc Fábregas who was defending the center of the field as well as Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor and of the Brazilian Gilberto; the ‘Gunners’, third in the general classification are situated seven points behind of the leader.

Liverpool achieved a new victory, this time against Fulham (0-2), with a total of eight points from Everton which is in fifth position in the battle for the title; situation which is not completely obscure as this allows them a pot for the next Champions League edition

Lastly; there is Bolton, which recently won over Middlesbrough 0-1 and was able to take a breath. Meantime, the Derby County continues in bad shape after losing to West Ham 2-1.

This Sunday, Aston Village sixth place of the classification board, sank even further down after losing to Birmingham (5-1), while Newcastle took air after winning 2-0 over Sunderland.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 by forcing the penalty kicks and then won the shootout 4-1 on Tuesday night assuring a spot for the final on the European Champions League that is going to be held on May the 23rd in Athens, Greece.

Daniel Aggert scored at the 23rd minute for the Liverpool, and nothing else happened in the regulation time neither in the 30 minutes of overtime, forcing that to go to the penalty shootouts which the Liverpool won 4-1 with goals of Boudewijn Zenden, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt. The goalkeeper for the Liverpool Jose Reina saved 3 kicks giving the victory to the Liverpool.

Chelsea was eliminated in the semifinals by AS Monaco in 2004 and by Liverpool in 2005. “Everybody has to try to be strong, I think they have a lot of reasons to be proud of themselves,” Mourinho said of his players. “They were the best team today … In extra time we were the only team who tried to win, but football is like that and the penalty shootout is part of the game.”

Liverpool has won the European title five times, including a penalty-kicks victory over AC Milan two years ago after rallying from a three-goal deficit. Manchester United won in 1999 and 1968, while AC Milan has won the championship six times, the last in 2003.

Liverpool is playing the final against either AC Milan or Manchester United. Manchester won the first leg last week.

Liverpool seeks to take advantage of Inter’s weak defense in order to become the fourth English team to obtain a place in the Champions League’s quarterfinals.

Next Tuesday’s game at the San Siro stadium will mean the end of the quarterfinals; Milan also played its game in the same stadium, therefore; this will take place a week later as FIFA does not allow the use of the stadiums in consecutive days.

Liverpool managed to win the game in Anfield with a score of 2-0 due to Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard’s goals. Inter did play for more than half of the game with one less man after the expulsion of defense Marco Materazzi. The player’s removal is not the only concern for the Inter as also the Colombian Ivan Cordoba and the Argentinean Walter Samuel are injured.

Firmly; Gerrard affirms Inter is an experienced talented team and does trust the players will do whatever it takes to overcome the obstacles on the road; everyone is aware of the efforts involved to achieve their goal, which is winning the game, and be able to take part of the great event next May 21st in Moscow.

If Liverpool is able to move forward it will become the first of the four teams from the same country to be included in the quarterfinals stage. Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal are the other three English teams that already were classified, next to Barcelona (Spain), Rome (Italy), Schalke (Germany) and Fenernahce (Turkey).

The English team of Liverpool arrives to this game after four previous consecutive triumphs in the Premier League. This outstanding performance places the team in the fourth position overall and gives them the opportunity to still dream of becoming the Champions of the next season.

On the other hand; Inter heads the Serie A with a six points advantage and despite the difficulty to defeat Reggina; they managed a 2-0 score and the good performance of their Brazilian goalkeeper Julio César who caught more than one possible goal. It was Inter’s first victory after three games, including a first riot in the Italian tournament against Napoli as well as a pair of ties.

Inter’s coach Roberto Mancini is also thinking of incorporating two other players; the Argentineans Julio Cruz and Hernan Crespo. Cruz is already recovered from an injury while Crespo is in good shape but left lightly hit after Saturday’s game. The team believes in giving their greatest effort as if they get eliminated it will be an impact on the Italian Tifosi.

Inter expects to repeat the same victory during the semifinals in the European Cup of 1965, when in a first round lost 3-1 in Liverpool before winning 3-0 at home then raising the trophy.

Every now and then you get a goalkeeper who defies the aging process but none has done so as spectacularly as Edwin van der Sar. At the ripe old age of 38 the Dutch keeper set the record for the number of minutes without conceding a league goal – a spectacular 1,311. Not bad for an old campaigner who just the season before saved Nicolas Anelka’s penalty to make Manchester United the champions of Europe. The most capped Dutchman of all time’s glittering career began when he was spotted by Louis van Gaal in 1990 and added to the exciting group of youngsters he was assembling at Ajax. That side hit their peak in 1995 when they lifted the European Cup. Van der Sar kept a clean sheet as the young pretenders overcame the might of AC Milan in the final.

Lionel Messi Signed Barcelona Photo Champions League Header

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This fantastic image shows the brilliant Lionel Messi scoring Barcelona's second goal against Manchester United in the Champions League final of May 2009.Samuel Eto'o had put the Catalans ahead in the Rome showdown, before the little genius found space to head home a second. This incredible shot shows an astonishted Edwin van der Sar as he realises he is unable to prevent a goal.The photo is one of a limited number of only 50 that were personally hand signed by the Argentinian sensation... More

Edwin Van Der Sar Signed Manchester United Photo: The Save That Won The Champions League

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This photo was personally signed by Edwin van der Sar in a private signing session on October 9, 2008 in Manchester. It shows the Dutch goalkeeper saving Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win the Champions League final for Man Utd in Moscow on May 21, 2008.The tie went to extra time then penalties after goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea's Frank Lampard had cancelled each other out in normal time. John Terry needed only to score Chelsea's fifth penalty to take the trophy to Stamford... More

Edwin Van Der Sar Signed Manchester United Photo: Champions League Winner

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This photo was personally signed by Edwin van der Sar in a private signing session on October 9, 2008 in Manchester. It shows the Dutch goalkeeper towering over John Terry after the Chelsea captain missed the penalty that would have won the Champions League.The tie went to extra time then penalties after goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard had cancelled each other out in normal time. John Terry needed only to score Chelsea's fifth penalty to take the trophy to Stamford Bridge for... More