Football274- Page

Fellow Champions League competitorsSchalke 04slumped out of the competition in a 2-1 defeat by visitingMainz 05, while Bundesliga sideFortuna Dusseldorfwere stunned 2-0 by third-tierKickers Offenbach. Bayern, who also lead the

Unbeaten leadersBarcawent on to hammer second-placedAtletico Madrid4-1 with a double from Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp in the late game and moved 13 points clear of third-placed Real after

Martin Demichelis and Eliseu, with a penalty, earned Malaga the points as they were helped by a red card for Sevilla defender Federico Fazio in the 69th minute. Malaga, who

Bayern enjoyed almost total dominance but were shaken when Thorben Marx converted a harshly-awarded penalty for Gladbach midway through the first half. Marx went from hero to villain when his

The 34-year-old England international’s contract comes to an end this season and talks have yet to take place on a new deal. “Nothing has been said,” the Chelsea vice-captain told

Real Madrid, the 2011 winners, fell two goals behind at La Liga rivalsCelta Vigobut Cristiano Ronaldo’s late strike to make it 2-1 put the 2011 winners in a reasonably strong

The Premier League side needed an 88th minute goal from captain Thomas Vermaelen to force the extra period but failed to make their superiority tell and it was Vermaelen who

The Championship runners-up endured a torrid start to their first Premier League season in seven years, mustering just one victory and four points from their opening 10 matches, shipping a

Torres had netted just once in two confidence-sapping months before the final Group E clash but the Spaniard appeared in no hurry to end that barren spell. Eden Hazard missed

The 81-year-old, who won the World Cup twice as a player in 1958 and 1962 before becoming the first man to also win the title as a coach in 1970,