It was not pretty and did not produce the sackfuls of goals City have often managed this season but three points from a scrappy game at a cold and sparse

However, third-placedValenciamissed the chance to close within a point of Barca when they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at home toReal Sociedadin Saturday’s late kick-off. Mallorca’s Israel forward Tomer Hemed’s

“We are not getting carried away,” he told a news conference ahead of the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. “I am certainly not anyway. As I said at the

Serbian forward Dejan Lekic put the home side ahead just before half-time at a foggy Reyno de Navarra stadium but any hopes of an unlikely comeback were snuffed out by

One of the poorest teams in the Spanish top flight and relying on one of the oldest squads, Levante are a surprising fourth in La Liga and briefly topped the

In the 71st minute, the match was goalless and tense with big-spending Malaga, who lost 3-2 at the Bernabeu, needing to score only one to go through on the away

The champions were looking to improve their patchy away form at their local rivals and stay hard on the heels ofReal, who thrashedGranada5-1 on Saturday. A gritty Espanyol had prepared

The main story on the back page of Saturday’sIndependentsaid the “Christmas bust-up between Rooney and Ferguson has run so deep that it could lead to the player’s departure as early

Former Mexico and Costa Rica coach Ricardo La Volpe claims he is still in charge, while the club appointed Uruguayan Jorge da Silva last month as his successor. La Volpe,

The document detailed the reasons for Suarez’s eight-match ban, handed out earlier this month for abusing France defender Evra in a 1-1 Premier League draw at Anfield on October 15.