Lionel Messi score 4 to reach 50 goals in La Liga, 72 all competition and close to Pichichi trophy and Golden boot

The Barcelona star score 4 goals to set new high La Liga goals record and the world record of most goals in a season Barcelona 4-0 win against Espanyol at Nou Camp.  Messi has now scored 50 goals in La Liga this season and 72 goals in all competition this season alone. With his 14^th hat-trick in Spanish league puts him ahead of Cesar Rodriguez for 5 goals more. Argentinian has reached 251 in 327 Barcelona appearances. 

Pep Guardiola received the best sent off with hug from Messi following 50^th league goal. In his four seasons with Barcelona, Guardiola has won 13 titles.

The new La Ligachampions, Real Madrid also won 2-1 against Granada with Cristiano Ronaldo score to reach 45 goals in La Liga season, 59 in all competitions and 300^thgoal in Real Madrid jersey. And he raised his record to 111 goals in just 100 league appearances for the Spanish giants. With Messi leading other top scorers by far, he has almost secured the pichichi trophy and Golden Boot.

Excluding penalty kick for 11 Messi and 19 for Ronaldo, Messi would still be leading Ronaldo at 61 goals against 40 goals in all competition. 

Barcelona vs Espanyol goals summary 
Lionel Messi  12'
Lionel Messi (pen)  64'
Lionel Messi  74'
Lionel Messi (pen)  79'

Barcelona vs Espanyol video highlight of all goals 4-0

Barcelona - Espanyol 08.05.2011 Highlights HD by iNfRaS0NiC 

Arsenal striker Robbin Van Persie score 30th EPL goals and close on Premier league Golden boot and a EPL record of 31 goal per season by Shearer and Ronaldo

Arsenal FC failed to take a big step toward Champions league qualification after forced to a 3-3 draw with Norwich City. The gunners are currently two points ahead of Tottenham and Newcastle with the two having a game at hand. Meaning Arsenal can easily surrender third position, and force to fight for fourth position, which is a risk position this year.

With Chelsea hopes for Champions league qualification being dented after 2-0 defeat by Newcastle, The blue could still participate in Champions league if they win the UEFA trophy and force fourth team to drop to Europa league.

Robbin Van Persie close on Premier league top scorer record in a season

Robin Van Persie is just one goal shot to reach Premier league top scorer record achieved by Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo of 31 goals in 38 games season. Being four goals ahead of Wayne Rooney (26), Van Persie has put himself in better position to win Premier League Golden Boot as the EPL top scorer. So far the striker has won FWA award and PFA award as best player of the year in those categories.

Arsenal vs Norwich City match

Arsenal vs Norwich City goals summary 3-3

Yossi Benayoun 2'

Wesley Hoolahan 12'

Grant Holt 27'

Robin Van Persie 72'

Robin Van Persie 80'

Steve Morison 85'

Arsenal vs Norwich City all goals highlights

szólj hozzá: Highlights [HD]

Lionel Messi score hat-trick to break Gerd Muller’s goals scoring record and be close to golden boot and pichichi awards

Lionel Messi score hat-trick in Barcelona 4-1 victory against Malaga and break 67 goals record set by Bayern Munich's striker Gerd Muller after adding his goal tally to 68 a new European goal scoring record. 

The hat-trick also raised his La Liga goal tally to 46, three more than Ronaldo and more close to the pichichi award and European golden boot. The win keEP Real Madrid waiting for La Liga title and they have to win today to be crowned champions. 

Barcelona vs Malaga goals summary

Carles Puyol (13') 1-0
Rondon (26') 1-1   
Lionel Messi (pen 35') 2-1   
Lionel Messi (pen 59') 3-1
Lionel Messi (64') 4-1

Barcelona vs Malaga video highlights all goals

szólj hozzá: Barcelona 4-1 Malaga Goals

Real Madrid one win away from 32nd La Liga title as both Ronaldo and Messi set Spanish league top goals scorers record to 43.

Real Madrid recover from champions league semi-final defeat and moved closer and close to La Liga Championship after 3-0 win over Sevilla to end Barcelona three years dominance.  Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 43rd league goal and 57th in this season. The goal was followed by a brace from Karim Benzema. 

Real Madrid vs Sevilla video highlights all goals

Real Madrid vs Sevilla 3:0 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS by maidb7abc

Later defending champion Barcelona FC under Tito Vilanova earned a massive 7-0 victory over Rayo Vallecano, a brace from Lionel Messi to tally La Liga goals to 43 and right on course for pichichi. Both Ronaldo and Messi has registered new Spanish league most goals per season records which was set by Ronaldo last years after he scored 40 goals. Messi add his season goal tallies to 65 goals in all competitions. Bayern Munich’s striker, Gerd Muller scored 67 goals in 1972/1973 season a European top scorers record. Other Barcelona goals came from Pedro Rodriguez two goals, Seydou Keita and Thiago Alcantara and Rober (Rayo Vallecano’s defender) scored own goals.

Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano video highlights all goals

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona 0:7 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS by maidb7abc

Real Madrid set Spanish leagues goals record to 112.

More football records set and broken. With three top scoring strikers Ronaldo, Benzema and Higuan as well as two top goal assistant Mezut Ozil and Angel Di Maria, Jose Mourinho’s club have set new La Liga most goals record of 112 goals. In La Liga the strikers scored 84 goals, Ronaldo (43), Higuan (21) and Benzema (20) but 30 assists from Mezut Ozil (16) and Angel Di Maria (14) alone. Having being denied early championship celebration with Barcelona win, Madrid can clinch their 32nd La Liga title with win against the on form Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.

Chelsea's Fernando Torres bang hat-trick against QPR but stay 6th in Premier league log

Fernando Torres successes in Champions league continues in Barclays Premier League with his first hat-trick for Chelsea in 6-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers and add premier league hat-tricks tally to 19. The hat-trick is his fourth in Premier league.

The £50m striker scores his first hat-trick since Sep 2009 and he promises many more. "My last hat-trick was a long time ago but hopefully it will be the first of many" Torres said. His manager well satisfied with his performance. "I was always pleased with his contribution and he was always working hard for the team, putting the assists in". Di Matteo commented.

The UEFA championship and FA Cup finalist still sixth in the premier league log but close the gap with Newcastle to one point. The blues benefited from retuning back to traditional Chelsea game and performing better under Di Mateo who has only lost once and drew three of 16 games. Next trip they will face Liverpool in FA cup final before tough fight for fourth position against Newcastle.

UEFA Champions’ league final  

Chelsea FC also rely on players’ rotation in these important fixtures to avoid players’ exhaustion while protecting important players for Champions league final with Bayern Munich in Allianz Arena in May 19. The two clubs met on 2004-2005 champions’ league quarter final were Chelsea under Jose Mourinho supervision won 6-5 on aggregate after Chelsea 4-2 win on first leg and Bayern won 3-2 on second leg.

Chelsea FC vs Queens Park Rangers goals highlights  

Daniel Sturridge (1') 1-0 

John Terry (13') 2-0 

Fernando Torres (19') 3-0 

Fernando Torres (25') 4-0 

Fernando Torres (64') 5-0 

Florent Malouda (80') 6-0 

Djibril Cissé (84') 6-1 

Chelsea FC vs Queens Park Rangers video highlights of all goals szólj hozzá: g=6-18;[Matchhighlight.com]HL

Manchester city and Manchester United in crucial Manchester derby: The Premier league championship decider

Manchester United travel to Manchester City in crucial Manchester derby is more likely to be the decider for Premier league champion this season. Sir Alex Ferguson singled the tie as one of those unique ties “It means everything, ... “Everything. Going into work on Tuesday morning will feel like the most important day of their lives. For both sets of supporters“.

With three matches on hand for each teams and United having 3 points advantage but four goals short on goal difference compared to City, the tie could be tell who win the league. Even a draw will be better results for United who will then maintain three points advantage. For Mancini a win is a must to level point and go top of the table with goal difference advantage. 

If City defeat defending champion on this tie, the results of who win the league will still depend who perform better in final two matches of which City seems to have more ambitious opponents.  If both City and United win their final two games, the more goals one score could still determine the league champion.With this options, United still have a bigger chance to clinch 20th league title

The final United and City fixtures

Newcastle United vs Manchester City

Manchester United vs Swansea City

Manchester City vs Queens Park Rangers     

Sunderland vs Manchester United

Manchester derby history

Manchester United has won more derbies than city 67 vs 44, but since the new premier league start, the record stands at 13 vs 10 in favor of United. This swing of United vs City win might still be changing in favor of City because of the recent investment done at City. With this investment city have became more superior than other EPL top clubs and Mancini quoted proving this fact  "We have 22 points more than Chelsea, who are in the Champions League final, and 14 more than Arsenal - and 31 more than Liverpool.

Previous league tie saw United defeated by 6-1, heaviest United defeat in this derby, but they also one defeated City 5-0 in 1994. The 6-1 score mean nothing to the upcoming tie, it is a totally a new game. The best game plan or individual player magic like would be crucial. Most fans would like to see luck or referee decision pick the winner.

AC Milan held defending champions Barcelona at San Siro, keeping Messi waiting for his 50th champions league goal.

AC Milan held Barcelona 0-0 in Champions league first leg quarter final.Alexis Sanchez penalty claim was turned down by the referee and Lionel Messi goal dissalowed for offside. AC Milan clear chances were squandered by Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The San Siro club playing style proved to be tough for Barcelona as they managed to stop Barcelona from scoring.

Messi taking free-kick during the game: Source Barcelona FC website

During the match, AC Milan has tough task stopping Lionel Messi from scoring a 55th goal this season or 13th in this Champions league campaign and reaching 50 goal mark in UEFA champions league competition, which they accomplished. AC Milan did not only prevent goals but only allowed 3 shots on target from highly rated UEFA champions as they also make 3 shots on target.

AC Milan vs Barcelona in group H and managed to force 2-2 draw and then defeated 3-2 in second matches.  Barcelona vs Inter Milan in San Siro in 2010 ended 3-1 and the second leg 1-0 as Inter Milan progress to final and beat Bayern Munich to lift the title.

Football records

AC Milan have never lost home quarter final in Champions league.

Barcelona has managed to score in all champions league games since November 2009. 

Massimiliano Allegri, Milan coach satisfied by the results and confident he will get the results they needed during the second leg at the Camp Nou: "We played better football after the restart, but in the first half we created several clear chances and despite not exploiting them, we gained in self confidence after such a performance. I think that the final result is fair, now we know we can get the qualification in Barcelona." 

AC Milan vs Barcelona FC video highlight

szólj hozzá: AC Milan 0-0 Barcelona

Bayern Munich vs Marseille

In another champions league  quarter final game, Bayern Munich beat Marseille by 2-0 and made it tough for Marseille to come back in away second leg. Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben goals mean Marseille have to score 3 goals in Allianz Arena and stopped in form attacking striker at Bayern Munich to qualify to the next round.

All Champions league first leg quarter final

Benfica vs Chelsea 0-1

Apoel Nicosia vs Real Madrid 0-3

AC Milan vs Barcelona 0-0

Marseille vs Bayern Munich 0-2

Marseille vs Bayern Munich video highlight of all goals

szólj hozzá: Marseille 0-2 Bayern GOALS

Fernando Torres score ends 25hrs 41 minutes drought as he score two goals and assist two in FA cup

Chelsea eliminated Birmingham City in the fifth FA cup round but needed two games to complete the job. Fernando Torres end almost 26 hrs in 152 days goals drought scoring two goals and setting up two easy goals for Salomon Kalou and Meireles. Torres has been doing all the things right apart from his famous goal miss, he move well and pass the very well to team mates but the goals were not coming. 

Roberto Di Matteo make seven changes from start line-up for champions league to rest some player for big game against Manchester City, Benfica and give other player some minutes on the pitch. 

Gary Cahill open the score line, scoring his first goal for Chelsea. Torres picked up Kalou after fantastic run, Kalou well controlled the ball and send it to the right side of the keeper to make the score 2-0. 

Torres added the third on 67 minutes ending the drought and may be signal his new start to keep pace with other top scorers in Europe. In 85 minutes Torres scored his second, fourth for Chelsea with flicking Raul Meireles’s corner with nice header. Two Leicester City’s goals from Jermaine Beckford and Ben Marshall sandwich Chelsea fourth goal. Another Torres run, this time on the left side of the pitch, he unselfishly set up Meireles who score Chelsea fifth and book a visit to Wembley stadium. 

The win means 100% record for Di Matteo since he took over from Andres Villa Boas. The question will be does the blue have enough to beat Manchester City and start closing the gap with Arsenal. Di Matteo have a lot to plan for Champions league date with Benfica and weigh his election for every game.

The Match was surrounded by fan and players’ supports for Fabrice Muamba, Gary Cahill show his support for Fabrice Muamba his former team mate. The midfielder is still in critical condition according to updates and we wish him a faster recovery.

Liverpool beat Stoke City 2-1 and also book a place in Wembley stadium for FA cup semi-finals. Everton and Sunderland wait replay after 1-1 draw and Tottenham vs Bolton game was postponed after Muamba collapsed in 42 minutes.

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL FIXTURES (April 14/15)

Tottenham/Bolton v Chelsea

Liverpool v Everton/Sunderland

Chelsea vs Leicester City goals summary – Video highlights

Gary Cahill (12') - 1-0

Salomon Kalou (17') 2-0

Fernando Torres (67') 3-0

Jermaine Beckford (77') 3-1

Fernando Torres (67') 4-1

Ben Marshall (88') 5-1

Raul Meireles (90') 5-2

Chelsea vs Leicester City video highlights  

Premier league: Robin Van Persie double vs Liverpool push Arsenal three points above Chelsea and Seven goals above Rooney

Robin Van Persie keep on scoring this time earn Arsenal three points denying the Carling Cup champions who looked more dangerous since kick off. The home team gets a controversial penalty as Luis Suarez suspected to have dived as Wojciech Szczesny was making a challenge. Dirk Kuyt, the Carling cup hero who leveled the score before Cardiff miss, took the penalty and forced Szczesny to have a double save and become the hero.

Minutes later Laurent Koscielny miss kicked Jordan Henderson cross to score own goal. Then came Van Persie moment, well positioned  heading a well take cross Songs from Bakary Sagna to level the score and seal the win for Arsenal in the dying minutes as he been the offside trap and squeezed the ball past Pepe Reina to make the score 2-1 thank to wonderful volley from Song. Arsenal has now moved ten point from Liverpool and three points away from Chelsea who later lost 1-0 to Westbromwhich Albion. Arsenal has registered two big consecutive wins after beating Tottenham Spurs 5-2 last in previous game.

The French striker have now scored 25 league goals, 30 goals for the season and already have beaten goals mark for last year Premier league top scorers Tevez and Berbatov who scored 20 each. His is very if Arsenal need to see off AC Milan in Champions league second leg match after a 4-0 defeat.

Liverpool and Arsenal all goals video highlights

szólj hozzá: Li1Ar2_Hi

Real Madrid overcome Real Zaragoza with 3-1 win to go seven points clear at La liga summit after Barcelona drew 0-0 with Villarreal.

Real Madrid responded well to Copa del Rey exit with fight back from one goal behind to win the La liga tie against Real Zaragoza 3-1 at the Bernabeu, thanks to goals from Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mezil Ozil.

Earlier Angel Lafita put Zaragoza infront at 11th minute before the special one club cruise to comfortable win and goes seven points clear at La Liga summit. La Liga champions, Barcelona has the opportunity to cut Real Madrid lead back to form five points but they failed to beat struggling Villarreal. Real Madrid stay top with 52 points and four more goals difference than Barcelona at second place with 45 points after 20 matches.

Man of the match

Villarreal goalkeeper, Diego Lopez inspired his club and he was top man of the match and goal.com gave him 8.5 points. Diego Lopez denied Lionel Messi and his accomplices to earn the deserved one point against UEFA champions. Though the host was doing better in most position had better position 35% than most team against Barcelona.

Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza goals summary

Lafita 0-1 (11')
Kaka 1-1 (32')
Cristiano Ronaldo 2-1 (49')
Mesut Ozil 3-1 (56')

La liga results and fixtures
Espanyol vs Mallorca 1-0
Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano 3-2

Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza video highlights

szólj hozzá: Real Madrid 3-1 Zaragoza

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund stay at bundesliga summit as top scorer Mario Gomez netted again

Bayern Munich remained at the top of the Bundesliga log after 2-0 victory against Wolfsburg, but has same points as second placed Borussia Dortmund, the reigning champions playing without teenager Mario Götze managed to secure three points with 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Current Bundesliga top scorer, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben scored the two goals on 60th and 90th minutes respectively.Schalke will face Cologne and may go on level points with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund if they win.

Borrusia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim

Bundesliga fixtures and results

Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen 1-1

Hamburg vs Hertha Berlin 2-1

Kaiserslautern vs Augsburg 2-2

Schalke vs Cologne 0-1 (42th minute)

Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg video highlights

szólj hozzá: BAYERN vs WOLFSBURG 2:0 GOALS

Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim video highlights

szólj hozzá: D3-1H

Premier league: Manchester United stay in touch with City with 2-1 victory over Arsenal FC

Manchester United doubles win Arsenal vs Manchester encounters

Manchester United stayed closer to Manchester City with 2-1 win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. Goal from Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck were enough to see off Arsenal and restore 3 points gap with Premier league leaders. Premier league top scorer,  Robin van Persie scored his 18 premier league goal of the season but was not enough to stop Sir Alex Ferguson club. The gunners lost to United 8-2 in the first round Arsenal vs Manchester United encounter. Earlier Manchester City grabbed a 3-2  late minute win over Tottenham.

Van Persie joined Torres in this week crucial goal miss
Van Persie joined in Torres miss drama this week. Chris Smalling fell down allowed Tomas Rosicky  to snatch the ball and presented Van Persie with goal scoring opportunity, he hit the ball with left foot just ten yards in front of the gaping goal but surprisingly the ball went wide and it his Van Persie miss. What a miss for top striker!!

Arsenal FC vs Manchester United goals summary
Antonio Valencia 0-1 (45')
Robin Van Persie 1-1 (71')
Danny Welbeck 1-2 (81')
Arsenal vs Manchester United video highlights

szólj hozzá: A1-2M

Arsenal FC starting lineup and subs:  Wojciech Szczęsny, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, , Johan Djourou (Nicholas Yennaris), Tomas Rosicky, Alex Song, Robin Van Persie, Aaron Ramsey (Park Chu-Young), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Andrei Arshavin) and Theo Walcott.

Manchester United starting lineup and subs:  Anders Lindegaard, Jonathan Evans, Chris Smalling, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones (Rafael - Park Ji-Sung), Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Nani (Paul Scholes), Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney.

Premier league: Fulham destroy Newcastle United in 5-2 victory, Clint Dempsey hattrick

Fulham FC vs Newcastle United goals summary

Danny Guthrie 0-1 (43')

Danny Murphy (pen) 1-1 (52')

Clint Dempsey 2-1 (58')

Clint Dempsey 3-1 (64')

Bobby Zamora (pen) 4-1 (67')

Hatem Ben Arfa 4-2 (85') 

Clint Dempsey 5-2 (89')

Fulham FC vs Newcastle United video highlights - Clint Dempsey hattrick

szólj hozzá: Fulham v Newcastle 5:2 GOALS

Los Angeles Galaxy Major League Soccer champions squad wallpaper 2011

Los Angeles Galaxy squad for 2011-2012 season including new Major League Soccer signings for champions. David Beckahm have extended his contract after despite PSG transfer rumours to join Ancelotti in a bid to strengthen the squad. Other LA galaxy players Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane have sign short term loan deals with premier league clubs Everton and Aston Villarespectively but they will be back to the Major Soccer League. Thierry Henry like two players from Los Angeles Galaxy also signing loan deal with Arsenal and already scored a win in his debut against Swansea.

Los Angeles Galaxy Major League Soccer champions squad wallpaper from Left to right Goalkeepers Nick Noble, Brian Perk and Josh Saunders, Defenders Sean Alvarado, A.J. DeLaGarza, Todd Dunivant, Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, Frankie Hejduk, Leonardo, Dasan Robinson and Ryan Thomas. Midfielders David Beckham, Chris Birchall, Paolo Cardozo, Hector Jimenez, Juninho, Dan Keat, Jovan Kirovski, Miguel Lopez, Dustin McCarty, Marcelo Sarvas, Michael Stephens and Jose Villarreal. Forwards Chad Barrett, Adam Cristman, Bryan Jordan, Robbie Keane, Mike Magee, Jack McBean, Pat Noonan and Landon Donovan. Team Coaches  Bruce Arena, Dave Sarachan and Curt Onalfo. Source. LA Galaxy.com

Copa del Rey quarter final video: Barceloana win 2-1 to level 86 wins each in fourth El Clasico of 2011-2012 as Ronaldo, Puyol and Abidal score

Barcelona equal Real Madrid record wins in El Clasico

Real Madrid faced Barcelona in Copa del Rey quarter final at Santiago Bernabeu, a fourth El Classico of 2011-2012 season and failed to defend their head to head record as Barcelona won 2-1 to level El Clasico record to 86 each after the encounter after 218 meetings. So far this season the clash of Spain giant club can occur six times this season, second leg Copa del Rey quarter final and remaining La Liga encounter. Six encounters will be a record meeting of Los Blancos and Catalans. 
Real Madrid vs Barcelona 12 minutes video highlights

There is also possibility of more Real Madrid vs Barcelona matches if they meet in Champions league. Maximum possible encounters are 9, but the ninth can only occur if European Super cup final which won’t occur this season because for that to occur one club have to be champions of Champions league and another champion in Europa cup. Fantastic news football records can be made today and this just add more flavour to this best El Clasico could be.

Lionel Messi El Classico records delayed

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were important players in the encounter and each tried to prove his wealth. Messi has scored 13 goals in El Classico one less than Cesar though Real Madrid players Di Stefano and Raul, have scored more. Ronaldo opened the score in eleventh minutes but Barcelona levelled the score through Carles Puyol and later Eric Abidal fired a decisive goal on 77 minutes.

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Cristiano Ronaldo 1-0 (11')

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Carles Puyol 1-1 (49')

Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Eric Abidal 1-2 (77')

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi leading La Liga top scorers

Real Madrid are going to the El Classico with 5 point advantage in La Liga thanks to Ronaldo who has scored 2 more goals than Lionel Messi in La Liga this season and the clash could easily change these La Liga top scorer stats. Mourinho might miss the service of Angel Di Maria who leads La Liga with most goals assists while Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year have Jose Pinto between the post and Pep label cup tie as crucial. It an important clash that will see change in the number of trophies between the two clubs. Real Madrid has won 73 trophies and Barcelona 70 and Athletic Bilbao follow with only 32 trophies.

Real Madrid starting lineup: Casillas, Ramos, Carvalho, Pepe, Coentrao, Alonso, Diarra, Altintop, Ronaldo, Benzema, Higuain.

Barcelona starting lineup: Pinto, Puyol, Abidal, Alves, Pique, Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Messi, Sanchez.

Carling cup: 20 min video highlights of Liverpool vs Manchester City Carling cup tie, Steve Gerrad penalty.

Steven Gerrald taking penalty kick in Carling cup first leg tie with Manchester City

City went to the game without defense back bone Vicent Kompany who saw his appeal for four matches ban after two feet tackle on Nani on FA Cup third round turned down. Steven Gerrard converted a penalty kick on 12th minute have Daniel Agger fouled by Stefan Savic.

City also lacked the service of David Silva (Injured), Ivorian internationals Yahaya Toure, Kolo toure who went to the African Cup of Nations. Having being knocked out of Champion league and FA cup, City boys have to pull their socks and try win the second leg Carling cup tie or else they will be knocked out in third title challenge. Mancini and his boys also have to concentrate on winning the Barclays premier league and have advantage of being three points ahead of Manchester United and Tottenham Spurs. Man City manager is expecting to sign new face in January Premier league transfer window to cover for African players.

Watch Carling cup Liverpool vs Manchester City video highlights

szólj hozzá: City v Liverpool 0:1 EXTENDED

Premier league: Tottenham defeat Everton 2-0 to level point with United, Lennon and Assou-Ekotto super-strike

Tottenham Spurs meet in the game that was postponed on premier league opening day. The on form Spurs won 2-0 to level point with United and only three point behind Manchester City and eight point clear from fourth placed Chelsea that are a point on top of Arsenal. The goals come from Aaron Lennon on 35th and then came the super striker goals by Benoit Assou-Ekotto on 63rd which assured Tottenham of three points. Tottenham hotspurs are on the right right course to mark their fight for premier league title and prove their wealth in sport world.

Benoit Assou Ekotto firing a ball to score a superb goal for Tottenham.

  Watch Tottemham vs Everton video highlights

szólj hozzá: Tottenham H. 2-0 Everton

Transfer sport news: Premier league completed latest transfer and rumours in January transfer window 2012

Thierry Henry and Robin Van Persie combination set to do wonders for Arsenal

Premier league January transfer window open and already players movement have started and some played on 02 January 2012 fixtures. All completed premier league transfer news for transfer out and transfer in for premiership clubs are listed below. Updated transfer news will be provided as new transfers occur. The list does not involve transfer rumours or ongoing transfer talk. Transfer sport news look at EPL January window.

England Premier League completed transfer deals, updated on 14 January 2012

Premiership transfer sources includes soccernet.com and Skysports.com

Arsenal FC

Arsène Wenger is concerned about injuries for his left backs André Santos and Kieran Gibbs, also departure of two African players for Africa Cup of Nations; Marouane Chamakh and Gervinho. Thierry Henry will be available for this short period to cover for the forwards.

Transfer In

Thierry Henry from New York Red Bulls - Short term loan

Transfer out

Emmanuel Frimpong to Wolverhampton Wanderers

Vito Mannone to Hull City 
Luke Freeman to Stevenage
Sead Hajrovic  to Barnet   

Aston Villa

McLeish picked three points from Chelsea with 3-1 victory and the suffer shocking 2-0 defeat against Swansea and the manager might consider strengthening his squad. But the club might sell important player/s to get some money and seek others player to fill the gap.

Transfer in

Enda Stevens from Shamrock

Robbie Keane from Los Angeles – Short term loan

Transfer out

Elliot Parish to Cardiff City

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn struggling at the bottom, Keane need to strengthen defense position and find alternative striker to reliave the burden off Yakubu. The manager has been supported by club owners and expect some funds for some players. Samba is top target to cover for injured Ledley King and William Gallas.

Bolton Wanderers

The club has poor goal difference after Wigan with -20 and still struggling at the 20th position collecting only 13 points after 19 games. Owen Coyle started the league with games against top club and was hoped they will gain points from other club but it was not the case. With limited funds they should opt for cheaper players and loan deals cover for weakness in several positions. Gary Cahill has attracted interest from top clubs but Chelsea has been more linked to the his transfer recently. Tim Ream from New Yolk Red Bulls is among Coyle target.

Transfer out

Gary Cahill to Chelsea  

Jack Sampson to Southend United

Chelsea

André Villas-Boas has already loss Nicolas Anelka and Alex transfer request was accepted. African players, Didier Drogba, Salomon and Mikel Obi will be away for Africa Cup of Nations. He might seek to replace Anelka and Alex but also strengthen the squad especially with central defender and a striker.

Transfer in

Gary Cahill from  Bolton Wanderers

Transfer out

Gaël Kakuta to Dijon FCO

Nicolas Anelka to Shanghai Shenhua

Rhys Taylor to  Rotherham United - Loan
Ben Gordon  to Kilmarnock
Joshua McEachran to Swansea City
Patrick Van Aanholt to Vitesse Arnhem 

Everton

David Moyes have make it clear that he need a striker and might wait for funds after they sell Jack Rodwell who had attracted interest from top premier league clubs. His price expected to be in region of £20m. Already the club have been linked to short term loan deal for Landon Donovan.

Transfer in

Landon Donovan from Los Angeles Galaxy- short term loan
Darron Gibson from Manchester United

Transfer out

Aristote Nsiala to Accrington Stanley - Loan
Shkodran Mustafi to Sampdoria 
James Wallace to Stevenage

Fulham

Martin Jol had tremendous results, 1-1 draw with Chelsea and 2-1 victory over Arsenal. Club chairman Al Fayed could be ready again to spend some money and try to push his team to the Europa league.With two star strikers Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson likely to leave the club the manager might have name for replacement already in his books.
Transfer out
Jack Grimmer from  Fulham
Lasse Vigen Christensen from Fulham 

Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish striker Luis Suarez club current top scorer is facing 8 matches ban, the club expensive signing, Andy Carroll has yet to make impact a new striker might be best addition to Liverpool squad. After falling to qualify for champions league and early exit from Europa league Dalglish would on pressure to strengthen the squad and compete for top four places which seem to be more tougher this year.

Transfer out

Danny Wilson to Blackpool - Loan

Manchester City

Roberto Mancini really face difficult moment despite starting 2012 at the top of the log. Carlos Tevez is already out of Mancini list and Kolo Touré and Yahya Touré are leaving for Africa Cup of Nations, club will be short of alternative choices for these positions. Yahya Touré has been very instrumental in first XI and it will be hard to find perfect replacement even for a short period. In order to balance players according to UEFA rules the club need to offload before buying.

Transfer out

Harry Bunn to Preston North End

Kieran Trippier to Burnley 
Chris Chantler to Carlisle United

Alex Nimely to  Coventry City

Manchester United

 Sir Alex Ferguson is not planning to add players in his squad but he might be forced to enter the market due to injuries or red cards in coming matches.The premier league champions were kicked out from champions league and only compete for domestic titles.

Transfer in

Joshua King from Mönchengladbach
Paul Scholes - Unattached

Transfer out

Federico Macheda to Queens Park Rangers - Loan
Joshua King to Hull City 

Darron Gibson to Everton 

John Cofie to Royal Antwerp

Newcastle United

Alan Pardew sayswill lose his top goal scorer, Demba Ba to Africa Cup of Nations but claimed he has no plan to sign his replacement or strikers to support him.

Norwich City

Paul Lambert is eager to enter the transfer market and strengthen his team defense and forward position. For a promoted club being 10 points above relegation zone they should feel comfortable also ensure they sustain and protect their achievements.
Transfer out

George Francomb to Hibernian

Queens Park Rangers

Neil Warnock signed experienced players like Anton Ferdnard, Joey Barton and Shaun Wright-Phillips. The club has signed Macheda on loan to boost attacking force to add to their top goal scorer Heidar Helguson with 7 goals. Samba attract interest from QPR.

Transfer in

Federico Macheda from Manchester United - Loan

Stoke City

Tony Pulis guided his team to Europa league knock-out stage and in the top half of the premier league. The manager will be keen to stay in premier league top ten while progressing to next Europa league knock-out stage.

Transfer out

Danny Pugh to Leeds United

Sunderland

Martin O'Neill had tremendous impact since he join collecting 10 out of their 24 points from 4 previous games including a famous 1-0 victory over Manchester City.

Transfer out

Blair Adams to Northampton Town -Loan

John Egan  to Crystal Palace
Nyron Nosworthy to Watford

Trevor Carson to Hull City

Liam Noble to Carlisle United
Ryan Noble to Derby County
Jordan Cook to Carlisle United 
Louis Laing  to Wycombe Wanderers  

Swansea City

Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers had failed to have good results on away games and new relevant players are needed as well as psychological strength to get results in away matches.

Transfer in

Gylfi Sigurdsson  from  TSG Hoffenheim  - Loan

Rory Donnelly  from Cliftonville   
Darnel Situ Buyente from Lens    

Tottenham Spurs

Harry Redknapp has pushed Spurs top four and look set to be at third place for a long period this season.Ganso and Gary Cahill are on Redknap radar but he may need to sell  Steven Pienar who have attracted interest from former club, Everton.
Transfer in
Yago Falqué from Juventus

Transfer out

Andros Townsend to Leeds United - Loan

David Button to Doncaster Rovers - Loan

Harry Kane to Millwall - Loan

Ryan Glen Mason to Millwall - Loan
Yago Falqué to Southampton

David Davis to Chesterfield

West Bromwich Albion

West Brom should struggle and stay at the mid table  though it will be tough for them. 

Transfer in

Scott Allan from Dundee United  
Transfer out
James Hurst  to Chesterfield
Chris Wood to Bristol City
Lateef Elford Alliyu to Tranmere Rovers  

Wigan Athletic

Roberto Martínez snatched two points from Chelsea and Liverpool recently to try move away from delegation zone.The clubs has scored fewest goals in the league and have the worst goal difference. Surely they need a striker and possibly strengthening defense.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Mick McCarthy's club need more experienced players at midfielder and defense to ensure they move away from relegation zone. 

Transfer in

Eggert Jonsson  from Heart of Midlothian - Loan

Emmanuel Frimpong from Arsenal FC

Transfer out

Scott Malone  to  AFC Bournemouth

Dean Parrett to Yeovil Town