Manchester United 2:1 Swansea Rio Ferdinand's late winner ensured Alex Ferguson's final match in charge at Old Trafford ended in victory for Manchester United.
The Premier League champions put in an impressive display in the first half and led thanks to Javier Hernandez, but Swansea were immensely improved after half-time and a Michu strike looked to have secured a point for the visitors, only for Ferdinand to hit an 87th-minute winner.
Given United's record under Ferguson of scoring late goals that decide crucial games, it was a fitting way for the Scot to bow out on home soil.
Ferguson's side included seven changes to the team that lost 1-0 to Chelsea last weekend as Paul Scholes started his f
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Category: News Views: 756 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 22:46
Norwich 4:0 West Brom Norwich secured Premier League football for 2013-14 with a 4-0 win over West Brom at Carrow Road on Sunday.
Goals from Robert Snodgrass, Grant Holt and Jonny Howson, as well as a Gareth McAuley own goal, were enough for the home side as they won only their third game in 2013 and ended a run of two straight defeats.
After Aston Villa's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, Norwich are now one point ahead of Villa and six ahead of Wigan, with the latter having two games left to play.
But with those two sides meeting in the final game of the season next Sunday, only one is able to reach the 41-point mark Norwich already have.
Category: News Views: 792 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 22:44
Fulham 1:3 Liverpool The former Chelsea man was the star of the show with all three goals for his side to once again prove his value, as the Anfield outfit ran out convincing victors.
Dimitar Berbatov had opened the scoring for the hosts 12 minutes before the interval, but they were almost immediately pegged back by Sturridge's powerful shot inside the box.
And the 23-year-old subsequently grabbed his second with a cool side-footed finish in the second half before, after missing a host of good chances to secure a third, he finally rounded off the result with a cl
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Category: News Views: 667 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 22:41
QPR 1:2 Newcastle The home side took the lead early
in Sunday’s game as referee Lee Probert awarded them a controversial
for a foul on Junior Hoilett. Loic Remy
made no mistake from the spot, but seven
minutes later the visitors were level as Hatem Ben Arfa converted a penalty
after Bosingwa was penalised for holding his shirt.
The deciding moment of the game came ten minutes before
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Sunderland 1:1 Southampton Jason Puncheon came off the bench to rescue a point for Southampton against fellow strugglers Sunderland.
Puncheon came on for Adam Lallana just minutes after Phil Bardsley had opened the scoring for the home side with a well-taken strike.
Craig Gardner's red card against Stoke last week meant that Bardsley was handed a start in defence, allowing Jack Colback to play a more advanced role in midfield.
Danny Rose played what could be his last game for Sunderland, as he is ineligible to face parent club Tottenham on the final day of the season next weekend.
Category: News Views: 715 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 22:30
Everton 2:0 West Ham Everton gave outgoing manager David Moyes the perfect Goodison Park farewell with a convincing 2-0 win over West Ham on Sunday.
A pair of goals from Kevin Mirallas gave Everton their sixth home Premier League win in succession, as Moyes' side ensured they would finish above local rivals Liverpool for the second season in a row, a feat that had not been achieved since 1937.
Moyes – who will leave Merseyside to replace Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in the off-season – used his notes in the official programme to thank the Everton supporters, and he was afforded a terrific reception by the packed crowd prior to kick-off.
But once the whistle blew, it was just how Moyes w
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Category: News Views: 741 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 22:29
Barcelona win title as Real Madrid are held A Christian Stuani goal gave Espanyol the lead on 22 minutes against an out-of-sorts Madrid, however seconds after Cristiano Ronaldo was introduced from the substitutes bench Gonzalo Higuain equalised with a neat flicked header from a Luka Modric free-kick.
Madrid had to win to keep their feint title hopes alive, so taking only a point from the game gave Barcelona the 22nd title in their history.
Deportivo La Coruna were unable to give their survival hopes a boost, as they were edged out by 1-0 by Valladolid. A Javia Guerra goal on 48 minutes wa
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Category: News Views: 1055 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 03:02
Paul Scholes announces retirement The 38-year-old ex-England international is likely to feature in United's two last games against Swansea and West Brom but will then call time on his career.
Scholes told the club's official website: "Yes, I am finally hanging up my boots for good! Playing football is all I have ever wanted to do, and so to have had such a long and successful career at Manchester United, under the greatest manager of all time, has been an honour.
"The team has the right balance and will continue to thrive under the leadership of David Moyes."
Category: News Views: 851 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 03:01
Juve drop points to Cagliari Champions Juventus avoided defeat at home to Cagliari thanks to a second-half Mirko Vucinic goal.
Segundo Guerrero put Cagliari ahead on 12 minutes in what will have been a shock to the newly-crowned Scudetto holders on a day when they were presented with their trophy.
However, Mirko Vucinic levelled for Juventus on 61 minutes in a result which had little effect on the Serie A standings as a whole.
Bottom side and already-relegated Pescara were unable to secure their seventh win of the season, narrowly losing out to ninth-place Catania at the Stadio Angelo Massimino.
Alejandro Gomez grabbed the only goal of the
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Category: News Views: 763 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 02:59
Espanyol 1:1 Real Madrid Higuain rescued Real Madrid with an equaliser against Espanyol, but the 1-1 draw handed Barcelona their 22nd league title. The Argentina international rose to meet a Luka Modric free-kick just before the hour to cancel out Christian Stuani's first-half opener, however Madrid's failure to secure all three points meant the La Liga title headed to Catalonia.
With the Copa del Rey final a week away, Jose Mourinho made five changes to the side that convincingly beat Malaga. Ricardo Carvalho, Angel Di Maria, Kaka, Alvaro Morata and Higuain all came in as the manager aimed to rest some key players for the showdown with Atletico Madrid.
Category: News Views: 853 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 02:58
Premier league: Manchester United Vs Swansea City - Betting Tip Old Trafford
Kick-off: 16.00 BST.
TV: Highlights BBC ONE Match of the Day.
Manchester United (Possible, 4-2-3-1): De Gea; Jones, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Carrick, Giggs; Valencia, Kagawa, Rooney; Van Persie.
Out: Fletcher (illness), W Keane, (knee), Young (ankle), Rafael (suspended).
Swansea (Possible, 4-3-2-1): Tremmel; Tiendalli, Chico, Williams, Davies; Britton, De Guzman, Routledge; Dyer, Hernandez; Michu.
Out: Angel (calf), Lamah (hamstring), Vorm (concussion), Situ (Achilles).
Tests: Chico (arm), Michu (hamstring).
Category: Betting Tips Views: 1247 Added: BetterDate: 12.05.2013 - 02:08
Heynckes praises Bayern side after Bundesliga win Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes believes his side have set new standards in winning the Bundesliga this season.
Munich were presented with the trophy following a 3-0 home win over Augsburg, thanks to goals from Thomas Mueller, Xherdan Shaqiri and Luiz Gustavo.
And Heynckes said after the game that the way in which his side have won the league was a source of great pride.
"It's a joint achievement from the players and coaching staff," he stated.
"No team in the history of the Bundesliga has played the football we’ve played this season, consistently at the highest level – it fills me with pride." <
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Category: News Views: 975 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 00:32
Dortmund lucky to get away with ´black eye´ Juergen Klopp has admitted his side escaped with from their encounter with Wolfsburg on Saturday "with a black eye".
A lacklustre first-half performance from Dortmund saw them go 3-1 down in the first half, thanks to a goal from Naldo and an Ivan Peresic brace.
Dortmund struggled to assert themselves on the game, but salvaged a point when Marco Reus struck twice in quick succession during the last few minutes.
The draw saw Dortmund confirm a second-place finish in the league, but Klopp admitted that his side were lucky not to have lost the game.
Category: News Views: 890 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 00:31
We didn´t deserve to lose Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini doesn't feel that his side deserved to lose the FA Cup final against Wigan.
City lost 1-0 to Roberto Martinez's men thanks to a late Ben Watson goal, but their manager believes that while his side were not at their best, they were still unfortunate not to win the match.
Mancini, who will end the season without having won a trophy, said his team's inability to take the chances they created is what cost them.
"I'm disappointed. We conceded a goal in the last seconds in a game where we didn't play very well, but we didn't deserve to lose. But that's football," he told BBC 5 Live.
"We started slowly but we had two incredible
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McMananman ´made-up´ after Wigan FA Cup shock Callum McManaman believes Wigan deserved their shock 1-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
A late header from Ben Watson was enough to see of Roberto Mancini's side and secure one of the greatest cup final surprises in history.
Speaking after his man-of-the-match performance, McManaman told BBC Five Live: "I'm made up. I had a feeling this morning that it was our day. The longer it went on, we had the better chances. Before the game the gaffer said 'treat it like a normal game, don't be afraid'. I still can't believe it.
"This is the best feeling. We deserved this, and we're off to celebrate it now."
Category: News Views: 749 Added: SkyDate: 12.05.2013 - 00:28
Wigan weren´t lucky to win FA Cup Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has insisted luck did not play a part in his side's 1-0 FA Cup final victory over Manchester City on Saturday.
Martinez's men went into the game as firm underdogs but came out winners thanks to Ben Watson's 90th-minute header, which came after Pablo Zabaleta had been sent off.
And the Spaniard says Wigan's "incredible" performance, not good fortune, was the reason behind their first trophy win since lifting the Second Division title in 2003.
"In any final you feel the result could go either way. We were playing an incredible side. We didn't win by luck - from start to finish it was an incre
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