Premier League: Southampton-Liverpool Brendan Rodgers' side will be looking to continue their impressive recent form when they visit a ground where they have not tasted victory in over a decade.
Mauricio Pochettino has a fully fit squad to choose from, with Steven Davis (illness) and Danny Fox (thigh) having returned following time spent on the sidelines.
The Southampton manager faces a selection headache over his back four, following Maya Yoshida's solid performance in an unfamiliar right-back position in the 0-0 draw at Norwich. The Japanese defender may retain his place in the team ahead of usual full-back Nathaniel Clyne.
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Category: News Views: 896 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 22:09
Benitez praises Chelsea mettle Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez hailed his side's character after they progressed to the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.
The Blues defeated Steaua Bucharest 3-1 in the second leg at Stamford Bridge, bouncing back from a 1-0 first-leg defeat in Romania last week.
At one point Chelsea's hopes looked doubtful with Steaua claiming an away goal before half-time that left the London club needing to score twice.
But goals after the break from John Terry and Fernando Torres put Benitez's men through 3-2 on aggregate.
Category: News Views: 1000 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 07:45
Stramaccioni delighted by Inter´s best Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni believes his side produced their best football of the season in Thursday's Europa League win over Tottenham.
Trailing the last-16 tie 3-0 after the first leg in London, Stramaccioni's side delivered a scintillating display to down Spurs 4-1 in the second leg, though they still exited the competition via the away goals rule.
Despite their European campaign coming to an end, Stramaccioni drew on several positives from the victory at San Siro.
"This is a fundamental sign we send out today and the only positive I can see from this evening is that we won’t ha
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Category: News Views: 869 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 06:33
Spurs stars targeted by racist chants Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas was disappointed to hear his players targeted by racist chanting during Spurs' 4-1 defeat at Inter.
Despite the heavy defeat on Thursday, an extra-time goal from Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor sent the north London club to the Europa League quarter-finals on away goals, yet their success has been overshadowed by the behaviour of Inter fans at San Siro.
Both Adebayor and Kyle Naughton were targeted by racist chants, which were confirmed by Villas-Boas afterwards.
"Chants were very, very easy to hear," Villas-Boas told reporters.
Category: News Views: 1021 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 05:56
Iraqi Barcelona fan kills and beheads friend who supports Real Madrid Outside of Spain, few places in the world can boast more fervent support of Barcelona and Real Madrid than Iraq.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, some 3,5000 miles from the action, locals are obsessed with La Liga's two biggest teams. When they face each other in El Clasico, bars and coffee houses are segregated between rivals fans and police presence is increased as people celebrate, commiserate and fight long into the night.
According to a report in Baghdad newspaper Al Zaman, carried by Spanish newspaper Sport, passion between rival fans spilled over into violence and murder this week.
On Monday, a Barcelona supporter in Madain — a city a few miles south of Baghdad — supposedly argued with a Real Madrid-supporting friend in a gaming arcade. The Ba
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Category: News Views: 1301 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 04:10
Newcastle 1-0 Anzhi Makhachkala Alan Pardew's side battled its way into the last eight of the competition courtesy of a last-minute winner in injury time from the Senegalese striker Newcastle booked its place in the quarterfinals of the Europa League with a narrow 1-0 victory over Anzhi Makhachkala at St James' Park on Thursday evening.
The only goal of the game came in the final minute of added time in the second half, with Papiss Cisse heading home a brilliant Sylvain Marveaux cross to bring an exciting end to an otherwise gritty affair.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew made three changes from the side that was held in Russia with Davide Santon, Steven Taylor and Cheick
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Category: News Views: 805 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:30
Mascherano senses Barca revival Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano feels the club's 4-0 win over AC Milan was a sign they have returned to their best form.
After a run which saw them lose three times in four games - two of them against fierce rivals Real Madrid, including a painful Copa del Rey exit - Mascherano said the team knew their standards had slipped.
But after their superb win over Milan in their Champions League round-of-16 second leg in midweek, the Argentine feels the team's intensity levels are back where they should be.
"The most important thing is we qualified, which is a big step," Mascherano said.
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Category: News Views: 800 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:26
