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A home draw in a two-legged tie means Real Madrid surrendered the upper hand in the competition that will define Mourinho's legacy in Spain. 

 The years are beginning to weigh on Jose Mourinho.

Before the match against Manchester United, which ended 1-1 at the Bernabeu, the American broadcast of the game on Fox Soccer aired an interview with the Real Madrid coach. He looked like most managers: pale face and all-salt-no-pepper hair roughly the same color. Jowls wagging away. Sunken eyes still furtive, wary. He's put on a few pounds. It wasn't always like this. 

The BVB captain admitted that while the result in Ukraine may not have been ideal, his team is in the driver's seat ahead of the second leg.

Sebastian Kehl believes that Borussia Dortmund has every opportunity of reaching the Champions League quarterfinal following a first-leg draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.

The midfielder, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on the day of the game, revealed he was content with the 2-2 draw and stated it was an improvement on the heavy defeat to Hamburg at the weekend.

"We can live with the 2-2, even though there was more in this match for us. But the 2-2 leaves us with all chances open for the second leg," Kehl told Sky after the game.

Kawhi Leonard made a three-pointer with 2.9 seconds remaining to hand the San Antonio Spurs a 96-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The game-winning shot came after Dion Waiters made a jumper to give Cleveland a 95-93 lead with just 9.5 seconds to go on Wednesday.

Tony Parker had 24 points and seven assists for San Antonio, while Leonard and Tim Duncan added 13 points apiece.

Manu Ginobili scored five points and had six assists for the Spurs, who have won 14 of their past 15 games.

Dion Waiters led the Cavaliers with 20 points, while fellow rookie Tyler Zeller posted 16 points and nine rebounds.

Australia paceman James Pattinson believes he is on track for a Test return in India after recovering from a rib injury.

Pattinson has been out of international action since suffering the injury in the second Test against South Africa in Adelaide in November.

The 22-year-old played one Sheffield Shield match for Victoria last month before travelling to India for Australia's four-Test series.

Pattinson bowled nine overs in a tour match against an Indian Board XI in Chennai on Wednesday and has set his sights on a berth in the first Test on February 22.

"It's fantastic to be back out there after a bit of a layoff," he said. 

Eric Cantona, Fawlty Towers, Wetherspoon's employee-of-the-month ... sometimes, readers, it's all about knowing when to call time. And it looks like Manchester City, 483 points off the lead in the Premier League, have decided enough is enough and Roberto Mancini will start rebuilding for next season by spending a lot of money on a lot of players. Having said that, he'd have done so even if City had won the league, Champions League, FA Cup, Community Shield, Zenith Data Systems Cup and the Oscar for best sound editing (unlucky Ben Burtt), but we digress.