- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH/Clive White - QPR unsettle neighbours Chelsea So in the end all that separated the haves and the have-soons was an own goal. Rangers' new billionaire owners could be excused for thinking that success in this football business could come wonderfully cheaply, if the laboured efforts of their supposedly upper class West London neighbours was anything to go by here. Make no mistake, the FA Cup holders were hanging on at the finish against the lowly Championship side. They even had to bring on three of their biggest players, Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Joe Cole, to ensure that they were not subjected to the dubious pleasure of a replay at Loftus Road.  read more »

After receiving half time break teamtalk, United lads seems being refill with passion on their blood. They are now in more controll of the game since the start of the second period. A much better performance from Newcastle in second half as the lads push the Bolton side almost entirely back in their box and defend. Both United winger are busy delivering crosses into Bolton’s penalty area, Milner on the right and N’Zogbia /Duff on the left. Newcastle has couple of efforts on goal in this half from Milner who sees his shot been deflected away and a long shot effort from Carr. Duff uncluckily being booked for something that is far from being a decent foul in 55 minutes. A pretty ridiculous decision by the referee Wiley.  read more »

2:45pm on espn2 1-1 on aggregate. Liverpool leads on the away goals rule.  read more »

Itandje Finnan Carragher Hyypia Riise Benayoun Lucas Alonso Babel Kuyt Crouch Goals: Crouch 73 Riise (og) 76 Well, that was deserved. Im going to preface the rest of this by saying that anything can happen in the FA Cup, this was Lutons cup final, the biggest match of their season, and despite their financial troubles, Lutons home form hasnt been bad this season. But that said, I dont need to say that Liverpool should have won this match. No matter how well Luton played or their motivation, Liverpool should have scored in the first half, should have forced their style of play on lower-league opposition, and should have kept the lead once they finally got the opener. And yet, Liverpool was probably lucky to get a draw.  read more »

Arsenal went five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table after defeating a hard working Blackburn Rovers side. The win also ensured that the Gunners have goal differential equal to that of Manchester United. Mark Hughes' Rovers failure to win any points saw them slip down to 9th falling behind Portsmouth, who beat Bolton on Saturday.

Arsenal won an early lead through Phillipe Senderos after a corner from Eduardo, but an inspired performance from Blackburn keeper Brad Friedel kept the Rovers in the game for the majority of 90 minutes. However, Blackburn could not grab a goal back. A late strike from in-form forward Emmanuel Adebayor guaranteed three points for the Gunners in second half stoppage time.  read more »

2:45pm on espn2 Round of 16: Liverpool: 1-0 Inter (a); 2-0 Inter (h) Arsenal: 0-2 Milan (a); 0-0 Milan (h) Group Stage: Liverpool: 4-0 Marseille (a); 4-1 Porto (h); 8-0 Besiktas (h); 1-2 Besiktas (a); 0-1 Marseille (h); 1-1 Porto (a) Arsenal: 2-1 Steaua (h); 1-3 Sevilla (a); 0-0 Slavia (a); 7-0 Slavia (h); 1-0 Steaua (h); 3-0 Sevilla (h) Last 3 matches: Liverpool: 1-0 Everton (h); 0-3 United (a); 2-1 Reading (h) Arsenal: 3-2 Bolton (a); 1-2 Chelsea (a); 1-1 Boro (h) Goalscorers (Europe): Liverpool: Gerrard, Kuyt 5; Crouch, Torres 4; Babel, Benayoun 3; Hyypia, Voronin 1 Arsenal: Fabregas 6; Eduardo 3; Bendtner, Hleb, van Persie, Walcott 2; Adebayor, Diaby, Rosicky 1 Referee: Pieter Vink (NED).  read more »