UEFA Champions League 2008-09

[Zidane]

Two of the English teams in action last night in the Champions League qualifiers.

FC Twente Enschede 0 Arsenal 2
Standard Liege 0 Liverpool 0

So,two pretty good results for our teams although,according to reports,neither were at their best.....early days yet.
Both sides should comfortably progress to the Group Stages where the big teams like Manchester United and Chelsea enter

Zidane[/b]

[BobHelm]

FC Twente Enschede now coached by former England favourite Steve McLaren

[Zidane]

Both Arsenal and Liverpool progressed to the Group Stages of the Champions League last night.
The draw for the Group Stages takes place at 11pm Thai time tonight.

Arsenal had a comfortable 4-0 win over FC Twente Enschede to give them a 6-0 aggregate win but Liverpool had to rely on Dirk Kuyts winner two minutes from the end of injury time to see off Standard Liege 1-0 on aggregate.

Zidane

[stokiebaz]

utd in group with celtic,villareal and aolborg,chelsea with roma,bordeux.and cfr cluj.liverpool with,psv,marseille,and ath madrid,arsenal with,porto,fenerbace and dynamo kiev..stokiebaz..

[BobHelm]

Yeah Chelsea should progress to knock out pretty easily.
United have tricky games with Celtic (again) but should go through.
Liverpool & Arsenal really don't have an easy game. Both will need to play well all the way through the leagues.

[Zidane]

Yeah Chelsea should progress to knock out pretty easily.
United have tricky games with Celtic (again) but should go through.
Liverpool & Arsenal really don't have an easy game. Both will need to play well all the way through the leagues.

Yes,agree with your assessment there,Bob.
United didnt make such a good start in Europe last night losing in the UEFA Super Cup 2-1 to Zenit St.Petersburg who,by all accounts, deserved there win.
But an excellent bit of news for United is that a fee has been agreed with Everton for the transfer of Louis Saha. Lets hope he doesnt injure himself getting out of bed this morning and the deal is called off !
What a shame 747man is unable to post from the UK.Bet their has been a bit of choice language flying about after he heard this news !
Maybe his capable understudy,Gozzo,would like to comment on behalf of the Everton fans on the forum......two words will suffice!

Zidane

[BobHelm]

Zidane, we live in hope.....
I didn't see last nights game, Scholes got himself sent off.. & so will not play against Villarreal.
Although, as you say, St. Petersberg deserved to win.
Just my luck, I have had Vidic captain of my FF & he goes & scores last night

[Gozzo]

Zidane, those two words, would they be fu%&ing hell. But seriously folks, I am in shock at the moment, given the pathetic but predictable start to the season by the mighty toffees.

The way I see it is Saha is being paid when he plays. This could mean a remarkable turnaround in the amount of injuries he sustains. No play, no pay! Only time will tell. I believe he has talent, so if he can stay fit and show some of his skills he might play some part in helping Everton in their climb back up off the floor.

It's only early days so wait and see. Cahill will be fit soon, then we will see some class.

[Roy]

Well done Liverpool and Chelsea last night =D>
Thought some of you who are not allowed up late might enjoy this.
Wonder goal is a much used term these days but Gerrards last night was indeed that. It's not so clear as viewing it on a big tv but the thing to watch for is the position of the ball at his feet when he strikes it. He allows the ball to pass across him and when just about level with his left foot he cracks it in with his right, truly remarkable.
I have just been messing about trying to figure it out and think I now require back surgery
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[Zidane]

Last night,3 draws.........

Celtic 0 Aalborg 0
Dinamo Kiev 1 Arsenal 1
Man Utd 0 Villareal 0

Arsenals the best result.At least the other two didnt lose !
Man Utd still lacking that cutting edge in front of goal.The big plus was the return of Christiano Ronaldo who came on for the last 25 minutes.

[Galee]

Surprised and disappointed with the Utd result.
With all their flair players I reckon they are good for at least 1 goal against any opposition. That includes Chelsea at the weekend.

[BobHelm]

Not surprised with the United result, but disappointed
Maybe the season will start for us now Ronaldo is back, but sad if we are going to rely on one player again this season.
At least the other game in our group was a draw as well - so that league starts with the next game...

[Zidane]

Comfortable wins for United and Arsenal last night 3-0 and 4-0 respectively.
Berbatov got his first goals for United plus one from Rooney.Downside was Scholes stretchered off and Rooney also injured !
Celtic lost 1-0 at Villareal in the same group as United.

[beer monkey]

Scholes OUT for 10 weeks.

[souness]

pool beat eindhove 3-1 last night.stevie g.got his 100th goal for the club and robbie keane his first at long last!
chelsea held 0-0 and drogba bad knee injury.
invincibel this season irish allan.give the other mancs a doing this weeekend.

sean

[Zidane]

Comfortable win for Manchester United over Celtic 3-0.Two goals from Berbatov and one from Rooney
ensured United stay well placed for qualification from their group.
In the other match in this group Villareal beat Aalborg 6-3 so very difficult now for Celtic to qualify for the knockout stages.
Arsenal had a cracking 5-2 win against Fenerbache in Turkey despite missing Sagna,Gallas and Toure in defence.
Tonight Chelsea v Roma and the "invincible scousers" are away at Athletico Madrid.

[vlad]

Hi all vlad is back thanks to LEE cheers mate. Yes i watched the utd last night the return leg is on guy fawkes night im sure the jocks have a hot reception for the boys as fergie is an ex rangers man.

[Zidane]

Chelsea beat Roma 1-0 last night,courtesy of a John Terry header.Cech,Carvalho and Deco all returned from injury.
Liverpool were denied victory by an 83rd minute equalizer for Athletico Madrid.Earlier Robbie Keane had opened the scoring for Liverpool before being taken off injured in the second half.
But looking good for all four English teams to qualify for the knockout stages.

This weekend Chelsea v Liverpool in the Premiership !!

[beer monkey]

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Atletico madrid, Gerrard scored in the dying minutes.

Chelsea went down 3-1.

[Irish Alan]

Keeps Liverpool and Athletico 5 points clear at the top.... Shhhhhhhhh, don't wake Souness, let the lad sleep we'll wake him when it's all over.