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Liverpool beat Stoke 6-5 on penalties to reach the English League Cup final on Tuesday, ensuring Klopp a shot at silverware in his first season at Anfield.

League leader Napoli moved provisionally five points clear with a 4-2 win at 10-man Sampdoria on Sunday, ahead of Juventus' match against Roma as Inter Milan's woes continued.

Although the tournament will commence only from February 5, the inaugural ceremony has been advanced to suit Ronaldinho's convenience, according to the organisers of the tournament.

Darmian becomes the fifth United full back to join the injured list, joining Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young and Luke Shaw.

The goal-line technology will also be used at the 2016-17 Champions League from the play-off stage.

Aguero, the Manchester City striker, joked that in Manchester it rains all the day and Messi would have sufficient spare time to stay at home and enjoy life.

Under the newly introduced scoring system, a field goal is counted as two and the hosts did enough to defend their early strike to pocket full points from the encounter.

"Guidolin's position will be reviewed at the end of the season, with the option of extending his contract," the club said.

Raghunath, a penalty corner specialist himself, welcomed the new rule and said the pressure will be more on strikers to score field goals.

The team which managed to beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards last year in a third place playoff has made some crucial buys for the 4th edition of the tournament.

The Uruguay striker will be suspended for the return leg at Espanyol on Wednesday and Barca's next King's Cup match should they reach the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, last-place Aston Villa collected their first win since the opening day, beating Crystal Palace 1-0 courtesy of a goalkeeper error.

Barcelona are looking to reinforce their formidable attack in the January transfer window, the Spanish and European champions' coach Luis Enrique said on Tuesday.

The ethics panel plans appeal for extension of bans on the duo which could be extended from eight years each to lifelong.