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Injured striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be out of action for at least four weeks and will miss Champions League quarter-final return leg against at Chelsea.

National football chief coach Koevermans insisted that the team is not relying heavily on skipper Chhetri but said there has to be a "follow-up" of players.

Arsenal prevented City from going top of the Premier League while keeping up their own pursuit of the title with a spirited fightback to draw 1-1.

Even the great Alex Ferguson would have struggled as manager of Manchester United this season, his under-fire successor David Moyes said on Saturday.

Brendan Rodgers rejected Sherwood's claims that Liverpool may struggle with the pressure of being in the title race when Tottenham visit Anfield in EPL.

Real Sociedad beat Valladolid 1-0 while Villarreal held on for a 1-0 win at Getafe in the Spanish league.

"It was an extremely important win for us," Messi, who missed two months of the season with a thigh injury told reporters.

Messi scored a hat-trick to give Barcelona a 4-3 win at 10-man Real Madrid in an entertaining and contentious "clasico" match that kept the title race wide open.

Malaga improved their chance of avoiding the drop while dragging Celta Vigo into the relegation race with a 2-0 victory.

Barcelona will need an almost perfect performance to win at La Liga leaders Real Madrid in Sunday's 'Clasico' and reignite their title bid.

Dortmund, last year's runners-up who won 4-2 in Russia in the first leg, lost to Zenit 2-1 in the second leg.

Newcastle United midfielder Dan Gosling has been fined 30,000 pounds after admitting a misconduct charge relating to betting, the FA said on Wednesday.

Robben extended his contract with Champions League titleholder Bayern Munich on Wednesday to 2017.

First-half goals by Samuel Eto'o and Gary Cahill helped Chelsea beat toothlesss Galatasaray 2-0 in the second leg last-16 tie.

Holding a 6-1 lead from the first leg, Real Madrid can finish off their one-sided Champions League series with Schalke on Tuesday.

Messi has played down the importance of individual achievements and said the key thing is for Barcelona to continue making history