Football

Olympiakos were too open in the Champions League defeat by United and West Ham United will be more cautious when the teams meet at Upton Park on Saturday.

United will be among familiar faces when they go into the pot with defending champions Bayern and the rest of Europe's elite.

Mourinho said that 36-year-old was such an important part of Chelsea's history that it was inevitable that he would be a Stamford Bridge employee again.

Inter Milan moved into fourth spot, two points above Fiorentina which host relegation-threatened Chievo Verona.

Real Madrid will entertain Barcelona next week with a lead of at least four points after winning 1-0 away to Malaga on Saturday.

Aston Villa defeated nine-man Chelsea 1-0 in an English Premier League game that saw manager Jose Mourinho sent to the stands in the closing stages on Saturday.

City overcame the early sending-off of captain Vincent Kompany to beat Hull 2-0 thanks to goals by David Silva and Edin Dzeko.

The 34-year-old French forward was suspended for his goal celebration during a Premier League match against West Ham United.

Defending champion Bayern Munich drew 1-1 with Arsenal to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 aggregate win from their round-of-16 tie.

City, who had been aiming for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies after securing the English League Cup last weekend, were dumped out of the FA Cup.

Barcelona's title defense took a blow on Saturday when they stumbled to a 1-0 defeat at Valladolid, missing the chance to move to the top of the Spanish standings.

Owned by U.S. businessman John W. Henry, Liverpool are in second place in the Premier League, four points behind Chelsea with 10 matches left to play.

Giampaolo Pazzini is expected to take his place despite dislocating cartilage in his nose during last weekend's 2-0 win at Sampdoria.

Liverpool continued their impressive title challenge with Suarez inspiring a 3-0 victory at Southampton that moved the club to second behind Chelsea.

Chelsea are a point clear of Arsenal at the EPL summit but face a Fulham side who have had a full week to train.

Spurs will not have to wait long to end their six-year trophy drought, according to Juande Ramos, their manager when they captured their last piece of silverware.