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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.

Fernando Torres scored a valuable away goal for Chelsea in a 1-1 draw at Galatasaray in the Champions League.

Mourinho said it would be a strange feeling to encounter former player and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba as an opponent.

Goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo saved a stoppage-time penalty to preserve Villarreal's 2-1 victory at Espanyol in the Spanish league.

The Spanish giant are in tremendous form, sitting alone atop the La Liga standings for the first time since the 2011/12 season, when they won the title.

Chelsea will find it strange to be up against their Champions League-winning hero Drogba in Wednesday's clash with Galatasaray, said manager Mourinho.

The striker volleyed in United's second, shortly after Van Persie's penalty, a day after ending the uncertainty over his United future by signing a new deal.