Published
4/7/2011 12:28:01 AM
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William Montero
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Wayne Rooney continued his good run of play scoring in the 24th minute to give Manchester United a 1-0 win at Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday. Following his hat trick against West Ham last weekend, Rooney met
Ryan Giggs' pass in the penalty area and slotted past goalkeeper
Petr Cech to give United its first win at Stamford Bridge in nine years.
Fernando Torres remained scoreless since Chelsea acquired him from Liverpool in January.
Charged by England's Football Association for swearing into a television camera while angrily celebrating a league goal on Saturday, Rooney's face four days later was a picture of happiness as he was mobbed by his teammates to celebrate his 13th United goal of the season.
"Wayne got a lot of abuse and late tackles but he played his game," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "He was important on the counterattack and he was in tremendous form and he has given us a great chance of reaching the semi."
Manchester United did a great job of keeping Chelsea at bay as they rarely allowed the home side to be dangerous. Chelsea's best chance came in the second half of play, but Frank Lampard had his close range shot cleared off the line by Patrice Evra at the last moment. It looked like Chelsea deserved a penalty near the end as Ramires was clearly fouled by Evra, but the referee waved play on to the howls of the Stamford Bridge faithful. Now Chelsea must go get a victory at Old Trafford in the return leg next week.
Published
5/19/2012
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Shane Barrow
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Despite being outplayed all evening Chelsea rallied to win the Champions League title in penalty kicks over a stunned Bayern Munich.
Published
4/27/2012
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Roberto Garcia
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A terrible end to a terrible run for Barcelona as their coach Pep Guardiola is stepping down citing a need to rest.
Published
4/25/2012
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Shane Barrow
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Bayern Munich became the first team to advance to a Champions League final it is hosting, beating Real Madrid 3-1 on penalty kicks Wednesday night.
Published
4/24/2012
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William Montero
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A stunning rally and a stunning result on Tuesday as Chelsea went to Spain lost John Terry to a red card and rallied to eliminate Barcelona.
Published
4/21/2012
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William Montero
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Cristiano Ronaldo finally got a word in his rivalry with Lionel Messi as he scored the winner in Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Barcelona.