Man City 4 FC Porto 0 (agg: 6-1)

Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany was missing with a knee injury as the Blues attempted to consolidate their place at the top of the Premier League by beating Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is backing his misfiring strikers to get his side’s title charge back on track.

Manchester City are again without suspended striker Mario Balotelli for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has admitted Carlos Tevez could feature in the Premier League again – if he proves his fitness.

QPR were the standout big spenders as the transfer window slammed shut last night.

Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder David Pizarro from Roma on loan until the end of the season.

QPR moved to bolster their forward line in the final few hours of the transfer window after signing Djibril Cisse and entering into negotiations with Fulham’s Bobby Zamora.

ROMA coach Luciano Spalletti is keeping his cards close to his chest ahead of tonight’s crunch Champions League last-16 clash against Arsenal at the Stadio Olimpico.

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti is keeping his cards close to his chest ahead of tomorrow’s crunch Champions League last-16 clash against Arsenal at the Stadio Olimpico.

VIOLINS, hankies and onions at the ready, please, as we pity poor David Pizarro.

BATTLING Roma gave themselves a slender advantage after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico.

Roma 2 Real Madrid 1*

Roma 1 Man Utd 1

DAVID PIZARRO stole a late deflected equaliser to put Roma back on course for a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League and hand Manchester United confirmation of their spot.

Chelsea 1 Manchester United 1 (Man Utd win 3-0 on pens)

Francesco Totti has led an appeal for calm from Roma ahead of tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter-final return with Manchester United.

BARCELONA’S Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o was targeted by racist taunts after scoring at Racing Santander in the Primera Liga last night.

BARCELONA got their defence of the Champions League off to a flying start by giving out a 5-0 thrashing to Levski Sofia in torrential rain, in their Group A match last night.

Barcelona began the defence of their Champions League crown with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Levski Sofia at the Nou Camp.

Rangers 1 Inter Milan 1

REAL MADRID qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League with two games to go last night when they beat Rosenborg Trondheim 2-0 in Group F.

Rangers goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus has revealed how the referee admitted he made a mistake awarding a penalty in the Champions League game against Inter Milan.

Confidence is soaring in the ranks of Internazionale after their 1-0 Supercoppa win over Serie A champions Juventus.

REAL MADRID admit David Beckham was dropped from the 3-2 win against Racing Santander on Saturday amid doubts about the England captain’s form and fitness.

AC MILAN and Roma joined Juventus at the top of Serie A after securing comfortable 3-0 victories at home to Lecce and Ancona, respectively.

ITALIAN outfit Udinese have confirmed that Liverpool are chasing their Chilean midfield ace David Pizarro.

Steve Finnan admits he is already bracing himself for a showdown with Jamie Carragher for a first team slot at Liverpool.