MANUEL NEUER was FC Schalke 04’s hero, capping an outstanding performance with two penalty saves as the Bundesliga side won through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of ten-man FC Porto.

IT’S a measure of the mediocrity of this uninspiring fixture that the most significant incident involved was yet another injury to a goalkeeper who has earned the nickname ‘Lazarus’ during his time as Newcastle United’s number one.

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has named an unchanged side for tonight's Premiership clash with Everton.

Alex Ferguson made eight changes to his starting line-up as Manchester United look to make it second time lucky in their FA Cup fifth round replay with Reading.

BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce lauded Jussi Jaaskelainen as the number one goalkeeper in the Premiership after his side stepped up their bid for a place in Europe.

The following are the teams for today's Premiership matches.

NEWCASTLE held off an Aston Villa rally to pick up three Premiership points at St James’ Park.

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill handed debuts to new-look strike force John Carew and Ashley Young in tonight’s Barclays Premiership clash with Newcastle.

PRELIMINARY checks have revealed “no obvious fracture” to Everton striker Andrew Johnson’s left ankle, according to the club.

Wigan midfielder Lee McCulloch retains his place in the starting line-up for today’s clash with Everton at the JJB Stadium despite handing in a transfer request on Friday.

CARDIFF battled to earn a replay against Tottenham yesterday in an FA Cup third-round tie marred by crowd trouble at Ninian Park.

BOLTON boss Sam Allardyce accused Newcastle of physically abusing striker El-Hadji Diouf after the 2-1 win over the Magpies.

Liverpool brought in Danish defender Daniel Agger and midfielder Luis Garcia in place of Sami Hyypia and Mark Gonzalez from the side that won 3-0 at Charlton last weekend.

ASTON VILLA climbed back into the top six of the Premiership after an inspired performance by Gabriel Agbonlahor helped them to overcome below-par Blackburn at Villa Park.

TONY MOWBRAY spelt out his delight at marking his first match as West Brom manager with victory over Wolves in the Black Country derby and then challenged his players “let’s keep this going”.

BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes praised substitute goalkeeper Jason Brown’s debut heroics after Rovers edged past Wigan at Ewood Park.

With one eye on Galatasaray in the Champions League on Wednesday, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez maintained his rotation policy and left out Jamie Carragher, Luis Garcia and Fabio Aurelio from the side that beat Newcastle in midweek.

ASTON Villa manager Martin O’Neill spelt out the need to bring in new blood before the transfer window closes despite the Randy Lerner era getting underway with victory over Newcastle.

SUBSTITUTE Mark Viduka completed a remarkable fightback as Middlesbrough condemned Chelsea to defeat at the Riverside Stadium for the second successive season.

MANCHESTER CITY full-back David Sommeil could find himself at the heart of another FA investigation after allegedly spitting at Blackburn striker Paul Dickov.

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HAYDEN MULLINS and Luis Garcia could miss the FA Cup final after both players were sent off nine minutes from time in Liverpool’s Premiership victory over West Ham last night.

Robbie Fowler starts up front as Liverpool travel to Upton Park tonight.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Ben Haim, Faye, Gardner, Nakata, Campo, Speed, Davies, Borgetti, Vaz Te.

Charlton 2 Portsmouth 1

The followng are the teams for today's Premiership matches with a kick-off time of 3pm.

Jermain Defoe was handed a rare start for Tottenham as England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson looked on from the stands at Goodison Park.

MAKESHIFT midfielder Stuart Parnaby stole the headlines as Middlesbrough edged a seven-goal thriller to dent Bolton’s hopes of Champions League qualification.

Manchester City 1 West Ham 2

Teams for today's 3pm kick-offs in the Premiership.

THEY say a week is a long time in football. For Robbie Keane, it has been a week he will want to bottle up and savour for the rest of his life.

Liverpool 1 Man Utd 0

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was missing from the line-up for the FA Cup fifth-round clash against Liverpool at Anfield with a hamstring injury picked up in training.

Arsenal v Bolton

Bolton v Man City

ALEX FERGUSON paid tribute to Burton’s positive attitude as the non-leaguers’ FA Cup adventure reached its conclusion at Old Trafford last night.

Wigan 1 Arsenal 0

Rival bosses Paul Jewell and Arsene Wenger named sides of vastly differing strengths for tonight’s Carling Cup semi-final at the JJB Stadium.

West Ham 1 Chelsea 3

All the teams for today's early kick-offs in the Premiership.

Tonight's Premiership teams