Crystal Palace 1 Watford 0 (AET)

Mario Balotelli will be on the bench again for Manchester City’s FA Cup third round against Watford today.

Watford 1-2 Hull City

A late header from Tomas Sivok saw the Czech Republic put one foot in the Euro 2012 finals with victory over Montenegro in the first leg of their qualifying play-off.

FERNANDO TORRES sent another message of intent to Chelsea’s rivals last night as he showed he has recovered his hunger for goals in the Blues’ rout of hapless Genk.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas chose to rest captain John Terry for tonight’s Champions League Group E match against Genk at Stamford Bridge.

TOTTENHAM edged towards the last 16 of the UEFA Cup with victory over Slavia Prague but Radek Cerny handed his former club a lifeline with a second-half blunder in the first-leg clash.

Slavia Prague 1 Tottenham 2

CZECH REPUBLIC sealed first place in Ireland’s Group D with a comfortable victory in Cyprus.

Slavia Prague 0 Arsenal 0

CZECH REPUBLIC booked their spot in next summer’s European Championships last night with a 3-0 victory over Germany in Munich.

SEVILLA got their Champions League Group H campaign up and running with a convincing win over Slavia Prague last night.

Czech Republic U21 0 England U21 0