Serbia 2 Republic of Ireland 2: After Robbie Keane’s retirement, the big question was where would Ireland’s goals come from?

Liverpool reached their first European final for nine years with a comprehensive 3-0 win over a 10-man Villarreal side who lost their heads in the red-hot cauldron of Anfield.

Poland manager Adam Nawalka has warned Scotland and the Republic of Ireland that they will have to cope with “the best striker in the world” in Robert Lewandowski as the Group D qualifying campaign for Euro 2016 reaches its finale.

Champions League Group B

Champions League Play-Off Second Leg

Ronny Deila brought back his big guns as expected for Celtic’s Champions League play-off clash with Maribor at Parkhead.

Bayer Leverkusen 0 Paris St Germain 4

Midfielder Mikel Arteta cannot understand Arsenal’s hectic schedule – but maintains the players will be out to make a “big statement” with victory at Manchester City in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.

Mikel Arteta has hit out at the decision to move Arsenal’s crunch game against Manchester City forward to tomorrow lunchtime, claiming it gives their rivals an unfair advantage.

Napoli 2 Arsenal 0

Schalke 0 Chelsea 3

Bayern Munich 4 Barcelona 0

Barcelona 4 AC Milan 0

Newspapers in Ukraine have criticised referee Viktor Kassai and England striker Wayne Rooney after the co-hosts were eliminated from Euro 2012.

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Thierry Henry is on the bench for the final game of his loan spell at Arsenal, tonight's Champions League last-16 first leg tie against AC Milan at the San Siro.

IF CHELSEA weren’t a club in crisis before last night, they are now.

LAST Thursday Tarmo Ruutli gave a press conference that was soundtracked by laughter.

Stephen Kelly found himself in dreamland as the Republic of Ireland planted one foot firmly in the Euro 2012 finals.

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni insisted he was not God despite seeing his side romp to a 4-0 victory over Estonia.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI had said before the game an away goal would be 50% of the task in Tallinn.

PARIS? Forget that.

Estonia 0 Republic of Ireland 4

Estonia 0 Republic of Ireland 1

Jonathan Walters has been handed the task of partnering skipper Robbie Keane in attack as the Republic of Ireland aim launch their Euro 2012 play-off campaign with victory in Estonia tonight.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI was expressing quiet confidence that Ireland can beat Estonia over two legs to qualify for the European Championship finals when he added the caveat that football is an unpredictable game.

ROBERTO MANCINI said Carlos Tevez is “finished” at Manchester City after the striker refused to play after being asked to go on as a substitute in the 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich last night.

FT: Bayern Munich 2 Man City 0

UEFA has announced that Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai will officiate the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United at Wembley tomorrow night.

UEFA have announced that Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai will officiate the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United at Wembley on Saturday.

MARIO GOMEZ gained a small measure of revenge for Bayern Munich as his late winner earned the German side a valuable Champions League win against Inter Milan.

Arsene Wenger hit out at “useless” officiating in Arsenal’s shock Champions League defeat in Braga where captain Cesc Fabregas suffered a fresh hamstring problem and Emmanuel Eboue was carried off with a knee injury.

ARSENE WENGER accused Braga of using “every trick in the book” as Arsenal went down 2-0 in Portugal — and now captain Cesc Fabregas is set to be out for a couple of weeks with a hamstring problem.

Braga 2 Arsenal 0

Braga v Arsenal

Tottenham v Inter Milan

MANCHESTER United new-boy Javier Hernandez chose the perfect time to net his first competitive goal for the Red Devils as his 85th-minute winner proved too much for Valencia.

Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov believes England will always struggle to shine in major tournaments because of the gruelling nature of the English domestic season.

BULGARIA coach Stanimir Stoilov has called for referee Viktor Kassai to protect his players should England striker Wayne Rooney lose his cool in today’s Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley.

AT long last Spain, the great underachievers of world football, are through to their first World Cup final.

HOWARD WEBB is still in with a chance of refereeing the World Cup final after he was one of 10 referees retained by FIFA yesterday until the end of the tournament.

GHANA are hoping to ride an historic African wave all the way to the World Cup final.