Forgotten man Georgios Samaras provided the perfect answer to his many detractors as he slotted home a last-gasp Carling Cup winner for Manchester City.

Fernando Torres hit a second-half hat-trick to earn Liverpool a place in the fourth round of the Carling Cup and send a timely reminder to coach Rafael Benitez.

Arsenal’s next generation showed the future is bright as a bullet header from Nicklas Bendtner and a superb strike by Brazilian Denilson beat Newcastle at Emirates Stadium.

Nicklas Bendtner’s bullet header and a superb effort from Denilson sent Arsenal’s young Gunners into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with a 1-0 win over Newcastle at Emirates Stadium.

Having kept Cork in the FAI Ford Cup with a goal that forced last night's replay, Denis Behan scored a hat-trick to book City's passage into the semi-finals.

The voices of Birmingham’s delighted fans boomed around Anfield at the end of this bitterly frustrating Barclays Premier League game for Liverpool.

Arsenal were without William Gallas (groin), Jens Lehmann (elbow), Alexander Hleb (knee) and Emmanuel Eboue (ankle) for the Barclays Premier League visit of Derby.

Olivier Kapo earned Steve Bruce’s side their first home win of the season in the Barclays Premier League bottom six battle at St Andrews.

Fulham clinched a place in the third round of the Carling Cup thanks to Diomansy Kamara’s first goal for the club.

Aston Villa striker Shaun Maloney shrugged off speculation about his future to score twice in a Carling Cup rout at the Racecourse Ground.

Leroy Lita marked his first start of the season by firing 10-man Reading into the Carling Cup third round in extra-time.

Hull produced their best result for a decade to knock Wigan out of the Carling Cup in the second round.

David Nugent scored his first goal for Portsmouth but it was two unlikely strikes by defender Noe Pamarot which was the real difference between the Premier League side and fallen giants Leeds

Liverpool cruised into the Champions League group stages with a compelling performance in their third qualifying round second leg at Anfield.

Craig Bellamy’s first goals for West Ham ensured there was no Carling Cup humiliation for the Premier League side at League One Bristol Rovers but their 2-1 success was nevertheless achieved at a high cost after Kieron Dyer was hospitalised with a suspected double fracture of his right leg.

Sunderland, beaten by Liverpool on Saturday and facing a trip to Manchester United this weekend, came a real cropper in the Carling Cup at Luton.

Two unlikely goals by defender Noe Pamarot and a Pompey first for David Nugent clinched a third round Carling Cup place for Portsmouth and provided the first defeat in five matches for League One’s bottom club Leeds at Fratton Park.

Gary McSheffrey ended his scoring drought as Birmingham survived a brave second-half fightback by their League Two opponents to reach the third round of the Carling Cup.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes his team suffered from scoring too early in their comprehensive 3-0 win over Deportivo Saprissa in the semi-final of the Club World Championship.

Liverpool are 2-0 up against Costa Rican side FC Saprissa in their Club World Championships game, thanks to goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard.

Rafael Benitez made three changes to Liverpool's starting line-up for the Club World Championship semi-final with Deportivo Saprissa in a chilly Yokohama.

Dietmar Hamann is eager to end Liverpool’s wait for the trophy that decides the world’s top club side.

Real Madrid 4 Barcelona 2

Republic of Ireland 1 China 0

Ipswich 2 Wigan 1

Real Madrid’s home Primera Liga match with Real Sociedad was abandoned with five minutes to go following a bomb alert at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Wolves 1 Liverpool 1

Jay-Jay Okocha gave the Bolton supporters a farewell performance to remember before departing for the African Nations Cup.

David Beckham is confident he will be fit to lead England in the Euro 2004 qualifier in Macedonia.

Michael Owen is relishing the goalscoring responsibility resting on his shoulders as England’s leading striker ahead of tomorrow’s Euro 2004 qualifier against Macedonia.

Sven-Goran Eriksson was today looking for David Beckham to shake off doubts over his fitness by coming through a decisive work-out ahead of England’s Euro 2004 qualifier in Macedonia.

Dean Windass was the major omission from the Sheffield United line-up for the First Division play-off final against Wolves at the Millennium Stadium.

Sol Campbell is ready to throw himself on the mercy of referee Mark Halsey to save his season, and possibly Arsenal’s double double dream as well, after being sent off in the titanic clash with Manchester United.

Eamonn Collins has been confirmed as the new manager of St Patrick's Athletic in the last hour.

St Patrick's Athletic are due to officially appoint a new manager today following the departure of Pat Dolan last week.

Farnborough manager and chairman Graham Westley revealed he asked the Football Association to switch their fourth-round FA Cup date with Arsenal to Highbury because he could not guarantee the safety of Gunners fans.

Farnborough have made official request to Football Association to play FA Cup tie against Arsenal at Highbury, according to Sky Sports News.

Second-half goals from Shefki Kuqi and Adam Proudlock gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win at Rotherham.

Sheffield Wednesday enjoyed the better of the first half at Millmoor but Rotherham held on to stay on level terms at the break.

Fulham scored one goal to lead Charlton by one point at the interval in the Barclaycard Premiership match at Loftus Road.

Cork City 2 Finn Harps 0

Anthony Gardner is hoping for a return to action in Tottenham's trip to Fulham.

Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle has to decide who misses out to accommodate new £7m (€11m) striker Robbie Keane’s debut against Fulham at Loftus Road.