Newcastle looking good, Boro in trouble

Newcastle continued their march towards the UEFA Cup quarter-finals as Olympiacos collapsed in Greece, but Middlesborough's cup dreams hang on a thread tonight after a 3-2 defeat to Sporting Lisbon.

The home side had Grigorios Georgatos and Athanasios Kostoulas sent-off before half-time, by which time the visitors had taken a 2-1 lead with an Alan Shearer penalty and Laurent Robert free-kick either side of Predrag Djordjevic’s spot-kick.