Toothless Spurs Held by 10-Man Arsenal

Tottenham 0 - Arsenal 0 (Premier League, February 8, 2009) Emmanuel Eboue had the ball in the net early doors but goal was chalked off for a foul by Adebayor. The match then blew up in the 36th minute, Modric and Eboue clashed and the Ivorian (who had already been booked) lashed out at the Croatian. Both players were booked, Eboue was sent off. (First half highlights here.) In the second half it was all Spurs without any end product, much to the disappointment of the White Hart Lane crowd.

Wigan 0 - Fulham 0 (Premier League, February 7, 2009) Bobby Zamora was guilty of missing two good chances in the first first half while Wigan were forced to use all three substitutions before the break.

Celtic 2 - Queen’s Park 1 (Scottish FA Cup, February 7, 2009) Headers from Gary Caldwell and Scott McDonald gave the Celtic a 2-goal advantage at halftime. Adam Coakley pulled a goal back for the part-timers, but after being booked for his celebration, Coackley was picked up his second booking 11 minutes from time for a late challenge on Lee Naylor.

Albacete 0 - Xerez 2 (Segunda Division, February 7, 2009) The highlights included footage of the home crowd protesting against their management as well as footage of a barrier collapsing under the weight of the Xerez supporters.

Catania 1 - Juventus 2 (Serie A, February 8, 2009) Vincenzo Iaquinta kept up his recent goalscoring exploits by heading Juve into an early lead at Catania. Iaquinta then shot the Bianconeri in the foot by getting sent off after 20 minutes. Catania’s numerical advantage finally paid off in the second half when Mascara’s header was only palmed into Takayuki Morimoto’s path, who scored. With the game looking destined to end in stalemate, Ranieri brought on the defensive Christian Poulsen, who found himself the unlikely hero scoring an injury time winner after Terlizzi had an air-shot in the box.

Fiorentina 1 - Lazio 0 (Serie A, February 8, 2009) Mauro Zarate was desperately unlucky not to give Lazio an early lead over Fiorentina as his free-kick hit the inside of the post and stayed out. Sebastien Frey was then needed to save another Zarate effort before Lazio’s De Silvestri was sent off for a second yellow in the 18th minute. The Viola eventually made their extra numbers count as Alberto Gilardino found an 89th minute winner.

Roma 3 - Genoa 0 (Serie A, February 8, 2009) Roma broke the deadlock with a sublime team goal that saw them carve through the visitor’s defence with Cicinho getting the final touch. Mirko Vucinic scored a spectacular volley immediately after the restart. Each side lost a man after the break, Taddei and Sculli both picking up two bookings, and Julio Baptista wrapped up the points with a super solo in last minute.

Vitesse Arnhem 4 - Ajax 1 (Eredivisie, February 8, 2009) Lasse Nilsson opened for Vitesse after 7 minutes with the Ajax defence hopelessly all at sea. Van Basten’s boys equalised on the quarter hour mark through Luis Suarez. But the game just before the break, Dalibor Stevanovic restored Vitesse’s advantage with a lovely curler and Lasse Nilsson’s slid in to add the third on the halftime whistle. Ricky van Wolfswinkel completed the Ajax demolition with a fourth in the 68th minute after more useless defending for the visitors. Can van Basten hold onto his job?

Utrecht 3 - Den Haag 1 (Eredivisie, February 8, 2009) Csaba Horvath put the visitors in front, but Robbert Zwinkels’ dismissal proved the turning point in the match. Gregoor van Dijk levelled matters from the penalty spot with Ali Boussaboun and Sander Keller netting second half efforts.

Anderlecht 3 - Mons 2 (Jupiler League, February 7, 2009) Mons had a great start at Anderlecht, Moussa Gueye scored the opener on 14 minutes and Cedric Collet doubled the advantage on the half hour. Victor Bernandez got one back just before the break and Tom de Sutter equalised for the hosts in the 69th. Roland Juhasz ended a thrilling contest claiming the winner with ten minutes to go.

Dender 0 - Club Brugge 2 (Jupiler League, February 7, 2009) Club Brugge stole th epoints with two last minute goals. Daniel Chavez finally broke the deadlock in the 89th minute before the Peruvian added a second goal a minute later.

El Salvador 1 - Peru 0 (International Friendly, February 7, 2009)