Goals on Sunday: Manchester United-Aston Villa

After a shaky start, Manchester United were gifted an opener after 14 minutes as James Milner’s foolish back-pass was handled by Friedel, and from the indirect free-kick Cristiano Ronaldo found the far corner.

United however continued to look below par and Villa found a leveller 15 minutes later when John Carew expertly headed home a Barry cross from the right.

The second half started muck like the first with United stuttering and, after Ronaldo lost the ball to Petrov, Carew “burst” down the left with Gary Neville alongside the forward but refusing to tackle, with the giant striker’s cross  picking out Gabi Agbonlahor who headed in the second.

Colchester 0 - Leeds 1 (League One, April 4, 2009) A belter from Luciano Becchio proved enough for Leeds.

Bournemouth 4 - Rochdale 0 (League Two, April 4, 2009) Brett Pitman scored a hat-trick as Bournemouth eased their relegation fears and dented Rochdale’s promotion bid. Liam Feeney bagged the Cherries second of the game midway through the first half.

Exeter 2 - Dagenham & Redbridge 1 (League Two, April 4, 2009) The Grecians moved second place in the table as Stuart Fleetwood the hero with a beautiful curler after 16 minutes and then a second after the break, Ben Strevens scoring in between for the Dags.

Falkirk 0 - Rangers 1 (SPL, April 5, 2009) It took Rangers just nine minutes to take the advantage at Falkirk, Kris Boyd rolling the ball over the line after good work by Nacho Novo on the left.

Despite looking a yard offside, Osasuna’s Walter Pandiani was awarded with heading in a ninth minute opener at Atletico Madrid. The Rojiblancos soon levelled, Diego Forlan bending in a low shot from the edge of the box.

But Atletico famed porous defence could not help but concede a second on the stroke of halftime when Krisztian Vadocz turned in a scrappy second following a corner.

Zaragoza 1 - Girona 0 (Segunda Division, April 4, 2009)

Juventus 3 - Chievo 3 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) Despite Juve have the better of the opening it was Chievo who struck first in Turin, Sergio Pellissier skipping past Buffon and scoring from a tight angle. The Old Lady soon levelled, Giorgio Chiellini (playing in a facial mask) crashed home a beauty that went in off the underside of the bar.

The Flying Donkeys continued to press and they were rewarded with a second just before the break when Sergio Pellissier bagged his brace. Juve rallied after the break, the visitors failing to pick up Camoranesi at the back post and his header was turned into the net by Santiago Morero.

Juve then pressed for the winner, Trezegeut missing a sackful of chance, before Giovinci set up Vincenzo Iaquinta to head in the third with 10 minutes remaining.

But with the game moving into injury time Chievo and Sergio Pellissier achieved the incredible, completing his hat-trick and earning a point for the relegation-threatened visitors.

Roma 2- Bologna 1 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) Francesco Totti slotted home a 12th minute penalty to give Roma the lead at home to Bologna.

The visitors equalised midway through the half, Massimo Marazzina heading home unchallenged from a corner. The second half started much the same way as the first, Francesco Totti restoring Roma’s lead from the spot.

Palermo 1 - Torino 0 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) After a goalless first half in Sicily, Palermo pulled ahead of Torino through Edison Cavani’s header into the near post after 50 minutes.

Atalanta 1 - Fiorentina 2 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) The early kick-off in Italy between Atalanta and Fiorentina bore no goals in the first half. The hosts seized control thanks to a scrappy Gianvito Plasmati opener 50 minutes in, his shot taking a massive deflection en route to goal.

The lead didn’t last long, Federico Peluso gave away a penalty and was sent off in the process leaving Stevan Jovetic to draw the Viola level. Alberto Gilardino proved the match-winner for the visitors with netting in the 89th minute. (Both Fiorentina goals can be seen here.)

Reggina 0 - Genoa 1 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) Rock-bottom Reggina are four-point adrift of second-bottom Lecce after Thiago Motta sunk the host with the only goal 15 minutes from time.

Cagliari 1 - Catania 0 (Serie A, April 5, 2009) A tight match was settled by Alessandro Matri’s winner 10-minutes from time.

Sampdoria 2 - Napoli 2 (Serie A, April 5, 2009)

Claudio Pizzarro scored a freak goal to give Werder the lead, his shot deflecting wickedly off a Hannover defender to loop agonisingly over Enke in goal.

Guillaume Hoarau headed PSG in the lead after 20 minutes, Loic Remy (offside) pulling Nice level 10 minutes before the break.

Ryad Boudebouz fired Sochaux ahead from the spot, and Rennes were two-down after Mevlut Erdinc fired in a second two minutes later.

Roda 1 - Ajax 2 (Eredivisie, April 5, 2009) Ajax’s talisman Luis Suarez fired the Amsterdammers ahead after just two minutes. 20-year-old Ismail Aissati, talked up as a huge Dutch talent for tomorrow, then grabbed his first goal for Ajax in the 66th minute with a clinical left-footed drive in the box. Sekou Cisse netted a consolation for Roda.

Alex fired Spartak ahead with a stunning free-kick into the Nalchik top corner.

Tomsk 0 - Zenit St. Petersburg 3 (Russian Premier League, April 5, 2009) All the goals arrived after the break, Zenit’s young Portuguese defender Fernando Meira celebrated his first goal prodding home at the back stick.

Igor Denisov doubled the visitors’ lead before a brilliant weaving run from Konstantin Zyryanov allowed Fatih Tekke to tap-in the third.

Lokomotiv Moscow 2 - Krylya Sovietov Samara 1 (Russian Premier League, April 5, 2009) Samara took the lead at Lokomotiv when Timofei Kalachev controlled a miscued corner at the near post, spun, and fired his shot into his far corner.

The hosts drew level after 53 minutes, Oleg Kuzmin curling a beauty from 20-yards out. Tomislav Dujmovic won the match for Lokomotiv with three minutes remaining.

Dinamo Bucharest 3 - Rapid Bucharest 0 (Liga I, April 4, 2009) Dinamo Bucharest continued their march for a fourth sucessive league title with a crushing win in the Bucharest derby, Danciulescu, Niculae and Cristea netting the goals.