Man Utd. vs Arsenal

Man Utd Line Ups:

Man Utd : (4-4-2) De Gea,Smalling,Jones,Evans,Evra,Nani,Cleverly,Ashley Young,Wayne Rooney,Wellbeck.


Arsenal Line Ups

Arsenal: (4-3-3)Szczesny,Traore,Koscielny,Coquelin,Djourou,Jenkinson,Rosicky,RamseyArshavin,Walcott,Van Persie.


Match Results

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal

Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick as Manchester United smashed an incredible eight goals past Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Manchester United's Ashley Young, scorer of two of his side's goals, congratulates Wayne Rooney for his second goal.

Champions flying | Ashley Young celebrates after doubling United's lead

Ji-Sung Park of Manchester United celebrates after scoring his goal

Nani (L) vies with Arsenal's French defender Laurent Koscielny (R)

Mr Wenger >> "You can't win anything with kids."



Rooney Interview After The Match


Goals Highlights

Barcelona breeze to fourth UEFA Super Cup

Lionel Messi and Cesc Fàbregas scored late in either half as FC Barcelona defeated nine-man FC Porto at Stade Louis II to win the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in three editions and a fourth overall.

Fresh from becoming the first recipient of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, Messi was the epitome of coolness on a sweltering night in Monaco as he seized upon Fredy Guarín's back pass, jinked his way past Helton and rolled in the 39th-minute opener.

The Portuguese champions were still in the contest until the 86th minute, when Rolando collected a second yellow card and Porto's first red. Barça wasted little time capitalising, substitute Fàbregas finishing delightfully before Guarín was dismissed in the final minute for a sliding challenge on Javier Mascherano.

Both coaches had talked up the fixture and chances came and went during a lively opening spell. Hulk had already curled a free-kick over from a promising position when Víctor Valdés dived to his left to tip behind an angled shot from João Moutinho.

The first true opportunity fell to Pedro Rodríguez in the tenth minute. So clinical when scoring a delightful goal in the UEFA Champions League final, the Spanish international could only loft an effort on to the roof of the Porto net when free in the area after an Andrés Iniesta pass had been deflected into his path via the heel of Jorge Fucile.

Hulk was the next to flash a shot across goal − earning due applause for a series of speedy step-overs in the build-up − and Helton then took no chances with a rising Xavi Hernández shot from outside the box.

As the half wore on, so did Barcelona's influence, the pressure telling when Guarín, boxed in in his own half, prodded a hopeful ball backwards that was gratefully collected by the unmarked Messi. The rest was inevitable.

Porto had little choice but to come out and attack after the break, yet save for a deflected João Moutinho effort and a fierce long-range shot from Guarín, rarely troubled a Barça defence shorn of regular centre-backs Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué. Instead, there was more space for Josep Guardiola's side to expolit on the counter and from one end-to-end foray David Villa could have made the game safe but his low shot lacked punch and Helton smothered at his near post.

Two minutes later, as the hour approached, the goalkeeper charged off his line to deny Pedro as the striker attempted to bring a Messi pass, which had dissected the Dragons' defence, under control. The real drama was saved for the closing stages, Fàbregas − eight minutes after replacing Pedro − keeping his cool as Porto lost theirs to control a Messi chip on his chest and fire emphatically into the net with a first-time volley.

It would have been 3-0 had Helton not denied man of the match Iniesta in added time, leaving Porto to ponder a third UEFA Super Cup defeat since 2003.
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Lionel Messi has been voted the winner of the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco, the FC Barcelona forward finishing ahead of Xavi Hernández and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lionel Messi with his UEFA Best Player in Europe Award

NEWS
Lionel Messi has been voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco.

The FC Barcelona forward finished ahead of club-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid CF's Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations. Messi, the overwhelming winner, collected his prize at the UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

The Argentinian international scored 53 goals in 2010/11, including 12 in the UEFA Champions League, where he finished as the top scorer for the third season in succession. His final European goal of the season was Barcelona's second in their 3-1 final defeat of Manchester United FC, their third title in six years, while Messi also helped his club to a third successive Liga title.

"I'd like to thank all the people that voted for me, and all my team-mates." said the 24-year-old, one of four Barcelona players in the top ten, three of whom finished in the top four. "I keep all these awards at home and I still have some space for more. It's an honour to be so successful and to come up with the goods at the right time; thanks to my team-mates for helping me achieve this. [My motivation] comes from being at a club that's so successful and having a structure that allows us to be so successful; that was taught to me when I moved over and I've tried my best to keep it up."

The full top ten is:
1 Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona (38 votes)
2 Xavi Hernández (ESP) – FC Barcelona (11 votes)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Real Madrid CF (3 votes)

4 Andrés Iniesta (ESP) – FC Barcelona
5 Falcao (COL) – FC Porto*
6 Wayne Rooney (ENG) – Manchester United FC
7 Nemanja Vidić (SRB) – Manchester United FC
8 Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE) – AC Milan
Gerard Piqué (ESP) – FC Barcelona
10 Manuel Neuer (GER) – FC Schalke 04*
*has since joined Club Atlético de Madrid
** has since joined FC Bayern München

The award replaces the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award claimed in 2010 by FC Internazionale Milano's Diego Milito, a year after Messi won the prize. That award formed part of the UEFA Club Football Awards which also included prizes for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward and coach and had been presented in Monaco every August since 1998.

The UEFA Best Player in Europe Award was born out of an initiative by UEFA President Michel Platini and has the intention of reviving the spirit of the old European Footballer of the Year award. For the new award, players were judged by their performances during the 2010/11 campaign in all competitions, both domestic and international, and at club and national team levels.

MESSI, MESSI MESSIIIIIIIII.....

Barcelona imezidi kuwatambia mahasimu wao wakubwa nchini Hispania Real Madrid kwa kuwa chapa mabao 3 kwa mawili katika na kunyakua kombe la supercup

Cesc Fabrigas akimbeba Lionel Messi anayeshangilia bao lake la pili lilo ilaza Madrid

FABREGAS ndani ya Barca

Hayawi hayawi sasa yamekua, Hatimaye Cesc Fabregas ametimiza ndoto yake ya kuichezea miamba ya soka ya Ulaya