English Premier League champions Manchester United move to the Final round of 16 in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League football tournament after scoring its 4th straight win in the group stages, and earning 12 points. Their recent victory was against Ukranian Premier League champions Dynamo Kyiv, whom they hosted at Old Trafford and defeated 4-0, keeping the Ukranian football club without a single point in Group F.

Manchester United's 4 goals came from a Gerard Pique header on the 31st minute, a Carlos Tevez strike on the 37th minute, a Wayne Rooney volley on the 76th minute and a Cristiano Ronaldo amazing finish on the 88th minute.

Italian Serie A club AS Roma are in second place in the Group F standings with 7 points. With 2 group stage matches remaining, AS Roma will hope to secure a win when they visit Dynamo Kiev on November 27, and earn the remaining qualifying slot of Group F in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United might take it easy when they host Portuguese Primera Liga club Sporting Lisbon, who desperately need a win if they still want to maintain a chance at qualifying over AS Roma.

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English Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal will be kicking off on Saturday November 3 on the Arsenal home-pitch at the Emirates Stadium.

English Premier League champions Manchester United are tied with Arsenal at the top of the Premiership standings with 26 points. The winner of this rivalry match between Manchester United and Arsenal will certainly maintain a solo lead of the English Premier League.

Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson will be looking at his stars like England national team striker Wayne Rooney, Argentina national team striker Carlos Tevez, Manchester United captain Ryan Giggs and Portugal national team midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo to provide the spark for the Red Devils. Manchester United's Paul Scholes is injured and will not be on the line up.

Meanwhile, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger will be looking to Emmanuel Adebayor of Ghana, Theo Walcott, Kolo Toure, Mathieu Flamini and Cesc Fabregas to provide glory for the home side. Arsenal's Dutsch striker Robin van Persie is injured and will not play.

It's going to be a big showdown for this classic rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal. Arsenal have the home pitch advantage, and that could be very critical in bringing Arsenal the win over Manchester United.

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The recent English Premier League match of Manchester United against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford brought a big smile to Manchester United head coach Sir Alex Ferguson, who was all smiles following the 4-1 victory of the Red Devils against Middlesbrough.

Manchester United midfielder Nani was the first to score when he fired a rocket of a shot from 30 meters out to beat Middlesbrough keeper Mark Schwarzer. Middlesbrough was able to get back in the game soon after when Aliadiere put a header into the Manchester United goal, the first goal conceded at Old Trafford this season. With the game tied at 1-1, Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing almost gave the lead for Boro, but his header sailed wide. Stewart Downing eventually made a costly error in the Middlesbrough back when he gave away the ball to Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who smashed it into the goal to give ManU a 2-1 advantage.

Carlos Tevez then added two more goals, combining with Wayne Rooney in both occasions to earn his goals. The Rooney-Tevez combination indeed provided some magic in the Manchester United offensive line, and their sublime timing and passing really worked out to provide a lot of scoring chances.

Manchester United collect all 3 points, and share the lead with Arsenal at the top of the English Premier League points standings with 26 points.

Manchester United will have a tough task in their next English Premier League match as they become visitors at the Emirates Stadium for a match against Arsenal. It will be a clash between the top 2 of the English Premier League, and the definite winner will indeed have solo lead of the English Premier League standings.

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English Premiership champions Manchester United look like they are all set to qualify after posting its third consecutive win in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League group stages. The recent victory of Manchester United was an away match against Dynamo Kyiv, where the Manchester United Red Devils beat Dynamo 4-2.

It took only 10 minutes for Manchester United to find a goal when ManU's Rio Ferdinand headed in a free-kick from team mate Ryan Giggs. In the 18th minute, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney added a second goal with a brilliant counter-attack.

Dyanmo Kyiv were able to draw a goal back when Dynamo's Diogo Rincon headed in a corner by team mate Carlos Correa. However, Manchester United midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo was able to extend the lead to two goals just before the half by heading in a sublime cross from Ryan Giggs.

In the 68th minute, a handball conceded by Dynamo's Gavrancic allowed Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo to step up to the spot and take a penalty kick that beat Dynamo goalkeeper Olexander Shovkovskiy to make the score 4-1.

Dyanmo was able to add another goal to their tally when Dyanmo's Bangoura blasted a fierce strike from 25 meters out. However, the 4-2 scoreline favored Manchester United, who collect all 3 points and give them a perfect record of 2 wins and 9 points after 3 group stage matches. Dynamo Kyiv face elimination from the tournament when they face Manchester United once again at Old Trafford in two weeks' time. Dyanmo Kyiv still don't have any points in Group F of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United lead Group F with 9 points, followed by AS Roma with 6 points.

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Russia's chances for qualifying to the UEFA Euro 2008 Finals are still alive after coming from behind to beat England 2-1 in their recent Euro 2008 qualifying match held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia this October 17. It wasn't an easy task though for Russia with England playing top form. In fact, it was England who struck first to silence the Russian home fans when England striker Wayne Rooney of English Premier League champions Manchester United chested a flick pass from teammate Michael Owen and slammed a powerful volley into the goal of Russia past Russian goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov.

Russia were struggling to get an equaliser, and Russia's head coach Guus Hiddink made some adjustments with key substitutions, bringing in midfielder Dmitri Torbinskiy to replace defender Vasili Berezutski in the 46th minute, and then brining in forward Roman Pavlyuchenko to replace a tired Aleksandr Kerzhakov in the 58th minute.

10 minutes after the substitution, England striker Wayne Rooney gets yellow-carded for a foul in the penalty area against Russia's Konstantin Zyrianov. Russia's substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko took the penalty kick and beat England keeper Paul Robinson to put the game level at 1-1.

4 minutes after, on the 73rd minute, Russia's Roman Pavlyuchenko was able to poke in a rebound from an initial shot made by teammate Aleksei Berezutski. England keeper Paul Robinson did well to parry the first shot, but Roman Pavlyunchenko was the first to get to the ball and poke it in the unguarded England goal to give Russia a 2-1 advantage and send the Russian home fans to a frenzy.

England coach Steve McLaren made last minute gambles by bringing in Frank Lampard, Stuart Downing and Peter Crouch from the bench, but Russia was able to hold off the England offensive to book the win and collect all 3 points. Russia's win over England improves their point standings in Group E to 21 points, just 2 points behind England who maintain the number 2 spot with 23 points. Croatia lead Group E with 26 points, and look to be assured of a spot in the Euro 2008 Finals in Austria and Switzerland this June 2008.

England must win their last Euro 2008 qualifying match at home against Group E leaders Croatia on November 21 if they hope to make it to the Euro 2008 finals. Meanwhile, Russia have two away matches for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stages against Israel on November 17 and against Andorra on November 21. Russia still has the opportunity to collect 6 points if they win both matches, and those 6 points could indeed earn them a trip to the Euro 2008 Finals. Russia drew with Israel at home 1-1 back in October 2006, and they crushed Andorra at home 4-0 back in June 2007.

England lost to Croatia 2-0 when they were visitors at Croatia back in October 2006. Come November 2007, England will be hoping that the home pitch advantage and the home crowd support at the New Wembley Stadium can help them get a win against the Group E leaders Croatia in order to ascertain a spot for the Euro 2008 Finals.

The England national football team cruised to an easy 3-0 victory against Estonia to the delight of a full-capactiy crowd in the New Wembley Stadium in London, England.

In the 11th minute, England midfielder Shaun-Wright Phillips put England 1-0 up against Estonia when he drilled a shot between the legs of Estonia's keeper Mart Poom. In the 32nd minute, England striker Wayne Rooney of English Premier League champions Manchester United made it 2-0, grabbing his first international goal in eleven months. One minute after that, Ashley Cole sent in a deep cross that was headed by Estonia defender Taavi Rahn into his own net. Rahn's own goal gave the English home side a 3-0 advantage, which they maintained throughout the match.

It was the 5th successive 3-0 victory of England, who collected 3 points for the win against Estonia to improve their standings in Group E of the UEFA Euro 2008 to 2nd place with 23 points. Croatia leads Group E with 26 points, collecting 3 more points following a 10 home victory against Israel. Russia are in 3rd place in Group E with 18 points, and must perform well in their last 3 matches. Russia will go up against England on October 17, against Israel on November 17 and against Andorra on November 21. Russia must win against England if they still hope to make it to the Euro 2008 Finals. Otherwise, a win by England will certainly stretch their lead over 3rd place Russia.

The last time England met Russia was just last September 2007 when Russia were visitors at the New Wembley Stadium. England defeated the Russian side 3-0. Russia will be looking to capitalize on their home pitch advantage when England visit them on October 17. Russian soccer stars hoping to provide that much needed spark include Aleksandr Kerzhakov of Spanish Super Cup and UEFA Cup champions Sevilla FC.

England, of course, has an impressive lineup that includes Steven Gerrard of Liverpool, Frank Lampard of Chelsea and Michael Owen of Newcastle United. However, England will not have the services of Ashley Cole, who suffered a serious ankle injury in the match against Estonia.

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