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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Arsenal's William Gallas - from goat to hero.

Arsenal's home pitch at the Emirates Stadium should've given them the advantage in their English Premier League match against rivals Manchester United.

However, it was Arsenal trailing at the end of the first half when Arsenal captain William Gallas scored an own-goal in the 45th minute to give Manchester United a 1-0 advantage. 2 minutes following the start of the second half, Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas collected a pass from team mate Bacary Sagna, and struck the ball into the corner of the goal past Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar to put the game level at 1-1.

Manchester United were able to go ahead in the 81st minute when Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo slotted the ball into an empty Arsenal goal, following a string of fine passes by Arsenal team mates Louis Saha and Patrice Evra to find an unmarked Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal put Manchester United up 2-1, and it looked like that would be enough for Manchester United to walk away from the Emirates Stadium with 3 points and the solo lead of the English Premier League.

However, Arsenal captain William Gallas was able to volley the ball past Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar after a scramble in the box during injury time to draw the match at 2-2. Manchester United and Arsenal earn a point each to make their point total at an even 27 points to stay at the top of the English Premier League. Arsenal, technically, are English Premiership leaders with a better record, having earned 27 points in 11 games played as compared to English Premier League champions Manchester United, who have 27 points in 12 games played. Arsenal are still unbeaten this season.

The next football schedule of Arsenal and Manchester United include a UEFA Champions League group stage match on November 7. Arsenal will have an away-match against Slavia Praha while Manchester United host Dynamo Kyiv at Old Trafford in England.

As far as the English Premier League goes, Arsenal's next fixture will be on November 12 with an away game against Reading. Manchester United will be hosting the Blackburn Rovers on November 11 at Old Trafford.

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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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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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Portugal recently defeated Azerbaijan 2-0 for Euro 2008 group stage qualifying match to improve t0 20 points to share the 2nd place in Group A with Finland. Portugal’s first goal came from from a corner kick set by Deco and was headed in by Portugal’s keeper Bruno Alves past Azerbaijan goalkeeper Farkhad Veliyev. On the 29th minute, Azerbaijan captain Aslan Kerimov was given a red card after elbowing Portugal super star Cristiano Ronaldo of English Premier League champions Manchester United. With 10 men down, Portugal was eventually able to capitalize near the end of the first half when Portugal’s Hugo Almeida was able to stretch a volley from Luis Miguel.

Poland leads Group A with 24 points. However, with only 2 teams from Group A moving on to the Euro 2008 Finals in Austria and Switzerland on June 2008, it looks like the race will be tight between Portugal and Finland.

Portugal hope to improve their record this October 17 with an away match against Kazakhstan. Portugal has beaten Kazakhstan 3-0 back in November 2006, and are confident that they can produce another winning result to give them a full 3 points, and improve their standing to 23, just one behind Group A leaders Poland. Finland was only able to improve their standings by 1 point after drawing with Belgium 0-0. Finland does not have a match on October 17, and won’t have the opportunity to improve their standings in Group A of the UEFA Euro 2008.

Finland’s next match won’t be until November 17 when they host Azerbaijan, and then a crucial match against Portugal on November 21 which might be the defining match to find out if it will be Finland or Portugal who will advance.

Portugal’s will be relying on their star studded line-up to deliver, which includes the likes of Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo from English Premier League champions Manchester United, Deco of Spanish La Liga club Barcelona, and Nuno Gomes of Portuguese La Liga club Benfica. Portugal’s coach Luiz Felipe Scolari won’t be at the bench as he will be forced to watch from the stands to serve the second game of a three-match suspension

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