Match reviews

Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2

Middlesbrough Marseille Manchester United Manchester City What is common to these clubs with regard to the 2008-09 football season ? Apart from the very obvious fact that they all start with M, all these clubs have lost to Liverpool after taking the lead. Boro lost 1-2, Marseille lead through Cana before going down 1-2 and … Read more

PSV Eindhoven 3-0 De Graafschap

After losing to Liverpool in the Champions League, Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven returned to winning ways when they beat De Graafschap 3-0 at the Philips Stadion. Former Feyenoord striker Danko Lazovic grabbed a brace while attacking midfielder Ibrahim Affelay also got his name on the scoresheet. With the result, PSV went to the top of the Eredivisie, but FC Groningen’s win over ADO Den Haag on Sunday meant that PSV are one point behind Groningen, who lead the table with thirteen points from five games.

The result was Graafschap’s second successive away 0-3 loss, having lost to Twente Enschede by the same margin last week.

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Bayern 3-3 VFL Bochum

FC Bayern squandered a 3-1 lead as Marcel Koller’s VFL Bochum struck twice late in the game to draw at the Allianz Arena last night.

Belgian Daniel Van Buyten put the hosts ahead after fifteen minutes, but Sinan Kaloglu equalised for Bochum in the 29th minute, with the goal being created by Mimoun Azaouagh.

Brazilian midfielder Ze Roberto then scored on either side of the lemon break as Bayern made it 3-1. With less than 10 minutes to go, it seemed that Bochum were resigned to losing by the same margin as they did last time to Bayern ( in April 2008). But Christophe Dabrowski pulled one back in the 83rd minute, and two minutes late, substitute Dennis Grote silenced the home crowd by heading in Bochum’s third.

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