Goals from Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen and Mark Viduka made it three wins in a row for Keegan’s side, and all but mathematically ensured their Premier League survival.
The manner of Newcastle’s victory will have pleased their manager immensely. The home side attacked in waves, chased everything and created chances at will. They could have scored [...]

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Owen Hargreaves’s strangely peripheral role at Manchester United is not down to poor form but disciplinary issues, The Times can reveal. In particular, Sir Alex Ferguson is known to have been angered by the player’s poor timekeeping, with Hargreaves turning up late for several team meetings.
Signed for a projected fee of £20.2 million from [...]

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Arsenal and Liverpool drew 1-1 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg encounter at the Emirates Stadium.
Emmanuel Adebayor gave Arsenal a 23rd minute lead but Dirk Kuyt equalised within three minutes to claim a vital away goal for Liverpool.
Rafa Benitez’s side withstood strong second-half pressure, which included claims for a penalty by Alexander Hleb and [...]

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Chelsea lost their unbeaten record in this season’s Champions League as Fenerbahce came from a goal down to win 2-1 in the first leg of their quarter-final in Istanbul.
The visitors took an early lead at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium thanks to Deivid’s own-goal before substitute and former Sheffield United player Colin Kazim-Richards - now known [...]

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