Real Madrid 5-0 Xerez
1′ Cristiano Ronaldo Goal 1 – 0
75′ Cristiano Ronaldo Goal 2 – 0
78′ Guti Goal 3 – 0
82′ Karim Benzema Goal 4 – 0
89′ Ruud van Nistelrooy Goal 5 – 0

A Cristiano Ronaldo brace and a late goal glut saw Real Madrid make it three wins out of three at the start of the Primera Division season, although a final scoreline of 5-0 certainly flattered the home side.
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Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham Highlights Video
32′ Ashley Cole Goal 1 – 0
58′ Michael Ballack Goal 2 – 0
63′ Didier Drogba Goal 3 – 0

Chelsea will welcome back Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa for the home clash with Tottenham.

The pair were suspended for the midweek Champions League win over Porto but are available for domestic games.

Joe Cole (knee), Yuri Zhirkov (knee) and Paulo Ferreira (knee) are all out with coach Carlo Ancelotti saving their return for next week’s Carling Cup tie with Queens Park Rangers.
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Man Utd 4-3 Man City Highlights Video
2′ Wayne Rooney Goal 1 – 0
16′ 1 – 1 Goal Gareth Barry
49′ Darren Fletcher Goal 2 – 1
52′ 2 – 2 Goal Craig Bellamy
80′ Darren Fletcher Goal 3 – 2
90′ 3 – 3 Goal Craig Bellamy
90′ Michael Owen Goal 4 – 3

As expected, Carlos Tevez was the central figure as Manchester City took on his old club in Manchester United. Tevez supplied Gareth Barry’s equaliser to Wayne Rooney’s goal by harrying Ben Foster and also missed a golden chance on half-time.
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Spain 3-0 Estonia Highlights Video
33′ Cesc Fábregas Goal 1 – 0
79′ Santi Cazorla Goal 2 – 0
90′ Juan Manuel Garcia Mata Goal 3 – 0

Spain secured their place at next year’s World Cup finals after seeing off Estonia in Merida with goals from Cesc Fabregas, Santi Cazorla and Juan Manuel Mata.

With Bosnia-Herzegovina being held by Turkey earlier in the evening, Spain knew a victory over Estonia would be enough to guarantee themselves top spot in Group Five.
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England 5-1 Croatia Highlights Video
8′ Frank Lampard (pen) Goal 1 – 0
18′ Steven Gerrard Goal 2 – 0
59′ Frank Lampard Goal 3 – 0
66′ Steven Gerrard Goal 4 – 0
73′ 4 – 1 Goal Eduardo
77′ Wayne Rooney Goal 5 – 1

Two years after Croatia triumphed in the Wembley rain to sweep England out of Euro 2008 and Steve McClaren out of a job, Fabio Capello showed how it should be done.

Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard scored two goals each to exact their own personal revenge for that horrible night, with Wayne Rooney adding another near the end.
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Argentina 1-3 Brazil Highlights Video
23′ 0 – 1 Goal Luisão
30′ 0 – 2 Goal Luis Fabiano
65′ Jesús Dátolo Goal 1 – 2
66′ 1 – 3 Goal Luis Fabiano

Lionel Messi can stamp his authority on international soccer when Argentina clash with arch-rivals Brazil in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier, coach Diego Maradona said.

“He has to become a man suddenly, he can no longer be the kid with promise, and he’s showing it,” Maradona said on Thursday.
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Fulham 0 – 2 Chelsea Highlights Video
39′ 0 – 1 Goal Didier Drogba
76′ 0 – 2 Goal Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea will be without several first-team players.

New signing Yuri Zhirkov is sidelined with a knee injury while Juliano Belletti (Achilles) and defender Alex (groin) are also set to miss out for Carlo Ancelotti’s men.

Joe Cole (knee) and Paulo Ferreira (knee) return to training with the first team next Tuesday.

Carlo Ancelotti insists Andriy Shevchenko has a future at Stamford Bridge despite playing just one game in the last 15 months for the Blues.
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Wigan 0 – 5 Man Utd

56′ 0 – 1 Goal Wayne Rooney
58′ 0 – 2 Goal Dimitar Berbatov
65′ 0 – 3 Goal Wayne Rooney
85′ 0 – 4 Goal Michael Owen
90′ 0 – 5 Goal Nani
Sir Alex Ferguson retains total faith in his Manchester United squad despite a mixed start to their Premier League title defence.

United walked away with a single-goal opening-day victory over Birmingham but fared worse at Burnley on Wednesday as Michael Carrick missed a penalty in what turned out to be a shock 1-0 defeat.
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Arsenal vs Portsmouth Highlights Video
18′ Abou Diaby Goal 1 – 0
21′ Abou Diaby Goal 2 – 0
37′ 2 – 1 Goal Younes Kaboul
51′ William Gallas Goal 3 – 1
68′ Aaron Ramsey Goal 4 – 1

Croatia striker Eduardo is fit to face Portsmouth having recovered from a groin problem which ruled him out of the Champions League qualifier against Celtic.

England forward Theo Walcott (back), however, has once again been ruled out.
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Celtic 0-2 Arsenal Highlights Video
43′ 0 – 1 Goal William Gallas
71′ 0 – 2 Goal Gary Caldwell (og)

Arsene Wenger insists his Arsenal players will not be daunted by the prospect of facing a partisan 60,000 crowd at Parkhead.

The Gunners travel to Scotland to face Celtic in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tomorrow evening hoping to get a decent result to take back to the Emirates Stadium.
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