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“It puts us in a bad position but we are still in it”, he added.

Citing “awful individual performances” and a first-half display from Chelsea that he rated minus one out of 10, Jose Mourinho was both “relieved” and “disappointed” at Chelsea’s 2-2 draw at Newcastle United here last night.

Manchester City manager, Manuel Pellegrini, has compared his side to the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona, insisting the crop of players in the team have got what it takes to win this year’s champions league title.

Alexis Sanchez was on hand to equalise once more, but Alfred Finnbogason bagged a victor merely a minute later.

Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren has saluted the character within the dressing room at St. James’ Park ahead of tomorrow night’s League Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday.

They managed to do so, when Alexis Sanchez met Walcott’s cross with a firm header on 65 minutes, but Olympiacos went up the other end and retook the lead a minute later.

Andre Andre gave Porto the lead six minutes before half-time when he volleyed home after Asmir Begovic parried Yacine Brahimi’s effort.

“He gets mad when you can not play“.

While Chelsea have struggled domestically this season, they opened their European campaign with a 4-0 home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv while Porto drew 2-2 with Dinamo Kiev.

The 26-year old was largely invisible during Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday one but his newfound confidence is likely to spell trouble for the Greek side.

The best thing to happen was Tottenham’s absolute destruction of current league leader Manchester City. It gives Arsenal a little hope after the loss against Chelsea.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted surprise at striker Anthony Martial’s performance during their 3-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday, 26 September.

Arteta replaced Flamini after 21 minutes of the 5-2 Premier League win after the Frenchman picked up a hamstring injury, but both players have been ruled out of the game.

Falcao looks the more likely and is the 5/1 favourite with BetVictor to open the scoring at St James’ Park, 7/5 to net anytime and 12/1 to be named man of the match. But I’m confident that losing run will be over come the final whistle.

However, the focus is now back on Champions League football and the upcoming clash with Olympiakos is crucial if the Gunners want to qualify for the knockout stages, after they lost their opening match against Dinamo Zagreb.