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Gabriel had initially received a three-match ban following his actions in the London derby clash which happened at the brink of the half-time break.

Sanchez headed in an equaliser in the 65th minute but Alfred Finnbogason poked the visitors ahead once again just 59 seconds later.

The Chilean’s treble was also a milestone for manager Arsene Wenger, with it being the 30th League hat trick of his Arsenal managerial career, only Liverpool have managed more Premier League hat tricks in that time.

“Do you know why I don’t talk?”

I don’t think we deserved to lose.

Ian Wright labelled Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger’s decision to select David Ospina “a big mistake” after the Gunners slumped to a 3-2 defeat against Olympiacos in the Champions League.

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.

This is the first ever competitive game between Malmö and Real Madrid. We are talking about the fact that the big teams have to play two games per week and maintain a very high intensity and that is not always easy.

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.

Porto progressed from the group stage of last season’s Champions League without losing any of their fixtures, while also scoring 16 goals and keeping three clean sheets to finish at the top of their group.

Barca were held to a 1-1 draw in their first Champions League game of the campaign away at Roma a fortnight ago and Enrique insisted it is imperative they get all three points against group leaders Leverkusen at the Camp Nou.

“He gets mad when you can not play“.

“We may not have been at our best but the players always gave everything”. Here is a look at four players in particular that absolutely must step up for Barcelona with Messi sidelined. He was played through on goal by Suarez but he couldn’t find a way past the...

More questions will now be asked about Manuel Pellegrini’s squad after his team were dominated in a 4-1 loss this morning against Spurs. “He was ok for the bench against Tottenham, but then he had a problem in the warm-up”.

Manuel Pellegrini has said he believes that Manchester City will eventually win the Champions League – but warned that the tournament must not become an “obsession”.