Jordi Gomez scored the only goal of the evening to lead Swansea into the Carling Cup fourth round at the expense of 10-man Cardiff as a feisty all-Welsh affair at the Liberty Stadium finished 1-0 to the home side.

It was almost as if Cristiano Ronaldo had never left the pitch as he announced his return to Manchester United' s starting line-up with a goal as they beat Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Carling Cup third round.

Andy Robinson salvaged injury time winner to send Leeds into the last 16 of the Carling Cup after Hartlepool had led on two occasions in an Elland Road thriller which ended 3-2.

Arsene Wenger stuck to his policy of promoting youth talent in the much-maligned knock-out competition, naming his youngest side till date with an average age of just 19 against Sheffield United, and he was not disappointed. The young guns ripped apart blades and scored six goals.

John Carew tormented the West Brom defence as Martin O' Neill' s men registered a impressive third away win in six days to maintain a push for a Champions League spot.

The Norwegian international scored the first goal but could have finished with a hat-trick after twice being denied only by the woodwork.

Manchester United may have returned from Stamford Bridge with a precious point but they may feel that they blew the chance to end Chelsea's long unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge. Park Ji-Sung bundled in after Petr Cech had palmed away a Berbatov shot on 18 minutes. Chelsea pushed hard for an equaliser and were rewarded when sub Salomon Kalou headed in to score in the 80th minute.

A Alessandro Del Piero goal in the second half was enough for Juventus to see off the challenge of new comers Zenit St Petersburg in their Champions League Group H opener.

Lyon scored twice in the final 17 minutes to deny Fiorentina all three points in a exciting Champions League Group F clash at the Stade Gerland on Wednesday.

Steven Gerrard was inspirational tonight as he scored a brace by taking his Liverpool goals tally to 99 as the Merseysiders opened their Champions League group campaign with a crucial 2-1 win in Marseille.

Luiz Felipe Scolari secured his first Champions League win in style as Headers from Frank Lampard and Joe Cole set Chelseato cruise past Bordeaux.

Failure in champions league has signalled the end for the previous three Chelsea bosses but there were no hiccups for Scolari at Stamford Bridge, whose debut in the competition was straightforward after the hosts established a lead.

What should have been a bright new dawn ended up being more of the same for Manchester City as they slipped to defeat against Chelsea despite a debut-day opener from record signing Robinho.

The A£32.5million man paid off the first installment of his British record price-tag by putting Mark Hughes' men ahead with a superb 13th-minute free-kick. The Brazilian took aim and calmly stroked the ball into the corner and celebrated in typical fashion thumb in mouth, before being mobbed by ecstatic team-mates.

Liverpool' s seven-year wait for a home league win over Man United ended today as Ryan Babel came off the bench to give the Reds deserved 2-1 victory over the champions.

Rafael Benitez has finally got something to smile about after Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-1 to record his first win over the club' s arch rivals in his Anfield career. On the other hand, United wilted under a relentless second-half pressure, had Nemanja Vidic sent-off.

Spain made it two out of two World Cup qualifying wins with a comfortable victory over Armenia in Albacete. Spain were full of confidence from Saturday' s 1-0 triumph over Bosnia-Herzegovina, they ended this match as a contest after just 16 minutes following goals from Capdevila and David Villa

Chelsea lead Wigan Athletic 1-0 at half time in the Premiership, thanks to a superb free-kick by Deco . But Wigan did come close on a number of occasions and they shall certainly be looking forward to building on that in the second half.

Tottenham's woeful start to the season continued as they lost 2-1 at home to Sunderland - with wantaway striker Dimitar Berbatov left out completely by boss Juande Ramos.