Season 24 Week 8 processing ...

The first goal of the day may well be the only goal of the day here as both sides look pretty solid with the advantage to Chelsea late in the day after a goal from the head of Cheick Tiote has made it

Fulham 0 Chelsea 1

on 82 minutes.

Bohemians 1 Cherry 0 Anderson on 83 minutes.

Palmeiras 5 Gremio 2 Vagner Love on 84 minutes.
Bilbao 3 Sevilla 0 Perotti.

Palmeiras 5 Gremio 3 Maicon with another for Gremio on 85 minutes.
Nantes 8 Sedan 1 Ribery.

and another goal report from Clive in Naples...

the crowd are chanting the name of Fred because he has fired home what could be the winner here to make it

Napoli 2 Inter Milan 1

with just 5 minutes remaining.

and it's all kicking off at the Emirates in that tight tense match in the gusting wind and torrential rain so let's catch up with the action with Brian Moore...

well, Laurent Koscielny has been sentoff for a reckless challenge as he slid inside the box to tackle Dzeko, the big forward seem to fall over the defender's leg and the ref pointed to the spot and sent off the Arsenal man as he was the last defender. Dzeko picked himself up wiped off the rain and coolly stroked home the spot kick to make it

Arsenal 2 Man City 3

after 86 minutes.

Inverness's Iain Vigurs has been sentoff on 87 minutes.

Barracudas 2 Harrisburg 1 Edge.

Corinthians 0 Flamengo 2 Kleber completes a fine win on 89 minutes.
Auxerre 1 Lyon 1 Mathieu.
Bayern 3 Leverkusen 2 Bastos leaves it late.

and another vital goal to report from Turin, so over to Elton...

surely its all over now after Claudio Marchisio scored Ancona's second with just seconds left on the clock to make it

Juventus 0 Ancona 2

and the away side look like racking up a very accomplished victory here.

Santos 2 Sao Paulo 1 Rivaldo right at the death for the Champions on 90 minutes.
Nantes 9 Sedan 1 Borini again.

Boca's Mkhitaryan has been sentoff right at death.

Barnet 0 Banstead 3 Heskey on 91 minutes.

and that is the last league action of the day as the final whistle blows...

So, some very interesting results today, and some thrilling games...

The office here is partially flooded so we're taking a short break to clear out the water, and we may be back later after these messages...

Get in you mighty blues

Well played gaz.

What is it about your lot, u really have a hoodoo over me.

Back to the drawing bored, very disappointing result

Disappointing result, especially with everyone else around me winning, but got to look at the bigger picture.  A point away from home in this league this year is not to be sniffed at.  Some teams will go to Anfield and drop points too, they aren't gonna be the pushover many predicted at the start of the season.

Hoping for a positive result from the game in Munich to put a smile back on the fans faces.  Although be warned, I have gone there and parked the bus.  Set them up to play football from the 1800's a la Sam Allardyce.

Great result in France with a couple of rivals dropping points too.  Again hoping to get a good result in Europe.

2 cracking results! 5 goals in a game for Watford, very pleasant surprise!

thanks for those comments, now to the European results roundup...

Champions Cup

Napoli 0 Man City 5
Leicester 2 Watford 3

Juventus 1 Arsenal 1
Schalke 1 Real Madrid 1

Barcelona 1 Inter Milan 0
Bayern 0 Charlton 2

Birmingham 0 Newcastle 2
Fulham 3 Plymouth 1

Real Madrid, Fulham and Watford remain unbeaten.

Europa Cup

Rangers 1 Chelsea 0
Berlin 0 AC Milan 0

Lyon 0 Betis 1
Celtic 3 Ajax 4

Sevilla 1 Inverness 4
Ancona 3 Valencia 1

Lille 2 Nantes 2
Feyenoord 0 Gornik 2

Copa Libertadores

Catolica 0 Sao Paulo 2
Estudiantes 0 Millonarios 1

Emelec 3 Santos 5
Nacional 1 Necaxa 0

River Plate 4 Flamengo 0
Caracas 1 Penarol 1

Palmeiras 0 Boca 9
Cristal 3 Olimpia 2

I noticed some teams playing weakened sides in Europe this week in order to keep their best eleven fresh for the league games ( midweek games are played before league games ) and for sides with a top eleven players this is a good idea. You may not get success in Europe without a cart load of luck but at least you still get the cash and keep your best players' stamina up for the league game.

Table time...

Premiership

Plymouth 19 +9
Watford 19 +8
Charlton 17 +8
Fulham 13 +5
Man City 13 +4
Birmingham 12 +1
Chelsea 12 -1
Liverpool 11 0

Spain

Real 21 +15
Barcelona 20 +19
Valencia 17 +10