Football

Mourinho was furious at the lack of "spirit and mentality" that too many of his highly paid players had shown in the 1-0 defeat by lowly Palace.

Sociedad and Villarreal failed to capitalise on defeats of Bilbao and Sevilla when they were held to 1-1 draws by Osasuna and Elche respectively.

Newspapers reported on Friday that a supporter group had raised 840 pounds to pay for a light aircraft to trail a banner during United's match against Aston.

Carlos Tevez scored twice to give Juventus' fifteenth successive home win of this season.

Barcelona say defender Martin Montoya has agreed to a contract extension that will tie him to the Spanish champion until June 2018.

Arsenal manager Wenger all but conceded that their title bid is over and warned that his side had to focus on finishing in the top four.

Pellegrini believes his side's defensive stability is the most important asset in their pursuit of a second league title in three seasons.

"It was the best decision of my life to join Bayern Munich. Everything here is good - the club, the team, the title wins and the mood." Dante

The EPL lived up to its reputation as the most entertaining and exciting league in the world on Saturday.

Zenit St. Petersburg face further UEFA action after fans burned a German banner at a Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund.

Ryan Giggs rolled back the years with an inspirational display to lead Manchester United into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Schalke 04 bid farewell to the Champions League following a comprehensive 9-2 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid.

Olympiakos have no intention of sitting back to defend their two-goal advantage but plan to heap more misery on Manchester United.

"We strongly deny that Martino has announced his intention of leaving the club," said Barcelona's communication VP.

With 10 games left, Bilbao have 52 points in fourth, six ahead of Basque rivals Real Sociedad, who are fifth on 46 points.

Uli Hoeness said he would accept a 3-1/2-year prison term for evading 27 million euros in taxes and resigned as president and chairman of Bayern Munich.