Season 29 Week 7 processing...

seems to be plenty of rain around today...

Porto 1 Benfica 1 Fabio Coentrao on 33 minutes.

The leaders right back in the big game in Portugal...

Norwich 2 Preston 0 Robert Snodgrass header on 34 minutes.
Metz 0 Marseille 2 Jerome Mendy.

Norwich's new signings have seemingly settled in already...

Santos 0 Vasco Da Gama 1 Fagner Lemos on 35 minutes.
Bohemians 2 Crusaders 0 Harry Arter.
Monaco 2 Lyon 0 Mathieu Debuchy header.
Barcelona 2 Mallorca 0 Sergio Busquets freekick.

League leaders Barca powering their way to yet another three points it seems...

and back now to St James Park for another goal report from Ned...which way has it gone Ned...

Manchester City's continual pressing has finally paid off after more good work by their midfield setup Sergio Aguero who didn't miss to make it

Newcastle 1 Man City 2

after 36 minutes.

Liverpool 1 Fulham 2 Santi Cazorla on 37 minutes as Fulham come from behind.
Banstead 3 Blackpool 0 Harry Bunn.
Genk 1 Anderlecht 0 Dan Sturridge freekick.
Cagliari 1 Parma 0 Yoann Gourcuff.

Genk ahead in their big test against a strong Anderlecht side...

Metz 0 Marseille 3 Gael Andonian header on 38 minutes.
PSV 1 Feyenoord 0 Marco Van Ginkel.

and there has been another goal in the Premiership this time at Watford so lets go over to Jake to get an update, an important goal this one Jake...

Yes the second goal of any game is often crucial in these top games and this one has again gone to the home side, Watford are on fire this week after being below par last week, and Harry Kane has struck again this time from the penalty spot, to make it

Watford 2 Arsenal 0

on 38 minutes and it's no less than they deserve...

AC Milan 1 Cremonese 0 Keisuke Honda on 38 mnutes.
Ruzomberok 2 Slovan Bratislava 0 Juraj Kucka.

Coventry 3 Portsmouth 0 Tomas Pekhart with his second on 39 minutes.
Monaco 3 Lyon 0 Nathan Sinkala.
Gornik 3 Warsaw 0 Dominik Furman.

Berlin 1 Hamburg 1 Michael Frey on 40 minutes.
Real Betis 2 Racing Santander 0 Miralem Pjanic with his second.

Anderlecht have had Stijn Schaars sentoff to further compound their woe...

Flamengo 1 Fluminense 1 Diego Ribas on 41 minutes.
Ipswich 0 Stoke City 1 Manuel Lanzini.
Juventus 0 Lazio 1 Thiago Alcantara.

Bad blow for Juve just before half time...

Liverpool 2 Fulham 2 Carlos Tevez on 42 minutes.
Ajax 3 Sittard 0 Ouasim Bouy.
Porto 2 Benfica 1 Felipe De Almeida header.

Cracking game at Anfield this week where Liverpool seem to be edging it slightly despite the scoreline...

Gremio 2 Ponte Preta 0 Yevhen Konoplyanka on 43 minutes.
AC Milan 2 Cremonese 0 Ivan Rakitic.

Good time to score just before the break...

Oldham 1 Wolves 1 Angelo Henriquez on 44 minutes.
Norwich 3 Preston 0 Wilfried Bony penalty.
Monaco 4 Lyon 0 Andre Gignac.
St Johnstone 1 Aberdeen 0 George Evans.

and the ref blows for the halftime break, we'll be back after these notices from our sponsors with all the action from the second half...

Absolute stinker of a first half.  Charlton losing and the other two drawing, although Fluminense do have a tough game this week so a draw there is a good result to be honest.  Nantes and Charlton really need to step their game up second half....

All looking good at half time.....let's see if it lasts!!

Okay the players are back out and the ref blows his whistle to get the second half underway...

Liverpool 2 Fulham 3 Ryan Bertrand on 48 minutes.
Bordeaux 1 Nantes 0 Gaetan Laborde.
Ruzomberok 3 Slovan Bratislava 0 Marko Pjaca header.

and another goal has gone in at Newcastle so lets go back to Ned the get the details...

City have again been caught pushing too far forward as a quick breakout brings joy to the home side after Xherdan Shaqiri blasts home an equaliser on 48 minutes to make it

Newcastle 2 Man City 2

Boca 0 River Plate 1 Patito Rodriguez on 49 minutes.
Monaco 5 ( five ) Lyon 0 Nathan Sinkala freekick.

There has definitely been a power shift in Argentina this season with River Plate seemingly taking over top dog spot from the normally irrepressable but now managerless Boca Juniors...

Nantes managed to turn themselves into absolute dog shite despite no team changes over the last couple of weeks?  

Torino 1 Napoli 0 Claudio Morra on 49 minutes.
Barcelona 3 Mallorca 0 Sergio Carnicer header.