Season 29 Week 8 processing...

And the ref blows for halftime...we'll be back after a short break to bring you all the action from the second half...

Quite a bit of thunder and lightning around here at the moment but if I disappear for awhile don't worry cos just like Arnie I'll be back...

the ref gets the second half underway...

Fiorentina 0 Ancona 1 Stephen El Shaarawy on 47 minutes.

Fluminense 1 Palmeiras 0 Gustavo Scarpa on 48 minutes.
Arsenal 2 Man City 1 Luke Shaw.
Charlton 4 Man United 1 Mohamed Salah freekick.
Soton 1 Wednesday 1 Dusan Tadic header.
Torino 0 Juventus 1 Gonzalo Higuain.

Nacional 3 Porteno 0 Facundo Waller on 49 minutes.
Chelsea 2 Wolves 1 Fernando Forestieri pulls one back.
Blackburn 0 Spurs 2 Robert Kenedy.
Monaco 2 Bordeaux 1 Nathan Sinkala.
Bilbao 0 Barcelona 3 Jordi Alba.

Flamengo 3 Goias 0 Alvaro Dominguez header on 50 minutes.
Real Madrid 2 Deportivo 0 James Rodriguez.

Botafogo 1 Santos 1 Givanildo Hulk on 51 minutes.
Birmingham 2 Liverpool 0 Emerson Palmieri.
Leicester 1 Stoke 1 Siem De Jong.
Everton 2 Norwich 1 Wayne Rooney.

Soton 2 Wednesday 1 Filip Duricic on 52 minutes.
Inter Milan 1 Cremonese 1 Filippo Mancini.
Mouloudia 0 Benfica 1 Renato Sanches.

Watford 3 Aston Villa 0 Christian Eriksen on 53 minutes.

Looks like being an excellent week for the Premiership leaders...

Nantes 2 Lens 0 Alex Teixeira on 54 minutes.

Shamrock 2 Dundalk 0 Vlad Dragomir on 55 minutes.
Plymouth 1 Newcastle 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Napoli 3 Parma 1 Luca Garritano with his second to extend Napoli's lead.
Inter Milan 2 Cremonese 1 Josip Drmic.
Bilbao 0 Barcelona 4 Sergio Carnicer makes it four nil as Barca fire back to top form of old.
Real Madrid 3 Deportivo 0 Leon Goretzka not to be outdone and close on their heels.

Birmingham 3 Liverpool 0 Stevan Jovetic on 56 minutes.
Chelsea 3 Wolves 1 Willian Borges.
Leicester 1 Stoke 2 Guido Carrillo.
Everton 3 Norwich 1 Scott Sinclair.

Banstead 1 Leeds 0 Tyler Blackett on 57 minutes.
Lazio 2 Cagliari 1 Danilo D'Ambrosio header makes it much closer.
Torino 0 Juventus 2 Gonzalo Higuain.

Fulham 2 Palace 0 Alvaro Negredo on 58 minutes.
Bayern 2 Schalke 1 Mario Gotze has put bayern back in front in this crucial must win game. Thriller.
Genk 3 Mechelen 1 Robert Lewandowski header.

Plymouth 2 Newcastle 1 Raheem Sterling on 59 minutes. Mercurial wizard.
Blackburn 0 Spurs 3 Samir Nasri.
Ajax 2 PSV 1 Klaas Huntelaar restores nornal service.

Fluminense 2 Palmeiras 0 Silva Walace header on 60 minutes.
Stirling 0 Hearts 1 Jason Holt.

Everton 4 Norwich 1 Wayne Rooney enjoying himself against the ten men on 61 minutes.
Fiorentina 1 Ancona 1 Wesley Sneijder.
Malaga 1 Valencia 1 Celso Borges.

Bayern 2 Schalke 2 Julian Draxler levels things again on 62 minutes with Bayern starting to tire.
Ajax 2 PSV 2 Lesly De Sa.
Ruzomberok 2 Sparta Prague 0 Koo Ja-Cheol.
Real Madrid 4 Deportivo 0 Gerard Pique as Rich's team tweaks look like paying ample dividends.

Nantes 3 Lens 0 Fabinho Tavares header on 63 minutes.
Inter Milan 2 Cremonese 2 Andrea Brighenti levels things.

Shamrock 3 Dundalk 0 Elias Fernandes on 64 minutes.
Shelbourne 0 Cherry 2 Nathan Delfouneso.
Fulham 3 Palace 0 Santi Cazorla penalty turning up the aggression is not always the best choice.
Monaco 3 Bordeaux 1 Lazar Markovic.

Soton 3 Wednesday 1 Filip Duricic on 65 minutes.
Lazio 2 Cagliari 2 Yoann Gourcuff.

Sao Paulo 3 Vasco 1 Jean Chera on 66 minutes.
Bayern 2 Schalke 3 as Luis Suarez puts the Champs in front for the first time in the game.
Hamburg 1 Leverkusen 0 Andelko Savic header.

Malaga 2 Valencia 1 Sergio Oliveira on 67 minutes this would be a good scalp for the new guy at Malaga.

Coleraine 1 Bohemians 1 Jordy De Wijs header on 69 minutes levels things.
Banstead 2 Leeds 0 Andrew Tutte.

Blackburn 0 Spurs 4 Lucas Piazon on 70 minutes good away day against a good side.
Bayern 3 Schalke 3 Franck Ribery penalty as the pressure mounts in Munich. Still anybody's.
Lazio 3 Cagliari 2 Ante Rebic. Thriller.