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Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick during the Champions League match against Auxerre.

Liverpool was angered that Gerrard played almost all of Wednesday's 2-1 friendly loss to France.

Gareth Bale's double helped Tottenham down Blackburn 4-2 to end it's losing streak.

Milan has 23 points, Lazio 22, Napoli 21, while Inter dropped to fourth after a 1-1 draw at Lecce.

Asamoah Gyan clinched a 1-1 draw for Sunderland.

Fiorentina and Bari are 15th and 16th in the standings with eight points each.

Rooney also praised the Manchester United manager, speaking of the 'debt' he owes to the Scot.

France has six points and Blanc's team is one point ahead of Albania and Belarus.

The five-times European champions owe 237 million pounds to their major creditors Royal Bank of Scotland.

Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson to be appointed as the manager of Leicester.

But Tottenham returned to domestic action by coming from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1.

United now sits top of Group C after being held to a 0-0 draw in its opening game.

AC Milan beat Genoa 1-0 while Inter Milan lost by a solitary goal to AS Roma.

Chelsea would look to maintain its perfect domestic record when it hosts Blackpool.

Theo Walcott is set to be out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury which he sustained during England's 3-1 win over Switzerland.

Wayne Rooney scored in the 10th minute as England defeat Switzerland 3-1.