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| LONDON Aston Villa climbed back to fifth in the English Premier League yesterday as they beat Everton 3-2 thanks to an injury-time winner from Ashley Young. It had seemed that Everton had rescued a point with Joleon Lescott's second equaliser also in injury-time but presented with one more opportunity, Young finished emphatically. |
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| Juve grab late victory at Lecce injury-hit Milan beat Catania |
| ROME A last-gasp goal by Brazilian striker Amauri gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Lecce in the Italian Serie A yesterday while injury-ravaged AC Milan beat Catania 1-0 at the San Siro thanks to a Kaka goal. Amauri nodded home in the 90th minute after Lecce's Daniele Cacia had cancelled out a fine 57th-minute free-kick by Sebastian Giovinco. |
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| BERLIN Striker Mladen Petric scored twice in the first half to give Hamburg a 2-1 away win against Cologne and catch fourth-placed Hertha Berlin on 30 points in the German Bundesliga. Hamburg are fifth on goal difference. It was Hamburg's first Bundesliga away win in more than two months, coming days after Martin Jol's team qualified for the next stage of the UEFA... |
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| Henry tricks for Barca |
| MADRID Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick as Barcelona crushed Valencia 4-0 at the Nou Camp to move six points clear at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday. The France striker struck twice in the first half and added a third near the end of the match after Daniel Alves had made it 3-0 in the 46th minute. |
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| Champs Lyon suffer rare loss at Nantes |
| PARIS Ivan Klasnic's double strike helped struggling Nantes defeat seven-time champions Olympique Lyon 2-1 in French Ligue 1 on Saturday. The leaders opened the scoring just before halftime with a close-range shot by Frederic Piquionne but Klasnic equalised on 59 minutes after keeper Hugo Lloris could only parry an effort by David de Freitas. |
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