UEFA Cup goals: Man City scrape past Midtjylland pn penalties; Aston Villa progress

FC Midtjylland 0 - Manchester City 1* (Agg. 1-1) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) City were seconds away from defeat but Midtjylland tragically conceded an own from American defender Danny Califf, before the visitors wrapped up the game on penalties. Joe Hart was impressive in goal in the shootout, saving two attempts ,before Vedran Corluka nailed their final penalty for a 4-2 advantage and a place in the main event.

Aston Villa 1 - Hafnarfjordur 1 (Agg. 5-2) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Craig Gardner put the home side ahead in the 27th minute, Atli Bjornsson tied the match three minutes later.

St. Patricks 2 - Elfsborg 1 (Agg. 4-3) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) The League of Ireland side looked to be heading out after Stefan Ishizaki put the visitors in front on 63 minutes, but late goals from Jason Gavin (86) and Mark Quigley (90) turned the tie on its head.

Gyor 1 - Stuttgart 4 (Agg. 2-6) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Goals from Martin Lanig (31), Thomas Hitzlsperger (41) and Mario Gomez (55,60) were enough to give the German side a 4-1 win on the night.

Hajduk Split 0 - Deportivo La Coruna 2 (Agg. 0-2) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Riki broke the deadlock in the tie on 42 minutes and Joan Verdu’s late penalty secured the win for the Spanish side. Both teams ended the game with 10 men after Julian de Guzman saw red for Deportivo and Andric was dismissed for Hajduk.

Rennes 2 - Stabaek 0 (Agg. 3-2) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Two goals from Jerome Leroy (38, 80) helped the Ligue 1 side overturn the first leg deficit to progress.

FC Moscow 2 - Legia Warsaw 0 (Agg. 6-1) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

Hertha Berlin 1 - Interblock 0 (Agg. 3-0) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Patrick Ebert scored the only goal of the game after just three minutes to send the Germans through.

Napoli 5 - Vllaznia 0 (Agg. 8-0) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Goals from Leandro Rinaudo (42, 54), Inacio Pia (52), Ezequiel Lavezzi (80) and Marek Hamsik (87) helped the Italian side complete an 8-0 aggregate rout.

Red Star Belgrade 3 - APOEL Nicosia 3* (Agg. 5-5) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

Cherno More Varna 2 - Maccabi Netanya 0 (Agg. 3-1) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Lothar Matthaus’s Netanya were behind within eight minutes as Alexander Alexandrov lobbed goalkeeper Liran Strauber from over 40 metres. Netanya pressed hard after the break but were caught on the counter-attack with 12 minutes left as substitute Ricardo Andre’s angled volley decided the game.

Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 - Vojvodina Novi Sad 0 (Agg. 3-0) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Yeboah gave Hapoel the initiative in the tie with a 29th-minute header following Abutbul’s centre. Vermouth then extended the lead on 58 minutes with a deflected shot from 25 metres before Abutbul completed the scoring from the penalty spot 14 minutes from time.

Debrecen 2 - Young Boys 3 (Agg. 3-7) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

Omonia Nicosia 2 - AEK Athens 2 (Agg. 5-4) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

Besiktas 4 - Siroki Brijeg 0 (Agg. 6-1) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

Zrinjski 0 - Braga 2 (Agg. 0-3) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008) Luís Aguiar’s long pass sent Cesar Peixoto clear to shoot past the Zrinjski goalkeeper, and late on Braga substitute Matheus put the result beyond doubt.

Kalmar 4 - AA Gent 0 (Agg. 5-2) (UEFA Cup, August 28, 2008)

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Blackburn 4 - Grimsby 1 (League Cup, August 27, 2008) A foul by debutant Carlos Villanueva allowed Mariners’ full back Tom Newey to step up and beat Blackburn’s deputy keeper James Brown. A 20-yard Villanueva curler levelled matters, before Matt Derbyshire gave Rovers the lead on 32 minutes. Derbyshire then turned provider for Brett Emerton for Blackburn’s third, before Derbyshire wrapped things up on 55 minutes.

Fulham 3 - Leicester 2 (League Cup, August 27, 2008) Zoltan Gera had given the home side a lead on the half-hour mark, Paul Dickov equalised a minute into the second half and Andy King put Nigel Pearson’s side ahead with a curler two minutes later. Jimmy Bullard struck an equaliser six minutes from time, before Danny Murphy claimed a last gasp winner.

West Ham 4 - Macclesfield 1 AET (League Cup, August 27, 2008)

Nottingham Forest 1 - Sunderland 2 AET (League Cup, August 27, 2008) Rob Earnshaw scored a fine free-kick on the hour mark to give Forest the lead. With four minutes remaining Phil Bardsley proved the most unlikely of heroes when he popped up in Forest’s box to convert El Hadji-Diouf’s cross-cum-shot from close range. David Healy found the winner in the first period of extra-time, when he snapped up the rebound after Grant Leadbitter’s shot was saved.

Huddersfield 1 - Sheffield United 2 (League Cup, August 27, 2008)

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Deportivo Jalapa 1 - San Francisco 0 (CONCACAF Champions League, August 28, 2008)

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Universidad Catolica 4 - Olimpia 0 (Copa Sudamericana, August 28, 2008)

Gremio 2 - Internacional 2 (Copa Sudamericana, August 28, 2008)