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Some cracking goals in the Champions League on match day 4. Ryan Babel's late long range effort against Lyon looked to have locked up three points for Liverpool against Lyon but it was not to be.

A late equalizer from Marius Onofras of Unirea Urziceni against Rangers kept his team in the poll position to move on – postage stamp corner stuff. Ronaldinho  showed how to take an unsaveable penalty when he equalized for Milan against Real Madrid.

As far as the Bolton defense was concerned John Carew was unplayable on Saturday. Aston Villa thrashed Bolton 5-1 and the Norwegian striker contributed a goal, two assists and was fouled for a penalty that eventually led to a goal.

Shoot out of the weekend must have been Lyon against Marseille at the Stade Gerland. Ten

The regular Monday blog entry should be up and firing on all cylinders next week. As it is, I can only provide an abbreviated version this time around. I watched four Premier League games on Saturday but wasn’t able to catch the two Sunday games due to travel arrangements. They are recorded so they will not be missed – just delayed.

I had to head to Los Angeles on Sunday to get ready for the Champions League that starts this Tuesday on FSC and other Fox channels in the USA. The normal schedule will have me travelling on Mondays and helping with the pre, half time and post game Champions League shows.

There will also be pieces recorded for inclusion in the FSR on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when a  Champions League week comes around – which is 17 times a season if

<sup>The start of the new Premier League season is only days away and over the next five days I will preview all twenty clubs. It is an opportunity to stick your own neck out as well. Criticize my picks and the picks of others as much as you like – but be ready to back up your statements with your own predicted finishes. No trolling – instant red card.  You can also predict the first manager to leave their post as well as the three teams that will come up from the Championship.

Prediction contest rules are:
1. Five points for every exact finishing position predicted correctly.</sup>

^{2. Bonus points for correctly predicting the following:
           Champion 25 points
           Runner}