Stoke City vs Wigan Athletic Highlights: EPL (12.12.09)

Stoke came from behind twice to earn a point at home to Wigan but had goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen to thank for saving an 89th-minute Hugo Rodallega penalty.

Emmerson Boyce’s early header was canceled out by Tuncay Sanli’s first goal for the Potters in the first half.

Maynor Figueroa scored one of the goals of the season with a 72nd-minute free-kick from inside his own half but, just within two minutes Ryan Shawcross equalized with a header and then Sorensen saved from the spot

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Chelsea vs Everton Highlights: EPL (12.12.09)

Chelsea’s below-par defending from set-pieces threatens to wreck their title ambitions as they drew 3-3 with Everton and failed to win for the fourth game in a row.

The Blues have now conceded an unbelievable ten goals in their last four games and all three Everton strikes arrived courtesy of a Chelsea defence that looked clueless at free kicks and throw-ins.

Everton became the first team this season to leave the Bridge with any reward but Chelsea should have put this game beyond the Toffees long before half-time. The Blues are now just three points clear of Manchester United who take on Aston Villa later tonight.

Everton took a shock lead in the 12th minute when a Louis Saha header off a Leighton Baines free-kick hit the post and rebounded into the net off the back of Petr Cech.

But Chelsea fought back and goals from Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka put the Blues in front only for substitute Ayegbeni Yakubu to pounce from a throw-in to equalise in first-half injury time.

Drogba restored Chelsea’s lead but another blunder from a free-kick allowed Drogba’s attempted clearance to bounce off the back of Saha to make it 3-3 and cost the blues some valuable points.

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Inter Milan vs Rubin Kazan Highlights: UEFA Champions League

Samuel Eto’o fired Inter Milan to a 2-0 win over Rubin Kazan that puts them in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Eto’o ended his goalscoring drought in the competition this season when he scored in the 31st minute to give the Italians the lead.

Mario Balotelli’s powerful free-kick made it 2-0 shortly after the hour mark. Rubin never gave up and were unfortunate not to come back into the game in a dominant display in second half, but just could not find their way to goal and have to settle for a place in the Europa League as consolation.

Inter finished second in Group F, two points behind leaders Barcelona, who won 2-1 at Dynamo Kiev.

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Standard Liege vs AZ Alkmaar Highlights: UEFA Champions League

Standard Liege goalkeeper Sinan Bolat headed an equaliser five minutes into injury-time as they snatched a place in the Europa League from opponents AZ Alkmaar in the dying seconds of their Group H Champions League clash.

With the referee moments from blowing his whistle, Hector Moreno fouled Marcos Camozzato to hand the Belgian side a free-kick, which Bolat headed home in a dramatic finish to this contest..

When Bolat went up for the set-piece, Standard were trailing and would have finished bottom of the standings, with the Eredivisie side lining up in Europe’s second competition instead. But the goal changed the whole equation.

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