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Barca, Arsenal stroll through, United suffer
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-03 08:32
FIRST GOAL
United arrived in Paris, where Lille are playing their home matches due to
ground redevelopment, still in shock after a 4-1 weekend thrashing by
Middlesbrough.
Manchester United's
Rooney and Ferdinand walk off the pitch after their Champions League group
D soccer match loss against Lille at the Stade de France near Paris.
[Reuters] | Lille profited after 38 minutes when
Slovenian Milenko Acimovic raced through a hole in the centre of United's
defence and crashed the ball home to register the French team's first goal in
the Champions League this season.
United hit the bar in the second half but Lille could also have added to
their tally and Ferguson has much to ponder before Sunday's home match against
English champions Chelsea.
In the Nou Camp Barcelona scored in the opening minute and quickly swamped
their Greek opponents.
Dutchman Mark van Bommel lobbed them in front and Eto'o grabbed two either
side of 18-year-old Lionel Messi's effort to make it 4-0 at halftime.
Eto'o completed his hat-trick just past the hour with a beautifully curled
shot and with 10 points from their four matches, the Catalan club cannot fail to
finish in the top two in their group with the three other teams on four points.
One of those is German side Werder Bremen, who breathed life into their
campaign with an extraordinary 4-3 home win over Udinese.
The Italians recovered from 3-0 down early in the second half to level at 3-3
with three goals in six minutes before Johan Micoud's second of the night
clinched the points for the Germans.
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style
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Ferguson
backs players, blames pitch after Lille defeat
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Irresistible
Barca hit five past Panathinaikos
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