Football

Beckham, former Manchester United star striker, said Bale is only going to improve after playing with a group of stars at the Spanish capital.

Fernando doubled City's lead from close range in the 40th and David Silva turned in Stevan Jovetic's low strike on 77.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will be out for at least eight weeks because of a hamstring injury.

Tevez scored two and set up another as Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 away to reach the Champions League quarterfinals with a 5-1 aggregate victory.

"I think it was disrespectful. Right now we're celebrating and we think Arsenal did not show enough respect during the first leg," said Jardim.

Goals haven't come easy for Borussia Dortmund lately, and wins over Juventus at home are ever rarer.

Manchester United convincingly beat Tottenham Hotspur to open up a six-point gap between the teams in the race for Champions League qualification.

PSG survived the early sending-off of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to battle to a 2-2 draw after extra time and reach the last eight of Champions League.

Mueller notched two goals, while Boateng, Ribery, Badstuber, Lewandowski and Goetze added one apiece as the German champions matched their biggest home win.

Pogba scored a sublime goal to break Sassuolo's determined resistance and give his side a 1-0 win which sent them 11 points clear at the top of Serie A.

With a 2-0 lead from the first leg in Germany, at least the pressure should be off the champions in the second leg against Schalke on Tuesday.

Welbeck, who joined the Londoners in September after his United career stalled, pounced on a horrendous back pass by Antonio Valencia in the 61st minute to send the holders through.

Barcelona capitalized on Real Madrid's latest slip to move one point ahead with the fierce rivals set to meet at Camp Nou in two weeks.

Chelsea got back to the bread and butter of churning out Premier League points with Eden Hazard's header sealing a 1-0 victory at London rivals West Ham United.

Cristiano Ronaldo gave Madrid the lead in the 52nd minute but they conceded a goal to Villarreal striker Gerard Moreno.

Arsenal defeated Everton as Olivier Giroud scored to put his nightmare midweek performance behind him and the Gunners closed in on second-place Manchester City.