City win Manchester derby
Goalless at the Bridge
Forest Green take points
Celtic punish Dons
Africa Cup of Nations
Dawson blow for Spurs
Manchester United were surprisingly beaten 2-1 at Old Trafford by city rivals Manchester City on an afternoon where the Munich air disaster victims were remembered with an impeccably observed minute’s silence. Darius Vassell gave the visitors the lead and this was doubled through a Benjani Mwaruwari header on his debut. Michael Carrick grabbed a consolation for United in injury time. City’s win saw them complete the first league double over their arch-rivals for the first time since the 1969/70 season.
Chelsea and Liverpool played out a drab goalless draw at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool now lie fifth and Chelsea sit five points behind leaders Arsenal.
In the Blue Square Premier, Forest Green Rovers beat Crawley Town 1-0.
Celtic moved to within four points of Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 1-5 victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie. Shunsuke Nakamura, Aiden McGeady and Scott McDonald (2) were on the scoresheet. Lee Miller struck a consolation for the hosts but Barry Robson netted on his Celtic debut to complete the rout.
Mohamed Aboutrika scored the only goal of the game as Egypt beat Cameroon to claim their sixth Africa Cup of Nations success. The winning goal was the 99th of the tournament, which produced more goals than any other Nations Cup.
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Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson may be sidelined for up to three weeks with a thigh injury after limping off after only 14 minutes of his club’s 0-3 victory over Derby County at Pride Park yesterday.
Nathan Davies