European round-up: Mata settles Manchester Derby

Sport360 staff 01:42 27/10/2016
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Juan Mata’s second-half strike earned Manchester United a 1-0 win over holders Manchester City on Wednesday as Jose Mourinho’s side bounced back to reach the English Football League Cup quarter-finals.

Humiliated 4-0 by Mourinho’s former club Chelsea at the weekend, United got back to winning ways and claimed a measure of revenge for their 2-1 defeat by Pep Guardiola’s City in last month’s league derby.

The result at Old Trafford gave Mourinho only his third victory in 13 encounters with Guardiola, who has gone six games without victory for the first time in his glittering managerial career.

West Ham pulled off the biggest shock of the round with a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the first local derby at their new London Stadium.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte made seven changes from his side’s win over United and saw his team fall behind in the 11th minute to a superb Cheikhou Kouyate header.

Edimilson Fernandes added a second early in the second half and although Gary Cahill reduced the arrears in stoppage time, after substitute Eden Hazard had hit the post, it came too late.

Despite a heavy police presence inside and outside the former Olympic stadium, where there has been trouble involving West Ham fans in previous games, rival supporters clashed at the end of the game, with some throwing chairs.

Southampton beat Sunderland at St Mary’s courtesy of a fine 20-yard curler from former Lille winger Sofiane Boufal, who was making his full debut.

COPA DEL REY

Real Madrid cruised to a 7-1 victory over Cultural Leonesa in the first-leg of their Copa del Rey clash at the Estadio Municipal Reino de Leo.

Having gone ahead through an own goal, both Maro Asensio and Alvaro Morata scored braces, and there were goals too for Nacho and Mariano Diaz Mejia, as Los Blancos put themselves firmly in command of the last 32 tie.

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USA star Julian Green scored his first goal for Bayern Munich in their 3-1 domestic cup success over Augsburg.

SERIE A 

Juventus warmed up for their top-of-the-table clash with Napoli by beating Sampdoria 4-1 in Turin.

On Saturday the Bianconeri will lock horns with one of their fiercest Scudetto rivals at the Juventus Stadium and it was vital Massimiliano Allegri’s men went into the showdown in positive mood.

Mario Mandzukic and Giorgio Chiellini boosted confidence with early goals and, after struggling Samp responded through maiden scorer Patrik Schick, Bosnia’s Miralem Pjanic propelled Juve clear.

There was even enough room behind the visiting backline for defender Chiellini to add goal number four, further humiliating the Genoese club as they suffered a fourth away defeat of the new season.

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