Soccer Mania

AZ Alkmaar 6 VVV Venlo 1 (Eredivisie, January 29, 2011) Kolbeinn Sightorsson scored a hat-trick within 26 minutes. Ahmed Musa pulled a goal back for VVV before the break. But a further brace from Sigthorsson and another from Johann Gudmundsson completed the rout. All 5 Kolbeinn Sigthorsson goals are on this video .

Lille 1 Lens 0 (Ligue 1, January 29, 2011) Midway through the second half a quick fire-passing move was expertly flicked into the net by Tulio De Melo to send Lille four points clear of PSG in Ligue 1.

Catania 0 AC Milan 2 (Serie A, January 29, 2011) The Serie A leaders looked up against it when Mark van Bommel was sent off on his league debut for two bookable offences but just before the hour Robinho opened the scoring after a Zlatan free-kick had been parried out. The win was completed with five minutes left, Zlatan Ibrahimovic tapping home number two from a Robinho cross.

Arles-Avignon 1 PSG 2 (Ligue 1, January 29, 2011) Mevlut Erdinc chipped home the opener on 18. Erdinc added the second four minutes after the break after a fine breakaway involving Giuly. Deme NDiaye reduced the deficit with a sensational volley into the top corner. Caen 2 Auxerre 0 (Ligue 1, January 29, 2011) Benjamin Nivet and Kandia Traore were on the scoresheet in the second half.

Levante 2 Getafe 0 (La Liga, January 29, 2011) Valdo (47) and Felipe Caicedo (54 clever chip) pushed Levante off the bottom of La Liga and up to 18th.

A cupset looked on the cards on the stroke of half-time when Richard Chaplow burst into the Manchester United box and hammered a shot past Lindegaard to put Southampton 1-up. Southampton: Bialkowski, Butterfield, Fonte, Seaborne, Harding, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Schneiderlin, Chaplow, Do Prado, Lambert, Barnard. Subs: Davis, Richardson, Dickson, Martin, Gobern, Doble, NGuessan. Man Utd: Lindegaard, OShea, Evans, Smalling, Fabio Da Silva, Gibson, Anderson, Scholes, Obertan, Hernandez, Owen. Subs: Kuszczak, Brown, Berbatov, Rooney, Giggs, Nani, Bebe.

Malmo 1 Spartak Moscow 2 (Friendly, January 29, 2011) Molins opener for Malmo was cancelled out by an og by Halsti and a second from Dzubya .