Wenger - miffed?

And so it’s happened. It was another glitzy affair, definitely up there with some of the most spectacularly entertaining Champions League draws of the last few years, including overblown montages, and an awkward conversation between Gianni Infantino and Emilio Butragueno - who, by the way, sounds rather like Christopher Walken when he speaks.

This is how it panned out (well done to 25 per cent of Spoiler readers who correctly called the Arsenal draw!):

Riera - wants out?

Deliberately attempting to get sacked isn’t as easy as it sounds. It’s a gradual process, which begins with a few late starts in a row, then slowly escalates through two hour lunches, flat refusal to attend meetings, then openly drinking pints at your desk. Even then, it might just be a written warning.

That’s when the violence starts.

One man really putting his back into his own “Project: Get Sacked” is Albert Riera at Liverpool. Just yesterday, it was reported that he’d been openly bitching about Rafa Benitez during an interview, and now it seems that he’s gone to Phase 2 - going berserk in training.

Fulham 4-1 Juventus

For those of you far to busy sloshing back massive glasses of red wine, whilst singing tearfully along with Nick Drake records to realise that there was football on television, you missed one of the goals of the season in the Fulham match. Highlights are above.

(Via 101 Great Goals)

The Chaaaampionzzz… da da da dah!

The Spoiler readers have proved rather wonderful at predicting football tournament draws. Last time around, both the United head-to-head with AC Milan, and Chelsea’s with Inter were both called in advance. So, let’s try again!

Who would you like to see Arsenal and Man United draw for the next stage in Europe? Let us know with a vote.

Taarabt - low blow

The big news from today’s showbusiness desks is that Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud has become more ladylike. They know this because she has a “grown up” hairstyle, and managed to navigate an entire nightclub without once grabbing herself and gurning at photographers. They grow up so fast, these pop stars.

Here’s what else we know, thanks to the likes of The Mirror, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Sun etc…

Also appearing on a computer near you 

A Chelsea dressing room tour (thanks to Spoiler reader, John Swaine)! 

The Real Madrid replacement managers REVEALED

[Daily Mail]

P.Diddy wants to buy Crystal Palace!

[Pies]

Footballers on crutches

[Kickette]

Vidic questions Rooney’s intelligence

[Dirty Tackle]

Drogba gets the cartoon treatment

[Studs Up]

New outfits for Arsenal

[Caught Offside]

Penalty goes in, arm goes out

It wasn’t so long ago that The Spoiler caught wind of a new penalty craze sweeping the football world. It involves a pre-shot dummy, followed by a good old fashioned thwack, and is known as a “paradinha” - which means “little stop” in Portuguese. It was suggested that “air kick” or “oxygen swipe” might fit quite nicely, but apparently not.

Anyway, as with all zany new tricks, there will be victims, and the first to feel the cold chill of humiliation is this Brazilian goalkeeper (above), who was so flummoxed by the move that his arm snapped back the wrong way.

Ouch.

(Spotted at Marca)

Look away, Andrey!

Well, it’s happened. As with so many fine discoveries, eventually something else will come along and blow it out of the water. Remember the revolutionary Sony Walkman? No, you probably don’t. Because you’ve moved on to a Discman. How’s that working out for you, Mr Futuristic Spaceman?

Anyway, the point is that for all that was beautiful and poignant about the Darius Vassell blog, he’s now been totally knocked off his perch by Arsenal’s dinky little in-house fashion guru, Andrey Arshavin. His is, quite definitely, the GREATEST football blog in the world. At the moment.

Here’s a little taster from his most recent post: