Blackburn Rovers are having an excellent start to their Championship campaign, leading the table after six games and looking to get back into the premier league next season. This situation brought plenty of joy for their manager, Steve Kean, who credited his two strikers, Nuno Gomes and Jordan Rhodes' fine form as the key to their current success.

Chelsea were expecting to kick off their Champions League campaign with a victory, but left disappointed after only able to pick up a point against Juventus on Wednesday. Manager, Roberto Di Matteo, rues their inability to defend a two goals lead against the Italian giant, but admit that his side were facing a quality opponent.

Having been out from the Champions League for two seasons, Juventus are finally back this year. This condition gives plenty of excitement for their players, who believes that this competition has always been Juve's playing ground.

Manchester United started their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Galatasaray, but manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that his team's opponent were playing an impressive style of football.

Defending champions Chelsea might not started their Champions League in a winning way after surrendering two goals lead against Juventus in midweek, but the Blues' summer signing, Eden, still confident over his side's chances in reclaiming the trophy.

Bayern Munich's Executive Board chairman, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is delighted with his team's 2-1 victory over Valencia in their Champions League opening tie but still believe some improvements should be done by the Bavarian.

Top Asian teams are already starting their knock out battles in the AFC Champions League as the competition already reached its quarter finals stage. Plenty of goals occurred in the quarter finals, much to the delight of Asian football enthusiast.

Fulham boss, Martin Jol, couldn't hide his concern over the current injury that struck his midfielder Mahamadou Diarra.  The Dutch tactician admitted that Diarra might be ruled out until the end of season should the player's knee injury turned out to be worse than expected.

Gerard Pique's injury during Barcelona's 3-2 win over Spartak Moscow in the Champions League add more woes to the Catalan side's defensive problem as they already lose Carles Puyol, who isn't expected to return until November.

Darren Fletcher who has been out for quite a while, finally made his come back for Manchester United, coming from the bench to  help out his team grabbing a 1-0 victory over Galatasaray in the Champions League.

Hearts manager John McGlynn gives his pre-match press conference before the SPL match against Dundee United at Tannadice this Saturday.

Chelsea stars David Luiz and Petr Cech have hailed new signing Oscar, after the young Brazilian scored twice on his full debut in the UEFA Champions League against Serie A champions Juventus.