Champions League 
/ Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 15 February 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Cheers mate. Peter Crouch thanks Aaron Lennon for handing him a priceless goal on a plate
"Gattuso’s behaviour will be the least of Harry Redknapp’s worries though and the win makes them 1.35 favourites to qualify and 18.0 to go on and win the competition."
Spurs are in pole position to make the last eight of the Champions League while Schalke and Valencia drew in Spain...
Tottenham took a huge step towards qualifying for the quarter finals of the Champions League by beating AC Milan 1-0 in Italy tonight. They were matched at 9.8 In-Play just before Peter Crouch side-footed Aaron Lennon's square pass into the back of the net after the winger had gone on a fantastic run down the right. Crouch was matched at [15.5] to open the scoring and was one of several Spurs players who had a fine game. The 1-0 win meant big payouts for those who had backed the north London outfit to win by that scoreline at [20.0] and to keep a clean sheet at [6.8].
It was an exciting game of football but one that had plenty of controversy as well. Former Arsenal man Mathieu Flamini was lucky to escape a red card for a reckless challenge on Vedran Corluka, which saw the Croatian international stretchered off and likely to miss quite a few upcoming matches. Gennaro Gattuso, always a tempestuous character who was booked for a dangerous tackle on Steven Pienaar and will miss the return leg, confronted Spurs assistant manager Joe Jordan during the match and appeared to head-butt him after the final whistle; further sanctions will surely follow and it's likely the Italy international will receive some sort of ban in addition to his one-match suspension.
Gattuso's behaviour will be the least of Harry Redknapp's worries though and the win makes them [1.35] favourites to qualify and [18.0] to go on and win the competition.
Over in Spain Valencia missed out on a good chance to take an advantage into the second leg. They went 1-0 up but allowed Raul, of all people, to grab an equaliser and put Schalke in a good position to qualify for the quarters, which they are 1.6 to do. Raul spent almost a decade and a half at Valencia's rivals Real Madrid and scored plenty of goals against them over the years. He was matched at [6.8] to score one tonight whilst the draw was matched at [6.8] and 1-1 at [10.0].
Barcelona, who face Arsenal tomorrow night, are the favourites to win this year's edition of the Champions League at [2.96].
Spurs are in pole position to make the last eight of the Champions League while Schalke and Valencia drew in Spain......
Arsenal and Barcelona should produce another enthralling match at the Emirates on Wednesday, says Tobias Gourlay....
This was a cracking match when these two played last year in the very same competition and we could have another really good game this time round. How are the teams likely to line up, where will the game be...
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