Football: Wednesday night’s Champions League and Premier League action

Manchester United attempt to get their title hopes back on track against West Ham and over on the continent Olympiakos host Bordeaux and Barcelona visit Stuttgart
  
  


Wednesday football: Antonio Valencia tries to go past Jonathan Spector and Alessandro Diamanti
United's Antonio Valencia tries to hold off the attentions of the Hammers' Alessandro Diamanti, left, and Jonathan Spector
Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Photograph: Michael Regan/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: West Ham's James Tomkins tackles Man United's Wayne Rooney
West Ham's James Tomkins gets a foot to the ball to deny Wayne Rooney
Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Photograph: Michael Regan/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: Anderson is injured
The pain is evident on the face of Anderson, as a United physios assesses the damage to his knee after he over stretched playing a pass. It was serious enough for him to be substituted
Photograph: Jon Super/AP Photograph: Jon Super/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: Wayne Rooney opens the scoring against West Ham
With seven minutes to go in the first half, Wayne Rooney powers home a header to open the scoring Photograph: Neal Simpson/Empics Sport
Wednesday football: Wayne Rooney scores his, and United's, second goal
Seventeen minutes later an unmarked Rooney bags his, and United's, second as he powers home another header Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Wednesday football: A mouse on the Old Trafford pitch
For once Paul Scholes isn't the smallest individual on the Old Trafford pitch Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
Wednesday football: West Ham's Robert Green pounces on the ball ahead of United's Ji-Sung Park
West Ham keeper goalkeeper Robert Green pounces on the ball as United's Ji-Sung Park closes in Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Wednesday football: Michael Owen celebrates scoring United's third goal
With 12 minutes left Michael Owen comes on for Berbatov and within two minutes has made it 3-0 with a tidy clipped finish over Robert Green Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Wednesday football: Cacau scores
In the Champions League in Stuttgart, 25 minutes into the first half, Khedira whips in a cross from the right which evades Puyol and Cacau is there to power home a header past Valdes and give Stuttgart the lead
Photograph: Bernd Weissbrod/EPA Photograph: Bernd Weissbrod/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: Charles Puyol, Rafael Marquez, Sergio Busquets tackle Cacau
After opening the scoring Cacau finds himself getting a bit more attention from the Barcelona players Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images
Wednesday football: Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring the equaliser
Seven minutes into the second half and Barcelona are level. Ibrahimovic finds himself 10 years out with the ball at his feet and fires a shot goalwards which Lehmann does well to block but the ball rebounds kindly and the Barcelona forward prods the ball home Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
Wednesday football: Barcelona's Gerard Pique gives some advice to the officials
Barcelona's Gerard Pique offers some advice to the officials, after a couple of decisions didn't go Barca's way. It wasn't their day as the game finished 1-1
Photograph: Johannes Eisele/Reuters Photograph: Johannes Eisele/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: Bordeaux's Mark Planus and Olympiacos' Lomana Lualua battle for the ball
It's a tight affair over in Greece, as Bordeaux's Mark Planus, right, attempts to drive forward despite the close attention of Olympiacos' Lomana Lualua Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Wednesday football: Bordeaux's Ludovic Sane screams out after fouled by Olympiacos' Raoul Bravo
Bordeaux's Ludovic Sane screams out after being on the wrong end of a late challenge by Olympiacos' Raoul Bravo Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Wednesday football: Bordeaux's Ciani scores against Olympiakos
On the stroke of half time Michael Ciani rises up and gives Bordeaux the lead Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Wednesday football: Bordeaux's Ludovic Sane and Olympiacos' Ieroklis Stoltidis
Bordeaux's Ludovic Sane screams out in pain again, this time after a challenge with Olympiacos' Ieroklis Stoltidis
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Aris Messinis/guardian.co.uk
Wednesday football: Bordeaux's Fernando fights for the ball with Olympiacos' Vasilis Torosidis
Bordeaux's Fernando fights for the ball with Olympiacos' Vasilis Torosidis. The final score was 1-0 to Bordeaux Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
 

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