Football

Real Madrid will again look up to their impressive home record to stand up to the pressure and remain in the race for the La Liga title.

Both teams are in good form, with Arsenal coming through the hectic festive period on top of the EPL and Spurs winning 10 points from a possible 12 under Tim Sherwood.

Brendan Rodgers believed Wednesday's 2-0 success over Hull City was their best of the campaign.

Rooney missed the 1-0 win at Norwich City due to a groin injury. "We need to wait and see," Moyes told a news conference on Tuesday.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho will be sidelined at least four weeks with a right ankle injury.

West Brom are heading to India as part of their foundation programme, in association with Youth Football International (YFI), to scout, train and develop talent.

Gerrard could make his return to action against Hull in the Premier League on Wednesday after almost a month out with a hamstring injury.

Ozil suffered the injury in their 3-1 win over West Ham United on Thursday.

Shaarawy, who had already been out of action for a couple of months due to a fractured metatarsal in his right foot, suffered a recurrence of the injury.

Aaron Ramsey will miss the rest of the club's holiday fixtures after hobbling off with a muscle injury.

In 12 appearances this season the Uruguay striker has scored 19 goals to fire Liverpool to the top of the Premier League.

Liverpool went top of the table by beating Cardiff 3-1, Suarez scoring twice to take his season's tally to 19 goals from 12 matches.

The injury means the mop-haired Belgium midfielder could miss both legs of United's Champions League last-16 clash with Olympiakos Piraeus in February and March.

The Baggies had lost four straight league matches which led to Steve Clarke being dismissed as manager last week with the club mired in a relegation battle.

Bayern Munich capped the greatest year in club history by beating Raja Casablanca 2-0 to win its third Club World Cup.

Odafa Okolie regained his silken touch with a brace to hand Mohun Bagan a 3-1 win against an inform Pune FC in a round 16 I-League fixture.