ARSENAL’S CECH ‘ANGRY’ AFTER DERBY DEFEAT

Arsenal ‘keeper Petr Cech made no attempt to hide how “angry and disappointed” he felt after a 2-0 defeat by Tot tenham Hotspur on Sunday dealt a huge blow to the Gunners’ bid to qualify for the Champions League.

“I feel angry and disappointed because obviously this is not a game we wanted to lose and this is a very big disappointment for us,” Cech told Arsenal’s website

“It hurts because it was a huge game for both teams. They needed to win to keep their title chances alive. We needed to win to keep our Champions League finishing position [hopes] alive

“Obviously we are very disap pointed because it’s a north Lon don derby, it means a lot to the fans and it meant a lot to the club to us. We needed three points and in the end we have none.”

INDIA U-17 TEAM LOSES TO PORTUGAL’S ESTORIL

The India U-17 football team suffered a 1-4 defeat against Estoril in a practice match at the Jamor Stadium on Monday.

Montero, Velez, Bernardo and Andrade scored for the Portu guese club while Rahim Ali got a consolation goal for India in the 78th minute.

NAPOLI EYE SECOND SPOT POST INTER WIN

A first-half winner from Jose Callejon handed Napoli the points from a 1-0 win at Inter Milan on Sunday that closed the gap on Roma in second to a point

BALOTELLI STRIKES AS NICE DOWN PSG 3-1

Balotelli hit his 14th league goal of the season and Ricardo Pereira scored a cracker as Nice blew a big hole in Paris Saint Germain’s title defence with a 3-1 win on Sunday.

CELTA BEATEN AHEAD OF MAN UNITED VISIT

Celta Vigo were beaten for the fifth time in six La Liga games, going down 3-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday with the Galicians distracted by Thursday’s Europa League semifinal against Manchester United.