MILAN - In-form Samuel Eto'o bagged a hat-trick to help injury-hit holders Inter Milan rip apart a dreadful Werder Bremen 4-0 in their Champions League Group A match here yesterday.
The Cameroon striker, quiet in his first season at Inter last term as they won the treble, has been outstanding so far this campaign and took his goal tally in all competitions to 11 with three clinical finishes.
Esteban Cambiasso won a challenge in midfield and Eto'o looked to have taken too heavy a touch off his knee but prodded the ball between Tim Wiese's legs for the 21st minute opener.
He then took advantage of extraordinarily lax Werder defending to convert Lucio's ball over the top before playing provider for Wesley Sneijder to make it three in the 34th minute. Eto'o rounded the keeper nine minutes from time for his third.
- Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur celebrated their first Champions League win as they beat FC Twente 4-1 in a frantic game of three penalties and one sending off at rainswept White Hart Lane.
It was a bittersweet night for Tottenham's new Dutch signing Rafael van der Vaart who missed the first penalty after 41 minutes, fired Spurs ahead after 47 and was then sent off for a second yellow card after 61 minutes.
Roman Pavlyuchenko put Spurs 2-0 ahead with his first penalty after 50 minutes, Twente pulled one back through Nacer Chadli six minutes later before Pavlyuchenko scored his second penalty of the night to make it 3-1 eight minutes later.
Gareth Bale added the fourth goal five minutes from time to seal an impressive win for the London club.
- Javier Hernandez came off the bench to snatch a 1-0 win for Manchester United at Valencia in their Group C match.
In an uninspiring game with few clear chances, the Mexican striker swept Federico Macheda's low cross past Cesar Sanchez in the 85th minute.
Strikers Dimitar Berbatov for United and Roberto Soldado for the home side cut lonely figures up front, although Berbatov forced a smart save from Sanchez when through on the Valencia keeper soon after halftime.
- Other results of matches played yesterday are: FC Copenhagen 2, Panathinaikos 0; Rangers 1, Bursaspor 0; Schalke 04 2, Benfica 0; Lyon 3, Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1.
Eto'o Inter's hero with three goals
MILAN - In-form Samuel Eto'o bagged a hat-trick to help injury-hit holders Inter Milan rip apart a dreadful Werder Bremen 4-0 in their Champions League Group A match here yesterday.
The Cameroon striker, quiet in his first season at Inter last term as they won the treble, has been outstanding so far this campaign and took his goal tally in all competitions to 11 with three clinical finishes.
Esteban Cambiasso won a challenge in midfield and Eto'o looked to have taken too heavy a touch off his knee but prodded the ball between Tim Wiese's legs for the 21st minute opener.
He then took advantage of extraordinarily lax Werder defending to convert Lucio's ball over the top before playing provider for Wesley Sneijder to make it three in the 34th minute. Eto'o rounded the keeper nine minutes from time for his third.
It was a bittersweet night for Tottenham's new Dutch signing Rafael van der Vaart who missed the first penalty after 41 minutes, fired Spurs ahead after 47 and was then sent off for a second yellow card after 61 minutes.
Roman Pavlyuchenko put Spurs 2-0 ahead with his first penalty after 50 minutes, Twente pulled one back through Nacer Chadli six minutes later before Pavlyuchenko scored his second penalty of the night to make it 3-1 eight minutes later.
Gareth Bale added the fourth goal five minutes from time to seal an impressive win for the London club.
In an uninspiring game with few clear chances, the Mexican striker swept Federico Macheda's low cross past Cesar Sanchez in the 85th minute.
Strikers Dimitar Berbatov for United and Roberto Soldado for the home side cut lonely figures up front, although Berbatov forced a smart save from Sanchez when through on the Valencia keeper soon after halftime.
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