Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Lille on Tuesday in the Champions League was marred by crowd incidents and a contentious goal. Real Madrid, however, helped ease the pressure on its coach by beating Bayern Munich 3-2. Also, PSV Eindhoven beat Arsenal 1-0 and Celtic held AC Milan to a 0-0 in the other first leg matches of the second round.

Chelsea cut Manchester United’s advantage atop the Premier League to three points on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Charlton. Frank Lampard scored with a long-range shot to take defending champion Chelsea to 57 points, although Manchester United may restore the gap to six when it plays at Tottenham on Sunday.

Andriy Shevchenko and Frank Lampard each scored twice as Chelsea routed Wycombe 4-0 for a place in the final of the English League Cup on Tuesday. Shevchenko hadn’t scored in his 10 previous appearances for Chelsea, and has reportedly fallen out with manager Jose Mourinho, partly because of his friendship with owner Roman Abramovich.

A British government committee criticised the spiraling costs of the London 2012 Olympics and called for greater transparency from organisers on finances to ensure continued public support. While accepting costs would rise, the report released on Wednesday said it was ”vital that public confidence” was maintained.

Manchester United’s lead in the Premier League was cut to two points on Sunday after they lost to West Ham 1-0 and Chelsea came back to beat Everton 3-2. Nigel Reo-Coker scored the winning goal in the 75th minute at Upton Park, giving Alan Curbishley a winning start as West Ham manager.

Feyenoord and Paris Saint-Germain — two clubs whose last Uefa Cup matches were marred by violence — reached the round of 32 in Europe’s second-tier competition on Wednesday, and were joined by Ajax, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Celta Vigo and Fenerbahce.

Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to maintain a seven-year unbeaten streak against its north London rival. Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring and Gilberto Silva scored from two debated penalties in the first north London derby at Emirates Stadium.

Manchester United maintained their three-point lead over Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Everton. The Blues also won — beating Bolton 1-0 at the Reebok Stadium. But Arsenal suffered their fourth loss away from home, falling 2-1 to Fulham and finishing with 10 men.

Arsenal jumped to third in the English Premier League and extended Liverpool’s poor away form with a 3-0 win on Sunday. Mathieu Flamini, Kolo Toure and William Gallas scored to help Arsenal rise three places. Liverpool’s title hopes faded further with the defeat. This was its fifth league loss — and all have been away from its Anfield home.