Shakhtar Donetsk are in the box seat to make the Champions League quarter-finals after a 3-2 away win against Roma on Wednesday.
Roma took a 28th-minute lead through Simone Perrotta, but the Ukrainian side hit straight back and produced three goals in a 13-minute burst to see them head back to Donetsk with the advantage.
Claudio Ranieri s side will have their work cut out trying to win in Ukraine, with Skakhtar unbeaten in their last 53 matches in all competitions at home. Their last loss at the Donbass Arena came in October 2008.
After successive Serie A defeats to Napoli and Inter Milan, Ranieri s side came out firing and dominated the early stages of the contest.
Nicolas Burdisso and Mirko Vucinic went close to scoring before Roma took a deserved lead…
England midfielder Steven Gerrard said he believes former manager Fabio Capello never believed in him to captain the national team.
The Liverpool skipper led England under Capello during a disappointing 2010 FIFA World Cup, when they bowed out in the round of 16 in South Africa.
Set to lead his nation in Brazil, Gerrard felt the now-Russia coach believed in him as a player, but not as a captain.
Capello didn t believe in me as his number one captain, but Roy does, Gerrard said on Friday.
I don t know what it was. I think he believed in me as a player and rated me as a player.
It was totally up to him but for me, now, I know I m Roy s number one captain and that s a big confidence boost for me.
Rio Ferdinand, Capello s choice for captain, was injured …