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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Bale stars as Spure sweep aside Inter

Big win for Man Utd, Barca help to 1-1 draw

Paris: Tottenham Hotspur, Benfica and Valencia relaunch their respective bids for a place in the lucrative last 16 of the Champions League with resounding wins in the fourth round of games on Tuesday. Apurs, who staged remarkable comeback a fortnight ago in a4-3 defeat away to Inter Milan, outclassed the defending champions 3-1 at White Hart Lane with another fine display of attacking football inspired by Welsh winger Gareth Bale. Benfica still sit third in Group B but took a big step towards the knockout stage with a 4-3 victory over Lyon. Valencia moved up to second place in Group Cafter a 3-0 romp over Rangers as the Scottish champions failed to break their unwanted hoodoo of never having won a European fixture in Spain. Barcelona were help to a 1 -1 draw by FC Copenhagen, the Danes frustrating the aims of the Spanish league giants who remained top of group D and on course for the last 16.BBC News