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The Belgian said that winning the trophy will be very difficult despite the failings this season of Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Delhi were handed a 1-4 drubbing by FC Goa in their last match at home, pushing them to the bottom of the standings with just one win from eight matches.

Assistant coach Vivek Nagul said two more wins may be enough for his side to book a semi-final berth in the Indian Super League.

India has pulled out of mounting a bid for 2015 and 2016 FIFA Club World Cups, according to All India Football Federation officials.

Brazil midfielder Oscar has signed a new contract at Chelsea that will keep him at the Premier League club until 2019.

Milan, who have won just four of 11 matches, are eight points off the lead in seventh.

While Chennai's both goals were scored by Elano, who now took his goal-tally to eight, Koke's equaliser for NorthEast was also out of the top drawer.

With just two points clear of Chennaiyin FC and having played an extra match, Atletico de Kolkata's position atop the table is clearly under threat.

QPR will try to lure prolific FC Toronto striker Defoe back to the Premier League during the January transfer window.

The return of Kerala skipper David James from injury and Goa's Pires from suspension would surely spice up Blasters' first home fixture of the ISL.

"The 6-0 win is a fake situation because it was the only match, along with the game against Everton, where one chance meant one goal," Mourinho said.

Pune FC sealed their semi-final berth in the Durand Cup with a 1-0 win over Vasco SC in their final Group IV encounter.

Security will be tight when Roma meet Napoli on Saturday for the first time since clashes that led to a fan's death from a shooting before the Italian Cup final in May.

"It has been difficult the first part of this season but we believe in ourselves and we have a great chance on Saturday to give our fans something to shout about," Pardew said.

Sitting on top in the goal-scorers list, Chennaiyin FC striker Elano says his superb performance so far in the ISL has been helped immensely by the good turnout of fans.

Elano Blumer became the top scorer in the Indian Super League with five goals as the hosts showed a clinical performance against Mumbai to register their third win.