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BLAKE'S HEAVEN AGAINST UNITED

Robbie Blake hopes Burnley's amazing 1-0 win over Manchester United last night has shut the mouths of a few of his club's critics.

Already favourites to head straight back down to the Championship following their play-off triumph at Wembley last term, the Clarets looked even more certain to take the big drop after their opening day defeat at Stoke.

Yet Blake felt such comments did not take into account Burnley's performance at the Britannia Stadium, or their hunger to succeed on their return to the top flight after a 33-year absence.

In defeating the Premier League champions last night, Burnley have certainly made everyone sit up and take notice, with Blake enjoying the last laugh.

"It is nice to shut a few people up," he said.

"Certain people have written us off so quickly.

"We were by far the better team at Stoke on Saturday but let ourselves down with a couple of defensive errors.

"Yet we got slated. Hopefully we have surprised a few people with this result and maybe there will be more to come."

No-one could quibble at the quality of Blake's match-winner.

The 33-year-old was in exactly the right place to latch onto Patrice Evra's clearing header and let fly with a right-footed volley that flashed in at the near post before Ben Foster had a chance to move.

"It is a natural thing," said Blake.

"You just have to keep your eye on the ball until the last minute and release it.

"It either flies into Row Z or ends up in the back of the net. Luckily, it went in."

As someone who has experienced the intensity of Premier League combat at both Bradford and Birmingham during an industrious career, Blake knows how hard it will be for Burnley to retain their consistency throughout an arduous campaign.

But, after working so hard to achieve their status, he is desperate not to relinquish it at the first attempt.

"It doesn't get much better than that," he said.

"When you consider what last season was like and then we get Manchester United in the first game this time around.

"It was fantastic and something we will savour for a long time. But more than that, is nice to show people that we are willing to work and fight to stay in this division."

NO NEW DEAL FOR RIBERY

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has admitted he is in no hurry to offer in-demand midfielder Franck Ribery a contract extension.

The France international has been the subject of intense speculation this summer with Real Madrid linked with making a bid for his services.

Bayern remain determined to retain the talented playmaker, who is under contract for another two seasons, but will not be offering him improved terms.

Hoeness told Sport-Bild: "Our first goal is to calm down the situation regarding our club and Franck Ribery. He then has to get back to full fitness.

"When the focus is then fully back on football, there will be great reason for him to go on with us."

He added: "I am not ruling out he could leave on a Bosman in two years' time, in case we have won the UEFA Champions League two times in these two years then.

"In the case of Franck we wanted to send out a strong signal this summer - no club in the world is able to play games with Bayern Munich."

REDS REJECT BENITEZ SPECULATION

Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow has rubbished reports that boss Rafael Benitez is on the brink of quitting Anfield.

Bookmakers suspended markets on the Spaniard's future prior to Wednesday night's 4-0 home victory over Stoke as speculation suggested he was set to leave.

Liverpool's title credentials were called into question following a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham in their first game of the season, sparking fresh rumours Benitez was to resign.

But Purslow, who has joined the Reds to take over many of the duties of outgoing chief executive Rick Parry while a full-time replacement is found, has dismissed the conjecture.

"It's 1000 per cent rubbish. I had dinner with Rafa and the fact I had not heard the rumours should tell you everything about how true they are," he said in The Sun.

Benitez also insists he remains fully focused on helping Liverpool end a 20-year wait for a league title.

Benitez said: "I remain 100 per cent committed to the club, the fans and players."

KYRGIAKOS EXPLAINS LIVERPOOL MOVE

Sotiris Kyrgiakos admits he is turning his back on AEK Athens to join Liverpool because it is the "biggest challenge of his career".

The Reds have agreed a deal for the Greece international which is believed to be worth £1.5million and, despite the defender previously announcing that his long-term future was at AEK, he has now explained his reasons for joining the Anfield outfit.

"Last week I said I was an AEK player for the next four years and meant that," he said on his official website.

"But then I received the biggest challenge of my career.

"I fully understand it came at the worst possible moment for the team, but the fact that I had the chance to play for Liverpool is a huge challenge."

AGUERO HAPPY TO STAY AT ATLETICO

Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero has ruled out a move away from the club before the close of the transfer window.

Chelsea have been strongly linked with a swoop for the Argentina international as they look to make a marquee signing.

However, Aguero's appearance for Atletico in their Champions League play-off against Panathinaikos looks set to end Chelsea's pursuit of the striker in this transfer window as he is now cup-tied for European competition.

Aguero, who scored in the 3-2 win over the Greek side on Wednesday night, insists he always wanted to stay at Atletico and hopes the speculation over his future will now end.

"I've always said I wanted to stay at Atletico and this is what has happened," said Aguero.

"I am very happy for the goal, but especially for the triumph.

Creative Shopping Bags

Beijing landmark out of hair

Have you ever wondered what happens with all the hair customers are left without after visiting a hairdresser?

Well, if your hairdressor is a Chinese man, Huang Xin, then your hair is probably used in creating an incredibly detailed model of a Beijing landmark.



Mr Xin has been working on this great looking model of the Tian’anmen Gate Tower in Tian’anmen Square for over 5 months. It is 86cm long, 32cm wide and 60cm high. He used 11kg of hair to build this model. Amazing!

An interesting detail is that this model is done using only women’s hair. According to Mr Xin, women´s hair is softer and easier to work with.

He washed and dyed the hair before he gluid it on paper and then rolled it into different shapes to make his model of the tower.

Dead tadpoles fallen from the sky

What would you do if all of the sudden it started to rain tadpoles?

This is exactly what happened in a number of cities in Japan, according to Daily Telegraph. A 55 year old man described hearing a strange sound in the city of Nanao and he then found more than 100 dead tadpoles covering the windscreens of cars in a civic centre car park.




This rare meteorological phenomenon happens from time to time across the world and scientists believes that strong winds, storms and water sprouts are behind this phenomenon.

The even stranger thing in this case is that Local Meteorological Observatory, in the city where this phenomenon took place, told media that there had been no reports of strong winds. Strange, right?