Beckham scores in 2nd straight match for AC Milan

MILAN, Italy (AP)—David Beckham scored in his second straight match for AC Milan, connecting on a free kick in Wednesday night’s 1-1 tie against visiting Genoa.
A day after Beckham said he is considering staying with the Italian club rather than return to the Los Angeles Galaxy when his loan expires March 8, the 33-year-old midfielder scored on a curling shot in the 33rd minute. He had nearly scored in the first minute, but goalkeeper Fernando Rubinho pushed that attempt wide.
England coach Fabio Capello was at the match. Beckham hopes to play in England’s Feb. 11 exhibition game at Spain. He needs one appearance to tie defender Bobby Moore at 108 for the second-most international games in English history, trailing only goalkeeper Peter Shilton’s 125.
Apparently bothered by a muscle problem, Beckham was replaced by Mathieu Flamini in the 71st minute. Diego Milito tied the score with three minutes remaining.A victory would have put Milan (12-4-5) in a tie for second in Serie A with Juventus (13-4-4), which lost 2-1 to Udinese. Fabio Quagliarella and Antonio Di Natale scored for Udinese.
Inter Milan (15-2-4), which leads Juventus by six points, won 2-0 at Catania on goals by Dejan Stankovic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Inter played a man short after Sulley Muntari was ejected in the 32nd minute for tackling Giacomo Tedesco from behind.
England
LONDON (AP)—Liverpool’s Premier League chances continued to fade when it allowed Ahmed Mido to tie the score with an 83rd-minute penalty kick in a 1-1 tie at Wigan.
Yossi Benayoun scored on an angled shot in the 41st minute but Mido, in his first match since Middlesbrough loaned him out on Friday, scored after Lucas Leiva knocked down Jason Koumas in the penalty area.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez surprisingly took off forward Fernando Torres and captain Steven Gerrard, his best players, saying they were tired.
Manchester United (15-2-5) leads the Premier League with 50 points, two ahead of Chelsea (14-3-6) and Liverpool (13-1-9), which meet Sunday at Anfield.
Chelsea moved ahead of Liverpool on goal difference by defeating visiting Middlesbrough 2-0 on goals by Salomon Kalou in the 58th and 81st minutes.
A day after being arrested over allegations of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman, Robinho helped Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-1 to lift the team to ninth in the standings. It was also the Brazilian’s first game since he left training last week without permission.
Robinho set up the first goal for Shaun Wright-Phillips and Craig Bellamy marked his first appearance with the second goal.
Michael Owen cracked a bone in an ankle during Newcastle’s 2-1 loss at Manchester City. Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear said midfielder Joey Barton cracked a bone in a foot and will be sidelined for 10 weeks.
Robin van Persie scored in the last minute to give Arsenal a 1-1 tie at Everton after Tim Cahill gave the home side the lead. Arsenal (12-5-5) is in fifth place, nine points behind Manchester United.
Spain
MADRID, Spain (AP)—Athletic Bilbao rallied to beat Sporting Gijon 2-1 to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals. David Lopez and Igor Gabilondo scored for Athletic, a 23-time cup champion, to advance 2-1 on aggregate.
Mallorca tied Real Betis and advanced on 1-0 aggregate.
Spanish league leader Barcelona hosts crosstown rival Espanyol on Thursday after a 0-0 first leg.
Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)—Claudio Pizarro’s late goal completed Werder Bremen’s comeback from a first-half deficit in a 2-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund.
Bremen, which reached the quarterfinals, is trying to win its fifth German Cup and first since 1999. And the game came almost exactly one year after Dortmund beat Bremen 2-1 in the third round.
Alexander Frei gave Dortmund the lead after just 11 minutes. Hugo Almeida equalized in the 62nd and Pizarro delivered the winner in the 80th.
Also, second-division Wehen Wiesbaden upset Bundesliga club Karlsruhe 1-0, Bayer Leverkusen beat Energie Cottbus 3-1, and Wolfsburg trounced second-division Hansa Rostock 5-1.
Scotland
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP)—Celtic set up a Scottish League Cup final against traditional rival Rangers on March 15 by beating Dundee United 11-10 on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie.
After every player, including the goalkeepers, took part in the shootout at Hampden Park, Dundee United’s Willo Flood missed his second kick. Scott McDonald then scored the winner.