By Akyereko Frimpong-Manson
ENGLAND
Defender John Pantsil's 100th cap in England still hangs in the air as he failed to play for Leicester City on Saturday.
The right-back warmed the bench for Sven Goran-Eriksson's Leicester City who hammered Derby County 4-0 at the King Power Stadium.
Attacking midfielder Albert Adomah saw full time action for Bristol City who slipped to the bottom after disgracefully losing 5-0 at the Bloomfield Park to Ian Holloway's Blackpool.
Former Dundee United midfielder Prince Buaben continues to struggle for first team place at Watford.
He was left out of the Hornets' team that suffered a 4-0 defeat at leaders Southampton.
Winger Lloyd Sam was left out of the Leeds United squad that piped Portsmouth 1-0 at the Loftus Road Park.
In the League One, Liverpool loanee David Amoo struck on the 67th minute to hand Bury a much-needed victory against Yeovil Town.
Arsenal recorded their fourth defeat of the season after going down 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspurs.
Kumasi-born Emmanuel Frimpong watched the entire game from the bench.
Young striker Akwasi Asante lost his place in the Birmingham City first team squad which comfortably defeated Nottingham Forest 3-1.
GERMANY
TSG Hoffenheim dropped further to sixth place after being held to a goalless draw by leaders Bayern Munich.
Central defender Isaac Vorsah manned the Hoffs' defence.
Schalke 04 moved four points within leaders Bayern Munich after seeing off bottom-placed Hamburger 2-1.
Out-of favour Hans Adu Sarpei could not make the first team grade.
In the Bundesliga II, Charles Takyi watched from the bench in St. Pauli's 4-1 drubbing of Energie Cottbus.
Youngster Phil Ofosu-Ayeh was bench by Rot-Weiß Erfurt coach as they shared the spoils with Wacker Burghausen in a 3-3 stalemate.
Marcel Appiah lasted the entire match for Arminia Bielefeld who slipped to a 1-0 defeat to Heidenheim.
Former AshantiGold striker Eric Agyemang came off the bench to play 24 minutes for Bielefeld.
Mohammed Lartey played in Hansa Rostock 1-0 reverse at FC Erzgebirge Aue.
Jurgen Duah played the full match for Preußen Münster who lost 3-0 at SV Wehen Wiesbaden.
NETHERLANDS
Nana Akwasi Asare advertised his colossal talent on the flanks as FC Utrecht returned to winning ways with a 3-0 trouncing of RKC Waalwijk.
Midfield machine Anthony Annan sat on the bench for Vitesse Arnhem who put up a poor showing to draw 1-1 with Heerenveen.
Box-to-box midfielder Kwame Quansah helped Heracles Almelo seal a convincing 2-0 win over De Graafschap.
Winger Kevin Tano played 90 minutes for ten-man Dordrecht as they lost 5-0 to Almere City.
Young striker Jonathan Opoku scored in the 37th and 79th minutes for Veendam who brushed aside AGOVV 4-0.
Defender Mitch Appau lasted 82 minutes for Veendam.
Former Ghana Under-17 Kelvin Bossman was unused for Helmond Sport in their 1-0 pipping of Den Bosch.
ITALY
Napoli made a strong statement for their Serie A title ambition by thrashing Inter Milan 3-0 at the Giuseppe Meazza.
Sulley Muntari sat on the Inter Milan bench.
Kevin-Prince Boateng made an injury return for AC Milan but had his night turned sour as he got sent off on 89 minutes in AC Milan's 2-0 loss at Juventus.
Udinese moved to second place after brushing aside Bologna 2-0 at the Stadio Friuli.
Kwadwo Asamoah played full throttle for Udinese while Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu was introduced on the 92nd minute.
Ghana youth international Afriyie Acquah replaced Josip Ilicic on 72 minutes when ten-man Palermo thumped Siena 2-0.
Influential midfielder Joseph Alfred Duncan was the star-man for Inter Milan's primavera who defeated FC Basile 1-0.
In the Serie B, Isaac Cofie and Richmond Boakye-Yiadom helped Sassuolo to record a slim 1-0 win over Varese and move within two of leaders Padova.
Yaw Asante was not involved in the Grosseto first team that lost 3-2 to Ascoli at their favourite home grounds.
SPAIN
Young midfielder Richard Boateng once against missed out of Granada FC's first team squad as they lost 1-0 to Valencia in an away fixture.
Athletic Club managed to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 at their favourite Estadio Municipal de Anoeta.
Former Ajax Amsterdam Jeffery Sarpong was brought on for David Zurutuza on the 72nd minute.
Wakaso Mubarak was dropped from the Villarreal squad that over the weekend to draw 2-2 at Real Zaragoza.
FRANCE
Ghana captain John Mensah was an unused substitute for Lyon who suffered a 2-0 defeat at big-spending PSG.
Winger Andre Ayew scored his third goal in four games for Olympique Marseille by netting the equaliser for Marseille in their 1-1 draw with Brest.
Andre lasted the entire match but his younger brother Jordan Ayew came off the bench to replace Mathieu Valbuena on the 62nd minute.
Champions Lille smoothly edged Stade Rennes 2-0 to move to fifth place.
Defender John Boye did not make the trip wth Stade Rennes because of injury.
Full-back Jerry Vandam played the entire regulation period for Caen who fought from behind to draw 1-1 with Nice.
Rabiu Mohammed was introduced on the 62nd minute for Evian Thonon Gaillard in their 1-1 draw at Nancy.
In Ligue 1, Dennis Appiah was at the heart of defence for AS Monaco as they drew 2-2 with Sedan at home.
Haminu Dramani could not help Arles Avignon avoid a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Angers.
Former Etoile du Sahel playmaker Moussa Narry was excluded from the Le Mans squad that edged Istres 2-1.
PORTUGAL
FC Porto loanee Christian Atsu Twasam hit the headlines on Friday in Rio Ave's 2-1 loss at Victoria Setubal.
SCOTLAND
Rangers beat Hibernian 1-0 to open a nine point lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League table.
Striker Manuel Agogo earned an automatic starting spot for Hibernian and lasted the entire match.
BELGIUM
Standard Liege scored two first half goals to defeat Lierse 2-0 and move to second place.
Versatile full-back Daniel Opare played 90 minutes for Liege.
Lierse new signing Cofie did not travel with the team because of documentation issues.
Rahim Ayew is out with injury.
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe was in action for Club Brugge when they snatched a 1-1 draw at Germinal Beerschot.
Defender Dennis Odoi helped Anderlecht to beat Racing Genk 1-0.
Leaders AA Gent condemned new boys Leuven to a 6-1 defeat at the Jules Ottenstadion Stadium.
Swedish-born Ghanaian Patrick Amoah played 16 minutes for Leuven.
Abdul Iddi Yakeen was booked on the 13th minutes in KV Mechelen's slender 1-0 loss at Cercle Brugge.
Striker William Owusu-Acheampong watched from the stands as his Westerlo shared the spoils with Zulte-Waregem in a 1-1 drawn game.
DENMARK
Nordsjaelland dropped to third place despite beating SønderjyskE 1-0.
Ball-battling midfielder Enock Adu-Kofi lasted the entire regulation time.
USA
In the Major Soccer League sensational striker Dominic Oduro scored his 12th goal of the season for Chicago Fire who split points with Houston Dynamo.
Oduro levelled the scoring for Dynamo in the 43rd minute before paving way for his fellow countryman Patrick Nyarko after 51 minutes.
ISRAEL
Influential midfielder Laryea Kingston set up Hapoel Ber-sheeva's first goal and was replaced in the 50th minute in their 2-0 truimph at Hapoel Haifa.
Former Ghana youth international Daniel Addo played in defence for Hapoel Petah Tikva which failed to find the net in a 0-0 draw with Hapoel Akko.
UAE
Striker Asamoah Gyan opened his goal account in the United Arab Emirates for Al Ain when he converted a 27th minute penalty in a 1-1 draw with Emirates FC.
GREECE
Left-back David Nii Addy lasted the entire match for Panaitolikos who suffered a 2-1 loss at Atromitos.
In the Greek Super League, Kerkyra remained rooted to the bottom of the table with just a single point after losing 2-1 at PAS Giannina.
Abdul Osman played full time for Kerkyra.
Bernard Yao Kumordzi was a full-timer for Panionios who recorded a 1-0 loss at home to AEK Athens.
SWEDEN
Ghana duo Yussif Chibsah and Abdullai Zakariah lasted the entire match but could not help Gefle IK avoid their 3-0 loss at Elfsborg.
Joseph Baffo was at the heart of defence for champions Helsingborg who shared the spoils with Norrkoping in a 1-1 draw.
James Frempong was introduced on the 76th minute by Norrkoping coach Janne Andersson.
Abdul Majeed Waris missed out of Hacken's 1-0 triumph over Trelleborg due to injury.
In the lower-tier, Jeff Ofori scored the second consolation goal for Panellinios who lost 3-2 at Skogås/Trångsund.
Ghana Under-20 striker Kwame Amponsah-Karikari was a full-timer for AIK Stockholm who defeated GAIS 2-1.
SWITZERLAND
Winger Ishmael Yartey was outstanding for FC Servette who suffered a 3-0 at FC Basel.
NORWAY
King Osei Gyan played the first 45 minutes for Viking who surrendered a 57th minute lead deep into added time to draw 1-1 with Haugesund.
Stromsgodset slipped to the middle of the table after suffering a slim 1-0 loss at in-form Odd Grenland.
Ghana first choice Adam Kwarasey sat on the bench for Stromsgodset but Abdul Razak Nuhu and Mohammed Abu played the full 90 minutes for Stroms who finished the game with ten men.
Former Ghana Under-17 captain Paul Addo missed out of the Grenland first team squad.
TURKEY
Whiz kid Torric Jibril lasted 85 minutes for Bucaspor in their 0-0 draw with Konyaspor on Thursday.
TURKEY
Striker Matthew Amoah played 20 minutes for Mersin who surrendered a 2-1 lead to draw 2-2 with Kayerispor.
Former Heart of Lions defender Jerry Akaminko was a pillar in defence for Manisaspor who silenced Samsunspor 1-2 at their own backyard.
SERBIA
Former Hearts of Oak midfielder Francis Bossman helped Sloboda to defeat Smederevo 2-1 to move up to third place.
UKRAINE
Former Ghana Under-20 defender Daniel Addo played 90 minutes for Zorya FC in their 4-1 reverse at Shakhtar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena.
Samuel Inkoom played the full 90 minutes for Dnipro who condemned Oleksandria to a 5-1 defeat.
Midfielder Derek Boateng was in Ghana for Sly Tetteh's funeral and so missed out of the tie.
Arsenal Kiev stretched their unbeaten run to five games with a 1-0 win over Metalurh Donetsk.