Aston Villa taking on Sheffield United and Manchester City competing against Arsenal when the Premier League resumes on June 17.
Hazard extra-time goal sends 10-man Real Madrid through to Copa del Rey final.
Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first leg at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Rooney began his playing career with boyhood club Everton, scoring his first goal in spectacular fashion as a 16-year-old against Arsenal.
Chelsea kept alive their remote Premier League title chances with a 2-0 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, set on their way by an exquisite strike from Hakim Ziyech which was quickly followed up by a Thiago Silva header.
Aston Villa and Sheffield United players and referee Michael Oliver took a knee at kickoff in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement as the Premier League season restarted
Images from the Champions League matches played across Europe on Tuesday.
RMC sport and sports daily L'Equipe said he had died aged 73 after having a heart operation in Paris.
Arsenal turned around its recent poor form to beat Leicester 3-1 on Sunday
Tottenham rejected Reece Oxford before he joined West Ham.
Chelsea must improve their defensive solidity if they are to challenge for silverware this season, winger Eden Hazard has said. Despite coach Antonio Conte's reputation of building teams around a solid defensive unit, Chelsea have conceded nine league goals this season, including three against Arsenal on Saturday, the first of which came from an error by Gary Cahill. The London club have kept just one clean sheet in six league games this campaign.
Rodgers, who took charge in February, has guided Leicester to second in the Premier League on 26 points from 12 games this season, eight points behind leaders Liverpool.
Bournemouth breathed life into their Premier League survival bid on Sunday, coming from a goal down to beat fourth-placed Leicester City 4-1 for their first win in 10 games. Toby Alderweireld's 81st-minute header sealed a 2-1 Premier League victory for Tottenham Hotspur against Arsenal in the first north London derby in their new stadium on Sunday.
Kevin de Bruyne's first-half penalty and a superb strike by Raheem Sterling after the break earned holders Manchester City a comfortable 2-0 away win at Newcastle United in the weekend's last FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that his team will struggle to make a top-four finish at the end of the season, thus virtually ending their hopes of Champions League qualification following a 4-1 defeat against Arsenal on Saturday night.
Arsenal's best chance to equalise came from a Granit Xhaka free kick which looked destined for the top corner until the Gunner's former keeper Emiliano Martinez at full stretch pushed it around the post with a fingertip save.
Manchester United returned to winning ways in ruthlessly emphatic fashion
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola denied reports that his contract contains a 'break clause' that could allow him to leave at the end of the season. The Spaniard signed an extension last year until 2021 but with City's hopes of a third successive Premier League title now looking remote, questions have been raised about his future.
Arsenal and Galatasaray are facing disciplinary action after supporters of the Turkish club lit red flares and threw them onto the pitch, briefly holding up play, in their Champions League group match on Wednesday.
Gets three-week ban by FA
Second-placed City play Arsenal, managed by Guardiola's former assistant Mikel Arteta, at the Etihad on Wednesday.
The English Premier League resumed on Wednesday, after the forced break due to COVID-19. Here are IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Wednesday.
The top three places in the Premier League table look secure for Liverpool, Manchester City and Leicester City, but the fourth spot, currently occupied by Chelsea, remains tantalisingly within reach for several clubs including Carlo Ancelotti's Everton and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United.
Chelsea have released a statement urging fans travelling to Stamford Bridge for their English Premier League match against Arsenal on Sunday to take extra precautions in the aftermath of Friday's terrorism incident in London, as Parsons Green is near the club's stadium.
Images from action in the Spanish Super Cup and English Premier League
News of all that transpired on and off the football field
IMAGES from an exciting Europa League semi-final first leg match played at Emirates Stadium on Thursday
Leicester City won at Arsenal for the first time in 47 years on Sunday, with substitute Jamie Vardy's late close-range header enough to secure victory in the Premier League at The Emirates.
Chelsea's recent record against Arsenal is awful. The Gunners chalked up two league wins and another in the FA Cup this season. \n\n
The duo, who escaped unhurt after an attempted carjacking last month, were not in the squad at Newcastle United last weekend due to "further security incidents" which the club did not elaborate on.
A Roberto Firmino hat-trick proved the highlight of Liverpool's 5-1 demolition of Arsenal as the Premier League leaders opened a nine-point gap over Tottenham Hotspur, who lost 3-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard is convinced he has not lost his magic touch that was on full display last season and is taking confidence from his goal against Arsenal as he seeks to rediscover the same form this campaign.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Imperious Liverpool extended their Premier League home winning streak against Arsenal to six on Saturday with an easy 4-0 victory that lifted them to second in the table.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Two goals from Alexis Sanchez and another from Theo Walcott ended Bournemouth's brave resistance at the Emirates stadium as Arsenal won 3-1 to stay in touch with the Premier League leaders on Sunday.
IMAGES from soccer matches played in the EPL, La Liga and Serie A on Tuesday.
Ahead of their high-profile clash on Saturday, check out the five standout clashes between Arsenal and Chelsea.
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