91 m. ago Manchester City vs Chelsea LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and reaction as visitors dealt first defeat of season

Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea: Vivianne Miedema struck twice off the bench to secure a first-leg advantage

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15 h. ago How can Manchester City stop Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League? | Tom Garry

Nick Cushing’s side must shut down Mayra Ramírez, have the right mentality and take their chancesChelsea are unbeaten in 28 games under Sonia Bompastor – with 26 wins – and arrive in Manchester for the first leg of their European quarter-final as strong favourites to progress to the semi-finals, and harbour realistic ambitions of winning their first Women’s Champions League title in Lisbon in May.The task of trying to beat this seemingly unstoppable force, over two legs across the next nine days, falls to Manchester City, who are in the unenviable position of facing Chelsea in four consecutive games in three competitions. Nick Cushing, who has been back at the club for only a week, has said their performance in his first game back in charge, the League Cup final defeat on Saturday, gave him belief that they could better Chelsea in Europe – but what do they need to do to achieve that? Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Darwin Nunez admits he wants to 'forget' about Liverpool amid crisis of confidence

Darwin Nunez saw his penalty saved in Liverpool's defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last week and has jetted off to Uruguay for a much-needed break

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17 h. ago Chelsea injury list and return dates with Cole Palmer and five team

Enzo Maresca was without several first team stars for Chelsea's defeat at Arsenal in their most recent Premier League match but there is some cause for optimism

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56 h. ago Tottenham identify top two candidates for next manager if they sack Ange Postecoglou

Tottenham's turbulent season has continued after a 2-0 loss to Fulham on Sunday, leaving them 14th in the Premier League after 15 league defeats, and pressure is growing on Ange Postecoglou

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56 h. ago Creetown gaffer 'extremely disappointed' as unbeaten league run ends

The Castle Cary Park side were beaten by local rivals Newton Stewart as they suffered their first league defeat since August.

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61 h. ago Premier League confirm huge change as Mikel Arteta's complaints fall on deaf ears

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was mocked for blaming Puma's ball for their Carabao Cup semi-final defeat to the Magpies in January - and now the Premier League has agreed a deal for the company to be their ball supplier

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3 d. ago Rasmus Højlund ends goal drought as Manchester United cruise past Leicester

Jamie Vardy rolled the ball into the Manchester United net to huge cheers and about 10 minutes later, amid swirling rain, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s name echoed around this stadium. The only problem for Leicester City was Vardy sent the ball over the line during a break in play while Ayden Heaven, forced off early in the second half, received treatment, and it was the United supporters singing about Van Nistelrooy. The Dutchman took charge of United in the reverse fixture in November, signing off from his spell in interim charge with a 3-0 victory, but this time he was on the receiving end of the same scoreline.That four-match unbeaten run with United must feel halcyonic for Van Nistelrooy, who has now lost 13 of his past 14 league matches. The numbers make grisly reading: Leicester have not scored here since early December and after firing blanks in this defeat they recorded unwanted history, becoming the first Premier League team to lose seven home matches in a row without scoring. Lei...

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3 d. ago Ange Postecoglou singles out Tottenham star in furious rant on 'unacceptable' Fulham loss

Tottenham slumped to their 15th league defeat of the season at the hands of Fulham on Sunday afternoon and boss Ange Postecoglou started tearing into one of his current players

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3 d. ago Ange Postecoglou fumes at Tottenham’s ‘unacceptable’ 15 Premier League defeats

Spurs slipped to a 15th Premier League defeat this season after Rodrigo Muniz and Ryan Sessegnon struck late for Fulham

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3 d. ago Ange Postecoglou issues warning to Tottenham squad over 'unacceptable' season

Spurs fell to a 15th defeat in 29 Premier League games

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3 d. ago Ange Postecoglou aims subtle dig at Tottenham players after Fulham controversy

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou endured another frustrating afternoon on Sunday as his side failed to score in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Fulham in the Premier League

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3 d. ago ‘I have belief’: Cushing feels Manchester City can beat Chelsea in Europe

Interim manager positive despite League Cup final defeatTeams meet in Women’s Champions League this weekNick Cushing has said Manchester City’s performance in their defeat in Saturday’s League Cup final has given him belief that they can beat Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday, as the two teams’ run of four consecutive meetings continues. Manchester City lost 2-1 in Cushing’s first game back in interim charge, just five days after the sacking of Gareth Taylor, and Cushing’s team will now host Chelsea in the first leg of their European quarter-final, before a crucial league meeting at the Etihad Stadium on 23 March and then 27 March’s reverse leg of their Champions League tie.“I have the belief that we’re going to win on Wednesday, and with some slight adjustments and maybe some rotation, we can make sure we fall the right side of the result,” Cushing said despite the loss at Pride Park on Saturday, where Yui Hasegawa’s late own goal gave Chelsea the first major pie...

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3 d. ago Leicester City vs Manchester United prediction, odds and betting offer

Manchester United have enjoyed solid results away at Leicester, losing only once in their last eight Premier League trips to the King Power Stadium, with their sole defeat coming in a 4-2 loss in October 2021.

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5 d. ago Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk responds to Wayne Rooney after 'lazy' criticism

Wayne Rooney said Virgil van Dijk 'got lazy' for Ousmane Dembele's goal for PSG in Liverpool's Champions League defeat but the defender doesn't believe so

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7 d. ago Aston Villa earn shot at greatness after setting up historic PSG showdown | Jonathan Wilson

In reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, Unai Emery’s side have taken a step closer to being immortalisedGlory comes in many forms. Perhaps the best Aston Villa could hope for on Wednesday was a game of little drama. They had in effect won the tie in Belgium last week; the last thing they wanted was to have to win it again. And yet, straightforward as it was, this was glorious, a night that in its outcome, if not the precise details, was epochal, marking Villa’s return to the European elite. Perhaps that will be a long‑term state, perhaps fleeting; either way, it is significant.There is a tide in the affairs of clubs which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. For Villa this was one of the nights fans yearn for, a night of destiny, a night to be spoken of for a long time to come. Even five years ago it would have seemed absurd that all that they had to do to reach the Champions League quarter-finals was avoid a two-goal defeat against the Belgian champions. Continue read...

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7 d. ago Will Gareth Taylor’s Manchester City sacking turn out to be a masterstroke?

Results and off-pitch changes contributed to coach going days before a cup final and months after all seemed rosyOn a cold Manchester night last November, as Gareth Taylor watched his team secure a 10th straight victory of the season by beating Hammarby, the idea that he would not be in charge of Manchester City by mid-March seemed fairly far-fetched. City were on a run of 21 wins and one defeat in 23 WSL matches, meaning that across 12 months they had the best league results in the country. Yet four months and four painful league defeats later, Taylor is out.To some, who were surprised Taylor was given a one-year contract extension in May 2023 despite City finishing fourth, his departure has been on the cards because of a relatively low trophy return – the FA Cup in 2020 and League Cup in 2022 – and City’s eliminations in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League in 2022 and 2023. To others, who see him as the coach who was within a whisker of winning the league last term, his ...

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7 d. ago Liverpool have the best attack in the Premier League but Champions League exit proves it needs rebuilding

Liverpool’s attack looked shorn of its usual quality and spark in Champions League defeat to PSG

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7 d. ago Jamie Carragher calls out Liverpool penalty decision after referee confusion

Liverpool were eliminated from the Champions League at the last-16 stage after their penalty shootout defeat to Paris Saint-Germain but Jamie Carragher was left baffled before the spot-kicks

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7 d. ago PSG star leaves Liverpool fans furious with antics after Champions League win

Liverpool suffered a painful penalty shootout defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League before one of their opponents rubbed salt into the wound

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