1 hour ago Humiliating FA Cup loss leaves Crystal Palace and Oliver Glasner at crossroads

After Macclesfield defeat, club must invest wisely to bolster a weak squad and convince their manager to stayOliver Glasner’s face told the story. The Crystal Palace manager watched in exasperation as the FA Cup holders headed towards ignominy on Macclesfield’s artificial surface and was still in shock when he conducted his post-match interview. “Honestly, I have no explanation for what I have seen today,” said Glasner.A mere 238 days since the greatest day in Palace’s history, when he and the club stalwart Joel Ward paraded their first major trophy at Wembley, Marc Guéhi’s first thought after the final whistle at the weekend was to face the music from the diehards who had made the trip to Cheshire from south London. Accompanied by the assistant manager, Paddy McCarthy, the Palace captain held intense discussions with several supporters as Macclesfield’s celebrated their historic victory with a pitch invasion. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Thomas Frank ‘hurt’ after FA Cup exit but blames Ollie Watkins for late melee

Frank accused Watkins of sparking the full-time scuffle by provoking Joao Palhinha.

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20 h. ago Three things we learned from Tottenham's FA Cup loss with Frank's time ticking away

Is time running out, or already up for Thomas Frank?

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20 h. ago Tottenham player ratings vs Aston Villa: Xavi bright but issues remain as FA Cup dream ends for Spurs

Some fighting moments, but nowhere near enough to prevent yet another home loss and FA Cup exit

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20 h. ago Tottenham player ratings vs Aston Villa: Xavi bright but familiar issues remain as Spurs' FA Cup dream ends

Some fighting moments, but nowhere near enough to prevent yet another home loss and FA Cup exit

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20 h. ago Pressure mounts on Thomas Frank as Tottenham dumped out of FA Cup by Aston Villa

Frank watched Spurs booed off again and lose for a fourth time in seven matches.

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21 h. ago Buendía deepens gloom for Frank and Spurs with victory for Aston Villa in FA Cup

This was Tottenham’s second defeat to Aston Villa this season and it is becoming increasingly hard to imagine Thomas Frank being in charge when the teams come together a third time in May. A performance that put an end to any realistic chance of a trophy this season, it fell well below the expectations of a furious crowd. That their opponents offer the diametric opposite of Spurs’ dysfunction can only have heightened the sting.Goals from Emi Buendía and Morgan Rogers put this tie to bed for Villa in the first half, Wilson Odobert’s strike after half-time bringing a closeness to the scoreline that was not reflected in the general play. A scuffle on the field at the final whistle involving Rogers, João Palhinha and a host of Tottenham players only added further sourness to the occasion. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Buendía deepens gloom for Frank and Spurs as Aston Villa progress in FA Cup

This was Tottenham’s second defeat to Aston Villa this season and it is becoming increasingly hard to imagine Thomas Frank being in charge when the teams come together a third time in May. A performance that put an end to any realistic chance of a trophy this season, it fell well below the expectations of a furious crowd. That their opponents offer the diametric opposite of Tottenham’s dysfunction can only have heightened the sting.Goals from Emi Buendía and Morgan Rogers put this tie to bed for Villa in the first half, Wilson Odobert’s strike after half-time bringing a closeness to the scoreline that was not reflected in the general play. A scuffle on the field at the final whistle involving Rogers, João Palhinha and a host of Tottenham players only added further sourness to the occasion. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago FA Cup roundup: Sunderland beat Everton on penalties as Strand Larsen hits treble for Wolves

Wolves beat Shrewsbury 6-1 to continue revivalLeicester win 2-0 at Cheltenham to avoid giantkillingEverton’s first FA Cup tie at Hill Dickinson Stadium ended in a penalty shootout loss to Sunderland, with all of the home team’s takers failing with their kicks.Enzo Le Fée had put his midweek penalties woes behind him by scoring the opener for Sunderland, only for a late penalty, a softish award given after Adam Aznou’s shoulder-to-shoulder challenge from Trai Hume, to send the game into extra time after a 1-1 draw. James Garner scored that kick but missed in the shootout while Le Fée converted his, this time avoiding the panenka. When Thierno Barry and Beto also missed for Everton, Luke O’Nien was left to slot the winning kick.This story will be updated Continue reading...

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2 d. ago ‘I hope they don’t sleep’: José Mourinho turns on Benfica players after cup loss

Players will stay at club’s Seixal training groundBenfica lost 3-1 to Braga in League Cup semi-finalsJosé Mourinho has turned on his Benfica players after the team’s 3-1 defeat by Braga in the Portuguese League Cup semi-finals, suggesting that the squad would be staying at the club’s Seixal training base until further notice.“The players will sleep in Seixal, and on Thursday there is training, and the day after there will be training,” Mourinho said at his post-match press conference. “When we arrive in Seixal, everyone will go to their rooms.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Jose Mourinho making Benfica players sleep at training ground after cup loss

Mourinho said he hoped his players have sleepless nights after missing out on a League Cup final place

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3 d. ago Three things we learned from Tottenham loss as Thomas Frank reaches tipping point with fans

Dane desperately needs support from ‘apathetic’ fans

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5 d. ago Raducanu fails to last distance as Britain suffer bitter United Cup loss to Greece

British player ‘proud I put myself out there’ after injuriesBilly Harris also loses to Tsitsipas in decisive tieGreat Britain fell to a bitter 2-1 loss in their decisive United Cup tie against Greece in the round-robin group stage as Emma Raducanu fought hard to overcome her injury-ravaged preparation for the new season before fading physically in her first match of the year, losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 against Maria Sakkari.Raducanu’s defeat had been preceded by a courageous performance from the British men’s No 5 Billy Harris, who played one of the best matches of his career before falling 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) to the former world No 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas. In the mixed doubles dead rubber, Neal Skupski and Olivia Nicholls defeated Despina Papamichail and Stefanos Sakellaridis 6-2, 3-6, 10-4. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Three things we learned from Tottenham draw as transfer need clear to see

Tottenham’s struggles at home continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw against Sunderland.

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9 d. ago Three things we learned from Tottenham draw as fans lose patience with Thomas Frank struggles

Dane was roundly booed at full-time after another poor performance

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1 week ago Three things we learned from Tottenham victory as Thomas Frank's side show maturity

Archie Gray scored the winner at Selhurst Park

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3 w. ago Three things we learned from Tottenham loss as Cristian Romero issue threatens to undermine Thomas Frank

Tottenham’s spirited performance with a player disadvantage offers some hope despite another defeat

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3 w. ago Thomas Frank talks sense but Tottenham’s lack of style has supporters worried

Dane wants time but before Saturday’s match against Liverpool, faithful are frustrated by stodgy performancesThere are plenty of well-known checkpoints in the life cycle of a Tottenham manager and we have reached one with Thomas Frank. It is the pleading for time bit. “If nobody gets this, nobody will be able to turn this around,” he said after last Sunday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Nottingham Forest. It is not a “quick fix,” he added. And nobody was about to disagree.Frank is veering towards another – the one where it is as if he wants to scream, to release the inner hurricane that he referenced in Nottingham. Is anybody seeing what he is seeing? In other words, the immense difficulties that he faces. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Micky van de Ven names the best striker he’s faced – and it’s not Erling Haaland

Van de Ven was speaking to Gary Neville in an exclusive Overlap interview, covering his time at Spurs under Ange Postecoglou and Thomas Frank

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3 w. ago Thomas Frank is running out of time to fix Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs have faced low moments in their history, and this is one of them. How will the club respond in the post-Daniel Levy era? Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereTottenham Hotspur, Thomas Frank said after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, are “not a quick fix”. That’s been true for probably 40 years, since they lurched into financial crisis amid boardroom shenanigans in the 1980s, becoming the first soccer club to list on the stock exchange and embarking on a disastrous programme of diversification (the highlight perhaps being becoming Hummel’s distributor in the UK, a role they performed so badly that Southampton took a page of their own programme to blame Spurs for the fact that their shirts were not being delivered).Right now, Spurs would probably settle for even a little bit of a fix, a slow hint of progress, a flicker of hope, anything to break them out of the current grim spiral. They have won just one of their last seven league games. When they beat Everton o...

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