Unai Emery toasts ‘very good week’ for Aston Villa after win against Bournemouth
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Unai Emery hailed a “fantastic” win that capped a “very good week” after Aston Villa came from behind to secure a 3-1 home win over Bournemouth.Having gone a goal down through Dominic Solanke’s 31st-minute penalty, the hosts turned things around with Morgan Rogers equalising in first-half stoppage time and second-half efforts following from Moussa Diaby and Leon Bai...Full Story »
VAR is a Luton fan – Forest hit out at PGMOL after ‘poor decisions’ at Everton
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Nottingham Forest have accused VAR Stuart Attwell of being a Luton fan after feeling they were on the wrong end of “three extremely poor decisions” during Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton.Forest posted on X, formerly Twitter, soon after full-time that they were considering their options, having “warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but...Full Story »
Man Utd win FA Cup semi-final on penalties after stunning Coventry comeback
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Manchester United survived an almighty scare to progress to the FA Cup final on penalties after Coventry fell agonisingly short of a sensational comeback win at Wembley.Sky Blues captain Ben Sheaf sent the crucial kick over the crossbar leaving Rasmus Hojlund to win it, but the game will be remembered for three goals in the final 20 minutes by the Championship side as they recovered from 3-0 dow...Full Story »
Liverpool move level on points with top-of-the-table Arsenal after win at Fulham
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Liverpool moved level on points with top-of-the-table Arsenal after their 3-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.Jurgen Klopp’s men bounced back from Thursday’s exit to Atalanta in the Europa League and last week’s home defeat to Crystal Palace as they continued their pursuit of Premier League glory.Liverpool in second, who sit one point above Manchester City and trail Arsen...Full Story »
Crystal Palace dent West Ham’s European hopes with five-goal thrashing
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Crystal Palace dealt a heavy blow to West Ham’s ambitions of playing European football next season with a 5-2 victory at Selhurst Park.Palace, who had not previously scored more than three goals in a league contest this season, led by four inside 31 minutes, opening the scoring with a Michael Olise header before Eberechi Eze made it two with a superb bicycle kick.Emerson intensified the Ir...Full Story »
Danny Rohl likes what he sees as Wednesday climb out of drop zone with away win
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Danny Rohl saluted Sheffield Wednesday’s ‘courageous’ performance after they beat Blackburn 3-1 to move out of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone.An exquisite Josh Windass lob in the sixth minute put Wednesday ahead but Sammie Szmodics equalised three minutes later with a clinical finish.Wednesday took control when Marvin Johnson got on the end of an Anthony Musaba cross ...Full Story »
Champions League chasing Aston Villa bounce back to beat Bournemouth
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
Aston Villa’s push to secure Champions League football continued as Unai Emery’s men came from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1 at Villa Park.Having gone a goal down through Dominic Solanke’s 31st-minute penalty, Villa turned things around with Morgan Rogers equalising in first-half stoppage time, Moussa Diaby putting them ahead just before the hour mark and Leon Bailey subsequen...Full Story »
Cyriel Dessers double takes Rangers past Hearts to set up Old Firm cup final
Posted Monday, April 22, 2024 by PA
A Cyriel Dessers double took Rangers past Hearts in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup semi-final to set up an Old Firm final.The enigmatic Gers striker slid in the opener after five minutes and then sealed the victory in the 78th minute for a 2-0 win, leaving the Tynecastle club still searching for their first win over the Ibrox side at Hampden Park.For the most part, it was a far from sparkling per...Full Story »
Nottingham Forest launch bitter attack on referees chiefs over penalty claims
Posted Sunday, April 21, 2024 by PA
Nottingham Forest have launched a bitter attack on referees chiefs after they were denied three penalties during their costly 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton.Forest were furious not to be awarded spot-kicks by Anthony Taylor for challenges on Giovanni Reyna and Callum Hudson-Odoi by Ashley Young, who in the meantime had looked fortunate to escape a handball decision with VAR official Stuart...Full Story »
Everton ease worries with victory over relegation rivals Nottingham Forest
Posted Sunday, April 21, 2024 by PA
Everton eased their relegation worries with 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, who once again had reason to feel aggrieved about refereeing decisions going against them.A rare goal from Idrissa Gueye was followed by a similar long-range strike from Dwight McNeil on his 200th Premier League appearance to secure a second-successive home win – sandwiching Monday’s 6-0...Full Story »