Sunderland boss Alex Neil was relieved that his attempts to turn a defeat into victory against struggling Fleetwood worked out after the 3-1 win at the Stadium of Light.After hitting half-time a goal down courtesy of Ellis Harrison’s 28th minute opener, Neil went into the dressing room at the break and decided to change things.He introduced Jermain Defoe and Lynden Gooch for the second hal...Full Story »

Bolton needed Jon Dadi Bodvarsson’s stoppage-time equaliser to earn a point against struggling Morecambe, but boss Ian Evatt insisted: “It would have been a travesty not to get something out of this game.”Cole Stockton fired the Shrimps in front five minutes before half-time with his 22nd goal of the season and first in six games, but Icelandic striker Bodvarsson came off the b...Full Story »

Manager Steven Schumacher was relieved to get the win as Plymouth moved back into the League One play-off places with a 2-0 home victory over struggling AFC Wimbledon.After Dons striker Sam Cosgrove’s header came back off the post early on, Argyle went ahead in the 29th minute thanks to Ryan Hardie’s 17th goal of the season.Ryan Broom doubled the home side’s tally just after th...Full Story »

Marco Silva insisted Harry Wilson’s injuries justified the red card shown to Swansea’s Ryan Manning which turned their game in Fulham’s favour.With the game finely poised at 0-0 at the time, the runaway Championship leaders were able to score five second-half goals to extend their lead at the top to 14 points.Fulham boss Marco Silva at first agreed with opposite number Russell ...Full Story »

Luton first team coach Alan Sheehan praised the togetherness of the Hatters’ squad after Elijah Adebayo’s first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win over Coventry at the CBS Arena.Nathan Jones’ men made it seven wins in 10 games with Adebayo’s 13th Sky Bet Championship goal of the season, which came when he latched on to a long ball from emergency loan goalkeeper Alex Palmer before...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was not happy with the “slapstick” 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan which ended their year-long unbeaten home record but accepts it was the one game they could afford to lose.The Reds carried a two-goal advantage from the San Siro into the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie at Anfield and ended up needing it after Lautaro Martinez’s 61st-mi...Full Story »

Liam Manning feels Troy Parrott finally got the rewards his efforts deserved after the young forward ended his long goal drought with a brace in MK Dons’ 3-1 victory over Cheltenham.Parrott, who is on loan from Tottenham, had not scored in Sky Bet League One since September – a run stretching 24 games – before setting his side on their way to a fifth straight win.The 20-year-ol...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray challenged Blackburn to be more “ruthless” after they failed to turn dominance into three points in their 0-0 draw with Millwall.Rovers dominated the in-form Lions, registering 12 shots and restricting the visitors to none, yet profligacy in front of goal from Joe Rankin-Costello and Sam Gallagher and a superb Bartosz Bialkowski save from John Buckley meant that superior...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom hailed Billy Sharp and Morgan Gibbs-White after both scored in the 4-1 win over Middlesbrough at Bramall Lane.Former manager Chris Wilder suffered a miserable return to the club he led from League One to the Premier League during his time in charge but received a great reception from the United supporters.Goals from Sander Berge, Sharp, Jack Robinson and ...Full Story »

Barnsley boss Poya Asbaghi said his side only had themselves to blame for conceding late in their 1-1 draw with Stoke.A stoppage-time equaliser from Lewis Baker snatched a point for the Potters.Barnsley forward Domingos Quina lit up the match in the 70th minute with a stunning goal when he curled a superb effort past goalkeeper Jack Bonham to give the home side a valuable lead.But Stoke pressure...Full Story »

Manager Danny Cowley was pleased his in-form Portsmouth side negotiated a poor playing surface at Crewe to maintain their top-six challenge.Pompey had this fixture at Gresty Road called off an hour before kick-off last month after a deluge of rain made the surface unplayable.Parts of the pitch were still not conducive for good football but the visitors demonstrated a predatory instinct when it m...Full Story »

Altrincham blitzed Weymouth 5-0 for their biggest National League win of the season.The Robins were four goals clear at the break after Matty Kosylo had put them 2-0 ahead inside 15 minutes.Jake Cooper headed home his first Altrincham goal after 27 minutes.Altrincham, who had won 4-1 at Weymouth in November, extended their lead on the stroke of half-time through Ryan Colclough.Relgation-haunted ...Full Story »

Blackburn’s woes in front of goal continued as they could only draw 0-0 with Millwall.In what was a frustrating evening, their well-documented goal shortage became apparent yet again as they could not make domination over the Lions count, spurning glorious chances that fell the way of Joe Rankin-Costello and Sam Gallagher in the first half.For all their supremacy, Rovers did not test the M...Full Story »

Liverpool suffered their first Anfield defeat in a year after a 1-0 defeat to 10-man Inter Milan but still progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League courtesy of their two-goal first-leg advantage. Lautaro Martinez’s 61st-minute goal had given the visitors a chance of overturning the deficit but Alexis Sanchez’s red card for a second bookable offence less than two mi...Full Story »

Wrexham claimed a sixth successive win by beating National League promotion rivals Boreham Wood 4-2 at the Racecourse Ground.The Dragons had beaten their opponents 3-0 win in a recent FA Trophy tie and were quickly on the scoresheet again after 15 minutes.Luke Young’s corner was met by the head of Ollie Palmer, the striker’s sixth goal in nine games since his January move from AFC Wi...Full Story »

Elijah Adebayo’s first half strike sent Luton back into the Sky Bet Championship play off places as the Hatters earned a 1-0 victory over Coventry at the CBS Arena.Adebayo was on the end of Alex Palmer’s long ball forward and curled in his first goal in six games to take Luton back into the top six.Coventry’s second defeat in as many outings put another dent in the Sky Blues&rs...Full Story »

Two goals in 10 first-half minutes sealed play off chasing Ipswich a 2-0 win over Lincoln in Sky Bet League One.Wes Burns and Kayden Jackson got the goals which extended the home side’s unbeaten run to eight games, in front of nearly 25,000 fans at Portman Road.In the opening minutes, Sone Aluko, Janoi Donacien and Burns combined down the right wing – only for the latter to fire narr...Full Story »

Portsmouth made it six wins from their last seven in impressive fashion at bottom club Crewe as two headers from George Hirst and a tap-in from Tyler Walker earned a 3-0 win.Crewe’s dismal defending was soon exploited by Danny Cowley’s side with Hirst rising at the back stick to head home Connor Ogilvie’s cross for the third-minute opener.Walker should have added a second after...Full Story »

Matt Taylor celebrated his 200th game in charge of Exeter with a superb 3-1 win over promotion rivals Swindon.Goals from Jevani Brown, Jonathan Grounds and Matt Jay put the Grecians in control before Jack Payne’s consolation strike in stoppage time for Swindon.The win saw Exeter climb from eighth to third in Sky Bet League Two, with the Robins dropping out of the top seven.“We looked...Full Story »

Play-off hopefuls Plymouth made it back-to-back 2-0 League One home wins with victory over AFC Wimbledon at Home Park.Argyle took a 29th-minute lead thanks to the combination of in-form playmaker Danny Mayor and top scorer Ryan Hardie.Midfielder Mayor’s astute ball found striker Hardie in space in front of goal and he took a touch before smashing home his 17th of the season.Argyle started ...Full Story »