Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has fired a warning to his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola ahead of the crunch Premier League clash on Sunday - with the German admitting his burning desire to beat the Spaniard is what fuels him. The duo have been title rivals for the last four seasons, with City prevailing twice and Liverpool claiming their first Premier League trophy since its inceptio...Full Story »

Son Heung-min fired a sensational hat-trick as Tottenham took control of the race for a Premier League top-four spot with a 4-0 win at Aston Villa.After Manchester United and Arsenal both lost earlier in the day, Son’s treble and a fine Dejan Kulusevski strike sent Spurs three points in clear in fourth.It was a fourth win in a row, a seventh from the last nine and makes it difficult to loo...Full Story »

Michael Duff hailed his Cheltenham team as the best in the club’s history after their 1-0 home win over Portsmouth.Liam Sercombe scored the only goal of the game to keep the Robins in the top half of the League One table with four games left.Victory kept Duff’s men firmly on course to beat the club’s highest finish of 17th place in the third tier, with last year’s League ...Full Story »

Keith Hill admitted he shares Scunthorpe fans’ frustrations after a brief second-half protest added to the woe of his side’s 4-0 defeat to Mansfield, a result which left them teetering on the brink of relegation from the English Football League.The Stags were already well on the way to three points thanks to Anthony Grant’s own goal and strikes from Stephen McLaughlin, Ryan Sti...Full Story »

Joey Barton was frustrated that his Bristol Rovers side could not find a vital winner at Tranmere.Elliot Anderson scored a superb second-half equaliser for the Gas in a tense battle between the Sky Bet League Two play-off rivals.But Barton’s men had to settle for a point from a 1-1 draw on Merseyside after responding to Kane Hemmings’ brilliant opener.Barton said: “We were a li...Full Story »

Measured Forest Green boss Rob Edwards is still taking it one game at a time after the League Two leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by a dogged Hartlepool.Regan Hendry’s 53rd-minute strike put Rovers ahead but Omar Bogle equalised with 21 minutes to go.Both sides had chances to win it in stoppage time with Pools substitute Joe Grey firing wide and Rovers’ Kasey McAteer missing a glorio...Full Story »

Ayr came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 cinch Championship draw in their home clash with Inverness.Inverness opened the scoring in the sixth minute through Shane Sutherland after good work from Billy Mckay on the right side.Logan Chalmers then doubled the visitors’ lead with a fine strike from the edge of the area seven minutes later, with Mckay once again getting the assist.Ayr reduced...Full Story »

Kilmarnock moved closer to an immediate return to the Scottish Premiership with a comfortable 2-0 win at home to struggling Dunfermline.Kyle Lafferty’s close-range finish in the first half and Oli Shaw’s header in the second kept the hosts four points clear of second-placed Arbroath with only three games to go.Killie went into the game looking to bounce back from dropping points in a...Full Story »

Celtic tightened their grip on the cinch Premiership title yet further with a 7-0 thrashing of second-bottom St Johnstone at Parkhead.Goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda gave the relentless Hoops an unassailable interval lead.Josip Juranovic added a fourth from the spot early in the second half and Matt O’Riley scored twice in three minutes before fellow substi...Full Story »

Mansfield moved up to fourth place in League Two with a 4-0 win at bottom-of-the-table Scunthorpe to leave the Iron’s 72-year stay in the English Football League teetering on the brink.Only Oldham and Barrow’s failure to win granted Scunthorpe what is likely to be a brief stay of execution, and play was held up for four minutes in the second half as around 30 disgruntled fans entered...Full Story »

Southampton will be without on loan forward Armando Broja against Chelsea as he cannot face his parent club.Shane Long is being monitored after he picked up an ankle problem during last weekend’s draw at Leeds.Defender Lyanco has returned to training following two months out with a hamstring injury, while goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (hamstring) is also stepping up his own recovery.Romelu Luka...Full Story »

Everton midfielder Allan and defender Michael Keane return from suspension and are likely to go straight back into the side for the visit of Manchester United.Right-back Seamus Coleman is also likely to start, having been an unused substitute for the midweek defeat at Burnley because of illness.Centre-back Yerry Mina, out since early February with a thigh injury, could return for Everton’s...Full Story »

Huddersfield manager Carlos Corberan will have to do without Matty Pearson against Championship play-off rivals Luton after the midfielder was injured in training.Corberan does not expect Pearson to be out long term and could have the former Luton man available again before the end of the Championship campaign.The Terriers boss will be able to welcome back Danny Ward and Jonathan Hogg into his s...Full Story »

Bristol City pair Antoine Semenyo and Joe Williams are back in contention for the home game against Peterborough.Striker Semenyo missed last week’s defeat at Bournemouth after jarring his knee, while midfielder Williams (hamstring) is fit again after a two-game absence.Czech Republic defender Tomas Kalas (groin) is still out having missed the Robins’ last four league matches.Cal...Full Story »

Swindon will have Jake O’Brien and Louis Reed available for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two meeting with Newport.On-loan Crystal Palace defender O’Brien has overcome illness, while midfielder Reed has completed a two-match ban following his dismissal in last month’s 2-1 win over Sutton.Teenage forward Harry Parsons, who has been used predominantly as a substitute this seaso...Full Story »

Crawley will hope news of their takeover will boost them ahead of the visit of Barrow.A group of US cryptocurrency investors completed their purchase of the club on Thursday.Boss John Yems is excited by the takeover and will hope that feelgood factor carries on to the pitch.They return to action having had last weekend off due to Sutton’s participation in the Papa John’s Trophy final...Full Story »

Doncaster have no fresh injury worries ahead of their home clash with fellow League One strugglers Crewe.Rovers have taken just two points from their last six fixtures and are staring down the barrel of relegation.Jon Taylor (ankle) is missing as are Kieran Agard, Fejiri Okenabirhie and Tom Anderson – who will all miss the rest of the season.Ethan Galbraith and Mipo Odubeko will be pushing...Full Story »

Inter Miami striker Gonzalo Higuain has denied he plans to retire at the end of the year. Higuain's father made the claim earlier this week. But former Juventus and Real Madrid striker Higuain says: “It was a misunderstanding, it can happen, but it has nothing to do with reality. "I am fully committed to the club and the day I will take this decision, I will be the one saying it. Only...Full Story »

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has reportedly decided his next club, with his contract due to expire this summer. Pogba’s Manchester United contract expires in June, and it’s looking increasingly likely that he will leave the club. Last week Fichajes (via Caught Offside) reported that the list of clubs Pogba could join had been whittled down to just three. The three club...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom is unlikely to rush Billy Sharp back for the home match against Sky Bet Championship promotion rivals Bournemouth.Blades captain Sharp has missed the last two games due to a hamstring injury and it remains to be seen if he will be available.Recent arrival Filip Uremovic, who made his debut in the midweek win against QPR, and Oli McBurnie are expected to b...Full Story »