Thomas Tuchel declined to “make a drama” out of Chelsea’s shock defeat by Brentford despite admitting the Blues’ 4-1 Premier League rout came down to a lack of maturity.Vitaly Janelt bagged a brace, Christian Eriksen claimed his first Bees goal and Yoane Wissa netted at the death as Thomas Frank’s side all but secured their top-flight status.Toni Rudiger delivered a...Full Story »

Goals from Freddie Sears and Noah Chilvers helped Colchester United take a big step towards banishing any relegation fears following a 2-1 win at Harrogate.Jack Muldoon had earlier given the Sulphurites a fourth-minute lead but Sears levelled with his 14th goal of the season and Chilvers went on to condemn Simon Weaver’s men to a sixth game without a home win.The hosts made a lively start ...Full Story »

Grimsby boosted their National League play-off hopes as they came from behind to seal a thumping 4-1 win at third-placed Chesterfield.Reeling from an injury crisis that saw eight first team regulars ruled out, the Spireites still grabbed the lead when Lawrence Maguire headed home after six minutes.But Paul Hurst’s men responded in style with John McAtee rifling an equaliser from 25 yards o...Full Story »

Cheltenham centre-back Will Boyle drilled home in injury time to make it 4-4 in a breathtaking mid-table battle with Accrington Stanley.The Robins struck first on 33 minutes when Alfie May lobbed the ball past Toby Savin to make it 21 league goals for the season.Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell was yellow carded in the 35th minute for protesting against an offside decision with boss Joh...Full Story »

Manchester City made sure they ended the day on top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley.Responding to Liverpool’s 2-0 lunchtime victory over Watford, first-half goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan restored City’s one-point advantage ahead of a huge week, which includes the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid an...Full Story »

Vitaly Janelt’s quickfire double put Brentford on the brink of Premier League safety after their 4-1 rout of a Chelsea side beset by unrelenting takeover talk.Christian Eriksen also netted in a win that puts Thomas Frank’s Brentford on the verge of cementing their top-flight status following a hugely-impressive debut Premier League campaign.Toni Rudiger hammered home a long-range str...Full Story »

Romelu Lukaku looks to have ruined his relationship with Chelsea supporters Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku could leave the club after just one season of the five-year contract he was handed while being made their ￡97.5million record signing. Despite having a fine start to life during his second spell at Stamford Bridge with three goals across his opening three Premier League appearances, the ...Full Story »

Fabio Carvalho celebrates a goal for Fulham Liverpool have reportedly seen off competition for the transfer of Fulham wonderkid Fabio Carvalho for next season. Chelsea and Real Madrid had also been targeting the Portuguese born England youth international, but it looks like he is now heading for Anfield, after a deal was almost agreed in January. Carvalho has shone in his time in the Champion...Full Story »

Jurgen Klopp has hit out at the Football Association for the travel chaos facing Liverpool and Manchester City fans ahead of their FA Cup semi-final. Thousands of supporters have been left facing long and complicated journeys to Wembley for the tie, after it emerged that there were no direct trains to London from either Liverpool or Manchester due to scheduled engineering works over the Easte...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel is hoping he can be left out of any talks with prospective new owners to focus on Chelsea's end-of-season run-in. There's an 11 April deadline set for the four billionaire-led bids to make a final offer to buy the Blues with the winning owner to be decided shortly after. In preparation for a future takeover, the various parties have access to Chelsea's accounts and can talk t...Full Story »

Kenya international Collins Shichenje has moved to Swedish side AIK Fotboll from Football Kenya Federation Premier League side AFC Leopards. AIK Fotboll confirmed the signing of the 18-year-old utility player, and the former Green Commandos youngster now joins Henry Meja, formerly at Tusker, and ex-Gor Mahia fullback Eric Ouma Otieno at the European club. "With Collins, we get a physically s...Full Story »

Burnley skipper Ben Mee will miss out again when Premier League leaders Manchester City visit Turf Moor on Saturday.Mee continues to recover from the injury that has kept him out of the last two games, while fellow centre-back Nathan Collins serves a one-game ban after his sending off in the 2-0 loss to Brentford.Full-back Erik Pieters (knee), midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson (calf) and forwar...Full Story »

Callum Hudson-Odoi will miss Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Brentford on Saturday.The Blues winger continues to battle an Achilles issue and has also suffered lower-back pain.Reece James can return after hamstring issues to boost the Blues, with Christian Pulisic likely to be involved despite a hectic international schedule with the United States.Brentford remain without Josh Dasilva ...Full Story »

Harrogate will check on the fitness of Alex Pattison ahead of Saturday’s visit of Colchester in Sky Bet League Two.Pattison was forced off late on during last weekend’s win over Scunthorpe and boss Simon Weaver will make a late call on his fitness.Captain Josh Falkingham (foot), Brahima Diarra (ankle), Lewis Page (foot) and Lewis Richards (groin) all remain sidelined.Sunderland loane...Full Story »

Birmingham will assess strikers Lyle Taylor and Troy Deeney ahead of hosting local rivals West Brom in the Sky Bet Championship.Taylor, on loan from Nottingham Forest, has missed Blues’ last two games but could return following a calf injury, while Deeney has been absent for almost three months with a similar issue.City defender Kristian Pedersen is available following a one-match ban.But ...Full Story »

Edinson Cavani will miss Manchester United’s home match against Leicester on Saturday after picking up a fresh injury problem while on international duty.Ralf Rangnick said he expected the 35-year-old, who has played only three times since January, to miss a further two weeks after the setback.Luke Shaw, who was missing with Covid-19 prior to the international break, is expected to be fit ...Full Story »

Two cheeky Portuguese football fans have gone viral after they held up a sign directed at Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo asking if he could donate his sperm The fans went viral with the sign Two cheeky female Portuguese fans have gone viral for their cardboard sign directed at Cristiano Ronaldo. The Manchester United superstar led Portugal onto the field for their playoff quali...Full Story »

Manchester United are making rapid progress with their process to appoint a new manager, with Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino the latest to be interviewed about the role (Image: REUTERS) Manchester United have sounded out Mauricio Pochettino about becoming the club's next manager. Senior United figures are believed to have spoken to Pochettino this week about him replacing interi...Full Story »

Barcelona club directors Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyff met with Antonio Rudiger's advisor, Sahr Senesie, on Wednesday evening to discuss the Chelsea defender's potential arrival to the Camp Nou as a free agent this summer. Sky Sport Germany captured images of Barca football director Alemany and the club's international scouting director Cruyff meeting Senesie, who is also Rudiger's stepbrother...Full Story »

England and Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi is considering switching his international allegiance from England to Ghana ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It has been two and a half years since the Chelsea player received a call up to represent England, playing his last game for the country against Kosovo on the 17th of November 2019, during the qualification period for the 2020 Euro...Full Story »