Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has backed his knock-out kings to deliver again when they host Lille in the Champions League round-of-16 first leg on Tuesday. The Blues needed an 89th-minute winner from Hakim Ziyech to clinch all three points at Crystal Palace on Saturday following a subdued performance in which Romelu Lukaku only had seven touches of the ball. While Chelsea have struggled for...Full Story »

Interest is drying up for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. Off contract in June, Pogba has refused to consider new contract talks with United until closer to the end of the season. Pogba and his agent Mino Raiola have been anticipating offers to flood in for the World Cup winner, but reporter Rudy Galetti says the opposite is the case. Galetti, who works with RMC, has reported neith...Full Story »

The English champions saw their lead at the top cut to six points following Saturday's loss Pep Guardiola has warned that Manchester City will have to "fight for every game" if they are to win the Premier League title. The reigning champions' lead at the top of the table was cut to six points on Saturday when they suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Tottenham on Sunday. Guardiola's team have 1...Full Story »

Wolves boss Bruno Lage is targeting “something special” this season after his side maintained their position in the Premier League top-four race with a 2-1 win over Leicester.Goals in either half from Ruben Neves and Daniel Podence at a rain-soaked Molineux kept them six points behind fourth-placed Manchester United with two games in hand.Lage has transformed this Wolves side from th...Full Story »

Substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga scored late goals as Manchester United beat arch-rivals Leeds 4-2 in a Premier League thriller at Elland Road.The visitors led 2-0 at half-time through Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes headers, before Leeds hit back with two goals inside a minute from Rodrigo and Brazilian substitute Raphinha.Both sides went in search of a winner in horrendous conditions due ...Full Story »

Rangers were brought crashing back to earth following their heroics against Borussia Dortmund as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee United at Tannadice.The Ibrox side, who pulled off a stunning 4-2 win away to the German giants in the Europa League on Thursday, missed the chance to pile the pressure on cinch Premiership rivals Celtic.Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s team fell behind to a fir...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   Man City 2-3 Tottenham Tottenham the giant killer     Liverpool 3-1 NorwichArsenal 2-1 BrentfordCrystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea     Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior both scored against Alaves. They continue to deliver the goods for Real Madrid   Liverpool close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to six poi...Full Story »

ADRIANO celebrated his 40th birthday with family and friends who included a pretty blonde half his age. The retired Brazilian frontman is reportedly dating 21-year-old Ceu Oliveira. Oliveira wished Adriano all the 'happiness in the world' The pair were pictured arriving in Sao Paulo around a week ago in the former footballer’s private jet. And keep-fit fanatic Ceu got tongues wagging b...Full Story »

The striker's Bayern team-mate is in no doubt that his spectacular talent in front of the net merited the prize Thomas Muller believes Robert Lewandowski was a more worthy winner of the 2021 Ballon d'Or than Lionel Messi, while also expressing his surprise that there was no room in the Best XI for Mohamed Salah. Lewandowski enjoyed an exceptional season for Bayern Munich in 2020-21, scoring ...Full Story »

Gonzalez, 20, is one of the top young stars at the Camp Nou. Man City are eyeing a swoop for Barcelona wonderkid Nico Gonzalez Credit: Getty He has broken into the first team this season but has a staggering £500 million release clause. Yet City know that is essentially a ‘hands off’ figure. That is as well as the fact he currently only earns around £10,000-a-week. Bar...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Harry Kane did not need a match-winning performance to prove his quality after firing Tottenham to a memorable 3-2 victory.Kane scored twice to remind City exactly what they missed out on when they failed to make a sufficient bid for him in the summer and blow the Premier League title race open.Guardiola openly admitted to trying to sign Kane, but City nev...Full Story »

New Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin revealed his plans to keep Scott Brown amid speculation that the Dons captain was in the frame to fill the managerial position vacated by the Irishman at St Mirren.The 40-year-old’s move from the Buddies to Aberdeen on a two-and-a-half-year deal was confirmed on Saturday morning and his tenure began with a 1-1 cinch Premiership draw against Motherwell at Fir P...Full Story »

A grateful Mark Robins was grateful for a mistake in the Barnsley defence which allowed Dom Hyam to grab a last-gasp winner for Coventry.The defender was in the right place at the right time after Ben Sheaf’s hopeful ball into the area and calmly finished to seal a 1-0 win for City.“It took a poor piece of defensive play from them to give us an opening which thankfully we took, which...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admitted Romelu Lukaku’s lack of touches during the 1-0 win over Crystal Palace showed he was “obviously not involved” but insisted everybody is giving their best.The Blues lacked fluency in south London but were able to back up their Club World Cup success in Abu Dhabi last weekend with three more points in the Premier League thanks to Hakim Ziyech&r...Full Story »

Derby boss Wayne Rooney branded the challenge that saw Tom Lawrence sent off in the relegation battle with Peterborough as “stupid.”The Wales international received a straight red card for a lunge on Nathan Thompson although Louie Sibley got him out of trouble with an added-time winner in the 1-0 Sky Bet Championship victory.There had been few clear chances in the game after Lawrence...Full Story »

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah expressed his pride after scoring his 150th goal for the club in a 3-1 comeback win over Norwich which maintained the momentum in their title challenge.Trailing to Milot Rashica’s deflected strike early in the second half, Liverpool drew level through Sadio Mane’s overhead kick before taking the lead soon after through Salah’s landmark effort.The...Full Story »

Frank Lampard insists Everton must accept and embrace their Premier League relegation battle.The Toffees slipped to their second defeat in three league encounters under new boss Lampard with a 2-0 loss at Southampton.Stuart Armstrong and Shane Long struck for a totally dominant Saints side who never relented after taking control.Stuart Armstrong celebrates after scoring Southampton’s first...Full Story »

West Brom boss Steve Bruce warned his players that their second-half performance in the 2-0 defeat at Luton was unacceptable.After a goalless first period, the Hatters claimed all three points courtesy of efforts from Cameron Jerome and Allan Campbell, stretching the Baggies’ winless run to five games.A clearly annoyed Bruce said: “Our reaction to conceding the first goal was not eno...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom hailed his side’s “one-sided” performance as they strolled to a 4-0 victory over Swansea.Morgan Gibbs-White scored in both halves, with George Baldock and Billy Sharp also on target before the break to boost the Blades into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.Praising his team, who are now unbeaten in their last eight games, Heck...Full Story »

New Walsall boss Michael Flynn lauded his side as they toppled leaders Forest Green with a 1-0 win.George Miller’s first-half strike handed Flynn a winning start as the Saddlers ended Rovers’ 19-game unbeaten run in the process.Former Newport boss Flynn, who joined Walsall on Tuesday following the sacking of Matt Taylor, said:“I now want to get into a position where we’re...Full Story »