Scott Parker felt his Bournemouth side did not turn up for 45 minutes after drawing 0-0 at Peterborough.Cherries striker Dominic Solanke missed two late chances to win it for the visitors, but the club’s top scorer shot and headed over – the latter a good chance from a 90th-minute corner – as Peterborough held on for a precious point.The result leaves the visitors behind second...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney asserted his belief that Derby will stay up despite their 12-point deduction following a 1-0 home win over Reading.The Rams closed the gap to a position of safety in the Championship to seven points following Craig Forsyth’s first-half header – his first goal in more than five years.Derby, who remain in administration, are the only side outside of the Championship’...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea were “not free enough” as they slumped to a 1-0 Champions League defeat at Juventus.Federico Chiesa’s sucker-punch strike just 11 seconds into the second half floored the Champions League holders in Turin.Chelsea slipped to a second straight 1-0 loss, following Saturday’s Premier League defeat by Manchester City.And manager Tuchel held up hi...Full Story »

Craig Forsyth’s first goal in more than five years earned Derby a vital 1-0 home win against Reading.The 32-year-old left back’s first-half header moved the Rams to within seven points of a position of safety following their 12-point deduction for entering administration.Forsyth, who last netted during a 1-0 triumph at Preston in August 2016, also played his part at the other end of ...Full Story »

Luton ended a six-game winless run in convincing fashion with a thumping 5-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over high-flying Coventry at Kenilworth Road.The hosts took the lead after two minutes when striker Elijah Adebayo was tripped just inside the area by visiting defender Jake Clarke-Salter.The forward dusted himself down to power the spot-kick past Simon Moore for his fourth goal of the seaso...Full Story »

Cristiano Ronaldo capped his record-breaking Champions League appearance by firing Manchester United to a stunning late comeback win against Europa League final foes Villarreal.Just four months on from the penalty shoot-out loss to Unai Emery’s side in Gdansk, the sides met again with the Red Devils needing to make up for their shock defeat at Young Boys in the Group F opener.A disjointed ...Full Story »

Federico Chiesa’s rocket finish stunned Chelsea in Turin as Juventus condemned the Blues to a second straight 1-0 defeat.Italy forward Chiesa sneaked in on goal and lashed past Edouard Mendy as Chelsea were caught cold just 11 seconds into the second half.The visitors were still processing their half-time adjustments when Juventus struck, and Thomas Tuchel’s side never recovered.Chel...Full Story »

Aleksandar Mitrovic struck a first half hat-trick as Fulham eased their way to a 3-1 victory over Swansea.The striker produced three clinical finishes – although Swansea claimed Mitrovic benefited from a generous offside decision for the opening goal – as Marco Silva’s side clinched their second win in five league games.Jamie Paterson replied for the visitors after Mitrovic had...Full Story »

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has made a strong start to life back in the Spanish capital following his move from Everton, but he is missing a player in defence Real Madrid are interested in signing former Tottenham flop Serge Aurier, according to reports in Spain. Aurier is available as a free agent after his Spurs contract was cancelled by mutual consent on transfer deadline day, with ...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he is "in love" with PSG midfielder Marco Verratti. The Italian pulled the strings in midfield for PSG as they claimed a 2-0 win over Guardiola's City at the Parc de Princes. Asked about the midfielder, Guardiola said: "I'm in love. "He's an exceptional player, because he's under pressure and he has the calm to have one extra touch and in that ...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelino is under consideration at Barcelona to replace Ronald Koeman. That's according to Okdiario's chief football pundit Eduardo Inda, while speaking on El Chiringuito. "Candidate A is Xavi Hernández, but there is someone covered. It would be for next season because he has a current contract with his current club," Inda declared. "The cover is Marcelino Garc&#...Full Story »

The France international midfielder will sit out a European clash with Juventus on Wednesday and a domestic date with Southampton N'Golo Kante had been hoping to rediscover his best form for Chelsea after shaking off a groin injury, but he is now back on the sidelines due to a positive coronavirus test and will sit out key Champions League and Premier League fixtures. The World Cup-winning m...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Richie Wellens is considering his future at the club after being left “embarrassed” by the 6-0 defeat to Ipswich at Portman Road.Wellens pledged he and his team would reimburse the 165 travelling fans’ expenses after they capitulated in a 10-minute second-half spell, conceding four goals as Town registered their first home victory in League One this season.Lee Ev...Full Story »

Preston boss Frankie McAvoy admitted his side were dominated by Championship rivals Stoke in the 1-1 draw at Deepdale.The visitors led inside six minutes through Nick Powell and Michael O’Neill’s team should have had more in a first half full of chances.But Preston did salvage a point thanks to a brilliant curling effort from midfielder Ben Whiteman.McAvoy said: “It was a good ...Full Story »

Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth told his side to be confident and creative and they listened as two second-half goals got them back on the winning trail at Shrewsbury.Joe Jacobson’s strike from range and a header from Ryan Tafazolli gave them a 2-0 lead and, despite a late goal from Matthew Pennington, they rallied the storm to see the game out and bounce back from the defeat at MK Dons.And ...Full Story »

Sunderland head coach Lee Johnson was purring at his side’s performance after they netted five unanswered goals against Cheltenham in their League One clash at the Stadium of Light to move top of the table.The visitors struggled to create chances and were unable to make a fight of it after falling behind to Bailey Wright’s 11th-minute header.Sunderland striker Ross Stewart added goal...Full Story »

Rotherham boss Paul Warne gave Michael Smith the cold shoulder despite the striker scoring twice in a 3-0 win over AFC Wimbledon.Smith took his tally to seven goals in the last eight League One games with a brace against the Dons, coming after Will Grigg’s first league goal for the club put the Millers ahead.Despite his goalscoring antics, Warne was not impressed with Smith’s overall...Full Story »

Wigan slipped off the top of Sky Bet League One after a 2-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at the DW Stadium.Wednesday took the lead midway through the first half in comedy fashion when Max Power headed past his own goalkeeper Ben Amos, who had come to collect a long diagonal ball and left his goal unguarded.Amos went some way to redeeming himself with a fine stop to deny Callum Paterson while at...Full Story »

Sunderland moved to the top of Sky Bet League One by brushing Cheltenham aside 5-0 at the Stadium of Light.Bailey Wright’s 11th-minute opener was followed by a first-half brace from Ross Stewart to put the Black Cats firmly in charge.The hosts wrapped up a sixth-straight home win of the season when Luke O’Nien and substitute Leon Dajaku found the net inside two second-half minutes.Wr...Full Story »

Danny Ward’s brace earned Huddersfield a thrilling 3-2 home win against Blackburn.Matching his tally from the previous 28 outings of a misfiring second spell for the Terriers in one night, the former Cardiff forward settled matters after Ben Brereton Diaz had taken his season’s haul to nine goals with two second-half equalisers for the visitors.Spanish midfielder Alex Vallejo had ear...Full Story »