Pep Guardiola immediately turned his attention to Saturday’s derby against Manchester United after his side brushed off Club Brugge for a second time.Manchester City followed up their 5-1 win over the Belgian side a fortnight ago with a 4-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium to move to the top of Champions League Group A.The result meant last season’s runners-up now need only a point to q...Full Story »

Michael O’Neill hailed the instant impact of Mario Vrancic after the midfielder helped set up Stoke’s winner at Blackpool with his first touch.Vrancic was introduced after a goalless first 78 minutes and immediately caused chaos in the hosts’ penalty area with a dangerous free-kick which was volleyed against the post by Harry Souttar and eventually turned home by Steven Fletche...Full Story »

Managerless Barnsley came from behind to beat Championship relegation rivals Derby 2-1 and end their miserable run.The Reds came into the game on the back of a seven-game losing streak and without a permanent manager, as Markus Schopp was sacked over the weekend after just four months in charge.Derby themselves were without a win since September and have been planted firmly at the bottom of the ...Full Story »

Ali McCann’s first Preston goal stunned Scott Parker’s leaders by sentencing Bournemouth to their first Championship defeat of the season.Ben Whiteman was also on target with Philip Billing replying for the Cherries as Preston picked up their first away win of the campaign.Bournemouth were without the injured Jordan Zemura so Wales defender Chris Mepham was pressed into action as a m...Full Story »

Liverpool booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to spare after a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid.This time there was no conceding of a two-goal lead as there had been in Madrid and at home to Brighton on Saturday after Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane’s first-half goals set up a record-equalling victory.A somewhat harsh red card for Atle...Full Story »

Antonio Conte is close to completing his first signing as Tottenham manager. The new Tottenham boss was confirmed to be taking over the club earlier today and he and Spurs are already busy trying to build the squad that the Italian is after. According to The Sun via Rudy Galetti, AC Milan midfielder Frank Kessie is close to agreeing personal terms with the North London club. His contract wi...Full Story »

Serial Europa League winner and ex-Arsenal manager Unai Emery is edging closer to be given the Newcastle United job, according to reports. Emery now leads a two-man list, with Bournemouth legend Eddie Howe the second-choice behind the Basque boss, now at Villarreal. Newcastle are thought to be sorting personal terms with Emery ahead of his move, which includes agreeing to pay him as much mon...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson is confident his side can get their League One automatic-promotion bid back on track after a third consecutive defeat.Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory struck for the Owls to leave Sunderland fifth, five points off second-placed Pl...Full Story »

Three goals in five second-half minutes from Luton saw Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock beaten on his record-breaking 1,602nd match as a manager.With Warnock overtaking Dario Gradi’s record of most games managing English league clubs, he saw Boro go ahead through 18-year-old striker Josh Coburn on his full debut.But Sonny Bradley, Elijah Adebayo and Harry Cornick struck to condemn Boro to a...Full Story »

Wycombe missed the chance to propel themselves into the automatic League One promotion places after a disappointing 4-1 home defeat to Ipswich.The promotion-seeking Chairboys, who had previously won every home league game this season, have now conceded seven goals in their last two outings and more worryingly shipped three or more goals three times in their last seven.David Wheeler marked his fi...Full Story »

Rotherham missed the chance to move second in League One after Conor Washington’s late goal secured Charlton a 1-1 draw at the Valley.Mickel Miller had fired the Millers ahead in the first half before Washington struck seven minutes from time.Both sides threatened without scoring in the opening stages, with Washington glancing a header wide while Michael Ihiekwe had a header of his own loo...Full Story »

Sunderland’s League One automatic-promotion bid suffered another blow as Sheffield Wednesday condemned them to a third consecutive defeat with a 3-0 win at Hillsborough.Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down to goals from Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory.Corbeanu opened the scoring in the 13th minute, curling a low shot beyond Thorb...Full Story »

Cheltenham defender Lewis Freestone scored his first career goal as they held Portsmouth to a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park.The visitors struck first after six minutes when Freestone capitalised on Pompey midfielder Louis Thompson’s mis-hit a clearance from a corner.Portsmouth levelled the game on 31 minutes through Reeco Hackett.Scott Flinders punched away a cross to deny John Marquis from clo...Full Story »

Joseph Laumann will take charge of Barnsley for the first time as the Championship’s bottom two sides prepare to meet at Oakwell.Laumann has stepped in for two games on a caretaker basis following the dismissal of Markus Schopp this week after seven successive defeats.Striker Carlton Morris continues to be absent with a knee injury while Callum Styles is also a doubt as he battles to recov...Full Story »

Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez has once again proved he is not your typical footballer by completing a degree in business administration and management. The Spaniard enrolled on a Business Studies and Economics course at Castellon University and stayed in student accomodation while he was playing professionally in La Liga for Villarreal. And even as his career has progressed to...Full Story »

Eden Hazard is ready to fight for his place at Real Madrid. Marca says despite rumours of a potential departure due to his poor form this season, Eden Hazard is not willing to leave Real Madrid in the winter transfer window. The Belgium international has yet to rediscover his form at Los Blancos, but he is aware that to achieve his goal of establishing himself in the starting line-up he shou...Full Story »

Word stemming from the media on Monday night suggests that the Antonio Conte to Tottenham saga has reached its conclusion. Nuno out/Conte in Speculation hinting at the potential arrival of serial winner Conte in north London has of course proven rampant over the day to date. This comes with Daniel Levy and co. having pulled the trigger on the dismissal of Nuno Espirito Santo, just four mont...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper could name an unchanged team against Sheffield United.The Reds battled impressively to score deep into stoppage time and snatch a draw at QPR on Friday night.Loic Mbe Soh is closing on a return from a thigh injury but the game will come too soon for the defender.Loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) is still rehabilitating with parent club Arsenal and has not eve...Full Story »

Peterborough striker Jonson Clarke-Harris is in contention to start as the Posh welcome Huddersfield to the Weston Homes Stadium on Tuesday.The 27-year-old, top scorer in League One last season, came on as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 loss at Swansea and may start for the first time since serving a four-match ban for historic offensive social media posts.Harrison Burrows was ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday defender Dominic Iorfa is a doubt for Tuesday night’s League One clash with Sunderland.Iorfa missed the Owls’ 2-2 draw with Cheltenham at the weekend after sustaining a knock, and manager Darren Moore told the club website his chances of being involved against the Black Cats are 50/50.Sam Hutchinson is also being assessed after sustaining a muscle problem and has ...Full Story »