ZINEDINE ZIDANE has been pictured having a stroll with a dog in his bag amid links to Paris Saint-Germain. The former Real Madrid manager shared a number of pictures from the Instagram account of his son Enzo, 26. Zidane was snapped with the cute dog in his backpack And accompanying a family day out was an incredibly cute dog tucked inside Zidane's green backpack. The World Cup winner looked...Full Story »

BURNLEY are putting Belgium strikers Christian Benteke and Divock Origi on top of their emergency hit list. Boss Sean Dyche plans to spend his £25million Chris Wood windfall on Prem experience and the Clarets are investigating both targets. Palace gave Benteke, 31, a new deal and he is a regular starter but he could be available for around £10m. He also took less money to stay wit...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel did not shy away from commenting about Romelu Lukaku’s performance during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City. In what will surely turn out to be a decisive Premier League title clash, the Citizens stretched their gap at the top of the Premier League table by 13 points after Kevin de Bruyne's wonderful effort on 70 minutes secured all three points for Pep Guardio...Full Story »

Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick faces yet another problem after learning that the Old Trafford board might not sanction any transfers this month, according to reports. The German only replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the end of November but has already suffered several setbacks as he seeks to improve the Red Devils’ performances. United threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Aston Vil...Full Story »

Superb sub Philippe Coutinho sealed a stirring Aston Villa comeback as Steven Gerrard’s men fought back to claim a 2-2 Premier League draw with Manchester United.Having started the week by edging through to the FA Cup third round with a somewhat fortuitous win, Ralf Rangnick’s side looked on course for another hard-fought victory against Villa on Saturday evening.A howler from Emilia...Full Story »

Derby boss Wayne Rooney has revealed he has no control over which players leave the crisis-hit club this month and said they need urgent help if they are to avoid relegation.Rooney, who saw his side make it 13 points from their last five Championship games with a 2-0 home win over Sheffield United courtesy of two superb Tom Lawrence strikes, fears their unlikely survival bid could be scuppered b...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore hailed his side’s performance after goals from Sylla Sow, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Sam Hutchinson and Josh Windass gave them a 4-2 victory over Plymouth Argyle.The visitors responded through Adam Randell and Marvin Johnson’s own goal.Moore made five changes to his starting line-up and two of those who were recalled – Sow and Mendez-Laing ...Full Story »

Cheltenham boss Michael Duff said his team “did enough to win four games” after seeing Chuks Aneke snatch a last-gasp point for Charlton in a 1-1 draw.Dan Nlundulu opened the scoring for the Robins in the 43rd minute and they missed a host of chances to put the game beyond the Addicks’ reach at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.Instead Aneke, who rejoined Charlton from Birmingham on Frid...Full Story »

Carlisle manager Keith Millen praised his side’s desire to fight until the very end to secure a stoppage-time 1-1 draw with Crawley.Ashley Nadesan’s first-half effort seemingly sunk his former club before his missed penalty with 16 minutes left galvanised the hosts.Lewis Alessandra came off the bench for his first appearance in two months to bag a dramatic late leveller at Brunton Pa...Full Story »

Marco Silva hailed Aleksandar Mitrovic’s hat-trick in Fulham’s 6-2 victory over Bristol City as a classic example of the in-form Serb’s finishing skills.Mitrovic completed his third treble of the season before half-time with two powerful headers and an outstanding left-foot finish to take his season tally to 27 league goals.Neskens Kebano scored twice and Fabio Carvalho was als...Full Story »

Steve Cooper believes his players showcased their steely promotion credentials as Nottingham Forest escaped from the Den with a dramatic 1-0 win over Millwall.Lewis Grabban’s stoppage-time strike secured the points for the in-form visitors as Forest remained in firm touching distance of the Championship play-off places.Millwall dominated the opening period but after spurning a string of ch...Full Story »

West Brom manager Valerien Ismael insisted his side were denied a “clear” penalty in their 1-0 defeat at QPR.Shortly before Charlie Austin headed in a last-minute winner against his former club, Conor Townsend went down under a challenge from Stefan Johansen.Referee Simon Hooper waved away Albion’s appeals for a spot-kick and Rangers made the most of the let-off.“I think ...Full Story »

Wealdstone moved nine points clear of the Vanarama National League drop zone after coming from behind to claim a 2-1 victory over rock-bottom Dover.Dover are yet to win this season and have only wiped out four of the 12 points they were deducted before the start of the campaign, but they went ahead after 23 minutes when on-loan Alfie Pavey thumped home after controlling well.Craig Fasanmade was ...Full Story »

Manager Mark Robins toasted a return to winning ways as Coventry claimed a first Championship success for two months, beating Peterborough 4-1.The Sky Blues snapped a seven-game winless run in the league to climb back into play-off contention.Posh keeper David Cornell could only parry a Gustavo Hamer thunderbolt into his own net as Coventry hit the front in the 15th minute.Captain Matt Godden do...Full Story »

Leam Richardson was disappointed with Wigan’s lack of control in their 2-1 win over League One’s bottom side Doncaster.Goals from Max Power and Will Keane had the promotion-chasing visitors in command on the scoreboard, but they did not have things all their own way against a spirited Rovers side who pulled a goal back through Omar Bogle.Richardson felt there was an element of rustin...Full Story »

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth preferred to focus on the football after his team went top of League One following a 2-0 victory over Oxford on a fiery afternoon at Adams Park.The Chairboys may be relative minnows in the third tier, but they can enjoy looking down on the rest of it after taking advantage of slip-ups by Rotherham and Sunderland, the previous top two.However, there were a couple ...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson hailed Trevor Carson’s international class after the goalkeeper marked his Morecambe league debut with a fine display in a 0-0 draw at fellow strugglers AFC Wimbledon.The 33-year-old, capped five times by Northern Ireland, joined the Shrimps from Dundee United earlier this month and denied Ollie Palmer with a vital save early in the second half.Ayoub Assal hit the bar late...Full Story »

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe is refusing to throw in the towel after seeing Newcastle squander two priceless points in their quest for Premier League survival.Allan Saint-Maximin’s second-half strike had taken the Magpies to within three minutes of just their second win of the campaign, which would have lifted them out of the bottom three, but they succumbed to Joao Pedro’s late equalis...Full Story »

Bruno Lage insisted Wolves never considered asking to postpone their game against Southampton and will always look to play.Raul Jimenez’s penalty and second-half goals from Conor Coady and Adama Traore earned a 3-1 win at Molineux.James Ward-Prowse’s wonderful late free-kick briefly made it 2-1 and Romain Perraud hit the bar just before Traore wrapped up victory injury time.Wolves we...Full Story »

In-form Wigan held on against spirited strugglers Doncaster to claim a 2-1 and narrow the gap to League One’s top two.Goals from Max Power and Will Keane put Wigan ahead but Omar Bogle pulled a goal back for Rovers, who battled well throughout the game but could not prevent the visitors recording a fourth win in five league games.The Latics started strongly with Keane and Tom Pearce missin...Full Story »