Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers admitted their last-gasp 2-1 defeat by Lazio was a “devastating” blow after he felt they deserved to be in front.Luis Palma thought he had given the Scottish champions an 81st-minute lead but it was ruled offside by a lengthy VAR check when the officials decided Daizen Maeda had helped on Alistair Johnston’s cross.There was a bigger blow to follow...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola hailed Rico Lewis as one of the best players he has ever coached after his starring role in Manchester City’s hard-fought win at RB Leipzig.The 18-year-old produced a commanding display as the holders maintained the winning start to their Champions League defence with a 3-1 success at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday.Lewis, who made his first-team breakthrough as a right-back ...Full Story »

Luton boss Rob Edwards could not hide his disappointment following Burnley’s late winner, admitting his side should have got more from the game.Jacob Bruun Larsen’s stunning strike made it 2-1 just one minute after Elijah Adebayo had drawn the Hatters level as the Clarets snatched a first win of the Premier League season.Edwards said the result hurt after Luton had got off the mark w...Full Story »

Leyton Orient and Lincoln’s League One meeting was abandoned after 82 minutes due to a medical emergency involving a member of the crowd.A fan ran on the pitch towards referee Stephen Martin to draw attention to the fact that a member of the public needed medical attention in the East Stand.The game then continued for less than a minute before around 20 fans sat down on the pitch at the ho...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady was delighted after his side secured back-to-back League One wins by beating Reading 3-1 at Sixfields.The home side were dominant in the first period and goals from Sam Hoskins and Louis Appere gave them a 2-0 lead at half-time.Reading fought back and Dom Ballard’s goal 24 minutes from time resurrected hope of a comeback, but that was killed off by Mitch Pinnock ...Full Story »

Grant McCann is delighted to see Doncaster climbing the Sky Bet League Two standings but he is refusing to get caught up in talk of tables at this stage of the season.After taking eight attempts to pick up their first league win of the campaign, Rovers now have three victories from their last four matches after seeing off in-form Crawley 2-0 at the Eco-Power Stadium.A Mo Faal strike and a Joe Ir...Full Story »

Salford boss Neil Wood was proud of his side after their 2-0 victory over Football League basement boys Sutton.The Ammies recorded successive League Two wins for the first time this season thanks to second-half goals from Matt Smith and Kelly N’Mai.It has been a much-needed resurgence after a dismal run of five consecutive league losses.“I thought we were outstanding tonight,” ...Full Story »

Paul Warne hailed a 3-1 victory at Blackpool as the best display of his year-long Derby tenure as Korey Smith, James Collins and Martyn Waghorn netted for the visitors.The Rams have now won four of their five away games so far in League One, with only one victory coming at home.“It’s the proudest I’ve been and probably the best performance since I’ve been here,” War...Full Story »

Dino Maamria hailed an “absolutely outstanding” performance as Burton finally secured a first home League One win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Wigan.Two goals from Joe Powell, the first a stunning 25-yarder and the second from the penalty spot after Kell Watts had handled in the box, secured the three points after Charlie Hughes had put Wigan in front just before half-time.A...Full Story »

Northampton secured back-to-back League One wins by beating Reading 3-1 at Sixfields on Tuesday.Sam Hoskins, Louis Appere and Mitch Pinnock all scored to earn the Cobblers a first home victory since August and handed the Royals a fifth straight away league defeat.The Cobblers made all of the early running and deservedly went ahead after 10 minutes when Appere slipped in Hoskins and his shot from...Full Story »

Neill Collins was delighted with Barnsley’s all-round display as they won 4-0 at Cambridge.Collins’ side have dropped only two points from their five away trips in League One, in contrast to four defeats at Oakwell.Nicky Cadden opened the scoring early on before Mael de Gevigney unwittingly scored the first goal of his professional career when a defensive header rebounded off the Fre...Full Story »

Manchester United defender Raphael Varane has drawn criticism from fans after he suggested the Red Devils will be able to win the Champions League this season. Speaking ahead of Manchester United's second Champions League group game of 2023/24 against Galatasaray on Tuesday, Varane argued that while they have started the new campaign slowly, they still have the quality in the squad to excel i...Full Story »

Diogo Jota's wife Rute Cardoso has lashed out at Premier League officials following Liverpool's controversial defeat against Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's side were reduced to nine men following a straight red card for Curtis Jones and two yellows for Jota, as well as having a perfectly good Luis Diaz goal ruled out by the officials. Rute was not in the mood for forgiveness after the gane, as sho...Full Story »

REFEREE chiefs admitted a massive blunder after their VAR disasterclass WRONGLY ruled out Liverpool's opener at Tottenham. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited confirmed a "significant human error" meant the VAR official FORGOT to tell on-field referee Simon Hooper to change his decision. Luis Diaz was deemed offside before scoring at Tottenham Credit: Premier League An unofficial li...Full Story »

Spurs remain interested in Victor Nelsson Tottenham is still interested in acquiring Victor Nelsson, but they may have to pay more because Galatasaray intends to offer him a new contract. Tottenham remain interested in Victor Nelsson, according to Turkish source Aksam, ahead of the January transfer season. The 24-year-old defender was heavily linked with Tottenham this summer, but Galatasaray...Full Story »

Stoke boss Alex Neil says he “didn’t enjoy any part” of his side’s 3-2 come-from-behind win at Bristol City.A late strike from 18-year-old substitute Nathan Lowe capped a stirring Stoke fightback at Ashton Gate.Bristol City looked to be on course for a comfortable win when Sam Bell fired them ahead from a near post corner after five minutes and Nahki Wells doubled the adv...Full Story »

Johnnie Jackson never doubted the goalscoring capabilities of Ali Al-Hamadi, whose impressive hat-trick proved decisive in AFC Wimbledon’s 4-1 win over Tranmere.The Iraqi international bagged his first career treble, leading the charge as AFC Wimbledon came from behind to pick up their first home win of the Sky Bet League Two season and move into the play-off places.Prior to Saturday&rsquo...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City failed to properly execute their “process” and was keen to praise Wolves after his side’s 100 per cent start to their Premier League title defence ended with a 2-1 loss at Molineux.City went into the contest looking to make it seven league victories at the start of a campaign for the first time.But the treble-winners were condemned to defeat b...Full Story »

Blackpool head coach Neil Critchley praised his side’s defensive efforts in their 1-0 win at Barnsley.Jordan Rhodes scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot after Corey O’Keefe brought down CJ Hamilton.Critchley said: “It’s nice to keep a clean sheet and score, because we’ve not done that away from home so far.“We defended magnificently well for ...Full Story »

Furious Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton criticised one of his own players after falling to a 2-0 defeat at Peterborough.Barton was angered by the actions of winger Luke Thomas, who went down with a hamstring injury in the build-up to the crucial second Posh goal.David Ajiboye doubled the hosts’ advantage in the match-defining 47th minute incident after a deflected Archie Collins strike had...Full Story »