Pep Guardiola: Winning FA Cup not enough to make Man City season a success
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Pep Guardiola admitted winning the FA Cup will not be enough to call Manchester City’s season a success on the day his side reached the final but were dethroned as Premier League champions.Rico Lewis scored after just 109 seconds against Nottingham Forest at Wembley before Josko Gvardiol extended City’s advantage in the second half.City then rode their luck when Forest struck the woo...Full Story »
Chris Davies says Birmingham’s League One points total may never be matched
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Chris Davies believes Birmingham’s new League One points record will not be broken after their 4-0 victory over Mansfield took their tally to 105.Goals from Keshi Anderson, Willum Willumsson, Kieran Dowell and Tomoki Iwata, gave Birmingham their 32nd victory of the league campaign and saw them move past Wolves’ record of 103 set in 2013-14.The hosts were presented with the trophy aft...Full Story »
Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest to reach third successive FA Cup final
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Rico Lewis scored after just 109 seconds to send Manchester City on their way to a third consecutive FA Cup final following a 2-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest at Wembley.Josko Gvardiol extended City’s advantage after 51 minutes before they rode their luck when Morgan Gibbs-White hit the crossbar, and then the post, as Forest attempted a comeback.Taiwo Awoniyi struck the City woodwork for a ...Full Story »
Everything can change – Ruben Amorim offers hope to Man Utd fans
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Ruben Amorim reassured Manchester United fans “everything can change” in the balance of Premier League power after rivals Liverpool emulated his club’s record 20 top-flight titles.While Arne Slot’s runaway leaders were on the cusp of being crowned champions with victory over Tottenham at Anfield, 14th-placed United required an added-time equaliser from Rasmus Hojlund to s...Full Story »
Liverpool secure Premier League title with crushing win against Tottenham
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Liverpool secured a record-equalling 20th league title in a party atmosphere with a 5-1 victory over Tottenham as fans at Anfield witnessed a championship triumph for the first time in 35 years.The 2020 success under Jurgen Klopp came in the sterile confines of Covid restrictions and, even then, confirmation came when Manchester City lost at Chelsea to hand it to them on a plate.While the player...Full Story »
Birmingham set new League One points record of 105 with Mansfield mauling
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Birmingham set a new League One points record with a 4-0 hammering of Mansfield to reach 105 with two games remaining.First-half goals from Keshi Anderson and Willum Willumsson, followed by strikes in the second from Kieran Dowell and Tomoki Iwata, saw Chris Davies’ side pass the previous best of 103 set by Wolves in the 2013/14 season.The League One champions now need two more points to b...Full Story »
It’s nice but we wanted more – Stevenage boss Alex Revell
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 by PA
Stevenage manager Alex Revell felt his side’s 1-1 draw against Rotherham was “a nice way to finish” – but he wanted more.Sam Nombe had put the Millers ahead in the eighth minute and that seemed to be enough until centre-half Dan Sweeney, thrown on as a makeshift striker after 88 minutes, snuck in to head the ball over goalkeeper Dillon Phillips two minutes into stoppage t...Full Story »
Chelsea out of Champions League as Barcelona put in repeat performance
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2025 by PA
Chelsea’s slim hopes of pulling off a Champions League fightback were comprehensively ended by Barcelona who won 4-1 in their semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge to triumph 8-2 on aggregate.Trailing 4-1 from last Sunday’s meeting at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, Sonia Bompastor’s side kept the tie alive for all of 25 minutes in west London before Barca began their onslaught, s...Full Story »
Dan Sweeney snatches last-gasp draw for Stevenage against Rotherham
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2025 by PA
Dan Sweeney scored a stoppage-time equaliser to snatch Stevenage a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Rotherham.Sam Nombe’s eighth-minute strike had looked to be enough for the Millers, with Stevenage failing miserably to defend a free-kick bent into the middle and the forward guiding the ball across goal and in.Rotherham also had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half, while Liam Kel...Full Story »
Man Utd leave it late as Rasmus Hojlund denies 10-man Bournemouth
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2025 by PA
Rasmus Hojlund equalised deep into added time as Manchester United capitalised on the dismissal of Bournemouth striker Evanilson to scrape a 1-1 draw at the Vitality Stadium.Ruben Amorim’s men were on course for a 16th defeat of their worst Premier League season after gifting Antoine Semenyo a 23rd-minute opener.But Evanilson’s 70th-minute red card for a lunging challenge on Noussair...Full Story »