Carlo Ancelotti has indicated that he would be happy for Eden Hazard to leave Real Madrid in the new year, with the manager claiming that he has never kept a player at a club against their will. The Belgium veteran has endured a difficult near-two-and-a-half-year spell at the Santiago Bernabeu since moving from Chelsea, pockmarked by injury and poor form. Now, with his place in the starting ...Full Story »

Newcastle struggle to convince Ten HagNewcastle United are struggling in their attempts to appoint Erik ten Hag as their new manager, reports the Mirror. The Ajax boss is reluctant to take over due to the Magpies' lowly Premier League position. Man Utd missed out on Gueye in the summerManchester United did not follow through with their interest in PSG midfielder Idrissa Gueye this summer, r...Full Story »

Bournemouth head coach Scott Parker expressed his delight at the ability of his league leaders to “grind out” a hard-earned 2-0 Championship victory at Reading.It was Bournemouth’s 15th league match without defeat since the start of this season – a club record.Although Reading dominated much of the first half, the visitors went in front two minutes before the break throug...Full Story »

AFC Bournemouth made it 15 Championship matches unbeaten this season as they regained their five-point advantage at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a hard-earned 2-0 win at Reading.Although the Royals dominated long spells of the first half, Bournemouth went in front in the 43rd minute when leading scorer Dominic Solanke headed home.They increased their lead just before the hour mark wh...Full Story »

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was pleased to come out of the other side of a “difficult week” in style with a 3-0 win at Tottenham.Solskjaer has been under pressure following last week’s 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool, with plenty of speculation about his future, but once again his side came up with a result when he needed it the most.Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo...Full Story »

Port Vale assistant manager Andy Crosby felt the half-time message to stay calm against the 10 men of Crawley was vital in them eventually running out 4-1 winners at Broadfield Stadium, saying some of his side’s second-half play was “outstanding”.Crawley were forced to play with a man less from just the 12th minute when veteran centre-back Joel Lynch received a straight red car...Full Story »

Manager Dave Challinor admitted he had a worse day than the referee after Hartlepool were thumped 5-0 by Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.Aaron Drinan netted a hat-trick as Orient ended a sequence of four successive draws in a game which was shrouded in controversy.Referee Alan Young took the players off the field for the interval four minutes early and after the customary 15-minute interval break...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola says “many, many things” went wrong as Manchester City suffered their first home loss of the season to Patrick Vieira’s impressive Crystal Palace side.Wednesday’s surprise Carabao Cup exit at West Ham was compounded by a shock defeat for the reigning Premier League champions at the Etihad Stadium.Wilfried Zaha got Pep Guardiola’s 200th league match at ...Full Story »

Rob Hall scored a late winner as Barnet claimed a 2-1 home victory against Aldershot in the National League.Kian Flanagan opened the scoring for the hosts when he converted Adam Marriott’s flick back across the face of goal with 27 minutes gone.Ephron Mason-Clark then thought he had doubled Barnet’s lead on the stroke of half-time only for his header to be ruled out for offside.Eleve...Full Story »

Manchester United eased the pressure on under-fire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with an easy 3-0 win at Tottenham which saw the heat turned up on Nuno Espirito Santo.Solskjaer is battling for his job after last weekend’s 5-0 humiliation by Liverpool, but as has been the case so often during his reign at United, his team delivered a result when he needed it the most.A brilliant goal by Cristiano Ro...Full Story »

Joey Barton believes that the fortunes of his Bristol Rovers side are “starting to turn” after earning a 1-0 win at Harrogate.Substitute Nick Anderton scored the only goal of the game after the hour mark to seal a rare away win for the 16th-placed Pirates, who were relegated from League One last season.Having previously failed to claim an away win since last December, Rovers have now...Full Story »

Blackpool head coach Neil Critchley hailed an effective away performance from his side after they weathered pressure from Sheffield United before securing a 1-0 win.The hosts created a number of good chances, but they were unable to find the net and were punished when Keshi Anderson struck the only goal of the game in the 76th minute.Critchley said: “I suppose 1-0, when you keep a clean sh...Full Story »

Lincoln boss Michael Appleton admitted his side “fell short” as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Shrewsbury.The Imps, fresh from taking four points from away games at Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan, took the lead in the 43rd minute when captain Conor McGrandles headed home a cross from Regan Poole.That came shortly after home defender Adam Jackson had been stretchered off with a head i...Full Story »

Frustrated Barrow boss Mark Cooper admitted he needs to find a way to tighten up his side following a 2-1 home defeat to Rochdale.The game was delayed by 30 minutes after torrential rain in Cumbria.And the Bluebirds’ worrying winless streak stretched to six games after Jake Beesley bagged his second brace of the season.Josh Kay’s equaliser, after his initial penalty was saved by goal...Full Story »

Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan claims his side were the only team that looked like winning as he watched them beat Millwall 1-0 to climb into the top six at the John Smith’s Stadium.In a game which was dominated mostly by the home side, they managed to edge out Millwall 1-0 to make it four games unbeaten in front of their own supporters.The Terriers came closest in the first half as Dan...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou backed Giorgos Giakoumakis to bounce back quickly after the striker missed a stoppage-time penalty in a goalless draw with Livingston.Giakoumakis saw his weak effort saved by Max Stryjek after Livi defender Ayo Obileye had gifted Celtic the perfect chance to go top of the cinch Premiership.The Greek striker went on to miss another opportunity from six yards after the returning J...Full Story »

Nigel Pearson gave much of the credit to long-suffering Bristol City fans after finally marking his spell as manager with a home win at the 15th attempt, overcoming Barnsley 2-1.Two goals just before the break from Andreas Weimann saw the Robins come from behind to register the first three-point haul on their own ground since January.In all, the unhappy sequence stretched back 18 games, only thr...Full Story »

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was choking on a sense of injustice after his Burton side were made to play for 75 minutes with 10 men in their 2-0 Sky Bet League One defeat at Wigan.The home side had already taken the lead through James McClean’s brilliant volley when Jonny Smith was shown a straight red for poleaxing Wigan’s Curtis Tilt with a dangerous high foot.After that, it was only re...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel insisted he takes no joy from seeing his Premier League title rivals drop points after his leaders claimed a 3-0 victory at managerless Newcastle.Tuchel’s side registered a fourth-straight league win to extend their lead at the top as Liverpool were held by Brighton and Manchester City slipped to a shock home defeat to Crystal Palace.Chelsea moved three points cl...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon boss Mark Robinson admitted frank words were exchanged in a lengthy dressing-room discussion following their defeat at Cambridge.The Us won 1-0 to seal their first victory in eight matches, with the goal coming courtesy of Brighton loanee Jensen Weir two minutes after half-time.It was the England Under-20 international’s first senior goal and helped lift Cambridge above their...Full Story »