Barcelona have been eliminated from the Champions League after Inter beat Viktoria Plzen to ensure they join Bayern Munich in the round of 16. · Barca stuck in third place after Inter win· Catalans drop into Europa League· Upset financially devastating for BarcaWHAT HAPPENED? An Edin Dzeko double and goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Romelu Lukaku saw Inter beat the Czech team ...Full Story »

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp stressed qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages should never be taken for granted after his side secured a last-16 spot with a 3-0 win at Ajax.Having survived a number of attempts on goal by the hosts, which included Steven Berghuis rattling the woodwork early on, the Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute at the Johan Cruyff Arena via Mohamed Salah’s f...Full Story »

Rangers’ sobering Champions League campaign continued on its downward trajectory with a 3-0 defeat to Napoli in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.A 7-1 loss by Liverpool at Ibrox in their last Group A outing had shocked the Light Blues and their fans and it looked ominous when striker Giovanni Simeone scored twice in the first 16 minutes for the dominant home side.The second half was ...Full Story »

Liverpool qualified for the Champions League last 16 after defeating Ajax 3-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott.Having had their woodwork rattled early on by Steven Berghuis, the Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute via Salah’s finish.The fit-again Nunez hit a post soon after, before extending the visitors’ lead with a 49th-mi...Full Story »

Paul Mullin, 27, had the political message stitched into his Nike cleats - along with his name and number. Paul Mullin is Wrexham's No10 star striker but caused a stir on social media Credit: Gemma Thomas Photography The customised boots had the political slogan splashed on the side Credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGf_DDJlOV/?hl=en The design caused widespread reaction on social media wh...Full Story »

The star attacking trio each found the net to put the hosts up 3-0 inside just 35 minutes. Messi then produced another sumptuous finish just before the interval to complete an eye-catching first-half attacking display. There was little letup in the second half, with Mbappe curling in for his second before an own goal from Maccabi's Sean Goldberg and a seventh goal, by substitute Carlos Soler, c...Full Story »

Manchester United are set to face competition from Tottenham in the race to sign England international Tammy Abraham. Abraham left the Premier League last year in search of regular first-team football after Chelsea brought in Romelu Lukaku rather than giving the young striker a chance. As Lukaku flopped on his return to Chelsea, Abraham flourished at Roma, and a return to the Premier League ...Full Story »

Wade Elliott praised his Cheltenham team for a solid all-round display in their 1-0 home win over Morecambe.The Robins had lost their previous three games in League One, but Ben Williams’ first-half goal was enough to secure a valuable home win and leave the Shrimps bottom of the table.“I thought the performance was good and I thought it was the right result,” head coach Elliot...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Matt Taylor criticised referee Andy Davies after Viktor Gyokeres’ stoppage-time penalty earned Coventry a 2-2 draw.Rotherham had twice been ahead through Cohen Bramall’s first Millers goal before Conor Washington broke the offside trap.Gustavo Hamer briefly levelled things at 1-1 before former Sky Blue defender Richard Wood brought down Callum O’Hare and Coven...Full Story »

Chris Conn-Clarke scored the only goal as Altrincham continued their impressive recent form with a 1-0 victory over Greater Manchester rivals Oldham.A frenetic start to proceedings saw Oldham go close when Ben Tollitt saw his effort go just over the crossbar.Altrincham also had an early chance when Eddy Jones cut in from the left but his shot was saved by Magnus Norman.Alty broke the deadlock wi...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady admitted his side looked “tired” during a lacklustre second-half in which they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Sutton in League Two at Sixfields on Tuesday.The promotion-chasing Cobblers, who were missing seven players due to either suspension or injury, dominated the first half and seemed on course for all three points thanks to goals from Marc...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou claimed it was always going to be difficult for his side to make a Champions League impact after a home draw with Shakhtar Donetsk consigned them to a bottom-place finish.The Scottish champions needed to win to keep alive their hopes of entering the Europa League knockout stages and Giorgos Giakoumakis swept them into the lead 38 minutes into a tight first half.Ho...Full Story »

Newport manager Graham Coughlan feels his players have come out fighting after the Exiles drew 0-0 with 10-man Mansfield at Field Mill to remain unbeaten since he took charge of the club last week.The visitors created the better chances throughout the game but were unable to make their numerical advantage count after Mansfield’s James Perch was sent off in the second half.Perch dragged dow...Full Story »

Three second-half goals saw Wrexham come from behind to beat Halifax 3-1 at the Racecourse.The Red Dragons remain second in the National League table, while the Shaymen have dropped to 19th.Halifax were awarded a penalty in the 12th minute and Emmanuel Dieseruvwe converted from the spot to put them in front.Goalkeeper Sam Johnson was called into action to deny Ollie Palmer’s effort before ...Full Story »

Boreham Wood were forced to share the points with Dagenham as the sides played out a 1-1 draw at Victoria Road.Danny Newton nearly created an early chance for Boreham Wood but his cross was snuffed out by Elliot Justham with players lining up to put it in the back of the net.Wood broke the deadlock when Zak Brunt curled into the top corner in the 53rd minute.The visitors could have doubled their...Full Story »

Paul Smyth and substitute Ruel Sotiriou scored second-half goals to earn League Two leaders Leyton Orient a 2-0 home win over Gillingham.Smyth’s fine strike opened the scoring seven minutes into the second half after a drab opening period.Sotiriou added a second 11 minutes after being brought on as Orient recorded an 11th win of the campaign and remained a point clear at the top.Orient&rsq...Full Story »

Viktor Gyokeres’ stoppage-time penalty earned in-form Coventry a 2-2 home draw against Rotherham in the Championship.The Sky Blues had twice found themselves behind through Cohen Bramall’s first Millers goal and then Conor Washington.Gustavo Hamer had briefly levelled things at 1-1 but it was Gyokeres’ spot-kick that earned the Sky Blues a point.Callum Doyle and Ben Sheaf retur...Full Story »

Junior Tchamadeu’s superb equaliser salvaged struggling Colchester a point in an entertaining 2-2 draw with Crawley.After Alex Newby put United in front, Town turned the game around courtesy of goals from Ashley Nadesan and James Tilley either side of half-time.But Tchamadeu secured a point for second-bottom Colchester, who are three points from safety in League Two.Colchester went close i...Full Story »

Graham Potter says his life as Chelsea boss is made easy when his players can score the quality of goals that earned a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.Stunning goals from Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz sealed a 2-1 win at RB Salzburg in testing conditions and booking a last-16 spot.Kovacic found the top corner with a first-time effort in the first half and after Junior Adamu ...Full Story »

Kai Havertz’s brilliant second-half goal earned Chelsea a 2-1 win at RB Salzburg which booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages. The Germany international curled in a stunning effort midway through the second half to decide a testing evening in Austria and extend Graham Potter’s unbeaten start to his Blues reign to nine games. The Premier League side had gone ah...Full Story »