Norwich defender Brandon Williams made a hilarious U-turn after realising the player who had just taken him down was Christian Eriksen. Eriksen, who was making his first start for Brentford in the crunch clash at the bottom of the Premier League table following his cardiac arrest last year, hauled Williams down as he tried to break away with the ball. As they fell to the floor the former Totte...Full Story »

Sevilla are eyeing Aletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez. Now 35, he is in the twilight of his career and hasn't received any news from Atletico Madrid about a contract extension. Diego Simeone was key to bringing Suarez to the club from Barcelona and will now have a key role in deciding if the centre-forward should stay. In the meantime, Suarez has received calls from other clubs. His represen...Full Story »

The Man Utd legend said that no Red Devils players could crack City's XI at present Gary Neville has claimed Cristiano Ronaldo would not make a combined Manchester United-Manchester City XI based on this season's form. The two rivals meet on Sunday in the Manchester derby, with City entering the game in first place and United in fourth. Despite his status as a Man Utd legend, Neville has sa...Full Story »

Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli has said he never wants to leave the club. Speaking to ESPN Brazil, Martinelli said: "If I can, I'll stay here my whole life. I want to conquer things, as I said, I want to stay here and win titles, with these wonderful fans, my teammates." Despite not being heavily linked away from the club, it will be great news for Arsenal fans to hear a young player sho...Full Story »

Stockport moved five points clear at the top after first-half goals from Ollie Crankshaw and Will Collar secured a 2-0 win at Aldershot.Crankshaw put Stockport in front in fine style in the 14th minute as he raced on to Paddy Madden’s through-ball and lofted a neat finish over Aldershot goalkeeper Dillon Barnes.The visitors doubled their advantage in the 26th minute when Collar’s gla...Full Story »

Scunthorpe boss Keith Hill was satisfied with the reaction of his bottom-of-the-table side after they ended a run of five successive away defeats with a goalless League Two draw at Crawley.Hill was desperate for a improved showing after admitting that the 4-1 defeat at Sutton the previous week had left him “seething inside physically and emotionally”.The former Rochdale, Barnsley and...Full Story »

Blackpool boss Neil Critchley paid tribute to his side’s camaraderie and hopes their late victory over Stoke can help catapult them into the Championship play-off places by the end of the season.The travelling Tangerines, who ended an eight-match run without an away win dating back to October, were fortunate not to be behind before snatching an 86th-minute winner through Josh Bowler.Stoke ...Full Story »

Eddie Howe is refusing to concede that Newcastle are on the verge of securing Premier League safety.Saturday’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Brighton at St James’ Park left the Magpies unbeaten in eight league outings, with five wins in their last six and, more importantly, seven points clear of the bottom three in 14th place.However, with four successive away games at Southampton, Ch...Full Story »

Alex Lacey headed an injury-time equaliser as play-off chasing Notts County snatched a last-gasp 1-1 draw at Yeovil in the Vanarama National League.Lacey nodded home Matt Palmer’s floated free-kick to spare the Magpies a second successive defeat after Alex Bradley had opened the scoring at Meadow Lane.Bradley caught Vitezslav Jaros off his line two minutes into the second half after a mix-...Full Story »

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira described his side’s first-half performance in their 2-0 win at Wolves as one of their best of the season.The Eagles extended their unbeaten run away from home in 2022 to five games and earned a third consecutive victory over Wolves with an emphatic display.Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha, from the penalty spot, fired Vieira’s s...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel believes Chelsea’s second-half display in their 4-0 win at Burnley proved he and his players have not been impacted by the uncertainty since Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale.It has been a turbulent week at Stamford Bridge with Abramovich initially saying he was handing “stewardship and care” of the club to its charitable foundation on the eve of the Carab...Full Story »

Manager Thomas Frank hailed the importance of Brentford’s crucial 3-1 win at Norwich and praised the contribution of key duo Ivan Toney and Christian Eriksen.On his first start since he suffered a cardiac arrest on June 12 at Euro 2020, Eriksen flourished and saw his 32nd-minute corner find its way to Toney at the back post to break the deadlock in Norfolk.Hat-trick hero Toney took centre ...Full Story »

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard described Philippe Coutinho as being “above the game” after his masterclass in their 4-0 win against Southampton.The on-loan Barcelona forward scored one, set up Douglas Luiz for another and could have had a hat-trick in a virtuoso performance while Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings were also on the scoresheet.“I thought at times, with all due resp...Full Story »

Donervon Daniels’ first goal for the club earned Walsall a 1-1 Sky Bet League Two draw with relegation-threatened Barrow.Daniels, who had not scored since netting for Luton in January 2020, headed in Emmanuel Osadebe’s 65th-minute free-kick.His equaliser denied Mark Cooper’s Cumbrians a first home league win since December 11.John Rooney, brother of Derby boss Wayne, gave the B...Full Story »

Crystal Palace extended their unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.It is the first time since June 2020 that the Eagles have claimed consecutive league wins away from Selhurst Park, having beaten Watford 4-1 in their previous road trip.Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games afte...Full Story »

Middlesbrough made it eight home wins in a row in the league for the first time since 1997-98 by beating Luton 2-1 at the Riverside.The latest victory for Chris Wilder’s team lifted them above Luton and into the Sky Bet Championship’s play-off zone once again.It was a tough battle on Teesside in which neither side really got going but Paddy McNair’s fifth goal of the season in ...Full Story »

George Hirst scored twice as 10-man Portsmouth routed Accrington 4-0 at Fratton Park.Accrington started brightly, with two shots early on, but it was Pompey who took the lead after 16 minutes. Mahlon Romeo worked a one-two with Marcus Harness and his cross was met by Hirst to put the ball beyond goalkeeper Toby Savin.It was disaster for Pompey five minutes later when Harness was shown a straight...Full Story »

Vanarama National League play-off hopefuls Solihull Moors fought back from two goals behind to rescue a point at home to lowly King’s Lynn.The visitors look set for the drop and will see this as two points lost after Malachi Linton and Luis Fernandez struck – only for Alex Gudger and a late Callum Howe effort to secure a 2-2 draw for Solihull.King’s Lynn hit the front with just...Full Story »

Relegation-threatened Scunthorpe ended a run of five successive away defeats with a goalless League Two draw at Crawley as the hosts claimed their first home clean sheet for over six months.Crawley’s poor home form has now seen them win only two of their last dozen games before their own fans, while Scunthorpe’s point does little to aid their increasingly-desperate battle against the...Full Story »

James Maxwell scored twice as Ayr eased to a third successive away win with a 4-0 victory at Raith Rovers.A devastating first-half display saw the visitors take a 3-0 lead into the break.They made a flying start as Tomi Adeloye rifled the ball into the roof of the net from Sam Ashford’s low cross in the third minute.Rangers loanee Maxwell doubled their lead as he finished off a swift count...Full Story »