EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal are desperate for a striker in the transfer window after Mikel Arteta’s request and Gunners legend Perry Groves reckons Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the answer this summer Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been identified as Arsenal’s best option in the transfer window at the end of the season. That is the verdict from ex-Gunners star Perry Groves, who reckons Mikel Arteta o...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Alex Neil was relieved that his attempts to turn a defeat into victory against struggling Fleetwood worked out after the 3-1 win at the Stadium of Light.After hitting half-time a goal down courtesy of Ellis Harrison’s 28th minute opener, Neil went into the dressing room at the break and decided to change things.He introduced Jermain Defoe and Lynden Gooch for the second hal...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray challenged Blackburn to be more “ruthless” after they failed to turn dominance into three points in their 0-0 draw with Millwall.Rovers dominated the in-form Lions, registering 12 shots and restricting the visitors to none, yet profligacy in front of goal from Joe Rankin-Costello and Sam Gallagher and a superb Bartosz Bialkowski save from John Buckley meant that superior...Full Story »

Liverpool suffered their first Anfield defeat in a year after a 1-0 defeat to 10-man Inter Milan but still progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League courtesy of their two-goal first-leg advantage. Lautaro Martinez’s 61st-minute goal had given the visitors a chance of overturning the deficit but Alexis Sanchez’s red card for a second bookable offence less than two mi...Full Story »

Jack Marriott’s fourth goal of the season helped Peterborough earn a rare away point as the bottom club put another dent in Bournemouth’s automatic promotion hopes with a 1-1 draw.Posh had lost 16 of their 18 away games this season ahead of their daunting trip to the south coast.But Marriott’s strike on the half-hour, cancelled out by Ryan Christie effort in the second half, tu...Full Story »

Elijah Adebayo’s first half strike sent Luton back into the Sky Bet Championship play off places as the Hatters earned a 1-0 victory over Coventry at the CBS Arena.Adebayo was on the end of Alex Palmer’s long ball forward and curled in his first goal in six games to take Luton back into the top six.Coventry’s second defeat in as many outings put another dent in the Sky Blues&rs...Full Story »

Robert Lewandowski scored the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Bayern Munich destroyed RB Salzburg 7-1 to reach the last eight of the competition.The Poland star reached the 40-goal mark for the sixth successive season with a treble blast inside the opening 23 minutes.The previous quickest hat-trick from the start of a Champions League match came in 24 minutes from AC Milan&rsquo...Full Story »

Two goals in 10 first-half minutes sealed play off chasing Ipswich a 2-0 win over Lincoln in Sky Bet League One.Wes Burns and Kayden Jackson got the goals which extended the home side’s unbeaten run to eight games, in front of nearly 25,000 fans at Portman Road.In the opening minutes, Sone Aluko, Janoi Donacien and Burns combined down the right wing – only for the latter to fire narr...Full Story »

Second-half goals from Jack Cook and Rhys Browne earned Wealdstone a 2-0 win at Maidenhead in the National League.The Stones came closest to opening the scoring in the first half, with Connor McAvoy heading Charles Clayden’s cross narrowly wide in the 14th minute.After Alan Massey had gone close for Maidenhead with an ambitious long-range effort which went over the crossbar, the visitors t...Full Story »

Three second-half goals lifted Sunderland up to fifth in Sky Bet League One as they came from behind to beat struggling Fleetwood 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.Elliot Embleton levelled things up 10 minutes after half-time before substitute Luke O’Nien hit the second goal with eight minutes to go.And Jack Clarke’s thunderbolt in stoppage-time extended the unbeaten run to four matches to...Full Story »

Chris Wilder suffered a miserable return to Bramall Lane as Sheffield United swept aside Middlesbrough 4-1 to maintain their promotion challenge.Wilder received a great reception from the United supporters having led the club from League One to the Premier League during his time in charge.Goals from Sander Berge, Billy Sharp, Jack Robinson and Morgan Gibbs-White secured victory for the Blades, w...Full Story »

Dundee boss Mark McGhee will still be without “four or five” players due to Covid-related issues for the visit of St Mirren on Wednesday night.Attacker Niall McGinn, who missed the game against Motherwell at the weekend with a knock, will be assessed after he returned to training.Captain Charlie Adam has not quite recovered from a hamstring injury while striker Cillian Sheridan (Achi...Full Story »

Ajax coach Erik ten Hag is emerging as the new favourite for the Manchester United board. The Guardian says PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino has slipped from being the favoured candidate to being ranked alongside Ajax's Erik ten Hag. Although United are not restricting their shortlist to that pair, the title defence of Ten Hag's team, in leading the Eredivisie by two points with nine matches le...Full Story »

The 21-year-old defender attracted strong attention from Stamford Bridge prior to putting pen to paper on an extension with the Foxes Leicester City star Wesley Fofana has penned a new deal with the Foxes that will keep him at the club until 2027. Fofana, 21, had caught the eye of Chelsea with his talent in defence, despite sitting out the entire season so far with injury. But the Blues loo...Full Story »

Everton boss Frank Lampard says his side need to find a way to get enough results to keep them in the Premier League after they were thumped 5-0 at Tottenham.The Toffees are just one point above the drop zone after a gutless display in north London where Michael Keane put through his own net before a capitulation that saw Harry Kane bag a brace and Son Heung-min and Sergio Reguilon also get on t...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest will host Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals after coming from behind to beat Championship rivals Huddersfield 2-1 at the City Ground.Having had a Sam Surridge effort controversially ruled out for offside, Forest fell behind moments later when Tom Lees netted with a 13th-minute header.Surridge then struck an equaliser in the 29th minute, before Ryan Yates completed the turn...Full Story »

Bolton midfielder Kyle Dempsey will have a fitness test before the home game against Morecambe.Dempsey missed Saturday’s 3-0 win at his former club Gillingham through illness and a groin strain, but could return to contention.Vice-captain Gethin Jones is still on compassionate leave following the death of his mother, but boss Ian Evatt has no new injury concerns.Forward Elias Kachunga (thi...Full Story »

Adam Smith will not be available for Bournemouth’s Championship visit of struggling Peterborough on Tuesday as they look to keep the pressure on the top two.The 30-year-old defender was sent off in stoppage time of the Cherries’ 2-1 loss to Preston on Saturday and will be missing for their next three games.Forward Jaidon Anthony returned to the fold in that game after missing the win...Full Story »

Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney was involved in an altercation with Watford player Cucho Hernandez in the closing stages of the Premier League clash at Vicarage Road Kieran Tierney seemingly offered to meet Watford defender Cucho Hernandez 'outside' as the pair were involved in a coming together in the closing stages of Arsenal's 3-2 victory at Vicarage Road. Mikel Arteta's men just about held...Full Story »

Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen is reportedly closing in on a free transfer to Barcelona for next season. The Denmark international is nearing the end of his contract at Stamford Bridge, and although it will be disappointing to see him leave for nothing, it seems Chelsea fans can at least take some comfort from the fact that he doesn't want to play for another Premier League club. Accor...Full Story »