Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta claimed Bukayo Saka’s penalty miss at Euro 2020 was “great for his career” after the England international scored one goal and set up another in the 3-2 win at Watford.Saka provided the assist for Martin Odegaard’s early opener at Vicarage Road, which was soon cancelled out by Cucho Hernandez’s overhead-kick.The Arsenal academy graduate the...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou praised his players for “hunting in packs” and putting Livingston under pressure to get their first win in West Lothian for 15 years.A 3-1 win, Celtic’s first victory at the Tony Macaroni Arena in six matches, restored their three-point lead over Rangers in the cinch Premiership.The Hoops had not scored in their other two games against Livi this ...Full Story »

James Forrest’s first cinch Premiership goal of the season helped Celtic to their first victory at Livingston since 2007.Forrest hit Celtic’s third goal in a 3-1 win, their first in six matches at the Tony Macaroni Arena.Daizen Maeda put Celtic ahead in the 17th minute, soon after Callum McGregor missed a penalty, and Nicky Devlin’s own goal doubled the visitors’ lead in ...Full Story »

A plane carrying the message 'CATS LIVES MATTER' was spotted flying over Anfield during the first half of Liverpool's Premier League clash against West Ham on Saturday night. Last month, a sickening video of Hammers centre-back Kurt Zouma kicking and slapping his pet cat went viral on social media after it was posted on Snapchat by his brother, Yoan. West Ham soon released a statement condem...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 »

The club's president has moved to deny reports of negotiations after Xavi claimed such talks were possible Barcelona president Joan Laporta has denied his club has had any negotiations over a move for Erling Haaland, after head coach Xavi had hinted at such talks. Given a chance to deny reports of a meeting between himself and the striker, Xavi simply said: “I can't give details. I can...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp celebrated his side’s individual defending as being as good as a goal after they ground out a 1-0 win at home to West Ham.Sadio Mane scored the 27th-minute winner but right-back Alexander-Arnold was the architect of a victory which reduced Manchester City’s gap at the top of the Premier League to three points.The England defender provided a career-best ...Full Story »

Steven Schumacher was delighted to see Plymouth answer his plea for a strong start to March as they bounced back from successive defeats to beat Morecambe.Argyle came into the game having seen their League One play-off hopes dented by losses to Cambridge and Rotherham but responded with a valuable three-point haul on Saturday.Conor Grant opened the scoring after 14 minutes and Ryan Hardie double...Full Story »

Michael Flynn praised Donervon Daniels after the defender’s first Walsall goal secured a 1-1 draw at Barrow.Daniels headed in a 65th-minute free-kick to cancel out a first-half effort from John Rooney that big brother Wayne would have been proud of.Barrow are still fighting a relegation battle having not won in six Sky Bet League Two games.“He was superb in both halves,” said W...Full Story »

Swansea manager Russell Martin admits his young team can learn from both sides of this Jekyll and Hyde display in their 3-1 win over Coventry.Martin’s side completed back-to-back wins for the first time since beating the same opposition in November following the midweek win at West Brom.Two goals from Michael Obafemi after the opener by Jamie Paterson saw the Swans cruising to victory just...Full Story »

Bolton manager Ian Evatt was delighted with his side’s performance in a 3-0 win over Gillingham at Priestfield, which saw them claim a ninth victory in 12 games.Aaron Morley, Declan John and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson punished a lacklustre Gillingham, who went down to 10 men on the hour mark when Daniel Phillips was sent off for a second yellow card.Evatt, whose side now sit in 11th place in the ...Full Story »

Derby assistant manager Liam Rosenior believes Ravel Morrison could be key in the club’s fight for Sky Bet Championship survival.Morrison scored his first league goals in England for nearly eight years to give the Rams a 2-0 victory over fellow relegation strugglers Barnsley.Rosenior described Morrison as “absolutely outstanding” and knows how important he could be in the next ...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 »

Steve Cotterill was delighted with Shrewsbury’s performance at Cambridge despite being unable to find a winner.The visitors dominated the goalless contest, with Ryan Bowman hitting a post after Dimitar Mitov had saved from Tom Flanagan in the first half.Cambridge clung on in the final 10 minutes when Daniel Udoh somehow headed over from close range before Mitov saved brilliantly from Luke ...Full Story »

Michael Duff hailed his front pairing of Alfie May and Kion Etete after Cheltenham thrashed 10-man Doncaster 4-0.Former Rovers forward May netted two of them to make it 20 for the season in league and cup, with Ben Williams and Mattie Pollock also on target for the Robins at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.“When we won the league last year and Alfie only scored nine, you wonder if he’s a 20-...Full Story »

Dundee manager Mark McGhee felt his makeshift team showed the spirit they will need to get off the bottom of the league after holding Motherwell to a 1-1 draw at Fir Park.McGhee was forced to make five changes from Wednesday’s goalless draw with Hibernian amid Covid-19 issues and was without 10 players in total.But Paul McMullan gave Dundee an early lead following Stephen O’Donnell&r...Full Story »

Jon Brady hailed a “fantastic day” for Northampton after the club celebrated their 125th anniversary with a crucial 3-2 victory over promotion rivals Tranmere.The Cobblers played in a special chocolate and blue kit to mark the occasion, and things were going to plan at a boisterous Sixfields when centre-back Fraser Horsfall scored two headers from two corners in the first half.Mitch ...Full Story »

Manager Michael Appleton was thrilled with the aggression Lincoln showed in their surprise 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.The relegation-threatened Imps, who had lost their previous three games, turned the form book on its head as they secured victory over the Owls, who had won seven of their previous eight games – only losing to leaders Rotherham in that time.City took a third-minute le...Full Story »

Emmanuel Dieseruvwe scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn Grimsby a third consecutive victory in a 1-0 win against Woking.Grimsby came close to the opener 14 minutes in when Luke Waterfall’s header hit the post and Erico Sousa’s follow-up shot was cleared off the line by Moussa Diarra.Woking then had a chance just after the half-hour mark – Inih Effiong testing go...Full Story »