Mauricio Pochettino accepted responsibility for Chelsea's latest collapse and admitted "no one can be safe" after a dismal 4-2 defeat against Wolves. WHAT HAPPENED?The Blues were booed off by the Stamford Bridge faithful after they were thumped 4-2 by Wolves on Sunday despite taking an early lead through Cole Palmer. The latest defeat left Chelsea languishing in the bottom half of the table, ...Full Story »

The Hong Kong government has intervened after furious fans demanded a refund as Lionel Messi was left on the bench for 90 minutes in a friendly fixture on Sunday. Inter Miami beat a Hong Kong XI 4-1 on Sunday, but Messi did not feature at all for the MLS side and angry fans shouted "refund" at the final whistle. The Argentine is understood to be suffering from a hamstring problem and was not...Full Story »

Barcelona have no plans of selling Lewandowski Barcelona are not planning to sell star striker Robert Lewandowski next season despite the Poland international's underwhelming form in the ongoing campaign, according to Sport. The reigning La Liga champions, though, will allow him to leave if the player wants to move out but the veteran forward has no plans of leaving the Catalan club before h...Full Story »

Nuno Espirito Santo delivered a stern message to Philip Billing after the Bournemouth substitute was dismissed for what the Nottingham Forest boss felt was a “compromising” challenge on Callum Hudson-Odoi.The incident happened late in Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League draw at the Vitality Stadium, where Hudson-Odoi had cancelled out Justin Kluivert’s fifth-minute opener before ...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag says Lisandro Martinez’s knee injury “doesn’t look good” and the concerned Manchester United boss is praying centre-back has avoided a “personal disaster”.The 26-year-old looked crestfallen after being forced off on just his fourth appearance since returning from four months out following the reoccurrence of a foot issue.Martinez was surrounded by...Full Story »

Matheus Cunha’s hat-trick helped Wolves claim a 4-2 comeback victory at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea dropped into the bottom half of the Premier League table.Mauricio Pochettino’s side were booed off by home fans at the end of a second loss in four days, whilst the name of former owner Roman Abramovich could be heard ringing around the ground.Cole Palmer’s goal had seemed to have...Full Story »

Rasmus Hojlund celebrated his 21st birthday in style as the summer signing’s fine opener and a brace from fellow young gun Alejandro Garnacho fired Manchester United to a 3-0 win against West Ham.Fresh from 18-year-old Kobbie Mainoo’s stoppage-time stunner settling Thursday’s chaotic contest at Wolves, the Red Devils’ talented young talents came to the fore once more.Summ...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Michael Beale paid tribute to derby saviour Nazariy Rusyn after seeing him come off the bench to rescue a point at Middlesbrough.The Ukrainian striker has taken his time to settle on Wearside after initially arriving without his family from Zorya Luhansk in September. However, he took a significant step forward on Sunday afternoon by blasting a late equaliser to snatch a 1-1 Sky ...Full Story »

Substitute Nazariy Rusyn denied Middlesbrough derby-day victory as Sunderland hit back late to snatch a point at the Riverside Stadium.Boro looked to be heading for a Sky Bet Championship double over their neighbours courtesy of Marcus Forss’ 61st-minute strike until the Ukrainian striker sent a dipping 83rd-minute shot past Tom Glover at his near post to snatch a 1-1 draw which leaves the...Full Story »

Kimberley Abbott is among the new WAGs on the block in the Premier League While it was a quiet January transfer window compared to previous years, plenty of deals did get done. There were no show-stopping transfers as the Premier League's big guns did little business, either happy with what they've got or eager to remain within financial restrictions. However, the likes of Tottenham and Aston ...Full Story »

Former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has announced his retirement. Fellaini, now 36, left Shandong Taishan at the end of the C-League season last year. On social media today, the Belgian said: "I am writing this post to announce that after a career of 18 years, I am retiring from professional football. "But it all started long before these 18 years. I remember, ...Full Story »

JACK WILSHERE is eyeing up a first senior managerial role as the boss of Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen, according to reports. The former Arsenal and England midfielder, 32, has been head coach of the Gunners' U18s side since July 2022. Jack Wilshere is interested in the Aberdeen manager's job Credit: Getty But now he is prepared to make the leap up to first-team management as he seeks a ...Full Story »

BRUNO FERNANDES turned down an "astronomical" offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in the January transfer window, according to reports. The Manchester United midfielder, 29, has struggled with consistency so far this season, scoring seven goals and assisting six in 30 games. Bruno Fernandes rejected a lucrative January move to Saudi Arabia Credit: Getty But his time at Old Trafford could h...Full Story »

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was pleased with how his side continued to play “seriously” during their 5-0 romp at Sheffield United.Villa got their top-four ambitions back on track in style as they put the hapless Blades to the sword in a scintillating opening half-hour where they went 4-0 up thanks to goals from John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey and Youri Tielemans.Alex Moreno m...Full Story »

Aston Villa returned to winning ways in style as they put Sheffield United to the sword with four goals in the opening 30 minutes in a 5-0 romp at Bramall Lane.Villa’s Premier League top-four hopes had faltered after winning just one of their last five matches but Unai Emery’s men put that right to move above Tottenham and back into fourth.Goals from John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Leon ...Full Story »

Tony Docherty admitted he was baffled by the award of a pivotal penalty against Dundee as they lost 3-2 to Hearts at Dens Park.The home side had opened the scoring in the first half through Jordan McGhee before the Jam Tarts equalised after the break with an Alan Forrest goal.The Dark Blues took the lead once more with a stunning strike from Lyall Cameron before Hearts were awarded a penalty.Ref...Full Story »

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield overcame illness to take his place on the sideline and watch his side earn a rare away win with a 3-1 success at Cheltenham.The Chairboys boss had been unwell this week, but recovered sufficiently enough to see them claim their first League One success on the road since October 7.Jack Grimmer and Garath McCleary both scored and Curtis Davies put through his own net b...Full Story »

Birmingham’s Juninho Bacuna has alleged he was racially abused at West Brom as boss Tony Mowbray called for stronger punishments.The midfielder raised an incident with the fourth official Tom Nield in injury time of the 1-0 defeat at The Hawthorns.Bacuna was seen pointing at the crowd at full-time, having also spoken to referee David Webb, while West Midlands Police are expected to launch ...Full Story »

Boss Philippe Clement revealed defender Leon Balogun “probably broke something in his face” in Rangers’ 3-0 cinch Premiership win over Livingston which put them in striking distance of leaders Celtic.The 35-year-old had to be replaced by John Souttar after just 22 minutes at Ibrox after clashing with Livi’s Shaun Donnellan.Portuguese striker Fabio Silva, who arrived ...Full Story »

Wigan boss Shaun Maloney saluted his side after they completed the double over promotion-chasing Peterborough with a 3-2 victory.Maloney saw his 10 men survive the dismissal of Matt Smith and a late comeback bid to sink high-flying Posh in a thriller – after also winning the November reverse fixture.Thelo Aasgaard starred with a double thanks to the Latics’ 20th-minute opener and a t...Full Story »