Plymouth manager Steven Schumacher praised his table-topping side for a fourth League One win on the spin following their 3-0 victory over Accrington at Home Park.Goals from strikers Niall Ennis, Sam Cosgrove and Ryan Hardie secured the points with Plymouth defender Dan Scarr and Stanley skipper Seamus Conneely both sent off in the first half.Schumacher, the division’s manager of the month...Full Story »

Ben Garner hit out at the officials after a dour 0-0 draw at Lincoln meant Charlton’s worrying winless run stretched to eight games.In a game devoid of any real quality, Garner felt aggrieved after his side were on the wrong end of the decisions.Imps’ stopper Carl Rushworth spilled Miles Leaburn’s effort before recovering in the nick of time and Garner believes his charges were...Full Story »

Alex Neil hailed Phil Jagielka as “incredible” after the 40-year-old inspired Stoke to a 3-1 victory over his former club Sheffield United.The veteran defender scored one and set up another as Stoke secured a first home win under new boss Neil since his arrival from Sunderland.Jagielka crossed for Ben Wilmot’s early opener and then scored his first goal since April 2019, either...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola joked that he was angry with Erling Haaland after he scored just one goal in Manchester City’s 4-0 rout of Southampton on Saturday.The prolific Norwegian netted his 20th goal in just his 13th appearance for the club when he scored the fourth in a routine win that took the champions back to the Premier League summit.Haaland, who also hit the post and spurned a handful of other...Full Story »

Fashion Sakala has targeted a Champions League starting slot against Liverpool after scoring his first goal of the season in Rangers’ 4-0 cinch Premiership win over St Mirren at Ibrox.The Zambia international came off the bench in the 2-0 defeat by the Reds at Anfield on Tuesday night and impressed enough to be given his first league start of the campaign against the Buddies.In-form strike...Full Story »

Steve Evans revealed he never doubted Jordan Roberts’ quality after the midfielder scored twice in Stevenage’s impressive 2-0 League Two victory over Swindon.Evans, who signed Roberts from Motherwell in the summer, saw Stevenage move top of the table with the win, having taken maximum points at the Lamex Stadium so far this season.And following his match-winning performance against t...Full Story »

Vincent Kompany praised Burnley for seeing out their 1-0 win over Coventry as they moved within two points of the automatic promotion places in the Sky Bet Championship.Nathan Tella’s first half strike earned the Clarets just a second win in six games.After dropping 10 points from winning positions this season and drawing 1-1 on six occasions, Kompany was pleased that his side recorded the...Full Story »

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth thought his team defended “unbelievably well” in the 1-0 win at local rivals Oxford.But his first thoughts were for the man who was rushed to hospital following a medical emergency in the main stand during the first half, which resulted in a 45-minute delay in play.Chris Forino’s header from Alfie Mawson’s long cross after 33 minutes won t...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers has “no doubt” he is the right man to resurrect lowly Leicester’s fortunes after a second-half collapse at Bournemouth piled pressure back on his position.Patson Daka fired the struggling Foxes into a 10th-minute lead at Vitality Stadium but they blew the chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone by slipping to a 2-1 loss.Under-fire City manager R...Full Story »

Salford boss Neil Wood was delighted with his side’s battling qualities after they ground out a 1-0 win over Northampton.A tight game between third and fifth at Sixfields could have swung either way but it was the visitors who were celebrating come the full-time whistle thanks to Ethan Galbraith’s first goal for the club just before half-time.The win was Salford’s first against...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore said the result rather than the performance was uppermost in his thoughts following his side’s 3-0 victory over Cheltenham.The hosts got off to a great start when Josh Windass struck in the third minute with a 30-yard free-kick.The Owls had to wait until the 83rd minute to make it 2-0, with Lee Gregory passing to Barry Bannan and he beat goalkeeper ...Full Story »

Swansea manager Russell Martin challenged his players to be “consistent and relentless” after they notched a fourth successive Championship win with a 2-1 success at home to Sunderland.Martin saw his side move to three points off the top of the table thanks to first-half goals from Ollie Cooper and Harry Darling.Jack Clarke replied for Sunderland early in the second half but the host...Full Story »

Eddie Howe saluted “bargain” signing Bruno Guimaraes after seeing him inspire Newcastle to a 5-1 Premier League demolition of Brentford.The £36million January arrival scored twice and played a pivotal role as the Magpies secured their biggest win to date under head coach Howe.Asked if the Brazil international was a bargain even at that price, Howe said: “I find it difficu...Full Story »

Graham Potter wants to make full use of Chelsea’s squad depth and believes honesty in explaining his selections is key to keeping all his stars happy.Chelsea cruised past managerless Wolves 3-0 at Stamford Bridge to move fourth in the Premier League having made seven changes from Wednesday’s 3-0 win over AC Milan.Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Armando Broja found the net as the B...Full Story »

Paul Hurst admits his Grimsby players will need to improve during upcoming games despite sweeping rock-bottom Crawley aside with a 3-0 victory at Blundell Park.Goals from Anthony Glennon, Gavan Holohan and Ryan Taylor did the damage as Grimsby picked up maximum points for the first time at home this season.Crawley had a goal disallowed for offside when the score was 1-0 and it proved to be a tel...Full Story »

Dino Maamria saluted his smiling assassin after Burton snatched a point at promotion hopefuls Peterborough.Victor Adeboyejo pounced for his seventh goal of the season to bring the Brewers level with a quarter of an hour to go.The Albion frontman struck after Sam Hughes knocked down a Terry Taylor cross to cancel out a Posh opener from captain Jonson Clarke-Harris.The League One leading scorer ba...Full Story »

Nigel Clough admits he will take an ugly 1-0 win away from home any day of the week after that is exactly what Mansfield took away from Barrow.The Stags snatched a narrow victory through Jordan Bowery’s winner five minutes into the second half, and Clough could barely care less that it was a case of substance over style.“It was dogged and dour and we came to a team that has had a rea...Full Story »

A defiant Steve Bruce is refusing to quit as West Brom boss – insisting it is not in his nature despite his side remaining in the Championship’s bottom three following a goalless draw with Luton.Albion have won just once in 13 outings this season, with the latest result prompting pressure and frustration to grow amongst Albion fans.Brandon Thomas-Asante had two first-half opportuniti...Full Story »

Tranmere boss Micky Mellon has urged his side to keep their foot on the gas following a fourth-straight League Two win after they left Sutton with a 2-0 victory.Kane Hemmings and Paul Lewis struck the goals before half-time as they inflicted a fourth-straight loss on the injury-hit U’s.The visitors have also gone 375 minutes without conceding in league football.“We said they needed t...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic slammed his new Watford side after they slumped to a second consecutive defeat with a 3-1 loss at Blackpool.The Hornets were undone by two late Jerry Yates goals as the home side picked up just their second win of the season.Imran Louza equalised for Watford in the first half after Gary Madine had put the hosts ahead, but the visitors wilted late on and Bilic took aim at his squad a...Full Story »