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Man Utd boost Champions League dreams and leave Chelsea in disarray

Man Utd boost Champions League dreams and leave Chelsea in disarray

Published by Sam Flores

It is sixth versus third at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Manchester United, with the race for the Champions League places hotting up. Manchester United won the reverse fixture 2-1 at Old Trafford back in September, with Chelsea spending most of the game down to 10 men after Robert Sanchez’s fifth-minute red card. If Manchester United were to win tonight, they would complete a league double over Chelsea for just the second time after the 2019/20 campaign. Chelsea have lost just one of their last 12 home league meetings with Manchester United. Chelsea lost 3-0 at home against Manchester City last weekend. Chelsea have just one Premier league win in their last seven games and go into tonight’s game four points behind Liverpool, who occupy the final Champions League place in fifth. “That is the great thing about the quality we have in this team,” Liam Rosenior said. “We are capable of a run, but capability is one thing and producing it is another. Time is running out, so we need to be as close …

Crying shame as Tottenham hearts are broken by Brighton

Crying shame as Tottenham hearts are broken by Brighton

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De Zerbi also warned his players that he will not stand for them feeling sorry for themselves, despite the nature of their 2-2 draw against Brighton in which they twice led through Pedro Porro and Xavi Simons. “They have to follow me and listen to me,” said De Zerbi. “I am proud of the performance. They have to be stronger and be focused just on the Wolves game and come to the training ground with a smile, otherwise they will go home immediately. I have no time to see negative people, sad players or sad assistants. We are lucky to work in a big club, we work in the Premier League and we have the right qualities to win the game. We have to be positive because I don’t like people who cry and think in a negative way.” Asked whether or not he was now more confident that Tottenham can secure their Premier League safety, De Zerbi said: “Yes, but I always thought and believed in the qualities of the players. They played a …

England spoil Scotland’s party to take top spot in Women’s Six Nations

England spoil Scotland’s party to take top spot in Women’s Six Nations

Published by Sam Flores

A record-breaking party for Scottish sport, and England spoilt it. On the day of the largest standalone crowd for a women’s sporting fixture north of the border, beating the near-19,000 who witnessed Scotland defeat Jamaica at Hampden Park in 2019, England’s march towards an eighth successive Six Nations title continued with aplomb, as John Mitchell’s world champions delivered a 12-try clinic at Murrayfield. England were depleted but one might not have known, inflicting Scotland’s heaviest defeat in this fixture since 2011. In hindsight, and taking into account the extraordinary depth at Mitchell’s disposal, it seems bonkers to peg them with an availability crisis but the truth is that no other side – women’s or men’s – in the world could cope with England’s absentee list and continue with such dominance. Three second rows, Zoe Stratford, Abbie Ward and Rosie Galligan, are pregnant, as is hooker Lark Atkin-Davies, while five others have suffered championship-ending injuries. Seven of the 13 forwards who played in last autumn’s World Cup final win were absent, including Alex Matthews who is …

Unimaginative Arsenal scrape into Champions League semi-final

Unimaginative Arsenal scrape into Champions League semi-final

Published by Sam Flores

Both sides emerge from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off at the Emirates. In case you missed it, here is a reminder of how the two sides line up tonight: Arsenal: Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Rice, Zubimendi, Eze; Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres. Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Havertz, Dudziak, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Salmon. Sporting: Rui Silva; Quaresma, Diomande, Inácio, Maxi Araújo; Hjulmand, Morita; Catamo, Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves; Luis SuárezSubstitutes: Virgínia, Vagiannidis, Mangas, Blopa, Debast, Kochorashvili, Bragança, Simões, Quenda, Faye, Gonçalves, Nel. Source link

Liverpool knocked out of Champions League as pressure grows on Arne Slot

Liverpool knocked out of Champions League as pressure grows on Arne Slot

Published by Sam Flores

I think we got a lot more than we deserved last week by only losing 2-0 and that was the same as last season. And what was also the same as last season is that we got much less than we deserved at home. Today we should have won as well. But it is also the quality of them in that they don’t concede from all the chances we had and then the quality of Dembélé‘s finish tells you why he won the Ballon d’Or and why they won the Champions League last season and has a good opportunity to win it again this season. [Hugo Ekitike] is not too good I’m afraid. We could all see it didn’t look good but let’s wait and see what it could be [rather than speculating what it could be]. He went home in the second half so I haven’t seen him yet. Losing a game the way we lost it is very hard but again as it seems to be, losing a player has happened to us …

Carrick fury at referee over Martinez ‘hair pull’ red card after Leeds stun Man Utd

Carrick fury at referee over Martinez ‘hair pull’ red card after Leeds stun Man Utd

Published by Sam Flores

Both sides emerge from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off at Old Trafford. Here is a reminder of how the sides line up this evening: Manchester United: Lammens, Mazraoui, Martinez, Fernandes, Cunha, Yoro, Amad, Casemiro, Shaw, Ugarte, Sesko.Substitutes: Bayindir, Dalot, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Mbeumo, Heaven, Fletcher, Lacey. Leeds United: Darlow, Bogle, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Struijk, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson, Bijol, Okafor, Tanaka, Justin.Substitutes: Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Bornauw, Byram, Gnonto, Buonanotte, Gruev. Source link

Rory McIlroy becomes a golfing great with back-to-back Masters titles  – live reaction

Rory McIlroy becomes a golfing great with back-to-back Masters titles  – live reaction

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By any and every measure the 36-year-old must now be considered one of the greatest of all time and, after he fended off the fast-finishing Scottie Scheffler, the countdown has already started to see if he can go where no other Masters champion has before: win three in a row. There can be no doubt that this is his manor after a display of clinical fortitude. He lost a six-shot advantage on Saturday and after a double-bogey on the fourth – courtesy of a three-putt from nine feet – and a bogey on the par-three sixth, he was two off the pace. And with Justin Rose pulling a few clear at the turn and world No 1 Scheffler poised to make his run, it looked bleak for McIlroy. But he did not panic and having largely fixed his left miss in Saturday night’s late, emergency practice session in the floodlights, he stuck by his gameplan. McIlroy outblasted and ultimately outlasted his rivals, including the world No 3 Cameron Young – and prevailed over Scheffler (68) …

Rampant Man City can smell Arsenal’s blood in the title race

Rampant Man City can smell Arsenal’s blood in the title race

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Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Santos, Estevao, Palmer, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro. Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Adarabioyo, Delap, Essugo, Sarr, Acheampong, Guiu, Lavia, Garnacho. Man City: Donnarumma, Matheus Luiz, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly, Silva, Rodri, Semenyo, Cherki, Doku, Haaland. Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Gonzalez, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden. Referee: Christopher Kavanagh Source link

McIlroy hangs on for share of lead after madcap third round

McIlroy hangs on for share of lead after madcap third round

Published by Sam Flores

This moment was a central storyline in the theatre, but for so long for McIlroy it seemed – to adapt the Masters motto – a perdition like no other. This is not the first time that Augusta National has turned a procession into a recession for the pacesetter and into a cavalry chase for the rest. And it was not the first time that McIlroy had seen his lead gobbled up and spat back in his face. McIlroy knows from his own experience that shots here can scatter like confetti on the breeze. And if he cannot remember 2011, when he fired that final-round 80 – and believe it, he can – then this Saturday roller coaster can serve as a timely reminder. From the off, his record six-shot advantage became two in less than half an hour. Patrick Reed, his sometime nemesis, birdied the first three and with McIlroy bogeying the first and failing to birdie the par-five second, the yawning gap was suddenly tighter. No matter. Reed began to fade away, with his …