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For all Manchester City’s attacking verve it is unlikely they will be able to repeat the emphatic nature of Liverpool’s victory over Leeds in March. Leeds are a far more organised side under Jesse Marsch than the one brushed aside 6-0 at Anfield in the penultimate game of Marcelo Bielsa’s reign. The fact Leeds are also still in a relegation battle – despite taking 11 points from their past five games – will also make the task tougher for Pep Guardiola’s side who could have one eye on Wednesday’s Champions League second leg at Real Madrid. City thumped Leeds 7-0 at the Etihad in December but Guardiola would bite your hand off for a scrappy 1-0 win at Elland Road. Stephen Hollis Sunday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/29/leeds-manchester-city-match-preview-premier-league

Old acquaintances must be forgotten by Frank Lampard as he strives to keep Everton afloat against his previous employers, and the club where he cemented legendary status over a 13-year playing career. Having lost all seven away games under Lampard Everton, who could be five points adrift of Burnley come kick off, simply cannot afford to drop points in their three remaining home fixtures. Chelsea were wasteful in their draw at Manchester United on Thursday but possess enough attacking options to capitalise on the rising pressure at Goodison Park. Andy Hunter Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/30/everton-chelsea-match-preview-premier-league

The only thing consistent about Tottenham this season has been their inconsistency. It is a little surprising they are still in contention for a top-four finish but those ambitions will wither unless they can string a run together between now and the end of the season. With a trip to Anfield next up and a potential showdown with Arsenal at home on the horizon anything less than victory against a Leicester side distracted by the return leg against Roma in the Europa Conference League on Thursday could prove terminal. Tottenham have failed to score in their last two outings so this could be the perfect opportunity for Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to prove they are the most fearsome duo in the Premier League. Stephen Hollis Sunday 2pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/30/tottenham-v-leicester-match-preview

Solo, 40, reportedly arrested for DWI with two children in car Longtime USWNT goalkeeper is two-time Olympic champion Former United States women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo said that she will be entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program and has requested that her induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame be postponed until 2023. Solo, 40, was arrested last month after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her two-year-old twin sons inside. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/29/hope-solo-alcohol-rehab-hall-of-fame-induction

Liverpool face a test from a fellow form team, Man City’s Madrid tie offers lessons for Leeds and no sentimentality for Lampard Only Liverpool have a better Premier League record in 2022 than Newcastle. After the midweek grinding down of Villarreal , a Saturday lunchtime trip to a bouncing, optimistic St James’ Park will be a test for Jürgen Klopp’s team. The hope in the north-east is that this can soon be a grand-slam clash between two of England’s leading lights, that Eddie Howe’s post-victory, all-hands photo opportunities take in wins over the elite. Time was when a player such as Bruno Guimarães would be under the microscope of the Liverpool transfer committee but a fresh big spender on the block meant his Premier League arrival was accelerated and may, in future, price him even beyond Liverpool’s reach. Tyneside to Merseyside was once a popular trade route, taking in Gini Wijnaldum, José Enrique, Didi Hamann, Peter Beardsley and Terry McDermott. The plan in Saudi Arabia and Aman

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Liverpool face a test from a fellow form team, Man City’s Madrid tie offers lessons for Leeds and no sentimentality for Lampard Only Liverpool have a better Premier League record in 2022 than Newcastle. After the midweek grinding down of Villarreal , a Saturday lunchtime trip to a bouncing, optimistic St James’ Park will be a test for Jürgen Klopp’s team. The hope in the north-east is that this can soon be a grand-slam clash between two of England’s leading lights, that Eddie Howe’s post-victory, all-hands photo opportunities take in wins over the elite. Time was when a player such as Bruno Guimarães would be under the microscope of the Liverpool transfer committee but a fresh big spender on the block meant his Premier League arrival was accelerated and may, in future, price him even beyond Liverpool’s reach. Tyneside to Merseyside was once a popular trade route, taking in Gini Wijnaldum, José Enrique, Didi Hamann, Peter Beardsley and Terry McDermott. The plan in Saudi Arabia and Aman

The forward brings unpredictability to his side and offers their best chance of retrieving the deficit against Eintracht Frankfurt As the minutes leaked away in east London, the trickle of West Ham fans heading for the exits began to swell and thicken: first dozens, then hundreds and finally thousands. By full time there were white plastic seats as far as the eye could see. Perhaps this will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever found themselves trapped in the infamous London Stadium kettle, where the queues outside Stratford station can last well over an hour and you eventually begin to wonder whether you will ever see your family again. Still, with West Ham straining every sinew in search of a famous equaliser, it was a strange look. Certainly, you had to wonder at the risk-reward calculus. Cons: potentially missing a defining last-minute goal in your team’s first European semi-final for 46 years. Pros: getting a seat on the Jubilee Line. And as the home side slipped to a disa

The sides are third-bottom of their divisions after high spending, poor recruitment and managerial changes Poor decisions at the top seep down through all levels of a club. It is no coincidence that Everton’s men’s and women’s teams are suffering from a confused strategy and underwhelming performances. The two teams sit third bottom in their respective divisions after high spending, poor recruitment and managerial changes – the women are on their third manager of the season. Rafa Benítez was brought in before the start of the campaign to manage the men’s side but after not having the desired impact was replaced after six and a half months by Frank Lampard. The two managers have very different styles, leaving questions to be asked of the long-term strategy. The Spaniard likes his teams to be disciplined and defensively rigid, whereas at Derby and Chelsea Lampard was known for an attacking philosophy where his teams tried to outscore the opposition. At Everton Lampard has needed to ada

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Rangnick will take up consultancy role regardless of decision Interim manager admits Cristiano Ronaldo’s future is uncertain Ralf Rangnick is considering becoming Austria’s head coach, with the Manchester United interim manager to continue as a consultant to the club if he accepts. If the 63-year-old does take the national team job Rangnick could be confirmed in the role this week. After United’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea , he was asked about taking charge of Austria. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/28/ralf-rangnick-to-stay-at-manchester-united-even-if-he-becomes-austrias-head-coach

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Boys of South Asian heritage ‘underrepresented’ at academies Plan is an acceptance that change is needed, says Kick It Out The Premier League says it acknowledges players of South Asian heritage are “significantly underrepresented” in English football, as it looks to bring an end to decades of lost talent. A new initiative known as the South Asian Action Plan, created by the Premier League in conjunction with Kick it Out, aims to better identify talent among boys of South Asian heritage at “foundation phase” age, between eight and 12 years old, and increase the numbers of players within the academy system. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/28/premier-league-launches-scheme-to-identify-players-of-south-asian-heritage

Facing Liverpool was a quick-fire interrogation for the Spanish side, who suffered concussive red blows on a torrid night Van Dijk to Konaté back to Van Dijk to Thiago and in a flash Thiago’s gone and he gives it to Fabinho Fabinho to Robertson and he’s running oh God he’s running and Díaz is making the run Henderson is making the run you see Salah out of the corner of your eye but Robertson is cutting inside and there’s a big space between Juan and Pau so you close it but now Mané is free and Robertson crosses Díaz goes for it plus some other red shirt is that Mané and the ball runs out for a goal-kick and breathe you can finally breathe. Oh Christ, is that Jota getting ready to come on? This, insofar as you can even express it, is the experience of facing Liverpool at their best: football without punctuation marks or pause for thought, a dizzying stream of consciousness, a quickfire interrogation that you can barely process, let alone begin to follow. It took 16 years for Villarrea

Nigel Huddleston says independent regulator will be introduced Government has endorsed 10 key principles in fan-led review The British public has “run out of patience” with English football’s failure to reform itself, the sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, has said, as he confirmed legislation for an independent regulator would be in place before the next general election. The government has endorsed 10 key principles in Tracey Crouch’s fan-led review into football governance, with a new regulator the central idea among them. Huddleston said government also expects the Premier League to distribute more money across the football pyramid and for a solution to be agreed with the Football League before the summer. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/25/british-public-has-run-out-of-patience-with-football-failure-reform

Manchester City battering brought relatively minimal damage and there are troubling big-match parallels for Guardiola Manchester City had 60% of the ball. They had 16 shots to Real Madrid’s 11. They won on xG, taking a consensus of various algorithms, about 3.1 to 1.6. And yet they will go to the Bernabéu next week leading only 4-3 and, probably, with a grim sense of a familiar history being played out. Madrid have won four Champions Leagues in the past decade. They have rarely, if ever, been the best side in the world in that period. In Cristiano Ronaldo’s nine years at the club, they won only two La Liga titles. They couldn’t produce consistently enough to dominate the league and yet, somehow, in the Champions League, in what had always been their tournament, they got results. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/27/what-real-madrid-do-shouldnt-work-but-yet-again-they-are-still-standing-manchester-city-guardiola

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Latics lead 2-0 at break but slump to 3-2 defeat at Fratton Park Sunderland 1-1 Rotherham, Fleetwood 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic’s promotion champagne was dramatically put back on ice as Portsmouth completed a remarkable comeback to win 3-2 at Fratton Park. The League One leaders would have secured automatic promotion by avoiding defeat, and led 2-0 at half-time with goals from Callum Lang and Will Keane. But Pompey rallied, with George Hirst striking twice inside three second-half minutes before substitute Aiden O’Brien fired home an 87th-minute winner. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/26/league-one-portsmouth-wigan-sunderland-rotherham-sheffield-wednesday

City head to Bernabéu after 4-3 victory in first leg ‘We are going to Madrid to try to win the game’ Pep Guardiola warned Manchester City they must be more ruthless to reach the Champions League final after edging a 4-3 thriller against Real Madrid in the semi-final first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. While Guardiola’s team will take a slender advantage to the Santiago Bernabéu for the return next Wednesday, he is conscious the tie is far from over after they spurned a series of chances having taken a 2-0 lead, with Karin Benzema scoring twice either side of a brilliant individual goal from Vinicius Júnior. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/27/pep-guardiola-urges-manchester-city-to-be-ruthless-in-madrid

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Manchester City could have sent the visitors packing in the first hour but Karim Benzema’s Panenka sets up Bernabéu return With a quarter of an hour gone at the Etihad Stadium, on a night when this entire lighted stage seemed to ripple and shudder, Phil Foden did something lovely. Haring off in pursuit of a high, lost, floated pass destined for the bleachers, Foden scampered on, feet battering the turf, calibrating angles and arc, and pulled that floated pass out of the sky like a man charming down the moon with a stick. His first touch cushioned it, his second fizzed it the through the middle of the sea of lost souls previously known as the Real Madrid defence. A muddle of flailing limbs almost bundled a third City goal into their own net. At which point this tie looked done, Real Madrid looked done, skewered, Foden in the middle of his own brilliant, decisive little patch of light. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/26/

Ralf Rangnick conceded that it will now be difficult for Manchester United to finish in the top four of the Premier League following a 3-1 defeat away to Arsenal. 'It's not very realistic to dream and speak about top four,' he said. His Arsenal counterpart, Mikel Arteta, said he is more hopeful than ever of achieving Champions League football next season. 'It makes me believe we can do it.' Granit Xhaka’s cracker caps Arsenal’s wild win over Manchester United Manchester United show signs of life but Saka helps make it Arsenal’s day Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/apr/23/its-not-very-realistic-ralf-rangnick-downbeat-on-top-four-chances-after-arsenal-beat-manchester-united-video

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Emma Hayes praised the reaction of her players after Chelsea came from behind and battled back after the sending-off of the goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to earn a 3-1 win from a feisty match with Tottenham and maintain their title charge. “In crisis I think my team do really well,” the manager said. “There’s rarely times in the last few years [where] in crisis we go under. I thought that was an amazing display of courage, confidence, conviction, togetherness, camaraderie. You cannot understate it.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/24/tottenham-chelsea-wsl-match-report

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Sports minister Nigel Huddleston confirms review Aim is to help women’s game close gap with men’s football The sports minister Nigel Huddleston has confirmed that the government will launch an in-depth review of domestic women’s football this summer with the aim of helping it close the gap with the men’s game. The review will be independently chaired and supported by an expert advisory panel, with the DCMS saying it will look at developing the women’s game at elite and grassroots level. Its focus will also look at commercialisation, spectator support and media interest, publishling its findings by the end of the year. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/24/uk-government-to-launch-in-depth-review-of-womens-football-in-summer

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Lampard: ‘If that was Mo Salah, he gets a penalty’ Jürgen Klopp calls Divock Origi the ‘club’s best finisher’ Frank Lampard claimed Everton were denied a blatant penalty at Anfield where a 2-0 defeat by Liverpool left his club in the relegation zone for the first time since December 2019. Liverpool maintained their title challenge with second-half headers from Andy Robertson and the substitute Divock Origi but had to overcome an obstinate Everton. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/24/frank-lampard-says-everton-denied-a-clear-penalty-against-liverpool

An independent regulator, shadow boards made up of club supporters and a new owners and directors test among changes The government will seek to implement all 10 of the key recommendations of the fan-led review into English football, setting up the possibility of a sea change in the governance of the national sport. Five months after a landmark report led by Conservative MP Tracey Crouch called for the creation of an independent regulator for the game, alongside greater powers for supporters and an improved “owners and director’s test” for those seeking to control local clubs, sport minister Nigel Huddleston will tell parliament on Monday that the government endorses the ideas. A white paper bringing forward legislation will be published in the summer. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/25/main-proposals-of-fan-led-review-of-english-football-backed-by-government

James Ward-Prowse produced a pair of stunning strikes as Southampton battled back from two goals down to claim a thrilling 2-2 Premier League draw at mid-table rivals Brighton. Saints skipper Ward-Prowse expertly curled home the 14th top-flight free-kick goal of his career just before the break before lashing his team level early in the second period. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/24/brighton-southampton-premier-league-match-report

Minute-by-minute updates on the 241st Merseyside derby Keïta and Alcântara flourish after finding their rhythm Any comments? You can email Rob.Smyth@theguardian.com It looks like Everton will drop into the relegation zone before this game kicks off. Burnley lead Wolves 1-0 at Turf Moor with just over five minutes remaining. If it stays like that Everton would be two points with two games in hand. Squeaky-bum time doesn’t come close to describing it. Keita and Thiago both start for Liverpool today, which makes Will Unwin’s excellent piece even more clickable. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/apr/24/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-live

All the action from the all-French semi-final showdown Barça brush aside Wolfsburg in front of record crowd Get in touch! Email Alex Are they sick of each other yet? Almost certainly. For the sixth time in eight years, France’s big two lock horns in the knockout stages of the Women’s Champions League – and with as little to separate the sides as ever. Last year PSG edged through on away goals, the year before that Lyon won a nerve-racking game 1-0 en route to the trophy. Seven-times competition winners Lyon perhaps go into this one as marginal favourites: they sit five points ahead of PSG in the league and can look back on a 6-1 victory over their rivals in November – although an early red card for Ashley Lawrence on that day may have lent the result a slightly freakish nature, a suspicion confirmed when the Parisians ran out 3-0 winners in January’s Coup de France meeting. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/apr/24

The club’s historic rise has been powered by a zero-emissions coach, vegan food and an unwavering commitment to sustainability It seems apt that Journey’s song Don’t Stop Believin’ gets an airing on board Forest Green Rovers’ electric coach, as it quietly eats up the final mile of the trip to Memorial Stadium on Saturday, three hours before the Gloucestershire side cement promotion to League One with a 0-0 draw at Bristol Rovers, becoming the smallest club to reach the division. Forty years after lifting the FA Vase against Rainworth Miners Welfare and toasting promotion from the Hellenic League Premier Division, the ninth tier of English football, Forest Green will soon be preparing to host Derby, Ipswich and Portsmouth. The goalkeeping coach, Dan Connor, is the unofficial DJ and controls a diverse playlist that ranges from Rihanna to Fleetwood Mac and Outkast. “I’m open to requests on the way back,” he says, smiling. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.t

Minute-by-minute updates on the action at Stamford Bridge Rüdiger to leave Chelsea with Real Madrid favourites Any thoughts? You can email John | tweet John Jeff Harris gets in touch: “What about a mention of Banbury United. Southern League Central Division Champions. One home defeat and one away defeat all season . 102 points over the season>” Yeah, what about them, Jeff? Maybe … then it comes back to me because I should push them and make them alert,” he said. “It’s human to be tired, human to be more alert in a knockout game than a normal match. Sometimes it’s also good, the foundation to be able to play 60 games. I remember at Mainz with one game a week and every game was like a cup final. On a Saturday, we gave 150% physically but also mentally, the players were drained until Tuesday. Once I stepped into being coach at Borussia Dortmund, I saw that players gave everything physically on a normal match but mentally it was not the same stress level as for players at Main

Everton could be in the relegation zone by the time they kick off against neighbours Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday All 205 league meetings between Liverpool and Everton have come in the top flight. Few have been as loaded with consequence for both ends of the table as the 206th, and whether there will be a 207th next season is an issue that concerns not only Frank Lampard. “Yes of course,” stated Jürgen Klopp, when asked whether he would miss the most-played derby in English football if it disappeared from the calendar. “We are all used to two clubs in the city and that is how it is. All around the derbies, it is slightly different this week because we played [Manchester] United, but usually the full week before you play Everton all the talk is about the derby. Of course I would [miss it].” Many in red, however, will revel in their local rivals’ predicament on Sunday. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/22/lampard-despera

Final: Real Betis 1-1 Valencia (5-4 on penalties) Shootout win seals club’s first major trophy since 2005 And so in the end, there it was: the most famous smile in Spanish football. Late, very late on Saturday, Joaquín Sánchez lifted the Copa del Rey into the sky in Seville, his city, having become the only player in Real Betis’s history to win the competition for a second time. It took 17 years and two days but Betis have the third cup in their history and their captain has the perfect last dance. He was there when they won it in 2005, and he was there again last night, two months off his 41st birthday as a dramatic penalty shootout delivered his dream. This final, he had said, was a reward for 20 years of love for the game and it was hard not to love this moment, his moment. All of theirs. Hard too not to feel sad for Yunus Musah, whose missed penalty saw the trophy slip from Valencia’s grasp. Joaquín, who missed the vital spot-kick that put Spain out of the World Cup 20 long y

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Sports minister Nigel Huddleston confirms review Aim is to help women’s game close gap with men’s football The sports minister Nigel Huddleston has confirmed that the government will launch an in-depth review of domestic women’s football this summer with the aim of helping it close the gap with the men’s game. The review will be independently chaired and supported by an expert advisory panel, with the DCMS saying it will look at developing the women’s game at elite and grassroots level. Its focus will also look at commercialisation, spectator support and media interest, publishling its findings by the end of the year. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/24/uk-government-to-launch-in-depth-review-of-womens-football-in-summer

Burnley gave their chances of surviving a huge shot in the arm with a win over Southampton on Thursday and they may just have an opportunity to boost them further against Wolves. The scenario hinges largely on the likelihood of Everton losing against Liverpool which on the eye test is almost nailed on. If Burnley can catch a Wolves side that have not played in 16 days cold and snatch three points then they sneak into the last safe spot and will stay there if Everton do not win the Merseyside derby. Everton did beat Liverpool at Anfield last season, though, so Burnley will be watching between their fingers regardless of form. Graham Searles Sunday 2pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/23/burnley-wolves-match-preview-premier-league

Crystal Palace have had a largely positive first season under Patrick Vieira while Leeds have been a shadow of the side that took the Premier League by storm last year. It is slightly surprising, then, that only four points separate the two clubs thanks to Leeds’ upturn in form since the arrival of Jesse Marsch in February. Despite picking up 10 points from their past four games Leeds are still very much in a relegation battle, which highlights the trouble Marcelo Bielsa left the club in. Palace still need one more win to reach the magical 40-point mark and cannot afford to let the hangover from their FA Cup semi-final defeat linger. Stephen Hollis Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/23/crystal-palace-leeds-match-preview-premier-league

Brighton may not look they have a great deal to play for as the season winds down but history is on the horizon for Graham Potter’s side. They sit 10th and will be keen to finish strongly to eclipse the club’s best top-flight finish of 13th. Southampton can leapfrog them into 11th with a win and even Aston Villa down in 15th are only four points behind with two games in hand. Potter will be confident of avoiding defeat, though, as Southampton rolled over limply at Burnley on Thursday. Graham Searles Sunday 2pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/23/brighton-southampton-match-preview-premier-league

Jurgen Klopp’s team have tormented one old rival in their pursuit of the Premier League title this week and will be confident of a repeat against another who could be in the relegation zone come kick-off on Sunday. Liverpool have the best home record in the league this season, Everton the worst away record, with Frank Lampard losing all six games at the cost of 19 goals on his travels since replacing Rafael Benítez. The Liverpool manager may make changes with a Champions League semi-final coming in midweek but, other than a slight injury doubt over Roberto Firmino, should have a full squad to choose from. Andy Hunter Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/23/liverpool-everton-match-preview-premier-league

Pep Guardiola says he loves this part of the season and for him and his Manchester City team the equation is simple: beat Watford and their remaining five opponents and they will have retained the championship for the second time under his management. Roy Hodgson will want to have a say about this but the problem is City tend to shut most foes up as soon as the first whistle sounds. Jamie Jackson Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/22/manchester-city-watford-match-preview-premier-league

Newcastle may not be mathematically safe but the bookies have them at 500-1 to go down so their recent purple patch has sealed the deal on another season in the top flight. Eddie Howe will be targeting a top-half finish and what better team to notch up a fourth successive win against than Norwich. Dean Smith’s side showed tremendous fight in defeat against Manchester United last time out but arguably Newcastle will pose a much more difficult proposition. They are a team in sync compared to one carried solely on Cristiano Ronaldo’s shoulders. A Norwich win would close the gap to six points from the last safe spot with five games to play, until Burnley attempt to jump out of danger against Wolves on Sunday. Realistically Norwich’s only hope is to focus on themselves, though, and snatch a win at all costs. Graham Searles Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/22/norwich-newcastle-match-preview-premier-league

Barnsley’s three-season stint in the Championship came to an end following a 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield on Friday night, one that also assured a playoff place for the hosts. Huddersfield – who have now won four of their last five games – moved to within just a point of second-placed Bournemouth in the charge for automatic promotion, although Bournemouth do have three games extra to play. Barnsley dramatically stayed up on the final day at the same venue almost exactly nine years ago but it was a different story this time around as they succumbed meekly. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/22/barnsley-relegated-after-rhodes-and-toffolo-give-huddersfield-victory

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Kevin De Bruyne is still key for Manchester City, Aston Villa are in familiar form and Brighton seek home comfort While their team was unconvincing and a little bit lucky in their midweek draw with Leicester and the win against Manchester United that preceded it, Everton fans will not care too much how their players perform, or how many goals go in, as long as they can keep hoovering up enough points to keep them ahead of Burnley in the table. On Sunday they make the short trip to Anfield and, given the respective recent performances of themselves and their hosts, it is difficult to envisage anything other than an emphatic Liverpool win. But this is a derby, albeit one where form only very occasionally goes out the proverbial window. While it seems impossible to make a case for Everton derailing Liverpool’s title hopes while taking a further step towards safety by snatching even a single point, far stranger things have happened. BG Liverpool v Everton, Sunday 4.30pm (all times BST)

With the second-half restart delayed, bizarrely, while the referee, Martin Atkinson, had his microphone refitted, Manchester United’s players tried to stay on their toes by passing a ball about. The Kop responded with olés . It was a typically caustic judgment but one that felt entirely appropriate. To borrow another line from the Liverpool support, their arch rivals hardly touched the ball during what was another chastening defeat. After the 5-0 Old Trafford shellacking back in October, this was another occasion that showed Liverpool to be on an altogether different plane. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/19/liverpool-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report

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Madrid need four points to claim title after 3-1 win over Granada Juventus beat Fiorentina and will meet Inter in Coppa Italia final Real Madrid continued their march towards a 35th La Liga title as goals from David Alaba, Marco Asensio and Lucas Vázquez earned them a 3-1 win at Osasuna on Wednesday, with Karim Benzema missing two penalties. The victory means Real have 78 points and hold a 17-point lead at the top over their closest rivals Atlético Madrid , who were held to a goalless draw by Granada . Barcelona in third and fourth-placed Sevilla are a point further back and both play on Thursday. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/20/osasuna-real-madrid-la-liga-psg-juventus

The striker could still thrive at Stamford Bridge with time and love but has not been afforded either in a turbulent campaign There are games of football that feel like the inevitable product of their circumstances: system against system, the attacking and defensive patterns predetermined days in advance, the result telegraphed from the moment the first ball is kicked. Then there are the games in which Granit Xhaka runs the midfield, a mass brawl breaks out in the closing minutes and Eddie Nketiah scores twice against a team currently sanctioned by the UK government. Chaos, farce, or high entertainment? Probably a mixture of all three. As shirtless Arsenal fans clambered over each other in the Shed End, as a fuming César Azpilicueta remonstrated with some of the few Chelsea supporters who were left in the ground, it was tempting to write this off as a classic slice of freak Premier League, a crunch London derby with all the logic and ambience of a Carabao Cup fourth-round tie. Conti

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Manager has changed club’s identity and in a stunning Europa League win at Lyon they showed a new defiance and graft There was a knowing grin from David Moyes and a delighted chuckle from Pablo Fornals when the door to the press room swung open and the noise from outside floated through the air. “That’s why I’m in here,” Moyes said, sounding like a weary father apologising for his unruly kids disturbing the other passengers on a packed train. “Everyone is screaming and jumping,” Fornals said as the midfielder listened to the chants of “West Ham are massive” from his jubilant teammates. “The emotions are high. It’s a really lovely moment.” It had been one of those evenings. As Rednex’s Cotton Eye Joe blared around the away dressing room at the Groupama Stadium, Mark Noble sat by his locker and wept tears of joy after West Ham’s stunning 3-0 win over Lyon had taken them into their first European semi-final since 1976. “I don’t know where I am right now,” said Fornals. “The feeling is

‘We had high hopes… It hasn’t worked,’ says Tony Pignata Striker unlikely to be offered new contract at end of season Perth Glory’s gamble on Daniel Sturridge has been labelled a failure by chief executive Tony Pignata, who admits it is unlikely the English striker will be offered a new deal with the A-League Men club. Sturridge, a former Liverpool forward with 26 England caps, was the highest-profile signing heading into the 2021-22 ALM season but has featured for just 93 minutes across five substitute appearances – failing to find the net. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/20/perth-glory-ceo-admits-daniel-sturridge-move-has-failed

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Internazionale beat title rivals 3-0 in semi-final second leg Freiburg see off Hamburg to reach first German Cup final Lautaro Martínez grabbed a first-half double as Internazionale overcame rivals Milan with a 3-0 second-leg and aggregate victory at San Siro. After a goalless draw in the first leg, Inter went ahead after just four minutes here when Martínez smartly turned in Matteo Darmian’s cross at the near post. Milan rallied and Inter keeper Samir Handanovic was forced into fine saves to deny Rafael Leão and Alexis Saelemaekers. The Rossoneri were left to rue those missed chances as Inter doubled their lead five minutes before the interval. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/19/european-roundup-inter-milan-coppa-italia-dfb-pokal-la-liga

Hosts top of the Premier League after 4-0 win at Anfield Rangnick: ‘It is embarrassing, they are six years ahead of us’ A clearly unhappy Ralf Rangnick branded Manchester United’s 4-0 rout by Liverpool at Anfield as “embarrassing and humiliating”, with Jürgen Klopp’s team pulling two points ahead in the Premier League title race before Manchester City host Brighton on Wednesday. Rangnick made the surprise selection of Phil Jones in an unfamiliar three-man defence which was breached after only five minutes by Luis Díaz. Two goals from Mohamed Salah and a Sadio Mané strike completed a Liverpool league double over United with an aggregate score of 9-0. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/19/rangnick-humiliated-by-liverpools-latest-rout-of-manchester-united

While his fellow No 6 Paul Pogba limped off, the Spain international left Anfield drooling with his midfield masterclass An aggregate score of 9‑0 this season is a fair representation of Liverpool’s superiority over Manchester United and the highest number of goals they have scored against their old rivals in a single campaign since 1895‑96, when United were known as Newton Heath. The tale of the two No 6s on display at Anfield encapsulated why such a chasm exists. In the United No 6 was Paul Pogba, an expensive, richly rewarded asset who lasted 10 minutes before limping off injured, perhaps never to be seen playing for the club again before leaving on a free transfer this summer. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/apr/19/thiago-orchestrates-liverpools-humiliation-of-manchester-united

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Cometh the hour, cometh Cristiano Ronaldo for the umpteenth time this season to save Manchester United. After 75 minutes the score was level and Ralf Rangnick’s side were teetering on the brink of another capitulation after holding a two-goal lead. But then Ronaldo smashed a 25-yard free-kick in off Tim Krul’s right post and that was 3-2 – and a second hat-trick since 12 March for the 37-year-old, who now has 15 Premier League goals this season. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/16/manchester-united-norwich-premier-league-match-report

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Ed Aarons and Jonathan Wilson after a busy weekend of Premier League and FA Cup action. Plus Ewan Murray joins to discuss the Scottish Cup semi-finals Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast and Stitcher , and join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . On the podcast today: Liverpool and Manchester City play out yet another classic in their 3-2 FA Cup semi-final. The Reds will face Chelsea in another domestic final this season after Thomas Tuchel’s side beat Crystal Palace in the other semi. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2022/apr/18/liverpool-and-chelsea-set-up-another-final-face-off-football-weekly

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Liverpool are getting recruitment right, Newcastle have a new hero in Bruno Guimarães and Christian Eriksen can get better In the summer of 2020, Liverpool were big favourites to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig before the move fell through when Jürgen Klopp could not assure his fellow German of regular first-team football. Liverpool fans have spent the last couple of seasons relieved that the striker chose Chelsea instead, his numbers way down on what they were in the Bundesliga. Werner remains a maddening but intriguing presence. Watch the denouement of the FA Cup semi-final. In the final 10 minutes, he overruns the ball to ruin a fast break, has the energy to get back and halt a Palace counterattack, is named man of the match, flashes a cross into the box with no Chelsea shirt in sight, drives into the area again to put the ball on a plate for Romelu Lukaku, who hits a post, and rounds it all off by ballooning a dreadful shot into Row Z. There is Werner’s Chelsea career in microcos

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Women’s FA Cup semi-final: Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea Visitors score twice in second half against toothless hosts Second-half goals from Guro Reiten and Ji So-yun ensured Chelsea eased into the FA Cup final with a patient defeat of toothless Arsenal. In front of a sold-out Borehamwood crowd the Gunners struggled to deliver a single shot on target, with Chelsea’s defensive solidity allowing them to absorb the early pressure and that they would build on in the second half. There has been very little to separate the two London teams this season. Perhaps, Chelsea, as holders of the FA Cup and the league leaders, had the edge over their title rivals going into this match. The Blues dominated from the off in a 3-0 defeat of the Gunners in the 2021 final in December. However, despite Arsenal’s league position, one point behind Chelsea, Jonas Eidevall’s team have taken four points from their two league meetings – the first three coming from a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Emirates stadium on th

Minute-by-minute updates on the action at St James’ Park Gazza review – classy, unobtrusive and gruesome Any comments? You can email David | tweet David We have another 2.15pm kick-off in the Premier League today - West Ham v Burnley . The visitors have Michael Jackson in charge following the sacking of Sean Dyche. As Richard Jolly points out on Twitter: “Big musical news as Michael Jackson drops Lennon.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/apr/17/newcastle-v-leicester-premier-league-live

Minute-by-minute as the Old Firm meet at Hampden Champions League, and then there were four: Football Weekly Any comments? You can email John | tweet @johnbrewin_ Ange Postecoglou, coming off 33 games unbeaten with Celtic, speaks to Premier Sport. You don’t come to this place unless it’s a special game, I’m totally looking forward to it. Bring it on. When you get close to achieving things the anxiety kicks in. You join this club with high expectations. I don’t think a lot of rest went on, we worked hard for eight days. We had a good week. We have got to be playing our best football. This is where everything gets decided. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/apr/17/celtic-v-rangers-scottish-cup-semi-final-live

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Minute-by-minute updates on the action at Meadow Park Change the vision’: Iran Women push to break football barriers Any comments? You can email Rob.Smyth@theguardian.com 2 min Foord twists Bright inside out on the left of the area and wins a corner. It’s taken short, driven to the far post and headed away by Kerr. 1 min Peep peep! Chelsea kick off from right to left. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/apr/17/arsenal-v-chelsea-womens-fa-cup-semi-final-live

Pep Guardiola defended his team selection and goalkeeper Zack Steffen following a dreadful first-half display in their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. The US international was one of seven changes Guardiola made from the team that started Wednesday’s bruising Champions League quarter-final at Atlético Madrid. 'It can happen, so it's an accident,' said Guardiola. 'After that he had the courage to play, he made good decisions and good saves and he's an exceptional keeper.' Guardiola defends Zack Steffen after mistake against Liverpool costs City Liverpool survive Manchester City scare to reach FA Cup final after Mané double Manchester City apologise after fan chants mar minute’s silence for Hillsborough Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2022/apr/16/it-was-an-accident-pep-guardiola-defends-zack-steffen-after-fa-cup-blunder-video

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Eddie Howe has said he is preparing to “make difficult decisions” and be ruthless this summer as he prepares to move players on from Newcastle in order to accommodate new signings in his 25-man Premier League squad while remaining within financial fair play rules. Miguel Almirón, a £20m buy on the part of Rafael Benítez, ranks among those playing for their futures. With Ryan Fraser injured, Almirón could be offered a rare start at home against Leicester as Howe aims to move a step closer to mid-table security with a win against Brendan Rodgers’s side. Louise Taylor Sunday 2.15pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/16/newcastle-leicester-match-preview-premier-league