Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Luton 1-1 Wolves: clockwatch – as it happened

Luton finally get a point on the board, Forest are beaten by 10-man Manchester City and Crystal Palace share the points with Fulham

Luton Town: Kaminski, Kabore, Burke, Lockyer, Bell, Sambi Lokonga, Nakamba, Doughty, Brown, Morris, Ogbene.

Subs: Andersen, Berry, Woodrow, Adebayo, Chong, Mengi, Mpanzu, Krul, Giles.

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Johnstone denies Fulham as Crystal Palace frustrated in goalless draw

You have to admire Roy Hodgson. A week after being taken to hospital after falling ill before Crystal Palace’s game against Aston Villa last weekend, the former England manager watched almost every minute of this arm wrestle of a match standing on the edge of his technical area as two evenly-matched teams played out a stalemate.

On an afternoon when Fulham again showed their lack of cutting edge in attack since the departure of Aleksandar Mitrovic, Palace were indebted to Sam Johnstone for keeping Marco Silva’s side out with a string of excellent saves. Only Eberechi Eze – making his 100th appearance for Palace – looked capable of unpicking a stubborn Fulham defence but ultimately no one could find the breakthrough in a game between two sides who looked destined for mid-table again.

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Is Russell Wilson back?

The Broncos may be winless, but their quarterback is giving them the best chance to win. Or is he? Numbers never lie, but they don't always tell the whole story.

India’s aviation authorities say they can’t interfere in Akasa dispute

India's aviation authorities have ruled out intervening in a dispute between Akasa Air and its pilots after the budget carrier accused the regulator of inaction, a legal filing shows. Over 40 of Akasa's 450 pilots quit without serving their notice in recent weeks, and the airline has sued some of them and challenged Indian authorities in court for not acting on its requests to deal with alleged pilot "misconduct". Akasa argues its contractual obligations with pilots remain in force, and is suing the regulator for not intervening in the public interest.