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Erling Haaland scored early and Manchester City controlled most of the game as Burnley’s relegation was confirmed
1 min: Scott Parker has put on a grey top over his grey sweater. I think this calls his coaching credentials into question: can you be inspired by a man who seems obsessed with the colour grey?
1 min: Peeeep! City get the ball rolling.
Continue reading...The world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions. Today, Graham Ruthven endeavors to answer three of them
With his Copa del Rey winners medal around his neck, Pellegrino Matarazzo struggled to find the words to sum up his remarkable journey from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, via Italy and Germany to a historic triumph as Real Sociedad manager.
Continue reading...Canaries coach compares 22-year-old to young Erling Haaland
Australian’s red-hot form is boost for Tony Popovic before World Cup
Australian striker Mo Touré has earned comparisons to a young Erling Haaland, after he bounced back from a missed penalty to continue his sizzling goalscoring run with a ninth goal in just 10 games since joining English Championship side Norwich.
Touré’s fourth goal of the week, following a second hat-trick of his short Norwich career on the weekend, was a rocket that went in off the underside of the bar and set up a 2-1 win over Derby County.
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Wednesday, April 22
St. Louis at Miami, 12:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.
Houston at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Toronto at L.A. Angels, 3:07 p.m.
Athletics at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:45 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 6:45 p.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.
Eastern Conference First Round - Game 2
Orlando at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Western Conference First Round - Game 2
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
Eastern Conference First Round - Game 3
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Western Conference First Round - Game 3
Dallas at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.
Western Conference First Round - Game 2
Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte FC at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Atlanta, 7:45 p.m.
Minnesota at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
San Diego FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Miami at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m.
Austin FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.
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Brighton rose to sixth place after punishing a Chelsea performance their manager, Liam Rosenior, described as ‘unacceptable’
2 min: Chelsea still have the ball. They’ve had one attack, in which Hinshelwood was brought down a few yards outside the penalty area but it looked like the referee was looking the other way, as presumably were his assistants, so no free kick.
1 min: Peeeeeep! It’s Brighton who get the game under way.
Continue reading...Ten years on from lifting the Premier League trophy, Leicester have been relegated to League One after a 2-2 draw with Hull confirmed back-to-back relegations for the club.
The result leaves the Foxes, who were deducted six points in February for a financial rules breach, seven points adrift of fourth-bottom Blackburn with just two games to play and destined for the third tier for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
Continue reading...Sky Blues are champions after 5-1 rout of Portsmouth
Millwall leapfrog Ipswich; Southampton fluff lines
Ephron Mason-Clark scored a brace as Coventry clinched the Championship title with a convincing 5-1 victory over Portsmouth.
Haji Wright opened the scoring before Mason-Clark pounced on an error from Nicolas Schmid just 90 seconds after the break, which was compounded by Regan Poole’s own goal three minutes later.
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New York at Boston — MLBN, Prime Video
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MLS: New England Revolution vs. Atlanta United — FS1, Apple TV
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Slowly but surely, West Ham are edging their way to safety. While this battling draw against a Crystal Palace side with their minds elsewhere proved terminal to his former club Wolves as it confirmed their relegation, Nuno Espírito Santo had to be satisfied with a point after Brennan Johnson missed the best chance to boost his former employers Tottenham.
Palace, who have now been involved in eight stalemates this season, were indebted to captain Dean Henderson for producing the save of the night to deny Konstantinos Mavropanos just before half-time, although West Ham struggled to create much else. Nuno will be disappointed not to have stretched their advantage over Tottenham to four points, although their fate remains very much in their hands with David Moyes’s Everton next up on Saturday.
Continue reading...Manchester City eked a win by the slimmest of margins on Sunday, setting up a season finale that will be determined by nerves
It was probably Arsenal’s best performance in two months, but that will be scant consolation. Manchester City’s win on Sunday leaves Pep Guardiola’s side in control of the title race; they will go top of the Premier League on goal difference if they beat Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday. Both sides will then have five games to play.
Sunday’s game was decided by desperately fine margins. What prevented Eberechi Eze’s whipped shot from just outside the box going in? An inch? Half of one? Gabriel also struck the woodwork, while Kai Havertz headed a great chance a fraction over the crossbar in injury time. It was a defeat that has handed City the advantage in the title race, but it could very easily have been a battling draw to preserve Arsenal’s lead and, perhaps more importantly, restore morale.
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Continue reading...Giallorossi manager has struggled to build and his relationship with Claudio Ranieri is beginning to fray
Right from the beginning of Gian Piero Gasperini’s time as Roma manager, there have been people who believed it would all end in tears. Despite a brilliant record with Atalanta, whom he made into consistent top four contenders, as well as winning the Europa League in 2024, a section of his new club’s support was opposed to his appointment. “Respect our history,” read one banner outside the Stadio Olimpico last May. “Don’t bring that shit Gasperini to [Roma’s training ground at] Trigoria.”
Such objections were born more from rivalry than doubts about the quality of his work. Unsurprisingly, given that the Giallorossi were in direct competition with Atalanta throughout most of Gasperini’s nine-year tenure there, he had made various comments that got under fans’ skin.
Continue reading...Curtis Jones sums up Liverpool’s approach, Eddie Howe’s transfer record under scrutiny and Tammy Abraham shows his worth
For Manchester City, Gianluigi Donnarumma has always been a case of risk and reward. Perhaps only Thibaut Courtois is as fine a shot-stopper as Italy’s Euro 2020 hero, though many goalkeepers are better with the ball at their feet. Claudio Bravo, let alone Ederson, would be unlikely to dither in the fashion that alerted Kai Havertz to the possibility of pressing City’s keeper as close as possible for Arsenal’s goal. Donnarumma was the signing who bucked the Pep Guardiola doctrines, and his goalkeeping has been crucial to City’s revival but such mistakes have always been part of the giant Italian’s makeup. Paris Saint-Germain would not meet his wage demands, and opted for Lille’s Lucas Chevalier, a better ball-player as an ill-starred replacement. Donnarumma smothered a good chance for Havertz in the second half. His big mistake, seconds after Rayan Cherki’s opener, did not, after all, become the key twist in the title race. John Brewin
Match report: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal
Match report: Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Match report: Tottenham 2-2 Brighton
Match report: Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United
Match report: Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Continue reading...Bayern bounce back from early concession to win 4-2
PSG’s title hopes hit after 2-1 home defeat by Lyon
Bayern Munich secured their 35th German league title by beating Stuttgart 4-2 to open up an unassailable lead with four games to play. Sunday’s result sent Bayern 15 points clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund.
The Bavarian side, who face Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup semi-final next week before taking on Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on 28 April, were a goal down before scoring four times to quickly turn the game around.
Continue reading...Rayan Cherki scored one of the goals of the season but Gabriel had a game to forget and could have seen red
Gianluigi Donnarumma Nighmarish howler allowed Havert’s equaliser. Redemption – a little – came in the second period with point-blank save from the same player. 4
Continue reading...Erling Haaland settled a pulsating clash at the Etihad to leave Arsenal ruing a series of near misses
When Pep Guardiola was preparing for the challenge of taking on Jürgen Klopp’s peak Liverpool team at Anfield in February 2021, training that week at Manchester City was a little different, according to Oleksandr Zinchenko. Guardiola’s instructions seemed counterintuitive. “Guys, let’s start from the goal-kick, I want you to make at least three or four touches on the ball,” the manager told them. “Most of the teams come to Anfield and shit themselves. They want to play one touch, two touch. ‘Oh, don’t give me the ball! Oh you take it!’ But you have to play with big balls at Anfield! Big balls! ‘Give me the ball!’ Demand it! If you need to dribble past two or three players, do it. But play football. I want you to play football.”
Zinchenko recalls that Guardiola made the same speech before they walked out at Anfield. “Teams coming here are scared. They play one or two touches, and that’s what Liverpool like, because they get the ball back so quickly. I want you to be brave. Play your football!” as Zinchenko puts it in his autobiography, Believe. Admittedly that game came in the midst of City’s record-breaking 21-game winning run that season but was also Guardiola’s first win at Anfield, so not dissimilar to the title showdown at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday with Arsenal.
Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Nottingham Forest 4-1 Burnley
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