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Brentford 2-2 Crystal Palace
Everton 1-3 Sunderland
Continue reading...Osula at the double as Newcastle push brittle West Ham closer to the brink
It was a decision that threatens to keep Nuno Espírito Santo awake for many nights to come.
Why, oh why, West Ham’s manager will doubtless wonder, did he opt to start with a back three on Tyneside?
Continue reading...Marco Silva tight-lipped on Fulham future after Robinson rescues point at Wolves
The Fulham manager, Marco Silva, insisted he had not made a decision on his future after his side’s European hopes were all but extinguished by Sunday’s 1-1 draw at relegated Wolves.
The visitors got themselves on level terms when Antonee Robinson equalised from the spot in first-half stoppage time, after Thomas Kirk gave a penalty for Mateus Mané’s late challenge on Timothy Castagne after a video assistant referee review. Wolves had taken the lead through Mané as they sought a first victory since beating Liverpool on 3 March.
Continue reading...Brentford 2-2 Crystal Palace, Leeds 1-0 Brighton, Everton 1-3 Sunderland: Premier League – live
Sunderland and Bournemouth were the big winners on a day of twists and turns in the race for Europe
Bradley Lowery, the Sunderland mascot whose battle with neuroblastoma helped raise than more £1m before his death in 2017, would have been 15 today. There will be a minute’s applause at Hill Dickinson Stadium after 15 minutes of today’s game, and two fans – one of each club – have cycled to the ground from the Stadium of Light to raise funds for the Bradley Lowery Foundation. Hats off to them.
Two more goals have been scored in a thrilling end-of-a-season game at Old Trafford, and Bruno Fernandes has equalled a major Premier League record. Clickity click click click!
Continue reading...‘Not even one beer’: Guardiola curbs City’s FA Cup celebrations with title to play for – video
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City would not have 'even one beer' to celebrate Saturday’s 1-0 FA Cup final triumph over Chelsea due to the title race, though the manager was coy regarding his future.
Antoine Semenyo’s 72nd-minute flicked finish gave City a second trophy of the season at Wembley following March’s Carabao Cup win over Arsenal.
'Home [now] – not even one beer,' he said. 'Next Monday after Aston Villa, we’re going to celebrate it with the women’s team. The club said that to me [with] some parade in Manchester because we must celebrate with both teams.
'There is no time [to celebrate]. Chelsea had seven days to prepare for the final, we had three days and yesterday [Friday] was a nightmare. We spent six hours from the city to here. The trains are a little bit of a problem in this country.'
Continue reading...Sydney FC break Newcastle hearts in penalty shootout to book place in A-League grand final
Sky Blues claim semi-final on penalties and will face Auckland FC in decider
Coach Patrick Kisnorbo hails ‘mental toughness’ of Sydney side
Sydney FC’s head coach Patrick Kisnorbo has hailed the “resilience and mental toughness” of his side as they punched their ticket to the A-League Men grand final, winning a pulsating semi-final against premiers Newcastle on penalties.
The Sky Blues opened the scoring on Saturday night through Piero Quispe’s 64th-minute goal, before a relentless Eli Adams made it 1-1 with a thunderous strike late in injury time to send the game into extra time at McDonald Jones Stadium.
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MLS: Portland Timbers vs. Inter Miami — Apple TV
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Saints and sinners: if Southampton are found guilty of spying they should be punished | Jonathan Wilson
There needs to be a zero-tolerance approach to stealing other clubs’ secrets – Kim Hellberg’s emotional response shows just how deep this goes
Kim Hellberg was clearly upset and his press conference after Middlesbrough’s defeat at Southampton in the Championship semi‑final playoff second leg became unexpectedly moving as a result. In football, the Boro manager said, you accept that some teams have greater resources than others but where the coach of the less well-off team can gain an advantage is in the “tactical element”; it is in effect the only weapon he has. And if that weapon is made less effective by an opponent cheating, it is understandable that Hellberg should feel that his profession, the skillset he has developed to test himself against his peers, has been betrayed.
That disgust is, no doubt, genuine enough, and it is perhaps difficult for those of us who do not work in that world fully to grasp how frustrating it must be if strategies and ploys carefully conceived and practised are rendered ineffective, not by the in-game acuity of an opponent, but by espionage. But it is admittedly hard to square that righteous anger with the image published in the Mail this week of a sheepish young man lurking behind a tree with a phone.
Continue reading...Manchester City win FA Cup final as Semenyo magic sinks Chelsea 1-0 – as it happened
Antoine Semenyo’s brilliant goal settled a hard-fought final and brought more glory to Pep Guardiola’s City
‘Stirring’ is the subject of Matt Dony’s email. And he doesn’t mean a synonym of ‘rousing’
Is the score not something like 115-74 to City? The magic of the cup, eh?
Continue reading...Pep Guardiola swears he’s not leaving Manchester City before contract ends
FA Cup final will be 24th trip to stadium as City manager
Spaniard aiming to win 17th major honour in decade
Pep Guardiola has described his decade managing Manchester City as “fucking fun”, and suggested Saturday’s FA Cup final against Chelsea might not be the last time he leads the team out at Wembley.
While Guardiola’s contract expires in summer 2027, there is increasing expectation that he will depart the club in the close season. Saturday’s final will be City’s 24th cup appearance at the national stadium under the Spaniard, with Guardiola aiming to claim the 17th major trophy of his 10 years in charge.
Continue reading...Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened
Ollie Watkins scored twice and ran Liverpool ragged as Aston Villa clinched a Champions League place in style
“Right Rob, let’s get down to brass tacks – Slot, should he be shown the door or given another year?” asks Peadar de Burca. “On the evidence of, let’s say, the last ten games, you’d have to say that the Liverpool manager has been found wanting. That extra little bit of innovation or rough magic hasn’t been there. A lot of talent at the top end of the team and you get the feeling a good manager could have shaped those players into something sharper, as opposed to the butter knife attack we’ve mostly seen. So, give him the boot?
“Well, this is a Liverpool team in transition. I suspect the owners, no mugs, had this in mind back in July after Diogo Jota’s tragic death and saw this as a year to acquire some serious talent, let them bed in with the real aim being the 2026-27 season. You’d hope Jeremy Jacquet will be joined by one or two more defensively minded players and the team will have more balance. The team will have had time to become a team. Let’s not judge Slot now, but in eight months’ time when Isak, Ekitike, Wirtz and Ngumoha are able to read each other’s minds.
Today we are without nine players. The good news is that Florian and Mo are on the bench, but Alex [Isak] is out with a minor injury.
I have to compliment Mo on how hard he has worked to be back. It’s not always straightforward with the type of injury he had.
Continue reading...Underdogs Chelsea have shot at glory at end of season of disruption
A defiant performance against Manchester City could deliver silverware in a year in which the club has already sacked two head coaches
Chelsea fared well as underdogs in their most recent outing in a final. They surprised Paris Saint-Germain in last summer’s Club World Cup, racing into an unassailable 3-0 lead by half-time and disrupting the European champions thanks to a clever tactical approach from Enzo Maresca.
Perhaps there will be more of the same at Wembley. Chelsea have form when it comes to upsetting the odds in a big game, although the one problem with bringing up the PSG win before Saturday afternoon’s FA Cup final against Manchester City is that the challenge of coming up with a plan smart enough to beat Pep Guardiola is no longer Maresca’s responsibility.
Continue reading...Premier League and FA Cup final: predicted lineups for the weekend action
Manchester City face Chelsea for the trophy at Wembley while leaders Arsenal host Burnley on Monday night
FA Cup final (stats from all competitions)
Continue reading...Middlesbrough demand Southampton are expelled from playoffs over spygate
Boro say move is ‘only appropriate response’ to scandal
Australian Hull fan angry over possible postponement
Middlesbrough have demanded that the English Football League expel Southampton from the Championship playoff final against Hull and are furious at being denied a chance to argue their case at an independent disciplinary hearing.
Southampton, who beat Middlesbrough 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-final, are facing EFL misconduct charges after Boro said they had been the victims of training-ground spying.
Continue reading...Marc Guéhi continues whirlwind FA Cup journey against club where it all began
Manchester City defender led Crystal Palace to Wembley triumph last season and is back to take on Chelsea
Marc Guéhi’s whirlwind 12 months in the FA Cup: captaining Crystal Palace to glory at Wembley last season, experiencing the competition’s greatest shock via the holders’ third-round elimination at sixth-tier Macclesfield and, on Saturday, aiming to claim the trophy again when Manchester City face Chelsea.
In a story-rich competition the defender’s is one of the more intriguing, particularly as Palace’s triumph was their first trophy and City, who he joined nine days after the Macclesfield reverse, were their scalps in the final, beaten 1-0 by Eberechi Eze’s 16th-minute strike.
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