Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Crystal Palace: FA Cup fourth round – as it happened

Goals from Daniel Muñoz and Justin Devenny earned Crystal Palace a 2-0 win at Doncaster and a last-16 tie at home to Millwall

1 min: The Palace fans have travelled up the M1 and M18 in numbers. It looks freezing cold. Doncaster engage the old high press and forced Matt Turner to lose the ball.

Oliver Glasner’s turtle-neck jumper rather unfortunately reminds of the U-Boat captain in Dad’s Army. Don’t tell him, Pike.

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Real Madrid v Manchester City ‘seems like a clásico’ now, says Carlo Ancelotti

  • Two teams meet again in Champions League playoffs
  • City have faced Madrid five times in past six years

On the eve of Real Madrid’s Champions League playoff first leg at Manchester City, Carlo Ancelotti billed the clash between the sides as a “clásico”.

Madrid’s trip to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night and the return at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday next week will be the fifth time in six years the sides have played each other in the knockout phase. While the Spanish and English champions have each previously progressed twice, Ancelotti was clear about how he rates encounters between them.

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