The last – and only – time five Premier League teams made it through to the knockouts was in 2017, when Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham all progressed. However just two of those sides – Liverpool and Manchester City – got beyond the last 16, while the Reds went all the way […]

Malik Tillman scores twice as Bayer Leverkusen confirm their place in the Champions League play-offs with a 3-0 win against Villarreal in their final league-phase outing. Source link

Joao Pedro scores twice to give Chelsea a comeback 3-2 win over Napoli to secure automatic qualification into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Source link

Belgium international Tielemans, 28, came off in Sunday’s 2-0 win at Newcastle with an ankle injury and checks have confirmed he is unlikely to return until April. “Tielemans is eight to 10 weeks out,” said manager Emery on Wednesday. “Kamara is not going to play this season. McGinn is six to eight weeks out. “After […]

“Some moments you think you have a yes, then maybe not. But, all in all, I think, at the end of the window, we should have a good number of players.” Reports have suggested Rangers knocked back offers for winger Djeidi Gassama and striker Youssef Chermiti this week and Rohl believes that is positive for […]

A Chelsea supporter has described his “shock” after being stabbed and taken to hospital before Wednesday’s Champions League match against Napoli in Italy. Marcus, 22, who did not want to give his surname, said he and a group of Chelsea fans were targeted in the centre of Naples by a group of Napoli ‘ultras’ – […]

There is no doubt Appleton’s 10 months at Croud Meadow coincided with a turbulent period on and off the field. Ainsworth’s sudden exit to Kent after four months in charge left Town reeling, 14 points from safety in League One with only nine games left, and Appleton with a near-impossible job to keep them up. […]

Sterling signed a five-year £325,000-per-week contract in 2022, relocating his young family in the process. The £47.5m transfer was a statement of intent by Todd Boehly, who at the time was acting as sporting director, and Clearlake Capital. However, the people behind the deal are no longer in charge at the club. In addition to […]

Che Adams: The Leicester-born 29-year-old is a favourite of Scotland boss Steve Clarke. He moved to Torino two years ago after featuring in the Premier League with Southampton. This season, he has scored five goals in 24 appearances for his 16th-placed side. Josh Doig: The 23-year-old from Edinburgh is at his second Serie A club, […]

Manager David Martindale has said Livingston have written to the Scottish FA over an alleged racial comment made to striker Jeremy Bokila during their defeat against Aberdeen on Saturday. Martindale said after the game that the 37-year-old was in tears in the changing room following a comment made to him on the pitch during the […]