Jacob Whitehead and Luke Bosher
April 3, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
April 3, 2022 at 4:55 PM EDT
Howe hopeful on Trippier return
The Newcastle head coach did admit that Trippier wouldn’t be able to step up his recovery process as quickly as anticipated, but there’s still hope the right-back can return this season.
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Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 4:50 PM EDT
Pedri is money
The Diamond from the Island does it again for Barcelona.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
MAGIC from Pedri! 😱😱
The Sevilla defence left scrambling as the youngster bided his time before smashing Barca in front 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/OfTA56YxI4
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
PSG are having fun
The Ligue 1 leaders are 4-1 up against Lorient, with Mbappe, Neymar and Messi the scorers.
The sensational Mbappe has two goals and two assists…
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
Chelsea are back on top of the WSL
Arsenal threw the gauntlet down with a 5-0 win at Leicester earlier today, but Chelsea responded in kind by beating Reading by the same scoreline this evening to retake the lead at the top of the WSL.
Both sides have four matches left to play.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 3:46 PM EDT
HT in the Derby d’Italia
Absolute carnage at the end of the first half, as Hakan Calhanoglu misses a controversially awarded penalty… before a lengthy VAR check sees a retake ordered after Matthijs de Ligt encroached – with the referee having blown for a foul by Inter as Juventus scored an own goal.
Cahanoglu went the same way again but this time Wojciech Szczesny could not keep it out, and Inter lead 1-0 at the break.
Just the five yellow cards in the first period, with 10 minutes of added time played…
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
Absolute madness 🤯
Inter awarded a penalty, which Szczesny saves.
The referee rewards a retake and Calhanoglu’s 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 converts on his second try. pic.twitter.com/6GPGOdOXcF
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
Inside Vieira’s impressive start at Palace
The ex-Arsenal midfielder has been very impressive at Selhurst Park.
He faces his former side tomorrow evening and for more on how he’s getting the best out of his charges at Palace, check out our story below.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
Inside Patrick Vieira’s impressive impact at #CPFC
🔵 The meeting on a yacht that sealed the deal
🔴 Calls to help get transfers over the line
🔵 Commitment to ‘fearless’ style
🔴 Getting the best out of Zaha, Gallagher and others— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 3:10 PM EDT
Jakub Moder ruptures his ACL
The Brighton midfielder faces a long spell on the sidelines after sustaining the injury in yesterday’s 0-0 draw with Norwich.
Moder, a Poland international, faces a race against time to get fit for the World Cup, which is less than eight months away.
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Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 2:35 PM EDT
The impact of Varane and Maguire swapping positions
It was a subtle change from Ralf Rangnick, but switching Varane and Maguire appeared to pay some dividends against Leicester yesterday.
Michael Cox reports from Old Trafford.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
I was at Old Trafford yesterday to watch a pretty bad game, a bit of a pantomime surrounding Maguire, and he and Varane swapping positions https://t.co/zuyxSyoSTq
— Michael Cox (@Zonal_Marking) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 2:03 PM EDT
‘The worst game of football I’ve seen in a long time’
West Brom manager Steve Bruce pulled no punches when speaking about his side’s 1-0 West Midlands derby defeat by Birmingham City today.
Lyle Taylor’s penalty gave Birmingham the win, and condemned Bruce’s side to their fifth loss since he took over in February.
“It’s got to be the worst game of football I’ve seen in a long time,” Bruce admitted.
“We didn’t possess any real quality in the top end of the pitch. We had some moments but it lacked quality on both sides.
“After being here for seven weeks, we go up and down. The reason why we’re in the middle of the pack in the Championship is because of that.
“We can play really well against Fulham and that’s my biggest disappointment, it’s not acceptable. For a team that should be, or supposed to be, at the top end, we go up and down far too often.”
West Brom are 20th in the Championship form table since Bruce took over from Valerien Ismael.
(Photo: Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
GO FURTHER
West Brom fans: Discuss the Birmingham game with our writer Steve Madeley
April 3, 2022 at 1:29 PM EDT
Wow
It finishes 5-1 to Tottenham after a stunning second half from Antonio Conte’s side.
Son Heung-min, Matt Doherty, Emerson Royal and Steven Bergwijn were the scorers in the second 45 as Spurs move into the top four.
Arsenal play Crystal Palace tomorrow…
(Photo: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 12:35 PM EDT
1-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after 45 minutes
This free kick from Fabian Schar gave Newcastle a surprise lead, but Ben Davies headed in an equaliser for Tottenham not long after.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
Newcastle take the lead and Hugo Lloris won’t want to see this again 👀
Fabian Schär fires his free-kick round the wall and Lloris can’t keep it out! pic.twitter.com/JskCxtGIEU
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 12:11 PM EDT
Promotion for Liverpool!
They are heading to the WSL after a 4-2 win at Bristol City!
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
Liverpool Women have won the Championship title and with that they have earned themselves promotion back to the WSL.
What a season!!!!!https://t.co/6FKcj7BJvX
— Caoimhe O’Neill (@CaoimheSport) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022 at 11:20 AM EDT
Laporta: ‘The agreement with Spotify is bigger than any other in Barca history’
Barcelona’s partnership with Spotify was ratified today at an extraordinary meeting of delegate members, with 89 per cent of the 909 participants voting in favour. The deal was announced two weeks ago.
“Due to a confidentiality clause, applicable in all of Spotify’s global agreement, we cannot give exact figures but what we can say is that its is the best jersey and stadium agreement in financial terms that FC Barcelona has received,” Laporta said earlier today.
“The name of Spotify will appear associated with the stadium for the next 12 seasons at least.”
Spotify will appear on the front of the Barcelona men’s and women’s team shirts starting next season for four years. The streaming giant will also sponsor the training shirts from next campaign for three years.
(Photo: Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 10:57 AM EDT
It finishes 2-1 to West Ham
Another away defeat for Everton.
They have won just six points away from home this season, the lowest in the Premier League.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 10:32 AM EDT
Qatar want to avoid a repeat of Euro 2020 final scenes
And no wonder.
But it means fans cannot travel to Qatar without already having tickets for games.
More on this story below.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 9:51 AM EDT
HT: West Ham 1-0 Everton
And what a goal it was from Liverpool fan Aaron Cresswell.
Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 9:29 AM EDT
Postecoglou on that huge win for Celtic
The Celtic manager Postecoglou said to Sky Sports: “I was really proud of the players. It’s a difficult place to come to and they got off to a great start. In those kind of conditions, everything’s in their favour, and it’s going to take a massive effort for us to turn it around.
“The one thing people have overlooked is a real steel to this team. We had to show that, Rangers were at it and the crowd was behind them.
“It’s three points and there’s another three points next week. We’ll just keep accumulating them until it means something.”
That 2-1 win at Ibrox sees Celtic six points clear of Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
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Luke Bosher·
Junior Editor, News
April 3, 2022 at 9:05 AM EDT
News: Ricketts Family present Chelsea fans with eight-point plan for club’s future
They say that they will never participate in a European Super League, and have committed to keeping the club at Stamford Bridge.
The Ricketts Family are one of the four shortlisted bidders to buy Chelsea, and also own the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale after being sanctioned by the UK government last month.
Financial backing has also been added by hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, and Rock Entertainment Group, headed by Dan Gilbert.
Some Chelsea fans have been critical of the Ricketts’ attempt to buy the club. There was a protest against their potential ownership ahead of Chelsea’s 4-1 loss to Brentford on Saturday.
That afternoon, the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust released a statement that the Ricketts family’s bid was not “in the best interests” of the team.
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