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The Barcelona players realised it as soon as they ran out to warm-up, whistled onto their own pitch by an Eintracht Frankfurt contingent that would swell to 30,000 inside the Nou Camp by kick-off. “I very much believe it affected the result,” says Axel Hellmann.
Hellmann is the fan-turned-CEO at Frankfurt.
Jorginho admits Chelsea will “miss” Antonio Rudiger after Spanish football journalist Alvaro Montero told Sky Sports News on Tuesday the defender’s move to Real Madrid is a “done deal”.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Sunday the centre-back will leave the club this summer after he failed to agree a new deal.
Anita Asante, the Aston Villa defender who has won 71 caps for England and represented Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics, will retire at the end of the season.
Asante – who turns 37 on Wednesday – has been a regular for Villa this season, playing 21 times to help them to ninth place in the Women’s Super League.
There was a moment during the second half in Eindhoven when Leicester City looked set to be punished on the counter-attack as they pushed for the equaliser against PSV. Wesley Fofana came from nowhere with the recover run to end the danger.
Leicester levelled the tie within a minute and won
Former Manchester United coach Eric Steele says the club’s culture has been lost, but has backed incoming manager Erik ten Hag to reinstall the dressing-room discipline needed for the team to be successful again.
Ajax boss Ten Hag was appointed as United’s new manager last week and will take up his role in the summer, when he will be tasked with reinvigorating a club
Manchester City’s bid to win their first Champions League title pits them against Real Madrid in the last four on Tuesday night.
City have not won European football’s premier club competition and were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea in the 2020/21 final.
The Metropolitan Police has closed an investigation into online racist abuse sent to Neeskens Kebano, the Fulham winger, with no action being taken.
Kebano was subjected to the abuse, which included racist words and emojis, on Instagram following Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United on December 20, 2021.
Ralf Ragnick was forced to play down talk of dressing room unrest as he dismissed Manchester United’s chances of finishing in the top four after they slipped to defeat at rivals Arsenal.
A 3-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium was punctuated by a Bruno Fernandes penalty miss, with interim boss Rangnick revealing Cristiano Ronaldo told him he
Cove Rangers have won Scottish League 1 and promotion to the Championship after Mitch Megginson’s goal secured a 1-0 win over Dumbarton.
Paul Hartley’s side knew a win would secure the title and a third promotion in four years but they were held until the 75th minute, when Megginson scored the only goal of the game.
Pep Guardiola says “nothing changes” in the Premier League title race with Liverpool after Manchester City moved four points clear and praised four-goal hero Gabriel Jesus.
City dismantled a relegation-threatened Watford 5-1 on Saturday, seeing them extend their gap over second-place Liverpool to four points.