Along to the programme. It was always going to be tense coming into a merseyside derby, with plenty at stake for both teams. Everton and liverpool both desperate for victory, and the honours went to everton, who won 2 0 at goodison park, dealing a huge blow to liverpools Title Ambitions injurgen klopp� s last season in charge. Sean dyche� s side went ahead thanks to a scrappy goal from jarrad branthwaite, which trickled in after alisson initially made the save. More relaxed defending in the second half from liverpool allowed Dominic Calvert lewin to head home. A much deserved win for everton as they put more distance between them and the bottom three. For liverpool, though, they missed the chance to move back level with arsenal at the top. And with four games to go, a tall order perhaps to get back in the running. What we need now is better football from our side and bad football from two other sides. So thats how it is now. They have to lose games not only one, but better, two. Historically, they dont do that really a lot, and arsenal didnt look very weak last night. So is that now my first concern . Yeah, im very disappointed about it, very frustrated about that, of course. But we have just. We have to play better. A big result against our local rivals, and i said its a game for the people. I dont understand the depth of these derbies because im not from here, but im learning quickly about what its like here, and i think that one is one for the people and certainly for the evertonians, without a shadow of a doubt. And the toffees, i asked them to rise and they are doing, their voice was incredible, the noise was incredible, the reaction to the performance was incredible. So were very, very, very pleased with them. Manchester united were made to work for their three points, eventually running out 4 2 winners over bottom of the table sheffield united. The blades twice took the lead thanks to goals from jayden bogle and ben brereton diaz, which stunned old trafford either side of a Harry Maguire header. But two goals from captain Bruno Fernandes put united in front in the second half, with Rasmus Hojlund rounding off the scoring. The win lifts erik ten hags side back into sixth place and chasing a european spot, ending a four match winless run in the premier league. Sheffield united, though, look destined for the drop. Many positives today. The resilience to fight back after two times when you are losing. But that is straightforward. Also, the negatives really giveaways and cant happen, this is unacceptable. We have to learn from this. For the rest, i think we. Decent performance, good goals, so happy with the win and we move on. Yet again, were sort of a mixed bag for me. You know, a lot of things are pretty good, theyre pretty good. A lot of times, we get pretty close. But we are here and we are brought up to win games of football and its another one that weve lost. Crystal palace continued their resurgence under manager oliver glasner. They won for the third time in a row. Jean Philippe Mateta with both of their goals in a 2 0 win over Newcastle United at selhurst park. The loss for newcastle, though, a blow for their european aspirations. And bournemouth came away with a 1 0 win at wolves. Antoine semenyo scoring in the first half. Bournemouth had a man sent off too, but managed to hold on. Wolves having a goal ruled out by Var Deep Into stoppage time. Bournemouth up to tenth with that victory. Two goals in stoppage time helped atalanta finally break down ten man fiorentina and book a coppa italia final with juventus. The tie finished 4 2 on aggregate. Ademola lookman and Mario Pasalic with two late stoppage time goals to seal their place in the final in rome on may the 15th. Barcelona coach xavi will remain at the club until at least the end of his Contract Tojune next year after changing his mind that this would be his last season. Xavi took charge in November 2021 after leaving qatari club al sadd and guided barca to the spanish title in his first full season in charge last year. He announced injanuary he would step down as boss at the end of the current season. But the former barcelona and spain midfielder has performed a u turn. The former world number one, naomi osaka, has won her first match of the claycourt season at the madrid open, beating belgiums greet minnen. Osaka won in straight sets, 6 4, 6 1. It was only her second match on clay since going out in the first round of the french open two years ago, and herfirst win on the surface since then. Emma raducanus progress in stuttgart last week failed to count for much she collapsed to a straight sets defeat to argentinean Maria Lourdes carle at the madrid open, having made it to the quarterfinals at last weeks tournament in germany. That encouraging form deserted her, as she was defeated 6 2, 6 2. Butjack draper is into the second round after beating the australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on a decisive third set. It finished 63, 36, 75. Hell now move on to face Hubert Hurkacz on thursday. Some news to alarm Rafa Nadalfans now he says hes not sure if hell be able to play at next months french open after pushing through the pain barrier in his comeback from injury. The 37 year old, whos a 22 time grand slam champion, said that hes far from being in top form and that hes only playing in the first round of the Madrid Open On thursday as a personal sacrifice. Nadal, whos said he expects to retire after this season, returned to competition in brisbane in january after almost a year sidelined with a Hip Flexor Injury but hasnt played consistently since. Ronnie osullivan made a fine start to his bid to win a record breaking eighth World Snooker title as he dominated the first session against welsh Qualifier Jackson page. Osullivan is looking to move clear of stephen hendry� s Seven Crucible successes and holds an emphatic 8 1 lead over 22 year old page, the world number a3. Osullivan needs to win only two frames when the match resumes on thursday. Meanwhile, chinas ding junhui is out after losing the deciding frame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17, jack lisowski. A Clearance Break of 131 from ding, who was runner up here eight years ago but has never won the world title, levelled the match at 9 9. But it was the englishman, lisowksi, who came out on top in that final frame to set up a meeting with Stuart Bingham in the second round. Finally, among the sports in which team gb has high hopes of winning gold at the Paris Olympics in three months is canoe slalom. The team began its preparations with a first Training Session of the season at Lee Valley Whitewater Centre on wednesday. Chris slegg went to meet them. Team gb� s paddlers back on the water as olympic training began at a Chilly Lee Valley this morning. Its very cold out here, still waiting for summer to arrive. But great session on the water this morning. And, yeah, a very exciting year ahead. Its really cool. I guess i hadnt really seen the Team Together properly until kind of today, and its really nice to see everyone. This course has helped transform Great Britain into a leading olympic nation. Before london 2012 took place here, wed never won an olympic gold, but since those games, Great Britain have claimed two golds and three silvers. And the team heads off in the direction of paris with high hopes of more podium positions. Were there for a reason. Weve got athletes that have won world titles last year, 2023, and like you say, weve got a rich history of athletes competing for medals at Olympic Games in the past. And we want to do our bit to keep that tradition going and we go there with strong hopes. Joe clarke won gold at rio 2016 and is current World Champion in two events. Do you feel the pressure of expectation . Yes and no. I think probably the internal expectation for myself is probably what surpasses the external factors of other people. Obviously, ive trained a lot and very hard for this event. So, yeah, thats what kind of puts the pressure on me. Oh, sensational 0. 17. Did 2016 change your life . Yeah, it absolutely changed my life. In so many ways. But i think it kind of came almost too easy in some ways. It was my first Olympic Games. I was so young. It happened. And i think the experiences since then have really kind of rounded me as a person. Mallory franklin spent years campaigning for women to be allowed to race the c1 event, and won silver in it at tokyo. Along with all the other c1 women, i think that weve really pushed for that equality in terms of, i think a lot of people kind of said that we werent that great and the performances werent good and we werent Strong Enough and all these kind of things. And i think really, as a class, weve really driven that on and kind of shown that we are good enough. And that is a fabulous performance. Not wanting to put too much pressure on you, but how realistic would the gold medal be in paris . I mean, its definitely not super far fetched. I think being the World Champion leading in and ive medalled at every worlds between the two, i think that that is a really positive, like, show of performance. Soon it will be all eyes on paris for gb� s potential paddling prizes. Chris slegg, bbc news. And there we go, that is just about it from us. You can, of course, get all the latest sports news, including all the football results, including a blow for liverpool in the premier league, at the usual place, which is the bbc sport app, orfrom our website, which is bbc. Com sport. But for me and the team here on sportsday, thanks very much indeed for watching and well see you again next time. Hello there. Some really chilly feeling air for the time of year, and its going nowhere for the next couple of days. But of course, the sunshine� s helping to lift the temperature somewhat. Lots of blue sky across many parts of scotland, 13 celsius in edinburgh, butjust seven degrees for these north sea facing coasts such as scarborough. Lots of clouds, and a brisk a bitter northerly wind blowing, too. And as we head through the rest of tonight, theres a little feature Running Southwards bringing the threat of some further showers, possibly wintry over the hills of scotland. Temperatures dipping very close to freezing into thursday morning. Watch out for some icy stretches, perhaps. And its still blustery for those north sea facing coasts, and across the Northern Isles as well. A mixture of sunny spells, but also some showers across many Northern Areas of england, scotland and northern ireland. More cloud and some showers pushing southwards across england and wales. Temperatures again towards the east, just 8 10 degrees celsius, but a little milder again further south and west. Now, as we head through thursday night, then therell be a lot of clear spells around. Again, its another cold feeling night for the time of year, the snow levels again dropping across parts of scotland. Another frost for many of us as we head into friday morning. Again, watch out for some icy stretches here and there. Friday, well start to see a few changes. This area of low pressure starts to push in to south west england, affecting parts of the Channel Islands as well, bringing some more showery outbreaks of rain here. And the winds will fall lighter as well, so it wont feel quite so bitterly cold towards those north sea facing coasts. But still, the bulk of the showers will be here. A scattering of showers, also some sunny spells, probably sunniest out towards the north and the west again. But temperatures still very low for the time of year, below the average, 8 12 degrees celsius for most of us. Things are set to turn a little less cold, though, as we head through the weekend. Some milderfeeling air. And its going to be quite unsettled, tending to be drier in the north and the west. So, if we just look at this low pressure system. Its spinning in from the south. Its going to give plenty of wet weather, particularly towards the south and the east, but also some milder feeling conditions. Temperatures will rise to more or less the seasonal average. So certainly no heat wave. Heres the Temperature Outlook for our Capital Cities as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. So not as cold, but really quite showery. Bye bye. This is bbc news. Israel says its moving forward with preparations for a Ground Operation in gazas southern most city, rafah. Protests against the war in gaza heat up at Us College Campuses coast to coast. And horses on the run through The Streets Of London we look at what led up to these dramatic images. Hello, im caitriona perry. We begin in the middle east. Israeli officials have confirmed they are moving ahead with plans for a Military Assault on the city of rafah in southern gaza. Israel says its hopes to launch an assault on the several hamas battalions remaining in rafah. The plan appears to be moving forward despite warnings