in the premier league there s been two huge matches with implications at both ends of the table. manchester united moved back into the top four, after a 1 0 win over brentford at old trafford. marcus rashford with the goal in the first half. it s a victory that lifts united back above tottenham in the race for champions league places. i think we played very good football, especially first half. it s not easy against this very good brentford team to create chances. i think we did it. we dominated first half, especially second half. it was more better. but then we saw what i missed on the sunday determined passion and desire and we drove it over the line. and manchester united are level on points with newcastle who stay third but improved their goal difference even further with a 5 1 demolition of west ham at the london stadium. callum wilson and joelinton had them two up, before kurt zouma pulled one back for west ham at half time to give them some hope. but mistakes c
In the german cup, Bayer Leverkusen are looking to keep their unbeaten season on track as they face Fortuna Dusseldorf for a place in the final. It is going for the well for them so far. Just approaching half time, leverkusen r 3 0 up. And the winner will play second tier kaiserslauten in next months decider. Its the opening leg of the coppa italia semifinal between fiorentina and atalanta. And that one shows no goals. Goalless in that one, heading towards the break. And in the coupe de france, Paris Saint Germain and rennes are up against each other with the winner to face lyon in the final. That one also, no goals yet. Chelsea have condemned abuse received by their captain Conor Gallagher as completely unacceptable and say a video clip with a Young Black Mascot has been taken considerably out of context. The clip emerged after chelseas 2 2 draw with burnley on saturday, it showed gallagher not acknowledging a high five from the child in the tunnel. The captain and the mascot then wal
I think the first start we have unreal moments and concede nothing and score two very, very good goals. And in the second half, yeah, credit to them. They had a really good side. They are really difficult to play against and we like to generate more moments and more control. But overall, yeah, winning again, clean sheet and going another three days, another game. Phil foden scored a hat trick for Manchester City as they beat aston villa 4 1 at the etihad stadium. Its 21 goals for the season now for foden, his three goals coming after rodri opened the scoring for pep guardiolas side who now move level on points with liverpool for 2h hours at least, while villa remain 4th. Every game now is a must win for us. Its almost like a cup final every game. So yeah, im delighted with the outcome today. Im happy to help the team with three goals and i feel the performance was very high against a quality side. So im delighted. I scored quite, quite a few this year and im delighted with that. Like i
And try to reach the perfection of it. That is our main obsession how much of a difference will it make with the momentum of back to back wins . It is backtoback wins . It is important backtoback wins . It is important but backtoback wins . It is important but it backtoback wins . It is important but it cannot l important but it cannot distract us because we still belong way to go and we have experienced these moments before we had good performance in the next game we were not able to sustain this is the message, try to sustain. Everton striker Dominic Calvert lewin held his nerve from the penalty spot to score his first goal in 2a games in all competitions against newcastle at st james park. It salvaged a vital point for the toffees in their bid to stay in the top flight. Newcastle had earlier taken the lead through alexander isak. It finished one all. Look, i mean, this job wasnt a walk in the park when i got here. Its still not. Theres a long way to go, but theres a lot of steps wer
Diego costa then extended chelseas lead with his 50th Premier League goal. He added a 51st in the 89th minute before another ex Chelsea Player Ryan Bertrand gave the scoreline an air of respectability in added time. Contes men coping perfectly with the psychological pressure of a title run in. We are playing with this pressure from a long time, but its normal because when you play and when you have to fight, and you are fighting for the title, its normal to have this type of pressure. You must be ready for this mental effort also, not only physical effort but also mental effort. But, yeah, its not easy, not easy, but we are fighting and we are ready to fight from now until the end. Over in spain, Atletico Madrids Faint Title Aspirations have surely been snuffed after they were beaten 1 0 at home to villareal. They stay seven points behind the top two having played two games more than real madrid and one game more than barcelona. Former england captain tony adams Battle To Keep Granada