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By Ian Parker, PA Zinedine Zidane believes his Real Madrid team has been unfairly criticised this season and they will be out to prove as much when they face Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night. A 2-0 win over Eibar at the weekend saw Madrid cut Atletico Madrid’s advantage at the top of LaLiga to just three points, while Zidane’s side are the only Spanish side still standing in the Champions League. After a run of nine wins and two draws...

Updated: March 17, 2021, 12:07 am Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola tried to take his mind off the Champions League quarter-finals after easing into them (Trenka Atilla/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Pep Guardiola urged his quadruple-chasing Manchester City players to forget about the Champions League after th...

Updated: March 12, 2021, 9:09 am Mikel Arteta bemoaned Arsenal’s mistakes despite victory (PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Mikel Arteta saw Arsenal leave Olympiacos in charge of their Europa League tie following a good win – but admitted his side were once again their own worst enemy as a defensive error almost...

Football games are taking place behind closed doors with no fans in the stadium.

The German has called the Manchester United player one of the best midfielders in the world.

United were always going to be in Friday’s last-16 draw given the first leg result against Sociedad, for whom Manchester City great David Silva was conspicuous by his absence. The veteran was among five alterations made by coach Imanol Alguacil, who knew their minuscule chances of progressing would only be possible by unsettling the hosts with an early opener. James gifted them the chance to do just that, with referee Lawrence Visser pointing to the spot after the Welsh winger clattered into ...

Introduced for Leon Balogun at half-time, it took the 19-year-old just 16 seconds to make amends for his mistake as he fired home Rangers’ second goal and put them firmly on course for a place in Friday’s noon draw. The impressive Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent also netted before two late spot-kicks from Borna Barisic and Cedric Itten capped off another thrilling 5-2 win as Gers progressed after a crazy 9-5 aggregate win. Patterson and the other Covid rule-breakers are still likely to be ham...

Updated: February 25, 2021, 10:07 pm Jamie Vardy was left dejected as Leicester were knocked out of the Europa League (Nick Potts/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Lacklustre Leicester crashed out of the Europa League after a tame defeat to Slavia Prague. Lukas Provod and Abdallah Sima struck in the second half to se...

Nathan Patterson repays Steven Gerrard’s faith as Rangers go through Nathan Patterson was on target for Rangers (Andrew Milligan/PA) Nathan Patterson made amends for his Covid rule-breach as his first Rangers goal helped fire Steven Gerrard’s team back to the Europa League’s last-16 with a 5-2 win over Royal Antwerp. The Ibrox teenager found himself feeling the wrath of his manager and the Light Blues legions after being caught at an illegal house party with four team-mates earlier this m...

Chelsea were languishing in ninth position on the back of just two league victories from eight games when Lampard was sacked on January 25. The picture is already looking considerably rosier. Having conceded only once in five matches since, they have rocketed to fourth spot, above defending champions Liverpool and just four points adrift of second-placed Manchester United. What has Tuchel changed? Reminiscent of the system favoured by former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, Tuchel has implemented a ...