the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. it was a really important experience. good performances as a team. it is an unfair assessment, because they are top of the table in belgium, it is really difficult, but i thought we would give it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in their group. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women, who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hayken, who stay top ahead of chelsea by two points with three
now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. there s nothing to separate them at anfield as liverpool fail to find a breakthrough against a stubborn manchester united. liverpool aged to be level on plains at manchester united in the table after coming from behind. and he s in the mood for more rangers and new boss phillipe clement win the scottish league cup at hampden. also coming up on sportsday. and the comeback kings in the champions cup exeter leave it late, but do it again with victory over munster. hello there, and welcome along to the programme and it was very much billed as the game of the day. two huge rivals in the premier league, liverpool and manchester united going head to head at anfield, but the sides couldn t be seperated as the united defence held firm and had chances against a liverpool side hoping to finish the weekend top of the pile. katie gornall reports. liverpool has built something at anfield, a new t
i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to
i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its b