side middlesbrough will play chelsea. the semi finals take place across two legs next month. we ll have more football results for you in a moment but let s stay in england because a day after the club sacked steve cooper, nuno espirito santo has his feet under the desk at nottingham forest, the portuguese takes charge of his third premier league club after spells at wolves and spurs asjoe lynskey reports. they are five points above the drop zone. the man in charge hauled them up from the depths of the second tier. this week at forest, things have changed quickly. steve cooper has been sacked and within 2a hours nuno s comes in. forest wants him to take them up a level. big chance. very honoured, it is a pleasure to be here at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. what i expect is to help. try to transmit my knowledge and work ethic to the players so they can become a better team. this is what we want. he arrives with reputation but with point
welcome along to the programme. real madrid beat rayo vallecano 2 1 in la liga, but viniciusjunior was absent from the squad. the brazilian was subjected to racist abuse at the weekend against valencia, who will now have part of their stadium closed for five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 1 defeat at villarreal. 2-0. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third after a
five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 0 defeat at villarreal. 2-0. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third after a 3 3 draw at espanyol. and getafe boosted their survival hopes with a 1 0 win at real betis. in italy, inter milan have retained their coppa italia title after a 2 1 win over fiorentina at the stadio 0limpico in rome. fiorentina took the lead afterjust thre
hello there. welcome along to the programme. real madrid beat rayo vallecano 2 1 in la liga, but viniciusjunior was absent from the squad. the brazilian was subjected to racist abuse at the weekend against valencia, who will now have part of their stadium closed for five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 0 defeat at villarreal. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third af
only one place to start the confrontation billed as a potential title decider was a one sided affair as manchester city dominated premier league leaders arsenal to strike a psychological blow at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola s side, now two points behind arsenal with two games in hand, were inspired by the partnership of this man kevin de bruyne and erling haaland. de bruyne got city s opener after seven minutes and then the belgian crossed forjohn stones to double city s lead before half time de bruyne capped off a vintage performance with his second after the break before who else but haaland scored his side s fourth. gunners defender rob holding scored arsenal s goal, 4 1 the final score. city can now go top with victory at fulham on sunday. a really good game from both aspects. the pieces defensively, how were to create a good environment, and after the we start really well, we were much, much better, and we make the openers that we face, fantastic performance. we