that was the goal which took chelsea into the quarter finals 2 1 on aggregate. benfica are through to the last eight of the champions league after a 7 1 aggregate win over club brugge. rafa silva opened the scoring for the home side before goncalo ramos got himself on the scoresheet in first half stoppage time. ramos quickly added a second shortly after the break to put benfica three up on the night. a flurry of goals would follow, with bjorn meijer grabbing a late consolation for brugge with this superb finish three minutes from time. the former croatia defender slaven bilic has been sacked as manager of watford, in the championship. the side have won just once in their last 8 games, as they attempt to return to the premier league. it s a 9th manager in less than four years for the second tier club, who are now outside the playoff places, in 9th position. bilic had been there forjust over 5 months. former sheffield united and middlesbrough boss chris wilder has taken over un
for their friendlies next month, says it s very likely mead won t be back in time for the tournament in australia and new zealand. i had a conversation with her. she s doing well. she s in rehab, she is doing good. but the world cup is actually too early, so what we said now, just really take the time to get back well. but if a miracle happens and she goes so fast, we will reconsider it. but at this moment, i don t expect it. premier league s chief executive richard masters was quizzed by british mps on a number of football matters on tuesday, including the ownership of newcastle united and whether they should have permitted a saudi backed take over to go through in 2021. our sports editor dan roan has more. what he said was that he couldn t comment, he would be able to confirm whether or not the premier league are investigating or not. that she wouldn t. that he wouldn t. the ownership of newcastle united, or indeed whether they ve re examined the approval they gave for that
champions league this week and the pivotal game for chelsea tomorrow night against dortmund. the blues are 1 0 down from the first leg, and struggling domestically despite being europe s highest spenders in the january transfer window, and their manager knows they re under the microscope. the position we are and should always welcome the pressure because it means you are in a fantastic situation which is to compete for the last eight of the championship. it s a wonderful competition. it s going to be a special night. it was a special occasion in dortmund and i m sure you will receive see the same the bridge tomorrow. there s nothing else to say apart from that s what we re looking forward to employing the game and looking forward to competing to go through because it is a fantastic competition and we want to progress. some more from that huge win for liverpool yesterday. the club say there is no excuse for unacceptable and dangerous behaviour after a supporter ran onto
would get better quickly. 90 seconds from the restart, darwin nunez made it two. what had been a tight match was now all liverpool s. gakpo lofted in his second, his team kept on rising. when it falls to mo salah in this match, it feels inevitable. he has now scored against united in five games in a row, this time as part of a collection. another nunez header, another goal. salah was then back to make it six, and there was still time. in all the games between them, there has not been one quite like this. an extraordinary day, summed up by a scoreline. so, a record breaking day for liverpool who are now three points off the top four, and a dark day for manchester united. contrasting emotions from the managers as you d imagine. it sounds like a day from another season, it doesn t really fit in the season so far. it is even better, because it is incredibly important for us, we need results and performances, and tonight we got both. a super performance from the start. but we know
tottenham hotspur by mutual consent. the italian joints birds the italianjoints birds in 2021 leading them to the champions league. this season he s come under criticism for exits for the fa cup and champions league as well as the style of play. tottenham will now be looking for their fourth manager in for eight years. four years. england maintained their winning start to euro 2024 qualifying with a comfortable victory over ukraine at wembley. harry kane and bukayo saka on the scoresheet as gareth southgates side followed up their impressive win over italy to secure maximum points from arguably their two more testing qualifiers. 0ften sport can divide, but on the rare occasion it unifies, relationships and memories are created, which can last a lifetime. emotions were high on and off the pitch as england welcomed ukraine. 0pposing teams with a shared goal. before kick off, a golden boot for harry kane as the leading all time scorer. so it was the england captain who opened