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
never won a major metal. so it was important to get that started. yeah, as you said, this is a building block for the summer and we are not there yet but we re getting there and getting closer and closer. manchester city can close the gap at the top, with a win in tomorrow s lunchtime kick off against newcastle united. their boss, pep guardiola has been talking about their former captain vincent kompa ny s future. kompany s in charge of runaway championship leaders burnley who city face in the fa cup quarter finals. kompany won ten major honours in ii seaons at the etihad, and guardiola believes one day he ll return to city as manager. personally, i am delighted with his success and i think all of us have found that happy to be back. and so, i think he s destined to become a manager, it was written in the stars. it s going to happen. i don t know when but it s going to happen. knows the environment, knows the fans, all the needs. the destiny is there. west bromwich albion l
of five parties, all led by women. time for some sport here on bbc news. hello i m hugh ferris. afterjust seven months in charge, graham potter has been sacked by chelsea. losing again yesterday saw them drop to 11th in the premier league and they weren t the only top flight team to part company with their manager today. here s nesta mcgregor. ato a to know the feed to aston villa at stamford bridge a result that salt chelsea drop it to the bottom half of the premier league fans far from happy and 11th defeat in 31 games. although graham potter was optimistic. iii although graham potter was optimistic although graham potter was otimistic. ,, ., , ,, optimistic. if you look at the steps a art from optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one there - optimistic. if you look at the steps a