Own goalfrom joel matip. Not as a manager of liverpool, so much more as a football person, i think the only outcome should be a replay. That is how it is. It would happen again. I think a replay would be the right thing to do or the referee has the opportunity to bring both coaches together and say, sorry, we made a mistake, but we can sort it. And we start from there. Champions League Football will return to St James Park for the first time in 20 years later, as eddie howe s newcastle take on paris st germain. Newcastle drew their first game on their return to the competition against ac milan and will now face the french champions, who won their first game against borussia dortmund. Howe believes the Clubs Progress has been rapid since the saudi led takeover two years ago this week and both he and former captain alan shearer are hoping it can continue. I think initially nothing like this was in our thoughts at the speed at which it has happened. The only thing in our thoughts were sta
Park here are the thoughts of Newcastle Legend and Match Of The Day analyst alan shearer who played the last time the magpies payed in the Champins League against barcelona back in 2003. Iam i am excited and i cant wait for tonight, like everyone else in newcastle, the stadium will be rocking tonight. These were the nights at stjamess park we were thinking of, 20 years, such a long time and the fans have had some real ups and downs over the years. Bear in mind two years ago we were still thinking is the takeover going to happen . To be this far ahead already and having nights like this already is an incredible achievement and that tells you how well eddie and the players have done. I have been lucky enough to travel all over and i have never seen anywhere like newcastle than in terms of the mums or dad and the nanas boyfriends or girlfriends with the newcastle tops on. Stjamess park on girlfriends with the newcastle tops on. St jamess park on saturday whether newcastle win or not, it m
seed. as for daniil medvedev, like carlos alcaraz he is a former us champion, i can tell you, in the last few moments, job done for medvedev, he is into the last 16, he lost the first set across the hungarian, medvedev winning 6 3. through to the last 16 where he reached a couple of years ago but he wasn t at the championships last year because of that ban on russian players. year because of that ban on russian -la ers. . ~ year because of that ban on russian -la ers. ., ~ ,, mark cavendish s tour de france is over. he crashed out 140km into stage eight. which left the british cyclist with what appeared to be a broken collarbone. the 38 year old came into this year s tour level on 3a stage wins with belgian legend eddy merckx. drew savage has more.