but in the the premier league it s the bottom of the table that s the biggest focus. after willian s opener, vinicius exploited a chasm in the leicester defence to make it two before tom cairney jinked his way past a couple of defenders on the stroke of half time to make it 3 0. leicester were booed off at the interval. the early evening kick off sees everton, who ve picked up just four points from their last seven games, take on a brighton side chasing european football. their boss roberto di zerbi is staying focused, despite having three games in hand on the teams above them. we want to achieve our target and i think it is clear for everybody, we are fighting against a big team, tottenham, aston villa, liverpool, for the europe. and at the moment, i think we are deserving to reach the best position. they have got some very good players. they have got some very good players, they have crew recruited very welt players, they have crew recruited very well. they have
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. party preparations at the palace as the stars get ready to come out for the platinum jubilee celebrations. up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate the queen s 70 years on the throne. one of the biggest parties has been held at windsor great park s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. all singing there ve beenjubilee celebrations at epsom, too, for derby day, but the queen hasn t been there as originally planned. she s been represented by her daughter, the princess royal. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. but no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. but now on. hello and welcome
Rhythm after 25 minutes, i dont know exactly, i didnt look at my watch. It is very difficult to keep your rhythm in a game like this but it is very important. It is clear we should have scored before, we should have been 2 0 up. We scored eight, thatis have been 2 0 up. We scored eight, that is fine. A mature, professional performance. We got the result. We got the result. Elsewhere in group b, brighton got their first point of the competition after drawing 2 2 with marseille. They stay bottom of the group though after aek athens drew with ajax. There was defeat for rangers, who sacked their manager at the weekend, they were beaten by aris limasol. The italian side atalanta won at sporting lisbon. Wins too for villareal and roma. All the results from thursday round of game on the bbc sport website. The former Manchester United goalkeeper Sergio Romero was the hero for his side boca juniors as they beat hosts palmeiras of brazil 4 2 in a penalty shoot out in the second leg of the semifi
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Im steven wyeth. Late drama in the championship as aston villa deny leeds third place in the table. Ryan giggs is out of the running to become the next swansea manager with Chris Coleman appearing to rule himself out too. And an impressive return for rafa nadal winning his first match since injury emphatically. There was a meeting of two of the championships most prestigious clubs at villa park this evening. Aston villa and leeds share plenty of top flight experience, and both covet a return. As Patrick Gearey reports it took late drama to deny leeds a place in the top three. By by headcount by history, these two clu bs A Re By Headcount by history, these two clubs are among englands biggest. Aston villa were banished from the Premier League only this year. It will be a long past back path. Near misses, will had plenty of those. Villa. There were as a moment seized 53 minutes in although the header was hardly an stop at all. The header was hardly an stop at all. Unstoppable. The ball c