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Mauricio Pochettino provides Lloris, Winks & Sissoko updates ahead of Brighton

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has this afternoon provided fitness updates on all of Hugo Lloris, Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko, ahead of his side’s clash with Brighton & Hove Albion. Tottenham vs Brighton Spurs are set to welcome Chris Hughton’s relegation-threatened outfit to North London tomorrow evening, for their latest Premier League outing. The hosts are of course currently in the midst of an incredibly tightly-contested battle for a top-4 spot, along with all of Arsenal, Chelse...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Premier League, Manchester City, Spurs, Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino, Real Madrid, Everton, Brighton, Champions League, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Pochettino, Moussa Sissoko

Aston Villa set hugely-impressive club record with win over Millwall

Aston Villa’s victory over Millwall this afternoon saw the Claret and Blue set a new club record, perfectly summing up just how impressive the recent run of form being enjoyed by Dean Smith’s men has been. Kodjia decides it Villa welcomed Millwall to Villa Park in the first of the day’s Championship fixtures a short time ago. The two sides headed into proceedings with very different season targets in mind, with the hosts’ stellar recent streak having seen them vaulted into the playoff picture....
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Aston Villa, Southampton, Tottenham, Brighton, West Brom, Rotherham, Bristol City, Birmingham, Bolton, Watford, Middlesbrough, Villa Park, Blackburn, Millwall

Jurgen Klopp makes fun of Man United before Man City

Man United vs Man City If Man City are to drop any points in their four remaining Premier League fixtures, this week’s clash at Man United appears to be d-day. After their trip to Old Trafford, Man City have games against Burnley (a), Leicester (h) and Brighton (a). Liverpool only have three more league games to play. The Reds welcome Huddersfield to Anfield on Friday night. After that it’s Newcastle away and Wolves at home. Jurgen Klopp makes fun of Man United Liverpool beat Cardiff City 2-0...
Tags: Sport, Barcelona, Soccer, Premier League, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle United, Newcastle, Everton, Brighton, Cardiff City, Burnley, Leicester, Huddersfield, Anfield, Jurgen Klopp

Gary Neville predicts Jurgen Klopp will field a weak XI vs Barcelona to edge out Man City

Liverpool 1st, Man City 2nd After the weekend’s action in the Premier League, it’s as we were at the top of the table. Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Cardiff on Sunday lifted the Reds back into first place. Man City remain two points behind the Scousers following their 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday. The Sky Blues still have a game in hand over the Reds, which will take place on Wednesday as Man United host City in the derby at Old Trafford. Jurgen Klopp may rotate vs Barcelona Last week Liverpoo...
Tags: Sport, Barcelona, Soccer, Premier League, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Old Trafford, Newcastle, Brighton, Champions League, Cardiff, Burnley, Leicester, Jurgen Klopp, Neil Warnock

Davies sets top four target for Spurs

London (AFP) – Ben Davies has challenged to Tottenham to win their last four Premier League games as they aim to get their top four push back on track against Brighton on Tuesday. Mauricio Pochettino’s... Visit http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com for the rest of the story.
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Wolves 0-0 Brighton: Chris Hughton hails 'big result' for Brighton

Brighton boss Chris Hughton praises the work ethic of his players and believes Brighton's goalless draw with Wolves is a "big result" for The Seagulls.
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Wolves 0-0 Brighton: Nuno Espirito Santo says Wolves must be more 'clinical'

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo says his side had "enough chances" to beat Brighton, but is "proud" of his team following Wolves goalless draw with Brighton.
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Wolves 0-0 Brighton: Struggling Seagulls earn valuable point

Brighton end a run of five successive defeats as they pick up a valuable point in their battle against relegation against Wolves at Molineux.
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Foden fires Man City back top, Brighton boost survival bid

London (AFP) – Phil Foden fired Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League as the young midfielder sealed a vital 1-0 win over Tottenham, while Brighton improved their survival prospects with a... Visit http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com for the rest of the story.
Tags: London, Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Manchester City, Tottenham, Brighton, Man City, Afp, Foden, Phil Foden

Brighton suffer injury blow ahead of Tottenham clash

Brighton take on Wolves Brighton travelled to Wolves on Saturday in one of four 3 pm kick-offs. The Seagulls started the day in 17th place just two points above 18th place Cardiff City. A win for Brighton would have drawn them level on points with 16th place Southampton who play Newcastle in Saturday’s late kick-off. As for Wolves, they started the day in 8th place, level on points with 7th place Leicester who have a game in hand on Nuno Santo’s side. 9th place Watford were also in action at 3 ...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Southampton, Tottenham, Newcastle, Brighton, Cardiff City, West Ham, Leicester, Huddersfield, Crystal Palace, Selhurst Park, Watford, Man City, Blackburn

What happened in the Premier League on Saturday?

Manchester City return to the top of the Premier League table as Brighton edge three points clear of the drop.
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Bournemouth dealt double injury blow ahead of Southampton

Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth have this afternoon been dealt a pair of blows on the personnel front. Bournemouth vs Fulham The Cherries are currently locked in action with Fulham at the Vitality Stadium, in a Premier League clash. The matchup marks a relatively-insignificant one for both sides, with hosts Bournemouth sitting comfortably in mid-table, and Scott Parker’s Fulham already relegated. As such, the lacklustre opening 45 minutes since played out between the sides has come as little surprise...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Southampton, Brighton, Bournemouth, West Ham, Burnley, Eddie Howe, Fulham, Watford, Smith, Huddersfield Town, Adam Smith, Scott Parker, Junior Stanislas, Ben Dinnery

Premier League amend fixture list to accommodate Liverpool & Tottenham’s Champions League progression

As confirmed this morning, the Premier League have officially brought forward the respective fixtures due to be played out by Tottenham and Liverpool over the weekend of the 4th – 5th of May. City & Porto downed Spurs and Liverpool both booked their spots in the semi-finals of the Champions League this week. Mauricio Pochettino’s men travelled to the Etihad to take on Premier League rivals Manchester City on Wednesday night, with the North Londoners having headed into proceedings holding a sle...
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Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 35: Three in, three out

Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 35 kicks off on Saturday the 20th of April at 12:30 pm UK time as Manchester City host Tottenham. So, all of your transfers for GW35 need to be done by 11:30 am UK time on Saturday. But if you are struggling to choose who to sign and who to sell this week, here are some tips. 3 in including Wolves forward Raul Jimenez (6.9) Game week 35 is a double GW for several teams, including Wolves. Wolves play host to Brighton on Saturday before once again playing at hom...
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Eddie Howe provides Bournemouth injury update ahead of Fulham

Bournemouth vs Fulham Bournemouth host Fulham on Saturday in one of four 3 pm kick-offs. The Cherries head into the game in 12th place with very little to play for. With four games remaining of the season, Bournemouth are six points off 7th place, which may be a Europa League place come the end of the campaign. Bournemouth are also 10 points above the drop zone and surpassed the magic 40 points usually needed to stay up with a win vs Brighton last weekend. Fulham also have little to play for bu...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Everton, Brighton, Bournemouth, Eddie Howe, Chelsea FC, Fulham, Europa League, Steve Cook, London England, Scott Parker, Craven Cottage, Fulham FC, London United Kingdom Photo

Southampton injury updates ahead of Newcastle

Ralph Hasenhuttl has this afternoon provided a fitness update on the Southampton squad, ahead of their clash with Newcastle. Newcastle vs Southampton The Saints are set to travel to St. James’ Park on Saturday evening, for their latest Premier League outing. The two sides will head into proceedings separated by just one place and two points in the English top-flight table. Newcastle hold the advantage over Southampton, albeit having played a game more. Cardiff’s surprise victory at Brighton on...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Southampton, Tottenham, Newcastle, Brighton, Cardiff, Saints, Man City, St James Park, Mario Lemina, Aubameyang, Tyneside, James Ward Prowse, Newcastle Newcastle

Do you think Chelsea’s top four hopes are now over?

Image: SkySports . Having thought about it for a couple of days now, especially after Arsenal beat Watford on Monday night, I cannot help but think that the Liverpool result on Sunday has virtually ended our top four hopes this season. We now sit fifth in the Premier League on goal-difference from Arsenal and a point behind Tottenham in third, while Manchester United sit in sixth just two points behind us. All three teams have a game in-hand having only played thirty-three games compar...
Tags: Europe, Opinion, Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Premier League, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Arsenal, Everton, Brighton, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Burnley

Cardiff beats relegation-rival Brighton in Premier League

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Cardiff kept alive its hope of staving off relegation from the Premier League with a vital 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Brighton on Tuesday. Goals either side of halftime from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Sean Morrison moved 18th-place Cardiff within just two points of Brighton and safety. Brighton once again looked toothless […]
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Brighton 0-2 Cardiff: Neil Warnock says Bluebirds are alive and kicking

Cardiff manager Neil Warnock says his side are "far from finished yet" in their battle against relegation, after beating fellow strugglers Brighton 2-0 at the Amex Stadium.
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Brighton 0-2 Cardiff: Chris Hughton says Seagulls have a fight on their hands

Brighton manager Chris Hughton admits his side's 2-0 home defeat by fellow strugglers Cardiff means the Seagulls have a "fight" on their hands to avoid relegation.
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Cardiff sink relegation rivals Brighton to boost survival bid

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Cardiff kept alive their bid to secure Premier League survival with a crucial 2-0 win against fellow strugglers Brighton on Tuesday. Neil Warnock’s side would have been pushed to the... Visit http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com for the rest of the story.
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A set-back

I was pleased with myself; I had a plan to get the much-needed long runs in. On Brighton Marathon weekend, I was to go to the Marathon Medical Conference this afternoon, helping with some of the administration, exhibiting on behalf of Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service - I provide information support to the Marathon Research Group, and enjoying and learning from the presentations, Then, on marathon day, I was to be on duty helping with logging injured runners as they present t...
Tags: Sport, Brighton, Running, Ash, Lewes, Duncan, Erika, Seaford, Mabel, Tom Roper, Brighton Marathon, Mid Sussex Marathon, Seaford Beach, Sussex NHS Library, Knowledge Service, Marathon Research Group

Good news for Man United: Everton’s Andre Gomes charged with violent conduct

Everton midfielder Andre Gomes has been hit with a violent conduct charge by the FA, following the Portuguese midfielder’s late challenge on Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrović. Fulham 2-0 Everton Marco Silva’s Toffees travelled to Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, hoping to keep their superb recent run of form alive. Ahead of kick-off in London, the Merseysiders had picked up a trio of consecutive victories over Chelsea, West Ham and Arsenal, all without conceding a goal. Fulham, on the ot...
Tags: London, Sport, Barcelona, Soccer, Premier League, Everton, Brighton, Fa, Fulham, Man United, Shinji Kagawa, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Scott Parker, Andre Gomes, Merseysiders, Gomes

The tale of two struggling strikers at Chelsea but one offers us much more than the other.

Chelsea have five games to go in our battle for the top four. We face Liverpool and Manchester United away and with two strikers in and out of form/the team, we must play with the one that offers the team more at this stage of the season. Here is my argument with Olivier Giroud must start every game starting this Sunday at Anfield. Gonzalo Higuain deserves credit here and I am not in any way discrediting him at all. He offers us an attacking goal threat, movement in behind, off t...
Tags: Opinion, Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Brighton, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard, Didier Drogba, Olivier Giroud, Latest, Fernando Torres, north London, Giroud, Maurizio Sarri

VAR slammed (again) after Fernandinho escapes unpunished following Kane elbow

Viewers of the clash between Tottenham and Manchester City have taken to Twitter in their numbers tonight to question the use of VAR, following an incident involving Fernandinho and Harry Kane. Tottenham host City City and Spurs are currently locked in action at the latter’s new ground, in the first-leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. Hosts Tottenham booked their spot in the final-8 of the competition courtesy of a hugely-impressive 4-0 aggregate win over Bundesliga giants Borussi...
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Hammer blow for Tottenham: Harry Kane picks up worrying injury vs Man City

Spurs have this evening been dealt a massive blow on the injury-front, after star man Harry Kane was forced off with an injury versus Manchester City. Tottenham vs Man City Mauricio Pochettino’s men welcomed City to London a short time ago, for the first-leg of the all-English Champions League quarter-final tie between the clubs. Both sides came into proceedings on the back of domestic victories over the weekend. Tottenham steadied the ship on the back a dismal recent run of form with a 2-0 le...
Tags: London, City, Sport, Barcelona, Soccer, Chelsea, Spurs, Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino, Brighton, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero, Chris Smalling, Son

Why Bernardo Silva is missing for Man City vs Tottenham

An explanation for Bernardo Silva’s absence from the Manchester City squad to take on Tottenham has emerged online. Tottenham vs Man City City and Spurs are set to get the first-leg of their all-Premier League Champions League tie underway shortly. Pep Guardiola’s visitors head into proceedings on an absolutely scintillating run of form, with the Sky Blues’ streak of 14 consecutive victories meaning their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple remain alive and well. City’s latest win came on Satu...
Tags: London, City, Sport, Soccer, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Manchester City, Spurs, Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino, Brighton, Pep Guardiola, John Stones, Crystal Palace, Man City, Porto

Tottenham fans slated over ‘where were you’ chants vs Man City

Fans of opposing clubs have flooded to social media this evening to take aim at their Spurs counterparts, after the Tottenham faithful aimed a questionable chant in the direction of the travelling Manchester City support during their clash in London. Tottenham vs Man City The two clubs are currently locked in action, in the first-leg of their all-English Champions League quarter final-tie. Hosts City came into proceedings with their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple still alive and well, on ...
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Chelsea 2-0 West Ham: Quite simply the Garden of Eden but for how long?

Eden Hazard once again demonstrated his quality and class last night with a stunning opening goal followed by a cool, calm finish late in the game to secure three massive points for Chelsea. Just how long will he be here to deliver performances like that? Ahead of the game there had been plenty of talk of how would start the game, would Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ruben Loftus-Cheek continue in the side after impressing against Brighton? Would Maurizio Sarri rotate his players ahead of a bus...
Tags: Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Premier League, Real Madrid, Brighton, West Ham, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud, Anfield, Latest, Hazard, David Luiz, Andreas Christensen, Demba Ba, Maurizio Sarri

Harry Winks & Sergio Aguero: Tottenham vs Man City probable line-ups

Tottenham vs Man City probable line-ups The Times have predicted the probable line-ups for tonight’s Champions League clash between Tottenham and Man City. Spurs have already confirmed that they have three players missing. Eric Dier and Erik Lamela are both out injured. Serge Aurier has also been sidelined with a hamstring injury, while the Ivory Coast international is also mourning the passing of his dad. Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabian Delph are both out injured for Man City. Harry Winks: Spu...
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