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Simms had a couple of chances to make it three, but Boro halved the deficit when Whittaker volleyed into the bottom corner from Alfie Jones’ flick-on as they kept a corner alive.
Coventry’s number nine was denied shortly after half-time by Brynn, but one thing the Teesside club have shown all season is spirit and it was in evidence here for new Swedish boss Hellberg.
They started the season
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The R’s were quickest out of the gates, forcing Robins goalkeeper Max O’Leary into a string of early saves.
Yang Min-hyeok and Harrison Ashby – two of Marti Cifuentes’ four tweaks to the hosts’ line-up from the previous match – threatened to break the deadlock first before Dembele, another of the Spaniard’s changes, snuck through City’s backline to nod home from a Nicolas Madsen delivery at the back post.
That
It’s a fifth spell in English football for Valerien Ismael – his fourth as a head coach following his time as a Crystal Palace player more than 25 years ago.
He’s been out of management for just under a year after a 40-match tenure at Watford came to end in March 2024 and inherits a Blackburn Rovers team that sits sixth with a dozen games to go.
The contract might
As soon as Newcastle’s starting line-up was announced, the travelling support must have been concerned.
No Isak does not necessarily mean no hope, but this needed to be a big team performance.
Without their star striker, who has 19 league goals this season to sit only behind Salah and Erling Haaland on the list of top scorers, Howe turned to Wilson.
The former Bournemouth forward has struggled for playing time
Liverpool, last champions of the Premier League in 2019-20, are chasing their 20th English title in their first season under Arne Slot, who replaced Jurgen Klopp in the summer.
They are now unbeaten in 19 top-flight games, since a 1-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest on 14 September, but Slot’s side had to battle so hard to defeat Bournemouth, who lost for the first time in 12 league matches.
Having
Liverpool have dropped points in each of their past two Premier League games, with draws at Newcastle United and at home to Fulham, but this was as convincing a return to winning ways as possible as they confirmed once again that they are the team to beat in the title race.
Tottenham provided the perfect opponents for a Liverpool team almost groaning under the weight of attacking talent, the 6-3
Sheffield United opened up a three-point gap over Leeds at the top of the Championship after beating Wayne Rooney’s struggling Plymouth at Bramall Lane.
Chris Wilder’s side had been given a helping hand by ex-Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom, whose Preston held Leeds to a draw at Deepdale earlier on Saturday.
And despite a largely unconvincing display, a first-half strike from Gus Hamer and a late penalty converted by Kieffer
Goalkeeper Andre Onana has developed into a successful signing amid the poor buys, while captain Fernandes is likely to start the course.
Amorim is renowned for his three-man defensive system but the candidates to take on this role are unclear.
Matthijs de Ligt is yet to convince following his move from Bayern Munich while Lisandro Martinez showed his lack of discipline with a wild late challenge on Cole Palmer,
The US-based Friedkin Group is led by chairman Dan Friedkin, who also owns Roma, and has a net worth of £5.7bn according to Forbes.
The final decision rests with the Premier League and will depend on whether the group can satisfy the Owners’ and Directors’ Test, but should the deal be completed, Everton would become the 10th club in the English top flight under majority American ownership.
A sale would
