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Coventry survive late Forest VAR controversy to claim first PL win in 25 years
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Referee John Brooks took a few seconds to point to the penalty spot after Ballard and Konsa hit the ground, but once he did the VAR stuck with his decision.
Konsa was certainly committing a foul, though Ballard did appear to have a hold of the Arsenal man.
“This should never happen, it’s not fair, and I am sad, very sad, in that sense,” said Arteta, who was booked in
Matt Bloomfield is delighted with his start to life at Oxford United and believes the U’s have what it takes to beat the Championship drop.
Bloomfield was appointed as successor to Gary Rowett in January with the club second-bottom, three points from safety.
While they remain 23rd, the U’s are now just a point from safety with seven games remaining after Bloomfield steered them to 17 points from his 15
It feels easy to describe that defeat as “one game too far” for Portsmouth. In some ways it was, but in others it was a match that got away.
Pompey were dominant for much of the second half but struggled to carve Wrexham open. They paid for a very poor second quarter and once again failing to defend a near post corner.
Losing John Swift to a hamstring injury is
Forest’s win – dug out from under a deluge of late West Ham attacks, born from a succession of late blocks – was their 10th away league victory of 2024-25.
It is twice the number they have won on the road in their last two league seasons combined, their joint most in the Premier League era alongside 1994-95 – when Forest finished third – and most have come in games
How has it come to this?
Argyle only avoided relegation back to League One in their first season back at this level thanks to a final-day win last May.
It was something of a surprise then when they turned to England and Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney in the summer, given his struggles in this division with Birmingham City.
Things started terribly with a 4-0 thrashing at Sheffield Wednesday on
Aston Villa survived a stirring Nottingham Forest comeback to boost their Champions League hopes.
Villa looked in total control against Forest, lying third in the Premier League, when quick-fire goals from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen gave them a 2-0 lead after only 15 minutes.
Rogers ran clear to score with a composed finish before Malen timed his arrival in the six-yard area perfectly to turn in Ian Maatsen’s
Ten Hag claimed the red card shown to captain Bruno Fernandes three minutes before half-time “changed the game”. It did not. United’s manager is deluding only himself if he believes this. It made United’s task even harder, but Spurs were threatening to run riot even before Fernandes’ dismissal.
If it was decided to stage a world straw-clutching championship, Ten Hag would have a good chance of winning with that one.
All three of last season’s promoted clubs suffered an immediate return to the second tier for only the second time in Premier League history.
Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United managed a combined total of only 66 points.
“The gap is getting bigger and bigger,” former Brighton and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray told BBC Sport.
Southampton, under boss Russell Martin, are returning to the Premier League despite finishing 10
Nancekivell, nicknamed ‘Mr Plymouth Argyle’ due to his long association with the club, having been a player, youth coach, first-team coach and caretaker manager, is in temporary charge alongside director of football Neil Dewsnip following Ian Foster’s sacking last month.
It is their second spell in temporary charge having led the side after Steven Schumacher left to take over at Stoke City in December.
Nancekivell and Dewsnip managed Argyle to
