Greater Manchester Police have made an arrest in connection with tragedy chanting during Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final victory over Liverpool at Old Trafford.
During the second half of the host’s 4-3 extra time win a significant number of fans in the Stretford End were heard chanting ‘Murderers’, quickly followed by ‘Always the victims’, with the singing audible to the live television audience.
“GMP can confirm that an arrest has been made in connection with tragedy chanting at the Manchester United v Liverpool fixture this afternoon (Sunday 17 March), ” said a GMP spokesperson.
“Incidents of tragedy chanting will not be tolerated and will be dealt with robustly.
“We are all familiar with fans taunting their opponents at foo…
Anzhi Makhachkala coach Guus Hiddink has revealed his interest in returning to the Premier League.
The 66-year-old, who had a brief stint as Chelsea manager in 2008-09, has been rumoured to be on Roman Abramovich s shortlist to succeed the outgoing Rafa Benitez at Stamford Bridge in the close season.
Hiddink, who takes his free-spending Anzhi to Newcastle on Thursday to fight for a place in the last eight of the Europa League, says that he is open-minded about a permanent return to English soil.
I don t know because I m not the youngest anymore, although I feel still very energetic and I love to be on the pitch almost every day with the guys, Hiddink told reporters.
There is energy left, but I never can predict my future because a big part of the future…
France will be without Lucas Digne for the Nations League final after the defender withdrew from Les Bleus squad due to a hamstring injury.
Digne was an unused substitute on Thursday as France fought back from 2-0 down at half-time to beat Belgium 3-2 in Turin.
After goals from Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe levelled matters, full-back Theo Hernandez completed the turnaround with a superb 90th-minute winner.
The stunning comeback from Didier Deschamps side booked a final showdown with Spain on Sunday, though Digne will now miss that match.
Everton issued a statement revealing the 28-year-old is returning to Merseyside to have a minor hamstring issue assessed by the club s medical team.
Rafael Benitez will hope to have the player available when E…
Tottenham survived a second-half Wolves fightback to leapfrog Arsenal into the top four with a hard-earned 3-2 away win on Saturday.
Mauricio Pochettino s men were made to work for three points as Juan Foyth, on his maiden Premier League start, conceded two penalties from which Ruben Neves and Raul Jimenez eroded a three-goal buffer.
But the visitors held on amid a nervy final 10 minutes to condemn the hosts to a third successive defeat.
Erik Lamela and Lucas Moura had earlier struck in three first-half minutes before Harry Kane netted what proved the winner just after the hour with his first goal in four league appearances.
The match started on a sour note for Tottenham with an ankle injury cutting short Mousa Dembele s 250th club appearance.
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The recent tribunal ruling in Manchester City s case against the Premier League has caused plenty of confusion, with even the two parties involved looking at it differently.
Sky Sports journalist Kaveh Solhekol has provided some explanation as to what the respective positions of the parties are.
There is NO civil war.
Kaveh Solhekol gives the latest as Premier League clubs prepare to rally around chief executive Richard Masters at an emergency shareholders’ meeting next week.
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL)
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Liverpool s frustrating run continued as they slipped to a 1-0 Premier League defeat against Southampton, handing further impetus to Manchester United and the chasing pack.
Having drawn their final two games of 2020 to West Brom and Newcastle United, Liverpool were downed by an early goal from their former striker Danny Ings at St Mary s.
They remain top, above United on goal difference having played a game more ahead of a crunch clash between the two old rivals at Anfield on January 17.
Ings earliest goal of his Premier League career came after Liverpool switched off from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick.
Southampton might have added to their lead before half-time, but although Jurgen Klopp s champions dominated after the restart, they could not avoid a …
After 18 weeks of regular-season competition, we have NFL Wild Card Round odds in front of us. Those are moving fast as bettors break down the postseason matchups to find those angles and edges.
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