Prediction: Manchester City vs FC Copenhagen

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Looking to officially punch their Champions League quarter-final ticket on Wednesday night, Manchester City will welcome Copenhagen to the Etihad.

Manchester City

Starting with the hosts, claiming local bragging rights over the weekend as they mounted a stellar comeback at the Etihad, Manchester City certainly find the mood in their camp at a real high. Eventually storming their way to a 3-1 victory against Manchester United, Pep Guardiola’s men have their sights firmly set on completing more history this season. Becoming the first English club since 1999 to be crowned treble champions last year, the Sky Blues have continued to gain a fearsome reputation for their free-scoring performances in the final third. Picking up a deserved fi…

Rumour Has It: Nagelsmann open to Tottenham talks

Julian Nagelsmann was sensationally sacked as Bayern Munich boss on Friday and replaced almost immediately by Thomas Tuchel.

The 35-year-old German had guided the Bavarians to last season s Bundesliga title.

And Bayern have looked good in reaching the Champions League quarter-finals this term.

Nagelsmann previously led RB Leipzig, guiding the side to the Champions League and the 2021 DFB-Pokal final, before moving to Bayern in 2021.

TOP STORY – SPURS MAKE MOVE FOR NAGELSMANN

Sky Sports claims Julian Nagelsmann is open to Tottenham s advances as they seek talks following his dismissal as Bayern Munich boss.

Spurs may be in the market for a new manager with uncertainty over Antonio Conte s future. Football Insider claims Nagelsmann is Spurs …

Pjanic wanted to return to Juventus as he advises Dybala contract renewal

Miralem Pjanic revealed his desire to re-join Juventus last transfer window and encouraged Paulo Dybala to renew his contract in Turin.

Pjanic, 31, made 108 Serie A starts for Juve before departing to Barcelona in 2020, where he clashed with head coach Ronald Koeman and subsequently joined Besiktas on loan in September.

However, with former boss Massimiliano Allegri back in charge in Turin, the midfielder expressed his love for the Bianconeri and admitted he wanted to re-join.

With Juve there have been contacts and appointments with my agent, but the transfer market is never easy,  Pjanic told Tuttosport.

I would have liked to come back and I would have done everything to find [Massimiliano] Allegri, a guarantee.

No one is better than him i…

Forest Green’s first away win in over a year is ‘massive’ – boss David Horseman

Forest Green boss David Horseman admitted the club’s first League Two away win for more than a year represented a “massive day” for the club.

A second-half Matt Stevens goal – his first since February – sealed a 1-0 triumph at Harrogate for the club that last won on the road on the opening day of last season at Bristol Rovers.

Forest Green ended that campaign comprehensively relegated from League One so new chief Horseman believes victory in North Yorkshire could prove a pivotal moment for the Gloucestershire outfit, who had lost their opening two fixtures to Salford and Portsmouth – the latter in the Carabao Cup.

The former Southampton B coach said: “It was a massive day for the club as a whole.

“When you’ve gone so long without an away…

Former farmer Will Evans determined to milk his second chance in football

Newport striker Will Evans has gone from milking cows on the family farm to scoring FA Cup goals – and now has boyhood heroes Manchester United in his sights.

United fan Evans meets the Red Devils on Sunday as Newport – 74 places below their visitors in the football pyramid and financial worlds apart – seek to produce one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s 152-year history.

It will cap an extraordinary journey that has taken Evans from the Powys family farm, rejection at Shrewsbury, and European football at two Welsh Premiership clubs before he finally landed his EFL break at Newport.

“Most kids come home from school and play football in the garden,” Evans said of his formative years at the Llangedwyn farm on the English-Welsh border near Oswe…

Real Madrid hurting after Mallorca loss, says Marcelo

Marcelo said Real Madrid s shock loss to Real Mallorca hurts as the LaLiga giants lost top spot to defending champions Barcelona.

Madrid crashed to their first LaLiga defeat of the season, with Zinedine Zidane s 10-man visitors succumbing to Lago Junior s early strike at Son Moix on Saturday.

Bitter rivals Barca leapfrogged Madrid into top spot thanks to their win over Eibar earlier in the day, and left-back Marcelo lamented the result away from home.

We lost but we must keep going, Marcelo said.  It hurts to lose because we played well, but we conceded early on and then looked to make our comeback but it was not possible.

We did not have time to think, they scored a goal and they defended and waited for the counter, that s no excuse though.

W…

Ronaldo 700: Overheads, free-kicks and backheels – 10 of Cristiano´s best goals

If Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov needs any consolation, it had happened 699 times before.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th goal of a phenomenal career as Portugal suffered a setback in Euro 2020 qualifying on Tuesday.

Ronaldo reached his latest milestone when he converted a second-half penalty in Kiev, awarded after Taras Stepanenko handled the ball inside the box.

A hero at Manchester United, Real Madrid and now Juventus, a fair few of Ronaldo s incredible haul have been stone-cold classics. Here, we look back at 10 of his best goals.

 

Manchester United v Portsmouth: January 30, 2008

Perhaps the finest free-kick Ronaldo struck in his career.

The Portuguese developed his reputation as a set-piece master at United and he …

Real Salt Lake 3-3 Portland Timbers: Rodriguez levels six-goal thriller in stoppage time

Jonathan Rodriguez s stoppage-time header saw the Portland Timbers salvage a dramatic 3-3 draw at Real Salt Lake in MLS, after the hosts had inched ahead in the 89th minute.

Phil Neville s team, who are battling for an automatic playoff place in the Western Conference, twice appeared to be headed for defeat at America First Field.

They went 2-0 down within the first 22 minutes, Dominik Marczuk steering home at the far post before Diego Luna finished into an empty net.

Antony prodded home from a corner to half the arrears just after the hour mark, then Evander s stunning long-range free-kick levelled things at 2-2, but Real Salt Lake would inch ahead again late on.

Diogo Goncalves drilled home from the edge of the area to open his account in MLS, but that …

Ten Hag calls for ´trust´ over Rashford involvement

Erik ten Hag has asked people to trust his decision to drop Marcus Rashford to the bench against Crystal Palace after criticism over the move.

The Englishman made a slow start to the Premier League campaign but got on the scoresheet against Southampton with his first goal since March in their FA Cup victory over Liverpool.

He followed that up with a brace against Barnsley in the EFL Cup last Tuesday, also registering an assist, with Ten Hag claiming Rashford was returning to his best form.

However, Rashford unexpectedly started on the bench in their 0-0 draw at Palace, with Amad Diallo favoured on the wing, though the 26-year-old came off the bench in the 61st minute for Joshua Zirkzee.

Some pundits questioned Ten Hag s choice, but the Dutchman shrugged …

Tuchel confirms bust-up between Rudiger and Kepa but praises spirit in wake of ´weird´ game

Thomas Tuchel confirmed Antonio Rudiger and Kepa Arrizabalaga were involved in an altercation in the wake of Saturday s shocking 5-2 defeat to West Brom, a game that Chelsea s head coach still cannot get his head around.

Chelsea found themselves on the end of a humiliating loss to the Premier League s second-bottom team, conceding five goals in a home league game for the first time since October 2011.

Similarly, West Brom netted five times on the road for the first time in over nine years.

Thiago Silva s sending off when Chelsea were 1-0 up was deemed to be the turning point, with Matheus Pereira netting a brace just prior the break, before Callum Robinson repeated that feat in the second period. Mbaye Diagne got the other Baggies goal, with Mason Mount s strike …