Unai Emery's men have reached the last 16 of this year's competition but are desperate to reach next season's tournament, and are just five points off fourth, despite a five-match winless run

Trent Alexander-Arnold earned Liverpool a point after Villa bounced back from Mohamed Salah’s opener to lead through Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins A bad start to the night for Liverpool. Arne Slot on Aston Villa’s forward line: “We faced that against Wolves and we are facing that tonight, again, with some great individual players. Continue reading...

Arne Slot may find it tough to decipher and digest a draw that ultimately tightens Liverpool’s grip at the top. Given how close the Aston Villa substitute Donyell Malen came to snatching a 95th-minute winner, though, perhaps it will be easy enough. Trent Alexander-Arnold rattled in a second-half equaliser to maintain Liverpool’s unbeaten away run in the Premier League but a point was frustrating given the substitute Darwin Núñez earlier missed a glaring chance to earn victory. How much encouragement will this result give Arsenal, eight points behind the leaders with a game in hand? Diogo Jota also missed a brilliant first-half chance for Liverpool, who seized the lead through Mohamed Salah before goals by Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins put Villa – for whom Marcus Rashford made his first start since joining on loan from Manchester United – in front at the interval. Continue reading...

Manchester City are set to invest heavily in the summer transfer window, with a replacement for Kevin De Bruyne at the top of boss Pep Guardiola's shopping list

Pep Guardiola's men are having a difficult season after a torrid spell last year saw them win once in 13 matches and are still feeling the after-effects after some dismal results - the latest being a late defeat to Real Madrid

Manchester City needed super-subs Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin De Bruyne to rescue them after League One Leyton Orient threatened to cause an upset against Pep Guardiola's side

Manchester City avoided an embarrassing FA Cup exit at the hands of Leyton Orient after Kevin De Bruyne once again showed his importance by scoring the winner in a comeback victory

It took the full 90 minutes, a tactical rejig, five substitutes and the introduction of two PFA players’ player of the year winners, but Manchester City eventually succeeded in reeling in Leyton Orient. Kevin De Bruyne’s winner completed a 2-1 victory for City in this fourth round FA Cup tie after Orient had led at half through a goalkeeping own goal made by a sublime intervention from Jamie Donley. Continue reading...

Kevin de Bruyne scores after coming off the bench to complete Manchester City's comeback against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup.

LEYTON ORIENT 1-2 MANCHESTER CITY: Substitutes Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin De Bruyne came off the bench to rescue Manchester City after Leyton Orient gave them a big scare.

Match at Emirates Stadium kicks off at 4.30pm (GMT)10 things to look out for this weekend in the top flightShare your thoughts with Rob via email Plenty to discuss here. Ederson is unfit so Stefan Ortega is in goal for City; David Raya has recovered and will be in net for Arsenal. Omar Marmoush is preferred to Kevin De Bruyne. That means Arsenal make a single change from last weekend’s win at Wolves, with Martin Odegaard in for Ethan Nwaneri. Pep Guardiola makes three changes to the team that beat Chelsea 3-1 eight days ago: Ortega for Ederson, John Stones for Abdukodir Khusanov and Savinho for Ilkay Gundogan. Continue reading...

Liverpool fans were left furious last season after Manchester City star Jeremy Doku escaped punishment for a challenge on Alexis Mac Allister and a fresh statement from the Premier League has courted controversy

Lukaku penalty seals 2-1 home win for Serie A leadersBayern edge past Freiburg, Leverkusen held at Leipzig Napoli staged a rousing comeback to secure a 2-1 victory over Juventus in Saturday’s action-packed clash, handing the visitors their first Serie A defeat of the season. Randal Kolo Muani, signed on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, scored on his debut to give Juventus the lead two minutes before the break, pouncing on a rebound to volley past goalkeeper Alex Meret and send Antonio Conte’s side in to the break behind. Continue reading...

The Belgian FA has announced that the Frenchman Rudi Garcia will be the new coach of the national men’s football team the Red Devil. Rudi Garcia’s appointment comes a week since the sacking of his predecessor Domenico Tedesco. 60-year-old Garcia previously coached top clubs such as AS Roma, Marseille, Lyon and Napoli and also brought Eden Hazard to the fore while he was at Lille.