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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Fulham

Marc Albrighton

Former Aston Villa midfielder on 5 Sports Extra at The City Ground

The game has become much more lively with the introduction of the players off the bench.

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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Fulham

It's Fulham who are looking the most likely here.

They're knocking the ball around nicely but they can't find a way through this Forest defence.

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Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds

Mark Schwarzer

Former Chelsea and Fulham goalkeeper on Sports Extra 2 at Selhurst Park

The save from Darlow is exceptional, but it goes straight up in to the air for Lerma's diving header.

That's unfortunate for them. That was the last action of Brennan Johnson for this game.

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Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds

Oh wow, Brennan Johnson is offside when the short corner is taken.

It's Jefferson Lerma who scores but it's chalked off.

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Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa

Benjamin Sesko has eight goals in 10 league and cup appearances for Manchester United.

He's bang in form. The Slovenia forward has just delivered a message to Michael Carrick: 'Start me more often'.

DISALLOWED GOAL

Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds

The ball is in the back of the net after a stunning save from Karl Darlow.

Palace manage to bundle it over the line but the flag goes up.

I think this is onside...

'Carrick has got it right, yet again'

Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa

Dion Dublin

Former Man Utd & Aston Villa striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Old Trafford

Michael Carrick has got it right, yet again.

He has come on and made a difference. He is about eight yards out and he has two white shirts haring down on him, but he smacks it in.

Carrick punches the air and does a little dance.

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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Fulham

Marc Albrighton

Former Aston Villa midfielder on 5 Sports Extra at The City Ground

I think Fulham would take a point. This was more of a game that Nottingham Forest needed to win and they'll be more disappointed if they don't go on to win.

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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Fulham

Fulham threaten down the left wing. The ball is played in for Alex Iwobi but he can't get the flick needed.

Nikola Milenkovic does well back in his own box.

GOAL - Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa

Benjamin Sesko

Game. Set. Match.

Benjamin Sesko has surely sealed a seventh Premier League win in nine games for Michael Carrick.

The substitute turns inside the box and his attempt takes a huge deflection and flies past Emi Martinez.

Surely there is no way back for Villa now.

Everton posted their fourth consecutive victory in the Women's Super League by defeating Tottenham as Kelly Gago came off the bench to score the winner in with seven minutes remaining.

The Toffees, who sacked manager Brian Sorensen last month with the threat of relegation looming, have now won three in a row under interim boss Scott Phelan and moved up to sixth place and 11 points clear of bottom side Leicester City.

After Signe Gaupset's 76th-minute goal had cancelled out Yuka Momiki's first-half opener for Everton, Gago tapped in a cross from fellow substitute Inma Gabarro to hand her side a winning return as WSL resumed after the international break.

There was an early let-off for Spurs as goalkeeper Lize Kop rushed off her line to deny Toni Payne, who was played through on goal by Aurora Galli with less than one minute on the clock.

But Kop was left with no chance when Zara Kramzar found Momiki just outside the Spurs box and the Japanese forward fired an effort into the bottom corner to give the visitors the lead in north London.

The hosts turned to Bethany England early in the second half to find a way back but it was through Norway midfielder Gaupset that Spurs found the equaliser as the January arrival beat Everton keeper Courtney Brosnan with a low drive.

But as Spurs looked to be in the ascendancy, the visitors planted the fatal blow through France forward Gago.

While Everton are now on 20 points, Tottenham remain a place above in fifth spot, but are now three points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, who have two games in hand on them.

Everton were only one point away from the bottom at the start of February, with match-winner Gago staying at the club after handing in a transfer request amid interest from Paris St-Germain in January.

But a managerial change and four consecutive wins later, the Toffees can finally look up the WSL table with wind firmly in their sails.

With four players away at the AFC Asian Cup, including the in-form Honoka Hayashi, Phelan tinkered with the starting line-up for the first time in four matches but the outcome proved no different.

Everton relied on the pace of Nigeria winger Payne in north London to hurt the hosts early on.

The 30-year-old was a constant menace on the right and almost scored straight from kick-off, while also finding herself at the end of two gilt-edged chances towards the end of the half.

The breakthrough, however, came from the left where Kramzar and Momiki combined with the Japanese forward ensuring Everton did not miss the trio of her compatriots on international duty.

Tottenham, however, were much better in the second half and deserved to draw level through Gaupset - the 20-year-old now has two goals in as many matches for Martin Ho's side.

However, Phelan turned to bench for inspiration and his substitutes delivered when full-back Maz Pacheco played a delightful ball to Gabarro who cut back for French forward Gago to finish.

Their winning margin could have been greater, but substitute Melissa Lawley's shot was gloved on to the woodwork by Spurs keeper Kop in the 86th minute.

It was another setback for Ho's side, who were without Australia's Clare Hunt and Japan duo Maika Hamano and Toko Koga at the Asian Cup, and have not won back-to-back games in the WSL since October.

But with five games left, another victory will be enough for Tottenham to match their best ever WSL campaign (32 points in 2021-22).

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Kerstin Casparij needs to be careful. She's just been shown a yellow card and now is starting fights with some of the Villa players, with some pushing and shoving going on.

The Dutch full-back gets a warning from the referee, who doesn't look impressed.

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Lauren Hemp isn't too happy with Khadija Shaw. It wasn't the best of passes from the Jamaica striker and Anna Patten is able to squeeze herself in between Hemp and Ellie Roebuck and smother the ball.

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Anna Patten is up and raring to go again. Hard as nails.

She's got a tissue stuck up her nose and has ran over the Villa bench to put on a batman-type mask that she wore last season after picking up a facial injury.

'Very painful for Patten'

Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Rachel Corsie

Former Aston Villa defender on Sky Sports

I hope Anna Patten is OK but it is a reprieve for Aston Villa because Man City had the ball.

It's a very painful one from very close range.

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

OUCH.

Rebecca Knaak's header is cleared off the line by Lucy Parker, but she's drilled the ball into the face of her Villa team-mate Anna Patten at close range.

That's got to hurt.

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London City Lionesses 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal play a corner to Katie McCabe who is completely unmarked just outside the penalty area.

She takes a little too long to set herself, so gets her shot off under pressure from Lucía Corrales and it's well over.

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London City Lionesses 0-1 Arsenal

Shouts from the travelling Arsenal fans as Olivia Smith appears to be shoved out of the way by Teyah Goldie as the Gunners winger chases a through ball through the middle.

The referee doesn't see it as a foul, so play continues.

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

"Ooohs," from the crowd at Villa Park.

Every time that Villa get a corner, Lynn Wilms has stepped up and tried to curl the ball in directly. Perhaps taking advantage of Khiara Keating's height. She's not the tallest of keepers.

That one wasn't far off, falling onto the roof of the net.

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London City Lionesses 0-1 Arsenal

Jana Fernandez tries to thread a pass into the box towards Freya Godfrey, but Leah Williamson is there to intercept.

That's the right idea from London City though - they need more of that if they want to get back into this game.

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HT: Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Former Everton manager Brian Sorensen is in the stands at Villa Park. He was named technical advisor at Aston Villa Women earlier this week.

The 45-year-old was sacked by Everton in February after four years at the club in which he helped maintain their status as a Women's Super League club.

Sorensen was involved in recruitment while at the Toffees in addition to his head coach role and will work closely with manager Natalia Arroyo at Villa to provide extra technical support.

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Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

Manchester City have not had a shot on target so far in this game.

Aston Villa have had three, but Khiara Keating has been there to stop them all.

This is just her third start of the season in the WSL and she's been thrown straight into the deep end.

HALF-TIME

Aston Villa 0-0 Man City

There goes the whistle at Villa Park.

Aston Villa had their chances, but they haven't made them count.

I'd say Andree Jeglertz might have a harsh word or two for his players. They've been well off it.

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Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has said the Spurs hierarchy "know where I am" if they want him to replace current interim boss Igor Tudor – so could the 79-year-old make a sensational return to north London?

Redknapp enjoyed a successful near four-year spell at Tottenham between 2008 and 2012, winning 71 of 144 Premier League games and securing top-four finishes in two of his three full seasons.

Tudor has lost all four games since replacing Thomas Frank on 14 February, leaving them just a point above the Premier League's bottom three and needing to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Tudor's position has come under intense scrutiny following his decision to substitute Antonin Kinsky after the goalkeeper gifted early goals to Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez in Tuesday's heavy defeat in Spain.

Speaking at the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Redknapp played down rumours of a return to Tottenham but told Sky Sports: "They know where I am if they need me.

"They need somebody to go in there and give them a lift and make them believe in themselves.

"They're bang in trouble, I must be truthful. It's going to be tight at the bottom, isn't it?"

In an interview with Talksport earlier this week, Redknapp revealed he had spoken with former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who told him he would have offered Redknapp the manager's job at Spurs until the summer.

"I got a phone call last week from Daniel, funnily enough," Redknapp said. "I think I spoke to him once since I left all that time ago. I was in the car last week and suddenly my phone goes – it's Daniel Levy.

"I was on the phone to him for about half an hour. He said to me: 'If I was there now, and I'm not just saying it, I would bring you back until the end of the season, Harry'. That would have been interesting."

If he did make a dramatic return to the club, Redknapp – who this week was named as a contestant on ITV reality show 'I'm A Celebrity… South Africa' – would be by far the oldest manager to take charge of a Premier League club.

Aged 79 years and 12 days, Redknapp is two and a half years older than current record holder Roy Hodgson was when he left Crystal Palace in February 2024.

Redknapp is currently 10th on the list of oldest Premier League bosses, having left his last top-flight role with QPR in 2015 - a month before his 68th birthday.

He would not be the only big name to make a surprise return to management this season.

Ex-Leicester, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Nottingham Forest manager Martin O'Neill, 74, is currently in his second interim spell in charge of Celtic, while Neil Warnock, 77, was recently named caretaker boss at National League South side Torquay United.

Speaking to Radio 5 Live, former Premier League goalkeeper Rob Green said Redknapp's return to Spurs would be even more "left-field" than O'Neill's appointment at Celtic Park.

"I think it is even further for Spurs, but that is the sort of expertise in man management [they need]," he said. "It is a different kind of manager than the coaches we have now.

"The players have to have a charismatic leader to go in and lift the place, and certainly make them feel better about themselves.

"[Redknapp] is a manager that knows the club well. He certainly has a skill at getting the best out of people and people feeling good about themselves on the pitch.

"But for now, I just don't see someone who has been out of the game in the country for as long as he has [coming back into management].

Earlier this season, Tottenham's Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence were widely criticised for refusing to shake former manager Frank's hand following a limp home defeat to Chelsea - behaviour which former Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel says Redknapp would not condone.

"Can you imagine a player not shaking his hand after a game?" Friedel told the BBC's Sportsworld. "That player wouldn't be in the squad for the next game.

"When they fired Thomas Frank, I was one of the people that said to get someone like Harry - very similar to what Celtic did [with O'Neill] after [sacking] Wilfried Nancy.

"Harry would have gone in and said the right things."

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Igor Tudor has come out fighting at Tottenham's training ground.

The Croat is facing the sack after four defeats from his four matches in charge but he isn't feeling sorry for himself and has urged his players to follow suit.

He has told his players not to think the world is against them - nor to believe that they are somehow cursed by "black magic".

"Don't act like the victim" was the overriding message.

But that is easier said than done, of course, particularly considering their extensive injury list that has worsened now with Cristian Romero and Joao Palhinha to miss the game with concussion.

That, coupled with the absence of Micky van de Ven through suspension, means Tottenham are likely to have Kevin Danso and Radu Dragusin at the heart of their defence at Liverpool on Sunday.

So if the Tottenham players are feeling down in the dumps, then it is understandable.

Regardless, Tudor isn't standing for it and has challenged his players to stand up and be counted in their fight against relegation.

Tottenham interim boss Igor Tudor says his players can either "cry or fight" as they seek to turn around their dire situation and avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Tudor, 47, has overseen four consecutive defeats - including three in the Premier League - in a dismal start since he succeeded Thomas Frank on 14 February.

The poor form has left Spurs just one point above the bottom three heading into Sunday's visit to Premier League holders Liverpool and facing the prospect of a first relegation from the top flight since 1977.

The club's season hit a new low during Tuesday's 5-2 defeat by Atletico Madrid, in which they fell 4-0 down inside 22 minutes.

"Not an easy situation, not an easy moment. [It's a] big challenge to change things," Tudor told the media on Friday.

"Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation. You can cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can change something. This is the message I communicated to the players.

"The bottle is either half empty or half full. Nothing is full here, there are a lot of empty things.

"Difficult moments don't last forever. I believe the players who take this as an opportunity, who stand up with the courage to change these things, will become better people and players afterwards.

"It is about all of us."

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 31 home league games against Tottenham Hotspur (W21 D9), and are unbeaten in 14 (W10 D4) since a 2-0 loss in May 2011.

Tottenham Hotspur have won just one of their last 16 Premier League games against Liverpool (D3 L12), losing the last four in a row since a 2-1 home win in September 2023.

Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur is the highest scoring fixture in Premier League history, with 209 goals. Liverpool have scored 127 of these, with only the Reds themselves netting more against a specific opponent in the competition (131 vs Newcastle).

Liverpool have lost nine Premier League games this season, more than they did in 2023-24 (4) and 2024-25 (4) combined (8). The Reds last suffered 10+ defeats in a league season in 2015-16 (10), and last did so under a single manager in 2014-15 under Brendan Rodgers (12).

Tottenham Hotspur have earned 19 of their 29 points in the Premier League this season away from home, a ratio of 66%. In the competition’s history, only Ipswich Town in 2024-25 (68% - 15/22) and Crystal Palace in 1997-98 (67% - 22/33) have ever earned a larger share of their points on the road.

Tottenham Hotspur have lost each of their last five Premier League games; only in February 1994 (7) and November 2004 (6) have they ever suffered 6+ successive defeats in their league history.

Only Sunderland (25) have seen fewer goals in the first halves of their Premier League games this season than Liverpool (28 – 16 for, 12 against), while only Burnley’s first halves have seen more goals (46) than Tottenham Hotspur’s (42 – 16 for, 26 against). On the other hand, Liverpool’s second halves have produced a league-high 59 goals (32 for, 27 against).

Tottenham are the only side without a Premier League win so far in 2026, drawing four and losing seven of their 11 games. Only five times has a team gone longer without a win from the start of a calendar year in the competition – Crystal Palace in 2016 (12) and 2023 (12), Middlesbrough in 2017 (14), Sunderland in 2003 (17) and Derby in 2008 (18).

Liverpool’s Mo Salah has scored 16 goals in his career against Tottenham Hotspur in all competitions (14 for Liverpool, 1 for Fiorentina, 1 for Basel), his joint-most against a single opponent (also 16 v Manchester United). 12 of those have come in the Premier League, with only Alan Shearer (14) netting more against Spurs in the competition.

Richarlison has been involved in more Premier League goals against Liverpool than any other opponent (8 – 5 goals, 3 assists), including five in five games with Spurs (3 goals, 2 assists). His next goal or assist will be his 100th in the Premier League (72 goals, 27 assists currently), with only two Brazilians reaching that milestone previously (Roberto Firmino 132, Gabriel Jesus 118).