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Match report: Everton 3-0 Crystal Palace
Premier League: “Time is against Dominic Calvert-Lewin in his quest to return to the England squad for the World Cup but, in front of the watching Gareth Southgate, the Everton striker produced a hugely influential display as Frank Lampard’s side ended their losing streak in emphatic style against Crystal Palace.” Andy Hunter reports from Goodison Park.
Match report: Manchester City 3-1 Brighton
Premier League: “Erling Haaland ended yet again as Manchester City’s hero,” writes Jamie Jackson at the Etihad Stadium. “His double helping his side to claim victory against a spirited Brighton and, before the clocks go back, he has a staggering 17 Premier League goals.”
Everton 3-0 Crystal Palace: “It’s a great feeling to be back at Goodison,” says Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who scored Everton’s opener. “For the team and for myself to get the win today it went exactly how I hoped. It’s been a while, one I’ve been waiting for, one I’ve been looking forward to and I felt like myself today. It’s been a long time coming but great to get the result.”
Manchester City 3-1 Brighton: “The first half we had fully under control, we didn’t let them play,” says Kevin De Bruyne in an interview with the BBC. “We should’ve scored to make it 3-0 and they scored for 2-1. It was a bit tight in the game but obviously scoring the third finished the game. I got the ball from Bernardo [Silva], looked through the options, I was in space there, shot and it went in perfectly.”
Match report: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
Premier League: “After 23 years outside the top flight, how Nottingham Forest enjoyed giving Jürgen Klopp’s side a bloody nose and who better to clinch victory than Taiwo Awoniyi, who left Liverpool without making a first-team appearance,” writes Ben Fisher from the City Ground.
Scottish Premiership results
Hearts 3-4 Celtic
Kilmarnock 1-0 Ross County
Motherwell 1-2 Aberdeen
Rangers 1-1 Livingston
St Mirren 2-1 Dundee United
Championship results
Blackpool 4-2 Preston
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 0-0 Huddersfield Town
Millwall 2-1 West Brom
QPR 2-1 Wigan
Reading 2-0 Bristol City
Rotherham United 2-4 Hull City
Sheffield United 2-2 Norwich City
Stoke City 0-2 Coventry City
Sunderland 2-4 Burnley
Premier League results
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
Everton 3-0 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 3-1 Brighton
Full time: Manchester City 3-1 Brighton
Premier League: Erling Haaland added another two goals to his tally as Manchester City proved too good for spirited Brighton.
Full time: Everton 3-0 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anthony Gordon and Dwight McNeil scored the goals for Everton to leave Crystal Palace without an away win this season.
Championship: A native of Donegal who is fast becoming Rotherham’s Irish cult hero, Georgie Kelly scores a consolation goal for his club, who trail 4-2 against Hull City.
Championship: Millwall take a late 2-1 lead against 10-man West Brom at the Den. Tyler Burey scores in the 90th minute after the dismissal of Kyle Bartley three minutes earlier.
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Scottish Premiership: John Lundstram scores a late, late equaliser for Rangers against Livingston at Ibrox. Will it be enough to save the job of his manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst?
Championship: Ozan Tufan fires Hull City 4-1 up at Rotherham, while Reading have doubled their lead against Bristol City through Andy Carroll. At the Stadium of Light, Burnley were 2-0 down against Sunderland but now lead 4-2 through Josh Brownhill.
Championship: Norwich City win a penalty against Sheffield United and on a hat-trick, Teemu Pukki takes the ball from Josh Sargent. He places it on the spot and then shoots feebly at Adam Davies, who makes up for his early error by saving from the Finn. It remains 2-2 at Bramall Lane.
GOAL! everton 3-0 Crystal Palace (McNeil 84)
Premier League: Dwight McNeil drifts inside, plays a neat one-two with Alex Iwobi who returns the ball with an audacious flick. McNeil makes no mistake and scores.
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Scottish Premiership: Rangers still trail Livingston 1-0 at Ibrox but the visitors have just lost Morgan Boyes to the first red card of his career for a foul on Alfredo Morelos.
Championship: Scott Hogan pulls a goal back for Birmingham City against Blackburn Rovers but his side still trail 2-1 at Ewood Park.
GOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Brighton (De Bruyne 75)
Premier League: Kevin De Bruyne extends City’s lead against the run of play with a fine strike into the top corner from distance. Pep Guardiola’s side are on the verge of winning their 13th home game in a row.
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Championship: Having been 2-0 down, Burnley now lead Sunderland 3-2 at the Stadium of Light. Anass Zaroury puts them ahead. Gah!
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Manchester City 2-1 Brighton: Brighton are pressing for an equaliser. Danny Welbeck heads weakly at Ederson and moments later Leandro Trossard gallops into the City half and forces the Brazilian into a very smart save.
Championship: Sheffield United come from 2-0 down to equalise against Norwich City, with Oli McBurnie tapping in a John Egan cross to restore parity at Bramall Lane.
Scottish Premiership: Luis Duk scores Aberdeen’s second to send them 2-1 up against Motherwell.
GOAL! Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace (Gordon 63)
Premier League: Everton break upfield on the counter and Mykolenko’s shot is saved by Vincent Guaita. Anthony Gordon scores on the follow-up and survives a VAR check for offside.
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Championship: Hull have just gone 3-1 up at Rotherham, where Ryan Longman has scored their third. Meanwhile at the Bet365 Stadium, Coventry have gone 2-0 up against Stoke City, with Gustavo Hamer scoring their second. And at the Stadium of Light, a cross from Manuel Benson has somehow found its way into the back of the Sunderland net. It’s Sunderland 2-2 Burnley.
Scottish Premiership: It’s as you were at St Mirren, where their second goal against Dundee United has been ruled out for a foul in the build-up. It’s still St Mirren 1-1 Dundee United.
Scottish Premiership: Rangers still trail Livingston 1-0 at Ibrox, a scoreline that could cost Giovanni van Bronckhorst his job if his players can’t turn things around. Steven Fletcher has equalised for Dundee United against St Mirren, while it’s also 1-1 between Motherwell and Aberdeen. And what’s this? St Mirren have just gone ahead against Dundee United, with Jonah Ayunga scoring for the home side on 62 minutes.
Championship: Burnley pull a goal back against Sunderland but still trail 2-1 at the Stadium of Light. Nathan Tella scores for the visitors with a header.
GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Brighton (Trossard 53)
Premier League: Leandro Trossard scores with a low drive from 25 yards out to pull a goal back for Brighton.
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Championship: Mamadou Loum Ndiaye gives Reading a 1-0 lead over Bristol City, scoring with a header from a corner to bag his first goal for the club. Meanwhile at the Bet365 Stadium, Coventry have been under the cosh but lead Stoke 1-0 through Jamie Allen.
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Scottish Premiership half-times
Hearts 3-4 Celtic (result)
Kilmarnock 1-0 Ross County
Motherwell 0-1 Aberdeen
Rangers 0-1 Livingston
St Mirren 1-0 Dundee United
Championship half-times
Blackpool 4-2 Preston (result)
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 0-0 Huddersfield Town
Millwall 1-1 West Brom
QPR 2-1 Wigan
Reading 0-0 Bristol City
Rotherham United 1-1 Hull City
Sheffield United 0-2 Norwich City
Stoke City 0-0 Coventry City
Sunderland 2-0 Burnley
Premier League half-times
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool (result)
Everton 1-0 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 2-0 Brighton
Chelsea v Manchester United (5.30pm)
Championship: Hull and Rotherham exchange quick-fire goals just before half-time. It’s 1-1 at the MKM Stadium.
Championship: Second in the table on goal difference, Blackburn Rovers double their lead against Birmingham City at Ewood Park. Adam Wharton celebrates.
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GOAL! Manchester City 2-0 Brighton (Haaland 43pen)
Premier League: Robert Sanchez barely moves as Haaland rifles the ball past him to score his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions.
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Penalty for Manchester City! There’s a lengthy, protracted VAR check going on at the Etihad Stadium after an apparent foul by Lewis Dunk on Bernardo Silva. That’s a weird one – there was a VAR check, play resumed and then paused again so the VAR check could be resumed. Dunk is adjudged to have fouled the Manchester City man.
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Championship: Millwall equalise against West Brom, with Callum Styles restoring parity after the visitors failed to clear a free-kick.
Championship: Apparently on the verge of appointing Carlos Corberan to their vacant manager’s position, West Brom lead Millwall at the Den courtesy of John Swift’s opener.
Championship: Crikey! It’s Sunderland 2-0 Burnley at the Stadium of Light where Dan Neil has extended the home side’s lead with a sweet left-footed half-volley. Have that, Vincent!
Championship: The goals are flying in at Loftus Road, where QPR lead Wigan 2-1. Sam Field opened the scoring for QPR, Nathan Broadhead equalised for the visitors and almost immediately, Leon Balogun restored the league leaders’ advantage.
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Premier League: Manchester City 1-0 Brighton (Haaland 22)
Premier League: Erling Haaland scores his 16th Premier League goal of the season, latching on to a dirty long ball from Ederson, knocking Adam Webster out of his way and scoring past Robert Sanchez.
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Manchester City 0-0 Brighton: Erling Haaland is brought down by a Robert Sanchez ankle-tap for as blatant a penalty as you’ll ever see. Referee Craig Pawson doesn’t give it and neither does his VAR Lee Mason. That is astonishing!
Championship: Unbeaten in 12 Championship games, Burnley trail Sunderland to an Amad Diallo goal on 16 minutes. Meanwhile at Ewood Park, Blackburn lead Birmingham City courtesy of a goal from Sam Gallagher.
Championship: Teemu Pukki scores his and Norwich City’s second goal of the game against Sheffield United after being put through on goal by a ball over the top from Max Aarons. He got the better of John Egan before slotting the ball past Adam Davies.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Crystal Palace (Calvert-Lewin 11)
Premier League: Dominic Calvert-Lewin reminds the watching Gareth Southgate of his credentials with a fine finish for Everton, who have dominated Crystal Palace in the early stages.
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Scottish Premiership: North Macedonia international Bojan Miovski gives Aberdeen an early lead at Motherwell.
Scottish Premiership: An already great day for Celtic has just got a little bit better. Hosting Livingstone at Ibrox, Rangers have gone a goal down with Jon Nouble shooting on the turn for the visitors after four minutes.
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Championship: Teemu Pukki takes advantage of a mistake from Sheffield United goalkeeper Adam Davies to give Norwich City an early lead at Bramall Lane. In for Wes Foderingham, who is suspended, Davies’s attempted clearance went in off the Norwich striker.
Match report: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
Premier League: “For Nottingham Forest, this was one of those spectacular occasions worth the long wait,” writes Ben Fisher from the City Ground. “After 23 years outside the top flight, how they enjoyed giving Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool a bloody nose.”
WSL match report: Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Manchester City
WSL: Bunny Shaw’s brace and another goal from Lauren Hemp helped Manchester City make it back-to-back wins in the Women’s Super League with a 3-0 victory at Tottenham.
Scottish Premiership: Celtic held off a late Hearts onslaught to win by the odd goal of seven in a bonkers game at Tynecastle. They stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points.
WSL: Following hot on the heels of Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Tottenham at Brisbane Road, Everton have beaten Aston Villa. Their skipper Lucy Graham scored the only goal of the game at the Bescot Stadium.
Championship: Blackpool have won their big Lancashire derby against Preston by a scoreline of 4-2, with Jerry Yates scoring two goals to help his side up to 17th in the table.
Full time: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
Premier League: A quite astonishing Dean Henderson save in added time secured all three points for Forest, who win courtesy of Taiwo Awoniyi’s second half strike. Forest leapfrog Leicester and go second from bottom, while Liverpool stay seventh, 11 points behind league leaders Arsenal having played one game more.
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Hearts 3-4 Celtic: Celtic have retaken the lead at Tynecastle, where Greg Taylor has just scored the seventh goal of an astonishing game with a far post finish.
Everton v Crystal Palace line-ups
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Tarkowski, Coady, Mykolenko, Onana, Gueye, Gordon, Iwobi, Gray, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Begovic, Holgate, Keane, McNeil, Doucoure, Maupay, Davies, Rondon, Garner
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Milivojevic, Eze, Olise, Ayew, Edouard, Zaha.
Subs: Johnstone, Tomkins, Mateta, Schlupp, Hughes, Ebiowei, Balmer, Riedewald, Phillips.
Manchester City v Brighton line-ups
Manchester City: Ederson, Cancelo, Akanji, Dias, Laporte, De Bruyne, Rodri, Grealish, Silva, Mahrez, Haaland.
Subs: Moreno, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis.
Brighton: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Webster, Gross, Mac Allister, Caicedo, Trossard, March, Lallana, Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Colwill, Sarmiento, Enciso, Undav, Gilmour, Van Hecke, Estupinan.
Meanwhile in Scotland II: It’s now 3-3 between Hearts and Celtic in an absolute ding-dong at Tynecastle. Daizen Maeda put Celtic 3-2 up before Lawrence Shankland scored a retaken penalty for Hearts to get his hat-trick.
Meanwhile in Scotland: It’s 2-2 between Hearts and Celtic with a little over 30 minutes to go. On as a first half sub, Lawrence Shankland scored a quick-fire double either side of half-time, cancelling out James Forrest’s opener before sending his side ahead. Giorgios Giakoumakis restored parity for Celtic on the 55-minute mark.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool (Awoniyi 56)
Forest have taken the lead! Selected today ahead of Brennan Johnson, Taiwo Awoniyi has fired his side ahead against Liverpool. Rob Smyth has the latest from the City Ground …
Women’s Super League
There are two games in the women’s top flight today and the first of them has just ended with a Manchester City win over Tottenham Hotspur at Brisbane Road. A brace from Bunny Shaw and one from Lauren Hemp secured a 3-0 win for City, while Tottenham Hotspur lost Ellie Brazil to what looked like quite a serious injury in the first half. We wish her all the best. In today’s other game, it’s scoreless between Aston Villa and Everton at half-time.
Scottish Premiership
With a two point lead over Rangers at the top of the table, Celtic travelled to Tynecastle for this afternoon’s early kick-off against Hearts. The reigning champions went ahead courtesy of James Forrest’s opener on 15 minutes but substitute Lawrence Shankland equalised for Hearts in added time at the end of the first half.
Rangers host sixth-placed Livingston at 3pm in one of five Scottish Premiership matches being played today. Stuck in a three-way mire along with Dundee United at the bottom of the table with nine points each, Kilmarnock and Ross County go toe to toe in a relegation six-pointer.
Scottish Premiership fixtures
Hearts 1-1 Celtic (latest)
Kilmarnock v Ross County
Motherwell v Aberdeen
Rangers v Livingston
St Mirren v Dundee United
Championship
QPR are the somewhat surprising leaders of the Championship and received quite the boost in midweek when their manager Michael Beale rejected overtures from Wolves to stay at Loftus Road. They host Wigan Athletic this afternoon, while Blackburn Rovers, joint top but behind QPR on goal difference, welcome Birmingham City to Ewood Park.
Already five points adrift of safety at the bottom of the table, Huddersfield go to Middlesbrough, while Blackpool are hosting Preston in a big Lancashire derby that kicked off earlier. It’s 1-1 at Bloomfield Road at half-time after Preston’s Ben Whiteman cancelled out Jerry Yates’s opener for Blackpool.
Today’s Championship fixtures
Blackpool 1-1 Preston (latest)
Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City
Middlesbrough v Huddersfield Town
Millwall v West Brom
QPR v Wigan
Reading v Bristol City
Rotherham United v Hull City
Sheffield United v Norwich City
Stoke City v Coventry City
Sunderland v Burnley
Premier League
It’s scoreless at half-time at the City Ground, where a win for Liverpool over Nottingtham Forerst will send Jürgen Klopp’s side fifth, while victory for the hosts would take them above Leicester City but leave them second from bottom of the table.
Three points behind Palace, Everton could overtake their visitors with a comprehensive thrashing by four goals or more, while Roberto De Zerbi is still looking to mastermind his first win as Brighton manager in five attempts and will do exceptionally well to do so at Manchester City.
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Referees and the abuse they face
“It is only a matter of time before we see a British referee killed if no action is taken to try and stamp [player and spectator abuse] out,” says Dr Jamie Cleland, an academic who conducts research into socio-cultural issues in sport. “It has happened in other countries so why will it not happen here? We should not be naive about this.” Paul MacInnes reports …
Saturday clockwatch ...
A hectic midweek schedule for the top flight means there are just four Premier League matches being played today, and it was Nottingham Forest and Liverpool who got the action under way in the lunchtime kick-off at the City Ground. Looking for their first win in nine games, Forest …
Hosting Brighton at the Etihad Stadium, a win for Manchester City against a team that has played quite well but failed to score in their past three games would send them to within a point of league leaders Arsenal for the evening. The Gunners travel to Southampton for one of five top flight games being played tomorrowe afternoon.
In today’s other three o’clock kick-off, Everton host Crystal Palace, who travel to Goodison Park on the back of their impressive midweek win against Wolves. Exciting going forward but a little porous at the back, Palace have yet to win on the road in the league this season.
Outside of the Premier League we have plenty of EFL and Scottish Premiership action to keep tabs on, so stay tuned for team news, updates on all the goals as they go in and all the rest of the day’s major talking points.
