Hits and misses: Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold sensational in Liverpool win over Arsenal

In his latest column, Paul Merson explains why Antonio Rudiger's exit from Chelsea is actually Frank Lampard's fault. Losing Rudiger to Real Madrid is going to break Chelsea's heart - but his mind was made up 18 months ago with the way he was treated by Lampard. He got completely...

Amid the delirium of Liverpool achieving their third Champions League final in five years, Jürgen Klopp paused his celebrations to ping off crucial texts. The first was received by wife Ulla, his heart. The next set was sent to the pair who were drafted in as Liverpool's spine when, to recall the manager's analogy during an almighty injury crisis, the team had broken its leg, then vertebrae, and found it difficult to move.

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville revealed their end-of-season awards in the final Monday Night Football of the campaign. The Sky Sports pundits each selected their player of the season, young player of the season, new player of the season, coaching performance of the season and goal of the season for the 2021/22 Premier League campaign.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp appeared to be attacked when Nottingham Forest fans spilled onto the pitch at the end of their Championship play-off semi-final win at the City Ground on Tuesday night. The Blades overturned a two-goal deficit to...

The Premier League is entering the final few days of the season and there is still plenty to play for in the remaining matches. Manchester City rescued a 2-2 draw at West Ham leaving the door open for Liverpool to move a point behind them with a 2-1 victory at Southampton on Tuesday night.

Hibernian will appoint former Sunderland and Bristol City boss Lee Johnson as their new manager in the next 48 hours. Johnson, who spent six months as a player at Hibs' Edinburgh rivals Hearts in 2006, will replace Shaun Maloney, who was sacked after just four months in charge in April.

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal had "nothing in the game" as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle that could prove terminal for their chances of qualifying for the Champions League. The Gunners knew a win at St James' Park followed by victory at home to Everton on Sunday would...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects to miss out on the Premier League title and an unprecedented Quadruple as he admitted: "I don't expect Manchester City to drop points." Liverpool's FA Cup win at Wembley left them halfway towards completing an unprecedented Quadruple, with the Premier League and Champions League trophies still up for grabs.

Patrick Vieira says he will "speak to" Cheikhou Kouyate if he is satisfied that the midfielder's message of support for Idrissa Gueye was because the PSG player refused to wear a rainbow symbol on Saturday. Gueye missed PSG's win over Montpellier, citing "personal reasons", but reports in France have since...

Rangers will have Kemar Roofe available to lead the line as they look to make history in Seville and win the Europa League. Giovanni van Bronckhorst revealed the striker, who has not played since injuring his knee in Rangers Scottish Cup semi-final victory over Celtic last month, is ready for their biggest match in recent history.

After the glitz and glamour of Formula 1's Miami debut last time out, the series returns to one of its more traditional venues with the Spanish Grand Prix. It is off to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the sixth round of the 2022 season as the battle at the top of the drivers' championship between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen intensifies.

As St James' Park erupted in celebration, Arsenal's players sank to the turf. Their Champions League hopes are not mathematically over yet but the despondent reaction which greeted the final whistle on Monday night said it all. Arsenal know the chances of Tottenham slipping to defeat against relegated Norwich on...

Dermot Gallagher dissects the big flashpoints from the weekend's action and discusses whether Everton should have been awarded another penalty against Brentford for a shirt pull on Richarlison?. Everton 2-3 Brentford. INCIDENT: Richarlison's shirt is pulled by Brentford defender Kristoffer Ajer in the penalty area directly before Jarrad Branthwaite is...

Erik ten Hag is in talks with Manchester United over his plans for the club over the summer and next season but has said “there is a lot of work to be done”. Ten Hag, who was appointed United manager last month, took charge of his final game as Ajax boss on Sunday with a 2-2 draw at Vitesse, having already led them to the Eredivisie title.

Rangers' veteran midfielder Steven Davis is hoping for more success as he plans contract talks after the Europa League and Scottish Cup finals. Davis has a second chance of European glory with Rangers as he prepares for their Seville final against Eintracht Frankfurt. The 37-year-old was also part of the...

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher thinks that had Michael Oliver given Everton a penalty before Jarrad Branthwaite received a red card against Brentford, VAR would have upheld the decision..

Juventus are meeting Paul Pogba's representatives on Monday as they begin talks over a potential return to Turin. The 29-year-old is set to leave United when his contract ends next month and he cannot officially speak to any English club until then, making him increasingly likely to move abroad. Juventus...

Liverpool won the FA Cup on Saturday to extend their lead as England's most trophy-laden team. Jurgen Klopp's side completed a clean sweep of domestic cups with another penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea at Wembley, with Kostas Tsimikas scoring the winning spot-kick. The Merseysiders have now claimed 50 major honours...

A much-changed Liverpool came from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary's on Tuesday night and ensure the Premier League title race goes right down to the final day. After the exertions of beating Chelsea on penalties in the FA Cup final on Saturday, Liverpool made nine changes for the trip to the south coast and were without injured Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. Out-of-form Southampton sensed an opportunity and Nathan Redmond stunned the visitors with just 13 minutes on the clock.

The Barcelona players realised it as soon as they ran out to warm up, whistled onto their own pitch by an Eintracht Frankfurt contingent that would swell to 30,000 inside the Nou Camp by kick-off. "I very much believe it affected the result," says Axel Hellmann. Hellmann is the fan-turned-CEO...