Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a vital late point against Newcastle United as Willy Boly popped up to head home in the last-minute of stoppage time. The centre half stayed forward as Wolves pushed for an equaliser, heading home after an erratic cross from Adama Traore was fluffed by Martin Dubravka underneath his own crossbar. Isaac Hayden had stepped up to open the scoring for the visitors, who were happy to concede possession in the hope they could catch Nuno Espirito Santo’s side on the break. But it was the dramatic equaliser which proved to be the talking point. The goal was scored beyond the allotted four minutes of injury time, something…

Tottenham produced a memorable second-half display to claim a 3-0 win in their Champions League Round of 16 first-leg tie against Borussia Dortmund. The German giants were dangerous throughout the first half, especially with England winger Jadon Sancho. But they failed to take their chances and Spurs made them pay. Son Heung-Min, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente scored after the break to give the north Londoners a huge advantage in the European clash. Tottenham Hugo Lloris: Stopped everything Dortmund could muster in first half. 6 Juan Foyth: Looked nervy early on but found his confidence as the game progressed and produced two timely clearances. 6 Davison Sanchez: Sancho ran him…

The 20-year-old was sent off on his debut in the only negative of an otherwise successful Copa del Rey clash for Los Blancos Zinedine Zidane was frustrated with Jesus Vallejo’s red card on a night when everything else went Real Madrid’s way in the Copa del Rey. The Madrid coach named an experimental line-up at third-tier Fuenlabrada, handing Vallejo a full debut. Real 6/4 to win La Liga with dabblebet Article continues below Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is…

Swansea City fans held a pre-match protest against the club’s American owners on Saturday. Around 300 supporters walked to the Liberty Stadium chanting “you greedy b*******, get out of our club”. One banner read “no ambition, no investment, sold out!” Majority shareholders Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien have angered fans by selling key players since they bought the club in 2016. The Swans were just six points off a play-off spot prior to Saturday’s game against Millwall, despite Kaplan and Levien failing to sufficiently back manager Graham Potter in two transfer windows. Swansea loaned out Wilfried Bony, Tom Carroll and Jefferson Montero on transfer deadline day last month, while moves…

Sergio Aguero has already hit two hat-tricks in 2019 and a phenomenal three for the season. His three goals against Chelsea on Sunday drew him level with Alan Shearer for the most in Premier League history with 11. The 30-year-old striker now has half of all the hat-tricks scored by Manchester City in the Premier League era. City still has a long way to go to catch up with the leaders at the top of the all-time list. Here are the 10 clubs with the most Premier League hat-tricks. =10. Aston Villa and Leeds – 10 Two former Premier League clubs share 10th spot with 10 a piece. Christian Benteke…

The Argentine coach championed his players after they secured a blockbuster tie against Barcelona by beating Celta in a tense second leg Alaves coach Mauricio Pellegrino thanked his players for the “gift” of securing the club’s first Copa del Rey final appearance in their history after beating Celta Vigo 1-0 on Wednesday. A 0-0 draw in Vigo last week left the tie delicately poised ahead of the second leg in Vitoria and Alaves ultimately ran out slender winners. Alaves march into Copa del Rey final Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put…

Arsenal had scouts present at Sunday’s Serie A match between Milan and Cagliari to take a look at two potential signings. Gunners officials took in Milan’s 3-0 defeat of the Sardinian club, with Lucas Paqueta and Krzysztof Piatek netting to secure a convincing win after Luca Ceppitelli’s own goal put the hosts in front inside the first quarter of an hour. And, according to Tuttomercatoweb, Arsenal scouted the match to take a look at two players in particular. Milan’s Suso, the former Liverpool player, was the first Gunners target being checked out, with Barella of Cagliari the other. Both started and completed the full 90 minutes on Sunday evening, and…

Newcastle midfielder Isaac Hayden has backed club-record signing Miguel Almiron to be a success on Tynside. Almiron, a £20million capture from MLS club Atlanta United, made his debut in their 1-1 draw with Wolves on Monday. The attacking midfielder came on for the remaining 19 minutes at Molineux and looked lively. Midfielder Hayden, whose opener was cancelled out by Wolves defender Willy Boly in the 95th minute, is excited by Almiron’s arrival. He said: “He has been top drawer, especially coming from a foreign country and the MLS, which is a completely different level. “Even coming on, he was a bit of a livewire showing what he can do. He…

Dwight Gayle’s header saw West Brom claim an important 1-0 victory at Stoke to move the Baggies up to fourth place and in real contention of promotion. The striker opened the scoring on 25 minutes at the bet365 Stadium when he got on the end of Ahmed Hegazi’s cross following a well-crafted set piece. Both sides had early chances, with Peter Etebo skewing an effort off target for Stoke, while Jacob Murphy narrowly lifted a drive over the crossbar. Albion took the lead in the 25th minute. Stefan Johansen’s free-kick from a central position found an unmarked Hegazi on the left side of the box. He volleyed a pass across…

The Barcelona star finally got his hands on silverware after a frustrating end to the season, and his loved ones were there to share in the moment As family album photos go, Saturday’s snap of the Messi family celebrating Lionel and Barcelona’s Copa del Rey triumph is definitely up there with the best.  Neymar equals Puskas’ record The Argentine was on target for his club as they downed Alaves 3-1 to take the trophy for the third successive season.  Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends…