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Chelsea’s hopes of a top-eight finish in the Champions League took a blow as they were beaten 2-1 by Atalanta thanks to a late goal from Charles De Ketelaere.The Serie A side have lost only once at home this season, while Enzo Maresca’s side are yet to win away in Europe, having now lost twice and drawn once. They are now winless in their last four games in all competitions. Atalanta began brightly and would have gone ahead were it not for a sensational block from Josh Acheampong to deny Ademola Lookman on his first Champions League start. Image: Joao…

A VAR-plagued evening at the San Siro eventually fell the way of Liverpool as Arne Slot’s men delivered a much-needed win over Inter Milan in the Champions League.The much-maligned Ibrahima Konate thought he had silenced his critics as he nodded home from close range in the first half, only for his effort to be ruled out for handball after a lengthy VAR check. Having initially suffered at its hands, Liverpool would eventually benefit from VAR as the visitors were handed a penalty on review as Florian Wirtz went down in the Inter area, with Dominik Szoboszlai smashing home the resulting…

Beth Mead’s early strike was enough to secure Arsenal a play-off spot at the very least in the Women’s Champions League and a 1-0 win over FC Twente at Meadow Park.A win in their final league-phase fixture next week against OH Leuven could be enough to secure an automatic route into the knockout stages, but for now Renee Slegers’ side move up to sixth, providing a lifeline. When Mead dropped her shoulder in the box to fire home the opener with 10 minutes on the clock, there was a feeling among those in attendance that Arsenal were chasing a significant…

Substitute Kieran Morgan struck with the last kick of the match to fire QPR up to sixth in the Sky Bet Championship after a 2-1 win over travel-sick Birmingham.Blues thought they had secured a point when Patrick Roberts cancelled out Jimmy Dunne’s first-half header in the third minute of stoppage time. But Rangers went straight up the other end and Morgan, who only came on with four minutes of normal time remaining, crashed in a dramatic last-gasp winner. It secured a fourth win from their last five matches for the Hoops, while Birmingham have now lost seven matches on the…

Substitute Vivaldo Semedo’s equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time denied Sheffield Wednesday a second Championship win of the season.Charlie McNeill’s third goal in two games appeared to have handed rock-bottom Wednesday a rare bit of cheer in a difficult campaign. But just when wasteful Watford, who missed a penalty through skipper Imran Louza, seemed to have run out of ideas, Semedo squeezed a volley from Mamadou Doumbia’s cross under goalkeeper Pierce Charles to salvage a point. Struggling Wednesday were relieved not to fall behind inside five minutes when Giorgi Chakvetadze strike was too close to goalkeeper Charles from…

Tonda Eckert continued his impressive start as Southampton manager with a sixth victory in seven games as the Saints held off a West Brom fightback to win 3-2 at St Mary’s.Championship top scorer Adam Armstrong scored twice before half-time to take his tally to 11 after Leo Scienza set the hosts on their way with an early goal. The Baggies put up a second-half fight through goals from Karlan Grant and Nathaniel Phillips and went close to a late leveller but have now lost their last seven away games. With such a dismal record on the road, Southampton was not…

Sheffield United’s four-match winning run came to an end as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Norwich.The hosts – whose starting line-up featured eight changes from the weekend due to “illness and injuries” – took the lead early in the second half with a goal from Danny Ings. Norwich, though, hit back to equalise with Djibril Soumare scoring an own goal. There were chances at either end during a lively first half, with both keepers called into action. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sheffield United’s Djibril Soumare scores an own goal…

Swansea earned their second win in four days to ease their relegation concerns thanks to substitute Liam Cullen’s strike to seal a 1-0 win over Portsmouth.The Wales international swept home a superb effort from 20 yards in the 78th minute for the only goal of a tight content between two clubs who have been in poor recent form. But following Swansea’s victory over Oxford last weekend, it means new boss Vitor Matos has delivered back-to-back league victories for the first time since April. The win has lifted Swansea six points clear of the relegation zone but Pompey remain in the…

Daniel Jebbison’s late goal reduced Coventry’s Sky Bet Championship lead to five points after a resilient 10-man Preston team frustrated the league leaders in a 1-1 draw.Jebbison seriously dashed Coventry’s advantage with his prodded finish 14 minutes from time. Until the Canadian’s equaliser, Coventry were in complete control, with the help of Liam Lindsay’s red card for dragging back Haji Wright, and took the lead after Andrew Hughes’ deflected a shot into his own net. For large parts of the first half, Wright was the only threat for either side, and almost everything he attempted was managed well by Preston.…

Middlesbrough maintained their 100 per cent record under new head coach Kim Hellberg with an impressive 2-1 victory at Charlton.Riley McGree and Morgan Whittaker scored during a dominant first half for the visitors at the Valley. George Edmundson’s own goal halved the deficit in the closing stages, but second-placed Boro held on to make it three straight wins under the Swede as they closed the gap to leaders Coventry to five points. There was a minute’s applause before kick off in memory of Charlton supporter Norman Barker, who passed away during Saturday’s abandoned home game against Portsmouth.Only some big saves…