Thomas Tuchel praised Myles Lewis-Skelly’s “natural confidence” after the England debutant scored in Friday’s 2-0 win over Albania – but has challenged Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden to improve their performances. The 18-year-old kick-started Tuchel’s tenure with a slotted finish 20 minutes into his England debut. The Arsenal defender continued to impress as England found…
Former top-flight Golden Boot winner Ian Wright wants to see Marcus Rashford add “a couple of goals” to his promising start at Aston Villa. Rashford has three assists in six appearances since joining Villa on loan from Manchester United in January after setting up Marco Asensio’s first goal in their 2-0 FA Cup fifth round…
Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson says he saw ‘heart and desire’ on the pitch at Rugby Park as they staged a dramatic comeback to win 4-2. The former Ibrox captain, who won 15 trophies as a player, ended a whirlwind 48 hours after replacing Philippe Clement by celebrating as the travelling fans chanted his name….
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has hailed his player’s drive and determination after they dug in to beat Brentford 2-0 away from home. It broke a streak of four consecutive losses in the Premier League for the North London club, and their first top-flight win in 49 days. But it was not an easy day at…
Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor has praised his team’s response to their setback against Manchester United last time out in the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL). On Sunday, the Cityzens were beaten by their bitter rivals in a six-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium. Despite goals from Vivianne Miedema and January signing Rebecca Knaak, an…
Pedro Porro has rubbished suggestions that Ange Postecoglou is working injury-hit Tottenham’s players too hard in training and has revealed his admiration for the “spectacular” duo of Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall. Spurs slipped to a 12th Premier League defeat of the season at the weekend, going down 3-2 to Everton after a torrid opening…
Everton were praised by stand-in manager Leighton Baines after they recorded a 2-0 FA Cup win against Peterborough just hours after the sacking of Sean Dyche. Former full-back Baines, who has been in charge of Everton’s under-18s, and club captain Seamus Coleman were announced as interim managers just three hours before the third round tie…
Zinedine Zidane’s status as the favourite to become the next France manager has been enhanced by praise from the country’s FA president, who called Didier Deschamps’ decision to leave “responsible and elegant”. Philippe Diallo said that Deschamps, who won the 1998 Fifa World Cup and Euro 2000 as a team-mate of Zidane, had informed him…
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was full of praise for his team after the Magpies picked up their fifth straight Premier League victory with a 2-1 win over Tottenham. Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak grabbed the goals as Howe’s side came from behind to pick up all three points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday….
