arsene wenger and pep guardiola. arsene wenger and pep guardiola. arsene wenger and pep guardiola. arsene wenger has built his reputation on the continuation of champions league football. every single season he seems to bring it. but the pep guardiola, this season would have hurt him. he has never not coached the side to a semifinal of the champions league. there are a number of issues around this game in particular. i think manchester city will win. i think arsenal have been lacking in recent weeks. let's look at the top of the the other three teams in the top seven we haven't spoken about, you would expect for them to win. chelsea at home to crystal palace, spurs away at burnley. at that will be tricky. manchester united at home to west brom. do you see any of them slipping up? . as you said earlier, it's about maintaining your top four status. without chris smalling and philjones potentially for the rest of the season, manchester united, so they could have some troubles. the bottom of the table, tricky, particularly with burnley‘s home for them

pep guardiola has wembley date for his first series in charge but middlesbrough's wait goes on. we are happy to be in wembley. to be there in the semifinals, we make an exceptional cup. against premier league teams, we had to work a lot and we deserve it by far to be there. john, lovely to have you with us. strong performance from city but another day to forget for middlesbrough. fighting relegation and now they are out of the cup. middlesbrough. fighting relegation and now they are out of the cupm is about scoring goals, they cannot do it. 19 premier league goals all season. do it. 19 premier league goals all season. they have to improve on that or they are going down. manchester city, a great run, 11 and beading, eight wins in that run. a massive time in their season, monaco now on wednesday, liverpool, chelsea and arsenal in the premier league. a decisive couple of weeks manchester city but pep guardiola going back to wembley, manager as well. let's take you now to the premier league where hull were 2—1winners against swa nsea. hull were 2—1winners against swansea. before

a frustrating night for city and the first time they've failed to score at home since pep guardiola took over. we did not win, but we did not lose. we did not win, but we did not lose. we played and we chatted and they did not have any chance to score a goal, but we were not brilliant in the last part of the moment, especially with the defence, but we try. i am not frustrated. it is a football game, we tried. in football you can win or lose and we fight like never before. we ran, we tried to create chances. people go on about our systems and formations and it is not about that, it is about them committing to a game plan on seeing it through to the conclusion. we had good opportunities ourselves, especially in the first—half and we could have easily taken the lead. we have very few clear—cut opportunities. they had the silver chance and apart from that i do not think my keeper made a saint in open play. think my keeper made a saint in open play. bournemouth‘s tyrone mings has been banned for five matches for stamping on zlatan ibrahimovich‘s head during the draw at old trafford la

city manager, pep guardiola, had said his first season at the club would be judged as a failure, if he doesn't win a trophy. but they are now one step closer to silverware. ben croucher reports. the modern middlesbrough fan arrives more in hope than expectation, too young to remember their last run to wembley 20 years ago. in that time manchester city fans have become more accustomed to success and goals too, 13 in three rounds today. make that 1a in 4. goals have been harder to come by for middlesbrough and from there it was more a case of attack versus defence, a question of how many and how did he miss that. city even tried to repeat theirfirst goal but not this time, push hard enough and eventually middlesbrough‘s rearguard caved. pep guardiola has a wembley date in his first season in charge but middlesbrough‘s wait to returm goes on. we're happy to be in wembley, we make an exceptional captain, against premier league teams, top of the championship. we had to work a lot and we deserve it by far to be there. he looks pretty happy with that. he's building a strong side and they

the 29—year—old was dropped and then loaned out when new city boss pep guardiola arrived at the start of the season. speaking to the bbc‘s premier league show, hart insists there are no hard feelings. i would say i am pretty much surplus to requirements at my parent club at the moment. do you see that changing? not really, not really. you are a realistic? yes, i have to be realistic. like i say, i love that club and i always said of those long as they wanted me i would be there but i was always cautious when i said that because i am aware that at the big, big club stuff can change quickly and the opinions of the people in charge, not everyone is going to like you and not eve ryo ne is going to like you and not everyone is going to want to play you and that is the business side of it. warrington wolves are still without a win in superleague this season. they were beaten 38—12 by defending champions wigan warriors in what was actually a repeat of last year's grand final. liam marshall was the star on the evening scoring four of the warrior's seven tries at the halliwelljones stadium

the danger is, if you don't take your chances against pep guardiola's side, they can do this... carved up just before the break, sergio aguero,1—0. his 23rd of the season. give david silva freedom, there can be trouble. here, it ended with manchester city's second. sane's pace proving too much for sunderland and some of their fans. defoe did manage to find the back of the net, but found the offside flag raised and a glimmer of hope dashed. city could have had a third butjordan pickford put a stop to that. four straight league wins for city, but it doesn't mean you escape a talking to from pep. we expected how aggressive sunderland would play. after we controlled the game, we we re after we controlled the game, we were lucky. had a very good first goal, but go to half—time with 1—0, it is different to draw and losing and in the second half we played really good. it will be an old firm derby in the semi—final of the scottish cup after celtic thrashed st mirren 4—1 in the last 8 with aberdeen drawn away at hibs after their 1—0 victory over partick thistle. nick parrort

pep guardiola's side move to within a point of second placed tottenham and eight off the league leaders, chelsea, with 12 games of the season remaining. we made a good performance. the first few minutes were tough because we expected how aggressive they would be in terms of intensity. we we re would be in terms of intensity. we were lucky we made a very good first goal. but we got the half—time1—0. it was completely different. drawing and losing. in the second half we played very, very good. well, you cannot fault the players for any of that. they gave everything they can. we did get the ball back and we won it back quite often. the energy, everything went towards the gameplan, and we try to do what we could do win the game. in spain's primera division, atletico madrid were 3—0 winners over valencia in their first match since fernando torres was taken to hospital with a head injury in a match on thursday. the spanish international was in the stands at the vicente calderon stadium to see his side claim victory, with kevin gameiro putting diego simeone's side 2—0 up just after hal

manchester city manager pep guardiola has effectively admitted he no longer has a first choice goalkeeper. fans have been vocal about the decision to loan outjoe hart while claudio bravo struggled to keep clean sheets. bravo and cavaleiro will continue to compete for the gloves until the end of the season. we're going to decide about next season we're going to decide about next season at the end of the season. now i have tried a lot with the goals and we are not going to decide the goalkeeper and the strikers and the central defenders, fullbacks, we are going to decide at the end of the season. it's possible at least that it could be claudio and willie until next season? the german match between borussia dortmund and their opponents was called off on tuesday night because of heavy snow. they had already put out top—flight opposition twice on their way to the last eight, werder bremen and leverkusen and they were looking to do another giantkilling at the stadium, less than 100 kilometres from dortmund. the weather intervened and no new date has been announced. it was only last week that

the danger is, if you don't take your chances against pep guardiola's site, they can do this... carved up just guardiola's site, they can do this... carved upjust before guardiola's site, they can do this... carved up just before the break, sergio aguero, i—0. his 23rd of the season. give david silva freedom, there can be trouble. here, it ended with manchester city's second. this place and position proving too much for sunderland and some of their fans. defoe did proving too much for sunderland and some of theirfans. defoe did manage to find the back of the net, but found the offside flag raised and a glimmer of hope dashed. city could have had a third butjordan pickford put a stop to that. for straight league wins for city, but it doesn't mean you escape are talking to from p9p- we expect how aggressive sunderland would play. very good first goal, but go to half—time with 1—0, it is different to draw or losing and the second half, we played really good. i don't think you can blame the players that any of that. we lacked quality. when we did get the ball back, we gave it

former barcelona coach and player pep guardiola who's now with manchester city also achieved the treble in his first season leading the catala ns from the dugout. he was asked for his opinion on the man he used to also play with before they turned to coaching. what he has done in barcelona in these three years, winning huge amounts of titles and the way they play, including the position of the game and other things. i think for barcelona it is a sad day because with him we were safe in many many reasons. of course it is his decision and i wish him all the best of course. i completely understand the decision. all that happened as real madrid were struggling to a 3—3 draw at home to las palmas. gareth bale was handed a straight red card for a push onjonathan viera reacting angrily to a late challenege. the score at that stage was 1—1 but was extended, first by viera, and a third from kevin—prince boateng. but two goals from cristiano ronaldo in the final four minutes saw real fight back from two goals down to salvage a result for the second time in consecutive matches. confirmation

city manager, pep guardiola, had said his first season at the club would be judged as a failure if he doesn't win a trophy but they are now one step closer to silverware. ben croucher reports. the modern middlesbrough fan arrives more in hope than expectation, too young to remember their last year run to wembley 20 years ago. in that time manchester city fans have become more accustomed to success and goals with 13 and three rounds today. make that 40 94—mac. goals have been harder to come by for middlesbrough and from there it was more a case of attack versus defence, a question of how many and how did he miss that. city even tried to repeat their first goal but not this time, push hard enough and eventually middlesbrough's rearguard caved. pep guardiola has a wembley date in his first season in charge at middlesbrough's wait to retirement goes on. there was premier league football as well as fa cup action today. an important game at the bottom of the table with hull city trying to get out of the relegation zone facing swansea. everton are continuing their push towards the top six

guardiola. he spent four season there and played with enrique for spain and barcelona. what i want is the best for luis. he isa what i want is the best for luis. he is a realfriend. we play together. he isa is a realfriend. we play together. he is a huge manager. so he deserves respect. but like a fan, east antrim barcelona, it was the most important of my life. so i am a little bit sad, because barcelona needs one of the best renders —— because he is one of the best trainers are ever had, at barcelona. —— i ever had. the announcement from luis enrique came after barcelona beat gijon 6—1 to put them top of the league table, a point ahead of real madrid. real had to come from 3—1 down at home to las palmas to draw 3—3, but they have a game in hand over barcelona. to the english fa cup where sergio aguero scored twice for manchester city in their 5—1 fifth round replay win over second tier huddersfield town. despite going behind injust the seventh minute city steadied themselves to

out of the champions league and with chelsea in control of the premier league, pep guardiola is adjusting to english conditions and says it is the hardestjob he has had. manchester city created more in the first half, fernandinho should have scored. surprising nobody in a bluejersey, have scored. surprising nobody in a blue jersey, appealing have scored. surprising nobody in a bluejersey, appealing propelled it. liverpool had good reason to do that early in the second half, the clumsy challenge from gael clichy punished from the spot, james milner breaking a record no scoring in 47 premier league games and never losing when doing so. things looked tough for the home side when a familiar face stepped in. sergio aguero's seventh goal in seven games. adam lallana scored ten before the new year but since then his touch in front of goal seems to have deserted him. manchester city could have taken advantage, harder chance for sergio aguero but you would expect him to do better from there. aguero but you would expect him to do betterfrom there. with aguero but you would expect him to do better f

and pep guardiola can be proud of manchester city's fa cup run as well. they have been away in every round, beating middlesbrough 2—0, away of course, yesterday. city are on their way to wembley again. and while there will be no appearance at the home of football for lincoln city, they found their home in the hearts of football fans all over the world. hull city kept their chances premier league survival alive with a 2—1win over fellow relegation strugglers swansea city two goals from on loan 0umar niasse helped them to victory. they remain in the bottom three, one point from safety, while swansea are three points clear of the drop zone. bournemouth have pulled further away from the bottom three after a dramatic 3—2 win over west ham. josh king missed a penalty but scored a hat—trick, including the last minute winner. they are now six points clear of the relegation zone. west ham are without a league win in four matches. at the other end of the table, everton narrowed the gap on 6th placed manchester united with a 3—0 win over west brom. kevin m

and pep guardiola can be proud of manchester city's fa cup run as well. they have been away in every round, beating middlesbrough 2—0, away of course, yesterday. city are on their way to wembley again. and while there will be no appearance at the home of football for lincoln city, they found their home in the hearts of football fans all over the world. hull city kept their chances premier league survival alive with a two nil win over fellow relegation strugglers swansea city. two goals from on loan 0umar niasse helped them to victory. they remain in the bottom three, one point from safety, while swansea are three points clear of the drop zone. bournemouth have pulled further away from the bottom three after a dramatic 3—2 win over west ham. josh king missed a penalty...but scored a hat—trick, including the last minute winner. they are now six points clear of the relegation zone. west ham are without a league win in four matches. at the other end of the table, everton narrowed the gap on 6th—placed manchester united with a 3—0 win over west brom.

jose mourinho, thejurgen klopp, pep guardiola are all taken. sometimes, you need to be careful what you wish for. better the devil you know for arsenalfans. for. better the devil you know for arsenal fans. slatter and abraham and fitch claimed that tyrone mains jumped into his elbow over the weekend, but the top scorer for manchester united has accepted an fa charge of violent conduct and he will be banned for three matches starting with the fa cup quarterfinal at chelsea. mings is appealing against the charge of stamping on him a couple of minutes earlier at old trafford. that is all the sport for now. plenty of it around, plenty to talk about at half past six but between now and then, why not look at the website? i will be back at half six. see you then. the cia in the united states has refused to comment on thousands of documents released by the wikileaks website, purportedly from the agency's cyber—intelligence operations. a cia spokesperson wouldn't say whether the documents were authentic or discuss their contents. experts who've begun

with many premier league teams fielding weakened sides in this year's competition, pep guardiola insists he understands the importance of the competition. every competition, we try to win. i know how special it is. and how difficult it is, here or at home, it doesn't matter. and that's why it's important. it is important, the champions league. is this gain more important than the other one? no, it's not. a moment 's silence. exactly. gave it a little bit extra —— gravitates. jonathan joseph exactly. gave it a little bit extra —— gravitates. jonathanjoseph has been recalled to the training squad. he was dropped the win against on sunday. the front rows have been released to play to their clubs this weekend. england fly—half katy mclean will take no further part in the women's six nations. she's been banned for three weeks after her red card for this tackle against italy at the weekend. the rfu have created a new women's super league to start in september with 10 domestic teams including wasps and bristol ladies. the goal is to help the reigning world champions become the number

it's a fourth league win in a row for pep guardiola's side. there will be an old firm derby in the semi—finals of the scottish cup after celtic thrashed st mirren 4—1 in the last eight. scott sinclair scored the pick of celtic‘s goals to give them the lead as they came back from a goal down at home. aberdeen will face hibs after their 1—0 victory over partick thistle. and finally, the wife carrying championship has taken place in dorking. it's the tenth running of the event — and it looks like couples are getting good at tackling the 380—metre course. that does not look in any way co mforta ble. that does not look in any way comfortable. yes. i think it gets worse as the pictures go on. it goes worse. i don't like the way he dropped. that is all i can say. 0ver the line. that is spectacularly non—pc. i know we are not married, but we would make a formidable partnership. i think you are too tall. she would have a long way to fall. she can carry me! thank you very much, sally. plenty more from sally andy carroll would have the weat

it's the first time they have failed to score at home since pep guardiola took over and means chelsea remain ten points clear at the top of the table. spurs are above city on goal difference we didn't win but we didn't lose so we did everything we could, we had chances, they didn't have many chances, they didn't have many chances to score goals. they didn't score. we needed brilliance in the last part. defensively well organised. but we tried. bournemouth say they're extremely disappointed that defender tyrone mings has been banned for five games for violent conduct. an fa panel ruled he deliberately stood on the head of manchester united's zlatan ibrahimovic during their draw last weekend and decided the standard three—match ban wouldn't be harsh enough. wales and ireland have both named unchanged sides for their 6 nations match in cardiff tomorrow evening. the irish come of the back of victory over france. while wales lost to scotland, having led at half time. it was their first defeat to the scots in ten years but interim head coach rob howley says he's giving his players a chanc

eavesdrop by pep guardiola when he took over as manager at the start of the season and then sent on loan to intervene in italy. he bears no grudge against city. a love bat, i always said, is no they wanted me, i would be there. but i was always cautious when he said that because i'm aware that at the big clubs, stuff can change quickly and opinions on people in charge, not everyone can like you, not everyone can want to play you, that is the business side of it. eoin morgan described alex hales as unbelievable, as they reached a 3—0 victory over the west indies. he recovered from a broken hand to score a century in barbados. joe root also made a hundred, making a record total of 328, and england in the end winning by 186 runs. that's all the sport. thank you. let's get more now on the eu summit taking place in brussels. and that suggestion that britons may if they wish retain eu citizenship rights after the uk leads the union. —— leaves the union. with me is seb dance, labour mep for london. he has been described as an ultra—federalist, so perhaps he would put something forward b

the first time they have failed to score at home since pep guardiola took over. there'll be an all—british tie in the wta event at indian wells in california. heather watson came from a set down to beat the american nicole gibbs and reach the second round, wherejohanna konta is waiting. it'll be the first time the pair have played each other on the tour. konta will be the strong favourite at number 11 konta will be the strong favourite at number11 in konta will be the strong favourite at number 11 in the world. heather watson dropped to 108 this week. the headlines that 10:30pm. more comments from you on the budget. hammond is too scared to go over the —— to go after the big companies. affordable rented housing hit the headlines but no mention of money for it. i am a card—carrying labour member and i regard the furore as unfortunate. i enjoyed generous tax breaks for many years as the self—employed can enjoy much the same support from the state in times of need. if that party is over, so be it. i do not like tory policies but the money has to come from

he was dropped by pep guardiola when he took over as manager at the start of the season and sent on loan to torino in italy. he bears no grudge against city though. i love that club and i always said as long as they wanted me, i would be there, but i was always cautious when i said that because i'm aware that other big clubs, stuff can change quickly and opinions and people in charge, not everyone is going to like you. not everyone is going to like you. not everyone is going to like you. not everyone is going to want to play you and that's the business side of it. england one—day captain eoin morgan described alex hales' innings as "unbelievable", after he set them on their way to a 3—0 series victory over west indies. hales was back in the side after recovering from a broken hand and he scored a century in the third and final one—dayer in barbados. joe root also made 100 as england hit a record total for the ground of 328. the west indies were bowled out well short of that target, england winning by 186 runs. wales and ireland launch the penultimate weekend of six nations action t

he was dropped by pep guardiola, when he took over as manager, at the start of the season, and sent on loan to torino in italy. he told the bbc‘s premier league show there were no hard feelings. i love the club and i was said as long as they wanted me i would be there at i was always a cautious when i said that because at the big, big clubs, staff can change quickly and opinions and people in charge and opinions and people in charge and not everybody is going to like you and would want to play and that is the business side of it. england‘s cricketers have completed a 3—nil whitewash in the one—day series against west indies. alex hales came back into the team in barbados, after recovering from injury, and made a century. joe root also hit a hundred, as england, scored a record total for the ground of 328. the west indies were bowled out well short of that target, england winning by 186 runs. now have england‘s six nations ambitions been knocked off course by a dog? 0wen farrell, injured his left knee in their latest training session ahead of tomorrow‘s match against scotlan

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