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Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | And email John Michael Carrick was not exactly bullish – he never is – but he remains publicly calm under pressure. We hoped for a lot more, we expected a lot more, and we are where we are. I was aware that, winning as many as we had last season, it was going to get.

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World Cup playoff, 7.30pm BST kick-off (first leg: 3-1) Read today’s edition of Moving the Goalposts on Japan Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of England v Greece at the King Power Stadium in Leicester. It should be a comfortable night for England, who lead 3-1 from Friday’s first leg in Crete, but the venue for tonight’s game is a reminder that the strangest things can happen in football.

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More than a year since his £116m move, Florian Wirtz is still struggling to hit top form at Liverpool - so does he need to be dropped? Cherki was on Liverpool's shortlist in their hunt for an attacking midfielder but the main target was Florian Wirtz - who was also wanted by Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Once Wirtz said his preference was to move to Anfield and join the.

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Bristol winger: ‘Someone do something about it!’ Pat Lam left three players out because of the pitch Louis Rees-Zammit has called for an end to artificial pitches in the Prem after posting a graphic image of the wounds he sustained during Bristol’s defeat at Saracens’ StoneX Stadium last Saturday. The Wales winger revealed the extent of the friction burns caused to his right leg after running out for the Bears.

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Kogan says he has faced ‘absolutely no political pressure’ Regulator wants deal on redistribution through leagues The chair of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), David Kogan, has said he will resign if he faces any political pressure on how to respond to Manchester City being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules over a nine-year period, insisting “my independence is absolute”. Kogan could remove City’s Abu Dhabi United Group.

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The head of English football's independent regulator says he will resign if he encounters any political interference over Manchester City's future. As chairman of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), David Kogan has the power to assess the suitability of club owners and executives. If an independent commission's findings that the club broke Premier League financial rules are upheld, the watchdog would have to decide whether to force a sale. Last.