liverpool, madrid and by munich. that is where alonso. . .— liverpool, madrid and by munich.e time came forjurgen _ that is where alonso... when the time came forjurgen klopp - that is where alonso... when the time came forjurgen klopp to - that is where alonso... when the i time came forjurgen klopp to leave his seat, was always rooted that a former midfield and miracle of istanbul would be first in line to take over and it mightjust come to pass. no sooner had klopp shot the world in the fretful day last month than he was asked about it. that world in the fretful day last month than he was asked about it. at the moment i'm _ than he was asked about it. at the moment i'm really _ than he was asked about it. at the moment i'm really happy - than he was asked about it. at the moment i'm really happy here, . moment i'm really happy here, enjoying my work here and feeling that... each day is a challenge, each game as a challenge and we are in and intense but beautifuljourney here and i'm trying to give my best to help my players and that is my goal. the next one, i don't know. b

liverpool, i —— i saw us playing. liverpool, i thought — —— i saw us playing.urning the heat up in the noise up— turning the heat up in the noise up and conceding to quick goals, _ noise up and conceding to quick goals, is— noise up and conceding to quick goals, is difficult to recover from — goals, is difficult to recover from that. arsenal were stunned as porto scored in stoppage time to give them the advantage after the first leg of their champions league last—16 tie. brazilian winger galeno with and exquisite goal from outside the area. the second leg will take place in london on the 12th of march, when arsenal will aim to reach the quarter—finals for the first time since 2010. victor 0simhen meanwhile salvaged a draw for napoli in their first leg tie with barcelona. the nigeria striker making his first start for the club since december. robert lewandowski had earlier given the la liga champions the lead in the 60th minute, but it's all square before the return leg in spain. some big news off the field in germany. it's been confirmed that manager, thomas tu

liverpool and spurs drew 1—1. you're watching sportsday.is afternoon. ellie kildunne was the star of the show with four tries. quins move up to sixth with the victory. judd trump leads china's sijiahui 5—3 after the first session of the german masters final. they'll play to a finish this evening with the first to ten taking the title in berlin. dutch rider mathieu van der poel has won the world cyclocross title for a sixth time. it follows the road race title he won in glasgow last summer. he even had time for a little showboating at the finish line. not much is considered beyond england in test cricket right now. certainly, that's the attitude within the dressing room. but chasing 399 to win in india? that's the task after three days of the second test in vizag. as patrick gearey reports. fairto fair to say expectations differed at the start of day three. england a long way behind but chasing. jimmy anderson thriving, rohit sharma gone. anderson successfully dismantled the great wall who had scored 200 in the first innings and now had engl

back, luis diaz added a fourth for liverpool, a comfortable night for liverpool and a memorable one forey. he really understands the way we want to play. you have to be brave. he is that. so i am really happy for him. he can kept it calm, put them in a corner, stuff like the it's all fine. and he's a very, very serious young man, but that was pretty special. well, i think they were better than us. liverpool deserved the three points. i think we were not good enough. i think for many reasons, you know, we were waiting for them. yes, not much to say. i think they were better than us. the champions manchester city are up to second, ahead of arsenal on goal difference. they were far too strong for struggling burnley winning 3—1 at the etihad. julian alvarez scored twice in the first half and rodri cemented city's win with their third, less than a minute into the second half. another positive for city, erling haaland came off the bench for 20 minutes after two months out with a foot injury. ameen al dakhil pulled one back for burnley in injury time but they remain in the relegation zone seve

liverpool four points clear of manchester city, who have a game in hand.for because you have to feel comfortable in the first chance you could see in other situations it was in his mind. give it a try, to start again and win the second half. and whatever comes after that we win the game. so try and the boys did exceptionally well. i have to say. it was one of the best i saw us playing. i love it so much. i thought the second half we just experienced and field in liverpool, you know? i thought the supporters turned the heat up and the noise up and we conceded two goals quickly and it was difficult to recover from that. arsenal were stunned as porto scored in stoppage time to give them the advantage after the first leg of their champions league last—16 tie. brazilian winger galeno with an exquisite goal from outside the area. the second leg will take place in london on the 12th of march, when arsenal will aim to reach the quarter—finals for the first time since 2010. victor 0simhen meanwhile salvaged a draw for napoli in their first leg tie with barcelona. t

two other ties tonight, liverpool _ it. two other ties tonight, liverpool taking _ it.es tonight, - liverpool taking on southampton, wolves taking on brighton and before all of those games that over the quarterfinals takes place at 7:30pm and you can follow that across the bbc. thank you. england's mel reid has been added to european solheim cup captain suzann pettersen's line—up of vice—captains for this year's tournament in the usa. the 36—year—old, who is a six—time let winner, joins dame laura davies, anna nordqvist and caroline martens as vice—captains for the prestigious biennial competition. europe will be bidding to keep the trophy for a historic fourth time when it takes place in virginia, in september. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. russian opposition leader alexei navalny�*s widow yulia has been addressing the european parliament, saying her husband was tortured for three years on presiden

liverpool's goal cup leader...a after 20 minutes, then liverpool lost another player. injury after this challenge, no card for chelsea. klopp was not impressed. 59 minutes, and here comes virgil van dijk�*s header. goal, simple. it never is any more. watched liverpool's offside blocking a chelsea player, the referee eventually decided. the ar rule that out. for chelsea, more than once it seemed that conor gallagher would, could she score. somehow, officially goalless. liverpool had teenage substitutes on the pitch, extra time was almost done when van dijk headed again. and this time know ar. just thejoy, just the again. and this time know ar. just the joy, just the cop. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbley. ——joe wilson, bbc news, wembley. so cracking final at wembley — let's get some more now from joe who's at wembley for us. you could see how much this means to liverpool, and tojurgen klopp with the first of what they hope will be four trophies this year. what could this mean for them and the rest of the season? absolut

would alonso be a good fit at liverpool?om and feel like you can make an impression on the changing room. and that you can make a difference. i think with his links to liverpool, being a former player, i think it is something that will definitely excite him and will be very appealing to him. do you think given the personality that klopp is, the person that places him at liverpool, dealing the players need to have an instant respect and affinity for him to get the same response? quite possibly. we are to bring someone in who knows how to win. 0r someone who straightaway with the training sessions makes you turn around and say, right, this is something special. as a real calm guy which is going to be interesting to see the difference in dynamic if he is to get the job between what we're used to seeing on the touchline withjurgen klopp, who is very emotional, and then someone like alonso. would you get your vote for the job? yes, he would because what he's doing at the moment is very special, second from bottom. there is a real

it was liverpool's vastly experienced captain virgil van dijk who rose to head the decisive goal deepjk which was disallowed earlier in the game. but when he turned to celebrate with his team—mates, he would've seen teenage liverpool players who were only on the fringes of the first team at the start of the season. this is a liverpool team so beset by injuries — so to win in those circumstances i'm sure will be especially memorable forjurgen klopp in his farewell season — may even be a glimpse of liverpool beyond jurgen klopp. singing chelsea supporters i'm sure will be tired of people like us referring constantly to the amount of money they've spent. in truth, there were very expensive players on the pitch in this final who did not look like match winners. connor gallagher was central to chelsea's best moments — almost won the game twice near the end of 90 minutes. but when chelsea needed something extra in extra time, in fact they faded, and that might be the most disappointing element of this cup final for chelsea fans

it's chelsea against liverpool, in the league cup final at wembley.six years — and liverpool are making their 14th appearance in the competition's final. they're familiar final opponents too. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at wembley for us. jurgen klopp would love this to be the first of potentially four trophies for him this season on his last season as well with liverpool. but they have injury worries to contend with. but they have in'ury worries to contend with._ but they have in'ury worries to contend with. ~ ,,., , .,, i. contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out — contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the _ contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the wembley - contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the wembley arch - contend with. absolutely, i hope you i can make out the wembley arch behind me against the grey cloud. it is the overcast afternoon in north london, could be raining by kick—off. that is one of the uncertainties. one of the things that you alluded to that mix its final intriguing, we

he found alexis mac allister and liverpool were in charge.ing injured in the africa cup of nations, and this is what liverpool have been missing. they'll need him to stay fit for the title run—in. brentford hadn't been as clinical with the chances they created but ivan toney did pull one back until liverpool's place at the top of the premier league pecking order was confirmed. cody gakpo, on for nunez, punished some slack brentford defending, and who knows, goal difference could be vital come the end of the season. so that win coming at some cost then. goalkeeper alisson, and trent alexander—arnold were already ruled out and the injury list growing forjurgen klopp — who was still delighted with his team's performance. all the rest was positive. the boys played an incredible game. definitely the best away game we played at brentford. we take it like it is. as long as you don't know the extent of the injuries you are obviously concerned and worried. for me that is no different from the fans. we will see when we get this information. but as long

but when he turned to celebrate with his team—mates, he would�*ve seen teenage liverpool players whoso to win in those circumstances i�*m sure will be especially memorable forjurgen klopp in his farewell season — may even be a glimpse of liverpool beyond jurgen klopp. singing chelsea supporters i�*m sure will be tired of people like us referring constantly to the amount of money they�*ve spent. in truth, there were very expensive players on the pitch in this final who did not look like match winners. connor gallagher was central to chelsea�*s best moment — almost won the game twice at the end of 90 minutes. but when chelsea needed something extra in extra time, in fact they faded, and that might be the most disappointing element of this cup final for chelsea fans as they trudged home in the north london drizzle. because of his depleted squad and those fringe players that stepped up at wembley, jurgen klopp says this victory is hard to beat. i got told outside that there is an english race who don�*t win trophies with kids. i don�*t know that... there are longer careers of mine, but i

back, luis diaz added a fourth for liverpool, a comfortable night for liverpool and a memorable one fordley. he really understands the way we want to play. you have to be brave. he is bad. sol we want to play. you have to be brave. he is bad. so i am really happy for him. he kept it calm, put them in a corner, stuff like the it's all fine. and he's a very, very serious young man, but that was pretty special. well, i think they were better than — well, i think they were better than us — well, i think they were better than us. we deserved the three points — than us. we deserved the three points i— than us. we deserved the three points. i think they were not good — points. i think they were not good enough. i think... points. i think they were not good enough. ithink... for many— good enough. ithink... for many reasons, you know, we were waiting _ many reasons, you know, we were waiting for_ many reasons, you know, we were waiting for them. yes, many reasons, you know, we were waiting forthem. yes, not many reasons, you know, we were waiting for them. yes, not much to say _ waiting for the

liverpool are the wembley winners — jurgen klopp says this league cup is the most special trophy he hasindia close in on victory in the test series, after leaving england in a spin in ranchi. and the width of a post — that's how close italy were to a famous six nations win in france. welcome along. it's one trophy down, a possible three to go in jurgen klopp�*s farewell season. liverpool have have won the league cup for a tenth time, extending their own record of wins in the competition. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the final, with their winner coming in the final two minutes of extra time. with that defeat, chelsea have secured an unwanted record — they're the first english team to lose six successive domestic cup finals. our sports correspondent joe wilson was at wembley. it was liverpool's vastly experienced captain virgil van dijk who rose to head the decisive goal deep into extra time — remembering the headed goal by van dijk which was disallowed earlier in the game. but when he turned to celebrate with his team—mates, he would've seen teenage liverpool players who were only on the fri

instead of mounting a comeback as they have so often this season, liverpool imploded.nd yellow card and soon after leandro trossard completed the victory to put arsenal backin completed the victory to put arsenal back in the title race. nick parrott, bbc news. it's only liverpool's second defeat in the league all season and first since late september. while, when for arsenal, defeat could have knocked them out of the reckoning, they produced a crucial win. very happy but it was a huge game, going where it would dictate a little bit where we are and where are going to be. it is an opponent that demands the best out of you and the best out of every individual active minds the best atmosphere to have the best chance to win and we have the best chance to win and we have replicated that with the players and then what they produced out there was just phenomenal. so when they play with that intensity i have to put everything that i have and i have to put my energy into it as well. we had our moments, we controlled it and then_ we had our moments, we controlled it and then we

liverpool's goal cup leader...a after 20 minutes, then liverpool lost another player. another injury after this challenge, no card for chelsea. klopp was not impressed. 59 minutes, and here comes virgil van dijk�*s header. goal, simple. it never is any more. watch liverpool's endo offside blocking a chelsea player, the referee eventually decided. var ruled it out. for chelsea, more than once it seemed that conor gallagher would, could should score. somehow, officially goalless. liverpool had teenage substitutes on the pitch, extra time was almost done when van dijk headed again. and this time no var. just the joy, just the cup. joe wilson, bbc news, wembley. just one game in the premier league this afternoon — sheffield united remain rooted at the bottom of the table — after losing to wolves. pablo sarabia with the only goal of the game for the home side, in the first half, the win lifting wolves up to 8th in the table, with their eyes on a european place at the end of the season. sheffield united might feel hard d

back, luis diaz added a fourth for liverpool, a comfortable night for liverpool and a memorable

it was liverpool's vastly experienced captain virgil van dijk who rose to head the decisive goal deepo extra time — remembering the headed goal by van dijk which was disallowed earlier in the game. but when he returned to celebrate with his team—mates, he would've seen teenage liverpool players who were only on the fringes of the first team at the start of the season. this is a liverpool team so beset by injuries — so to win in those circumstances i'm sure will be especially memorable forjurgen klopp in his farewell season — may even be a glimpse of liverpool beyond jurgen klopp. singing chelsea supporters i'm sure will be tired of people like us referring constantly to the amount of money they've spent. in truth, there were very expensive players on the pitch in this final who did not look like match winners. colin gallagher was central to chelsea's best moment — almost won the game twice at the end of 90 minutes. but when chelsea needed something extra in extra time, in fact they faded — and that might be the most disappointing moment of this cup final for chelsea fans as they trudg

so after briefly relinquishing their lead, liverpool took it back again.1 in front of a club league record crowd at anfield. diogojota putjurgen klopp's side ahead with trent alexandar arnold providing assist number 58. a premier league record for a defender. burnley clawed a goal back right on half—time, dara 0'shea heading home his first premier league goal. but luis diaz and darwin nunez both scored in the second half to get liverpool back to the summit. burnley are seven points from safety. it is not only the three points,... you cannot have momentum like guaranteed all the time. you don't feel it. we saw it. ten days ago, nine days ago we played against chelsea and it was an incredible game. but there is always a different challenge. if it is not clicking like immediately, fight through it and that is what the boys did again. it was a really tough situation. it is a difficult one. people think we go through with no real effort, that was never possible. sheffield united are also seven points from safety but that's because of a win today. their 3—1 vict

liverpool had ibrahima konate sent off in the closing minutes and then leandro trossard completed the. the win moves arsenal up to second place in the table. manchester city could overtake them when they visit brentford on monday evening. i've been very happy but it was a huge game, a game that would dictate a little bit where we are and where are going to be. it is an opponent that demands the best out of you, and the best out of every individual and demanding the best atmosphere to have the best chance to win and we have replicated that with the players and then what they produced out there was just phenomenal. so when they play with that intensity i have to put everything that i have and i have to put my energy into it as well. we had our moments, we controlled it and then we concede that goal. you can concede a goal but this is obviously strange and everyone realises that doesn't help. and itjust shows the boys are human beings. that makes the things they usually do even more special but today we were really human and had a couple of problems. manchester united beat west ham 3—0.

as they beat liverpool 3—1 at emirates stadium.ukayo saka opened the scoring for arsenal after 1a minutes, and they did look comfortable until gabriel scored an own—goal in added time at the end of the first half. arsenal re—took the lead, thanks to a defensive mix—up between virgil van dijk and alisson which allowed gabriel martinelli to score. liverpool had ibrahima konate sent off in the closing minutes and then leandro trossard completed the victory. the win moves arsenal up to second place in the table. manchester city, though, could overtake them when they visit brentford on monday evening. i've been very happy, but it was a huge game, it was a game that was going to dictate a little bit where we are, and where are going to be. it is an opponent that demands the best out of you, and the best out of every individual and demanding the best atmosphere to have the best chance to win. and we have replicated that with the players and what they produced out there was just phenomenal. so when they play with that intensity, i have to

but at the moment, you know, we were good until i think liverpool and after liverpool and bullfightinglike, you know, everything is going wrong. but i think, yes, like we were we built a very good run. i think we need to move on and try to build the run from wednesday. and nottingham forest drew one all at bournemouth. justin kluivert put the home side ahead afterjust five minutes. callum hudson—odoi equalised forforest just before half time bournemouth then had philip billing sent off late in the game. forest are up to 16th place in the table now that's two points above the relegation zone, while bournemouth are in 12th. despite nine away, real madrid drew one all against their city rivals. atletico. on sunday, marcos llorente scored in stoppage time to cancel out brahim diaz first half opener for the league leaders real madrid at the santiago bernabeu. real are on 58 points, two ahead of girona and those two sides will be facing each other on saturday, while south africa beat osasuna, while the match between real betis and getafe ended in a one all draw. inter milan won the highly an

you know again, liverpool was massive, - again, liverpool was massive, massive failure.arsenal, there was a similar affecting the player because we are a team that we need the confidence. we are a team that we need the confidence-— we are a team that we need the confidence. ., , ., ., ,.,, confidence. comes to the near post, silva! that confidence _ confidence. comes to the near post, silva! that confidence was _ confidence. comes to the near post, silva! that confidence was there - confidence. comes to the near post, silva! that confidence was there for| silva! that confidence was there for a while, seemed _ silva! that confidence was there for a while, seemed to _ silva! that confidence was there for a while, seemed to be _ silva! that confidence was there for a while, seemed to be guiding - a while, seemed to be guiding chelsea gently upwards, but it proved a fragile, shallow recovery, cost £1 billion but since the 11th in the table. it features some of the most prized young players in the world but chelsea have already lost ten league matches. input world but chelsea

a liverpool defensive slip—up helped arsenal narrow the gap at the top of the table. second, but manchester city could leap frog them if they beat brentford tonight. chelsea women's manager, emma hayes, says more needs to be done to boost the numbers of female coaches. welcome to the programme. we start with the cricket and many had been optomistic that england could have chased down a target of 399, but it may have been a step too far. the visitors lost by 106 runs in the second test after a determined bowling attack by the hosts. the series is now level at 1—1. joe lynskey was watching. this five match test series is set “p this five match test series is set up the go the distance. india are backin up the go the distance. india are back in it, but england won't change. their target to win was 399 and yet they went at it swinging. sack crawley made 50 with shops that some of their approach, but this miracle run chase was one step too far. 0nly poe's runs help them win the first test, this time he fell —— fell cheaply. joe root knew he was out when it came off the bat

liverpool won the fa cup for the 10th time . liverpool won the league cup it became english football. in the game, the club did not have half of its main players, and nuniz, sopsela and salah did not get permission to play. the young composition of this team surprised everyone . london was much more and they put more pressure on the opponent in the last 15 minutes and wasted many opportunities. the game ended without a goal in 90 minutes and everything went to two overtimes. in the extra time, the reds of anfield wanted to attack more, they created more opportunities , finally, on a kernel and a shot by virgil fendag , they made the difference and determined the task of the game in the last minutes of the extra time. it was a difficult game i am very happy to have played this joona. i was sure that they will fight until the last moment and will not give up. that's football. when you don't take advantage of opportunities, you will be punished. we were not good in overtime and lost our focus. now, with the acquisition of injami an

no sorprende el liverpool para nada . lo que sorprende o lo malo de liverpool que esté de líder.stino de jürgen klopp podría ser el real madrid, le brillaron los ojitos. >> mmm. sería una buena. >> bueno, si va a tener que ir a poner su su, su, su sello, su sello ahí a sí, porque, bueno, estaban hablando del barcelona también lo veo difícil porque el barça tiene el problema de que, bueno, no tiene dinero para pagarle a un técnico de primera línea. >> va a tener que ir a buscar. yo creo que entre de la casa ya por eso se hablaba del nombre de rafa márquez, que hoy es el técnico del barça athletic para ponerlo en el primer equipo. pero entonces, como pensando que ancelotti se le acaba el contrato, todavía falta un poquito, pero ese año es cuando se le va a acabar el contrato a ancelotti podría llegar jürgen entonces para hacerlo ahora falta muchísima liga. y el liverpool no puede dejar caer puntos porque el city siempre está ahí. bien empujando. había empezado muy mal. ahora ya estás a 5 puntos, así que se pone buena. y lo mejor de todo es que toda esa acción la pueden ver solament

this is liverpool's first chance, it might be their best chance.early to the ground, i've seen many wearing scarves with jurgen ground, i've seen many wearing scarves withjurgen klopp's ground, i've seen many wearing scarves with jurgen klopp's face scarves withjurgen klopp's face embroidered on the fabric. scarves with jurgen klopp's face embroidered on the fabric. chelsea did not spend all that money to finish mid—table. there has been a change essential to her chelsea but nothing says progress like a trophy. liverpool versus chelsea, i know you have seen that movie before but this one feels different because of the significance for both teams in different ways. to cricket and india have fought back and are in a strong position to win not only the fourth test but also the series against england, after an impressive third day in ranchi. they started it trailing by 134 runs with three wickets remaining in theirfirst innings, but now are chasing 152 to win, after an england batting collapse. dhruv jurel�*s 90 helped them to a total of 307 all out in

we are talking about liverpool. i just talking about liverpool.he commentaryh talking about liverpool. ijust| heard in the commentary that talking about liverpool. iijlsii heard in the commentary that one of the guys in the booth said that in the guys in the booth said that in the liverpool academy they have a limit on the size of the engines in the car is the academy players can have, so they cannot spend fortunes on fancy cars when they are young. it's about looking after them and making _ it's about looking after them and making sure they have the right lifestyle — making sure they have the right lifestyle. they are young lads with money, _ lifestyle. they are young lads with money, a — lifestyle. they are young lads with money, a lot of money. it's not about— money, a lot of money. it's not about the — money, a lot of money. it's not about the money for the youngsters coming _ about the money for the youngsters coming through like jayden danns, born and _ coming through like jayden danns, born and bred in liverpool, and he actually— born and b

i feel that liverpool and arsenal will not lose many points in the rest of the season.ust be ready for a tough competition. tottenham also three last night de brienfort defeated and replaced stan villa in the third row. in the spanish league. and in the last two games, barcelona won a 1/0 win with difficulty, so that xavi was a little bit under pressure. victor roque, the winter purchase of the blaugrana , scored barcelona's only goal. soumi will welcome the derby next week against real madrid. today , the premier league of futsal continues with the games of the 22nd week , and perhaps the face of the champion kiti pashand has been revealed. out of the last 21 games, he has won 20 games and drawn one, and with 61 points in the isfahan representative table, which is from the hour 15 in mashhad against farshara with one champion point. early in this round of the competition , like the second team in the table in sari , they go to the distance of hafez, the representative of mazandaran does not get results in this game , they are the first team to fall. tehran safir will f

bukayo saka opened the scoring for arsenal, before liverpool equalised through a gabriel own goal.fensive mix up between virgil van dijk and alisson allowed gabriel martinelli to put arsenal ahead, before liverpool had ibrahima konate sent off, then leandro trossard made it 3—1 for arsenal. that win moves them up to second in the table, but manchester city could overtake them when they visit brentford on monday evening. well, we know in the past how difficult it has been. only one it was always tight and we lost the two games we played last season. we know the standards that they have. they are clear and they believe it and they apply really well. it is a new challenge for us. it is a new challenge for us. chelsea manager emma hayes says the lack of female coaches in english football is a massive issue and she's urging the game to come up with more creative ways to tackle it. this is hayes�* final season before she takes up the role as head coach of the usa women's national team. she's one of only four female managers in the wsl and has been speaking to the bbc�*s sports editor dan

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one man who also has aspirations to manage liverpool one day is xabi alonso.ow and has been heavily linked with replacing jurgen klopp at anfield at the end of the season — although leverkusen, who have a five—point lead at the top of the bundesliga, say they are sure he won't leave this summer. alonso is the topic of today's football news show. here's host ben croucher with more. is this the most wanted man in football right now? he has taken barely recused from second bottom of the bundesliga to title favourites in 16 months, he has won an ion two thirds of his matches in charge —— buyer leverage fusion. remarkably has not lost a game all season. and when you do this you get links to topjobs elsewhere. and when you do this you get links to top jobs elsewhere. we chatted to the spanish football 0racle on the day today, who spilt the beans on alonso's grand plan... he day today, who spilt the beans on alonso's grand plan. . ._ day today, who spilt the beans on alonso's grand plan... he has been elite for so — alonso's grand plan... he has been elite for so lon

klopp�*s kids were at it again, after helping get liverpool over the line in the league cup final.r—olds sealed their 3—0 win over southampton in the last 16. a brace from jayden danns and a lewis koumas strike sets up a potentially thrilling tie at manchester united in the next round. it was a wonderful play, and well done by lewis. but that second half, come on. if we got the ball back, and he passed it back, that's what a striker has to do. thankfully that youth department is so big in the fa cup, so where else to put the ball? it's a ball you can more or less see coming because he has a nose for it. manchester united welcome their bitter rivals to old trafford, after they came through their last—16 tie at nottingham forest. casemiro with the only goal of the game in the 89th minute at the city ground. it's fantastic, so fantastic games coming up. so this team, what they showed today, that is great. they have to show it every day and stomach again, and that's what i've seen over the last couple months —— every game. sometimes it's the case, but still you have to find a way to wi

liverpool will take on arsenal at the emirates on sunday.ame is at brentford on monday and they'll go into it with confidence off the back of a comfortable 3—1 win against burnley. julian alvarez scored twice with rodri adding the third, on a night that saw the return of erling haaland. the norwegian's availability will likely be crucial in the closing weeks of an increasingly—tight title race. it looks like in february, a lot of games. in the premier league especially. everybody knows it is the same liverpool we are faced during seven or eight years and arsenal with mckellar tater —— mckellar tater... arsenal with mckellar tater —— mckellartater... i arsenal with mckellar tater —— mckellar tater... i have the feeling that they won't drop any points. meanwhile, former us open champion bryson dechambeau says a merger between the pga tour and liv golf needs to happen to bring the sport back together. he says he is looking forward to the camaraderie again as he joins masters champion the teams. it has that feelin: masters champion the teams. it

chelsea face liverpool in the carabao cup final as nesta mcgregor reports.r. although his style, attacking, aggressive, high pressing, has been branded more heavy metal football. yet, for the german, who is no stranger to the wembley stage, this is somewhat of a farewell tour. i will leave the club at the end of the season. and it could be some sendoff. this weekend is one of four trophies the reds are still in contention to win, albeit with an injury hit squad. as long as we have 11, we will go for it. that's all i can promise. ifjurgen klopp has provided liverpool with almost a decade of stability and leadership, the opposite can be said for chelsea. mauricio pochettino is their tenth manager in ten years, and under a new owner they've spent £1 billion on players — yet so far this season the results have been below par. we have 90 minutes to achieve that, and, yes, we are going to fight. i think the team is ready. we are going to be very competitive, and i think this is an amazing chance for us. well, no club has won this trophy more times than liverpool,

, and it means that manchester united host their bitter rivals liverpool in the last eight. later. hello there. sunshine was a scarce commodity across the uk on wednesday — but we had most of it in eastern scotland, withjust overfour hours of sunshine in edinburgh. however, the rest of us, rather cloudy, grey and, at times, wet — but it was mild with it. however, as the rain continues to push south and east, the wind direction is changing. we'll see a return to some colder air across our shores. so thursday will start off mild but wet across southeast england and east anglia. quite a lot of cloud generally across england and wales, with the best of any brighter skies into northern ireland, scotland — northwest scotland seeing a real rash of showers, accompanied by gale—force gusts of winds through the day. it will start to turn colder generally across scotland, 6—9 celsius, maybe double digits for a time before that front clears through in the southeast. but, as we move out of thursday into friday, we see this next frontal system moving in — and, as temperatures fall away th

the heart is saying liverpool. season of "last week tonight" premieres tonight on hbo. and john will be performing with his friend and ours, seth myers, in a residency at the beacon theater in new york through the spring. our thanks to mchale's bar and grill in new york for hosting our conversation and all of those passionate liverpool fans like john. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the extended interview with john oliver. as you can imagine, there are many more laughs in there am you can find our full conversation on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. and next week a new "sunday sitdown" with the emmy winning star of the hit series "abbott elementary," sheryl lee ralph, a long, storied career. next week >>> good sunday morning. it's 6:28. we are in the calm before a stronger storm this average. the fog is starting to fix out just a little bit, but here is that stronger storm being picked up and impressive on the satellite and radar. it's associated with some lines of heavy