not so good for brentford, who slipped to their fifth consecutive league defeat. you forget how difficult it is to win matches in this league. the second halves and the latter part of the second half always worry you a bit because you seem to lose a lot of the football that has got you _ in the lead and suddenly the opposing team look to be creating chances every time the attack. we earned our luck a little bit towards the end, they came very close to getting at least one more goal. but throughout the game, i am really happy with the way the team both defended and attacked. wolves stormed to an impressive 3—0 win over everton, meaning they end the year in 11th position, just three points off an european place. the hosts goals came from skipper max kilman, matheus cunha and craig dawson. everton looked off the pace, it's now three straight defeats and leaves them just one point above the relegation zone. gary 0'neil, meanwhile, is thrilled with his team. i thought they were really fit and really strong today with our third game in six days. we look like the team th

there's another game in west london this evening, as brentford host wolves.n over chelsea on christmas eve. brentford are really struggling in the league at the moment. henry moeran is at the game. a clash between two sides in the mid—table in the premier league, but for brentford, they are rather going under the radar in the wrong direction. they lost five out of the last six including their last three and now lieutenant in 18th place are just four points behind them. a ten day break most welcome for thomas frank as he battles to get players out of the treatment room and onto the pitch. then we need to find a way of bolstering that squad in january. they are playing against a wolves site whose home form has been excellent. way from home, though, just one clean sheet from 24. that could prove decisive in this game here in west london. that is henry moeran. so, here are those three games. keep up to date with all the goals as it unfolds across bbc sport online and on bbc radio 5 live sport this evening. the matches coming thick and fast over this christmas per

we spok to brentford and nigeria star frank onyeka, we spok to brentford and nigeria star frank onyeka you're likely to be a bit upset they'll be leaving your club for an entire month to play for the african cup of nations. it doesn't help african players. but does this put european clubs off from signing african players? clubs off from signing african rla ers? ~ w, . players? we will not sell sadeo, mo, _ players? we will not sell sadeo, mo, or— players? we will not sell sadeo, mo, or ali - players? we will not sell i sadeo, mo, or ali because players? we will not sell - sadeo, mo, or ali because they sadeo, mo, orali because they have a tournament in february. but if you have to make a decision to bring in a player, it's a massive one. i decision to bring in a player, it's a massive one.— it's a massive one. i know a lot of coaches _ it's a massive one. i know a lot of coaches that - it's a massive one. i know a lot of coaches that refuse . it's a massive one. i know a| lot of coaches that refuse to sign — lot of coaches that refuse to sign african players because of this _ sign afri

in celebrating his winning goal, watkins — who used to play for brentford — focussed in on a home fanhim. afterwards, watkins said it was never intended to disrespect the rest of the supporters. he had been onto me all game, saying personal stuff. so, i thought it happens once, it's fine. but two, three, four times, kept going onto me, i thought, "i'm going to get him back" so, it was aimed at him, not anyone else at the stadium. you know, i have a lot of respect for the club, the people here, the owner, everyone, the manager, and that's what i said to him after when i was walking off. mohammed kudus scored twice to help west ham to a 3—0 victory over wolves at the london stadium. the ghanaian striker putting the hammers firmly in control at the break. jarrod bowen made the points safe in the 74th minute with his tenth premier league goal of the season. the players are doing a brilliantjob, you know? we've got a cup quarterfinal to look forward to, we've got europe to look — come in march. at the moment, we are in a good position in the premier league, so we want to keep it going. and

not so good for brentford, who slipped to their fifth consecutive league defeat.e we won again and you forget how difficult it is to _ again and you forget how difficult it is to win— again and you forget how difficult it is to win matches in this league. the second — it is to win matches in this league. the second half and the latter part of the _ the second half and the latter part of the second half always worry you are a _ of the second half always worry you are a bit— of the second half always worry you are a bit because you seem to lose a lot of— are a bit because you seem to lose a lot of the _ are a bit because you seem to lose a lot of the football that has got you in the _ lot of the football that has got you in the lead and suddenly the opposing team look to be creating chances _ opposing team look to be creating chances every time the attack. we earned _ chances every time the attack. we earned our— chances every time the attack. we earned our luck a little bit towards the end. _ earned our luck a little bit towards the end, they came very close to get

and brentford they were down to brentford were one nil down to brentford and through with and then cameh a win. it was interesting thing. did you see the thing that happened watkins happened with ollie watkins yesterday the yesterday this is after the after so scores the after the goal. so he scores the winner 85th and he's winner 85th minute and he's getting because he used getting berated because he used to play at brentford. non to play at brentford. now non stop. there's guy behind the stop. there's a guy behind the goal just giving and goal that's just giving him and you all the time. and you you see it all the time. and you think you give it think oh will you give it a rest. because was great at rest. because he was great at brentford. anyway he scores brentford. so anyway he scores the winning goal and then goes straight giving straight up and starts giving it all to this fan. whereas all this to this fan. whereas a lot of brentford fans, you know, oh this is disrespectful because you played for us and you know he played for us and it's terrible he did that. it's terrible that he

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after back to back defeats, brentford are winning against after a 3—1 victory over luton.move into the top ten with the win. ben mee and shandon baptiste with their other goals. luton remain just outside the relegation zone. they play arsenal next followed by manchester city. we look forward to these games and we will try to make it difficult for the opposition and try and be very brave, and we want to win the games, whilst obviously recognising how good the opposition are. so we look forward to them, we need to recover and be better than we were today. so we will work hard and the players will work hard. they have done that so far this season when we have had any bump in the road. we will recover, and we look forward to tuesday. very impressive, with the amount of injuries we had. players stepping in. impressive, good and onto the next. everton have beaten nottingham forest. they began the day right at that bottom but their ten point deduction for that financial rule breaking gave them a major headache. this is a huge relief. just one place from safety now, forest on 15th

villa's boubacar kamara was sent off in injury time, brentford's ben mee had also received a red in theclubs have until friday to respond. villa won the game to— one and sit third in the league. liverpool and west ham go head to head at anfield in a few hours' time for a place in the semi finals of the league cup. the hammers are afterjust a second victory at anfield in 60 years. liverpool forward darwin nunez and his form is in the spotlight. the £61; million striker hasn't scored in ten games, but the coaching staff still have faith. i feel, above everything, ifeel, above everything, darwin is playing a much better game than last year. the way he controls everything but the way he puts pressure and chases back. this guy is full of fire, and that's what we need, as well. and that's all the sport for now. you'll notice it was exclusively football, but hugh ferris will be here on sportsday with lots more on that. we heard earlier about moves towards a new pause in the fighting in gaza. for now though, the violence continues and there's renewed focus on the situation in hospitals. health

for brentford, it's lift them into seventh. for brentford, its two changes.t night — will be on this evening's match of the day, which starts at 10.1i0pm later on bbc one, the iplayer, and bbc sport website. newcastle will be without their goalkeeper nick pope for a bulk of the rest of the season. he needs shoulder surgery and is expected to be out for four months after he dislocated it their win over manchester united on saturday. martin dubravka will step in again at everton tomorrow. i think he's been in the best form he's been in since he's been at the foot cult dutch at the football club. he's naturally down because at this stage of the season, where we have so many games, huge games coming out, he's got the euros ahead of him as well which he was trying to be involved in. but i think his main determination is to come back for us. you never know what situation we will be in at that stage of the season, so it could be a lot worse, but obviously we are thinking of him in that situation, because it was another strange injury for us, there was no reason for

have been let down _ as one or two no, we have been let down today — after back to back defeats, brentforday with the opener for brentford who move into the top ten with the win. ben mee and shandon baptiste with their other goals. luton remain just outside the relegation zone. they play arsenal next followed by manchester city. we look forward to these games and we will try to make it difficult for the opposition and try and be very brave and if we want to win the games. whilst obviously recognising how good the opposition are. so we look forward to them, we need to recover and be better than we were today. so we worked hard and the players will work hard. they have done that so far this season when we have had any bump on the road. we will recover, and we look forward to tuesday. will recover, and we look forward to tuesda . , , , , tuesday. very impressive, with the amount of injuries _ tuesday. very impressive, with the amount of injuries we _ tuesday. very impressive, with the amount of injuries we had. - tuesday. very impressive, with the amount of injuries we had. players| amount of

brentford had gone a goal up, but crystal palacejust brentford had gone a goal up, but crystal palaceust scored in their match at home against sheffield united, who are in the bottom three, aston villa their second on the table currently, they are hosting another one of those teams in the relegation places, goalless laird between them and bernie, and you can of course follow all the action on the bbc swaps site. in nottingham forest, they claimed a big win over manchester united in their last match under their new boss, nuno espirito santo. it was their first win under their new boss and united manager erik ten hag says his side need to be wary of facing a team who will be full of confidence. facing a team who will be full of confidence-— confidence. with them you see reaction when _ confidence. with them you see reaction when a _ confidence. with them you see reaction when a new— confidence. with them you see reaction when a new managerl confidence. with them you see l reaction when a new manager is coming in, you see the spirit. we have to be ready for that. and it is always about t

villa came from 2—1 down to win a bad tempered game at brentford.agers were booked. in celebrating his winning goal, watkins, who used to play for brentford, focussed in on a home fan, who'd been abusing him. afterwards — watkins said it was never intended to disrespect the rest of the supporters. he had been on to me all game, saying personal stuff, so, ithought if it happens once, it's fine, but two, three, four times, kept going on to me, i thought i'm going to get him back, so it was aimed at him, not anyone else in the stadium. i have a lot of respect for the club, the people here, the owner, everyone from the manager. sometimes the players react as well from some _ sometimes the players react as well from some of the criticisms they receive — from some of the criticisms they receive from their supporters. we are human — receive from their supporters. we are human. at the end of the day, we have to _ are human. at the end of the day, we have to focus — are human. at the end of the day, we have to focus to being on the team and try— have to focu

they have only got brentford and then arsenal as premier league games go for the majority of january, games go for the majority ofjanuary, giving the portuguese manager an opportunity to really bed himself in here. liverpool take on west ham for a place in the league cup semi—finals later... both sides are in form in the league, and despite the hammers looking for just their second victory at anfield in 60 years... the home side know they won't have it all their way later on. be more aggressive than we were before, big compliment to the coach. he's done a good job. the aggressive as well. they feel good in games, they go higher and with more aggression. we will need to be spot on. we will need to be respected and put our game into place and try and push them back. last night there were wins for fulham, middlesbrough and chelsea. the latter and the metropolitan police are investigating an incident at stamford bridge last night. when a fan confronted newcastle goalkeeper martin dubravka. chelsea had mikhailo mudryk to thank who scored a late equaliser for them, to take the game to penal

crystal palace, one win since the end of september... agianst brentford... six defeats from seven. the table perching perilously above the relegatoin zone... and roy hodgson is a palace boss under pressure. after the games, i find after the games, ifind it hard after the games, i find it hard to really accept too much criticisms for the team's performance, on the other hand i'm talking to people who has to be from the result, the results have been poor. so until we can get some better results, i will have to accept that, but i think, as ijust said, i will be more concerned if the team is playing badly. mps have recommended a new criminal offence is created to try and avoid the scenes witnessed before the euro 2020 final at wembley, when there was violence outside the stadium before fans then tried to get in without tickets. the culture media and sport committee's inquiry into spectator safety issues suggests an offence of unauthorised entry to a match should be punished on conviction by a football banning order. the committee also looked at the problems liverpool fans encountered o

he will take you from the top and a half—time at the south coast, brentford going ahead and breakfrom coast, brentford going ahead and break from the penalty spot before pascal grossi equalised for the hosts. bournemouth taking a 1—0 lead into the break. marcos annecy with the on the goal of the game at palace. phelan, meanwhile, 2—0 up at home tonight and for us. the segment those beautiful goalfor home tonight and for us. the segment those beautiful goal for him and as. liverpool 1—0 up. in the later kick—offs, the two of them at the bottom of your screen, around 15 minutes on the clock at villa park, and it is 0—0 between the champions and it is 0—0 between the champions and aston villa, while over at old trafford, bruno fernandes put 0—0. meanwhile, newcastle with be without their goalkeeper for the rest of the season. he needs shoulder surgery and is expected to be after four months after he dislocated it in there whenever manchester united on saturday. manager eddie howe said there is still a chance he could return in time to play a part for england in the european championship

brentford are up to tenth at the expense of luton town who they beat 3—1.ff against everton, who are currently bottom of the table after burnley�*s win. the late, late kick off is at newcastle versus manchester united, with both sides looking to close in on the top four. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the uk snooker championship in york — 30 years since his first there. he'll play eitherjudd trump or ding junhui for a record extending eighth uk title. it might not have been so straightforward in the semis, though, when o'sullivan's opponent — hossein vafaei nearly pulled the score back to 4—3, but he missed an easy black. o'sullivan then showed why he's the world number one, bringing the last red into play, to go on to take that frame, and he eventually clinched the match 6 frames to 2. if you played like he did in the previous matches, he would probably have beaten me today. he let me off the hook a few times i didn't put as much pressure on me and i managed to put a few balls and make a couple of decent breaks will stop but he wasn't far awa

he got his first win since taking the helm again this week with victory over brentford.atee scored the only goal of the game, with a superbly taken goal in first—half stoppage time. wilder's side hung on for the win, which lifts them level on points with burnley, but still bottom of the table, and just their second victory of the season. small steps. we've obviously got a week to work. not getting carried away, but so many times, especially for this football club this season, where we have had poor days. this is one to be celebrated, like we will do. then we move on to chelsea. during the game, i felt we lacked that bit of quality. on the ball, in the final actions, and we didn't produce the same magic moment that maybe we needed on a day like this. so that meant we lost the game. can't complain about the effort from the players. i think they did everything to stay in the game. at molineux, it finished 1—1 between wolves and nottingham forest. matheus cunha cancelled out harry toffolo's opener. a draw stops the rot for under—fire forest boss steve cooper. his side had en

wolves winning 4—1 away at brentford. first half, hwang hee chan scoring two for the visitors. at stamford bridge, chelsea have taken the lead over crystal palace. michael olise cancelled out mykhailo mudryk�*s opener. but chelsea just taking the lead from the penalty spot. and manchester city are trailing 1—0 at goodison park. jack harrison has everton ahead. they have just come out and kicked off in the second half in that one. follow it all live on the bbc sport website. the matches coming thick and fast over this christmas period. a couple more on thursday, with two sides meeting each other absolutely ravished by injuries — brighton and tottenham, with both their managers confirming earlier more problems with their respective squads. tottenham manager ange postecoglou has revealed that vice—captain and defender cristian romero will be out for up to five weeks with a hamstring problem. it means spurs now have eight injuries in the squad as well as a number of suspensions, but potsecoglou insists it doesn't hasten his r

elsewhere, aston villa came back to beat brentford 2—1 in a fiery encounter, which saw each side reducedto win 3—0 at home to wolves. an update to bring you on the luton town captain tom lockyer now. the defender collapsed in their game at bournemouth on saturday, suffering a cardiac arrest. the club confirmed he was responsive when taken off the field. the club released a statement on social media, saying that he �*remains in hospital�* and that they �*understand that supporters are concerned for him and that there is widespread media interest in his condition.�* they added that lockyer is still undergoing tests and scans, and is awaiting the results before the next steps for his recovery are determined. in italy, third placed ac milan beat monza 3—0 in the early game in serie a. fiorentina won 1—0 against verona. and it finished 2—2 between udinese and sassuolo. bologna are up to fourth after their 2—nil victory over roma. lazio are in action against inter milan. it�*s 0—0 after half an hour played there. nathan lyon has become just the 8th bowler to take 500 test wickets, with the spi

brentford >> brighton. brentford >> you >> oh, i go with brentford. you going with brentford?y. no, it's not brighton. >> brighton. no, it's >> it's out. brighton. no, it's brighton. >> it's brighton. brighton. >> crystaljhton. bournemouth, >> crystal palace, bournemouth, fulham forest. sheffield united, liverpool. how about this one? so 100. so far at so aston villa 100. so far at villa park. city drawn three villa park. man city drawn three on the bounce. do aston villa beat man city tonight? >> . >> no. >> no. >> emery is a good manager. really good manager. >> with city. >> i'm going with man city. >> i'm going with man city. >> with man city >> are you going with man city with the angry viking, the away win. going with the away win. and haaland. it's hard. and erling haaland. it's hard. >> draw. >> it's hard draw. >> it's hard draw. >> it's hard to vote against them. >> yeah, yeah. manchester united. which united. chelsea. which is the huge for tonight. huge game for you tonight. >> well, three points. >> well, that's three points. >> well, that's three points. >> oh, dea

brentford are up to tenth at the expense of luton town who they beat at 3—1 at home...ne a goal up. both sides are looking to close in on the top four of the table. snooker and ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the final of the uk championship in york — 30 years since his first final there. he beat iran's hussein vafaei 6—2 in the semi's but it might not have been as straightforward — if the iranian hadn't missed an easy black — that would've pulled the score back to 4—3. but 0'sullivan then showed why he's the world number one, bringing the last red into play, to go on and take that frame and eventually clinch the match. he'll play eitherfellow englishmanjudd trump or china's ding junhui in sunday's final. judd trump is currently three frames to chew up although thing is ahead in that frame. much more on the website, but that is it from me for now. paul adams is here now. benjamin netanyahu spoke about his reasons for resuming the war in gaza, we didn't really learn anything new though, did we? hat didn't really learn anything new though, did we?— though, did we? not rea

sheffield united, the league's bottom side, are home to brentford. wolves play nottingham forest.anchester city who are fourth — with a win over bournemouth at old trafford. we've had our setbacks, especially at the start of the season a lot of things were against us, injuries, decisions and sometimes are just as a team we had to deal with that. you see the character of the team will be far back and we are in better form and the performances are increasing as a team and as individuals. he might be 38 years old — but cristiano ronaldo seems to show no sign of slowing down. ronaldo's made it 1200 professsional appearances on friday, and celebrated with a goal for his saudi club, al—nassr, as they won again. the five—time ballon d'or winner thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark, but added that he was "not done yet". games in the bundesliga today, but how about this to set the standard? the perfect volley from gonsalo pasiensia in the last minute for bochum on friday night. it was however only a consolation, his side losing 3—1 to hoffenheim. plenty of intriguing ma

brentford trailing 3—1 to wolves, the first three goals came injust three minutes.cored their second from the subsequent kick—off. yoanne wissa pulled one back for the hosts, before hwang added a third for wolves. at stamford bridge, chelsea host crystal palace, who are on a seven—game winless run. ican i canjust i can just see that it looks like crystal palace have just equalised there. that game is 1—1 at that moment. hosts were ahead thanks to mykhailo mudryk. and manchester city can close the gap on leaders liverpool with a result at everton. city are eight points behind, but do have two games in hand. that one has just kicked off in the last couple of minutes. it is goalless so far. the matches coming thick and fast over this christmas period. a couple more on thursday, with two sides meeting each other absolutely ravished by injuries — brighton and tottenham, with both their managers confirming earlier more problems with their respective squads. tottenham manager ange postecoglou has revealed that vice—captain and defender cristian romero will be out for up to

so there are the fixtures — in the third match, brentford could jump above wolves into 12th on the tablee scottish premiership later. there should have been five, but ross county's trip to second—place rangers has been postponed, with snow, heavy rain and strong winds stopping them from making thatjourney. and motherwell�*s trip to aberdeen is also off due to the travel disruption. those other three are still scheduled to go ahead as things stand. to cricket now, and australia captain pat cummins took three wickets to shift momentum away from pakistan on day two of the second test in melbourne. pakistan were 124—1 before cummins took his first wicket, abdullah shafique caught and bowled by the aussie skipper — a couple of overs later, he dismissed babar azam. pakistan ended day two on a disappointing 194—6, given how they started the day. they trail by 124 runs. elsewhere, south africa closed day two on 256—5 in response to india's first innings total of 245, in their first test in centurion. 0pener dean elgar going really well in this, his farewell series — 140 not out to push south afr

but if they fail to win, aston villa could go top instead if they beat brentford.games on the bbc sport website now. the champions manchester city are putting the league behind them for now, though. they've landed injeddah after their 2—2 draw with crystal palace on saturday, to participate in the fifa club world cup for the first time. they face urawa red diamonds from japan in the semi—finals on tuesday. to scotland now, where today aberdeen face rangers at hampden park for the chance to win the scottish league cup. aberdeen have had their struggles this season, whilst rangers are on a run of nine wins from twelve under their new manager. everybody feels in this dressing room, if they stick together and work hard, that they get the rewards. but it is one game of football, so we are going to go hard to win this trophy. we massively respect rangers, they are a huge _ we massively respect rangers, they are a huge football club with some great _ are a huge football club with some great players. but we don't fear them _ great players. but we don't fear them we — great

crystal palace eased the pressure on their manager roy hodgson with a 3—1win over brentford, and chelseaith football — goalkeeper hugo lloris is to leave tottenham for los angeles fc after more than 11 years at spurs. lloris, who skippered france to victory in the 2018 world cup, made a47 appearances for tottenham and served as club captain but hasn't played since last season. he'll be on the pitch at half time in tomorrow's game against bournemouth so supporters can show their appreciation. rangers have contacted the scottish fa about an incident in their 2—1 defeat to celtic to ask why no penalty was awarded, despite a clear hand ball by celtic s alastair johnston. celtic�*s win puts them eight points clear of their rivals, who have two games in hand. elsewhere, lawrence shankland scored for the fifth game in a row to help rescue a point for hearts against ross county, and st mirren picked up a rare away win at an unhappy pittodrie as they beat aberdeen 3—0. to tennis now and the united cup where alexander zverev and angelique kerber have led germany to victory over italy. after a stro

if they fail to win, aston villa could go top themselves if they beat brentford.s become the eighth bowler to take 500 test wickets, with the spinner helping australia to a win over pakistan in the opening test in perth. pakistan were bowled out forjust 89, giving australia a 361 victory. the tourists have been waiting since 1995 to win a test in the country stopped their next is the boxing day test in melbourne. the detroit lions are close to a first appearance in the nfl play—offs since 2016 after a 42-17 the nfl play—offs since 2016 after a 112—17 victory over the denver broncos. their quarterback got through for five touchdowns, three of which went to the rookie. another went to the acrobatic player. you can head to our website for the previews of the football and the latest scores. that is your sport for now. (pres)here in the uk after years of denials, here in the uk after years of denials, the former conservative peer, baroness mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit made from personal protective equipment, tha

wolves are away at brentford.ow where he'd hoped to be. we wa nted we wanted to be on the top, even if no one believed but of course, we see ourselves in a position that we are fighting for different things. yes, we are chelsea because of our history and everything and they managed to be on the top but at the moment, being realistic, we need to increase in the way that we compete if we want to win more games. anti—discrimination charity kick it out say anyone found guilty of racially abusing luton town's carlton morris must face "the strongest possible consequences". the luton striker complained about a comment made by the home crowd late on in the premier league match against sheffield united at bramall lane. luton boss rob edwards confirmed after his side's 3—2 win that the matter has been reported to the police. to cricket now and australia captain pat cummins took three wickets to shift momentum away from pakistan on day two of the second test in melbourne. pakistan were 124 for1 before cummins took his first

sheffield united a goal up against brentford. and it is 1—1 between wolves and nottingham forest.senal. earlier, liverpool jumped above arsenal to go top of the league, after beating crystal palace 2—1. once again they didn't make things easy for themselves, falling behind to a jean—philippe mateta penalty after the frenchman had been fouled. but liverpool have gained the most points from losing positions in the premier league this season. that stands at 18 points now, after mo salah levelled with his 200th goal for liverpool in all competitions. palace had jordan ayew sent off shortly before that. substitute harvey elliott struck the winner in the 91st minute. liverpool bossjurgen klopp was full of praise for salah and his achievement. a very special number for a very special player. and, yeah, really pleased for him that's off the shoulder. these kind of things, we are all human beings and when you are close to something, the mindset changes for a little bit at least. so, this goal is vital for us today, super important. he is always a threat and that's why he has these numbers.

defeat at wolves on christmas eve, when they host struggling crystal palace, and wolves are away at brentfordr on. to cricket now, and australia captain pat cummins took three wickets to shift momentum away from pakistan on day two of the second test in melbourne. pakistan were 124 for1 before cummins took his first wicket, abdullah shafique caught and bowled by the aussie skipper. a couple of overs later, he dismissed babar azam. pakistan ended day two of their second test with australia on a disappointing 194 for 6, given how they started the day. they trail by 124 runs. staying with test cricket, south africa are currently 49 for 1 in response to india's first innings total of 245 in their first test in centurion. mohammed siraj taking the only wicket so far as aiden markram was caught behind for 5. you can stay up to date with that one on the bbc sport website. bangladesh have beaten new zealand by five wickets in their first t20 in napier. litton das' unbeaten 42 giving the visitors a 1—0 series lead with eight balls remaining. the second game takes place on friday. and finally, the detr

crystal palace eased the pressure on their manager roy hodgson with a 3—1win over brentford, and chelseaed the scottish fa about an incident in their 2—1 defeat to celtic to ask why no penalty was awarded, despite a clear hand ball by celtic�*s alastair johnston. celtic�*s win puts them eight points clear of their rivals, who have two games in hand. elsewhere, lawrence shankland scored for the fifth game in a row to help rescue a point for hearts against ross county, and st mirren picked up a rare away win at an unhappy pittodrie as they beat aberdeen 3—0. in italy, juventus and roma are playing in the late fixture. after 35 minutes, it's still 0—0. juventus are second in serie a, roma sit in sixth place. a win forjuve will bring them to within a point of leaders inter. to tennis now and the united cup where alexander zverev and angelique kerber have led germany to victory over italy on the first day's play. after a strong singles win over lorenzo sonego, zverev teamed with kerber to win the deciding mixed doubles rubber in straight sets. this was kerber�*s first time back on court after

they're a point ahead of aston villa, who came back to beat brentford 2—1 in a fiery encounter, whichham bounced back to win convincingly at home to wolves. and we're not long from kick—off between liverpool and manchester united. so, the players have arrived at anfield as attention switches to rivals liverpool against manchester united. scott mctominay captains the visitors, while liverpool make nine changes to the side that lost in the europa league midweek to union saint—gilloise. two teams in totally different places — liverpool top of the table coming into the day. the manager wants to play down the occasion. if you take it all out of consideration and we just play a football game against the rival, the historical rival of liverpool fc at home at anfield, that in itself must make it a special game. that is what i want to see from us, a special game. really understand the situation and give your all, that is all i need. when i go to any game i have a strong belief that i am going to win. i will prepare the team in that way. that we are going to win. why? because it is based on our

so brentford reset, took kick off, assessed options.ht. rangers—ross county and aberdeen—motherwell were both postponed due to travel disruption caused by storm gerrit. 0ne game that did go ahead was the edinburgh derby, where lawrence shankland snatched a dramatic winner for hearts against hibernian in stoppage time. there was also a win for kilmarnock at st mirren, while it finished goalless between livingston and stjohnstone. 16—year—old luke littler has done it again at the world darts championship, he's through to the last 16 after a third victory. littler saw off canada's matt campbell by four sets to one at alexandra palace to become the youngest player to reach this stage of the tournament. he'll be back for his fourth round match on friday. just happy to get over the line. when matt pinged a 120 to go 3—1, i was thinking to myself, really got to go off stage and relax myself and i was just thinking, three more legs and i can get at that stage. off that stage. 0bviously when i won my first game and my second game, i wasjust, i'v

so there are the fixtures — in the third match, brentford could jump above wolves into i2th on the tablen charity kick it out say anyone found guilty of racially abusing luton town's carlton morris must face "the strongest possible consequences." the striker reported a comment made by the home crowd late on in the premier league match against sheffield united at bramall lane. luton boss rob edwards confirmed after his side's 3—2 win that the matter has been reported to the police. three games going ahead in the scottish premiership later. you'll see here there should have been five but ross county's trip to second place rangers has been postponed, with snow, heavy rain and strong winds stopping them from making that journey. motherwell—aberdeen also off due to the travel disruption. those other three are still scheduled to go ahead as things stand. to cricket now and australia captain pat cummins took three wickets to shift momentum away from pakistan on day two of the second test in melbourne. pakistan were 124 fori before cummins took his first wicket, abdullah shafique caught and bowl

brentford are up to tenth at the expense of luton town who they beat at 3—1 at home.lose in on the top four. there have been chances, there will be goals in this game. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the uk snooker championship in york — 30 years since his first there. he'll play eitherjudd trump or ding junhui for a record—extending eighth uk title. his semi—final win against hussein vafaei might not have been so straightforward — if the iranian hadn't missed an easy black — that would've pulled the score back to 4—3, but o'sullivan then showed why he's the world number one, bringing the last red into play, to go on and take that frame and eventually clinch the match 6—2. if he played like he did in the other previous matches, he would probably have beat me today. but he missed a few balls and let me off the hook a few times and didn't put so much pressure on me. i managed to pot a few balls and make a couple of decent breaks. if he had played like he had in the previous matches, i think he would have won. judd trump is leadin: think he would have won. j

crystal palace won 3—1 against brentford. manchester city beat sheffield united 2—0.ir lead at the top of the scottish premiership to eight points after beating rivals rangers 2—1. paulo bernardo and kyogo furuhashi scored for the hosts. rangers captain james tavernier converted a brilliant free kick in response. however, they also had leon balogun sent off. for all the other results from the scottish premiership, you can go to bbc sport website. to tennis now and the united cup where alexander zverev and angelique kerber have led germany to victory over italy on the first day's play. after a strong singles win over lorenzo sonego, zverev teamed with kerber to win the deciding mixed doubles rubber in straight sets. this was kerber�*s first time back on court after giving birth to a little girl in february. i had no idea howi i had no idea how i would feel after so long, but it is very good. there are a few things missing, but playing two matches in a day, i think after so long, i don't know how i will feel tomorrow. i think this is more the question! but for now, ifee

brentford are on a three—game losing run and they host bulls defender nathan collins back in their startingalace who were on a seven—game winless run. five changes to his chelsea site have been made. and wolves on christmas eve lost. they can close the gap on the leaders liverpool with the result at everton city eight points behind but do have two games in hand after they were away winning the club broke up for christmas for their fifth trophy of the calendar year. boss pep guardiola will not be resting up anytime soon. the most difficult is arrive to play this tournament. once we are here we have to perform well and, yeah, really pleased. i had the feeling that we closed a chapter. we won already all the titles, some of them in a row. so there is nothing else to win. i had the feeling that the job is done, it is over, and tried to buy another book and start writing again. because the book, the last eight years it is over. the matches are coming thick and fast over the festive period. a few more on thursday with the two sites meeting each other absolutely ravaged by injuries. break and tott

returning manager chris wilder, maybe they will this time get some fruits from their labours, as brentfording down. he made it 1,200 professsional appearances, on friday, and celebrated with a goalfor his saudi club, al nasser, as they won again. he thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark, but added that he was "not done yet". there is the trademark celebration copied all over the world. now how about this for the cleanest of volleys from goncalo paciencia — in the 90th minute, as well — for his side bochum against hoffenheim in the bundesliga on friday. plucks it out of the air with that right boot. u nfortu nately it was merely a consolation, as his side lost 3—i... plenty of intriguing fixtures taking place across europe. in the bundesliga, borrusia dortmund host rb leipzig, while in italy's serie a, inter welcome udinese, looking to regain top spot following juventus's, victory over napoli last night. in the dutch league, ajax will hope to continue their resurgence when they host sparta rotterdam, looking for a fourth—straight win. and that's all the sport for now. as

crystal palace where the team to come from a goal down against brentford and they now lead to — one.them. this is against sheffield united in the relegation places. and wolves look to be in control against everton who are just outside the relegation places, safe by one point at the moment, they have just scored at the moment, they have just scored a second goal there, that when you can follow all the live football on the bbc sport website and the app. earlier, chelsea saw off a late charge from luton town to hold on and win 3—2. chelsea were 3—0 up, but two luton goals in the last 10 minutes made for an interesting end. mauricio pochettino's side held on to the three points, they stay 10th, while luton remain in the bottom three. i think it still was a good chelsea performance. ifeel like i think it still was a good chelsea performance. i feel like credit needs to be given to them, to be fair. they make it difficult with a lot of direct play and yes, we defended very well for 70 minutes, but came in a bit unstuck in the last 20, but three points going into the new year, i'm not compl

police say they'll speak to aston villa and brentford about events surrounding the celebrations of 0lliefan verbally abused him throughout the game. and sunderland have announced michael beale as the club's new head coach. the former rangers and qpr manager takes over from tony mowbray, and will be at the helm for sunderland's home game with coventry this weekend. there's plenty of football action over the next few days, including the league cup quarter—finals this week. last season's beaten finalists, newcastle united, are at chelsea tomorrow night. eddie howe's side had a morale—boosting win over the weekend — 3—0 against fulham after three defeats in a row. they did pick up a couple more injuries tojoelinton and fabien schar, and though they are doubts for the game, sven botman should be available after coming off the bench on saturday — his first appearance in three months the two drawers we had previously to this one was probably is difficult as we could get. but i think the beauty of the two games we've had is we've proved that we can raise our game against the top teams in a cup c

and both brentford and aston villa have been charged by the fa after the behaviour of the two teams duringed a scuffle between the players. england's phil salt says his second t20 century in a row came after what he called a confusing morning, as every indian premier league team decided not to bid for him in the auction for the 2024 tournament. salt expected to be picked up — he played in the ipl this year, and as last night showed, he's in good form. but he also admitted he let the rejection inspire him to help provide what was a record—breaking win for his country, as england levelled their series with west indies. joe wilson was watching. powerful, precise, incessant — yes, it's phil salt again. there were many contributions to england's record t 20 innings, but salt�*s 119 is england's highest individual score. he hit ten sixes on his own — ten. total 267, 26 more than england had ever scored before. phil salt was unsold at the ipl auction, overlooked. well, look at him now. west indies in reply aimed at to hit everything that direction. beneath thatis everything that direction. beneat

brentford are up to tenth at the expense of luton town who they beat at 3—1 at home.nthony gordon with the goal, and both of those sides looking to close in on the top floor of the table. —— top four. snooker and ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the uk championship in york — 30 years since his first final there. he beat iran's hussein vafaei 6—2 in the semi's but it might not have been as straightforward — if the iranian hadn't missed an easy black that would've pulled the score back to 4—3. but o'sullivan then showed why he's the world number one, bringing the last red into play, to go on and take that frame and eventually clinch the match. he'll play either fellow englishmanjudd trump or china's ding junhui in sunday's final. judd trump is currently three frames to two up although ding is ahead in that frame. trump leading 3—2. much more on the website, but that is it from me for 110w. parts of europe also been hit by heavy snow. germany, austria, the czech republic and the uk have all been affected. our reporter nicky schiller has more on this. southern