imagining erling haaland it next season. it'sj erling haaland it next season.the games anyway. city’s changes the games anyway. city's mar: in for changes the games anyway. city's margin for error _ changes the games anyway. city's margin for error shrinking, - changes the games anyway. city's margin for error shrinking, and if the two sides are even closer by monday, there is the chance that leaders arsenal might be further away. patrick geary, bbc news. all that to come then, and there is action tonight too. all that to come then, and there is action tonight, too. aston villa take on leeds in the one premier league game tonight — kick—off at villa park in just over an hour's time. villa lost at home to league two stevenage in the fa cup in their last home game, but manager unai emery says there have been improvements since he took over. we are doing some things, i think, so quickly and very well, tactically, defensively reorganised, but we have to progress as well, change a little bit our mentality, being so aggressive in ambition. being so aggressive in ambi

erling haaland chalks up another record as manchetser city keep up the pressure score a screamer andsent off. but lawrence shankland helps hearts win the scottish cup edinburgh derby also coming up in the programme. it's a day for the big names to drop out of the australian open with the women's top seed one to fall. too young for last year's winter olympics. but 16 year old snowboarder mia brookes breaks through in the slopestyle world cup hello and welcome to sportsday. hello again. arsenal struck in the 90th minute to beat manchester united. and keep manchester city at arm's length in the premier league. eddie nketiah�*s goal gave the gunners a 3—2 win over the only team that has beaten them so far in the legaue this season. and restores a five point advantage at the top of the table. dancing to the beat of their own trauma. the only pausing the music came against united at old trafford time for track two. united have been steadily rising up the charts, mostly due to the performances of their front man. mostly due to the performances of theirfront man. nine goals in nine games for

may be perhaps a little early to say that, but it's funny when we look at erling haaland, 27 goals inmes for him this season. but we are talking about that lack of the link—up play between he and the rest of his manchester cityside. manchester city are yet to play arsenal home and away in the league, and if they win they cut the gap at the top to just five points. but pep guardiola again starting to feel the pressure, denying that he cares that much really about wet destination this week is going. he's starting to feel that pressure, but i think it's perhaps a little bit early to say that the title is out of sight and city loses. but if they do, the momentum is really going against them and heading all the way up to them and heading all the way up to the mikel arteta's side. the rugby football union has made one of its biggest rule changes in the sport's history — reducing the height allowed for tackles next season to waist—level, in a bid to improve player safety. now importantly, this won't apply to elite level rugby union — it's only for the game below the championship. but the ann

erling haaland scored his fourth manchester city hat—trick to give them a 3—0 win over wolves at thes 25 premier league goals for the season now for the norwegian. that's more than the golden boot winner for the past four seasons. he has 31 in total in city colours and was even given a rest for the last half an hour. leeds united have now gone six games without a win in the premier league after a goalless draw with brentford. jesse marsh's side had the better chances in the game, one of the best going to wilfried gnonto. but he couldn't add to the two he scored against cardiff in the fa cup in midweek. brentford failed to record a single shot on target, but they did move back above liverpool to eighth in the table, while leeds remain in the bottom six. winning an edinburgh derby is prize enough but hearts�* 3—0 win at hibs also provided a place in the scottish cup fifth round as their second winner of their rivals in three weeks. lawrence shankland became the first hearts player to score 20 goals in a season since 1992. but the captain was also sent off in stoppage time after receivi

today, are mistake, can't happen _ arsenal's closest rivals manchester city also won, courtesy of erling haalandhe season, taking his tally to 31 in all competitons as pep guardiola's side beat wolves 3—0 at home. wolves remain fourth from bottom. juventus boss max allegri had urged his team to "do their duty" on the pitch, after they were docked 15 points. after they were docked 15 points, after an investigation into their past transfer dealings. the penalty has moved them from third place down into 10th. it's been a dramatic game so far against atalanta in serie a. ademola lookman had put the visitors ahead after just four minutes, but a penalty from angel di maria and goal from arkadiusz milik put juventus 2—1 ahead at half time. atalanta then went 3—2 ahead, butjuventus have now equalised through danilo. around 15 minutes to go in that game. elsewhere in europe, la liga leaders barcelona beat getafe 1—0, pedri with the goal. real madrid looking to reduce the gap — they are currently 1—0 up at athletic bilbao — karim benzema with the goal. and a crazy game in the german bundesliga where borus

erling haaland socred a hattrick for manchester city for the fourth time to give them a 3—0 win overal. for now, it's 25 premier league goals for the season now for the norwegian — that's more than the golden boot winner for the past four seasons! he has 31 in total in city colours. wolves stay in seventh place. wolves stay in 17th place. leeds haven't won now in six premier league games after they were held to a goalless draw by brentford at elland road. the home side had the bets of the chances but remain in the bottom six. brentford's point takes them back above liverpool into 8th. the australian open is the first grand slam in the open era to lose the top two seeds in both the men's and women's draws before the quarter finals. and it was melbourne's most shock—filled day so far, women's number one and top seed iga swiatek is out. the pole, who won two majors last year, was beaten by last year's wimbledon champion elena rybackkina. the kazakh won 6—4, 6—4 to go through to the quarter—finals, where she'll facejelena 0stapenko. the latvian beat another high—ranking seed, number 7 co

erling haaland represents the modern man city, a hat—trick in the reverse fixture, the premier league'sr, his early bustle rebuffed. marcus rashford is a manchester united's ace. pace, yes, finish, not this time. frustrations were boiling over for everyone in red. this made what followed in the second half even harder to watch. it's jack grealish in the manchester derby. on the field for just three minutes, instant impact. for an hour this was a derby without bite, without controversy. step forward, rashford. namely behind the city defense and off—side. but in leaving the ball and allowing bruno fernandes to score, was he active? the assistants said yes, bemusement ensued. the referee said no. it's a goal. bedlam followed. now, we had a derby. complete with its comeback. nine goals at home in nine games now for rashford, equalling the united record, nine wins in a row for united themselves, it's a result that changes the narrative in manchester that mightjust change the course of their seasons. and maybe even the title. two teams, one city, still very much divided. quite a winning run t

i think erling haaland's erling haaland's in erling haaland's going back in the line he scored the startingon. that's more than chelsea have believe this have scored. we believe this season and in the entire. so he lives up the road from there just watching haaland just watching erling haaland we're all in all we're always up there all in all as i was reading of that parish myself, all about it, you know, he's lost the area . he's he's lost the area. he's unbelievable, isn't he ? yeah. i unbelievable, isn't he? yeah. i mean, it's is unbelievable . if mean, it's is unbelievable. if he gets two more goals today, for example, he got he goes the total. for example, he got he goes the total . but one was enough to win total. but one was enough to win the golden boot the previous two years so he goes to 23 goals. that was enough to win the golden still got, what, golden boot. we still got, what, three months left of three and a half months left of the season is extraordinary. but since lost six three to since united lost six three to city in season, city earlier in the season, they've game the th

have the game just letting erling haaland have the géfourth just letting erling haaland have the géfourthis fourth hat trick of the season reading the tally season i'm reading and the tally of even at this stage of his goals even at this stage more i think it's the more than i think that it's the same amount as the last same the same amount as the last five golden boot winners already you're ready and even of you're ready and not even out of january mean. okay haven't january i mean. okay we haven't had mean, mind that we had i mean, bear in mind that we yeah, we haven't even yeah, we have we haven't even played that, played the number of games that, you we play in january. we you know, we play in january. we had a world this yeah. so had a world this year. yeah. so he because he can go he looks fresh because he can go to the cup that's the to the world cup that's the difference don't believe difference and i don't believe all stuff about well you all this stuff about well you know, they're as know, they're not they're not as good team with him in the side good a team with him in the side

erling haaland doing all he can to chase them down.any single player managed in the entirety of last season, and we're only halfway through. winning an edinburgh derby is prize enough, but hearts�* 3—0 win at hibs earned them a place in the scottish cup fifth round. it's their second win over their rivals in three weeks, and their ninth derby without defeat. lawrence shankland became the first hearts player to score 20 goals in a season since 1992, but the captain was also sent off in stoppage time after receiving his second yellow card. there was real frustration in the women's super league after chelsea's game with liverpool was abandoned after kick—off due to a frozen pitch. it wasn't looking good before the game got under way at kingsmeadow, before lots of players were struggling to keep their footing, and frankly, it was quite dangerous. all this happened within six minutes before the referee abandoned it, with the game being shown live on bbc two. we've reached the last 16 stage of the australian open. novak djokovic is in action

. got me erling haaland.and he starts knocking them again. he won knocking them in again. he won them game last and them the game last night and this is i don't think the this is why i don't think the title is because you title race is over, because you look at now they've reduced the lead. now between themselves and arsenal five points. okay, arsenal to five points. okay, they've so they've got that of extra. so that the time that matters. but by the time they wolves on saturday, they play wolves on saturday, they play wolves on saturday, they be to within two they could be to within two points arsenal. we played points of arsenal. we played manchester on saturday manchester united on saturday at four. 430. that's four. so sunday 430. and that's going to be a test of their mettle. we'll see what else in the summer. yeah yeah. the middle of summer. yeah yeah. oh, him with oh, before you jump him with alex, desperate sport alex, he's desperate to sport because what's on? because i never what's going on? but un

erling haaland.ame the first hearts player to score 20 goals in a season since 1992, but the captain was also sent off in stoppage time after receiving his second yellow card. there was real frustration in the women's super league, after chelsea's game with liverpool was abandoned after kick off due to a frozen pitch. it wasn't looking good before the game got under way at kingsmeadow, before lots of players were struggling to keep their footing, and frankly was quite dangerous. all this happened within six minutes before the referee abandoned it, with the game being shown live on bbc two. we've reached the last 16 stage of the australian open. novak djokovic takes on australia's alex de minaur from around eight o'clock this morning. there was a real story overnight with the women's fourth seed caroline garcia beaten by poland's magda linette — a player ranked 45th in the world. it means linette reaches a grand slam quarterfinal for the first time in her career. england's netballers are now in south

guardiola sent on kevin de bruyne and erling haaland during the second half.ix premier league games but are still unbeaten in both cups. they and their fans will be hoping this surprise success can be a catalyst in their battle to stay in the top flight. nick parrott, bbc news. southampton arejoined, in the semis by nottingham forest, who beat wolves on penalties. the game finished 1—1 after 90 minutes, with forest keeper dean henderson saving joe hodge's spot kick in the shoot out. forest will now face manchester united in the last four. now to tennis and what a chance great britain's jack draper will have to be the headline maker in the first round of the australian open on monday. the draw was made earlier this morning, and the 21—year—old, draper, faces the top seed, rafael nadal, who is the defending champion, but at 36, could be vulnerable if draper, can repeat the form he showed in his overnight victory at the adelaide open. a tough draw for andy murray, who faces the 13th seed matteo berrettini, while emma raducanu, who has been struggling with an ankl

erling haaland scored his 21st goal goal of the season but demarai gray scored a superb equaliser fore new year with a big lead — they're 10 points clear at the top of the premiership, after a comprehensive win over rivals exeter. alex lewington scored the bonus—point—winning fourth try as they won 35—3, their biggest ever victory over exeter. owen farrell providing that magical pass. so sarries head into 2023 top of the league with only one defeat in their opening eleven matches. and a santiago carreras penalty after 80 minutes gave gloucester a thrilling 8—6 victory over london irish. elsewhere bath beat newcastle 24—16. a good start for saracens and ulster fans. he finds for you at eight o'clock. —— headlines. if you've been watching breakfast recently, you'll know all about kevin sinfield and rob burrow. kevin's been taking on incredible fundraising challenges for rob, his friend and former rugby league team—mate who's living with motor neurone disease. well, last month, kevin set off on his most daunting task yet. let's take a look. music. what a legend. pound for the pound, roba

but a city, erling haaland, he was firing blanks last night _ erling haaland, he was firing blanks lastally beaten by riyad mahrez, tapping in there. this continues chelsea's slump — just one win in eight league matches for them, but relief for the city manager, it is normal. they have a lot of absence — it is normal. they have a lot of absence. quality players, injured players — absence. quality players, injured players it— absence. quality players, injured players. it was not easy. but they are chelsea. so we cannot expect to coming _ are chelsea. so we cannot expect to coming here — are chelsea. so we cannot expect to coming here and know the game, especially— coming here and know the game, especially the way we played in the first-half — especially the way we played in the first—half. that wasn't good. a lot to like about our performance against obviously a top opponent. we had courage, we had spirit, the boys gave everything, we had to adjust a couple of times early in the game. the boys did that really well. but overall, the positives are there. i like the team, the crowd reacted

and maybe that's the fact that erling haaland has in scored an incredible amount of goals early on cityhe last five seasons winning the premier league and maybe they just thought we can probably win this premier league and a bit of a canter and you can't do that. you know, the premier is you know, the premier league is a tough place to go. a very tough place to go. anybody beat on any anybody can beat anybody on any given but i thought given day. but i thought his interview afterwards was quite scathing the had scathing on the players had a little bit of it at the fans as well and said, look, you know, well and said, look, you know, we need to up our game we all need to up our game massively if we want to improve. i mean, you've played under some of managers. you know of the best managers. you know you've sven—goran eriksson, kevin keegan , stuart pearce, kevin keegan, stuart pearce, terry venables, when you were at leeds, a man city, i mean, who did you find to be the most inspirational manager? and what was it about them that made them so inspiring . but bizarrely, so inspiring. but b

some people feel this season's addition of erling haaland, master goalscorer, has disrupted the rhythmnion, leicester tigers fans, there is life after the coach left. they won 44—29 at clermont. this was in the champions cup and it maintained their 100% when record in the competition. james cronin sealing the win with a try in the 78th minute to send them into the last 16, and this was the moment that mattered. they are putting their premiership troubles behind them, leicester, moving on in europe and finally getting used to life without their previous coach. judd trump might hope he is losing the semifinal to stuart bingham later today in the snow clad because he says it is only a —— when he's up against it that he manages to relax. here he is looking calm. he says he was a bag of nerves until going behind when he found his form and hawkins wobbles in the final frame. trump clinched his place in the last four. in contrast, life is a breeze for bingham as he thrashed shaun murphy 6—0. trump, bingham, and a semifinal is live on bbc two tonight at 7pm. before that, the other semifinal, t

also running with arsenal's when so no other sport about for goodness sake but listen what about erling haalandg wolves three nil paul coyte is here well you know before we just avoid the whole thing we just told the spurs supporter arsenal did spurs supporter arsenal did spurs over last weekend . they spurs over last weekend. they stole against man united yesterday , but i think we would yesterday, but i think we would both say when you look at the table , they may be a surprise table, they may be a surprise being there, but they deserve to being there, but they deserve to be there. top of the table, right. this is going to stick in my throat as i have got this out, they absolutely deserve to be there. they're the best side. and oh, this tricky to and oh, god, this so tricky to be to talk about. it's be on to talk about. but it's true arsenal the best side in the league at the moment and they fantastic you look they fantastic football you look at and for me at mikel arteta and for me i look at him and i think god i hate this guy you know he's he's a trouble he gets yellow a trouble and he gets

and with erling and even city with with erling haaland who play midweek haaland who didn't play midweek oh yeah. back in for that game. oh yeah. they you stole my they still think you stole my unhed they still think you stole my united just united favourite. only just unjustly. mean unjustly. i mean. i mean city haven't won so you nice having won that fixture against won that home fixture against city 16 i mean can city since 16 i mean you can look that mean it's arsenal look at that i mean it's arsenal this favourites this weekend also favourites against they against tottenham but they have what away tottenham what they won away to tottenham and at white hart and that would be at white hart lane, new lane, wembley and the new new white lane since 20 in white hart lane once since 20 in 16 visits. those things white hart lane once since 20 in 16 visitwhich hose things white hart lane once since 20 in 16 visitwhich you things white hart lane once since 20 in 16 visitwhich you remember matter which you remember all this at dinner on each this stuff at dinner on each gamble he's like it's l

bruyne and also they kevin de bruyne and also they bnngin kevin de bruyne and also they bring in erling haalandscoring goals, when to keep scoring goals, he didn't goals, although he didn't yesterday manage yesterday so couldn't manage yesterday so couldn't manage yesterday result yesterday so fantastic result for nottingham for southampton nottingham forest hi. hello forest beat wolves. hi. hello i hope wolverhampton didn't was like oh no wolverhampton. they're going to announcing after the carabao cup that went to penalties. so the semi final newcastle southampton , newcastle against southampton, manchester united against nottingham and no sign of swindon town . oh which swindon town. oh which manchester united will win. mulvey. newcastle will. mulvey. i think newcastle will. oh i have a feeling about newcastle right. first in newcastle right. first time in the league finals since 76. the league cup finals since 76. talking about winning world cup win a messy yes back on the pitch for the first time since qatar yet fantastic and first time since qatar there were play a major playing for psg i

erling haaland, who's their star, of the guys didn't go star, one of the guys didn't go there and theremember that video that went social media of him went out on social media of him sitting on the lawnmower and then with cardboard cut—outs of his and just looking his team—mate and just looking a bit i know, bit glum and like, yeah, i know, i well, actually get into i know. well, actually get into it him. he's got it trying to style him. he's got 21 goals in 16 premier league games. if scores two more, which could it could could happen tomorrow, it could happen old happen today even at old trafford. i mean, that's that's the goals that the same number goals that was enough golden boot in enough to win the golden boot in the two years he's a the last two years he's a machine he is a machine. yeah exactly. but they're not not firing not firing. firing the team is not firing. there's little bit of there's a little bit of complacency in. complacency creeping in. pep guardiola that's what guardiola says that's what happens sometimes when you win four in four premier league titles in five kin

as for city, they have goal machine erling haaland, close but not quite close enough.were bang on tareet. ., , ., , target. tommy has to be careful. this is nathan _ target. tommy has to be careful. this is nathan ake! _ target. tommy has to be careful. this is nathan ake! nathan - target. tommy has to be careful. this is nathan ake! nathan ake l target. tommy has to be careful. | this is nathan ake! nathan ake is meant to be a defender, but he showed the poise of a seasoned striker, as city seize the initiative. arsenal, though, were farfrom done. moments later eddie and cursio came within moments of an equaliser but city were not to be denied as they held on for victory. you realise how good a side they are, but, yeah, did not expect the approach from them. it was difficult to build up. but, yes, we beta team at the top of the league. so to build up. but, yes, we beta team at the top of the league.— at the top of the league. so while they might _ at the top of the league. so while they might still _ at the top of the league. so while they might still be _ at the top