liverpool might not yet be willing to a cce pt liverpool might not yet be willing to accept their coming crown but they rivals have conceded it. it would take something dramatic to stop the title race becoming liverpool's lap of honour. conor mcnamara is covering the game for match of the day later — he sent us this preview from the ground. it's already been a very good festive period for liverpool. their lead at the top of the premier league has only strengthened and now people are beginning to turn their attentions towards whether or not the team can go on to become premier league and principles. you have to go back to the 3rd ofjanuary 2019 for the last time liverpool were beaten in a premier league game so as long as they don't lose to sheffield united tonight, they will com plete sheffield united tonight, they will complete a full 12 months unbeaten in the top flight. you've got to go back 50 games here at anfield since the last time liverpool were beaten in the league at home. watch out. every clu b in the league at home. watch out. every club has complained about the difficult fix

liverpool boss jurgen liverpool bossjurgen klopp liverpool boss jurgen klopp felt the leaguei liverpoolopp felt the league 1 side does everything they got from the game, and his team seem second best at times. we lost the ball in the wrong moments, that is how it is, they had the counterattacks. but then a big presence at, down 2—0 after half—time, it just presence at, down 2—0 after half—time, itjust did not look on the pitch like 2—0, it looked like we we re the pitch like 2—0, it looked like we were to— one are down 01’ something like this. difficult to explain immediately after the game, but well deserved, congratulations to shrewsbury, that was at a minimum what they deserved today. —— it looks like we were 2—1 down or something. —— it looked like we were 2—1 down or something. both manchester united and city enjoyed comfortable wins in the fa cup fourth round today. united gave league one tranmere a 6—0 hammering at prenton park. six different players on the scoresheet for united, as they put their poor league form to one side in relentless fashion. craig templeton reports. tranme

number 15 is liverpool. well, that we have it.we will get a graphic coming up so we can run through some of those big ties. looking at some of them that came out there. you are drawn towards the bottom firstly with chelsea versus liverpool. the top three teams all drawn at home, you're welcome! chelsea against liverpool is a huge game, chelsea are rampant at the moment. liverpool have an upturn in form so they will prove to be a tough test for chelsea, i think. when you look at arsenal with such pedigree in the competition, drawn against lewes, it seemed that do lots for the women's game stock that is a great tie and the opportunity to play against some of the best players in the country, if not the world. great chance for them. and also ipswich, lowest ranked team in there, playing against manchester city. thank you both are very much for your help. full details on the bbc website coming up very shortly, you can keep updated there. these ties will take place on the 16th of february. remember, keep updated across the bbc and also

liverpool's relentless march towards the premier league title continues. top seed tumbles. dominic thiem overpowers rafa nadal as the austrian makes the semi—final. and the world indoor athletics becomes the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus. hello and welcome along to sportsday. it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup. but pep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semifinal against neighbours manchester united, a 1—0 defeat on the night. but they progressed 3—2 on aggregate. patrick gearey has the details. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what has been obvious for several years that city have stepped aside and flee ahead of united. they are now fully out of ridge but the promised evidence fonseca reaches extensive. he denies surgery required to keep the tie alive. turban times at united. the chief executive had his house vandalized last night. but ahead of the gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3-2 gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3—2 on and get, it became breakf

adrian in the liverpool goal open up to the early efforts.ith some of the more established players taking a break, juergen klopp turned to his squad, a champions league when i showing no matter who was on the pitch liverpool would still be a threat. and that continued into the second half when a moment of brilliance won the game. curtis jones, a teenagerfrom liverpool, with a goal he won't forget in a hurry. some way to open your account, too. it was enough for victory. and hopefully enough to catch his manager's i. beyond the bench, getting a bit of a taste, and then on the bench again. —— dean on then on the bench again. —— dean on the bench. having time to have been begging to basically come on. i'd tried to go out there and show them am capable of doing it. over the i have top it off with a good performance and a great goal. while their eyes remain on the present at enfield, the future is looking bright, too. here's more reaction to that win for liverpool from their manager jurgen klopp, who was delighted with the performance of his young

liverpool's relentless march towards their first league title in 30 years continues.eat manchester united 2—0 at anfield, making it 21 wins out of 22 this season. victory moves jurgen klopp‘s side 16 points clear of manchester city in second, and they have a game in hand. joe lynskey reports. around anfield, there's one team most of all they would wish to beat along the way. manchester united drew with them in october, it's liverpool's one league blemish on their season, such are their standards, they wanted dropped points avenged. virgil van dijk gave them the perfect start, a leap above the defence that reflected how these teams are poised right now. united's patched up team barely given a chance, only var stopped the first half from becoming a walkover. roberto firmino hit a brilliant strike but had to wait for the results. var eventually ruled the goalkeeper was fouled. not long later, the home side had another ruled out, wijnaldum just straying offside. united somehow stayed in touch but weren't laying a glove, only the fingertips of their goalkeeper stopped live

leicester city are 16 points behind liverpool.on that would be the gap between first and fifth, but it is the gap between the top two as it stands. an interesting fixture for leicester city today. back in october leicester city beat southampton 9—0. in the leicester club shop they sell that match in full on dvd. the saints despite that humiliation kept faith with their manager ralph hassenhutl, and today, look at the turnaround. they've beaten leicester 2—1. and this result is yet more good news for liverpool, their closest title rivals beaten at home. beaten for just the second time beaten forjust the second time this season. leicester had taken the lead but southampton pegged them back through stuart armstrong and in the second half there was then var contention when leicester thought they had a penalty, but the decision was overruled because of offside. that would have possibly put them 2-1 that would have possibly put them 2—1 up. one of those excruciatingly close offside calls we've seen a lot this season since var was introd

the liverpool goal more than upped those early efforts.blished players taking a break, klopp turned to his squad. it so that no matter who was on the pitch, liverpool would still be a threat. a moment of brilliance won the game in the second half. jones! what a goal! curtis jones from liverpool, you could describe this as men against boys, and the boys are in front! a moment curtisjones won't forget in a hurry. it was enough of a victory and hopefully enough to catch the eye of klopp. to get a bit of a taste, going back to the bench, and in the end i was begging to come back on. then ijust tried to go out there and show what i could do. i feel that was a great goal. was their eyes remain on the presence at anfield, the future is looking bright as well. elsewhere in the fa cupjose mourinho admitted his tottenham side were in trouble against middlesborough earlier, before coming from behind to get a replay. whilst sheffield united knocked out the last remaining non—league side afc fylde — though it was much closer than they'd have liked. rou

liverpool managerjurgen klopp set the stage.formances from the kids. it was incredible game decided by a sensational goal from a scouser, i couldn't want more. ijust did it and then i tried to go out there and show them what i was capable of doing and hopefully i can top it off with the performance and it was a great goal. and the praise didn't stop there. former liverpool captain stephen gerard showing his admiration. current player andy robertson getting involved. and how about this, club legend sir kenny dalglish as well. with liverpool fighting for trophies and all fronts, maybe this might be the last time we hear the name... jones, comes to goal! let's talk to alan shearer who was at anfield yesterday. and alan that goal aside, everton play their strongest side and cant beat liverpool's kids. the first half, everton were very good, they should have scored two or three goals, they didn't, missed the chance, and we said at half—time they might regret that in the second half, that turned out to be the case. liverpool absolutel

liverpool are now 16 points clear and have a game in hand.amic work by the artist grayson perry to make contact. the response led to hundreds of long lost pieces being identified — 80 of which have been assembled at the holburne museum in bath for a special exhibition. the turner prize—winning artist, who describes himself as a "transvestite potter" gave our arts editor, will gompertz, a guided tour of his formative work. it must be quite moving to come and look at your past works. that's true, when i came in here i sort of drew breath because suddenly i was confronted by all these works i hadn't seen, many of them, for decades and decades. since i sold them. and yet i'm looking at the young me, and as i'm now post—therapy, i'm looking at him with compassion. you know, i was very angry and at the mercy of the internal winds of my emotional weather, let's say. and people thought in this early work that it was deliberately ironically bad, but no, i was genuinely inept! in this exhibition, it is literally the first plate that i made in evening c

liverpool in search of a landmark. last league defeat, could they make it a year unbeaten in the top flight? well, the answer was soon clear enough, as sheffield united stumbled, and mo salah struck. perfect start for liverpool. barely three minutes gone, and already business as usual. and it would have been more if not for dean henderson's rocket reflexes. salah brilliantly denied to keep the visitors within touching distance at the break. after it, though, liverpool continue to dominate. salah once again agonisingly close. how on earth did that stay out? but eventually, almost inevitably, they found a way. a perfect illustration of their pace and poise, rounded off, at the second time of asking, by sadio mane. liverpool now with a 13 point lead at the top, and three decades after their last league title, you suspect this just might be their year. andy swiss, bbc news. that's all from me, now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with me, rachel schofield. tv star ricki lake

liverpool's relentless march towards their first league title in 30 years continues.manchester united 1—0 at anfield, making it 20 wins as they beat manchester united 2—0 at anfield, making it 20 wins out of 21 this season. victory moves jurgen klopp‘s side 16 points clear of manchester city in second, and they have a game in hand. joe lynskey reports: around and healed, there is one team most of all they would wish to be along the way. —— around anfield. manchester united drew of them in october, it is liverpool's one blemish on their season, they wanted to drop points revenge. their virgil van dijk gave them at the perfect start, a leap above the defence that fell at how these teams are poised right now. only var to stop the first chance from becoming a walkover. roberto them hit a brilliant strike but had to wait for the results. var eventually ruled the results. var eventually ruled the goalkeeper was filed. not long later, the home side had another ruled out, just straying offside. united stay in touch about when laying a glove, only at the fingertips of the goal

liverpool legends like kenny dalgish and ian rush attended the unveiling.made of it. he would get embarrassed. he would be embarrassed and say, "i don't deserve that," but that's the man he was. and he did deserve that because he's done every position in liverpool football, from reserve team manager to assistant manager to manager. he's done everything. he was that person who knew everything about liverpool football club. that's all from sportsday. coming up next, it's the papers. but from the team here, it's goodbye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political writer and academic maya goodfellow and the deputy political editor of the daily mail, john stevens. welcome to both of you. many of those front pages are already in. and you will detect a theme. the telegraph's cover — like many — is devoted to 11pm tomorrow night — when the uk leaves the eu. so is the sun's front page. they say the "nation's course will change forever — for the better." the guardian calls our exit the "bigge

liverpool can extend their advantage once again tomorrow.have done with hanging on for that win today. watford, though, their fortune looks to be changing. they have got a good run of form, they have had a fantastic christmas. adam wild, thank you very much indeed. we are going to stay with the football. there was a huge game in the championship, leeds are still top of the table on goal difference from west bromwich albion after a 1—1 draw at the hawthornes. and it was a bittersweet afternoon for west brom's semi ajayi, he scored both goals. he gave the baggies the lead in the second minute of the match after some head—tennis in the leeds box, the ball just crossing the line. and it was ajayi's own—goal after the break that saw leeds come away with a point, he unwittingly deflected patrick bamford's header past his own keeper. leeds stay top then, and both sides are nine points clear of brentford and nottingham forest, who are third and fourth. millwall are into the playoffs after beating bottom club luton. they were actually a goal down at

but that late roberto firmino strikes wanted for liverpool.ey've won by a one goal margin, one of the many qualities that marks them out as champions. we scored a wonderful goal with a lot of good position and a lot of good things but the set up from the wolves is really good. different to what everyone is doing in european football. to win you have to stay in the game and you need somebody who makes a perfect decision and in this case it was roberto firmino. staying in england, watford are out of the fa cup after losing at 3rd tier side tranmere rovers. last season's runners—up lost 2—1 — with paul mullin scoring tranmere's winner in extra—time. they're now at home to manchester united in the 11th round on sunday. in spain, it's also been a night of shocks in the last 32 of the copa del rey with atletico madrid knocked out by third tier leonesa. the winnerfrom sergio benito came in extra time after it finished 1—1 at the end of 90 minutes. two other third tier teams progressed against top flight sides though, as mirandes accounted for celta v

if liverpool win, they will be 19 points clear at the top.relegation zone on goal difference alone. anything david moyes difference alone. anything david m oyes ca n difference alone. anything david moyes ca n ta ke difference alone. anything david moyes can take from this game could be the difference for them moyes can take from this game could be thi relegated 5 for them moyes can take from this game could be thi relegated or)r them moyes can take from this game could be thi relegated or staying up. the being relegated or staying up. the clu b being relegated or staying up. the club released a financial report earlier on this week, they say it is a necessity they stay in the top flight. a necessity they stay in the top flight. some because for hammers fans, they have and are stacked joined the club on loan, with the addition to make that may pay event from a slab via prag in the summer. formula 1 says it's "monitoring" the effects this of the coronavirus outbreak in china ahead of the country's grand prix in april. it's not the only sportnig

off his to do list he's the 2nd man from senegal to win the prize following his idol the former liverpool player. that's all for. africa with christina bone but i'm coming back shortly with more of. the. climate change. from the suit. you still. want to use today the future. for the city the making it. clear tour. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore the major world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 getting up now. the 1st. this is day to me is africa coming up in minutes 15 minutes after it has the best football as. the senegalese national soccer career began in africa today is also one of the games the best places in the world the for . a father and daughter reunited mozambique after more than 3 decades this is the legacy of a political agreement that saved. the families after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along nice africa's football off the year. the 27 year old was named african player off the year at the castle ward ceremony in egypt on tuesday. runner up for

the liverpool goal more than up those early efforts.he more established players took a place. klopp turned to his squad. the report showed that they would always bea report showed that they would always be a threats, with a moment of brilliance that won the game. jones! what ego! —— what a goal. curtis jones from liverpool, you could describe this as men against boys, and the boys are in front. a moment curtis jones won't forget in and the boys are in front. a moment curtisjones won't forget in a hurry. it was enough of a victory and hopefully enough to catch the eye of klopp. to get a bit of a taste, going back to the bench, and in the end i am begging to come on. then ijust tried to go out there and show what i could do. that was a great goal. was at their eyes remain at the present and argued, the future is looking bright as well. tottenham had a tricky afternoon against middlesbrough — jose mourinho's side will need a replay to progress after a 1—1 draw. premier league side, crystal palace, have been knocked out of the competition b

glitzy awards ceremony in egypt man a sort of competition from last year's winner most salar his liverpool team mates and manchester city's riyad marez who's out jiri a side beat senegal in the cup of nations final. if the others had won this award they'd have deserved it of course i just want to congratulate them because they're very good players they've had a great season especially marez winning the africa cup of nations which is really a dream for me i hope to win this trophy myself one day. at least with this award manet can see one achievement office to do list he's the 2nd man from senegal to win the prize following his idol the former liverpool player. that's already done the news of next africa with christine but i'm going to be back shortly with more. in the. climate change. is from the supremes. it's nice to people. to use today the future.

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and who can stop liverpool? no—one, it seems — they go 19 points clear in the english premier league, after victory over strugglers west ham. hello, and welcome to the programme. let's start with that stunning upset in the men's quarter finals at the australian open. the top seed rafa nadal is out — beaten by dominic thiem, in four sets. the austrian reaching a first semifinal in melbourne and gaining revenge somewhat for defeat to nadal, in last year's french open final. nadal‘s chase for that record—equalling 20th grand slam goes on — as austin halewood reports. it's been 11 years since raphel found a dull one here. traditionally a clay—court player, never beaten rafa nadal before that right from the off, something seemed different. he was being out played an unusually, outgunned. we might see a few more shots in this match which are as good as that but none better, surely. dominic thiem the first to set in the tie—break and the onslaught continued. thiem's game one point and the dial rattle. time violation di

glitzy awards ceremony in egypt man a sort of competition from last year's winner most sila his liverpool team mates and manchester city's riyad maurice who's out serious side beat senegal in the cup of nations final. the others had won this award they did deserve this of course i just want to congratulate them because they're very good players they've had a great season especially marez winning the africa cup of nations which is really a dream for me i hope to win this trophy myself one day. at least with this award money can see one achievement off his to do list he's the 2nd man from senegal to win the prize following his idol the former liverpool player. well this is the w.'s and these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump says that no americans or iraqis were hurt in iranian missile attacks on 2 military bases in iraq strong says that the u.s. will impose new sanctions but he has not announced a new military response say ron strikes were in retaliation for the u.s. killing of general hossam so i'm on. a ukrainian airliner has crashed shortly after takeoff from iran's capita

and in sport, liverpool beat everton at anfield.e've that and the rest of the day's third round fa cup action. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he will not lament the death of the top iranian general killed by a us missile strike. but he called for a de—escalation of the situaion on all sides. it comes after iraqi mps passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country in the wake of the us airstrike in baghdad. there are 5,000 american troops in iraq at the moment and the us is sending 3,000 more to the region. nato says it will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow. in iran, huge crowds have turned out to mourn general soleimani's death. the country has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. tens of thousands of iranians are mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. the chants are familiar, including "death to america",

they are currently third in the table and trailing liverpool bya in the table and trailing liverpoolt they do have a chance to eat into that lead with liverpool playing tomorrow, they face everton here. it is a trickier prospect than it would have been a few weeks ago, because everton a re been a few weeks ago, because everton are revitalised under their new manager. they are now tent at the table, they have won at their last two, they have a chance to make it three from three here, semi—difficult prospect for pep guardiola. he was asked ahead of this game at his side needed to do to try and really liverpool and this is what he had to say. work harder, play better. and pray. we can only do what we can do, there are things we cannot control. so we have a fantastic team, and liverpool have a fantastic team, and liverpool have done well so far, and other issues we can control, we can control. everybody is fit, we can do it. what other matches can we look forward to today? it is a very busy schedule, nine games taking place today. one of the other games that catches the eye is down in lo

he was that person who knew everything about liverpool football club.e live from cardiff ahead of the six nations. sarah mulkerrins and guests will preview the tournament and i'll have the best of the aussie open, transfer deadline day and the super bowl. that's 6.30 tomorrow evening. from me and the team — hope to see you then. goodbye. hello. temperatures have been on the up hello. temperatures have been on the up again today but that change comes with a lot of cloud, low cloud from the mist and fog in places, damp drizzly weather is a view from the sussex coast earlier today. he brought up certainly so much milder airfrom a long ways brought up certainly so much milder air from a long ways south of the uk and that stays with us the next couple of days, so the much warmer colours coming in across the uk. this represents the feel of the weather and does not indicate will be huge amount of sunshine, certainly not the case now all the way through the weekend. some sunnier moments and it is a very windy evening out there, still a chance to sync gusts in e

i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then, but liverpool was a port townf contraband gets exchanged, and one of them at that point was great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people that were coming back from america were bringing back these records. some were pop records, some were called race records because they were by black artists. ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ >> the level of influence that american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ all my love, all my kisses, you don't know what you've been missing, oh, boy ♪ ♪ when you're with me, oh, boy >> so i would listen to buddy holly and gene vincent and jerry lee lewis, fats domino, all the great rock 'n rollers. ♪ on blueberry hill >> it was like a new language for us. >> the power of the jukebox, there's nothing quite like it. ♪ my dream came true >> the beatles took a bunch of those strains, the everly brothers from the '50s was a big influence for them with the harmonies.

this is more good news for liverpool.allengers, beaten at home for the second time this season. leicester had taken the lead but southampton pegged them back through stuart armstrong and in the second half there was then var contention when leicester thought they had a penalty, but the decision was overruled because of offside, one of those excruciatingly close offside calls we‘ve seen since var was introduced. it then got even worse for the home side. danny ings scored for southampton to make it 2—1 that was with ten minutes to go. the nine goals from october were played on the big screens inside the stadium before the kick—off. this result completes the revival for the manager. we saw a fantastic game today from both sides. although we had not such a good start with a big chance from danny ings, then we got the first goal. we could fill in every second of the game we could win, and it was perhaps a fantastic performance, perhaps the best performance, perhaps the best performance in away games this season. performance in

suddenly liverpool were hanging on. there are unbeaten run looked in real threat.team that always finds a way to roberto firing liverpool to another victory and a 16 point lead. the wolves gave them a scare but the title is surelyjust a scare but the title is surelyjust a matter of time. well, while liverpool were in action it's been an even better night for another merseyside club. tranmere rovers have set up a home match with manchester united in the fourth round of the fa cup after beating premier league side watford 2—1 tonight in their rearranged replay. the initial match at prenton park was postponed last week because of the awful state of the pitch. but it was an aerial battle that helped the league one side take the lead in the first half. watford rested most of their big name players and made 11 changes from their last league match, but did find a second half equaliser through kaylen hinds. that took the match to extra time, but there tranmere stole it. paul mullin sending them into round four with this header — and they don't have much time to celebrate.

glitzy awards ceremony in egypt man a sort of competition from last year's winner most salar his liverpool team mates and the manchester city's riyad maurice whose algeria side beat senegal in the cup of nations final. the others had won this award they did deserve this of course i just want to congratulate them because they're very good players they've had a great season especially marez winning the africa cup of nations which is really a dream for me i hope to win this trophy myself one day. at least with this award money can see one achievement of his to do list he's the 2nd man from senegal to win the prize following his idol the former liverpool player el-haddad youth. ok city devon is false commentator brisson money under program city for more on this khaybar is a 1st questions 1st do you think this was the right decision. yes absolutely christine absolutely i think money deserves to be the king of going for the ball for 21000 but going to the east of the sticks sure he was the best of the 3 finalists and that is matters of. his team it mohamed salah of egypt speaking about mohamed s

the liverpool forward beat team—mate mohamed salah and manchester city's riyad mahrez to the award. reds to win the champions league last season and scored 30 goals in all competitions. he has 15 so far this season with liverpool 13 points clear at the top of the premier league table. real madrid will take on valencia in saudi arabia on wednesday as a revamped version of the spanish super cup gets underway. zinedine zidane will be without karim benzema and gareth bale for the match injeddah while barcelona take on atletico madrid on thursday. previously the super cup featured the league winners against the cup winners. the new format features both copa del rey finalists and the remaining highest ranked teams in la liga that have not already qualified through the cup final. but, asjuan castro of spanish newspaper marca explains, there's still not total agreement. the fans are not happy because they want to watch the super cup in spain. i mean, it is a spanish competition so they want to watch it in spain. right now, the polemic is not so big, so high but, still, i mean, people do not

now on bbc news, sport today. as you may have seen, liverpool unbeaten in the premier league.today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool's unbeaten run in the premier league stretches into a second year. the atp cup is underway in australia, but does tennis need another team tournament? and is it the cursed tour? england's opening batsmen rory burns may think so after an injury playing football ends his series against south africa. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that it's now a year since liverpool were beaten in the premier league. the last team to get a win against them were the champions manchester city, but they look like they'll be handing their title over to them at the end of the season. jurgen klopp's side stretched their lead at the top back to 13 points with a 2—0 win over sheffield united. mohamad salah put them on their way after just four minutes, while his strike partner sadio mane doubled the advantage in the second half.

liverpool are another step closer to the premier league title.heffield united at anfield this evening. it could have been more. their lead is back to 13 points ahead of leicester with a game in hand. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. liverpool in search of a landmark, some 364 days after their last league defeat, could they make it a year unbeaten in the top—flight? the a nswer year unbeaten in the top—flight? the answer was $0011 clear year unbeaten in the top—flight? the answer was soon clear enough as to fill united stumbled and mohammed salah struck. barely three minutes and already business as usual. it would have been more if not for dean henderson's rocket with mozart denied the visitors in touching distance at the break. afterward, liverpool dominated with salah again close with how did that stay out? but they found a way. a perfect illustration of their pace and poise rented off at the second time of asking by saudi money. —— saudi audio money. at the top and three decades after their last title you suspect this might just deca

give the title to liverpool now, thatis give the title to liverpool now, that is what i say. growing closer, the distance to everyone else has stretched gap to crevice to chasm. the holes in tottenham's defence weren't that wide but roberto firmino found one just enough to thread the ball between defender, keeper and post in a 1—0 win in north london. so should we just hand jurgen klopp the trophy now? what i know about football is if someone gives you the trophy, it is done, but until then you have to fight as much as you can and that's what we do and the start, as we always said, is the basis. the start is obviously nearly perfect so far, but it's only the start and we have to continue and we will continue because our contenders are so strong. but blow by blow, they are getting weaker. take second place leicester, they put nine past southampton the last time they met and now it was southampton's number nine turning the tables. commentator: danny ings doesn't miss these days and as soon as he was sent through, you fancied him to score. the foxes might have to look over their

liverpool's unbeaten run in the premier league stretches into a second year. the atp cup is underway in australia, but does tennis need another team tournament? and is it the cursed tour? england's opening batsmen rory burns may think so after an injury playing football ends his series against south africa. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that it's now a year since liverpool were beaten in the premier league. the last team to get a win against them were the champions manchester city, but they look like they'll be handing their title over to them at the end of the season. jurgen klopp‘s side stretched their lead at the top back to 13 points with a 2—0 win over sheffield united. mohamad salah put them on their way after just four minutes, while his strike partner sadio mane doubled the advantage in the second half. it leaves the reds on course for a first league title since 1990. after the game, the liverpool manager spoke to the bbc‘s conor mcnamara. juergen, mcnamara. congratulations, a year unbeaten juergen,

liverpool women the big winners of the day, thrashing championship side blackburn 8—1. thrashing, they beat women's national league team barnsley 5—0. and arsenal got the better of west ham, winning 2—0. find out the results from all the other games on the bbc sport website. there's been a big surprise in the scottish premiership, with bottom club hearts beating rangers 2—1 at tynecastle. second—placed rangers were looking to close the gap on leaders celtic to just two points, and took the lead just after the break through ryan kent. but the home side equalised through steven naismith before debutant liam boyce snatched the winner with just seven minutes to go. the game between st mirren and aberdeen finished goalless. over to the australian open now, where 15—year—old coco gauff‘s fairytale run at the tournament is over. ashleigh barty, though, is still carrying the hopes of the home crowd, while roger federer and novak djokovic are both into the last eight. john watson is in melbourne. roger federer is into another australian open quarterfinal, not the most straightfo

a liverpool win will send them 16 points clear at the top.emarkable finish. it finished 31—31. glasgow started the strongest at scotstoun with scottish internationals tommy seymour and hquones scoring. the premiership leaders capitalised on glasgow's ill—discpline to take a 22—17 lead whilst the warriors were shorthanded. glasgow twice levelled the match to create a tense finale. exeter almost won it when former glasgow fullback stuart hogg launched a long range penalty with the clock dead only to see it hit the crossbar. glasgow's qualification prospects look all but over. saracens boosted their chances of reaching the quarterfinals, beating ospreys 22—15 in swansea. they had to do it the hard way too after welsh prop rhys carre was sent off afterjust five minutes for a high, shoulder led tackle. with a further man in the sin bin, dan evans, the victim of that tackle, then scored a try either side of half—time, as the ospreys made the most of their numerical advantage. alex lewington‘s try restored sarries' lead and 17 points from 19—year—ol

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in the end liverpool had adrian to thank for keeping them in it and shrewsbury will be relishing theirhe sport for now. already those in the sporting world have begun paying tribute to kobe brya nt have begun paying tribute to kobe bryant who was among five people who have been confirmed as dying in a helicopter crash in california at 10am local time. nba hall of fame star dennis rodman has tweeted to... and the football club ac milan, you can see this on the screen... reflecting there that there were four other people on board that aircraft which came down, we understand the conditions in that pa rt understand the conditions in that part of california were foggy. let's speak to ade adepitan, the travel show presenter and former basketball player and paralympian. thank you for joining player and paralympian. thank you forjoining us to reflect on the life and achievements of kobe bryant. this will send incredible shock waves through the sport?” bryant. this will send incredible shock waves through the sport? i am just devastated, i echo the words of ac milan, my thoughts go to his famil

there is more on the liverpool totte n ha m there is more on the liverpool tottenham build—up on the's all from sportsday. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the the political writer & academic, maya goodfellow and political commentator and former tory adviser, jo—anne nadler. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. as always we have stopped them and expect them up to give you a flavour. the queen has been treated ‘shoddily‘ by the duke and duchess of sussex — that's according to a poll carried out by the daily mail. the mirror says the queen is fighting to end the harry and meghan crisis. a similar photo on the sun — it says her majesty looked grim—faced during a drive at sandringham earlier today. the express says she's ready to offer her grandson a deal that would let him continue to receive royal funding. meghan is pictured on the front of the times with one of her close friends — it says that palace aides deny that the sussexes are being driven out of the royal family. presente

liverpool has never got his team beyond the third round of the fa cup. it, and upset is always a possibility. they knew they would a lwa ys possibility. they knew they would always be against it even before curtis jones but the always be against it even before curtisjones but the premier league leaders ahead. butjust 20 seconds into the second half, the optimism in the shropshire hour vanished. donald love causing plenty of heartbreak as he turned the ball into his own net. a more experienced liverpool side would honourably have seen this out. it's19—year—old yes of the rootsy making just his second appearance gave shrewsbury a chance. and substitute jason cummings took it. that restored the home side's believe, and just ten minutes later, they were level. cummings again, to givejoe they were level. cummings again, to give joe and cop they were level. cummings again, to givejoe and cop a massive headache. the last thing the little manager wa nted the last thing the little manager wanted was a replay in a congested fixture list. he threw on roberto fema a

yes, i am in liverpool read, of course! at least iam wearing liverpool read, of course! got us in the papers, wouldn't it? they can't lose from there, can they? stranger things happened. i am not going to say anything at all. important weekend in the premier league. manchester city and leicester both dropped points but liverpool — at anfield looked like a side on the verge of something special. they are 16 points clear at the top after a 2—0 win against manchester united. goals from virgil van dijk and mo salah made sure liverpool have now beaten every side in the division this season. they've still only dropped two points in the whole campaign, winning 21 of 22 matches. saracens are through to the last eight of the european champions cup, just a day after it was confirmed that they will be relegated from the premiership at the end of the season for breaching salary cap rules. england need four more wickets today to beat south africa in the third test and take a 2—1 lead in the series. joe root was england's unlikely bowling hero yesterday — taking four wickets. and arse

liverpool grew their advantage because second placed leicester surprisingly lost.o, they beat 9—0. despite taking the lead, stuart armstrong and danny ings restored some pride for the saints. brendan rodgers' side could drop to third if manchester city avoid defeat at aston villa on sunday. chelsea, everton and manchester united all won today, too. wolves and newcastle played out a 1—1 draw, as did crystal palace and arsenal. inter milan are on course to extend their lead at the top of serie a. they're currently i—i up against atalanta. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his first goal for ac milan since rejoining the club. he said it made him feel alive as he grabbed the second in a 2—0 win at cagliari. it was milan's first since december. it'll be novak against nadal in the final of the atp cup as djokovic's serbia face rafa's spain. serbia saw off russia whilst nadal won the second singles rubber as they ended australia's run at their home tournament. serena williams is warming up nicely for the australian open in just over a week too. she's into the final of the aucklan

as they take part in the first hustings of the contest, answering questions from party members in liverpool. businesses warn of price rises, after the chancellor, sajid javid, said there would be no alignment with eu regulations after brexit. heavy rain and thunderstorms douse fires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas. british scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china is far greater than official figures suggest. a crack—down on booze—fuelled holidays as spain's balearic islands ban pub crawls and happy hours in three popular resorts. in sport, simply the bess. england's spinner takes five south african wickets as england dominate in port elizabeth. and will big ben bung for brexit. join the brexitcast team for brexit gossip and serious analysis from westminster and brussels. that's in half an hour. good afternoon. the five mps who want to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader, have been taking questions from party members in liverpool. the candidates called for unity within the party despite jostling for position over a nu

en la prÓxima fecha el manchas tan llena este para nada mÁs y nada menos que al liverpool.marcador pasarÍa de hÉroe a villano. luego de que nos locales empataran con el gol serÍa expulsado por una dura infracciÓn que fue revisada en el vr. se llevaron o punto que nos deja en la 10 posiciÓn. vuelve al cantÓn recibió a newcastle. >>y en la nfl los hackers han tenido 700 voluntarios para paliar la nieve para poder llegar al partido. >> nos despedimos con imÁgenes de innovaciones presentadas durante la feria del teclado yo por ejemplo este robot que te lleva hasta donde usted se encuentre de papel higiÉnico. todo se hace a travÉs de una aplicaciÓn móvil. >> bajada los presentador: bienvenido a la liga mx. a que estamos instalados en el estadio leÓn donde en un rato mÁs estará rodando la pelota, leÓn frente a querÉtaro.

as they take part in the first hustings of the contest, answering questions from party members in liverpool. police demand an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base, close to where teenager harry dunn was killed, after two more incidents involving a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. heavy rain and thunderstorms dampen bushfires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas. british scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china, is far greater than official figures suggest. a crackdown on alcohol—fuelled holidays in majorca and ibiza, as pub crawls and happy hours are banned in 3 popular resorts. british business groups have warned the chancellor, there'll be higherfood prices and jobs might be affected, if britain diverges from eu regulations after brexit. the warning comes after sajid javid's comments in today's financial times newspaper, where he's also insisted that firms must adjust to new regulations and that not all businesses will benefit from brexit. in the article, he says... the food and drink federation

league1 liverpool 16 points clear at the top of the premier league. fa cup. next up it's manchester united in the fourth round. i'll be back with more on all those stories after 9:30am. the president of the european commission has signed boris johnson's brexit withdrawal agreement, a week to the day the uk is due to leave the eu. ursula von der leyen and the european council president, charles michel, put pen to paper to the deal signalling the uk's departure. the european parliament is expected to approve the bill on wednesday. an nhs trust being investigated for at least seven preventable baby deaths was paid a bonus of £1.5 million for claiming it provided good maternity care. east kent hospitals nhs trust said it had met all required safety standards to receive the money. this week it was subject to an unannounced inspection by the care quality commission. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. shelley russell lost her daughter following a maternity error. her baby was stillborn after a midwife failed to act on a suspicious hea

only the fingertips of their goalkeeper stopped liverpool this time. with the best chance of this match, the united striker mist the target. as the game ticked away, finally the home side finished thejob. this away, finally the home side finished the job. this game away, finally the home side finished thejob. this game means more than just boys, proper liverpool, it is starting to inevitable. they are now i6 starting to inevitable. they are now 16 points clear and closing in on the title —— but for liverpool. saracen say they will learn from their mistakes and look to rebuild trust after accepting their relegation from the premiership at the end of the season for breaking salary cap read —— make them qualify for the quarterfinals of the heineken champions cup. they scored an early try, but a player had to come up with a suspected broken forearm. he could miss the six nations for england. saracens looked in trouble. will skelton was sent off for this high tackle. but they rallied in the second half. another try from them. victory sealed in the end by th