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do i think manchester united supporters will meeidy— manchester united supporters will meekly go awaymeekly go away with their tails between their legs and not try to pursue _ between their legs and not try to pursue this? i don't, but our push as a _ pursue this? i don't, but our push as a supporters' trust is going for as a supporters' trust is going for a change — as a supporters' trust is going for a change in — as a supporters' trust is going for a change in regulation. this fan led review— a change in regulation. this fan led review by— a change in regulation. this fan led review by the government into governance and supporter ownership has to— governance and supporter ownership has to deliver for us. we have cross-party _ has to deliver for us. we have cross—party support with this, it would _ cross—party support with this, it would be — cross—party support with this, it would be easy to push any kind of legislation through. so there's lots of strings— legislation through. so there's lots of strings to this bow, we don't rule _ of strings to this bow, we don't rule anything out

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manchester united who will develop and grow again trying to catch manchester city.because pep guardiola will go right now and try to work out how he has to tweak his team. i mentioned the word tweak because there will be a lot of manchester city fans and football observers who say, what is it about pep guardiola? just as good as thomas tuchel was tactically here, pep guardiola got it very, very wrong. for all his brilliance as well, he's fallen down yet again. perhaps he was overthinking this final. tonight it's all about chelsea, it's all about this all english final. and it's all about football finding a way, 33% capacity that stadium, was 16 and two 6500 fans. it felt like normal, like football had returned and chelsea will turn as champions. matt graveling is at stamford bridge — the chelsea's stadium, where fans are celebrating. rita, i'm going to direct you over my left hand shoulderfor rita, i'm going to direct you over my left hand shoulder for a second because we've got a seizure that we haven't really been seeing much in english football or any football re

how big does this deal, as a manchester _ now. how big does this deal, as a manchester city _ now. city fan, _ now. how big does this deal, as a manchester city fan, to _ now. how big does this deal, as a manchester city fan, to be - now. how big does this deal, as a manchester city fan, to be on - now. how big does this deal, as a manchester city fan, to be on the | manchester city fan, to be on the verge of a champions league final? yeah, it feels big but i don't want to count — yeah, it feels big but i don't want to count any chickens because we have _ to count any chickens because we have been— to count any chickens because we have been here before, real madridm _ have been here before, real madrid... ithink have been here before, real madrid... i think that night we were 'ust madrid... ! think that night we were just really— madrid... i think that night we were just really disappointed. we wanted to see _ just really disappointed. we wanted to see them leave everything on the pitch. _ to see them leave everything on the pitch. give _ to see them leave everything on the pitch,

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manchester.- millions of manchester. hat hi. millions of thins to manchester. hat hi.millions of things to ask about. _ manchester. hat hi. millions of things to ask about. shall- manchester. hat hi. millions of things to ask about. shall we i manchester. hat hi. millions of. things to ask about. shall we start with covid and the indian variant i had to call it that because it's not india's fall. it seems to be in an increase in of cases and quite a few bits of your area. what's the situation and how worried are you? yeah, you make a good point of the name _ yeah, you make a good point of the name of— yeah, you make a good point of the name of these variants. it's no more the fault _ name of these variants. it's no more the fault of— name of these variants. it's no more the fault of the people of kent that we had _ the fault of the people of kent that we had a _ the fault of the people of kent that we had a kent variant. but, yes, obviously, they have to be given an easy name. and we do have a real issue in bolton particularly. but there is some evidence of spread arou

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and manchester united's fans and manchester united's owners. solution that is going to be easily identifiable. we are going to be looking for a long time how this goes back to the uneasy truce that ian stirling was talking about before. ., ~' , ., a cross—party group of mps is urging the government to maintain restrictions on foreign holidays beyond the 17th of may. the all—party parliamentary group on coronavirus says importing new variants will result in more deaths and could lead to further lockdowns. the mps want ministers to discourage all international leisure travel. the government says robust border controls are in place to prevent the spread of covid. the government has announced it's lifting the restriction on the number of mourners who can attend a funeral in england. the legal limit of 30 will be removed at the next stage of the easing of the lockdown, which is expected to be on the 17th of may. in scotland, up to 50 people can gatherfor a funeral, while there are no legal limits in wales and in northern ireland. from today, in wale

meanwile in the women's super league, manchester city have beaten birmingham 4—0.cher after a serious looking knee injury. esme morgan and sam mewis added late goals to complete the scoring. the win moves manchester city top for now, but title rivals chelsea have a game in hand. in the scottish premiership, the champions rangers are nowjust two games away from an unbeaten league season after beating celtic 4—1 in the old firm derby at ibrox. the win extends their unbeaten run against their rivals to six games as michael redford reports. the final old firm match of the season, rangers already champions in celtic with nothing to play for but this derby is never meaningless. celtic arrived at ibrox looking to end rangers unbeaten league run an era got off to good start. games like this are often by fine margins and after the file advantage played, rangers will be glad it was. as they celebrated, celtic protested. mcgregor shown a second yellow card and sent off. odsonne edouard in the right place and time for celtic to consolidate. maybe not. the moment of magic from

some commiserations for manchester city.ing their first champions league final, but still the big prize eludes them. for now, the european cup is heading back to england and to chelsea. 0lly foster is in porto. a few people stumbling around but not as many as you think because by the time the match finished in over chelsea and manchester city fans got to the centre of town all the bars had shut and there was a curfew at half past ten stop that is what the authorities decided to do around this match but it has been fantastic for the best part of two or three days, all those fans finding a way to get here. first getting their lucky ticket because there was a reduced capacity in the stadium because of covid but porto and portugal stepping in to rescue the champions league once again as the dead last year as well. —— is that they had done last year as well. there was anxiety that suddenly out of nowhere 16 and a half thousand from outside their showers descending on the city because portugal like lots of other nations have had i

chelsea have beaten manchester city twice in the last six weeks, knocked manchester city out of the fa city because, remember, they've romped to the league cup and romped to another premier league title and this, they thought, would be the crowning glory of a quadruple, just a treble for poor old city fans should they do it and chelsea who took over at the turn of the year from the sacked frank lampard, they went on this amazing run and had little wobble for the past few weeks towards the back end of the season and they lost in the cup final to leicester, obviously, they lost on the last day of the season they thought that be curtains for them to get into the top for them to get into the top four that carries with it champions league qualification but they scraped into that and so the pressure is off chelsea to actually win it for that so it is all about the glory of lifting the european cup cup now but pep guardiola won it as a player with barcelona and won it twice as a coach with barcelona, 2009-2011 and it twice as a coach with barcelona, 2009—2011 and then buy in munich employed h

the premier league title race is still alive after manchester united win at villa.nd from pole to chequered flag, hamilton wins in spain to stretch his lead in the formula 1 championship. good evening to you. chelsea have won the women's super league title for the second season in a row, a 5—0 victory over reading ending any hopes manchester city had of pipping them to the title on the final day of the season. we'll hearfrom chelsea head coach emma hayes in a moment, but first jo currie reports from kingsmeadow. history in their sights. chelsea aware that a win at home to reading would notjust hand them the league title but also their second trophy in a potential quadruple win campaign. and when you're chasing silverware, well, quick starts can be crucial. barely a minute on the clock when melanie leupolz�*s strike it —— strike put the home team ahead. questions may be asked about the goalkeeping. it seemed the only knockout blow could come from each other. captain magdalena eriksson eventually shaking this off to carry on. just before the break, fran kirby and sam

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joe wilson, bbc news, in manchester. in manchester. stick with this story for the let's stick with this story for the time being. jonathan tannenwald is a football reporter for the tannenwald is a football reporterfor the philadelphia inquirer and gave us his reaction to the protest. the people we heard from summed that up very well. it is about the perception that this club is a cash cow for the glazers and not a sports team doing everything it can to compete to win trophies. we heard about the lack of communication with fans. the distance across the atlantic obviously plays a role in the perception. it won't surprise you as american that i wish some of the anti—american sentiment was turned back a bit and i do think that even over here, the protest today resonated a lot. they were on live television over here. everybody who follows the premier league in the united states saw them on live tv and i think there were a lot of people who are sympathetic to the notion that the glazers aren't really doing enough to make manch

there are goals everywhere in that manchester city side.rer seven was up your genial very important to the team, seven penalties, would you believe? they should out fire chelsea, manchester city. but thomas tuchel is a very clever manager. for the first time in his career coming up against pep guardiola he's got the better of guardiola he's got the better of guardiola of head to heads in the season. �* . ~' guardiola of head to heads in the season. . ., ~ , ., guardiola of head to heads in the season. �* ., ~ ,, . season. ali, thank you ever so much. en'o the season. ali, thank you ever so much. enjoy the game. _ season. ali, thank you ever so much. enjoy the game. it — season. ali, thank you ever so much. enjoy the game, it looks _ season. ali, thank you ever so much. enjoy the game, it looks fantastic. i enjoy the game, it looks fantastic. kick—off is at eight o'clock. ali, enjoy. chelsea will be hoping to celebrate and the party has already started elsewhere in west london. after brentford's promotion to the premier league for the first

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after hundreds of manchester united fans stormed the pitch.ver a rivalry with the opposing team, but in protest at their clubs american owners. it's the first time an english premier league match has been postponed because of demonstrations by fans. police have condemned the actions. our sports correspondent, joe wilson explains why the fans took this action. we want glazer out! the concourse outside old trafford where protesters were expected to congregate to voice their continued opposition to the ownership of manchester united by the glazer family. some protesters soon decided to go further, and, ultimately, onto the pitch itself. this was the scene at one of the most famous football grounds in the world, that revered manchester united pitch, the place of stirring feats of football, occupied. as clashes continued, police reported two injuries to officers, one slashed in the face by a broken bottle. meanwhile, some of those who stayed peacefully outside were leaving. as we are speaking outside the ground, there are lots of fans actually on t

manchester city.waiting confirmation from uefa — portugal emerges as the leading contender to host the all—english champions league final. and we hear from the academic who thinks wimbledon and royal ascot are being overly cautious with the limited number of fans they're planning to let in this summer. good evening, welcome along, and thank you forjoining us. so we've said this a few times — but could this be the night the premier league title is finally back in manchester city's hands. leicester need to win at old trafford if that is to happen — they kicked off against manchester united at 6'0clock and our sports news correspondent andy swiss is there for us and joins me now changes made by ole gunnar solskjaer tonight — an eventful start. it's all square at the moment.— an eventful start. it's all square at the moment. that's right. as you sa , a at the moment. that's right. as you say. a pretty — at the moment. that's right. as you say. a pretty lively _ at the moment. that's right. as you say, a p

we understand 10,000 manchester city understand 10 , 000 manchester city fans understand 10,000 manchesterde their way to the city. forthousand fans have made their way to the city. for thousand watching him in big screens in a fan zone darted around the bars of porto. it's their first final and it so important for those fans, those die—hard fans even without tickets, theyjust those fans, those die—hard fans even without tickets, they just want to be here. especially after the 12 months that everybody�*s had. be here. especially after the 12 months that everybody's had. there is ten minutes _ months that everybody's had. there is ten minutes to _ months that everybody's had. there is ten minutes to go _ months that everybody's had. there is ten minutes to go until— months that everybody's had. there is ten minutes to go until kickoff. just explain how much winning this championship league final would mean for both sides. championship league final would mean for both sides-— for both sides. chelsea had been here before. _ for both sides. chelsea had been here before, of— for both sides. che

. _ and see. 0k, liam bradford, from bbc radio manchester.ford, from bbc radio manchester. we will keep you i radio manchester. we will keep you updated on up through the afternoon. a bumper crop of elections will be held across england, scotland and wales on thursday. about a8 million people can vote, to elect about 5,000 candidates to positions of power. chris curtis is a pollster at 0pinium research. afternoon. good afternoon. lots to net afternoon. good afternoon. lots to get through- _ afternoon. good afternoon. lots to get through. maybe _ afternoon. good afternoon. lots to get through. maybe we _ afternoon. good afternoon. lots to get through. maybe we could - afternoon. good afternoon. lots to get through. maybe we could get i afternoon. good afternoon. lots to i get through. maybe we could get your thoughts on how the pandemic might play out in these elections, and what the polls are telling us so far? ~ ~ , ., ., far? well, i think if you are the conservative _ far? well, i think if you are the conservative government, - far? well,

police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united'sremier league match against liverpool, calling them "completely unacceptable". two officers were injured when fans stormed the pitch. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has also condemned the violence. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. the concourse outside old trafford where protesters were expected to congregate... ..to voice their continued opposition to the ownership of manchester united by the glazer family. some protesters soon decided to go further, and ultimately, onto the pitch itself. this was the scene at one of the most famous football grounds in the world, that revered manchester united pitch, the place of stirring feats of football, occupied. as clashes continued, police reported two injuries to officers, one slashed in the face by a broken bottle. meanwhile, some of those who stayed peacefully outside, were leaving. as we're speaking outside the ground, there are lots of fans actually on the pitch. i mean, what. was there? yeah, yeah. what do you t

joe wilson, bbc news, in manchester.han tannenwald is a football reporter for the philadelphia enquirer. thank you very much for making the time. there has been something of a campaign against the glazers since 2005. we saw the glazers since 2005. we saw the passions running high in the passions running high in the report. what is behind the opposition to the glazers family. opposition to the glazers famil . ~ . . , family. we certainly did, the eo - le family. we certainly did, the peeple we — family. we certainly did, the people we heard _ family. we certainly did, the people we heard from - family. we certainly did, the people we heard from some| family. we certainly did, the - people we heard from some that are very well. it is about the perception that this club is a cash cow for the glazers and not a sports team doing everything it can to compete to win trophies. we heard about the lack of communication with fans. the distance across the atlantic obviously plays a role in the perception. it would surprise you is am

manchester united have had a long period of this, manchester united supporters section been very patientmuch support from the football family.— the football family. where these american owners _ the football family. where these american owners getting - the football family. where these american owners getting it - the football family. where these i american owners getting it wrong? just to go back to something you said a moment ago. they live very far, far away and they're owned by an american company and what is going on here? i an american company and what is going on here?— going on here? i think that the glazier family, _ going on here? i think that the glazier family, there's - going on here? i think that the i glazier family, there's differences between throwing people in the same basket. when they tried to form the super league, they're all different types of owners within there. but what i think happened is an unbelievable distance from the reality of football on the ground and when it happens with all of these men tend to they are making room for people like themselves are not p

, liverpool, manchester united, andj liverpool, manchester united, and manchester— liverpool, manchester ahead whenjoe willock profited from poor defending. paul dummett added another before callum wilson scored twice to make it 4—0. marc albrighton and kelechi iheanacho answered back for leicester but 4—2 it finished. the foxes remain third but will slip to fourth if chelsea beat manchester city tomorrow while newcastle are 12 points clear of the bottom three. i have said for weeks, quietly, i think we would be ok. we got layers fit and that has been the case. people have worked tirelessly to make sure we have got to this position. because four, five, six weeks ago everybody was going for us. we have turned around at the right time. it's what we have to embrace that challenge, — it's what we have to embrace that challenge, everyone has been talking about— challenge, everyone has been talking about that _ challenge, everyone has been talking about that all season, what happened last season. we may not be in the top four, — last season. we may not be in the top four, and i have always sai

the plan was that six english clubs — arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united would join six other clubs — including the likes of real madrid, barcelona and juventus — to form a super league, which would take place in mid—week, when current european competitions are held. the original 12 would be joined by three other permanent members. they'd have a place every season, however they performed, for the next 23 years. the remaining five teams would qualify every year. this was a challenge to the whole order of football in europe. it was so radical. what was going to happen was going to transform the game so fundamentally, and it was going to try to bring in an american—type closed system into something that's the complete opposite. well, it was going to destroy the beautiful game as we know it. and i think it was the speed, the scale and the audacity i of what was announced, that there was a bit - of an intake of breath. the american owners, _ because the success of the franchise model in the nfl, i think they've looked at it and people - like john henry and joel

last night, manchester united lost a football match.d villareal win the europa league! - the circumstances were extraordinary. their goalkeeper missed the decisive penalty in a shootout where everyone else scored. as villareal celebrated winning the europa league, manchester united's players, management and supporters shared a profound sense of deep disappointment. marcus rashford had to take a loser�*s medal. and then, online, he was racially abused. in the early hours of this morning, marcus rashford tweeted that he had "at least 70 racial slurs counted on my social accounts so far. for those working to make me feel any worse than i already do, good luck trying." he also said... "i am more outraged that one of the abusers that left a mountain of monkey messages in my direct messages is a maths teacher with an open profile, he teaches children and knows that he can freely racially abuse without consequences." it is understood that account has been deleted and the abuser has been reported to police, but for campaigners, there is a weary

manchester city i don't think so. manchester city i don't think so.r city at full strength, and they have had such a brilliant season can have the? blew everybody away in the pre—merely. portillo has done great things. in my opinion, is what pep rhodiola brought to manchester city four. the biggest game in league football, it is the champions league. a huge gain from him. from chelsea's point of view, thomas dougal has made great strides this season. just in recent weeks, they have dipped a little bit. the results have not been so good losing the fa cup final. so it's massive for him to finish the season on a high. the champions league is not the only big football final tomorrow, because at 3pm at wembley, 12,000 fans will watch as brentford and swansea battle it out for a place in the premier league next season. brentford are aiming to end their 7a—year absence from the top flight, and they lost out at this stage last year, while swansea are looking to return to the premier league after three years away. adam wild has this report. they call it the ri

is everything pointing towards manchester united winning this final? here is the manager.something better to come. a, might be the stepping stone for something better to come. a bright future because _ something better to come. a bright future because of— something better to come. a bright future because of this _ something better to come. a bright future because of this team - something better to come. a bright future because of this team it's - something better to come. a bright future because of this team it's a i future because of this team it's a young _ future because of this team it's a young team and it's a team that we have rebuilt...

joining me now from manchester is ian stirling, vice chair manchester united supporters' trust.orjoining us. two sets of protest here this afternoon, one inside and one outside the stadium. what is your reaction to what happened? it is reaction to what happened? it is totall reaction to what happened? it 3 totally understandable. it has been an eventful couple of weeks. the european super league plans laid bare the motivation of these owners. it there has been an uneasy truce with the united fans in the current ownership and today's outpouring is totally understandable when you see what happened in terms of motivation. we believe sports trust is a better way to work and having fans at the centre of that is essential. fans at the centre of that is essential-— fans at the centre of that is essential. , , ., , , ., , , essential. these protests happen fairly often. _ essential. these protests happen fairly often, are _ essential. these protests happen fairly often, are the _ essential. these protests happen fairly often, are the owners - essential. these protests happen| fairly oft

i feel very sorry for cheap pep guardiola and manchester city because — guardiola and manchester cityams on a great _ but congratulations to both teams on a great game and a great advert for english _ a great game and a great advert for english football.— a great game and a great advert for english football. absolutely, spoken like a true arsenal _ english football. absolutely, spoken like a true arsenal fan. _ english football. absolutely, spoken like a true arsenal fan. thank- english football. absolutely, spoken like a true arsenal fan. thank you i like a true arsenal fan. thank you both very much indeed. that's it from the papers, i will be back at the top of the hour, thanks for watching. hello there, a bit of an east—west divide for the weather this morning. a glorious start for the west, not a cloud in the sky we did see a lot of low cloud, mist and fog rolling in from the north sea. the sunshine nibbling away at that. plenty of sunshine this afternoon for all others. just the slim chance of an isolated show across southern scotland but temperatures will respond, highs of 23 de

liam bradford from bbc radio manchester is there for us.park, what is the latest? it you're stuck in the car park, what is the latest?— is the latest? it is chilly, but other than — is the latest? it is chilly, but other than that _ is the latest? it is chilly, but other than that we _ is the latest? it is chilly, but other than that we know - is the latest? it is chilly, but i other than that we know there is the latest? it is chilly, but - other than that we know there is a meeting taking place inside the stadium to figure out what is happening next. since then, essentially the ground is now clear of protesters after they broke into the playing surface twice. it is now clearer protesters and the stewards inside have been told tourism there usual positions which would suggest we are not i usual positions which would suggest we are noti million miles away from getting everyone back in the ground and restarting this game. next couple of hours, some of the rumours which is speculation that may be at 715 kick—off but we just have to wait and s

joe wilson, bbc news, in manchester.ecretary has said iran's treatment of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe amounts to torture. she's a dual national who was recently convicted for a second time in iran after spending five years behind bars on charges she denied. it's the strongest language the uk government has used to date about the situation. here is the foreign secretary dominic raab speaking to the bbc. nazanin is held, unlawfully, in my view, as a matter of international law. i think she is being treated in the most abusive, torturous way. i think it amount to torture, the way she is being treated. and there is a very clear, unequivocal obligation on the iranians to release her and all of those who are being held as leverage, immediately and without condition. and we call on iran to step up and comply with its obligations. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley has been following developments in this story — and i asked her how significant it was that the uk foreign secretary had, for the first time, used the word

the top four qualify, but we know that manchester city and manchester united are already there so justugh — chelsea, liverpool or leicester. however, there is a permutation — there is always a permutation — that should chelsea finish fifth and win the champions league next week, then five english teams will qualify for the champions league. chelsea go to villa on sunday, liverpool take on palace and leicester play spurs. chelsea look in the best position there in third, a point ahead, but if they lose badly at villa and liverpool and leicester avoid defeat, they'll miss out on the top four. liverpool have a better goal difference than leicester, so if klopp's side can, for example, get a 1—nil win, leicester would then have to beat spurs by a five—goal margin. it's very close — one point separating the three — that's the bottom line. here are the managers. the majority of the seasons are finishing. — the majority of the seasons are finishing, and this year, it took us a little _ finishing, and this year, it took us a little bit — finishing, and this year, it took us a little bit longer

joe wilson, bbc news, in manchester.han tannenwald is a football reporter for the philadelphia inquirer and has been giving his reaction to the protests. i think the people we heard from summed it up very well. it's about the perception that this club is a cash cow for the glazers and not a sports team doing everything it can to compete to win trophies. we heard about the lack of communication with fans. the distance across the atlantic obviously plays a role in the perception. it won't surprise you that as american, i wish some of the anti—american sentiment was toned back a bit, but i do think that even over here, the protests today resonated a lot — they were on live television over here. everybody who follows the premier league in the united states saw them on live tv and i think there were a lot of people who are sympathetic to the notion that the glazers aren't really doing enough to make manchester united what we all know what it has been for so many decades — one of the pre—eminent clubs in english and world foot

police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united'sng them "completely unacceptable". two officers were injured when fans stormed the pitch. our sports correspondent joe wilson is at old trafford. how are fans reacting today? i think there are all — how are fans reacting today? i think there are all sorts _ how are fans reacting today? i think there are all sorts of— how are fans reacting today? i think there are all sorts of emotions - how are fans reacting today? i think there are all sorts of emotions and i there are all sorts of emotions and indeed resentment simmering in the manchester drizzle today. the reaction from the police is completely understandable after two officers were injured, quite seriously, during the clashes yesterday. one thing i was very aware of yesterday and one thing i tried to convey was that there were a great many supporters here who had come to demonstrate peacefully and did not want to be associated in any way with those who ended up getting onto the pitch. there has been an open letter written today by

if they draw, sorry, they could let manchester city in, but manchester city would have to beat west hamty would have to win by any ska line and that would mean the trophy would be coming back to the north west of england later this evening. that is the top of the table. at the bottom things very much to sort out in terms of relegation. bristol, birmingham and aston villa all in contention of going down today. bristol starred in the unenviable position of bottom, two points behind the other two sides. for bristol to stay up they need to win against brighton and they need birmingham or aston villa to slip up as well, so plenty of twists and turns still to come on the final day of the women's super league season.— the final day of the women's super league season. many thanks indeed for that. worth — league season. many thanks indeed for that. worth pointing _ league season. many thanks indeed for that. worth pointing out - for that. worth pointing out manchester city could be crowned premier league champions today as well if results go their way. to the game already under way though, wolve

we knew manchester city were going to finish top. manchester united in second.r chelsea. leicester city, agonisingly, missing out. they do of course go into the europa league, as you say, and they are guaranteed that, having won might be fa cup, but the big prize is the champions league and theyjust missed out. joining them will be west ham, who were in pole position at the beginning of the day. a newjust a win would take them into europe. they did just that. it looked like a real party atmosphere down there at the london stadium. this was the first of two goals for pablo for now. their biggest points haul ever in the premier league. this is how the top of the table finishes. spurs, you can see finishing, thanks to that win over leicester, in seventh place, meaning they sneak a place in the new europa conference league, just pipping arsenal into that position, so i suspect not the greatest of seasons, but they will at least be happy about that. find at least be happy about that. and the one team _ at least be happy about that. and the one team we _ at least be ha

i don�*t think chelsea can beat manchester city three games in a row.y been moved here at the 11th hour, the stage is finally set for the biggest contest in european club football. we know there�*ll be an english champion — it�*s time to find out which shade of blue it will be. laura scott, bbc news, porto. 0ur sport correspondent 0lly foster is in porto — where fans have travelled for the game, many of them without a ticket. i spoke to him earlier. i�*ve met an awful lot of people who are here without a ticket. the place is absolutely jumping now — what are we, six hours before kick—off? and we�*re in the chelsea part of the city. there�*s a fan zone for the chelsea fans just behind that enormous inflatable trophy. you can probably hear the chanting coming down one of these side streets here. there�*s about, sort of, 200 or 300 chelsea fans chanting over there, throwing pints into the air and kicking a ball around. the manchester city fans are down on the waterfront of the douro river here that runs through porto with those beautiful bridges. very sere

manchester united's game with liverpool has been delayed after around 200 manchester united fans stormedhe club's ownership. thousands more are protesting outside the stadium. the game had been due to kick off at 4:30. liam bradford from bbc radio manchester is there for us. as you can see, i am being held as you can see, iam being held in as you can see, i am being held in a car park, not allowed into the stadium due to the security lockdown because of those fans entering the field of play. it has meant that basically a 90 minute sweep after they got rid of those fans to allow them to reopen the ground. the problem they have had is that a second batch of fans made it onto the pitch, which has obvious to reset the timer on that. a police helicopter currently circling over 0ld helicopter currently circling over old trafford, keeping an eye on the protest going on against the ownership of the football club, and the perceived greed of the deal that was mooted a while ago. it is unlikely that either way we will be in there for the 4.30 kick. h0 unlikely that either way we will be in there fo

between manchester united and villareal. night. let's just tell you very briefly how the game went. it was actually villareal who are veterans in this competition who took the lead against manchester united. gerard moreno managed to muscle his way onto the end of a free kick. so it was villareal, the yellow submarines who had the half—time lead. time for a really tough half—time team talk from their coach. they responded ten minutes into the second half through ed and synchro vernie, when i — zero. —— 1-1. synchro vernie, when i — zero. —— i—i. marcus rashard mr terrible time. no goals there either, so we have gone to this penalty shoot—out. it is 8-8. it is have gone to this penalty shoot—out. it is 8—8. it is now 9—82 villareal, not a single penalty been saved or missed. it is absolutely unbelievable as they contest this europa final. —— 8—8. remember, there are fans in there, a lucky 2000 fans from side to see this final. they have gone through all sorts of covid hoops to try and get here. another penalty has gone in, it

what a few days this could be for manchester city.n tuesday, they're hoping to reach their first champions league final. before that, they could be crowned premier league champions, if manchester united lose to liverpool at old trafford tomorrow. city did theirjob this afternoon, with a 2—0 win at crystal palace, asjoe lynskey reports. manchester city know they're close. a third title in four years is just two points away. if results go for them, they could have it sealed tomorrow. they played crystal palace three days on from a champions league semifinal so might have been rusty. christian benteke had this chance to give the home side the lead. and in a frustrating first half, city's timing was off. gabrieljesus thought he had scored but was offside. but even when city rotate their squad, they have goals in reserve. this was sergio aguero, starting and scoring. commentator: that's how you do it! he's now scored 182 league goals and leaves the club this summer. aguero hands over to their young players coming through. one of them is fe