i'm sure mauricio pochettino will keep a few of the big guns in reserve just in case.'m sure it will be a second strip but we know how strong spurs are, going so strongly in the premier league and chasing the title. they will be a strong outfit tonight. they will be looking to do well, it's possibly one of their best chances of silverware this season and i'm sure no matter what team, it will be very strong. the atmosphere in here, i don't know if you've been here but particularly under the lights at prenton park, it can be fantastic. it is sold out and it will be a terrific tie. you expect even with that atmosphere, tottenham may have a bit too much for tranmere rovers tonight. thank you. it's expected to be the highest attendance in 22 years for woking — the lowest ranked side, one of two non—league sides in the draw. they also face premier league opponents in watford in their televised game on sunday. a team of part timers, who you might be surprised to learn have commentator martin tyler in their dugout, who works as the team's coach in his spare time. another man j

, is tipped to ta ke mauricio pochettino, is tipped to take over at cap! summer will stop we need the three points in the premier league next season. all the rumours, all the things that happen around, or you know that happen around, or you know that happen will happen because that is football. you do yourjob, i need to do myjob and we accept the business is how it is. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested everything again in the premier league, no doubt about it. but of course this is against a top side. and of course, if we want to get closer to them and go past them, we need a good performance and a good result. first up, everton are facing bournemouth. both teams are level on 27 points and victory would ta ke level on 27 points and victory would take one team into the top half of the table. commentary from both matches is on 5 live. the former leeds united and south africa forward phil masinga has died at the age of 49. he played in the premier league for two seasons and was capped 58 times by south africa. his winning go

four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in southwhere harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes. kane is now the league's joint—top scorer with m goals. son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and they are six behind the leaders, liverpool. we feel very disappointed and we wa nted we feel very disappointed and we wanted to show energy from the beginning. we suffered the most this experience playing in the ten days before the games. we showed the maturity that we want, but we need to now keep that level and consistency during the whole season. even to be there and to fight in the end for big things. there was a big win for arsenal too. they bounced back from losing 5—1 at liverpool on saturday with a 4—1 victory over fulham. the result moves unai emery‘s side to within two points of chelsea in fourth, and leaves fulham second—from—bottom. conor mcnamara was watching, arsenal beat fulham by four goals to one. badou jack scored in the first half. alexander la gazet

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best strikers in my well ahead of that league cup semi final between chelsea and tottenham, mauricio pochettino the cardiff striker is still missing after the plane he was travelling on disappeared near the channel islands on monday night. wa nt to want to send e“ of my love want to send gig of my love and - want to send gig of my love and g positive energy for his family. that is fine argentina, santa fe and of course all of the cloud family in france and of course cardiff. i know my list and may help is too late for some good news. —— my wish and my hope is to wait for some good news. kilmarnock came from behind to beat rangers 2—1 to move into second place in the scottish premiership. there was delight forjermain defoe who scored 12 minutes 55? emma“ 52355? eafifsttsfl'flm‘l’ that means celtic extend their lead 7.5, 547... 57.7.7. 5; 547... ate-7 lf- ., —— . . nil victory over st mirren. elsewhere aberdeen won away at hamilton. st johnstone beat livingston, and it wasn't a good night for both edinburgh clubs, hibs and hearts who both lost. david beckham is set tojoin phil and gary neville, nick

tonight, a profound sense of grief, staff, management, and fans, united in tottenham manager mauricio pochettinoountryman. speaking during his pre—match press conference ahead of his side's carabao cup semifinal second leg against chelsea, pochettino said all his thoughts were sala and his family. i want to send all my love and my positive energy, for his family, that is for argentina, from santa fe and of course, all the nantes, the club, the family in france and of course cardiff, and all my wish and my hope, to wait for some good news. england's cricketers have begun their test series with barbados, the home side are batting first and started well before ben stokes pulled things round for england. kensington barbados, a better place to escape winter back home you will struggle to find. for england the fun must give way to focus, a huge cricketing year starts here, and although the west indies aren't what they once were the tourists record isn't great. their breakthrough game via moeen ali. he will have a vital role to play. the home side were steadied by craig brathwaite, a combination of pow

. tangible which can only be a trophy -- mauricio pochettino.ardcore fa ns aware and embarrassed by a hardcore fans who have historically used anti—semitic language against spurs in particular and with thousands of spurs fans hid the night there is the potential for that to spurs fans hid the night there is the potentialfor that to happen again but we can only hope and chelsea... apologies, we have seem to have lost joe chelsea... apologies, we have seem to have lostjoe at stamford bridge. that match will start at 7:45pm. hugh woozencroft have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. thank you. back now to brexit and are you baffled by all the jargon that‘s constantly bandied around by politicians and journalists? well, all day bbc news is breaking down the language about brexit that is routinely used, but rarely explained. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at the university of bedfordshire in luton. hello and good evening from the stu d e nts hello and good evening from the students union here at the university of bedfordshire and you ackn

harry kane, christian eriksen and son heung—min were all on the scoresheet and now mauricio pochettino'shind liverpool, and will be watching with interest when those two meet at the etihad on thursday. arsenal bounced back from their thrashing by liverpool on saturday to beat fulham 4—1. goals from granit xhaka, alexandre lacazette, aaron ramsey and pierre—emerick aubameyang helped them to only their second win in six games. and everton lost for a fourth time in five games, beaten 1—0 by leicester. that is not the pictures of everton, though. jamie va rdy‘s second—half strike was one of the few highlights at goodison park. britain's andy murray says he doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to play at the top level. last year was virtually a write—off for the three time grand slam champion following hip surgery, but he made a winning start to 2019 at the brisbane international on tuesday, as ben croucher reports. you feel 2019 to be make or break for andy murray as he makes yet another combat. will his body let him? the early evidence against james duckworth suggest so. those that kn

four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 at cardiffes. son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and six behind the leaders liverpool. two tennis greats finally met on court for the first time on tuesday as roger federer‘s switzerland beat serena williams‘s usa at the hopman cup in perth in australia. the mixed doubles clash was always going to get plenty of attention as it was the first time the two legends faced each other in a competitive match. in the end, federer and belinda bencic beat williams and frances tiafoe in straight sets, overall, switzerland beating the usa 2—1. for me, it was nerve racking, to be honest, because all of a sudden you are serving, especially that love —— last sir. it is serena williams, i was telling myself. it is maybe what i have always wanted. at big—time moment like this, and i made the serve but i totally the target. for me, it was super cool. i wanted to take pictures. i wanted to bring my to take pictures. i wanted to bring b to take pictures. i wanted to br

through a controversial harry kane first half penalty that saw var utilised at wembley, handing mauricio pochettino'smassive. how we ran, how we fight, how we compete. i am so pleased. i'm so proud to have the squad and to work together, and then we're going to win titles. i always like to feel very proud of other players that we have. we deserve more but i am really disappointed in the result, but i am really happy with the performance, because in my opinion, this one is one of the most important performances of my team in the season. the second semi—final pits holders manchester city against third tier burton albion. the first leg is at the etihad stadium, where city have been accused of growing the grass to make it difficult for liverpool in their recent premier league match. here's the response of city manager, pep guardiola. another goalkeeper. but the suggestion is that maybe you requested that the grass was... -- i am nota requested that the grass was... -- i am not a grass keep the.” requested that the grass was... -- i am not a grass keep the. i never did, so we want to play quick, we wa nt

kept up the tempo but, in the face of almost relentless pressure, tottenham held firm, giving mauricio pochettinoraw seems to have been the last. or members of his coaching staff have also left. they hope to make a swift appointments. football associations are looking into claims that a goalkeeper made a nazi salute. hennessy says he was waving at the press and taking the picture and shouting to them. he said that frozen in a moment it looked as though he was making a com pletely looked as though he was making a completely inappropriate gesture but he would never do that. europe's defence of the ryder cup has been handed to an irish golfer. harrington received high—profile support from the likes of rory muckle roy in the lead up and in return he was keen to stress the importance of muckle roy to the european team. he has morphed into being the captain in the team room. nothing gives back to rory like the ryder cup. he loves the golf course and the adrenaline. it is made for him. as it is for a and the adrenaline. it is made for him. as it is fora number of europeans, it is made for him. he will n

not that mauricio pochettino is getting distracted by all the speculation.t we need the three points to be in that race for the premier league and the race for the top four, to finish at the end of the season. all of that happening around all the rumours, all the things that, you know, that is going to happen because that is football. you do yourjob, i need to do myjob, and we accept the business, of course. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested every single game in the premier league. no doubt about it. but of course this is against a top, top side. and of course if we wa nt top, top side. and of course if we want to get closer to them and get past them we need a good performance and a good result. it's the penultimate round of matches in rugby union's european champions cup. edinburgh are closing in on a quarterfinal place, after becoming the first scottish side to win at toulon in the competition. ulster are also hopeful of reaching the knockout stage after beating racing 92. patrick gearey reports. they used to call this th

picture of united's next big decision, could their permanent manager b 0le gunnar solskjaer mauricio pochettinoon. the new force behind solskjaer‘s united is getting harder to ignore, five straight wins and a revitalised attack. players like paul pogba have found the confidence to try these passes, right in the stride of marcus rashford to find the corner. commentator: rashford fires it into the net. is the finish of the man the previous boss said lost his cool in front of goal. he's now scored in three straight league games but to beat spurs at wembley requires strength from all over and united's goalkeeper was setting out on something remarkable. in the second half, david de gea would make 11 saves, more than any other keeper in a single match all season. to keep them all out when using every foot and every fingertip, perhaps the pick of them was this point—blank adjustment on the goal—line. but still, as the minutes went on, there would be more contenders. dele alli and harry kane still couldn't reach him for the equaliser. a goalkeeping performance to seal a breathless, brilliant win, and a

the weekend ahead in the premier league and all eyes will be on the tottenham hotspur manager mauricio pochettinoanchester united. pochettino is the bookmaker‘s favourite to become the next boss at old trafford, slightly ahead of his opposite number tomorrow 0le gunnar solshaar. ahead of the match he has been very complimentary of the argentine. he's done a very good job. as you say, that speculation is... there's a reason, because he's done well. but then again, it's not myjob to rate all the different managers. it's... my focus is on me and my team. tomorrow's fixtures see a london derby between west ham and arsenal. some big games at the bottom. burnley host fulham, while cardiff welcome huddersfield. leaders liverpool are at brighton. on sunday, everton host bournemouth before manchester united's trip to spurs. we heard about that already. while manchester city host wolves on monday night... the defending champions, manchester city. now the united kingdom has been struck by another spy scandal. don't worry it's nothing too serious, but it seems ahead of the championship meeting between leeds

a rather interesting subplot at wembley is that the spurs manager, mauricio pochettino is being tippedbe in that race for the premier league and the race for the top floor, to finish at the end of the season. all of that happening around all the rumours, all the things that, you know, that is going to happen because that is football. you need, you do yourjob, i need to do myjob, and we accept the business, of course. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested every single game in the premier league, no doubt about it. but of course this is against a top, top side. and of course, if we want to get closer to them and go past them, we need a good performance and a good result. in the women's super league, leaders arsenal lost for the second time this season — beaten 2—1 by reigning champions chelsea. scottish international erin cuthbert headed chelsea into a deserved lead and volleyed them ahead further still in the second half. despite a late tap in from the league's top scorer vivienne miedama, chelsea closed the gap to arsenal to just two points. it's a big we

a big subplot of that match is that the spurs manager, mauricio pochettino, has been tipped by some toat we need the three points to be in that race for the premier league, the race for the top four, to finish the race for the top four, to finish the end of the season. all that happen around, all the rumours and all the thing that happen, it is going to happen because that is football. you do yourjob, i need to do myjob. we accept that business is how it is and of course, but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested every single game in the premier league, i'io single game in the premier league, no doubt about it, but of course this is against a top, top side. and of course, if we want to get closer to them and go past them, we need a good performance and a good result. the other match is everton against bournemouth at goodison. that kicks off injust bournemouth at goodison. that kicks off in just under bournemouth at goodison. that kicks off injust underan bournemouth at goodison. that kicks off injust under an hour. both are level on 27 points and victory woul

says english officials aren't able to use the video assistant referee system and spurs boss mauricio pochettinoa lot of work to do to be ready for it's introduction in the premier league next season. it actually helped tottenham win the first leg of their league cup semifinal at wembley last night, the assistant ruled that harry kane was offside before winning a penalty, but the referee michael oliver, who had correctly allowed play to continue, was given instructions by the video assistant that kane was just onside. sarri disputed that afterwards, showing the media another camera angle that seemd to show him offside. that penalty gives spurs the advantage ahead of the second leg in a fortnight but neither manager was happy with the use of technology. kane was offside, clearly offside. but it's not important. i think that it's more important that the linesman stopped the run. he didn't follow the ball. so, for the players on the pitch, it's clearly offside. so, he had, ithink, a big influence on our defenders. so, i think that... ..they need to study better the system. lam not i am not happy, n

the tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they need to find some consistency if they're to be true acrobatics from jamie vardy in their win over everton. joe lynskey reports. in 2019, cardiff city's approach will be much the same as the young mascot. keep picking up theirform to be the premier league drop. things can fall away very quickly blow when playing against tottenham. january for them is about building on what they have. the transfer window's unlikely to stop harry kane's scoring. he has 122 premier league goals, few will look scruffy as this one. they had the match sealed inside 12 minutes when the quick feet of christian eriksen t is the opportunity for 2—0. for totte n ha m the opportunity for 2—0. for tottenham though, there will still beissues tottenham though, there will still be issues to settle. later this month, they will lose son heung—min to south korea and the asian cup. at this year, tottenham have much to resolve. we are in a good position we are real contenders. we need to have more in us and we need to show more consistency of who want to be a contender. few

ahead of that league cup semi final between chelsea and tottenham, mauricio pochettino has spoken about my love and my positive energy, and for his family, thatis positive energy, and for his family, that is for argentina, santa fe and of course, all the nantes, the club, the family in france and of course cardiff and all my wish and my hope, to wait for some good news. david beckham is set tojoin phil and gary neville, nicky but, ryan giggs and paul scholes as co—owners of non league side salford city. the "class of 92" bought the club in 2014 and have overseen three promotions in four seasons. subject to approval from the fa, beckham will take a 10% stake. singapore businessman peter lim is the largest shareholder with 40% of the club. beckham already owns american club inter miami. five years of trying to get the team in miami going, and now it's finally on its way, now i'm able to get involved. seeing the story, seeing what they've done with the club, the stadium, obviously having peter is a huge part of this, it is a special group of people. to be part of this now, incredible team

the one constant criticism of mauricio pochettino at tottenham is he hasn't won a trophy yet.for his style, but the chelsea manager has not won a major trophy yet so that adds an interesting subplot. maurizio sarri was asked about that enveloped the press conference and he implied there was more pressure on pochettino because they had been at spurs forfour years. on pochettino because they had been at spurs for four years. some mind games playing perhaps. but i think the more immediate concern for it is your salary will be that his side atone for their recent defeat for spurs in november, and cast that day 3-1 at spurs in november, and cast that day 3—1 at wembley, it could have been worse and he will be hoping for a much better before months tonight. chelsea's fans have been under the microscope due to alleged racist and anti—semitic chanting — what steps are being taken to make sure there's not a repeat this evening? chelsea said they are bringing their own stewards to this match tonight, as part of a zero tolerance approach to any kind of hateful language. it follows two qu

but in the express, the man tipped to be taking over at united, mauricio pochettino, says he'd like ap captain this afternoon. harrington has been vice—captain for the last three contests and he's the overwhelming favourite to take over from thomas bjorn. europe face the usa at whistling straits in wisconsin, in september of next year. the announcement, at 1pm, will be streamted live on all the major social media platforms and the ryder cup website. is there a more spectacular setting for a motor rally than this? negotiating the peruvian desert dunes from lima to pisco was the challenge on the first stage of the dakar rally. the toyota of two time winner nasser al—attiyah leads reigning champion carlos sainz by almost two minutes. britain's sam sunderland is fifth in the motorcycle category — he won the event two years ago. that's all from me for now but don't forget to watch sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm and later on radio 5 live you can listen to commentary from that league cup semi—final first leg, between tottenham and chelsea. that's goodbye from me but there'll be more from th

not that mauricio pochettino is getting distracted by all the speculation.of that happening around all the rumours, all the things that, you know, that is going to happen because that is football. you need, you do yourjob, i need to do myjob, and we accept the business, of course. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. we are into the penultimate round of group matches in rugby union's european champions cup, and edinburgh are so close to a quarterfinal place after a historic victory away at toulon — the first scottish side to win at the stade mayol in the competition. they beat the three—time champions 28—17 and go into the final round as pool leaders. it's seven years since they last reached the last eight. ulster held off a fightback from racing 92 to close in on the quarters. they couldn't quite manage a bonus point, but three tries against racing was enough for them to take the win in belfast — jacob stockdale got two of them. he has now scored in all five of their european matches this season. 26—22 the final score. there were also wins

ironically, it's the current tottenham manager, mauricio pochettino, who's favourite to take over at's most famous moment in football. i have good memories because also i remember when he scored after 90 minutes in norway, with tonyjimenez, my old coach, we were there in 1999. i remember him when he scored the second goal in injury time and how i shouted the goal of manchester united, that was unbelievable, because we were neutral. people watching a fantastic game, and yes, of course, yes, i have good memories of him. liverpool's virgil van dijk has become the first defender for almost six years to be named premier league player of the month. the reds were unbeaten throughout december, with the dutchman playing in all eight of their matches, scoring in their 2—0 win against wolves. his boss, jurgen klopp, earned the manager of the month award. liverpool are four points clear at the top of the premier league and play brighton later. chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas hasjoined monaco. the 31—year—old spaniard, captained the blues in the fa cup against nottingham forest last saturday, an

ironically, it's the current tottenham manager, mauricio pochettino, who's favourite to take over atll. i have good memories because also i remember when he scored after 90 minutes in norway, with tonyjimenez, my old coach, we were there in 1999. i remember him when he scored the second goal in injury time and how i shouted the goal of manchester united, that was unbelievable, because we were neutral. people watching a fantastic game, and yes, of course, yes, i have good memories of him. chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas hasjoined monaco. the 31—year—old spaniard captained the blues in the fa cup against nottingham forest last saturday and was in tears when he was substituted just before full—time. he links up with former arsenal team—mate and now monaco boss thierry henry. it's bragging rights to ireland ahead of the opening six nations weekend after munster took a big step towards the quarter—finals of the champions cup with a 41—15 win at gloucester. munster fly—half joe carbery scored 26 points to outshine the returning danny cipriani on the other side. he also set up tries for ro

united have a 100% winning record since 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s arrival but despite mauricio pochettinoegian's most famous moment in football. i have good memories because also i remember when he was on the 90 minutes in norway, we with their in 1999 and i remember him when he scored the second goal in injury time and how i shouted goal of manchester united because we were new, people watching a fantastic game, and yes of course yes i have good memories of him. chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas hasjoined monaco. the 31—year—old spaniard captained the blues in the fa cup against nottingham forest last saturday and was in tears when he was substituted just before full—time. he links up with former arsenal team mate and now monaco boss thierry henry. munster have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the champions cup with a 41—15 win at gloucester. munster fly—half joe carbery scored 26 points to outshine the returning danny cipriani on the other side. he also set up tries for rory scannell, and this one in the second half for andrew conway. the result ends gloucester‘s chances of

manchester united caretaker boss ole gunnar solskjaer says the speculation around tottenham manager mauricio pochettinon the long term. that speculation is... is a reason, because he has done well. but then again, it's not myjob to rate all the different managers. it is... my focus is on me and my team. juventus are currently leading the race to sign arsenal and wales midfielder aaron ramsey. ramsey's contract is due to end at the end of this season, and although it is thought his preference at the moment is to join the italian champions, he is yet to make a decision and will continue to consider offers from a number of europe's leading clubs, including paris st—germain. arsenal manager unai emery praised ramsey's attitude despite the speculation surrounding his future. they are changing the name on the manager's office at stoke again. just over a year ago they were a premier league club under mark hughes. they've had three managers since then. the latest is this man, nathan jones. this is the biggestjob of his career but he was unusually honest about how hard it's been leaving his old club, luton town

tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says he's worried about harry kane, though. at home to bournemouth. in the women's super league, manchester city have moved to the top of the table for the first time this season after a 3—1win at west ham. nikita parris scored their third late on, becoming the first player in wsl history to score 40 goals. city move above arsenal, but they're only a point clear, and arsenal have a game in hand. saracens are into the quarter—finals of the european champions cup after a bonus—point win over lyon. they're still unbeaten in this season's competition and they scored four tries in france, ben spencer with the last of them in a 28—10 win. england have made a good start to netball‘s quad series — they beat new zealand 54—41 in their opening match in liverpool. that equalled their best win over new zealand. england now take on south africa and then the world number one side australia in london next weekend, all part of their preparations for the world cup which takes place in liverpool injuly. what was really important tonight was the

mauricio pochettino says it doesn‘t matter who starts up front for chelsea because they know it‘s goinghips in slovenia. the paralympic champions took silver after finishing five seconds behind slovakian pair in the visually impaired slalom. they also took bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday. i will be back after apm with much more. back now to brexit, and are you baffled by all the jargon that‘s constantly bandied around by politicians and journalists? well, all day, bbc news is breaking down the language about brexit that is routinely used, but rarely explained. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at the university of bedfordshire in luton. iam very i am very flattered. good afternoon. welcome to luton and the university of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit of jargon busting of bedfordshire. we are doing a bit ofjargon busting because the bbc news website has a newjargon buster, given that people like me are going to be prattling on for goodness knows how long about various terms. we have a search

tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they need to find some consistency if they're to be true titlewin over everton. joe lynskey reports. in 2019, cardiff city's approach will be much the same as their young mascot. keep picking up theirform to beat the premier league drop. things can fall away very quickly when playing against spurs. january for them is about building on what they have. the transfer window is likely to stop harry kane scoring. but after his 122 in the week goals, few will look as roughly as this. they had this much sealed inside 12 minutes when the quick feet of cristian eriksen teased the opportunity for 2—0. for spurs, there are still issues to settle, later this month, they will lose the presence and goals of some young men to south korea and the asian cup. a win takes them back within reach of the top but this new year, spurs have much to resolve. we have position but not real contenders. we need to believe more in us, we need to show more consistency if we want to be contenders. the site had a more and down christmas than leicester city. wins against chelsea a

says english officials aren't able to use the video assistant referee system and spurs boss mauricio pochettinoy helped tottenham win the first leg of their league cup semi—final at wembley last night. the assistant ruled that harry kane was offside before winning a penalty, but the referee michael oliver, who had correctly allowed play to continue, was given instruction by the video assistant that kane was just onside. sarri disputed that afterwards showing the media another camera angle that seemd to show him offside. that penalty gives spurs the advantage ahead of the second leg in a fortnight, but neither manager was ahppy with the use of technology. —— neither manager was happy with the use of technology. kane was offside, clearly offside. but it's not important. i think it's more important that the linesman stop the run. he didn't follow the ball. so, for the players on the pitch, it's clearly offside. so he had, i think, a big influence on our defenders. so i think that... they need to study better the system. lam not i am not happy. the decision... how we can affect and help is the refe

manchester city into second in the table, six points behind the leaders liverpool, although manager mauricio pochettinoif you want to be a contender we are not real contenders, we need to live more in us, we need to show more consistency if we want to be contenders. arsenal also won yesterday, bouncing back from their thrashing by liverpool to beat fulham 4—1 — alexandre lacazette among the scorers. arsenal are still in fifth place, nowjust two points behind chelsea. but everything could change over the next couple of days. tonight, chelsea are at home to southampton, who're just outside the relegation zone; and there's a huge game tomorrow — manchester city against liverpool — that could have a major impact on the rest of the premier league season. city manager pep guardiola has already said that if they don't win, it would be almost impossible for them to catch liverpool. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. see you! lets return now to our top story that millions of rail passengers are having to pay more for their journeys from today as fares in england and wales ris

he suffered a hamstring injury in their win at fulham, giving manager mauricio pochettino another headachen we keep believing, and today was no different. the semi—professional side auchinleck talbot produced the shock of the weekend in the scottish cup, knocking out ayr united, and their reward is an away tie at hearts in the fifth round. they beat livingston 1—0, sean clare with the goal. holders celtic will be at home to stjohnstone. the full draw is on the bbc sport website. the winning margin they needed to take netball‘s quad series. tracy neville's side had to win by five goals at london's copper box, but it finished 52—49. australia won the series, but the match was a great recovery by england, who lost to south africa the day before. it's really hard to get a win. people — you know, we've not had a win for a long time — really appreciate how hard it is. and to stop winning is really, really hard. so to go out here and win today shows that we're a team that can turn it around in 24 hours, and that for me is what we need to do at the world cup. we need to have that in our bank. lei