left here now from nigel clough. quite daunting and lots of ways.to enjoy it. you could not get a bigger contrast in football, between, but in the semifinal of a major cup condition, you could not get a bigger contrast between two clubs. a huge task ahead for territory mac and his side. let's talk about manchester city, their focus is elsewhere on the hunt for the premier league to retain their title or the fa cup and the champions league. i'm pretty sure that pep guardiola will look at his squad. he will pick and choose who you want to play in this game. he's got so many sizes. three first teams, or batches of players he can play in this game, i'm expecting at least eight or nine changes. he will wa nt to least eight or nine changes. he will want to keep a call in to get the job done and make sure they do get thejob done. there job done and make sure they do get the job done. there will be a lot of resting players as well. it won't be able to in the park for city but if they apply themselves, they should be able to get over the line. the fa ct be a

well, that's the situation facing burton albion's nigel clough tonight ahead of the return leg of thehipped nine goals to a rampant manchester city in the first leg two weeks ago. so what's their manager going to say to his players tonight? if we had lost three or 4—0 the game was still over, so we will enjoy it the same. you know, it doesn't, it doesn't alter the achievement of getting to the semifinal. honestly. if we had lost 3—0 we are still out and we still reached the semifinal. so we will enjoy it and hope the supporters are. i don't think manchester city will ever come here again andi manchester city will ever come here again and i don't think we will ever get to a the scottish premiership is back tonight after their winter break, with a full programme leaders celtic take on st mirren, while bottom side dundee are at hearts. but the game of the night is at rugby park, where third—placed kilmarnock take on rangers in second. there for us to set the scene is five live's conor mcnamara.

and coming up on bbc news — a fairy tale league cup tie for nigel clough's burton albion tonight — atampions manchester city. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six — from westminster where mps have gathered again at the start of five more days of debate over brexit — ahead of the crunch vote on the prime minister's deal next tuesday. but before the talking had even begun — the government suffered another major setback over brexit — the second in just 2a hours. in a surprise twist, mps voted that if the prime minister's deal is rejected — as many expect next week — she must now return to the commons within three working days with a new brexit plan. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. one purpose and one direction. the prime minister has to push parliament to support her. to avoid what she claims will be no deal or no brexit at all. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. the deal protects jobs and security and delivers on the referendum and he should back it. but time and her authority is scarce. many just but time and her authority is scarce. manyju

nigel clough a league cup winner twice at nottingham forest.murray has lost four of his five australian open finals to the serb. he also lost to roger federer. the match will take place on the margaret court arena and will be open to the public. for nothing! world no.1 simona halep could do with some practice. she has just returned from a back injury and her first match in over three months ended in defeat. the romanian was beaten in straight sets by the world number 15, ashleigh barty. halep, who is the reigning french open champion and also the runner up at last year‘s australian open, and is currently without a coach. it was the biggest win of barty‘s career. it‘s a a big year for england cricket, they head to the west indies this week, but they‘ll host the world cup this summer before the ashes series that starts in august. the ecb‘s new director of cricket ashley giles, who has taken over from andrew strauss, believes england can win the world cup. this year creates probably the best opportunity for a long time. how we are playing our cric