a brilliant run from bernardo silva playing in phil foden, allison up to the task.ce they the half fell to kevin de bruyne, a free header straight over the bar, a let off for liverpool. but their early season form has been enough to convince plenty of their title credentials. after the break, they finally clicked into gear, and with a forward line like this one, they don't need many chances, sadio mane with the opener, city left thinking what should have been. but they did not have to think about it for long, because when delnext phil foden got his next chance, he made sure of that one. city deservedly level, but often the best of players produced the biggest of moments, and they don't come much better than mo salah, the best of runs complemented by the neatest of finishes. but city had a good player of the own, and kevin de bruyne did not let them down. what a game and what a title rice it looks like we are going to have. crystal palace must have thought they were down and out, after going 2—0 down to leicester at half time, in one of the earlier afternoon games. b

phil foden!ame in deciding the title. the current holders came to merseyside with their minds set on three points. they dominated early on and the best chance of the first half fell to kevin de bruyne. a free header straight over the bar, a let off for liverpool. but the reds' early—season form has been enough to convince plenty of their title credentials. after the break, they finally clicked into gear. and with a forward line like this one, they don't need too many chances. sadio mane with the opener, and city thinking what should have been. but they weren't left to ponder that for too long. because if you give phil foden that much space, he doesn't often miss. city deservedly back level. but that was only the start because often the best players produce the biggest of moments. and they don't come much better than mo salah. the trickiest of runs complemented by the neatest of finishes. but city have one or two big—game players of their own and this time, de bruyne didn't let them down. what a g

england international phil foden scoring two of them. positions but especially up front, because he has the quality for the control and the speed and the pace and the vision. unfortunately, the last game, he had many chances in front of the keeper, but he could not score but he is young and he is going to improve his finishing. and what a way for claudio ranieri to get his first win as watford boss. after last week's 5—0 hammering at the hands of liverpool, they stuck five of their own past everton today. in his second game since taking charge, ranieri saw his watford side come from behind twice, to win 5—2 at goodison park, the hornets packing a real sting, josh king with a hat—trick. watford are up to 14th. i told the players to not give up. it is not importantly result, we had to try to do our way but when we lose the ball we have to stay very carefully because five goals against liverpool is too much, and then i'm very happy because we played quickly, forward. and on the other side we kept possession. it was a very good match for us.

they're back at wembley after an impressive victory over andorra last time out, in which phil foden andcho impressed. momentum is certainly with his side, having reached the semifinals of the last world cup and then the final of the euros, but does gareth southagte feel his side are getting the credit they dserve? across europe have gathered a lot of respect. in europe there is probably a greater appreciation of what we have done in the way we have played that there has been here. that is reassuring because you want the respect of your peers and i think they have recognised where we have been over the last 30 years or so and there are signs that we are starting to show and the ability of the players to play in a certain style. chelsea midfielder mason mount could feature later, fresh from his place on the shortlist of nominees for football's prestigious ballon d'0r. he joins the likes of lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo, alongside harry kane, raheem sterling and phil foden, who are also nominated. not that he expects to win it. it was special. i probably found out exactly the same tim

a rare city break, and a phil foden finish. but brighton have here before.ero down to beat city here. could it happen again? not like this. foden getting his second, deflecting a gabrieljesus effort beyond sanchez. in the second half, brighton did give themselves a glimmer of hope. their player brought down by edison inside the box. penalty given in penalty scored. alexis mcallister pulling one back. but city re—established their 3—goal lead soon after. mahrez rounding up the scoring and ending all hopes of a brighton turnaround. on to scottish football now. hearts failed to take advantage of rangers not playing today, but their draw with dundee was still enough to send them top of the scottish premiership. john souttar gave them the lead, but poor defending punished byjason cummings for dundee made the score 1—1. hearts are top on goal difference with rangers in action tomorrow. celtic are nowjust a point behind, after beating stjohnstone 2—0. elsewhere wins for aberdeen, dundee united, and livingston. now to rugby league, and there was a clean sweep for en

the manchester city pair of phil foden and raheem sterling are also included.emier league. meanwhile, the england pair of ellen white and fran kirby have been named on the shortlist for the women's award. kirby helped chelsea to win the women's super league and was named the pfa and fwa player of the year. there are five chelsea players in total on the shortlist. members of the consortium which took over at newcastle united yesterday after weeks of negotiations, the english cricket board have confirmed this evening that the men's ashes tour of australia will go ahead. the ecb released a statement saying that the players will tour on the basis that "several critical conditions" are met. our senior sports news reporter laura scott has more. as far as we know it, this tour is going ahead. it will start in brisbane on the 8th of december, but, of course, it is subject to these critical conditions being met and we're not entirely sure what those are. but it is interesting that they clearly have enough players that seem happy to go that they are talking about a squad

despite starring for city this season, it was phil foden who put his side on the back foot in the shoot—outious four finals, so they'll be a new new name on the trophy next year. fielding a much—changed side from the one which thrashed manchester united in the league last sunday, liverpool are also through to the last eight after winning at preston. takumi minamino gave them the lead just after the hour mark. they made the game safe late on when divock origi produced a brilliant improvised finish. really worth seeing that again — amazing piece of skill. now a quick look at the night's other results. spurs won i—o at burnley, leicester beat brighton on penalties, while brentford beat stoke 2—1. a minute's silence at all the matches at the scottish premiership this afternoon as a tribute to walter smith, who passed away yesterday. celtic are nowjust two points behind rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. celtic won 3—1 at hibs, while rangers could only draw 2—2 at home to aberdeen. england's perfect start to the t20 world cup continues after they thrashed bangladesh by eight wickets

because if you give phil foden that much space, he doesn't often miss. city deservedly back level.emented by the neatest of finishes. but city have one or two big—game players of their own and this time de bruyne didn't let them down. what a game, and what a title race it looks like we're going to have. austin halewood, bbc news. i love the premier league, so. the premier league is it. so, i congratulate liverpool and of course my players, my staff, my backroom staff. that's why these both teams, last year, they were fighting to win the premier league. so what a game, ups and downs, highs and lows. what a game we had in the premier league yesterday. so from salah to son. he was the tormentor for spurs as they looked to put a difficult few weeks behind them. he had a hand in theirfirst and then did all the hard work for their second, forcing aston villa to put the ball into their own net. 2—1 it finished, a much—needed win after three league defeats in a row for spurs. leicester's sticky spell continues. they were two up against crystal palace but gave away their lead. jeff schlupp,

sides is made up for it after the break, with sadia manny getting the opener for the home side, phil fodenverpool ahead before kevin de bruyne made it 2— t. it means chelsea stay top, liverpool second and manchester city third. 0n the other english premier league matches, crystal palace fought back from 20 down to get a tude— two draw against leicester city. and there was a 2—1 win for tottenham over aston villa. elsewhere in european football, a weekday of results as the league leaders in spain, france and germany all suffered surprise defeats. in france, psg's100% winning start is over after losing 2-0 at winning start is over after losing 2—0 at rennes, with psg not having a single shot on target despite lionel messi, killeen and batty and name are all starting. real madrid stay level on top of la liga. bayern munich lost 2—0 at home to eintracht frankfurt. in the london marathon joycilinejepkosgei beat her fellow kenyan, making the decisive move at 22 miles, going on to win by 15 seconds. in the men's race, there was the biggest victory of his careerfor was the biggest victory of his c

the manchester city pair of phil foden are also included.eague. meanwhile the england pair of ellen white and fran kirby have been named on the shortlist for the 2021 women's ballon d'or award. kirby helped chelsea to win the women's super league and was named the pfa and fwa player of the year. there are five chelsea players in total on the shortlist. members of the consortium which took over at newcastle united yesterday have said one of their first actions will be to move alan shearer�*s statue onto stadium land at st james' park. the new owners have been meeting this morning at the stadium and called for newcastle fans to give them time to make more expansive changes. it is important that we don'tjust spend it on the team. i think the ground is shabby. it needs improving, the training ground needs improvement. they are going to invest in the city, which is a great thing for our people here in newcastle because i think the city deserves that. but there is no doubt they need new players as well. meal; they need new players as well. away fr

phil foden was impressive yet again, scoring twice in city's 4—1win at brighton.ord — beaten 5—0 by liverpool last week, they put five past everton — including a hat—trick from josh king, who was on loan at everton last season. it finished 5—2. we have one of the great rivalries in english football to look forward to — it's manchester united against liverpool, and whereas united's form has been erratic this season, liverpool can go second with a win, so they'll provide a tough challenge. it's going to take everything to get a result against the best teams in europe and the world and liverpool are one of them at the moment. they are one of them at the moment. they are one of them at the moment. they are one of the teams that we are chasing and we are trying to chase because we have had, what they have done the last four years is something that we are striving towards, and of course go past them. a point at st mirren today will be enough to put rangers back on top of the scottish premiership. they slipped below hearts on goal difference after they drew 1—1 at home t

despite starring for city this season, it was phil foden who put his side on the back foot in the shoot—outg at preston. takumi minamino gave them the lead just after the hour mark. they made the game safe late on when divock origi produced a brilliant improvised finish. really worth seeing that again — amazing piece of skill. now a quick look at the night�*s other results. last season�*s runners—up spurs won 1—0 at burnley, leicester beat brighton on penalties, while brentford 2—1winners at stoke. there was a minute�*s silence at all the matches at the scottish premiership this evening as a tribute to former rangers and scotland manager walter smith, who passed away yesterday. celtic are nowjust two points behind rangers at the top of the table after beating hibs 3—1, while rangers could only draw 2—2 with aberdeen at emotionally—charged ibrox. elsewhere, quite a win for bottom—side ross county at dundee, winning 5—0. the games between livingston, dundee united, motherwell, st mirren, stjohnston and hearts were all draws. england�*s perfect start to the t20 world cup continues after they t

phil foden and jayden sancho starred against andorra.essi and cristiano ronaldo alongside harry kane, raheem sterling and phil foden, who are also named on the 30 man shortlist, not that he expects to win it when the winner is announced at the end of november. it was special. i probably found out exactly the same time as everyone else. to see that, to see the names, to be alongside those names, it is obviously a dream and i think for all the years that you work hard, dedicate, then you see something like that, you can see that it pays off. and it's just a start, it doesn't stop now. scotland can get one of the two wins they need to secure a place in the play offs, after their thrilling comeback against israel on saturday. they're taking on the faroe islands. steve clarke's side are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark but four ahead of israel and austria. ijust borrow these players. i borrow them for ten days at the moment every month. and then you go into the winter and you don't see them, i don't see them in december,

phil foden scored twice in city's 4—1win at brighton.cycling was coming. there are cycling but i will start with some cricket. pretty soon people will be moving on to manchester united against liverpool. put the feet up, watch a bit of that. time to say goodbye to ben now — you're off to read the news for andrew marr. now here's tomasz with a final look at the weather. let's have a look at the forecast for the week ahead. we know it will be mild across the week and plenty breezy weather. it is breezy out there right now. it is what it is. this is what is happening in the atmosphere right now. this is a sped up atmosphere right now. this is a sped up nation over the few days. dash—mac animation. all the mild air is coming from the south and is here to stay pretty much all through the course of the week. right now a weather front crossing the country will stop through the irish sea and western parts it is starting to brighten up across this part of the country where it is out towards the west, things are starting to cloud over. it will tak

phil foden's pinpoint pass picking outjoao cancelo with impressive results., courtesy of kyle walker at then 19—year—old cole palmer — just moments after coming on as a sub. how's that for an entrance? and although bruges pulled one back, riyad mahrez rounded things off in suitably thumping style. 5—1 to city — and some statement. andy swiss, bbc news. talking of special players, what about this from lionel messi? scores level at two all in their champions league tie. he scored a classy penalty that won it for paris saint germain against leipzig. a little reminder he's still up there with the very best. celtic just about kept their europa league knockout hopes alive beating hungarian champions ferencvarosit was a great opener, kyogo furuhashi with a sublime bit of control afterjota's pass. but they only made sure of the win late on, they had a golden chance, which went down as own goal that put them 2 up, leaving them third in group g. the cricket t20 world cup continues later with ireland looking to make it two wins out of two and boost their chances of qual

the champions league. joao cancelo got citys first of the evening after a great through ball from phil fodenother before 19—year—old cole palmer scored the fourth just two minutes after coming onto the pitch. bruges did pull one back, but mahrez got his second of the night ot make it 5—1 to city. and liverpool have made a fantastic start against atletico in madrid — a mohammed salah effot was flicked in offjames milner, and naby keita just added a second. so around 15 minutes played in the spanish capital — liverpool 2—0 up. celtic picked up their first points in the europa league this season by beating ferencvaros 2—0. the game was held much earlier than usual due to policing pressures. celtic also required their fans to have covid passports to enter the stadium, and carried out random spot checks. 0n the pitch, it took almost an hour before the deadlock was broken at celtic park with portuguese midfielderjota setting up japan forward kyogo. david turnbull forced balint vecsei into an own goal for celtic�*s second goal, with ten minutes left. the win leaves celtic third in group g. 68% of p

phil foden is back in the fold after missing last month's a triple—header with that foot injury, theure. i thought he did very well at liverpool in the champions league game _ at liverpool in the champions league game and _ at liverpool in the champions league game and his next game wasjuventus so he _ game and his next game wasjuventus so he has _ game and his next game wasjuventus so he has had big matches, as well as the _ so he has had big matches, as well as the general league games and obviously— as the general league games and obviously milan have been delighted with him _ obviously milan have been delighted with him. they have ended up buying him and _ with him. they have ended up buying him and it— with him. they have ended up buying him and it has been a really good experience — him and it has been a really good experience for him. how him and it has been a really good experience for him.— him and it has been a really good experience for him. how far can you cle in experience for him. how far can you cycle in an — experience for him. how far can you cycle in an hour? _ expe

they take hungary at wembley after an impressive victory over andorra last time out in which phil fodent he expects to win it. it was special. i probably find out exactly the same time as everyone else. to see that, to see the names, to be alongside those names, it is obviously a dream and i think for all the years that you work hard, dedicates, then you see something like that, you can see that it pays off and it is just a start, it doesn't stop now. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california after losing to argentina's diego schwartzman. having beaten former us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, his game fell apart. he took the first set and was a break up in the second, but lost eight consecutive games, losing the deciding set 6 love, while cameron norrie continued his excellent run of form coming through a 3 set battle with the spaniard roberto bautista agut to reach the last 16. former british and irish lion ieuan evans will chair a 13 person group that will decide whether a women's lions team would be feasible. england and harlequ

phil foden was the only one to miss a penalty but it means they are out of the league cup.ge financial problems. former player xavi has been tipped to take over. we heard from josh carvallo a little earlier in the programme. he's become the first current professional male footballer playing in a top division, to come out as gay. the australian midfielder plays for adelaide united in the a—league, and has been priased by players and fans around the world. i've never smiled this much in my life and i had the best sleep last night knowing i could be myself and not live a life of lies, so my cheeks are very sore today but it's a good thing to have. look at the response i received. to cricket and the t20 world cup continues later, as australia play sri lanka. the aussies next opponents will be the in form england on saturday. jason roy hit a half—century yesterday as they thrashed bangladesh by 8 wickets in dubai to maintain their perfect start to the tournament. but another difficult day for scotland, who lost three wickets in the first over against namibia — before sliding to

phil foden's pinpoint pass picking outjoao cancelo with impressive results.t moments after coming on as a sub. how's that for an entrance? and although bruges pulled one back, riyad mahrez rounded things off in suitably thumping style. 5—1 to city — and some statement. andy swiss, bbc news. talking of special players, what about this from lionel mess? what about this from lionel messi? scores level at 2—2 in their champions league tie and he does that, a classy penalty that won it for paris saint—germain against leipzig. a little reminder he's still up there with the very best. celtic just about kept their europa league knockout hopes alive beating hungarian champions ferencvaros. it was a great opener — kyogo furuhashi with a sublime bit of control afterjota's pass. but they only made sure of the win late on. they had a golden chance which went down as an own goal that put them two up, leaving them third in group g. remember earlier this month a number of england footballers opted not to discuss if they've received the covid vaccine? well, figures out from t