romelu lukaku has had his fair share of criticism lately, and is responding with goals.s campaign. no team has scored more in the premier league against west brom than manchester united. that trend continuing, withjesse lingard fortuitously adding the second. jose mourinho's side had only conceded 11 league goals before today. he'll be frustrated at how they gave away the 12th. west brom won't mind, gareth barry's strike is the first in alan pardew‘s reign, and the home side could have levelled. jay rodriguez going agonisingly close to what would have been an important point. back to an 11 point gap. with city's continuing dominance, united can ill avoid any missed chances. you do your best, you try to win matches and play the best possible, you try to develop as a team the more you can. you try to give kids a big chance to become an important player at manchester united, and at the end of the season we will see what happens, notjust in the premier league, but in the other competitions. i think i made a mistake picking the team. i think the effort of liverpool was hard,

marcus rashford replaced romelu lukaku.tom of the table, swa nsea now to the bottom of the table, swansea were about but they are not bottom any more. new man in charge, it is that famous bounce. they are 1-0 it is that famous bounce. they are 1—0 down, watford looked like winning but then jordan 1—0 down, watford looked like winning but thenjordan aeu equalised and then luciana hope got the winner, he was on as a substitute. they are off the bottom. west brom are bottom. new manager and a big win. i must give congratulations to my players. it was a difficult game, under difficult circumstances, they are showing they are better players. they need a plan and a dynamic. and we felt that during the game, they we re we felt that during the game, they were better than that. again, it was against a strong opponent. fantastic stuff there. i look at some of the other results. huddersfield was goalless, newcastle goalless, they really need to start picking up points, newcastle. they have that important match coming up. still goalles

it wasn't a good david jose mourinho as he saw romelu lukaku jose mourinho as he saw romelu lu ka ku saw the referee waves away what he thought was a certain penalty. wasn't it? he clearly struck him on the arm. 0k. have you spoken with the officials? yeah, but for what? for what? liverpool were up for what? for what? liverpool were up to fourth as mohammed sulla scored his 16th and 17th league goals of the season to help the reds come from behind to win against leicester, the only negative being that he limped off later on. at the other end of the table there was plenty of late drama, burma scored an 88 minute winner against everton to move out of the bottom three and swa nsea to move out of the bottom three and swansea but even later as they will completed a remarkable turnaround against watford, scoring in the 86 and 90th minute. sacked last week by sheffield wednesday, celebrating his new side's victory six days later, carlos, how will tell you that a week is a long time input all, let alone one year. alex howes, bbc news. pretty good goals and there, would there? elsewhere, the

romelu lukaku opened the scoring as a united wheat west ra h m opened the scoring as a united wheat westm —— beat. any labour that goal in as many games for the striker. liverpool are up to the fourth place. in rugby union's european champions cup, last year ‘s winners beaten by claremont. locked at 2i—all with 2 minutes remaining, scott spedding slotted this penalty to give clermont their fourth win in a row. defending champions saracens must win their final two matches to stand a chance of reaching the quarters plenty more on the bbc web page. now back to you. a quick heads up that this week the news at six and ten will feature a report on the growing number of older people making up the world ‘s population. in the uk a third of babies are expected to live to 100. we will be taking a look at how to ensure we will spend the extra years in good health and become hopefully super ages. that is it. you can see more on today's story. it is now time for the news where you are. good evening. sunday was a misty and murky sort of day of us. weather watchers coming in with pictures like that. gre

romelu lukaku headed home in the first half for united, for a 1—0 win at home against bournemouth.o fourth on the table, after a 2—0 win against brighton. bayern munich are nine points clear at the top of the bundesliga, after a 1—0 win over cologne. robert lewandowski scored their goal on the hour mark. hoffenheim are up to fifth after a 1—0 win over stuttgart. bayer leverkusen won by the same scoreline against werder bremen. that leaves them fourth. second—placed schalke kept up the pressure on the leaders, with a 3—2 win over augsburg. real madrid are through to the club world cup final after beating aljazira 2—1 in abu dhabi. they had to come from a goal down to secure the win. cristiano ronaldo eased the nerves to level things after the break. and then gareth bale came off the bench to score the winner, with his first touch of the game. they will meet south american champions gremio, of brazil, in saturday's final. well, the third ashes test will begin in perth in the next few hours. australia have a 2—0 lead in the best—of—five series, so a win would see them regain the urn.

romelu lukaku opened the scoring for his second goal in as many games before jesse lingard doubled united'sre the break. the visitors appeared to be heading for a comfortable win until albion substitute gareth barry poked home from close range with 13 minutes left. and despite some late pressure, united holding on for the win to go three points clear of third placed chelsea. they are really strong, they are really aggressive. they can put teams under pressure. we didn't have more problems because we had so much of the ball and had so much control by having the ball. but we knew that any timea by having the ball. but we knew that any time a situation could arise and it was that situation which woke up the stadium, gave them the belief that they didn't have until that moment and put us a little bit under pressure. but i think the performance was really good. liverpool moved back into the top four after hammering bournemouth 4—0 on the south coast of england. there were goals for philippe coutinho, dejan lovran before mo salah got his 11th goal in 11 games, his 20th of the season to end the ti

and nasty head injury to romelu lukaku. he had to be carried off.ound and did not go to hospital. we will get more details whenjose mourinho is interviewed. a penalty appeal was turned down anjose mourinho was angry. he spoke to the referee. southampton had a great chance to ta ke southampton had a great chance to take the lead. david de gea was exceptional. what a season he is having. united thought they had taken the lead late on, paul pogba finding the back of the net but it was ruled out for offside. now manchester united are 1a points behind their rivals manchester city and they are down in third place. we will talk about the team in a moment. disappointment for manchester united at home. liverpool we re manchester united at home. liverpool were at home and things were a bit better, they took on leicester and it ended in a 2—1victory. more goals for salah. he has scored 23 goals for salah. he has scored 23 goals in all competitions since signing for liverpool and the only other liverpool player to do that was roger hunt in 1961. a 2—1wind, jami

first, romelu lukaku breaking his goal—scoring drought, and then marcus rashford breaking his.ting pretty for the new year. chelsea were already through to the last 16 before a ball had even been kicked. time now to clinch their top spot. and they have the best of the chancesin and they have the best of the chances in the first half, alvaro morata just a few degrees away and za p pa costa morata just a few degrees away and zappacosta denied by the keeper. but atletico la id zappacosta denied by the keeper. but atletico laid siege to the chelsea goal at the start of the second and broke their way through. eden hazard snatched a frantic equaliser, but they ran out of time for the win. chelsea finish second in their group and may be in for a choppy ride when the champions league returns in february. the manchester united and chelsea are through to the knockout stage. celtic are already out of the reckoning, but they have parachuted into the europa league after finishing third behind psg and bayern munich. they still finished above the belgians, though, because ofa above the belgia

tonight fans like to see the likes of paul pogba, romelu lukaku, nemanja matic and anthony martial.y nemanja matic and anthony martial. by contrast bristol city's la starting 11 cost less than 10 million in total. bristol is one of the best teams in the championship. for me, the championship is now high quality teams with lots of players that could play in the premier league easily. we need to take the game really seriously. for me, it is great. you look up to these guys. i have ordered in a very expensive bottle of wine, i must add. i've had to read my little girl's piggybank. i will be disappointed if he does not come in, and at least tasted. it has to be poured specially, it is that good. ashton gate is sold out tonight. for many city fans, this'll be the first time they have seen their play manchester united. could not be more excited. for me, like 37 yea rs not be more excited. for me, like 37 years in the offing. everyone i know, the hull city talking about it. iam buzzing. ifeel sorry for the special one. he avoided us at porto, real madrid, now he has to come to the mecca of

the manager will not be relishing the prospect of coming up against romelu lukaku. last time he played against 0rmond, which was last season for everton, he scored for mac goals. he visited all premier league fixtures for this evening. seven games in total. liverpool will be looking for rowenna weston —— for a win against west brom to reclaim fourth place. arsenal could also go forth with a win and other games going away. for mac games in the scottish premiership. rangers and aberdeen five points gained leaders celtic. celtic have a game in hand, though. 0ne celtic have a game in hand, though. one other game to tell you about. they have been tweeting about it. they have been tweeting about it. the fa cup third round replay between crewe alexandra and blackburn. it was postponed last night because of this. terrible weather, not what you would want to play a football match in. but it will, as hopes tonight, take place. now that the pitch, and we can show you what it looks like, is much better. better conditions for a football match. the first game ended fears and free

romelu lukaku opened the scoring with a header — his second goal in as many games, while jessie lingardalthough the united manager said they shouldn't be underestimated as opponents. you do your best to try and win matches and to try to - the you do your best to try and win matches and to try to asthe if"? 7" w m 7 you do your best to try and win matches and to try to as: a e if"? 7" w m 7 you do your best to try and win matches and to try to as: a team ww ww w w w passiblé arms 1115111151113;- as £41513?! ,, , the passiblé amjfj ttteqqt as 51 tett1 ,, , the best passiblé arms tttetqt as 51 tzt-tt1 ,, , the best she passiblé arms tietz'elixel as 51 te-tt1 ,, , the best she can asaaiaia arms aatatsa as a taat1 ,, , the best she can and give asaaiais arms asssisa as a tsat1 ,, , the best she can and give kids a big chance to become an important player at manchester united and at the end of the season we will see what happens in the premier league and other competitions. while liverpool are up to fourth in the table after their comfortable 4—0 victory over bournemouth. coutinho, lovren, sa

romelu lukaku was stretchered off with a head injury at old trafford as his manchester united team matesho confirmed that zlatan ibrahimovic will be out through injury. a third successive premier league draw forjose mourinho's men saw them slip to fourth in the table 14 points behind leaders manchester city, who have a game in hand. mourinho was disappointed referee craig pawson didn't give his side a penalty for what he felt was a deliberate handball by maya yoshida. we played enough to score goals, of course we missed easy chances. but i'm really unhappy with the penalty. not with craig's performance overall but with the penalty. chelsea moved up to second in the table with a comfortable 5—0 win over stoke city at stamford bridge. defender antonio rudiger got the opener afterjust three minutes before danny drinkwater and pedro put chelsea three up afterjust 23 minutes. stoke stay two points above the relegation zone. swa nsea swansea are off the bottom of the table. the new manager has a winning start to his newjob as swansea boss. celtic go into the new year eight points clear at the

it is stocked full of premier league players, very good players, romelu lukaku, vincent kompany, edenhem and roberto martinez. the fixture against tunisia is where england will start. gareth southgate back in 1998 played against tunisia in that game in france 98. after the draw was made his book to jonathan france 98. after the draw was made his book tojonathan pearce who started by asking him his reaction to getting tunisia once again. the first thing that went to my mind, it was a fantastic day as a player, the brilliant occasion, incredible atmosphere of our fans made. nice to be able to relive that. what sort of acai diet they? we have to find that out. we haven't done so much research on them yet. now with the opportunity. that is what great. we can really start to focus. how important is it that you have got a break, six days between that game and panama? there is a little bit of travelling and it gives us the opportunity may be for a couple of injuries if you get them to clear up. you are always grateful for such preparation timeous possible for any game. it is their first fina

romelu lukaku opened the scoring for his second goal in as many games beforejesse lingard doubled united'sing for a comfortable win until albion substitute gareth barry poked home from close range with 13 minutes left. united though holding on for the win to go 3 points clear of 3rd placed chelsea. they are really strong, they are really aggressive, they can put teams under pressure. we didn't have problems because we had so much of the ball and we had so much control by having the ball. but we knew that at any by having the ball. but we knew that atany time by having the ball. but we knew that at any time a situation could arise. it was that situation that woke of the stadium, gave them the belief that they didn't have until that moment and put us a little bit under pressure. but i think the performance was really good. liverpool moved back into the top four after hammering bournemouth 4—0. there were goals for philippe coutinho, dejan lovran before mo salah got his 11th goal in 11 games, his 20th of the season to end the tie as a meaningful contest after only 44 minutes. roberto firmino

it wasn't a good day forjose mourinho as he saw romelu lukaku stretchered off early on, and later sawit? it clearly struck him on the arm. 0h, 0k. thank you. presumably, you've spoken with the officials? yeah, but for what? for what? liverpool were up to fourth as mohamed salah scored his 16th and 17th league goals of the season to help the reds come from behind to win against leicester. the only negative being that salah limped off later on. at the other end of the table, there was plenty of late drama. bournemouth scored an 88th minute winner against everton to move out of the bottom three, and swansea left it even later as they completed a remarkable turnaround against watford, scoring in the 86th and 90th minutes. sacked last week by sheffield wednesday, celebrating his new side's victory six days later, carlos carvalhal will tell you that a week is a long time in football, let alone a year. alex south, bbc news. elsewhere, the matches between huddersfield and burnley, and newcastle and brighton finished goalless. there's two matches in the premier league today. west brom take on

romelu lukaku was stretchered off with a head injury, as they were held to a goalless draw with southamptonimovic is out for month as well. a third straight draw sees them slip to third in the table, fourteen points behind leaders manchester city who play on sunday. mourinho was disappointed referee craig pawson didn't give his side a penalty for what he felt was a deliberate handball. we played enough to score goals. of course we missed easy chances. but i am really unhappy with the penalty. not with craig's performance overall, but with the penalty. new liverpool defender virgil van dijk was watching from the stands at anfield, after his £75 million transfer from southampton made him the world's most expensive defender. jamie vardy gave leicester city a very early lead, but mohammed salah hit his 16th and 17th league goals this season to secure a 2—1win forjurgen klopp's side. we dominated the game. we scored a fantastic we dominated the game. we scored a fa ntastic two we dominated the game. we scored a fantastic two goals, a very deserved when an absolutely, mentality wires, outstanding

jose mourinho's side required a point in their final match to guarantee top spot but romelu lukaku and to i am really happy, because we don't want to qualify with a defeat. we don't want to qualify with a bad performance. so the objective was to qualify at playing well and try to get at least a positive result. and i think we did that very, very well. this caught our eye on social media — usain bolt has unveiled a rather large statue of himself in kingston, jamaica. he described the moment as one of the greatest of his career after the eight time olympic champion hung up his spikes after the world athletics championships in august. it was all easy you might think? well simply pulling off the drape that covered the statue took as long that it does for bolt to finish a one hundred metre race. eventually a bit of elbow grease freed the cloth and the statue took pride of place outside jamaica's national stadium. of course you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, that is your wednesday sport briefing. thank you tulsen tollett

romelu lukaku with the first. victory for united will cut city's lead back to 11 points.nality of the year tonight. we will be checking in on the liverpool red carpet through the afternoon on bbc news. a seamless link from our colleagues at bbc sport. the bbc‘s sports personality of the year will be announced tonight. the show comes live from liverpool where the winner will be decided by public vote. our sports correspondent adam wild is in liverpool ahead of tonight's awards. we did not see the red carpet. a nice blue backing with the logo. this goes back many, many decades. this goes back many, many decades. this has been one of the key publicly voted awards for several yea rs ? publicly voted awards for several years? yeah, indeed. voted for by the public. that makes it really more specialfor the public. that makes it really more special for many of those involved deceiving. you are right, the red carpet is behind me. preparation is getting under way apace in the last hour or so. we're expecting the first of the contenders to arrive in the next few hours for what is al

it wasn't a good day forjose mourinho as he saw romelu lukaku stretchered off early on, and later sawty. liverpool were up to fourth as mohamed salah scored his 16th and 17th league goals of the season to help the reds come from behind to win against leicester. the only negative being that salah limped off later on. at the other end of the table, there was plenty of late drama — bournemouth scored an 88th minute winner against everton to move out of the bottom three, and swansea left it even later as they completed a remarkable turnaround against watford, scoring in the 86th and 90th minutes. sacked last week by sheffield wednesday, celebrating his new side's victory six days later, carlos carvalhal will tell you that a week is a long time in football, let alone a year. alex howes, bbc news. details of all yesterday's results are on the bbc sport website. there's two matches today — leaders manchester city can go 16 points clear if they beat crystal palace. celtic go into the winter break 8 points clear of second—placed aberdeen after the old firm derby ended in stalemate. brendan rod

after a barren spell, romelu lukaku seems to have rediscovered his goal—scoring touch.ying a purple patch, his somewhat fortuitous strike adding united's second, which turned out to be the winner. gareth barry did find the net, but west brom are still without a win in all competitions since august. england's hopes of retaining the ashes are fading fast. they must bat all day tomorrow if they're to avoid defeat in the third test in perth and snatch a draw to keep the series alive. weather could play its part — rain stopped play towards the end of the fourth day. at the close, england were 132—4 mitchell marsh didn't add to his 181 overnight. and aussie captain steve smith was out for 239. australia declared on 662—9, a lead of 259. in reply, england lost mark stoneman, alastair cook and joe root cheaply. james vince made a half century before he was bowled by a terrific ball by mitchell starc. defeat looming for england, and that would leave them 3—0 down and hand the ashes back to australia. european champions cup holders saracens look like they'll now need to try to re

romelu lu ka ku's romelu lukaku's header opened proceedings.t it was just consolation as they stay 19th. you do your best, you try to win matches, you try to play the best possible. you try to do all you can asa team. possible. you try to do all you can as a team. you try to give kids a big chance to become an important player at manchester united. at the end of the season, we will see what happens, notjust end of the season, we will see what happens, not just in end of the season, we will see what happens, notjust in the premier league but also in other competitions. liverpool got back to winning ways, with a comfortable 4—0 win away at bournemouth in the premier league. mohamed salah, netting his 20th goal in all competitions this season. we need to be really consistent. we need to be really consistent. we need to be steady and on track. we need to be steady and on track. we need to be steady and on track. we need to show all the time while we are together. today, we are really happy, because we have the christmas party tonight. it is the fir

manchester united manager jose mourinho admits his striker romelu lukaku needs a rest, but he can't givees in the last 19 matches. united host southampton in the tea—time kick—off. the boy is tired, he is physically a monster, he is not a machine. i think he is feeling it. but it is fantastic, for me. and for the team. and it gives absolutely everything. liverpool face leicester today but don't have their new their £75 million defender available. virgil van dyck won't join from southampton until the transfer window opens at the start of the new year. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says it was "not nice" paying so much for a player, but there was little choice. half was little choice. a year ago, i think, it was a big half a year ago, i think, it was a big transferfor half a year ago, i think, it was a big transfer for an offensive player. now we have a big transfer for a defensive layer, and it is about a third of it. —— player. well, that's it. not nice, not nice, but that is the market, that is the world. and we have to adapt to that. it is just the price of football, isn't it? scottish

romelu lukaku's second goal in two games helped them on their way.s saracens to a 24—21 pool defeat by clemont auvergne. sarries look like having to try to qualify for the quarter—finals as one of the three best pool runners—up. much more on mo farah and sports personality of the year in the papers. the shock of the win and the technical problems, which hampered the end of the programme. it had been such a slick programme, and then at the end... and they had to finish quick because of the apprentice final. we might have the end of the ashes by the time we finished this morning. end of the ashes by the time we finished this morninglj end of the ashes by the time we finished this morning. i am going to hope against hope that that is not true. as we saw last night, anything can happen. and he has more power in his little finger than you could ever imagine. it is cold outside. temperatures around the freezing mark. frost. temperatures in rural spots down to -4. a temperatures in rural spots down to —4. a chilly start the monday morning. the most mild in

at a rain—soaked old trafford, the only goal came from romelu lukaku's header in the first half.e was over. sam alla rdyce continues to work his magic at everton. it's now three wins and a draw since he was appointed manager. wayne rooney was on the scoresheet again as they beat newcastle 1—0. they're up into the top half. elsewhere, leicester enjoyed a comprehensive win at southampton, tottenham beat brighton. but liverpool were left frustrated by west brom, and it finished goal—less too between west ham and arsenal. in scotland, celtic have stretched their unbeaten domestic run to 69 matches after beating hamilton academical 3—1. they're five points clear of rangers who came from a goal down to beat hibernian 2—1 at easter road. alfredo morelos scored the winner in first—half stoppage time. the cricket, 160—a. we have not lost another wicket in the last five minutes. you have to take the good news. a woman's place is in the kitchen and it's down to the man to provide for his family. just two gender stereotypes that still, all too often, appear in literature and on our tv screen

manchester united beat west brom in the english premier league to keep their faint title hopes alive romelu lukaku scored his fifteenth goal of the season in the twenty seventh minute and just he lingered sealed a two one win manager josie marino says his team will continue fighting for the title every minute you are a match which. we try to win because if you do that question two was and then you do the same question. to the feed into the six. babies if you probably they will. so united close the gap on the leader is a man city two eleven points in sunday's other match liverpool smashed bournemouth by four goals to nil and that moved them up to four barcelona have increased their lead at the top of the spanish league table they hammer depth. four nil on sunday linnell massey tried to get in on the action but missed a penalty but garcia didn't need him luis suarez and pauline yobo scored twice to seal the win barsa will face around madrid in an el classico match next saturday. but. i know everybody is looking at the points we have in real madrid but athletico is just six points behind whatever hap

they were 1—0 down at half—time but two quickfire goals from romelu lukaku and marcus rashford sealedn at old trafford. celtic have qualified for the europa league despite losing 1—0 to belgian side anderlecht. the scottish champions knew they had to avoid defeat by three goals or more to seal third place in group b. mark cavendish says he wants to race in next year's four—day tour de yorkshire. the event has been running since 2014 when the county hosted the grand depart for the tour de france with great success. next year's race in may will start in beverley and will finish up in leeds. it will also features a two—day women's race. cavendish says he'll do all he can to be there. i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. i am from here. i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. iam from here. i i definitely want to be here in yorkshire. i am from here. i can see the legacy. it is wicked to see it and be part of it. what makes this race special is the fans. we saw that in 2014. it is a special place to ride in the uk, that is for sure. ronnie o'sullivan is the highest seed left in s