Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel accepts his team will be up against Europe’s “benchmark” side when they bid to end Manchester City’s quest for an unprecedented quadruple in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final.
Manchester City’s bid for an unprecedented quadruple remains on track after they secured their place in the Champions League semi-finals with victory over Borussia Dortmund.
Pep Guardiola felt Manchester City had cleared a psychological hurdle after reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since he took charge.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho’s post-match spat with Manchester United counterpart Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday was far from his first run-in with another manager.
Rachel Blackmore made history as the first female jockey to win the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday aboard Minella Times, while Hideki Matsuyama became the first male Japanese player to claim a major championship with victory at the Masters.
Leeds provided a reminder that Manchester City are still fallible, Chelsea found full attacking fluency and West Ham showed they are here to stay in the top-four race.
Pep Guardiola backed the officials after Borussia Dortmund had a goal controversially disallowed in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City.
Manchester City face Borussia Dortmund – and their highly-rated striker Erling Haaland – in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Here, the PA news agency looks at some key points ahead of the game at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists Sergio Aguero is “irreplaceable” and “helped to put the club in a higher level”, as the striker prepares to leave the Etihad Stadium at the end of the season.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insists his side are far from perfect and the key to success in what remains of the season will be avoiding making mistakes.