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European football: Bayern ease to Cup victory after Kompany leaves hospital

Kane gets guard of honour before 6-1 win over MagdeburgSerie A: Inter sink Venezia, Milan lose at home to BolognaBayern Munich sailed to a 6-1 win over second-tier Magdeburg in the DFB-Pokal after their head coach, Vincent Kompany, was discharged from hospital earlier on Wednesday.Kompany’s assistant, Aaron Danks, was in the dugout for Bayern for the last-32 tie, while Harry Kane was rested. The Ballon d’Or winner received a guard of honour from his teammates before kick-off in front of 75,000 fans at the Allianz Arena. Continue reading...

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Scottish Premiership: McInnes booed in Rangers draw at Hearts, Celtic held at home

Derek McInnes returns to Tynecastle for 2-2 drawMartin O’Neill ‘disappointed’ by Dundee United resultOlwethu Makhanya scored a late equaliser as Rangers earned a 2-2 draw with Hearts on the much-hyped Tynecastle return for Derek McInnes.The Rangers manager was booed loudly by the home support as he emerged from the tunnel for his first match back since leaving for Ibrox in June, just weeks after the Edinburgh side were pipped to the Scottish Premiership title. Continue reading...

Carabao Cup roundup: Bournemouth thrash Villa, Sunderland salvo stings Bees

Cherries win 3-0 to set up Anfield visit in last eightWearsiders resist Brentford fightback in 3-2 successBournemouth continued their impressive run of results by thumping Aston Villa 3-0 to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals for the first time in eight seasons, while Sunderland scored three times in 10 minutes at the Stadium of Light to leave Brentford too much to do as the home side won 3-2.The winger Amine Adli fired home in the seventh minute at the Vitality Stadium to set Marco Rose’s in-form side on course for a fifth consecutive win in all competitions. Lewis Cook, the Cherries captain, added a fortuitous second early in the second period before the striker Álvaro Rodríguez sealed another 3-0 success after similar wins against Milan and Manchester United. Continue reading...

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Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties: Carabao Cup plus quarter-final draw – as it happened

Liverpool will face Bournemouth after prevailing on penalties while Fleetwood will welcome Everton or Newcastle nextBasque pals Andoni and Xabi embrace warmly … but so much for friendship, because Chelsea turn Liverpool around, so the home side are kicking towards the Kop in this first half. They’re not huge fans of that. They kick off.The teams are out! Liverpool in red, Chelsea in blue. These lads always look good when they play each other. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes! Continue reading...

Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties yet again to secure Carabao Cup progress

Chelsea must have been resigned to their fate as soon as the shootout arrived at Anfield. Four times they had faced Liverpool on penalties previously and four times they had lost. Number five was confirmed when Wesley Fofana’s wild effort sailed high into the Kop and sent Andoni Iraola’s side into a Carabao Cup quarter-final against his old club Bournemouth.Fofana was not the only culprit as Chelsea’s catalogue of penalty misery against Liverpool gained a new chapter alongside the 2007 Champions League semi-final, the 2019 Uefa Super Cup final and the FA and League Cup finals of 2022. Continue reading...