All eyes on the Chelsea Women trying to beat Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals at Stamford Bridge, but the men are also playing tonight, and they’re kicking off shortly at Villa Park. Mauricio Pochettino makes just a couple changes from the thrashing by Arsenal, including Chalobah coming in at right back. And it’s a bench full of kids from the Academy. Well, here we go. Aston Villa starting lineup (4-4-2):Martínez | Digne, Pau, Konsa, Cash | Rogers, Douglas Luiz, McGinn (c), Bailey |...
There won’t be a bigger challenge this season for Chelsea Women, then this very match against Barcelona at their home stadium in the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal first leg. Barça haven’t lost a single match in almost an entire year, and their manager, Jonatan Giráldez, wants to end his reign at the club with back-to-back CL titles. Emma Hayes wants to go out of Chelsea on top as well, and there wouldn’t be a better way to do so than winning the Champions League for the first time in...
The Toffees have an opportunity to pull themselves clear of the drop zone.
There is a very important Chelsea game happening on Saturday. This is not it. This one’s pretty much an afterthought, perhaps even for those actually involved in it. Mauricio Pochettino sort-of, kind-of semi-assured us that we haven’t actually given up on the season yet. Except he didn’t do that; he just said that playing for Chelsea should be motivation enough to get up for any game. That may have been true once. But on the evidence of the last couple seasons, that’s not the case anymore....
It's a Merseyside derby with major implications for both ends of the table.
Arsenal have the opportunity of putting daylight between them and title
The dark clouds have cleared and the sun was shining over Goodison Park
Unai Emery's men look to cement fourth place as they host Mauricio Pochettino's wildly inconsistent Blues.
Jurgen Klopp has never lost at Goodison Park but the Reds have won just two of their last seven trips under the German and must win tonight if they are to stay in the title race
Merseyside Derby with Reds chasing Arsenal's result vs. Chelsea
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