You must have done something wrong as a referee if both managers are unhappy with you at the end of the match. So it was for Jon Moss, who has retirement on the horizon, but no sign of lap of honour. Moss made a number of controversial decisions during Aston Villa’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Tuesday evening, which irked …

Liverpool managed a tight victory over Aston Villa on Tuesday evening, keeping the pressure on Manchester City for the Premier League title, but will have to turn their attentions to the FA Cup final on Saturday. They may well be doing so without one of their key midfielders. After a frenetic start at Villa Park, which saw both sides score …

Jurgen Klopp heaped praise on Sadio Mane and provided an update on the fitness of Fabinho after Liverpool’s 2-1 away victory over Aston Villa. The Reds went behind just three minutes in when Douglas Luiz pounced on a couple of defensive errors to open the scoring for Villa. But Liverpool hit back three minutes later when Joel Matip tapped home after …

Steven Gerrard was “frustrated” that his “ambitious” Aston Villa players were beaten by a Liverpool side they made uncomfortable despite defeat. Villa gave Gerrard’s former club Liverpool a glimmer of hope in the title race by suffering a 2-1 defeat to them. However, they made them work for it; Liverpool had to respond to an early setback after Douglas Luiz …

Madrid (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Barcelona tightened their grip on second place in La Liga on Tuesday with a 3-1 win at home to Celta Vigo. But Barca’s victory was overshadowed by a nasty head injury to defender Ronald Araujo, who had to be taken away in an ambulance in the 64th minute of the match.  Araujo …

Frustration was the resounding emotion that came across from Jurgen Klopp’s interview after Liverpool drew with Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday night, but the German manager will likely be equally as relieved once the final whistle blew on Tuesday evening. Liverpool overcame a stiff test from Aston Villa, who took the lead just minutes into the match and although Liverpool managed …

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool are still “chasing like mad” after Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, said Jurgen Klopp after coming from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Tuesday. The top two are now level on points, but City stay top on goal difference and have a game in hand away to …

Barcelona hosted Celta Vigo at the Camp Nou for gameweek 36 of La Liga, and came out 3-1 as the victors after a scrappy performance. The hosts created several chances for not only themselves but also Celta, who did not make the most of them. With the league essentially over, though, Xavi evidently wanted to experiment with the team, deploying …

Barcelona ran out 3-1 as the victors against Celta Vigo at the Camp Nou tonight, but the goals were barely the talking point during or after the game. It was a very open match, with both teams committing several errors. Apart from that, Ronald Araujo and Gavi were involved in a dangerous clash of heads in the second half with …

Barcelona took another step towards securing a second-place finish in La Liga as they defeated Celta Vigo 3-1 at Camp Nou on Tuesday night. Memphis Depay got the ball rolling for the Blaugrana before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in quick succession on either side of half-time to put the team in the driving seat. Iago Aspas pulled one goal back, but …