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Stefano Pioli feels Milan dropped two points against Roma despite Alexis Saelemaekers snatching a draw with a 97th-minute equaliser at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.The Rossoneri headed into the match in the Champions League places but above fifth-placed Roma on just goal difference, and it appeared the Giallorossi would leapfrog Pioli's men as Tammy Abraham scored in the 94th minute with the match's first shot on target.

A 97th-minute Alexis Saelamaekers equaliser stunned Roma and earned Milan a point at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday to maintain their place in the Serie A Champions League places.Milan headed into the game above the Giallorossi on just goal difference, and it appeared it would remain that way as a quiet affair was moments away from finishing goalless.

Manchester City Women affirmed their position in the WSL title race with a convincing win over reigning champions Chelsea at the Academy Stadium.First half goals from Filippa Angeldahl and Lauren Hemp secured a 2-0 victory for the blues, their first WSL victory over Chelsea under Gareth Taylor.City made two changes from the team that lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the FA Cup, with Steph Houghton and Laura Coombs returning to the side at the expense of Kerstin Casparij and Deyna Castellanos as City looked to maintain their title charge.

AC Milan host Atalanta at the San Siro tonight in a six pointer for the Champions League places.Stefano Pioli hastily announced the return of shot stopper Mike Maignan alongside Olivier Giroud to round out the changes from the Monza game.The game sets the tone for the remainder of the season's battle for the top four.

Liverpool fans have been enduring a pretty torrid season in the Premier League so far and one of the reasons for that is the many injuries Jurgen Klopp has had to navigate his way through.Some players are coming back from injury for Saturday evening's match away at Newcastle, though, and the team makes the journey after comfortably beating Everton in the Merseyside derby on Monday night.

Sign up to Miguel Delaney's Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel's Delaney's free weekly newsletter Jurgen Klopp highlighted what he believes were clear mistakes made around last season's Champions League final but does not feel Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin should be held primarily responsible.

Verdict: Manchester City win & Both teams to score Best Odds: 9/5 Bookmaker: Unibet Knowing that they face a must-win showdown on Thursday night, Manchester City will welcome Tottenham to the Etihad.Manchester City
Starting with the hosts, suffering what was a shocking late collapse away at Old Trafford last weekend, Manchester City now face what is a huge uphill struggle in 2023.

Xavi Hernandez has said his Barcelona side can send a message to the rest of LaLiga by beating Atletico Madrid (stream live on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET) on Sunday.Barca have lost back-to-back games at the Metropolitano without scoring and have won just one of five matches there since Atletico moved into the stadium in 2017.

Though neither has hope of winning the Scudetto this season, history will be made at San Siro when Inter and Juventus meet in one of the Italian football's most famous fixtures.Eighteen points behind Napoli, second-placed Inter are looking over their shoulders at those behind them in a tight fight for the Champions League places.

Graham Potter says his family and mental health have suffered as a result of the criticism he faces as Chelsea boss.They sit 10th in the Premier League, 11 points off the Champions League places."With the results as they are, you accept criticism," Potter said."That should come.That's fair.

Warning: This article references issues readers may find upsetting Chelsea boss Graham Potter says he and his family have received anonymous death threats following the club's poor run of form.The Blues have won just two of their past 14 games in all competitions and lost to Premier League strugglers Southampton on Saturday.

Erik ten Hag is talking an excellent game, even when his Manchester United team perhaps let their standards slip.It is a manager's duly to keep the confidence high, so when Ten Hag said United's defending was "unacceptable" after Sunday's 3-2 loss to Arsenal, he sought to qualify those comments the next time he spoke in public.

Liverpool made a winning return to Premier League action as they restarted their bid to force their way into the top four with an entertaining victory over Aston Villa.Goals from Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Stefan Bajcetic ensured the Reds recorded a third successive league win for the first time this season and reduced the gap to the Champions League places to five points.

Liverpool winger Luis Diaz will undergo tests after suffering a setback in his bid to return from a knee injury, Jurgen Klopp has confirmed.Diaz has been absent since sustaining the injury in Liverpool's 3-2 defeat to Premier League leaders Arsenal in October, but he was named in their squad for a training camp in Dubai earlier this week.

Portuguese international Diogo Jota picked up an injury towards the end of the game and the 26-year-old had to be stretchered off the pitch.Another injury isn't what the team needs Well played though, he hasn't stopped all game ??#LIVMCI #liverpoolmancity #Liverpool pic.twitter.com/BT9TBg2PtiLiverpool picked up a 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League yesterday.

Fast Goals (@fast_footygoals) October 16, 2022 Jurgen Klopp has been given a red card for dissent.Jurgen Klopp was left fuming after referee Anthony Taylor gave the Liverpool manager a red card.RED CARD! Jurgen Klopp is shown a straight red card in the dugout#LFC | #LIVMCI pic.twitter.com/aYCIPm8Xn3