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The Premier League top four appears to be almost complete, with Manchester City and Arsenal assured of a finish in the Champions League places and Newcastle and Manchester United close to joining them.Liverpool boosted their own chances while dealing a blow to Tottenham's with Sunday's victory against Spurs lifting them into fifth place.

Stefano Pioli wants Rafael Leao to lead a Milan resurgence as he warned his team their Champions League run must not come at the expense of a top-four finish.The Milan head coach said Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not yet ready to start games after making two substitute appearances since returning from major knee surgery.

Times are tough at Liverpool at present as the Reds' miserable season continued last weekend by getting knocked out of the FA Cup, but manager Jurgen Klopp brought some positive news to his press conference today.The Merseyside club sit ninth in the Premier League table and are ten points from the Champions League places; in addition to this the Reds are out of both domestic cups and have Real Madrid in the next round of the Champions League which is the only competition that can save their season.

Harry Kane is "still a Tottenham player" and the club will not focus on his future until the end of the season, says interim boss Ryan Mason.However, the 29-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club."Our focus is on Harry until the end of the season like it is on every other player," Mason said.

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After a weekend of FA Cup quarter-finals, the Women's Super League is back with an action-packed schedule on Women's Football Weekend - an annual event which sees the women's game take centre stage.

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.

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.

A report has claimed that up to 10 Liverpool players could leave this summer as Jurgen Klopp begins a revamp.It's been an incredibly disappointing season as they struggle to even compete for the Champions League places never mind the Premier League title.Liverpool have many players in their current squad that have been there for many years now and having a revamp and a refresh can be important to continue success.

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

Women's Super League top-scorer Khadija Shaw scored the only goal of the game as Manchester City moved to within three points of the Champions League places with a narrow win at West Ham.Deyna Castellanos' excellent first-time pass put Shaw through on goal and the Jamaica striker coolly rounded the goalkeeper to score her ninth league goal of the season five minutes into the second half.

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.

By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium


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Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to a formidable eight points with an outstanding performance and win in the north London derby at Tottenham.Arsenal were helped by a blunder from hapless Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris when he fumbled Bukayo Saka's cross into his own net after 14 minutes, but it was no more than Mikel Arteta's side deserved as captain Martin Odegaard drilled in a second from outside the area nine minutes before the break.

Manchester City closed the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points with victory over injury-ravaged Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.Chelsea enjoyed the better of the first half despite adding both former City forward Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic to a lengthening injury list, substitute Carney Chukwuemeka hitting the post from the edge of the area.

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.