LEWIS STEELE AT VILLA PARK: Ayoub El Kaabi netted a hat-trick as Olympiacos stunned Aston Villa with a 4-2 away win in their Europa Conference League semi-final first leg on ThursdaY.

Critics mocked Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz after the Brazilian scuffed a late spot-kick in Thursday's Europa League Conference semi-final defeat against Greek visitors Olympiacos.

LEWIS STEELE AT VILLA PARK: It was a poor performance summed up by Douglas Luiz's second-half penalty miss. Villa had fought back to 2-2 after the Piraeus team raced into an early two-goal lead.

United made an attempt to sign the Frenchman for free last summer but the player's high wage demands saw interest shelved before he extended his contract with Juventus.

Liverpool fan and painter Abigail Rudkin, who specialises in football-related pieces, made a painting to commemorate his spell as manager and visited the training ground to hand it to the German.

In the latter stages of the match Gallagher was penalised for a foul and the midfielder strongly disagreed with referee Robert Jones before having an outburst.

The 12-year-old pulled up three hurdles from the end of the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday.

Reports this week claimed that the Red Devils were set for a total overhaul of their first-team. The Telegraph had claimed that the club were open minded about which players could leave this summer.

Elijah Adebayo’s return boosts Luton, Wolves seek another City shock and Alexander Isak eyes golden bootFriday night’s clash between deeply imperilled Luton and newly safe Everton ought to mean contrasting moods among the two sets of supporters at Kenilworth Road. Still, off-field alarms at Everton are likely to dampen the mood in the away end despite …

Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham lacked "belief and conviction" as their Champions League hopes were hit by defeat at Chelsea.

KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Postecoglou (left) questioned his players' mindset after a performance that left this Spurs boss fuming.

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Wigan 30-8 CatalansWarriors score 24 unanswered second-half points Given the standards Wigan have set in the past couple of years, there was plenty of intrigue over how they would perform here after the ­disappointment of their defeat to Hull Kingston Rovers last Friday.The coach, Matt Peet, and his players made no secret of how poor they were in that …

Mauricio Pochettino admitted he is unsure whether he will get the time he needs to turn Chelsea back into Premier League contenders after their impressive 2-0 win over Tottenham.

Villa crumbled on home soil against Olympiacos.

Jones hit back strongly against 2015 champion Stuart Bingham while Kyren Wilson is battling hard with David Gilbert.