Pep Guardiola insisted Manchester City must get on with life without Rodri after Newcastle fought back to deny the Premier League champions victory at St James’ Park.The Spain midfielder will miss the remainder of the season with a knee ligament injury, leaving Guardiola to plug a yawning chasm at the heart of his midfield.Mateo Kovacic, Rico Lewis and later Bernardo Silva were asked to do t

Bradford manager Graham Alexander criticised his side for the way they started Saturday’s Yorkshire derby clash with Harrogate.The Bantams conceded twice inside the opening 22 minutes as they lost 2-1 at the Exercise Stadium, slipping to a third consecutive League Two defeat on the road.Andy Cook struck just before the half-hour mark to halve the lead handed to the home team by Stephen Doole

Bolton manager Ian Evatt believes his side are getting back on track after the “backlash” that followed their play-off final defeat.Wanderers made it back-to-back victories with a 2-0 triumph over managerless Crawley.Kyle Dempsey’s early goal and a late strike from substitute John McAtee sealed the win as Bolton built on their 5-2 home win over Reading.Bolton have failed to win p

West Brom manager Carlos Corberan admitted seeing his side’s unbeaten start to the Championship season come to an end was painful.The Baggies went down 3-2 at Sheffield Wednesday, despite coming from two goals down at half-time to draw level.Efforts from Josh Maja and Alex Mowatt cancelled out Darnell Furlong’s own goal and a Josh Windass header, but substitute Anthony Musaba scored an

Reading manager Ruben Selles praised the club’s fans for their “respectful” protest during the 2-1 League One victory over Huddersfield.Home supporters held red cards aloft in the 18th minute, the latest show of dissent against Chinese owner Dai Yongge.Three minutes later, Huddersfield went in front from Matthew Pearson’s close-range header.The Royals levelled on the half-h

Norwich manager Johannes Hoff Thorup supported calls for the introduction of VAR in the Championship, even though he benefited from two major errors in his team’s 3-2 win at Derby.A hat-trick from Borja Sainz featured two goals in which the ball clearly went out of play in the build-up, although losing manager Paul Warne insisted he is still against the unpopular video replay system.But Thor

Blackburn head coach John Eustace lauded ‘inspirational’ captain Lewis Travis after his goal set them on their way to a 2-0 win over 10-man QPR.Travis spent last season on loan after falling out of favour with previous coach Jon Dahl Tomasson but has been an ever-present this season under Eustace and marked his 200th career league start with the second-half opener – his second in

Substitute Anthony Musaba scored an 86th-minute winner to earn Sheffield Wednesday a dramatic 3-2 win at home to high-flying West Brom in the Championship.The Baggies had fought back from two goals down as second-half efforts Josh Maja and Alex Mowatt cancelled out Darnell Furlong’s own goal and a Josh Windass header, but Musaba’s late strike ended their unbeaten start to the campaign.

Harrogate extend their fine record against Bradford after early goals from Stephen Dooley and Ellis Taylor.The Sulphurites won 2-1 at Wetherby Road on Saturday lunchtime, their seventh victory over the Bantams in 10 matches.They took the lead on 11 minutes, Taylor’s pull-back from the right finding advancing full-back Toby Sims, whose low cross was rammed home by Dooley.Things got even bette

Reading received a welcome boost amid off-the-pitch unrest over club ownership issues with a hard-earned 2-1 win over Huddersfield.Matty Pearson headed Town in front in the 21st minute but Harvey Knibbs levelled for the hosts nine minutes later.Ben Elliott gave Reading the lead 12 minutes into the second half and Huddersfield could find no way back.Reading had hoped American financier Rob Couhig w