David Gray praised Hibernian for their resilience as they kept the back door shut to bounce back from recent setbacks and notch their first William Hill Premiership win of the season.The Easter Road side were frustrated by the concession of late equalisers in their previous two matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock.But they saw out their 2-0 victory over St Johnstone with a good degree of control

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits his first defeat – a shock 1-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest – is “a big setback”.After three victories without conceding his side laboured for 72 minutes before Callum Hudson-Odoi’s strike secured the visitors’ first win at Anfield since 1969.“It is a big setback. If you lose a home game that’s always a setback

Tom Cleverley was determined not to point the finger at his slow-starting Watford players after they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw against Coventry.The Vicarage Road outfit conceded after just four minutes for the third game in a row, but pulled back in a fixture that could have seen more goals.Tom Dele-Bashiru cancelled out an Ellis Simms opener, and Watford head coach Cleverley was aware h

Boss Jimmy Thelin is refusing to get carried away after Aberdeen made it 10 successive wins in all competitions this season with a 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Pittodrie.The Dons held off a late comeback from Motherwell to record a fifth straight Scottish Premiership win thanks to Pape Habib Gueye’s double.The Senegalese striker netted a superb solo strike to open the scoring and doubled t

Morecambe assistant manager Danny Grainger hailed a “massive result” for his struggling side after they came from 3-1 down with 10 men to claim their first point of the season in an incident-packed draw with Colchester.Morecambe, who had lost their opening five games, took the lead in the 17th minute with Ben Tollitt scoring their first goal of the campaign.However, they then saw boss

Boston remain winless at home in the National League this season after Jacob Hazel’s equaliser rescued them a point in a 1-1 draw against Aldershot.Hazel notched his sixth goal of the season and fifth in four matches after Josh Barrett had given Shots a half-time lead, while Boston’s Dan Mooney saw his first-half penalty saved.Irish midfielder Barrett curled the visitors into a 29th-mi

Stephen Clemence was delighted with Barrow’s multifaceted performance to beat Grimsby 2-1 and continue their strong start to the Sky Bet League Two campaign.Sam Foley and Theo Vassell headed in from corners in the first half, before the Mariners responded with a goal just before half-time through Kieran Green. The Bluebirds held on for the three points as Grimsby pushed for an equaliser in t

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna insisted he had no hesitation in picking Arijanet Muric at Brighton despite a turbulent week for the goalkeeper.Muric was one of three players sent home early from the Kosovo squad last week for an alleged breach of their rules.But the 25-year-old summer signing from Burnley went from international zero to Ipswich hero by securing his side a point from a goalless draw o

Marco Silva labelled referee Tim Robinson’s decision not to award Fulham a first-half penalty as “incredible” after Danny Ings’ late equaliser rescued West Ham a point from a 1-1 Premier League draw at Craven Cottage.Ings struck deep into second-half added-time as both teams shared the spoils after Fulham’s Raul Jimenez opened his Premier League account for the season

Michael Carrick is confident Middlesbrough will develop into a more potent force in the Sky Bet Championship after watching Preston leave the Riverside with a point.The Boro head coach had to settle for a 1-1 draw after watching the Lilywhites claw level after Tommy Conway’s low finish in the 16th minute had put the home side ahead with his second goal for the club since moving from Bristol