Bernardo Silva felt Manchester City had fallen into a “dark place” after being thrashed 4-1 by Sporting Lisbon.City were stunned by incoming Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim’s side at the Jose Alvalade Stadium on Tuesday, slumping to a third successive defeat after a hat-trick by former Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres.It was also City’s first reverse in the Champions Le

Wayne Rooney felt the result was all that mattered as Plymouth ended a four-match winless run in the Championship with a 1-0 victory over bottom-placed Portsmouth.The win, courtesy of substitute Michael Obafemi’s 82nd-minute strike, lifted Argyle up to 20th, leaving Pompey five points from safety.Rooney said: “It’s important to get the win, coming off the last four games, we had

Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl said his side’s 2-0 home win against Norwich was the ideal preparation for Sunday’s Steel City derby.The Owls bounced back from Saturday’s 6-2 home defeat to Watford with a fully deserved three points against the injury-hit Canaries.Josh Windass and Dominic Iorfa put Wednesday 2-0 up at half-time and after comfortably seeing off a weakene

Luke Williams hailed Swansea’s intensity as they rose four places in the Championship table with a 1-0 home win over Watford. that made it back to back triumphs in the space of three days.Myles Peart-Harris’ first goal for the club made it back-to-back victories in the space of three days and ended a near five-hour wait for a home goal at the Swansea.Com Stadium.“I’m please

Matt Bloomfield spoke of his pride after watching Wycombe ruthlessly sweep Stockport aside 5-0 to go top of League One but insists their feet remain on the ground.Richard Kone’s brace, including a penalty, and Fred Onyedinma’s strike saw the visitors grab a three-goal advantage inside 18 minutes at Edgeley Park.Onyedinma’s header and Aaron Morley’s strike after half-time fu

Brendan Rodgers feels Celtic have discovered they can compete in the Champions League as he savoured his best night in the competition with the Hoops.Celtic came from behind to beat RB Leipzig 3-1 thanks to the outstanding Nicolas Kuhn’s double and a well-deserved goal from Reo Hatate.The Scottish champions have now bounced back from their 7-1 thrashing against Borussia Dortmund by holding A

Chris Wilder admitted his Sheffield United team had got themselves out of a hole to claim three precious points at Bristol City.Harrison Burrows fired the winner with almost the last kick of the game with a sweet left-footed shot after substitute Ryan One’s 86th-minute header from a corner had drawn the Blades level.City had led from the 75th minute when Anis Mehmeti scored with a penalty af

Michael Carrick believes Middlesbrough’s 4-1 victory is a “good step” for his side after they returned to winning ways against QPR at Loftus Road in the Sky Bet Championship.Boro travelled to London on Tuesday night following their 3-0 humbling against Coventry at the weekend.Carrick’s men stormed into a 2-0 lead through Riley McGree and Tommy Conway and, after Anfernee Dij

Head coach Des Buckingham said he had no doubts about Hidde ter Avest’s quality after the Dutch defender scored on his Oxford debut to give his side a 1-0 win over Hull.It was a first win in nine games for the U’s, though Buckingham played that down.“It’s funny how things can be spun because one media outlet said we hadn’t won in eight, but we’d also only lost t

Burton’s interim head coach Tom Hounsell was disappointed not to see his side grab a first win of the season as they were held to a goalless draw by Crawley.Tomas Kalinauskas was twice denied by Reds goalkeeper Connal Trueman along with Ben Whitfield in a strong first-half showing but Albion struggled more in the second half.“I think that’s an opportunity missed. I was quite disa