Graham Alexander hailed an improved second half as Bradford ground out a hard-fought win at Bromley to continue their excellent run of form in League Two.Bobby Pointon’s low strike seven minutes from time was all Bradford needed to seal the win and move up to second place.Alexander said: “That was a difficult game tonight, we had to deal with a lot of balls into our box that put us und

Mat Sadler insisted he was proud of his Walsall side despite seeing them surrender a two-goal lead in the dying minutes to draw 2-2 at Cheltenham.The Saddlers had opened up a seemingly comfortable advantage through Ellis Harrison’s strike inside a minute and Albert Adomah’s 79th-minute effort.But ex-Walsall forward George Miller pulled one back in the 90th minute and Jordan Thomas leve

Michael Duff ordered his Huddersfield players to “look in the mirror” after their Sky Bet League One play-off hopes took another dent with a 2-1 defeat at Wigan.First-half goals from Dale Taylor and Owen Dale were enough to give Wigan three deserved points, although they had to dig in during the second half after Callum Marshall pulled one back five minutes after the restart.Injury-hit

Michael Carrick played down the significance of Middlesbrough’s first win in six Championship games on his own position after his team’s 3-1 victory at Stoke.A run of five defeats had upped the pressure on Carrick but goals from Marcus Forss, Finn Azaz and Tommy Conway put smiles back on Boro faces.Victory lifted them up to 11th – four points from a play-off place – while S

Marco Silva hopes the “future is going to be bright” for Ryan Sessegnon after he helped Fulham to a 2-1 victory over Wolves on his first Premier League start of the season.Fulham hit the front with 58 seconds on the clock after Andreas Pereira picked out the run of Sessegnon and he was able to slot past Jose Sa.Wolves responded in the 18th minute through Joao Gomes’ second goal a

Jack Currie’s early sending-off divided opinion between the two managers after Birmingham beat 10-man Leyton Orient 2-0 at St Andrew’s.Currie’s red card in the 12th minute, for a late challenge on Tomoki Iwata, changed the game, allowing Blues to cruise for much of the proceedings.Although the Os defended valiantly, and even entered the half-time break level, the pressure proved

Cardiff boss Omer Riza admitted he was “relieved” as he saw his side move up to 19th to sit six points clear of the Championship relegation zone following a narrow 1-0 home win over Hull.The Tigers mauled the Bluebirds in Riza’s first game in temporary charge of the Welsh side back in September when they won 4-1.But in a game between two sides locked on 33 points coming into the

Alexander Sorloth struck a stoppage-time equaliser for Atletico Madrid as a thrilling first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at Barcelona ended 4-4.Barcelona appeared set to take a 4-3 lead into the return leg after hitting back from 2-0 down, but substitute Sorloth levelled it up in the third minute of added time.Atletico raced into an early two-goal lead at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium

Darrell Clarke was delighted to see his Barnsley team claim a second successive victory on the road as they secured a hard-fought 2-1 win at Northampton.Fresh from seeing the Tykes halt a run of six games without a win with a 1-0 success at Rotherham on Saturday, Barnsley did the business once again at Sixfields thanks to two top-quality strikes from leading scorer Davis Keillor-Dunn.The striker s

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler refused to take the credit for his match-winning substitution after Danny Welbeck made an instant impact to earn a “lucky” 2-1 Premier League victory over fellow European hopefuls Bournemouth.With both sides dreaming of qualifying for continental football next season, the momentum was against Albion when Justin Kluivert’s spectacular equaliser cancel

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