Liverpool recovered from a Champions League hangover which threatened to produce the shock of the season to beat Southampton 3-1 and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 16 points.At this stage of the season, a week is a long time in football but in the space of a few days, goalkeeper Alisson Becker went from hero to zero.After his self-proclaimed best performance of his car

Salford and Crewe shared a 1-1 draw in what turned out to be a pulsating finish at the Peninsula Stadium.After a drab first half, Kelly N’mai’s 68th-minute opener sparked life into the encounter before Connor O’Riordan’s spectacular strike 11 minutes later earned a point for the visitors.Salford shaded the first half with chances for N’mai and Hakeeb Adelakun, and too

Substitute Luke Robinson scored the only goal with 13 minutes remaining to give managerless Wigan a 1-0 victory over League One strugglers Cambridge.Robinson’s strike moved the Latics 10 points clear of the relegation zone and left their opponents the same number of points from safety.An early cross from on-loan Liverpool defender Luke Chambers – back in the Wigan side after a five-mon

Dillon De Silva was on target in the first half as Sutton returned to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 National League victory over relegation-threatened Maidenhead at York Road.Sutton’s Eduino Vaz sent a long-range effort past the post in the opening exchanges, while home midfielder Nathan Ferguson fired over at the other end.Midway through the first half, Maidenhead defender Manny Onariase b

Chesterfield ended a four-match losing run after coming from behind to beat Newport 2-1.Matt Baker opened the scoring for the visitors in the 40th minute before goals from Ollie Banks and Aribim Pepple shortly after gave Chesterfield the victory.In the opening 20 minutes, Chesterfield played some good football with Armando Dobra and Tom Naylor putting efforts over while Jamie Grimes headed over fr

Northampton eased away from the relegation zone as goals by Tyler Roberts and Cameron McGeehan fashioned a deserved 2-1 away win at Leyton Orient.The Cobblers opened their account on 11 minutes when Roberts headed in a corner from close range following a corner by Terry Taylor.The lead was doubled on 45 minutes when Os defender Jack Simpson failed to control a pass and McGeehan had the simplest of

Joao Pedro scored a stoppage-time penalty as Brighton finally beat Fulham in the Premier League at the 10th attempt, securing a 2-1 win.Albion looked set to be frustrated by the Cottagers once again, having never beaten them in nine previous attempts.But Pedro’s spot-kick at the death settled the battle of the European hopefuls in Brighton’s favour and moved them up to sixth, just a po

Substitute Harry Anderson’s 69th-minute goal was enough to secure a 1-0 win for Colchester at Cheltenham and keep their play-off hopes alive.Anderson struck from close range after Ellis Iandolo’s cross from the left and the result extended the in-form U’s’ unbeaten run to 11.Ethan Williams hit the woodwork with a free-kick for Cheltenham after 15 minutes and the home side h

Sheffield Wednesday returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 Championship victory at relegation haunted Plymouth.An own goal by Nathanael Ogbeta and strikes from Callum Paterson and Djeidi Gassama enabled Wednesday to end a three-match losing streak.Basement side Plymouth have now failed to win in five league games, and this was their third defeat in a week following last week’s FA Cu

Southend boosted their National League promotion hopes with a 2-1 win over play-off rivals Altrincham.James Golding headed the home side in front after 14 minutes when he met James Morton’s corner.Macauley Bonne doubled their advantage before half-time as he gathered Leon Chambers-Parillon’s pass and fired home.Regan Linney and Alex Newby went close for the visitors after the break bef