Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Champions League qualification will not fall from the sky for them after a damaging defeat at Nottingham Forest.City were beaten 1-0 at the City Ground after Callum Hudson-Odoi caught goalkeeper Ederson out at the near post in the 82nd minute.It was their ninth defeat of the season, the most since 2019/20, and leaves them looking over their shoulder in the t

Manager Stuart Maynard felt it was men against boys as Notts County fell to a 2-0 defeat against promotion rivals AFC Wimbledon at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.First-half goals from Joe Lewis and Alistair Smith were enough to see the Dons leapfrog Maynard’s side into fourth place in the League Two table despite going into the fixture on a four-game winless run.Maynard said: “No dispu

Nathan Jones hailed his Charlton side after they capped off a tough trio of fixtures against League One promotion rivals with a hard-fought away point in the goalless draw at Stockport.County’s Kyle Wootton came closest to breaking the deadlock at Edgeley Park by striking the bar after half-time and also forced Charlton stopper Will Mannion into a low save.But after claiming seven points fro

Bobby Thomas scored a last-gasp winner to give Coventry a thrilling 3-2 win against Stoke at the CBS Arena.Victor Torp had scored a first-half brace to put the Sky Blues ahead before substitute Sam Gallagher netted two of his own to haul Stoke level.But Thomas sent the Sky Blue army into raptures in the seventh minute of added time when he thumped home to earn his side a ninth win in 10 league out

Lee Ndlovu scored in stoppage time as runaway National League leaders Barnet edged out visitors Dagenham and Redbridge 1-0.The Bees posted a 25th league win of the season to move 12 points clear of York ahead of their clash with third-placed Forest Green later on Saturday.Ndlovu struck in the third minute of added time, with his shot beating Dagenham goalkeeper Louis Jones.Jones had produced an ou

Grimsby boosted their top-seven aspirations by coming from behind to extend their unbeaten run to eight games with a 3-1 win at faltering League Two leaders Walsall.The hosts led after six minutes when Albert Adomah’s through ball was drilled into the bottom corner by Ellis Harrison from 15 yards.However, Grimsby levelled after 21 minutes with a clever short free-kick as Jayden Luker had spa

Substitute Panutche Camara rescued a precious point for struggling Crawley in the last minute as the Red Devils held play-off chasing Reading to a 1-1 draw.Crawley were heading to a fourth successive defeat when Camara struck with a neat finish to cancel out Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan’s first-half opener.The match then ended before Crawley’s Will Swan volleyed the ball home, referee Charles

Alistair Smith’s superb strike helped AFC Wimbledon end their four-game winless run with a 2-0 victory over League Two promotion rivals Notts County.Joe Lewis had opened the scoring for the Dons, who moved above their opponents into fourth place and got their automatic promotion hopes back on track.The first chance fell to Marcus Browne after a delightful lay-off from Omar Bugiel but the mid

Josh Coburn completed Millwall’s comeback as Alex Neil’s side came from behind to beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road.The Lions trailed at half-time after Mattie Pollock had given the home side a 30th-minute lead with his first league goal of the season.But the visitors – whose learned on Friday that keeper Liam Roberts must serve an extended six-game ban for his much talked-about

Graeme Shinnie marked his 600th professional appearance with a goal as Aberdeen cruised into the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup semi-finals by beating Queen’s Park 4-1 at Pittodrie.The Championship outfit started promisingly, but two goals in two minutes from birthday boy Kevin Nisbet and fellow striker Oday Dabbagh had Callum Davidson’s side in real trouble.And seconds before the break Don