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Fulham boss Scott Parker said his side have now got to grips with life in the Sky Bet Championship.The Cottagers won 2-1 at Huddersfield, a game which ultimately cost Terriers’ manager Jan Siewert his job.Ivan Cavaleiro hit the winner with a beautiful curling effort 10 minutes fromtime.Aleksandar Mitrovic had put Fulham ahead, only for Karlan Grant’s…

Huddersfield have sacked boss Jan Siewert following their 2-1 defeat by Fulham. The 36-year-old German managed just one victory from his 19 games in charge. Siewert took over in January after David Wagner left the club but could not prevent their relegation from the Premier League – and a poor start to this season has cost…

Steven Gerrard has thanked Brendan Rodgers for sending Leicester midfielder Andy King on loan to Rangers. The 2016 Premier League winner has signed up for Gers title push after being given the green light by former the Celtic boss to make his season-long Ibrox move. Gerrard admits the Light Blues would have struggled to match…

Boss Nuno Espirito Santo hailed a job well done after Wolves set up a Europa League play-off showdown with Torino. Diogo Jota’s brilliant volley capped a 4-0 win at Molineux as the hosts breezed through against FC Pyunik 8-0 on aggregate. Three goals in 10 second-half minutes from Pedro Neto, Morgan Gibbs-White and Ruben Vinagre…

Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes admitted his side were not good enough in their defeat to Rijeka in the Europa League third qualifying round. However, McInnes felt the early sending off of midfielder Funso Ojo – while other players escaped censure for similar challenges – had a part to play. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg,…

Barcelona will be without talisman Lionel Messi for their opening LaLiga match against Athletico Bilbao on Friday. The game will be the first season opener the Argentinian has missed for 10 years, and comes after he struck 36 goals in 34 league matches last term. Coach Ernesto Valverde insisted the 32-year-old’s recovery from a calf…

Rangers made the minimum fuss of in completing in the job against FC Midtjylland as they cruised into the Europa League play-offs with a 3-1 Ibrox win. Steven Gerrard had warned his team to beware of the Danes after seeing Celtic get sucker-punched out of the Champions League by Cluj on Tuesday night. But the…

Diogo Jota’s spectacular late volley capped a fine 4-0 second-leg victory for Wolves over Pyunik as they moved closer to the Europa League group stage. The substitute – who scored Wolves’ first European goal for 39 years against Crusaders last month – sealed an 8-0 aggregate success at Molineux. Quickfire second-half goals from debutant Pedro…

Ten-man Aberdeen crashed out of Europa League at the third qualifying round for the fifth time in six years after being comfortably beaten by Croatian side HNK Rijeka, who won both legs of the tie 2-0. Stjepan Loncar put the visitors ahead to end a swift counter after just 10 minutes and Antonio Colak made…

Niko Kovac has set his Bayern Munich side the task of defending their Bundesliga title as they head into their opening match of the season at home to Hertha Berlin on Friday. The Bavarians secured a seventh consecutive league trophy in May and the coach insists the goal for the upcoming campaign is to extend…