Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about his plans for the upcoming Premier League game with Crystal Palace

Pep Guardiola suggested that Omar Marmoush could have played his way into the Manchester City team to face Crystal Palace on Wednesday as he made clear he would like to rotate the team. The manager has made barely any changes to his starting XI for the last five Premier League games but saw Marmoush, Phil Foden and Savinho all contribute from the bench on Saturday.

City took the lead against Brentford seconds after Marmoush and Foden came on and the pair helped to keep the Blues on the front foot with a 3-0 win that helps their goal difference. Savinho and Foden were involved in a lovely team move that ended with Erling Haaland putting Marmoush through to score just his second league goal of the campaign.

Guardiola wanted to wait for the result of the Arsenal match against West Ham on Sunday before thinking about his team to play Palace, but would like to rotate given that match is followed by the FA Cup Final and Bournemouth away inside seven days. Asked if the impact of the substitutes could change his starting XI in upcoming matches, Guardiola said: “Yeah, especially Omar. It’s not easy because normally we play with just one striker. He’s a proper striker and Erling is there.

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“Erling is so important for us. But the contribution of Omar, always he plays the amount of goals. And the rate for the minutes played is so high. So it’s really good. We talked many times.

“I know it’s not easy for them, but I’m pretty sure the next games they’re going to play. I want to rotate the team. Because otherwise we cannot arrive in the final or Bournemouth a little bit…We’ll see the result tomorrow and after we take our decisions.”

City’s packed schedule at the end of the season was a contentious issue for the club, who have waited three months for the Palace game to be rearranged and saw all their suggestions for the remaining fixtures rejected by the league. However, Guardiola welcomes the headaches that only come when silverware is at stake as he enjoys City’s return to fighting for titles after their slump last season.

“We don’t know about the generosity for the Premier League as always. So it has been really nice for this schedule. But it’s what it is. It’s what it is, we accept. I always have said, don’t play the final in FA Cup, you won’t have this schedule,” he said.

“We are in the final, you have this schedule. And I would love to have the schedule in the semi-final of the Champions League in the middle of the title race. We were there. When we won the treble, we were there in that dynamic. So it’s really nice.

“As much as you have fit [players], we have. With energy, it’s easy to say, OK, make the substitution, one minute, Jeremy, put the ball in the net. But we want energy and Omar gives us energy. And Phil gives us that, you know that? And you need everyone. So as much as you have fit [players], you can do it because we did it. And like we did it, we can do it.”

Roberto De Zerbi has scoffed at suggestions Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is too nice and is adamant Spurs can end their poor home on Monday against Leeds.

Tottenham’s survival prospects have been significantly lifted by back-to-back away wins, but they remain without a home victory in the Premier League since December 6.

The north London club have won only twice at home in the division all season and were seconds away from a third victory in De Zerbi’s debut in N17 before his old team Brighton produced a last-gasp equaliser.

Asked if the atmosphere at their ground might be part of the problem, De Zerbi insisted: “No, because there are a lot of big stadiums and very nice stadiums, like theatres in the Premier League.

“Tottenham’s stadium is hot. When I was in this stadium with Brighton, in the bench of Brighton, or against Brighton two weeks ago, the stadium was very, very hot.

“And for us, we are lucky to play in this stadium.

“The atmosphere against Brighton was amazing. The bottom of the (table), 60,000 fans to support you, to push you, to stay before the game, during the game, after the game, we have been very close with the (fans) and I think it’s luck for us.”

De Zerbi also pointed to Spurs’ 25-match unbeaten home record in Europe as evidence this season is a one-off.

He added: “I think it was a coincidence, because against Atletico Madrid, they won at home. Against Borussia Dortmund in January, they won at home.

“If you ask me against Brighton? We won, but we didn’t take three points. We took one point, but we won in my head as a performance and if we analyse the game against Brighton, it’s like a win. I think it’s a mistake if we keep the focus on this (poor home form) part.”

For Spurs to secure safety after a terrible campaign they will have to exorcise any demons at home in a similar manner to goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who suffered a nightmare display in Madrid last month but has bounced back admirably.

With Guglielmo Vicario still sidelined after hernia surgery, Kinsky will continue against Leeds and De Zerbi cited him as an example to the whole squad.

“He has a big character, a big personality, a great guy, a great professional and a great keeper. He’s playing very well. He has to stay focused and don’t take risks in any situation, but he’s playing very well. He’s very important for us now,” De Zerbi explained.

“Of course he is an example. Of course what he felt after Madrid, for sure was a big motivation for him.”

De Zerbi described Vicario as still “first choice”, but the Italian could miss the rest of the season and that is almost certainly the case for Dejan Kulusevski, who has targeted a place in Sweden’s World Cup squad despite making no appearances in 12 months after a right patella injury.

“For me it is difficult to understand how he can play the World Cup if he didn’t play any game this season, but I texted him after (Aston Villa),” De Zerbi said.

“He told me the next week I think he will come back (in the country) and I hope he can be available to stay with us (to watch) in the last game because he’s an amazing player.”

The NBA lottery gods repaid what was becoming a major debt to the Washington Wizards by awarding them with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 draft. This is a team that was one ping-pong ball away from the No. 1 pick in the Zion Williamson (2019), Victor Wembanyama (2023) and Cooper Flagg (2025) drafts.  

The 2025 fall was the one that statistically hurt the most. They had the second-worst record in the league that season (they’re actually the first team in history to lose at least 64 games three consecutive years) and thus a max 14.5% chance at Flagg. Instead, they got Tre Johnson at No. 6. 

The two highest picks the Wizards have had since they took John Wall at No. 1 in 2010 came in 2013 (when they got Otto Porter Jr. at No. 3 in what has proven to be an incredibly weak lottery class) and 2024 (when they selected Alex Sarr at No. 2 in another painfully weak class).

Unless every scout and draft analyst in the world is wrong, 2026 is the very opposite of a weak class. To get this particular No. 1 pick appears to be a serious score not only because the class is stacked with multiple projected franchise-changing players (our latest CBS Sports mock draft projects Washington to take BYU wing AJ Dybantsa), but also because this is the last year of the current lottery system that rewards — or at least is supposed to reward — the worst teams. 

That hasn’t happened in the last seven drafts. Since the current lottery odds were introduced in 2019, the team with the league’s worst record had never actually landed the top pick. Until now. The Wizards were blatant tankers: trading for Trae Young and Anthony Davis and basically never playing them, sitting all their rookies and second-year guys in fourth quarters en route to losing 26 of their final 27 games. But it worked. There is no overstating how huge this is for the franchise. 

Adding to the sudden surge of hope into what has been a largely hopeless franchise for the past decade is the fact that, as alluded to above, the lottery system is set to change next year. You can read about the proposed new one, but the key thing is that in an effort to curb tanking the three worst teams in the league will now have just a 5.6% chance at landing the No. 1 pick, while the teams that finish anywhere from the fourth worst record to the 10th worst will all have the maximum 8.1% chance. 

If the Wizards finish next season with a bottom-three record, things will have gone horribly wrong. More likely, they end up in that 4-10 range, which would be the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too scenario in which a young team adds a franchise player, starts to experience winning and in doing so lays the foundation of an identity while also maximizing their chances at another high lottery pick in 2027. At which point they would really be cooking. 

Under the new lottery format, the Wizards could actually make the play-in as the East’s No. 9 or 10 seed and, even if they make the playoffs from there, still retain a 5.4% chance at the No. 1 pick (the same as the worst three records). Even as a No. 8 seed in the playoffs, they’d still get lottery balls. 

No matter what direction the Wizards decide to go next season, to me, landing in this 4-10 range, hopefully closer to 10, or in one of the play-in games is the most realistic outcome, even though the second that the lottery results were revealed Washington’s projected roster for next season started making the social media rounds as if to suggest the so-called scary hours are about to start. 

They’re not. Yes, there’s name value with Young and Davis, but Young, as we’ve seen for years now, is not changing your prospects all that much. Davis, in all likelihood, either won’t be healthy or will be traded. 

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Even if Davis stays put (he’s made it pretty clear he would prefer to play for a contender, and the Wizards are not that), the idea that Young is suddenly going to drive winning, and Davis is going to play in 65 games, and the Wizards are going to finish as a top-five-or-six seed in an Eastern Conference that is going to be tougher than it has been in years next season is something not too far south of a pipe dream. I would put the odds of that happening far longer than getting the No. 1 pick in the first place. 

It’s not to say the Wizards shouldn’t be doing cartwheels right now. They should. They now have a plethora of options, and they’re all good ones. 

Wizards’ roster-building options

• Take Dybantsa or Peterson at No. 1, keep Davis and Young, and field a competitive team next season while remaining in the hunt for another (hopefully high) lottery pick in 2027.

• Take Dybantsa or Peterson at No. 1, trade Davis, and still field a competitive enough team to win a decent number of games while all but assuring yourself of finishing in the 4-10 lottery range. 

• Trade the No. 1 pick, which Jake Fischer of The Stein Line has reported as a possibility (this could just be a smoke screen to see how much the Jazz, who are picking No. 2, would really be willing to pay to select Dybantsa), which would give them access to multiple picks this season and beyond (while still getting a stud at No. 2 if a trade with Utah, for example, were to be struck) to add to their already deep roster of young guns. Again, this would almost assure them of a 4-10 lottery finish and yet another good pick in 2027 in addition to whatever assets they might attain in a trade for this year’s top pick, which would be plentiful to say the least. 

Again, these are all good options for a team that has been largely devoid of such a thing for the last decade. Adding Dybantsa this year, and very possibly another lottery pick next year next year, to a young core of Alex Sarr, Tre Johnson, Kyshawn George, Bilal Coulibaly, Will Riley and Bub Carrington, all of whom are 22 years old or younger, represents a bright future. To bake Young and Davis into that cake provides hope for a win-now and win-even-bigger later parlay. 

The only bad decision the Wizards can make here would be to sign Davis to the kind of extension he wants. He’s 33 years old. He’s on the books for $58.5 million next season with a $62.7 million player option for ’27-28. He wants to get rid of that option and ink one last big-money deal. The Wizards should not, under any circumstances, be the team to give it to him. 

Personally, I’d be on the phone right now trying to trade him. He probably doesn’t have a ton of value, which is how the Wizards got him for next to nothing in the first place (of the two first-round picks they gave up for him, one is OKC’s and will be in the late 20s, and the other is Golden State’s in 2030 with a top-20 protection, which means it will also fall in the 20s or convert to a second-rounder), but make and take all the calls. 

Davis should not be part of a long-term plan. At most, he helps you compete at a reasonable level next season and then you let him decide on the player option in ’27. If he wants to walk for nothing, fine. Again, you didn’t give up that much to trade for him anyway. 

Before the Wizards landed this No. 1 pick, the trade for Davis felt a little impatient, even considering the low-risk swap. The Wizards were, and are, sick of losing, and wanted to fast forward with no long-term franchise player on the roster to dream on a longer timeline anyway. 

But now they’re going to get that long-term star, which means Davis should absolutely be a short timer. One year and done at the most. Move on with what is suddenly a very intriguing crop of young players. Also, if the Wizards take Peterson at No. 1, you know Young is also not part of the long-term plan. But if they take Dybantsa, Young is a wait-and-see player. He’s still young and talented enough to play it out for a bit longer than Davis. 

Again, these are all good options. Potentially great ones. Things have been seriously bleak for this franchise for a long time, but the Wizards finally struck lottery gold on Sunday and are now in position to start compounding their growth back to relevance and hopefully beyond. 

Manchester United’s hunt for a new head coach is yet to reach a conclusion despite Michael Carrick thriving on an interim basis

Michael Carrick may have just two matches remaining as Manchester United manager after his side were held to a goalless stalemate by Sunderland AFC on Saturday. Although Carrick has flourished at the helm since taking on an interim role until the season’s conclusion, he was unable to inspire his side to three points at the Stadium of Light.

United looked below par for much of the contest, despite arriving at the ground in considerably better form than the Black Cats. Regis Le Bris’ Sunderland commanded the match for lengthy spells, enjoying the greater share of both chances and possession.

To put it into perspective, United didn’t register their first shot on target until the 93rd minute, when Matheus Cunha’s effort was kept out by the shoulder of Robin Roefs. With the season nearing a conclusion, decisions will soon need to be made ahead of what will be a busy summer.

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Wayne Rooney’s managerial issue

Wayne Rooney believes the ongoing uncertainty surrounding United’s managerial position could prove damaging this summer, with prospective transfer targets likely wanting clarity on who will be leading the club before committing. While Champions League football is assured following the club’s remarkable resurgence under Carrick, it remains unclear whether the 44-year-old will be the man tasked with steering them through both domestic and European competition next term.

Although United have been linked with a host of midfield targets as they seek a long-term replacement for Casemiro – among them Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton and Sandro Tonali – any prospective signing will likely want assurances about how they fit into a new manager’s plans before committing to a move.

Speaking on Match of the Day, Rooney said: “Manchester United need to invest in players in the summer in order to compete in the Premier League next season, in the Champions League next season, which is where they want to be. They have to invest.

“They have to strengthen the squad and I don’t think there’s any denying that. Now, if I was a player and Man United wanted to sign me, the first question I’d ask, ‘Who is the manager? Does the manager want me?’ So I think [they need] to have clarity on the manager.”

Rooney wants Carrick to get the job. He added: “I think for the club to announce him, I think they need to do it swiftly because they need to get players in. They need to get players to improve that team.”

Andoni Iraola’s stark managerial admission

Iraola has admitted that he is “in no rush” to make a decision on his next move, despite being linked with both United and Chelsea. The Bournemouth head coach will bring a three-year spell at the Vitality Stadium to an end this summer, even as the Cherries push towards a European qualification spot.

While several Premier League clubs are believed to be weighing up the prospect of appointing him as their next manager – Crystal Palace among them – it is now clear that Iraola has no intention of rushing into his next role.

Following Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Fulham in London, the Spaniard said: “I’m in no rush. I will not talk about my future. I’m fully focused on trying to finish this season with a reward, something tangible for the [Bournemouth] players and supporters.

“It was not an easy decision [to leave] but once it is made you feel relief. I feel we have used it in a positive way. Since that day, we’ve had great results but also the mood.

“Everyone is clear, the relationship is so clean and honest. Okay, this is going to happen, next season Marco Rose will be our manager. Everyone knows what’s happening. We are in good place and can use this in a positive way.”

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Sky broadcasts more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more with at least 215 live from the top flight alongside Formula 1, darts and golf.

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Two years ago, the Minnesota Vikings drafted J.J. McCarthy in the first round, hoping that they could reset their quarterback position. Not only did he get hurt immediately, but he also flopped in year two when given the reins to a starting job.

Not willing to make the same mistakes again, the Vikings lucked out by having Kyler Murray fall right into their laps. With the Arizona Cardinals paying the freight for his contract, Minnesota is on the hook for just $1.3 million. Despite his established track record, Murray won’t just be crowned the next greatest thing in purple.

The Vikings’ QB Reality Is Hard to Ignore

While that’s a fair path to take, the idea that McCarthy will force a real competition seems laughable. It would be foolish to think the former Michigan product hasn’t taken steps forward from a development perspective this offseason. If he learned nothing from falling flat last season, that would be a true problem and something truly scary to think about moving forward.

On the flip side, it’s wild to think that someone coming in with the baseline that McCarthy has will be able to do anything that pushes Murray down the depth chart. Every talking head under the sun is pushing the narrative that the Vikings will have a true competition. There’s no benefit for Kevin O’Connell or the franchise to come out and thwart the dreams of their young signal caller. We can also have a greater sense of reality.

It’s not as though Murray is some world-beater because he has 87 starts under his belt. He does have a 67.1% career completion percentage, though, and he won a Rookie of the Year award with two Pro Bowl awards in tow as well. He has, however, seen the mountaintop and shown himself capable of that despite playing for an organization that consistently finds itself a dumpster fire.

Now placed in a situation where he gets to work with Kevin O’Connell and an offense that has arguably the best wide receiver room in the league, Murray gets a new lease on life. Short of Murray being injured, there’s just no legitimate way to convince yourself that McCarthy will be capable of winning whatever level of competition is put in front of him.

The Vikings should continue to tell the media the same story they have been telling. The media will continue to push the same narrative we have heard since Murray signed. Ultimately, though, it’s a veteran’s race to lose, and there’s no reason to believe that will happen.

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards reacts after scoring against the San Antonio Spurs during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoffs series in Minneapolis, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

MANILA, Philippines–The NBA Playoffs conference semifinals continued today, May 11 (May 10 in the United States), with the Philadelphia 76ers hosting the New York Knicks in the East, Minnesota Timberwolves protecting home court against the San Antonio Spurs in the West.

Here is the roundup of scores from today’s NBA Playoffs matchups:

76ers vs Knicks (Game 4)

• In front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team, the New York Knicks rolled past the hosts Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep their NBA second-round playoffs series.
• Deuce McBride started in place of the injured OG Anunoby and hit seven 3-pointers, going 4 for 4 in the first quarter, and finished with 25 points. Jalen Brunson added 22.
• The Knicks, who tied the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers made, advanced to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight year.

WATCH: Knicks light up 76ers in Game 4:

your knicks put on an offensive clinic in game 4‼️ pic.twitter.com/Os8oX5Wqmv

— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 10, 2026

Timberwolves vs Spurs (Game 4)

• The Minnesota Timberwolves evened their second-round NBA Playoffs series against the San Antonio Spurs with a 114-109 victory following the stunning ejection of star Victor Wembanyama early in the second quarter of Game 4 on Sunday.
• Anthony Edwards scored 16 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter.
• Naz Reid took the fateful elbow to the neck from a frustrated Wembanyama and finished with 15 points and nine rebounds to help the Timberwolves finish strong after some shaky stretches.

WATCH: Anthony Edwards fired up in Game 4

16 IN THE FOURTH. 36 FOR THE GAME.

ANT WAS ON 🔥 IN GAME 4.

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Tied 2-2… series shifts back to San Antonio!

Game 5: Tuesday, 8:00pm/et, NBC/Peacock pic.twitter.com/pvFrZs5e6n

— NBA (@NBA) May 11, 2026

NBA Playoffs bracket as of May 11

Mumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene attended what was probably the most difficult press conference of the season, as the five-time champions were officially eliminated from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 playoffs race on Sunday. MI did well to post a challenging total of 166/7 on a tricky wicket, but RCB were able to chase down the target on the final ball of the match. As the result confirmed Mumbai’s exit from the tournament, Jaywardene had to face some tough questions, including the ‘politics’ of benching some of the struggling senior stars. When asked during the press conference about what went wrong for the franchise this season, Jayawardene struggled to sum it all up.

“The season is disappointing. We’ve had our opportunities, but we were not good enough. We were not consistent enough with the ball or the bat, and that showed in the margins. We were probably two or three wins away from being in the same group of contenders to get into the playoffs, but we didn’t get those wins, and today was another classic example where we fell short,” the Sri Lankan legend said.

“It’s difficult for me to sum up a season right now; I have to give it some thought and figure out exactly what happened. But yeah, we were not good enough with our skills and execution this season,” he added.

It isn’t like the Mumbai Indians to shuffle their squad every other game, but this campaign saw constant chopping and changing. However, Jayawardene explained that most changes were forced.

“I don’t think it was chopping and changing. What probably you guys didn’t know is that we had a lot of injuries and a lot of niggles-guys getting injured or being unavailable. So, those were mostly forced changes. Tactically, we would have changed very few during the season. I would have loved to have our main core guys consistently out there. But there are no excuses. I think we had a quality squad. It’s just that we had to put our hands up and say that we were not good enough overall. We just need to continue to play good cricket. The message to the boys is to continue to do that,” he said.

The Debate Over Benching ‘Core’ Indian Players

While skipper Hardik Pandya‘s absence from the game was labelled as a ‘back spasm’ issue, several players were backed by the management despite a poor run of form. One of those players is Suryakumar Yadav, the team’s designated vice-captain, who scored only 195 runs in 11 matches this campaign.

When Jayawardene was asked if benching some of the out-of-form senior players had become a ‘political decision’, he ruled it out. The former Sri Lanka captain said that he saw how hard the core group was trying and gave them his full trust and confidence.

“I don’t think it is,” Jayawardene said when asked if it became a “political decision” to bench out-of-form senior players. “When you know the quality, you know they’re also trying to do their best. If I knew it was something to do with a lack of effort, I would have spoken to them, but the commitment and the effort they’re putting in is unbelievable. With Ro getting injured and coming back to bat the way he did-all that sums it up. The core group is quite valuable for us; you can’t just keep changing. We went with the trust and the confidence that we had in them. There was no reason for us to sideline them because they just came from a World Cup, and they had a really good World Cup, winning it and all that. As a unit, we haven’t been good enough.”

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Arsenal took a huge step towards securing the Premier League title in a dramatic late finish at West Ham.

They did, however, need some help from a very late VAR intervention.

Further down the football pyramid Rochdale got their reward for an impressive season with a hugely-important Wembley win.

Arteta praises ‘brave’ officials for VAR call

Mikel Arteta congratulated the “brave” match officials for overturning an “obvious error” in Arsenal’s controversial 1-0 win against West Ham which edges them closer to a first Premier League title in 22 years.

Leandro Trossard fired Arteta’s side ahead with just seven minutes remaining before Callum Wilson appeared to deal a hammer blow to the Gunners’ championship aspirations – and a crucial boost to West Ham’s hopes of survival – in stoppage time.

But after referee Chis Kavanagh was sent to the on-pitch monitor by VAR, and then watched an extraordinary 17 replays of the flashpoint, he elected to chalk off the equaliser, with Pablo Felipe adjudged to have fouled Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya.

West Ham were furious with the decision, but for Arsenal it takes them five points clear of City, and leaves them only two matches away from the title.

And Arteta said: “It was a call from the ref that is very brave, but very consistent with what they’ve been talking about all season.

“When I have to be critical, I have been. And today I have to praise them, at least for giving the option to a referee to decide, away from the lights and the chaos, to give clarity to him to make the right call.

“And when you look at the action in that way, it is an obvious error.”

‘Biggest VAR moment in history’ – Neville

Gary Neville felt the VAR system passed its biggest test yet after a dramatic late intervention in Arsenal’s victory over West Ham on Sunday.

The relegation-threatened Hammers looked to have snatched a 1-1 draw against the title-chasing Gunners when Callum Wilson struck in stoppage time at the London Stadium.

But after a long review, in a decision that has significant ramifications at both ends of the table, the goal was disallowed for a foul on Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya by Pablo.

“This is an earthquake, a tremor of a moment,” said former Manchester United and England defender Neville.

“It is probably the biggest moment in VAR history in the Premier League. This is massive.

“I think it’s a foul – but have VAR got the nerve, the guts, the courage to make the decision? This is massive for refereeing in this country. This is too big to get wrong.”

Moyes sees Europe slipping away

David Moyes admitted Everton’s hopes of qualifying for Europe are drifting away after they twice threw away the lead to draw 2-2 with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Jean-Philippe Mateta swept in 14 minutes from time to rescue Palace as two points slipped away in the visitors’ hunt for a top-seven finish.

“I’d hoped we can get us to a level where we can be competitive again at European level. It’s not gone yet but it’s drifting away from us at the moment,” said Moyes.

“I’m using the word ‘disappointing’ again that we couldn’t hang on, especially after we went 2-1 up.

“Our key finishers this season, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Iliman Ndiaye, they’re just both going slightly off the ball as far as their finishing goes.”

Runners-up Rochdale book EFL return

Rochdale produced a dramatic late fightback from 2-0 down to clinch promotion back to the EFL with a penalty shoot-out victory over Boreham Wood.

The Wood looked set for glory in the Enterprise National League play-off final at Wembley after striking in each half through Matt Rush and the lively Abdul Abdulmalik.

Dale, who were denied automatic promotion in heartbreaking fashion on the final day of the regular season, pulled one back in the 78th minute through Tyler Smith and Mani Dieseruvwe’s header made it 2-2 deep into stoppage time.

Neither side could find a winner in extra time but Rochdale prevailed 3-1 on penalties after goalkeeper Oliver Whatmuff, on loan from Manchester City, saved from Callum Reynolds and Rush before Cameron Coxe hit the crossbar.

What’s on today?

Tottenham have the chance to take a huge step towards Premier League safety at home to now-safe Leeds as a win would put them four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham with two matches remaining.

Millwall will hope to benefit from home advantage as they host Hull with their Championship play-off semi-final second leg goalless.