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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola laughed off claims that his team might consider this season special had they gotten a Champions League ticket. City came close to securing European qualification with their 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Tuesday, thanks to a last-minute goal from Matheus Nunes in the 94th minute. Guardiola’s men moved two places up to third in the league table, but are still seventeen points behind Liverpool, and so they will end up completing another one

UAE football coach dismissal confirmed, Arabian industry cashing in on global talent "The UAE Football Association announced today the decision to dismiss Paulo Bento, the head coach of the UAE national team, along with his coaching staff. It comes after the UAE began their Group A quest in the AFC World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 victory over North Korea on Tuesday. The result moved the UAE on to 13 points, four behind second-placed Uzbekistan with only two games remaining. Paulo Bento was appointed as head

Argentina World Cup: Argentina Qualify After Thrashing Brazil 4-1. Brazil were thrashed 4-1 by their arch foes Argentina in South American World Cup qualification on Tuesday as pressure on manager Dorival Jr mounted after his team was completely outclassed and it could easily have been more. Brazil, who had edged past Colombia 2-1 at home on Thursday, fell back to earth with a crash against the world champions, who kicked off the rout with a close-range effort by Julian Alvarez four minutes after the kick-off.

Back in action four days after beating Chelsea in the League Cup final, Liverpool stayed on course for an improbable quadruple of trophies with a second win over Norwich in 11 days. Facing a crisis off the field, Chelsea was in a spot of bother on it Wednesday when the team fell behind not just once but twice to a lower-league opponent in the FA Cup. In the end, the most expensive player of the Roman Abramovich era bailed Chelsea out. Romelu Lukaku

MADRID: Atletico Madrid slid to a 1-0 loss at home to Levante on Wednesday as Diego Simeone's side blew the chance to climb back into the Champions League places in Spain. The reigning La Liga champions failed to register a single shot on target as bottom side Levante won for only the second time in 24 games this season courtesy of Gonzalo Melero's second-half goal. Atletico trail fourth-placed Barcelona on goal difference but have played a game more than the Catalans. It was