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  • ‘First leg for the ages’: Comebacks galore as Spanish rivals play out wild eight-goal thriller in Cup semi

    ‘First leg for the ages’: Comebacks galore as Spanish rivals play out wild eight-goal thriller in Cup semi

    Atletico Madrid conceded a two-goal lead then fought back from two down in a wild 4-4 draw with Barcelona in a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg thriller on Tuesday.

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    After Diego Simeone’s side scored twice in the opening six minutes through Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann, Barca raced through the gears in a high-octane performance.

    The superb Pedri Gonzalez pulled one back with Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez and Robert Lewandowski going on to score for the Catalan giants.

    Marcos Llorente netted for Atletico before Alexander Sorloth struck in the 93rd minute to leave the tie perfectly poised ahead of the second leg at the Metropolitano stadium on April 2.

    “It’s a terrible result when you go 4-2 up… you have to be more careful, these are things we have to learn,” Pedri told Movistar.

    “Today we started badly but I’ll focus on how the team reacted.

    “When we got in front we have to be calmer… it will be a difficult (second leg) but we will go there to try and win.”

    Hansi Flick left Barca’s top goalscorer Lewandowski out of the starting line-up, with Ferran Torres taking his place in a false nine role.

    Simeone picked a strong side despite his side’s extremely tricky fixture list, with this the first of three matches against Barca and a Champions League last 16 tie against Real Madrid on the horizon.

    Atletico took the lead inside the first minute, with Alvarez pouncing at the back post after Griezmann’s cross was flicked on.

    Atletico doubled their lead in the sixth minute when Jules Kounde gave the ball away and Alvarez produced a stunning pass to release Griezmann.

    The French forward was being pressured by Alejandro Balde but cleverly worked room for a shot, which Wojciech Szczesny got a hand to but could not keep out.

    After Atletico’s opening salvo, Barcelona dominated the rest of the first half. Ferran Torres should have levelled for Barcelona after Raphinha sent him through on goal but his shot was week and Atletico goalkeeper Juan Musso saved easily.

    The La Liga leaders hit two goals in two minutes to pull back level, with Kounde setting up Pedri for the first before Cubarsi nodded home from a corner.

    Torres spurned another golden chance for Barca’s third, rounding Musso but misfiring under pressure from Clement Lenglet, on loan from the Catalans at Atletico.

    – ‘90 minutes to go’ –

    Szczesny saved well from Griezmann at the start of the second half, with Barca still largely in control.

    Sorloth had a goal disallowed for off-side as the visitors sought an equaliser, but instead it was Barca who moved further ahead.

    Teenage winger Lamine Yamal created it with a brilliant dribble, blazing past Reinildo Mandava and squaring for substitute Lewandowski to tap home.

    Barcelona’s performance merited their lead but Llorente’s 84th minute strike from the edge of the box opened the door for Sorloth to net late on.

    The Norwegian forward grabbed Atletico a last-gasp victory at Barca’s Olympic stadium in December in La Liga and he was in the right place at the right time once more to finish from Samuel Lino’s cut-back.

    “It was crazy, a lot of goals, we knew it wouldn’t be easy against one of the best teams in Europe, they’ve proved that,” Alvarez told Movistar.

    “We did our work too though and there’s 90 minutes to go… we have to continue on this path.” On Wednesday Real Madrid visit Real Sociedad in the other semi-final first leg.

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  • Liverpool star’s ‘unbelievable’ goal after shocker as City hit 8, PL side ousted in upset — FA Cup Wrap

    Liverpool star’s ‘unbelievable’ goal after shocker as City hit 8, PL side ousted in upset — FA Cup Wrap

    Manchester City dashed the dreams of Salford’s former Manchester United star owners with an 8-0 FA Cup rout on Saturday, while Liverpool cruised into the fourth round with a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley.

    Chelsea were among the other big winners with a 5-0 demolition of Morecambe. Brentford were the only Premier League side to fall to lower-league opposition as Plymouth, who sit bottom of the Championship, stunned the Bees 1-0 thanks to Morgan Whittaker’s late winner.

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    League Two Salford have risen through the non-league ranks since investment from David Beckham, Gary and Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt began in 2014.

    Scholes, Butt and director of football Giggs were in attendance at the Etihad but were denied a night to rival their best during glorious playing careers at Old Trafford.

    Pep Guardiola made wholesale changes as Erling Haaland was afforded a rest. Jeremy Doku opened the scoring after just eight minutes before youngsters Divin Mubama and Nico O’Reilly made it 3-0 before half-time.

    Jack Grealish scored his first City goal for over a year from the penalty spot, while Doku also netted from the spot.

    But James McAtee, who had only scored once for City previously, earned man-of-the-match with a 20-minute second half hat-trick.

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    There was never any hint of an upset at Anfield either despite Arne Slot making eight changes for Liverpool.

    Trent Alexander-Arnold was named captain in the absence of Virgil van Dijk and led by example after being criticised for his display in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United last weekend.

    Slot had warned the Premier League leaders that a trip to Anfield would be Accrington’s “Champions League final”.

    A mammoth 86 league positions behind Liverpool in the 92-team English league system, Stanley held out for nearly half an hour before Diogo Jota was left with a simple task to tap in from Darwin Nunez’s low cross.

    Alexander-Arnold then stepped forward to double the lead with a sumptuous hit into the top corner from outside the box.

    “I could talk for hours about that (goal), unbelievable,” said Slot said. “The biggest compliment Trent could get was the reaction of everyone after the Manchester United game.

    “Every player around the world, maybe except for a few, has a bad game and that is completely normal, but the moment Trent has one, everyone has an opinion about it.”

    Jayden Danns made it 3-0 before Federico Chiesa netted his first Liverpool goal after an injury-hit start to his time in England.

    Joao Felix was the star of the show for Chelsea as he got a rare chance to deputise for Cole Palmer.

    The Portuguese international and Tosin Adarabioyo both scored twice, while Christopher Nkunku made up for missing an early penalty by netting his 13th goal of the season.

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    Only Liverpool have taken more points at home than Brentford in the Premier League this season, while Plymouth had not won away from home all campaign.

    Yet against the odds Argyle, who sacked former England captain Wayne Rooney 12 days ago, held out and hit Thomas Frank’s men with a sucker punch when Whittaker blasted in from outside the area nine minutes from time.

    “I have pride in everybody, and I’m pleased for the supporters. It’s a big day for us,” said caretaker Plymouth boss Kevin Nancekivell.

    “The FA Cup brings that romance and we’ve put a little bit of history in it today by getting the win.” High-flying Nottingham Forest continued their excellent season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Luton.

    Brighton were 4-0 winners at Norwich as Georginio Rutter struck twice. Bournemouth shrugged off the loss of strikers Evanilson and Enes Unal to long-term injuries this week to roar back from 1-0 down to hammer West Brom 5-1.

    Leicester went one better by hitting QPR for six in an eight-goal thriller at the King Power.

    Wolves’ bright start under new boss Vitor Pereira continued as early goals from Rayan Ait-Nouri and Rodrigo Gomes secured a 2-1 win at Bristol City.

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  • ‘Always really wary’: Socceroos star’s ‘frustrating’ injury blow in striker’s nervous wait

    ‘Always really wary’: Socceroos star’s ‘frustrating’ injury blow in striker’s nervous wait

    Socceroos striker Kusini Yengi is awaiting scan results after missing Portsmouth’s 2-2 draw with Swansea in the Championship with a knee injury.

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    Portsmouth claim Yengi suffered the injury while on international duty with Australia over the last fortnight.

    “He picked up an injury during the game when Australia played Bahrain,” Portsmouth manager John Mousinho said prior to his sides latest outing.

    It’s unclear at this stage how bad the injury is or how long Yengi will be sidelined for.

    The revelation comes as a slight shock given the 25-year-old played the entirety of the contest in Riffa and scored both goals, as it finished 2-2.

    Mousinho said Yengi picked up the injury “just before half-time.”

    “His knee was slightly swollen,” Mousinho added.

    “He was scanned on Friday afternoon. So, we’re just awaiting the final scan results and for him to see a specialist.

    “With knees, ankles and hips we’re always really wary.”

    It has been a stop-start season for the forward.

    He missed Pompey’s first two matches of the Championship campaign with a groin injury before being sidelined just two games into his comeback for a further five fixtures with the same complaint.

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    Yengi had just come off a run of six games in four weeks prior to linking up with the Socceroos in Melbourne.

    He came on as a late substitute in a scoreless draw with Saudi Arabia in the Victorian capital before the side flew out to Bahrain.

    “Any injury is frustrating for us,” Mousinho said.

    “People do pick up injuries on international breaks. It’s probably one of the reasons why certain players don’t necessarily want to go on international duty.

    “We’re not one of those clubs. I want players to go away and play and represent their countries and I think it’s a really proud moment for anybody connected with Portsmouth when they do that.

    “It does come with a slight risk and unfortunately (Kusini) has ended up picking up an injury.”

    Any absence isn’t of immediate concern for the Socceroos.

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    Tony Popovic’s side isn’t back in action until they face Indonesia and China in two must-win World Cup qualifiers in March.

    While Yengi has made a bright start to life for the national team, scoring six goals in 11 games, the interrupted nature of his season has impacted his output for Portsmouth. He’s yet to find the back of the net in the Championship after scoring 13-goals in 31 appearances in all competitions last season, while they were in League One, following a move from the Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League.

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