Live Blog: West Ham Go Through And Everton Beat Newcastle

Welcome to The Sportsman's LIVE football blog, where we will be bringing you all the biggest updates across the game throughout the day. Reaction from wins for Everton and West Ham as well as build up to this weekend's Premier League action.

Updates

18 March 2022

EFL Fridays

Rotherham United: They’re Probably Up, But Will It Be Different This Time?

18 March 2022

Should Madrid be worried?

Madrid Zone

@theMadridZone

Thomas Tuchel has faced Real Madrid six times as a manager & NEVER lost:
🤝 DORTMUND 2-2 Real Madrid
🤝 Real Madrid 2-2 DORTMUND
✅ PARIS S-G 3-0 Real Madrid
🤝 Real Madrid 2-2 PARIS S-G
🤝 Real Madrid 1-1 CHELSEA
✅ CHELSEA 2-0 Real Madrid
@WhoScored #UCL

18 March 2022

PSV have played a blinder here

We've got a lot of time for this sort of behaviour.

PurelyFootball®️

@PurelyFootball

FC Copenhagen fans set off fireworks to try and disturb PSV players sleep ahead of their UEL match, but got the hotel wrong.
PSV went on to win 4-0 the following day
Gotze had this to say about it:
“We placed the bus at the wrong hotel on purpose, I slept very well.”
🤣👏🏻

18 March 2022

Jurgen Klopp on Trent-Alexander Arnold's injury

Anfield Watch

@AnfieldWatch

📺 Jurgen Klopp on Trent's injury:
"Trent is out with a hamstring injury which will also keep him out of England duty. We need to see how long. It could be weeks." 🔴

18 March 2022

Cracking game in store between West Ham and Lyon

Squawka

@Squawka

Most goals scored in the #UEL this season:
◉ 18 - Lyon
◎ 18 - Napoli
Fewest goals conceded in the #UEL this season (minimum 8 games):
◉ 4 - West Ham
The strongest attack faces the best defence. 🤺
#UELDraw

18 March 2022

West Ham's UEL draw is far from easy

Can they beat Lyon and be the first team to do so in the competition this year?

Squawka

@Squawka

Lyon are one of just two sides to play 8+ games in the #UEL this season and remain unbeaten:
WWWWWDWD
◉ 18 goals scored
◉ 6 goals conceded
◉ 4 clean sheets
A tough task for the Hammers.
#UELDraw

18 March 2022

Fergie arrives at Cheltenham

Football Daily

@footballdaily

🐎 Sir Alex Ferguson arriving at Cheltenham to watch Protektorat a horse that the former United boss part owns

18 March 2022

Barcelona reluctantly ending from Haaland pursuit

Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Barcelona vice president Rafa Yuste: on Erling Haaland deal: “I can't say that the deal is off as you never know in football - but it's very, very difficult”, he told @marca. 🔴🇳🇴 #FCB
“We won't proceed with any deal that whould create problems to our financial situation”.

18 March 2022

Soucek haunts Sevilla again

Squawka

@Squawka

Sevilla have been knocked out of the #UEL just two times since the start of the 2013/14 season:
🏆 2014 Winners
🏆 2015 Winners
🏆 2016 Winners
❌ 2019 3-4 vs. Slavia Prague
🏆 2020 Winners
❌ 2022 1-2 vs. West Ham
Tomáš Souček scored in the second leg on both occasions. 👀

18 March 2022

Some cracking Europa League ties await

18 March 2022

Tuchel's lucky omen?

Squawka

@Squawka

Thomas Tuchel has faced two sides 6+ times in his managerial career and remained unbeaten:
◎ Tottenham Hotspur
◉ Real Madrid
And he knocked Los Blancos out of last season's UCL. 🏆
#UCLDraw

18 March 2022

Kessie is closing in on a FCB switch

Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Barcelona are preparing contracts and paperworks for Franck Kessié deal. It's not signed yet - but verbally almost agreed. 🔴🇨🇮 #FCB
The salary will be around €6.5m plus signing fee.
Xavi called him, Yaya Touré too as @gerardromero revealed.
📲 More:

18 March 2022

UCL DRAW

UEFA Champions League

@ChampionsLeague

𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟
Man. City or Atlético 🆚 󠁢Chelsea or Real Madrid
#UCLdraw

UEFA Champions League

@ChampionsLeague

𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟
Benfica or Liverpool 🆚 󠁢Villarreal or Bayern
#UCLdraw

18 March 2022

MARCHING ON TOGETHER: Leeds fans the PL's best?

A recent 1SPORT1 poll has found Leeds United's away support to be the best in the Premier League...

18 March 2022

Support over Frustration

18 March 2022

Xavi's Barcelona In Fine Form

After a slow start, Xavi has found his feet at Barcelona winning seven of his last ten games, with new signings Aubameyang, Torres and Traore leading the way...

18 March 2022

Question Time:

How many defenders have won POTM in the PL?

Laurie

@LFCLaurie

In the past 9 years, only 4 defenders have won Premier League POTM.
Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold (twice) and Joel Matip.
That's just insane.

18 March 2022

Frank Lampard might've broken his hand

but he doesn't care. He just wants the win.

18 March 2022

Bernardo Silva has his heart set on Portugal

City Xtra

@City_Xtra

Bernardo Silva: "I miss Portugal a lot. If I could go back in a year or two, I would. Not only because I would like to play for Benfica again, but because I miss my family and living in Portugal very much." [via Channel 11/@_joebray]