Unai Emery's high-flying Aston Villa side host Bologna at Villa Park on Tuesday night in the third round of fixtures in the Champions League .... Aston Villa v Bologna LIVE 22/10/2024 | Football THE SUNBarcelona flop Memphis Depay is being seduced by a return to the Premier League, with Arsenal among teams keen on the former Man Utd forward. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has asked the Stamford Bridge board to make a move for Real Madrid centre-back Eder Militao this summer. The Mirror state that the Blues boss is a “big fan” of the Brazilian, who has become a key component of Real’s defence following the exit of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane. Chelsea could be set to lose Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and Cesar Azpilicueta this summer as the defensive trio all approach the expiration date on their contracts. Tuchel would be forced to rebuild his defensive unit and has Militao at the top of his list. The next 10 days are make or break for Rangers' season, with the second leg falling just four days before the huge Scottish Cup semi-final with Celtic and the league title defence seemingly in tatters.Zinny Boswell Leicester held at home but can still dream of a first European final Brendan Rodgers admitted he did not even know what the Europa Conference League was when Leicester dropped into the competition in December, but with his side now just three games away from their first European final, he's taking it seriously. But we're building bricks, building confidence and, when you win games, the belief grows - that's so important. Sir Alex Ferguson arrived from Aberdeen, not as his Padawan, but with an already compelling case to be regarded as Europe's best manager. Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in 10 goals for Manchester City in all competitions this season (three goals, seven assists); the first time a defender has reached double figures in a single season for a Pep Guardiola side since David Alaba for Bayern Munich in 2013-14 How many people will have travelled from afar and booked hotels to come to this big football match? A club's ability to safely prepare its players in the lead-up to a match. Obliging the top players to come to Newcastle because of money is dangerous because after the first difficulties they will give up. West Ham initially struggled to impose themselves but improved as the half wore on and then shocked the Hornets with two goals in two minutes. “We dropped five points against Leeds last season with the same guys we had today except Jack [Grealish]. In response to Kompany's comments, Club Bruges posted on Twitter: The club, it's supporters, staff, players, employees and board strongly condemn any form of racism. These individuals are not representative of the values and norms of our club. Kevin De Bruyne's strike at the Etihad a week ago was enough for City despite a spirited fightback from the Spanish champions in the return match. However, the players, the likes of Havertz and Werner, they won't know what Lampard means to Chelsea. There, he had suggested that the plan to prevent Manchester United's counter-attacks would be to sit deep. United also swung a series of crosses into the Reading area, which again caused problems but not any goal chances. Exactly five years ago this week, Jesus made his City debut in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in which he was denied a late winner by a narrow offside decision. United interim boss Ralf Rangnick has spoken repeatedly about his side's need to start controlling matches. We need to keep focusing on the next match, until we get in a position where we can assess it come January. Villa now go to Crystal Palace at 3pm on Saturday in the Premier League Gerrard's touchline passion evidentGerrard's emotions were clear on the touchline during the celebrations for both goals and after the game. While Rangnick has been appointed only until the end of the season initially, he will remain in a consultancy role beyond this season. That will allow him considerable influence over the club's future and the German expressed on debut his hope that he may begin to rebuild United, though admits that the gap to the lead triumvirate will be a tough one to close. They [Huddersfield] are on a really good run and it was really disappointing we didn't manage to end that run because I felt like we could have done. They weren't really hurting us - they had a lot of the ball but didn't get many chances. As well as being suspended for Arsenal's last three games, Xhaka has only recently recovered having tested positive for Covid during the recent international break. Furuhashi was denied by an excellent goal-line clearance after racing on to Turnbull's through ball before setting up Abada for Celtic's third on the hour mark. Tuchel would have been pleased by an improved performance from Saul Niguez, effective and efficient alongside Jorginho in the absence of the isolating N'Golo Kante in the Chelsea midfield. The Manchester-born midfielder is eligible to represent England, Iraq and Pakistan at international but has never been called up to an England age-group squad. Aston Villa - Bologna | 22 Oct 2024 Bologna. Buy Tickets Hospitality. VILLA TV. Watch all pre-season games, live Academy games and full re-runs of all men's 24/25 season matches. subscribe now. Leeds are still not in full-flow going forward but their results are steadily improving and I think they will continue to edge away from the relegation zone. Peterborough were relegated from the Championship as Nottingham Forest kept alive their automatic promotion hopes with victory at the Weston Homes Stadium. Robins manager Nigel Pearson named Rob Atkinson in the middle of a three-man back-line, with Massengo partnering Andy King in midfield. Nigeria progressed from Group D at the Africa Cup of Nations with a perfect record after beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0. In a conversation with head coach Nuno ahead of his summer move, he was told to gain some weight in order to meet the physical demands of the Premier League. So, let's look at the potential winners and losers from Rangnick’s appointment...  Let’s start with the most interesting topic of debate: Cristiano Ronaldo's role.