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Roma remained third, two points behind Napoli who will be looking to close the gap to leader Juventus to three points when they visit Palermo later.

City face a potentially pivotal week in their season, with Saturday's game being followed by a Champions League last-16 second leg match against Dynamo Kiev and a domestic derby clash with Manchester United.

McClaren's position has been under threat for weeks and speculation intensified after fans turned on him during the 3-1 home defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday.

Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has defended team mate Eden Hazard who was jeered off the pitch by a small section of fans in Wednesday's last-16 Champions League defeat to French champions Paris St Germain.

Eternal rivals Manchester United travel to Liverpool in the Europa League last 16, first leg on Thursday in a battle of English football's two most successful sides.

Christian Benteke won and converted a coolly taken penalty deep into injury time to earn 10-man Liverpool a 2-1 win at Palace on Sunday, boosting his team's faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League's European places.

Chelsea captain John Terry believes he still has "two or three years" to perform "at the highest level," indicating that he does not know where he will be playing next football season if his club decided not to renew his contract.

The draw takes Salgaocar FC's tally to nine points from 11 matches. With their third successive draw, Mumbai FC are now on 12 points from 11 matches.

Spurs' six-match winning league run ended in a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United while Arsenal suffered a second successive league loss, surprisingly beaten 2-1 at home by relegation-threatened Swansea City.

Galatasaray have been banned from European competition for one year over the club's failure to meet Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations designed to limit losses.

Manchester City have 12 games left, two more than Leicester, and head to Anfield to face Liverpool later on Wednesday after beating the Merseysiders on penalties in the League Cup final on Sunday.

The new contract with Chelsea will keep 20-year-old Ruben at the club until 2021, the Premier League club said.

Moroccan Hicham El Amrani, general secretary of the African confederation, emerges a strong contender for FIFA's secretary general job. Infantino has earlier hinted at appointing an African for the post.

Silva, a Brazilian defender and the skipper of France's Paris Saint-Germain club, said that loss to Germany made him suffer bouts of depression and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi boosted his confidence in tough time.

Alvaro Morata added a penalty in the final minutes to help Juventus beat Inter Milan 2-0 in the Serie A Cup match on Sunday.

South African Tokyo Sexwale pulled out of the race to become the next president of FIFA on Friday, announcing in mid-speech that he was suspending his campaign with immediate effect.