Simon Stone
BBC Sport

In between two blockbuster Champions League quarter-finals with Real Madrid, a Premier League home game with Luton almost becomes the forgotten game for Manchester City.

I am quite sure City boss Pep Guardiola will not see it like that, with three precious points in the Premier League title race up for grabs.

But it is a match to get out of the way before Carlo Ancelotti, Jude Bellingham and company arrive for Wednesday's game.

Major interest in Guardiola's news conference today surrounds the fitness of Kyle Walker and whether influential midfielder Rodri will get the rest he said he needed after Tuesday's thrilling 3-3 draw in the Spanish capital.

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Now then, make yourselves comfortable folks because a flurry of Premier League news conferences are coming right up.

We're set to hear from two of the managers involved in that title race - Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Arsenal's Mikel Arteta - and we'll also get the latest from Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Bournemouth, Luton, Wolves, Brentford, Brighton, Fulham and Crystal Palace.

Dave Bookham: Not long ago everyone was hailing ‘Klopp's Kids’. Despite the changes that team still had a number of internationals in it. So where were Klopp's kids??

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On the latest episode of Planet Premier League, Cesc Fabregas and Nedum Onuoha explain why not winning the Premier League should not be considered a failure for Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester City.

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Manchester City lead the race to sign Jamal Musiala from Bayern Munich while Brentford want £50m for striker Ivan Toney.

Click here to see the rest of today's gossip column.

Michael: What is this talk of a 'rare blemish' from Phil McNulty? The performance last night has been indicative of recent form. Only difference was Atalanta were ruthlessly efficient. That result has been on the cards the last few months.

AC Milan

You may have heard of the 'tunnel club' at Manchester City, where the players make their way to the pitch through a glass 'tunnel', with fans enjoying hospitality on either side.

Well, AC Milan are giving fans the chance to get even closer to the action.

The Italian giants have launched the 'Club 1899 Front Row Experience', which allows fans to be seated next to the tunnel and between the dugouts - taking inspiration from the NBA's courtside seating plan.

Where do we sign up?!

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Now here's a side that could be making an impact in Europe next season.

Bologna are currently fourth in Italy's Serie A, their captain is Scotland midfielder Lewis Ferguson and their coach Thiago Motta has recently been linked with the Manchester United job.

Click here for more from Daniele Verri on Ferguson and team-mate Joshua Zirkzee playing an important role in Bologna's bid for Champions League football.

Europa League

• Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 West Ham
• Benfica 2-1 Marseille
• Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta
• AC Milan 0-1 Roma

Europa Conference League

• Olympiakos 3-2 Fenerbahce
• Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Fiorentina
• Aston Villa 2-1 Lille
• Club Bruges 1-0 PAOK Salonika

Do keep your comments coming people, but we'd love to hear who are you and where you come from too.

• West Ham faced 33 shots in the game, their most in a game in all competitions since January 29th 2014 against Chelsea in the Premier League (39).
• Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianksi made nine saves in the game, the joint-most ever by the Poland international for West Ham (also nine v Arsenal in August 2018).

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Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter

The Premier League’s independent Key Match Incidents Panel has backed the decision to disallow Wolves’ leveller against West Ham.

The panel, which reviews decisions in the top flight, voted 5-0 in favour of the call to rule out Max Kilman’s stoppage-time header.

Video assistant referee (VAR) Tim Robinson recommended a review of the goal, with official Tony Harrington ruling Tawanda Chirewa was in West Ham goalkeeper Lucasz Fabianski's line of vision.

It denied Wolves’ an equaliser as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat on Saturday and left boss Gary O’Neil fuming.

He labelled the decision “possibly the worst decision I have ever seen” and was charged by the Football Association on Thursday.

The charge – for improper and/or threatening behaviour - relates to O’Neil’s post-match conduct with the boss admitting he could not control his emotions when trying to speak to referee Harrington.

"I wasn't able to control my emotion well enough to get an explanation," O'Neil said after the game. "The referee said he would rather not discuss it given how I was acting."

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery speaking to TNT Sports after his 1,000th game as a manager: "Difficult match, very tough match. A tight result and a tight match.

"We created chances, we conceded some chances. We took advantage today and we knew before the match it was going to be difficult.

"Now again we have to be ready there to play 90 minutes and even extra-time and a penalty shootout, because we know now every match that we are playing is difficult.

"It's very important to try to control set-pieces in games offensively and defensively. We have to try to be stronger in our structure because they [Lille] were sometimes threatening us more than we wanted.

"It's a good result because we won today. We know it is going to be difficult there but we have to try to get again our position on the pitch, understanding how we play today."

• Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten run to 42 games in all competitions (W37 D5), last suffering a defeat in May 2023 in their last game of last season away to Bochum (0-3).
• Jonas Hofmann scored with Bayer Leverkusen's 26th shot of the game, with the German side’s total haul of 33 attempts on goal the joint-most by a side in a Europa League game this season, level with Bayer themselves against Qarabag in March.

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It wasn't all doom-and-gloom for English clubs last night, Aston Villa take a one-goal lead into the second leg after they beat Lille 2-1 in the Europa Conference League.

Villa striker Ollie Watkins told TNT Sports: "Going into each game I feel confident. I have a belief that I'm going to score and the team are going to play well.

"We have a game plan and we stick to it no matter what. It was important that we won the game and then go into the second leg a goal up. It feels like a lot of hard work has been put in.

"Little bit disappointing to have conceded at the end, gives them [Lille] a little bit of belief going into the second leg.

"We could have been a bit more clinical in the final third. We've had a lot of opportunities and 2-1 is a bit disappointing, I think it should have been three or four."

"It's nice to hear your name being sung by the fans. I just try to repay them by scoring goals but when I'm not doing that I'm always working hard.

"That's the number one thing when I go on the pitch to make sure nobody can question my mentality and my work rate and then the goals will come so just enjoy."

As Dan mentioned below, Xavi Alonso has not only led Bayer Leverkusen to the top of the Bundesliga, they're 16 points clear of Bayern Munich and Stuttgart with six games to play.

One more win and they will end Bayern's record run of 11 straight German league titles.