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Celtic winger Patrick Roberts says he enjoyed his goal against his parent club Manchester City in the Champions League.

The 19-year-old, who opened the scoring in the 1-1 draw, only made three substitute appearances for City following his move from Fulham.  

"That was the plan and it went quite well," he said. "Of course I enjoyed it, it's not every day you score in the Champions League against a team like that.

"It was very pleasing, I had lots of family at the game so it was good.

"That's why I came to Celtic, to play in games like this, the opportunity to play in the Champions League, that was the main goal."

City boss Pep Guardiola said: "He has potential. I am so happy with his performance.

"We are going to talk about his future at the end of the season. We know his quality but the decision is not about one game. It is for one season."

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has assured under-pressure manager Alan Pardew that his job is secure and said he was a "positive force" at the club.

The south London side's 3-0 home win over Southampton on Saturday helped them stay three points clear of the relegation zone after six league defeats in a row.

 "Alan has a 41% win record at Palace which is pretty astonishing," Parish told Talksport., external

 "It's totally safe (Pardew's job) in that every manager is under pressure. It's a binary industry and you have to win football matches." 

Chelsea captain John Terry is 36 today.

In his 18-year career the defender has won four Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the Europa League and the Champions League. 

Sale Sharks have registered winger Denny Solomona in their Champions Cup squad before his expected move from rugby league side Castleford Tigers.

Director of rugby Steve Diamond confirmed Sale's interest in Solomona last month.

Castleford are taking legal action against the 23-year-old after he failed to report for pre-season training.

He broke Lesley Vainikolo's record for the most tries in a Super League season as he crossed 40 times in 2016.

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Aberdeen moved up to third in the Scottish Premiership with an emphatic 5-1 win over Kilmarnock at Pittodrie on Tuesday. 

Peter Pawlett slid in the first and was denied a second when his close-range shot was parried, but Anthony O'Connor tapped in the rebound. 

Jonny Hayes raced clear and slotted the ball inside the near post, then Niall McGinn fired in a fourth. 

Rory McKenzie tapped in a consolation before Hayes rounded Killie goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald to make it five.

Some 52 Stevenage fans made the six-hour round trip to Newport on Tuesday night to see their side win 2-0.

And the League Two side made this classy gesture to their small travelling support...

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Robbie Neilson's first game as MK Dons boss ended in a 4-1 defeat by Yeovil in the Checkatrade Trophy second round.

Matt Jarvis played his first game in seven months as Norwich under-21s lost to their Swansea counterparts 1-0.

Blackpool beat Doncaster Rovers in a 17-penalty shootout, while Scunthorpe and Oxford also went through on spot-kicks.

Brighton's under-21s became the third development side into the third round after a 2-1 win at League One side AFC Wimbledon.

Read our round-up here.

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Former Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup has denied he was sacked because of concerns he and his agent stood to profit from player transfers.

Danish newspaper Politiken claims it has seen documents suggesting Laudrup's agent, Bayram Tutumlu, could have made more than £3m during the Dane's reign.

It claims Swansea accused the two of trying to "benefit from transactions at the expense of the club".

However, chairman Huw Jenkins said he sacked Laudrup for "football reasons".

Laudrup told BBC Wales Sport: "I have never received any payment or commission related to any player transfer in any of the clubs I have coached. Never."

Fog shrouds the pitch during the final moments of Lincoln's second round FA Cup 3-2 win against Oldham...

Watch all the best action from the FA Cup second round here.

Essex have signed New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner for the first half of the 2017 County Championship season and One-Day Cup.

The 30-year-old has played 27 Tests for the Black Caps and had a spell with Lancashire this summer.

He took 32 Championship wickets for the Red Rose, including 6-66 on his debut against Nottinghamshire.

He will be replaced by Pakistan's Mohammad Amir at newly-promoted Essex midway through next summer.

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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says his side have set standards for the future with their Champions League displays. 

The Scottish champions rounded off their campaign with a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad.

They drew three of their six group games, two against City and once against Borussia Monchengladbach.

After his strike against Borussia Monchengladbach last night, Lionel Messi now has 473 goals for Barcelona, drawing level in fourth place with the legendary Portuguese striker Eusebio (Benfica) for most goals scored at the same club.  

The top four are: 

Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich)  525

Jimmy McGrory (Celtic) 522   

Uwe Seeler (Hamburg)  507

Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Eusebio (Benfica)  473 

Here's an update from Greater Manchester Police on the fan who threw a burger at a police horse....

To Luke Donald who turns 39 today - England's former world number one and four-time Ryder Cup winner, born in 1977.

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BBC Sport looks at some of the key stats as Arsenal win their Champions League group for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

The Gunners finished top of Champions League Group A thanks to a Lucas Perez hat-trick in Basel and Paris St-Germain's draw with Ludogorets Razgrad.

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Hull City striker Abel Hernandez will be out for another three weeks as he needs a hernia operation.

The Uruguay international has not played since 6 November with a groin injury. 

"He has recovered from the groin problem, but he needs a hernia operation and he'll have that this week," said boss Mike Phelan.

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No other decisions have yet been taken about Novak Djokovic's coaching team for 2017 - but, according to his agent, the details will be "finalised soon".

Steve Borthwick, Rob Howley and Andy Farrell are set to named as assistants to British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland for next year's tour of New Zealand.

Howley, Wales' interim coach, and Farrell have toured with the Lions before, while Borthwick has impressed as England forwards coach.

Neil Jenkins, Wales' top points-scorer, is likely to be a kicking specialist.

The Lions will play three Tests against New Zealand in June and July.

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Greater Manchester Police say 14 fans were arrested in disturbances following Celtic's Champions League fixture at Manchester City last night.

This may be the strangest one...

Cricketers could be sent off for the first time, after the MCC world cricket committee recommended that umpires be given the power to eject players for serious disciplinary breaches.

A statement read: "Subject to approval by the main MCC committee, the new code of the laws of cricket will include a stipulation that umpires can remove a player from the field for the following:

• threatening an umpire
• physically assaulting another player, umpire, official or spectator
• any other act of violence on the field of play

It added that under current rules "a batsman could wilfully hit a member of the fielding side with their bat, before carrying on to score a century to win the match for their team".

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