German Bundesliga

Der Klasiker ist go!

Under way at the always impressive Westfalenstadion. Join Emlyn Begley for full coverage of the Bundesliga game here.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "We are still not certain about Champions League qualification - it is still a rat race.

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"But we have given a blow to Liverpool and Southampton also lost. It is a big gap. now we have to wait to see if the gap is too big for Tottenham too. But we have to play the top three - it is still a rat race."

We have kicked off at Stamford Bridge.

For full coverage of that game click this link while we continue with tonight's match reaction.

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Everton captain Phil Jagielka: "The ball went in off my shin pad for the goal but who cares! It was a great team effort, the boys put their bodies on the line today. We haven't played particularly bad but the results haven't come. Hopefully we can finish the season strongly.

"We would have loved to have got this momentum earlier in the season but we are where we are. Hopefully this will be the start and continue it for the remaining seven games."

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BBC Radio 5 live

Lines are open for 606 with Robbie Savage and Darren Fletcher on BBC Radio 5 live at 18:06 BST this evening.

You can have your say by calling 0500 909 693, texting 85058, or it's @bbc606, external on Twitter.

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Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood: "I thought we got stuck in and were always in the game until the third goal which killed us off.

"We expected them to give ball back to us from the drop ball because we were in possession. But the referee thought nothing of it and they scored from that. It has gone against us.

"I'm not saying that is the reason we lost the game but it is disappointing. Today Man Utd were much better than us."

Almost kick-off at our later Premier League game.

While we round-up all of this afternoon's action and antics, open a new window here for full match coverage of the Chelsea game.

Chris Waddle
On Manchester United on BBC Radio 5 live

"United have hung in there this season and the last few weeks they have been impressive. They deserve the win today. The only way Villa would score was from a mistake or a set-piece. Ander Herrera is a very good player. He links up well with Antonio Valencia and Juan Mata on the right. They got a lot of joy down that side today."

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Southampton boss Ronald Koeman: "The final result is very disappointing but not with the performance of the team. We played well. We were unlucky with the goal against us. The second half it was more difficult to create.

"Everton were good defensively and it was difficult to score an create chances after the break. However, we deserved a better result because we played well, but it's always about scoring.

"They scored one and we didn't score. If we continue with this level we'll maybe finish in a good position. We had a lot of ball possession, created chances. We did everything. But it wasn't quite enough."

Are Arsenal genuine title challengers? Arsene Wenger laughed it off earlier on but Martin Keown believes so if his 5 live summarising was anything to go by.

Manchester City are fourth.

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce: "I just can't believe we missed so many chances. We played a really open game, but we've ended up losing because we've not taken the chances we've created and Leicester have got a goal that's won the match.

"When you're in control of the game, you have to take the chances when you get them. Against a team battling for survival such as Leicester, if you get the lead, it kills them. They start to think: 'Here we go again.' That's how ruthless you have to be. Because we didn't do that, it gave them the chance."

What a day for Leicester and QPR. The bottom two before kick-off both picked up huge wins to give themselves a huge shot in the arm. Leicester are now 'only' four points adrift of safety while QPR can smell safety.

Who do you think will go?

Slowbear: What a result for Leicester! King's goal could be very 'Andy come the end of the season!!

Ada: Villa, Sunderland and Hull are looking over their shoulders now.

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BBC Final Score vote results

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Earlier we asked you who you thought should be named Player of the Year this season. Here are the results:

Harry Kane 29.2%

David De Gea 23.6%

Alexis Sanchez 19.7%

Eden Hazard 14.0%

Diego Costa 3.8%

Philippe Coutinho 3.8%

Morgan Schneiderlin 2.1%

Sergio Aguero 2.1%

John Terry 1.7%

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Manchester United's two-goal hero Ander Herrera: "Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard, so that made it difficult for us. They came to Old Trafford to wait and try to give us few opportunities. We kept the ball and tried to win the game through possession and being patient. That's what we did."

Kick-off just 20 minutes away in tonight's late Premier League game between leaders Chelsea and Stoke.

We will stick with all of the reaction from this afternoon's games here - so move to this page for all of the action from Stamford Bridge.

Johnny Magrinho: If anyone else gets player of the year other than De Gea then I'll eat all the hats in the land. Man U 3rd? Owe it all to him!

Jake Pittman: Joey Barton has scored, Zamora is contender for GOTS and QPR have won away. The world has ended.

Andrews Tawiah: Chris Ramsey now deserves the praise and full support. Good job QPR

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German Bundesliga

The German version of El Clasico - Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich - gets under way in the next half hour and you can follow the game in our European live page.

Just click here.

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Manchester United's two-goal hero Ander Herrera, who has scored seven times since his summer move from Athletic Bilbao: "Scoring goals was one of the things that I had to improve on. I'm getting better but have to improve still.

"The battle for the top four is going to be very tough but we are on the right road. We are in very good form but have to play seven more games and have to fight a lot."

Pat Murphy
BBC Radio 5 live at The Hawthorns

"Start the lap of honour now Queens Park Rangers. Who would have thought this would have been the final score at 15:00 BST this afternoon?

"There are thousands of stunned supporters here, and I expect the Rangers fans are just as stunned as the West Brom fans. What a game to turn things round at the bottom of the table."