Summary

  • Leicester off bottom - Burnley now 20th

  • FT: Palace 0-2 WBA, - Morrison and Gardner

  • FT: Stoke 2-1 Saints, Everton 1-0 Burnley

  1. Thank you and good eveningpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    That is all from me for this afternoon. Remember you can follow the FA Cup semi-final and Chelsea v Manchester United elsewhere on the site. So get yourself on over to one of those right now. Bye.

  2. Manager reactionpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "We limited a very good Southampton side to few chances. I felt in terms of the momentum, certainly second half, we were very comfortable.

    "They had a lot of possession but didn't cause us a lot of problems. In the second half we were excellent.

    "You make your own luck. Charlie Adam has come on and effected the game for us. People will say it was important for Southampton but I'm not sure about that."

  3. Manager reactionpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    West Brom boss Tony Pulis on whether he had different emotions against Crystal Palace: "No, I'm manager of West Brom, all my thoughts are with them. I had a great time here, I really enjoyed it and wish them all the best for the future.

    "I was nervous as anything right to end, because they had a right go, it's a wonderful crowd here. I'm very pleased we should be that resilient, we concentrated for 60 minutes and got the result we deserved. I've said to the lads that 40 points is a good tally for us, that's what we should be aiming for and we have five games left to achieve it."

  4. Manager reactionpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: "We are disappointed because our winning run comes to an end. We couldn't have done any more.

    "The first goal [by James Morrison] was a case of an old manager coming back and knowing the areas to exploit. We dominated the game, we had great moments without getting on the end of it.

    "I can't fault the team, we just came up against a team who do very well then when they get the lead."

  5. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    West Brom midfielder Craig Gardner tweeted: , externalWhat a result today buzzing we got the 3 points the fans were top class again

  6. Player reactionpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Everton's Kevin Mirallas: "A lot of people have talked about my future. I like to play for Everton.

    "I am in my best form of the season. When it is finished I will talk to my partner, the president, the trainer and manager.

    "But I am confident here and I like to play for Everton."

  7. Manager reactionpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "I don't know how he [Kevin Mirallas] stayed on the pitch [for a high tackle]. You should be sent off for them. He is not a malicious player but I he should have been sent off.

    "You try and do things in the correct manner [not surrounding refs and going down] and it doesn't work for you.

    "People want to see people fighting in a fair and proper manner. We try to do that.

    "The Mirallas one, I am amazed he stayed on the pitch.

    "The loss leaves us fighting. Written off before the start, still being written off now. We have had plenty of knocks this season and bounced back. We will look to do that again against Leicester next week."

  8. League Two reviewpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Lucas AkinsImage source, Getty Images

    Delight for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as his Burton side secure promotion to League One. Two goals from Lucas Akins (pictured) saw them beat Morecambe 2-1.

    They are promoted as Wycombe only drew 0-0 at AFC Wimbledon, while Bury kept up their hopes of automatic promotion with a 1-0 victory at Portsmouth.

    It was a terrible day for the three sides in danger of dropping out of the Football League. Bottom-placed Tranmere lost 3-0 at home to Oxford United,Cheltenham were beaten 2-0 at Northampton and Hartlepool suffered a 3-0 defeat at Luton.

  9. Vote resultspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    This afternoon's vote has now finished, in which we asked you which of the current bottom three will pull off the great escape? You won't be surprised to learn that Leicester's third win on the bounce has earned them 58.3% of your votes. Despite being bottom the table, Burnley have taken 24.2% against QPR's 17.5%.

    One thing is for certain, Hull and Sunderland will not have been calm observers this afternoon.

  10. Postpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    John Hartson
    BBC Radio 5 live

    "Swansea have had a great season with 47 points but this afternoon was all about Leicester. They have been the better side from start to finish, they carried more of a threat in the final third. They were quicker and faster to the ball, took the lead and capitalised on it. They deserved the three points. Swansea were not that bad, they played in spells without carrying a threat.

    "The atmosphere has been amazing, there is a feel good factor here. They have won three games in a row, all the pundits and experts had written them off but you would have to be a brave man to say Leicester will go down now.

    "What a game it will be next week when Leicester go to Burnley."

  11. Manager reactionpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Swansea manager Garry Monk: "We probably got out-fought today which I haven't said too many times this season.

    "We knew with the crowd and recent results that the intensity would be high in first 20 minutes and we didn't really get a grip of it.

    "Nelson Oliveira had a great chance and he did well to stay on his feet. If we had got a goal then the atmosphere would have changed."

  12. Manager reactionpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson: "To get three wins on trot in this division is very hard and doubly so considering the position we are in. We are delighted.

    "We are now involved in a six game season and four of those are at home.

    "It is still in our hands which is nice. Our fate is still in our hands which is how we want to keep it for as long as possible.

    "The danger is people start believing the job is done. It is far from it. There is a long way to go.

    "We have still got six games left and we have to get as many points as possible from them which is going to be a big challenge."

  13. What's on, where...published at 17:25 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Do you want to watch the FA Cup semi-final? You can. How about reading a text commentary on it? Yep, that too. But what about 5 live and local radio on the game? Those as well. Basically, if you want to see it, hear it or read it, we've got it covered.

    If it's Manchester United v Chelsea that you're after, we've got that covered too, via the medium of text commentary.

    If you stick around here, it is reaction to this afternoon's games all the way. Speaking of which...

  14. League One reviewpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Bristol CityImage source, Getty Images

    Bristol City were already promoted. Now they are the League One winners after getting the point they needed in a 0-0 draw against Coventry City.

    MK Dons moved one point behind second-placed Preston after a thumping 6-1 win over Leyton Orient, including two goals from Rob Hall, but Swindon in fourth suffered a shock 1-0 home loss to already relegated Yeovil.

    At the bottom, Colchester conceded an injury-time equaliser to draw 2-2 against Scunthorpe, Notts County look in desperate trouble after losing 2-0 at relegation rivals Crawley, who move out of the bottom four, They are replaced in the relegation zone by Orient.

  15. Championship reviewpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Yann KermorgantImage source, PA

    What drama at Bournemouth. They trailed 1-0 at half-time against Sheffield Wednesday and had defender Simon Francis sent off, but Eddie Howe's men moved 2-1 ahead after goals from Yann Kermorgant (pictured) and Matt Ritchie. But there was an injury-time twist as Chris Maguire 95th-minute penalty saw it end 2-2 to deny Bournemouth the victory that would have taken them top.

    The Cherries' slip-up enabled Watford to go top after a 1-0 win against Birmingham, while play-off hopefuls Brentford dropped two points as they could only draw 2-2 at home to Bolton. Huddersfield were leading 3-1 and 4-3 but two goals from Tom Ince helped Derby claim a thrilling 4-4 draw.

    At the bottom, Wigan survive. Well, for today at least. A 2-1 win against Brighton keeps their very slim hopes of staying up alive.

  16. Manager reactionpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    KoemanImage source, PA

    Southampton boss Ronald Koeman: "We were unlucky. I am happy how the lads played. We know it is a difficult place to come and if you control that 90 minutes like we did it is very difficult and painful to understand how we lose.

    "It was a bad moment at 1-1, but the team showed a good reaction. The wind was influential in their equaliser so it is unlucky. Sometimes in life you need more luck.

    "If you play at difficult place and control the game, we created enough but didn't score enough. Everyone is talking about Champions League, we didn't. We talk about playing good football and fighting for a European place. That is the key."

  17. Much-needed win for Albionpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    It has been a big afternoon for West Brom, who are now eight points clear of the bottom three after their deserved win at in-form Palace. With a run-in from hell featuring games against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal (as well as Newcastle) they desperately needed the points today. And they got them courtesy of a cracking goal-scoring start to both halves.

  18. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    MorrisonImage source, Getty Images

    West Brom goalscorer James Morrison: "We worked hard during the week on being hard to beat and it worked today. We will try and get to 40 points, that is our target. We have a some good games coming up and we look forward to that."

  19. Team Newspublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2015

    Chelsea make two changes from the side who beat QPR last time out in the Premier League as Kurt Zouma and Oscar start with Ramires & Willian on bench.

    Luke Shaw, Radamel Falcao and Paddy McNair are brought in for Manchester United, who are without the injured quartet of Michael Carrick, Daley Blind, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo. Striker Robin van Persie is included on the substitutes bench.

    Chelsea XI: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta, Zouma, Matic, Oscar, Fabregas, Hazard, Drogba.

    United XI: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, McNair, Shaw, Mata, Rooney, Herrera, Young, Fellaini, Falcao

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