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*Valverde Hattrick Puts Man City On Brink At least there was no public humiliation for goalie Filip Jörgensen from his manager. But while Liam Rosenior did not do an Igor Tudor and hook his goalkeeper, this hurt. It is why a goalkeeper passing out from the back only looks clever until the moment it goes wrong. Above all, it was tough for Chelsea to take. They impressed at the Parc des Princes, twice pegging Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) back, but there was no escaping the reality that the focus was on the moment Jörgensen’s stray ball out gifted the European champions…

*Atlético Madrid Humiliate Spurs *Ruthless Bayern Wallop Atalanta Away The good news for Liverpool is that the situation is salvageable, when it really might not have been. The bad news is that they were ­distinctly ­second best for the first three-quarters of the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, Tuesday, 10 March. Nobody who saw their second‑half collapse away against Juventus in the playoff round could be confident that Galatasaray are a team ­capable of squeezing the life out of the ­second leg. There is a nervousness about them at the back, a persistent sense of misfortune about…

By Jonathan Wilson What was striking after Arsenal’s grim 1-0 win at Brighton on Wednesday was less Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler’s attack on the Gunners’ style than the way his criticism seemed to resonate. In England, and perhaps some other parts of the world, it feels as though almost nobody, other than Arsenal supporters or anyone-but-City fans, wants them to win the title. “If I would ask everyone in the room: ‘Did you really enjoy this football game?’ I’m sure maybe one raises his arm because he’s a big Arsenal fan but, besides that, no chance,” Hürzeler said. Successful sides…

*Facility Still Available For Others -Govt *How They Escaped Their Regime Minders *Trump Applauds Aussies Five members of the Iranian women’s football team have been granted humanitarian visas in Australia, with the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, offering assistance to the other players and saying “help is here." The Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, confirmed the humanitarian offer today, hours after the US President, Donald Trump, posted about their plight on social media. Burke said the visas had been granted about the time of Trump’s social media posts, which first criticised, then praised, Australia. The players have been granted temporary humanitarian…