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The Telegraph's Luke Edwards believes Manchester City should be praised for grinding out victory over Chelsea to reach the FA Cup final, despite a relatively "poor" performance from the holders. Bernardo Silva's late goal secured victory for Pep Guardiola's side after Chelsea - and notably Nicolas Jackson - spurned a number of presentable openings.

The Telegraph's Luke Edwards believes the Nottingham Forest statement following defeat at Everton was "several steps too far" despite "understanding their anger and frustration". Forest say they are "considering their options" over "extremely poor" refereeing decisions in Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park after three penalty claims were waved away and not given via VAR. "Nottingham Forest definitely have a case to feel extremely aggrieved that they didn't get at least one penalty in that game," Edwards told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

The Telegraph's Luke Edwards believes Burnley have a "free hit" in terms of fighting for Premier League survival because everyone has "assumed they're down for weeks". Vincent Kompany's team thumped Sheffield United 4-1 on Saturday to move within three points of safety with four games left to play. "Burnley are not totally out of it," Edwards told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

Former Leeds United manager Simon Grayson says it will now be "really difficult" for Luton Town to avoid relegation but they "won't give up lightly". The Hatters' survival bid took a huge blow with Saturday's 5-1 home defeat by Brentford. "If Luton had been going into the last four games on a little bit of a decent run and with a full squad available, then they would have at least a bit more belief and confidence," Grayson told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

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Former Leeds United manager Simon Grayson believes both Mikel Arteta and Gary O'Neil will be happy with their sides' respective performances in Saturday's 2-0 win for Arsenal at Molineux. The Gunners returned to the top of the Premier League but were made to work by a Wolves side ravaged by injuries. "Arsenal showed a lot of mental strength," Grayson told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

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Rookie Joseph Paintsil had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Galaxy scored three times in the first 30 minutes before holding on for a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday night. The Galaxy (5-1-3) took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute when rookie Gabriel Pec used assists from Dejan Joveljic and Riqui Puig to score his second goal of the season. Paintsil's PK followed a hand ball penalty on San Jose midfielder Niko Tsakiris.

Jude Bellingham snatched Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Clasico win over champions Barcelona on Sunday with a "fundamental" goal to take them 11 points clear at the top of La Liga.Madrid's top scorer with 21 goals across all competitions, the former Borussia Dortmund man netted twice in Madrid's Clasico win over Barcelona in October and is shining in his first season in Spain at only 20 years old.

Robin Lod had a goal and two assists and Minnesota United ended Charlotte FC's 13-match unbeaten run at home dating to last season with a 3-0 victory on Sunday night. It was the first meeting between Minnesota United (4-2-2) and Charlotte (3-4-2), which joined the league in 2022. Minnesota United took a 1-0 lead in the 31st minute when Tani Oluwaseyi used an assist from Lod to score for a third time this season.

Arsenal and Liverpool bounced back from European exits and shock Premier League home defeats last weekend to move back in front of Manchester City in the title race.Arsenal, Liverpool apply scoreboard pressure City were not in league action this weekend as they beat Chelsea 1-0 to set up a second consecutive FA Cup final against Manchester United.

Eric Ramsay’s largest learning experience over his first month as Minnesota United’s head coach came with a thud in a 2-0 loss to Philadelphia Union on March 30. The rookie head coach has shared multiple times in the weeks since how he didn’t feel he refreshed the starting XI well enough coming out of the international break to meet the conditions of that tough road environment. Lesson ...

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Nottingham Forest say they are "considering their options" over "extremely poor" refereeing decisions in their 2-0 loss at Everton.

Gary Neville has told Mark Clattenburg he should step down from his role at Nottingham Forest after the club accused VAR Stuart Attwell of bias – before the former official doubled down in a newspaper column.

Jude Bellingham scores late as Real Madrid beat Barcelona to move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga after an enthralling El Clasico.

Paris Saint-Germain are on the brink of winning another French Ligue 1 title after crushing Lyon 4-1 on Sunday, the same scoreline by which they beat Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek.He rested Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele among five changes to the side that started in last Tuesday's 4-1 win away to Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.