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Mauricio Pochettino applauds Tottenham’s fans after his team cut Chelsea’s lead to four points at the top of the table. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images
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Leicester City, second left, congratulates Jamie Vardy after the striker scored his first goal in the Champions League in the 2-1 defeat at Sevilla. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Imag
Claudio Ranieri’s Reign Ends in Cruel, Brutal Fashion as Leicester Lose Patience
It felt like a brutal decision to sack Claudio Ranieri, cruel in so many ways and also desperately sad in the context of everything that the Italian achieved last season, yet in the end it came down to the simple fact that Leicester City’s owners no longer had faith...Caption:
Mawson battles with the Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus during Swansea’s 2-1 defeat at the Etihad. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Alfie Mawson: ‘I’ve Got a Football Signed by Ranieri and the Chelsea Players … But My Dog Chewed It’
Alfie Mawson is thinking about the times when he would drive home from training and spend the afternoon working on his dad’s fruit and veg stall at Ealing market, happily swapping life as a professional footballer for a few hours as a greengrocer, back in the days...Caption:
Swansea’s coach and current caretaker Alan Curtis keeps an eye on proceedings in training. Photograph: Athena Pictures/Getty Images
Swansea Must Stay Up or Face Struggle to Get Back, Says Alan Curtis
It was a chilling warning that Alan Curtis issued and there was no reason to suspect that Swansea City’s caretaker manager was scaremongering. Spelling out why he thought it was crucial that the board focused on the club’s short-term future when choosing their new...Caption:
Swansea picked up only eight points from Bob Bradley’s 11 matches in charge. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images