Brendan Rodgers insists his remarks about referee Lee Mason after Liverpool’s loss at Manchester City were not meant as an attack on the official’s integrity.

Kempton have been forced to abandon the second day of their festival fixture tomorrow that should have included the William Hill King George VI Chase and the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle.

HENRY De Bromhead’s stable star Sizing Europe came through his latest workout with flying colours ahead of his run in the Bord na Mona with Nature Novice Chase at Leopardstown on St Stephen's Day.