A full-scale pitch invasion in a European semi-final is a rare occurrence.

Mauricio Pochettino is not losing sleep over letting down those Tottenham players who will not feature in Sunday’s Capital One Cup final, insisting they need to know he is the boss.

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes admits he put a stop to the players’ pre-match ritual of eating chips.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009, and Marca’s editors are sure they are onto a winner.

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Tottenham head coach Tim Sherwood highlighted the poor pitch at the Dnipro Arena as a main factor in his side’s inability to score in their Europa League defeat at the hands of Dnipro.

Tottenham’s reported January target Yevhen Konoplyanka scored a decisive penalty against them as Dnipro won 1-0 in their Europa League first leg in Ukraine.

Managerless Tottenham will come up against former boss Juande Ramos after being drawn to face Ukrainian outfit Dnipro in the last 32 of the Europa League.

Roberto Mancini is on the brink of being sacked by Manchester City and if that isn’t at all surprising, it is something of a shame.

Harry Redknapp refuses to be downbeat after being sacked by Tottenham in “strange, unexpected circumstances”.

Daniel Levy has been responsible for many things in 10 years as Tottenham’s chairman, but he probably never expected to have inverted Karl Marx’s famous phrase about history repeating itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Harry Redknapp is to leave his post as Tottenham manager, the club announced this morning.

Ben Lyttleton on the young guns who’ll fire in Poland and the Ukraine

Everton 1 Tottenham 0

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 Fulham 0 (Fulham win 3-1 on aggregate)

Liverpool have appointed former Tottenham sporting director Damien Comolli as director of football strategy.

FULHAM endured another frustrating day in their pursuit of Martin Jol as attempts to lure him away from the Netherlands continued to be foiled by Ajax.

SPURS defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto has admitted what most players would be afraid to say – he’s in it just for the money.

TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp is refusing to allow accusations of tax evasion overshadow what could be a make-or-break fortnight in his side’s campaign.

TOTTENHAM’S latest financial results have revealed transfer spending of almost £150 million (€167m) in the last 16 months, surpassing the traditional Barclays Premier League top four and coming second only to Manchester City.

Manchester United 3 CSKA Moscow 3

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko’s performances on the pitch are being affected by “psychological problems”, his agent has claimed.

CSKA Moscow have parted company with coach Juande Ramos after less than seven weeks in charge.

Tottenham 0 Stoke 1

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson believes his side are now well on course for the Champions League knock-out stages after edging past CSKA Moscow.

CSKA MOSCOW boss Juande Ramos has warned his players Man United striker Dimitar Berbatov is “unstoppable” at his best.

UNUSUALLY for a Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp has no need to consider alternative employment, or not yet at least.

Peter Crouch made the most of only his third start of the season by claiming a clinical hat-trick to ease Tottenham into the last 16 of the Carling Cup.

Zico has been appointed as new Olympiacos coach, days after being sacked from CSKA Moscow.

TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp expects his players to genuinely believe they can reach the Champions League if they can get results against Manchester United and Chelsea in their next two games.

Tottenham 2 Birmingham 1

Sunderland new boy Darren Bent admits his two years at Tottenham were the worst of his career.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given the thumbs up to Real Madrid’s record-breaking bid for Cristiano Ronaldo, believing it shows that football is still a growth industry.

Manuel Pellegrini today described his appointment as the new coach of Real Madrid as a “dream come true”.

Twenty years ago tonight, Arsenal and Liverpool staged the most remarkable climax in history to an English football season. “A night of chilling simplicity” as commentator Brian Moore called it. Tony Leen was there.

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has no doubt Jose Mourinho will remain at the San Siro despite reports linking the Portuguese coach with a move to Real Madrid.

ARSENE WENGER has given the first indication that his commitment to Arsenal could be faltering by admitting that the prospect of taking charge at Real Madrid is “attractive”.

Bernd Schuster believes former club Real Madrid will need to give more power to their coaches if they want to entice the likes of Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho to the club in the future.

FORGOTTEN striker Bojan Krkic scored his first league goals of the season as Barcelona restored their six-point advantage over Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga with a 2-0 win at Almeria last night.

Tottenham club captain Ledley King has billed tomorrow’s Premier League match at Aston Villa as the measure of how far Harry Redknapp’s men can go.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes his side will march into Old Trafford on Saturday brimming with confidence after their 4-0 Champions League demolition of Real Madrid.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is confident Sam Allardyce will keep Blackburn in the Barclays Premier League.

Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos believes tonight’s Champions League clash with Liverpool provides an ideal opportunity for the Spanish giants to restore their “prestige” on the global stage.