Armed with a shiny new contract, Steve Cooper and Nottingham Forest needed a reaction. Although they failed to get the three points they craved, they halted their five-match losing run after taking a draw from a drab but heated contest at home against Aston Villa – a result that also lifts them off the bottom of the table. For Steven Gerrard, it was another frustrating watch as his Villa team...
Haaland scores hat-trick as Manchester City hit Nottingham Forest for six
Who will bet against Erling Haaland obliterating Sergio Agüero’s club‑record 260 strikes for Manchester City if this ruthless goalscorer continues at the current rate? Here was the centre-forward’s second hat‑trick in five days to make it nine goals in five matches: one more than the brilliant Argentinian returned in the same number during his start in City livery. Agüero took 390 appearances to...