Savinho in Tears While Being Carried Off on Stretcher to Add to Man City's Injury Crisis

Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Round of 16 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - October 30, 2024  Manchester City's Savinho reacts in a stretcher after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Round of 16 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - October 30, 2024 Manchester City's Savinho reacts in a stretcher after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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Savinho in Tears While Being Carried Off on Stretcher to Add to Man City's Injury Crisis

Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Round of 16 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - October 30, 2024  Manchester City's Savinho reacts in a stretcher after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Round of 16 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - October 30, 2024 Manchester City's Savinho reacts in a stretcher after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Manchester City winger Savinho was carried off on a stretcher during the 2-1 loss at Tottenham in the English League Cup on Wednesday, adding to the injury crisis enveloping the Premier League champions.
“Tomorrow we have two ’keepers and Erling Haaland for a training session, the rest we don’t have,” City manager Pep Guardiola said, according to The Associated Press.
Savinho was in tears and consoled by teammates as he was being carried off the field in the 63rd minute after hurting his right ankle following a driving run into the penalty area.
Guardiola said the Brazil winger will find out on Thursday the extent of the injury. City also lost Manuel Akanji in the warmup, with the center back having been a doubt coming into the game because of a knee issue.
Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb were already on the injury list, while Guardiola said Ruben Dias has been playing through a problem.
Rodri, who won the Ballon d'Or award Monday, has been ruled out for the season with an ACL injury, while Guardiola said De Bruyne, Grealish and Walker wouldn't be back until after the next international break.
Guardiola said the injury situation was the worst he has experienced in his time at the club since arriving in 2016.
“We are 13 players," he said. "We are in real difficulty but we have to make the effort. The guys who played, most finished with problems and we will see how they recover.
“I think when we are in trouble like we are — because in nine years, I've never in this situation had this many injuries for this many reasons — in these situations, the players make a step forward. They are more together than ever.”
City leads the Premier League by a point from Liverpool after nine games.
Tottenham also picked up two injuries — to Micky van de Ven and Timo Werner. Van de Ven was a hamstring issue, coach Ange Postecoglou said, while Werner's might just have been fatigue.



AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

 AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

 AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

AC Milan moved closer to Champions League football next season after two late strikes gave them a 2-0 win at Cremonese on Sunday.

Strahinja Pavlovic put Milan ahead in the 90th minute with his shoulder before Rafael Leao's simple finish in stoppage time gave the away side a result which flattered a drab display in Cremona.

Milan, who have been without European football this season, have little realistic hope of winning the Serie A title as the seven-time European champions are 10 points behind league leaders Inter Milan.

Next weekend's Milan derby has little more than local pride riding on it with Inter speeding off into the distance with 11 games remaining in the league campaign.

Milan's stated aim for the season, however, was qualification for the Champions League and Massimiliano Allegri's team are on course for that objective.

"We have a huge goal to reach with teams behind us who continue collecting points," said Allegri to DAZN.

"You have Como, Atalanta still have to play, Napoli won in the end and there are also Roma and Juventus. All we can do is take it one step at a time."

Fifth-placed Como are nine points behind Milan, while Roma, seven points behind them in fourth, face Juventus in Sunday's headline fixture.

Atalanta are five points off the Champions League spots in seventh after falling to a surprise 2-1 defeat at 10-man Sassuolo, their first in the league since the turn of the year.

Raffaele Palladino's team are the only Italian side in the last 16 of Europe's top club competition following their thrilling 4-3 aggregate triumph over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Jamie Vardy's Cremonese are sliding towards relegation to Serie B after a 13th straight match without a win, the promoted outfit sitting outside the drop zone on goal difference.


Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

 01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
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Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

 01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty before delivering a freekick that Benjamin Sesko nodded home for a 2-1 comeback win over 10-man Crystal Palace that moved the hosts into third in the ‌Premier League ‌standings on Sunday.

Interim boss ‌Michael ⁠Carrick's unbeaten run ⁠since his appointment in mid-January stretched to seven matches, his side now sitting on 51 points from 28 games. Palace slumped ⁠to 14th, stuck on 35.

United ‌looked ‌sluggish to begin with as Palace ‌struck after four minutes, ‌Maxence Lacroix muscling past Leny Yoro to power home a header from a corner, the earliest ‌goal the home side have conceded all season.

United ⁠improved ⁠after the break and in the 57th minute, Fernandes hauled them level from the spot after Matheus Cunha was dragged down by Lacroix, who was shown a red card. Eight minutes later Sesko completed the turnaround, leaping to head home Fernandes' freekick.


Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Struggling Tottenham Hotspur failed to put distance between them and the Premier League relegation zone with a 2-1 defeat by cross-town London rivals Fulham on Sunday.

Four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United, Tottenham left Craven Cottage ‌ever more ‌in a scrap ‌to ⁠stay up after ⁠another derby disappointment following last week's 4-1 home thrashing by leaders Arsenal.

Harry Wilson opened the scoring in the seventh minute for Fulham, the ⁠goal given after a ‌VAR review ‌for a possible foul on Radu ‌Dragusin. There was nothing controversial ‌about Fulham's second, lashed in by Alex Iwobi in the 34th with the ball swerving past ‌Guglielmo Vicario and into the net off the ⁠inside ⁠left post.

Richarlison pulled a goal back with a 66th-minute header, eight minutes after coming on as a substitute, to set up a nervy finish but the hosts should have put the match to bed by then with missed chances and vital saves from Vicario.