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José Mourinho all but admitted defeat in the Premier League title race after watching Manchester United fall 11 points behind a Manchester City team he described as being “protected by the luck” and helped on their way to the championship because “the gods of football are behind them”.

Mourinho’s backhanded compliments came after a 2-1 victory for Pep Guardiola’s side at Old Trafford that left the United manager complaining at length that Ander Herrera should have been awarded a penalty in the second-half incident that led to the midfielder being booked for diving.

Chelsea must find a way past five-time winners Barcelona in the last-16 of the Champions League, while Tottenham face a tricky tie against last season’s runners-up Juventus.

Antonio Conte’s side finished second in their group behind Roma and their reward is a tie against La Liga’s leaders, with the first leg taking place at Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, Manchester City were handed potentially the most straightforward task whe they were paired with Swiss champions Basel, with Liverpool up against Porto.

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has admitted he is still on the lookout for a quality goalkeeper for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Borussia Dortmund have sacked manager Peter Bosz after seven months in charge and appointed former Cologne boss Peter Stoger until the end of the season.

Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has congratulated his fellow Nigerian and teammate Wilfred Ndidi after Ndidi was named the Man of the Match in Saturday’s 3-2 Premier League win over Newcastle United, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh led Fortuna Sittard to their 11th win of the Dutch second division league season in Friday’s 6-0 thumping of RKC Waalwijk.

It was the second time Fortuna Sittard were recording a 6-0 win in the Eerste Divisie this season after seeing off Telstar 6-0 away in September.