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Riley defends Marriner call

Referees' chief Mike Riley can understand Andre Marriner's decision to award Chelsea a controversial penalty against West Bromwich Albion earlier this month.

Cahill open to January loan

Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill is not ruling out a temporary return to English football in January and is expecting interest from clubs.

VIDEO: Phil Neville talks Moyes & Man Utd

Dan Walker is joined by Phil Neville on this week's Focus Forum to talk about his role as first-team coach at Manchester United and life under manager David Moyes.

Vertonghen rates City highest

Jan Vertonghen feels Manchester City deserve to be title favourites, even though they lie below Tottenham in the table.

Coleman 'wise' to rest Bale - Roberts

Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts understands why Chris Coleman would be prepared to rest Gareth Bale for friendly matches in the future.

Martin O'Neill's new Ireland era to gain some perspective in Poland | Andy Hunter

A dream start against Latvia for Roy Keane and his new boss but Poland and Robert Lewandowski should prove a sterner test Latvia had justified their position at 117th in the world rankings but nothing could dampen the liberating effect on Friday of Martin O'Neill's appointment as Republic of…

Romania aiming for error-free performance against rampant Greece

• Romania 3-1 down after first leg of World Cup play-off • Captain Vlad Chiriches set to return to starting line-up Romania's coach, Victor Piturca, believes his side, determined to end a 16-year absence from the World Cup finals, must produce an error-free display to overturn their…

Manuel Pellegrini | The Gallery

The Gallery: The Man City manager stars as an eagle, a Home and Away character and a bottle of fizzy water

Löw defends decision to rest players

• Manager says Wembley friendly is chance for him to test squad • Löw full of praise for 'fantastic coach' Roy Hodgson Joachim Löw has dismissed suggestions his decision to rest several key players for Tuesday's friendly against England is in any way disrespectful and was…