Dean Smith was pleased Norwich showed some fight to beat relegation rivals Burnley 2-0 but conceded Premier League survival remains a “tough challenge” for his bottom-of-the-table club.Pierre Lees-Melou’s side-footed effort after nine minutes put the Canaries ahead at Carrow Road and Teemu Pukki wrapped up the points in the 86th minute with a composed finish.Burnley had their m...Full Story »

Dean Smith rued his Norwich side’s “six out of 10” performances as they managed just one shot on target in a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Southampton.Che Adams and Oriol Romeu were on target for the home side, who had numerous chances to add to their tally as they extended their unbeaten league run to five games.Saints took the lead in the 36th minute when Adams bundled the ball...Full Story »

Things are, apparently, not all rosy at Old Trafford at present. Results aren't good enough, performances haven't been positive enough, and players don't appear to be happy with the management and the way in which they go about their business. Against Southampton, the Red Devils once again showed their Jekyll and Hyde character. An energetic first 45 minutes, where they were on top for long...Full Story »

Norwich boss Dean Smith believes his side continue to prove the doubters wrong as their FA Cup fourth-round win at Wolves saw them extend their good run.Kenny McLean’s header in first-half stoppage time was enough to seal a 1-0 victory in a drab contest at Molineux.The Canaries were bottom of the Premier League over Christmas and all-but written off in some quarters but have now won four o...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday’s new loan signings Harlee Dean and Tyreece John-Jules are hoping to feature in the home game against Ipswich.Birmingham defender Dean and Arsenal striker John-Jules both arrived this week until the end of the season.On-loan Preston defender Jordan Storey, an unused substitute in last week’s defeat at Oxford, is also hoping to make his first appearance for the clu...Full Story »

Stoke assistant manager Dean Holden paid tribute to Tom Ince’s professionalism after he continued his impressive return to the side.The 29-year-old midfielder has spent long spells out of favour this season but secured a recall to the starting line-up a fortnight ago.Ince was involved in the build-up to Jacob Brown’s opener for the visitors at Hull and then wrapped up a 2-0 triumph b...Full Story »

Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he has rejected a transfer request from Dean Henderson. The English goalkeeper has had to serve as a back-up to David De Gea this season. Henderson has pushed to leave on loan this month, but Rangnick wants him at Old Trafford. "A couple of weeks ago he asked me [if he could leave] but I told him I'd rather have him stay until the end of...Full Story »

Dean Smith admitted Norwich were “embroiled in a scrap” as Milot Rashica’s late winner secured a hard-fought 1-0 win at Charlton in the FA Cup third round.The Kosovo international struck with Norwich’s first goal since November 30 in the 79th minute after Charlton had dominated for large parts of the game.Half-time substitute Rashica, who had played a large part in the Ca...Full Story »

Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson is being linked with Tottenham. The Daily Express says Tottenham could be set to make a surprise January bid for Henderson. This is despite Ralf Rangnick recently revealing that he has no intention of letting Henderson leave the club, despite the young keeper seeking first-team football. Yet Spurs boss Antonio Conte wants to make a move for the En...Full Story »

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson says they're going for the clean sweep this season. Jurgen Klopp's men are three points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City at Christmas and progressed to the last-16 of the Champions League with ease. "Every competition we're in, we want to take seriously and we want to go on to try and win," the England midfielder told talkSPORT, in an exclus...Full Story »

Norwich head coach Dean Smith was left bemoaning individual errors as he admitted standards had “dropped massively” following a Boxing Day thrashing at the hands of Arsenal.A brace from Bukayo Saka either side of a rare Kieran Tierney strike had the Gunners on course for three points before a late Alexandre Lacazette penalty and a goal for substitute Emile Smith Rowe secured a comfor...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander felt the club’s ethos was underlined when boyhood fan Dean Cornelius netted his first goal in a 2-0 win over St Johnstone.The 20-year-old midfielder marked his first league start at Fir Park in style when he chested the ball down 20 yards out and volleyed into the corner.Alexander said: “He made his first start at Hibs and has still trained excepti...Full Story »

Boyhood Motherwell fan Dean Cornelius scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 victory over St Johnstone.The 20-year-old midfielder chested the ball down 20 yards out and volleyed into the bottom corner 17 minutes into his first cinch Premiership start at Fir Park.Kevin Van Veen doubled Motherwell’s lead 10 minutes after the interval with his fifth goal of the season.The comfortable hom...Full Story »

Dean Smith has admitted there should be a “magic number” for the amount of Covid-19 cases a club needs for a Premier League fixture to be called off after his depleted Norwich side suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa.The Canaries were without Lukas Rupp, Pierre Lees-Melou, Christos Tzolis and Josh Sargent due to coronavirus concerns in addition to several other squad members...Full Story »

Aston Villa inflicted more misery on old boss Dean Smith after goals by Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins consigned Norwich to a 2-0 defeat at Carrow Road.Sacked by the Midlands club in November, Smith was looking to get one over his former side and boost the Canaries’ survival hopes but the hosts suffered a third Premier League defeat in a row.Ramsey, who had been given his Villa debut by th...Full Story »

MANCHESTER UNITED ace Dean Henderson is being eyed by Ajax, who want to sign him on loan in January. According to the Manchester Evening News, talks between the Dutch champions and United were held while former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was still in charge. Manchester United ace Dean Henderson is being eyed by Ajax ahead of the January transfer window Credit: AFP Reports from the Netherlan...Full Story »

Dean Smith felt Norwich’s performance in the goalless draw with Wolves was an improvement on their win against Southampton.New boss Smith’s tenure got off to a winning start with a 2-1 home victory against Southampton last weekend and it was followed up by a significant point against a top-half Wolves team.The Canaries had just one victory to their name when Smith replaced Daniel Far...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not have any of his injured players back for the visit of Southampton.The Reds boss will, therefore, again be selecting from the same squad which featured against Porto in the Champions League in midweek, with Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho and Diogo Jota all set to return after being rested.Left-back Andy Robertson came off the bench against...Full Story »

He's long been the driving force behind Jurgen Klopp's successes at Liverpool, and now Jordan Henderson has been recognised for his work on and off the pitch. Being Liverpool captain carries with it a certain amount of responsibility, but Henderson has grown into the role, handed to him on a full-time basis once Steven Gerrard retired from playing. Since taking the captain's armband, he has ...Full Story »

Dean Smith called on Norwich and their supporters to turn Carrow Road into a fortress after they secured a second Premier League win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Southampton.Goals from Teemu Pukki and captain Grant Hanley on his 30th birthday saw the Canaries make it back-to-back triumphs after they also beat Brentford two weeks ago in what proved Daniel Farke’s last match in char...Full Story »