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Watch Final score on this page Use 'watch & listen' tab for live BBC Radio commentaries from across the Premier League Everton host Man City plus three more matches Mbeumo scores Brentford opener v Brighton Followed by Aston Villa v Newcastle (17:30 BST) Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)
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Manchester United missed an opportunity to cut the gap at the top of the Women's Super League table to three points as they were held to a 0-0 draw at West Ham. Victory in Dagenham would have moved Marc Skinner's third-placed side to within one win of title favourites Chelsea, as well as giving them a 10-point cushion over fourth-placed Manchester City in the race for Women's Champions League qualification. But despite dominating proceedings, they failed to make their possession pay against a West Ham side who are now unbeaten in four WSL matches. The visitors were twice denied by the woodwork during the first half, with Celin Bizet hitting the post with a first-time strike and a corner clipping the crossbar. After the break, their best chance fell to Elisabeth Terland, whose 47th-minute header brought a smart stop out of Kinga Szemik, diving low to her left to claw the ball away from the bottom corner. Hosts West Ham grew into the game in the second half and looked dangerous on the counter-attack through Viviane Asseyi and Riko Ueki, but never really threatened Phallon Tullis-Joyce's goal. Both sides' positions in the table remain unchanged, with Manchester United third and West Ham seventh. Manchester United arrived in London in triumphant form. Last Sunday they defeated Manchester City 2-0 to advance to a third successive FA Cup final, while in the league they had lost just once in their past 10 matches. During that run they scored 25 goals. Going back to September, they had failed to score in the league just twice - a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa and a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea. But this season, West Ham have turned Dagenham into a fortress. Eighteen of their 20 points have come at home, with only the top four teams boasting better home records. Rehanne Skinner's side have now lost just twice in 10 home matches, going unbeaten in their past five, and conceded just 12 goals. They had to weather the storm against her namesake's side - Manchester United enjoyed 66% possession, outshot their hosts 17 to 10, and had 44 touches in the box, while midfielder Bizet enjoyed the freedom of the right wing West Ham held firm though, to clinch a point and throw another spanner into the battle at the top of the table having taken points off Manchester City and Chelsea this season. Rehanne Skinner told Sky Sports: "I thought we were incredibly hard to play against, defended brilliantly and managed their threats. Another clean sheet, two on the bounce at home and another point against a team in the top four." Manchester United's three remaining matches are all against their fellow top-four sides, setting up a potentially nail-biting finish as they, Arsenal, and Manchester City battle for two Champions League berths. Come the end of the season, Marc Skinner may look back on this match as a crucial two points dropped, particularly given the chances they created. "We wanted to pick up three points - I think we did enough for that," he told Sky Sports. "They came to stop us winning [and] they've got their point reward. "[We] just needed a bit of luck in the box today because we created enough. [It's] frustrating but understandable. We needed to maybe be a little more aggressive on some of the crosses we made and then it would have been a win. "We take another point, another clean sheet for us, and we go into the last three games ready to take on the opponent."
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Former Croatia Player Pokrivac Dies In Car Crash
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Former Croatia international Nikola Pokrivac has died in a car accident in his home country, the Croatian Football Federation has confirmed. The 39-year-old midfielder played for Dinamo Zagreb, AS Monaco and RB Salzburg over his career and won 15 international caps from 2008 to 2010. Pokrivac was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015 which forced him to retire from professional football. But he returned to amateur football in 2021 and joined lower league side NK Vojnic last summer. Local media said he was in a vehicle with three team-mates from NK Vojnic when they were involved in a four-vehicle collision in Karlovac in central Croatia on Friday evening. It has been reported a 42-year-old person in another car was also killed, while the other occupants of Pokrivac's car were taken to hospital with serious injuries. "Nikola was a great football player, who lived football until his last moment in this world, and who showed great courage in life by overcoming a terrible disease," said Croatian Football Federation president Marijan Kustic. "This is a great loss for our football community, and especially painful for the family." Pokrivac played at Euro 2008, where Croatia reached the quarter-finals, and faced England twice in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. "It is impossible to find words of comfort in such a shocking and unimaginably sad moment when we have lost a young life," added Kustic. "I can only express my deepest condolences to Nikola's family and loved ones for this irreparable loss, and the HNS [the national football association] and the Croatian football family will be with them in these most difficult moments."
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Dabbagh stabs in late winner after Gordon saves from Polvara Aberdeen led when Gueye header hit bar and bounced in off Gordon Shankland levelled from deep Penrice cross Steinwender sent off just before break for Hearts, then Devlin shown second yellow as penalties loom Aberdeen will play Celtic or St Johnstone in final on 24 May Oday Dabbagh scored an 118th-minute winner as Aberdeen took advantage of Hearts being reduced to nine men to reach their first Scottish Cup final since 2017. Having already had Michael Steinwender sent off after levelling at 1-1 in the first half, Hearts lost Cammy Devlin to a second yellow card just when they looked like surviving intense pressure to take the semi-final to a penalty shoot-out. But, moments later, Dabbagh pounced to find the roof of the net from close range after Craig Gordon parried a low shot from Ante Palaversa. Lawrence Shankland had pulled Hearts level to cancel out Aberdeen's opener, which came when Papa Gueye's header struck the Hearts goalkeeper and bounced in after cannoning back off the bar. After Steinwender was dismissed for a last-man challenge on Topi Keskinen shortly before the end of the first half, Aberdeen dominated. However, they only managed one attempt on target until substitute Dabbagh struck to ensure Jimmy Thelin's side will be in the final on 24 May against either St Johnstone or holders Celtic. Hearts went into the game without a win in three outings and needing to shake off the disappointment of missing out on a top-six finish in the Premiership, while Aberdeen were unbeaten in six. However, it was the Edinburgh side who started on top, with centre-half Jamie McCart lashing a shot wide from six yards. Aberdeen eventually settled and Gueye rose unmarked to meet a corner and head in off the underside of the bar and the unfortunate Gordon. Hearts were suddenly rocking, but James Penrice's cross found the unmarked Shankland and the captain and striker restored to the starting line-up fired powerfully and low through goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov's legs from 12 yards. It looked like the game had turned again in Hearts' favour, but as Keskinen's speed looked to be taking him clear on goal, Steinwender was shown an immediate red card by referee John Beaton for hacking the winger to the ground. Critchley sacrificed striker Wilson and Elton Kabangu at the break in anticipation of an Aberdeen onslaught. Despite an early Gueye header and a deflected Leighton Clarkson shot both flying just wide, that failed to materialise. Gordon saved superbly from Dabbagh's low drive, but Devlin was sent off for a foul as he looked to clear just outside his own penalty box and the two-man disadvantage would prove just too much for Hearts. Hearts have struggled this season to beat any of the best sides in the Premiership, so facing a side sitting fifth was always going to be a test of Critchley's tactical guile. The return of Shankland after two games on the bench, strike partner James Wilson from suspension and Devlin into midfield looked to have done the trick as they looked to beat the Dons for the first time in four meetings this season. Aberdeen's pace was, though, always going to be a threat and so it proved when Steinwender was forced to haul down Keskinen. Critchley responded with a 5-3-1 formation similar to Rangers as their 10 men won the second half away to Aberdeen last weekend to come from two goals down to draw 2-2. However, a lack of pace has been Hearts' Achilles heel this season and the lack of an outball proved crucial as Aberdeen's pressure eventually told and Hearts fell at the semi-final hurdle for a second season running. Aberdeen were looking to repair the hurt of two semi-final defeats by Celtic - on penalties a year ago in the same competition and a 6-0 thrashing in this season's League Cup. Last weekend's surrending of a two-goal lead to 10-man Rangers in the league at Pittodrie seemed to be weighing just as heavily as they toiled even before Hearts lost their Austrian centre-half. At full strength, it was Hearts creating the better chances and only the speed of Shayden Morris and Keskinen on the wings sporadically threatened. Down to 10 men and now with five at the back, Hearts snubbed out that threat and Aberdeen again lacked the guile to penetrate a packed defence. However, Devlin's dismissal proved crucial and subsititute Dabbagh's fourth goal of the season sent Aberdeen into their 17th Scottish Cup final and the chance to lift the trophy for an eighth time and their first in 35 years.
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