Ollie Watkins scored twice, as Aston Villa took a solid 3-1 lead over Bologna in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal.
This is also Villa’s eighth consecutive win in the competition.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest salvaged a 1-1 first-leg draw with Porto thanks to an own goal by the Portuguese side.
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Over in the UEFA Conference League quarterfinals… Crystal Palace have taken a 3-0 first leg lead over Fiorentina.
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In other developments,
Barcelona have lodged an official complaint with UEFA over a lack of VAR intervention, after being denied a penalty in their 2-0 defeat to Atletico in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
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Liverpool have announced that defender Andy Robertson will be leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the season, after 9 years at Anfield.
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Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik…Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei…and Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah have all made the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships.
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And, fresh questions are being raised about Max Verstappen’s future in F1, amid news that his long-serving race engineer is leaving Red Bull to join McLaren in 2028.
