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MARSEILLE: Patrice Evra was sent off before his side's 1-0 Europa League loss to Guimaraes on Thursday after aiming a kick at a fan.
EVERTON: Managerless Everton crashed out of the Europa League with two Group E games left to play as they were beaten 3-0 at Lyon.
- Beni Baningime scored 7/10 in Luke O'Farrell's player ratings, providing a rare bright spot.
- Everton defender Cuco Martina will travel back to Merseyside on Thursday after being released from hospital after suffering an injury in the loss to Lyon.
ARSENAL: Arsenal's young prospects and reserves couldn't break Red Star down in Thursday's 0-0 draw but still advanced to the Europa League knockout rounds.
- Arsene Wenger says third-choice goalkeeper Matt Macey proved he belongs in the first team with his display against Red Star.
- Macey scored 6/10 in Tom Adams' player ratings.
AC MILAN: Milan boss Vincenzo Montella laughed off the pressure on his job, saying he has been "watching my funeral for a while" after his side drew 0-0 with AEK Athens in the Europa League on Thursday.
- Montella scored 4/10 in Sumeet Paul's ratings.
MAN UNITED: Jose Mourinho has said his appearance in a Spanish court on Friday morning to answer charges of a €3.3 million tax fraud is no distraction ahead of Sunday's Premier League game at Chelsea.
- Mourinho says Tottenham's victory over Real Madrid this week proves his Manchester United players deserve more credit.
- He could cause an argument in an empty room but players are loyal to Mourinho. Fans respect him, too, and will love him more if he beats Chelsea, Andy Mitten writes.
- After prolific starts, Romelu Lukaku and Alvaro Morata have struggled recently. When Chelsea meet Manchester United on Sunday, each team's No. 9 will try to score a goal for the first time since the end of September, Mark Ogden writes.
- WATCH: How far can McTominay go at Man United?
CHELSEA: Cesc Fabregas says Chelsea players are not unhappy with the training regime of manager Antonio Conte, but are finding the hectic schedule challenging.
- How to explain Chelsea's subpar home form a season after winning 21 of 23 at Stamford Bridge? For starters, the Blues need more consistency at home, Phil Lythell writes.
- WATCH: Why can't Conte win in Europe?
- WATCH: Drinkwater says Mourinho knows how to get results.
TOTTENHAM: Hugo Lloris will be sidelined for at least two weeks after suffering an adductor injury in Wednesday's 3-1 Champions League win over Real Madrid.
- Harry Kane thinks Tottenham's victory over Real Madrid is great news for England, but says the national team also need to prove they can win big games.
REAL MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo says he is not worried about his lack of goals this season and is convinced Real Madrid will soon turn things around.
- Zinedine Zidane is facing his toughest test yet with struggling Real Madrid, Rob Train writes.
MLS: Clint Dempsey scored twice as the Seattle Sounders beat the Vancouver Whitecaps in the second leg of their Western Conference semifinal on Thursday night at CenturyLink Field.
- Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer hailed Clint Dempsey's big-game chops in the aftermath of his team's victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS Western Conference semifinals on Thursday night at CenturyLink Field.
- The group leading Detroit's MLS expansion bid announced on Wednesday that it is bringing in the Ford family as co-owners, and that it will use NFL venue Ford Field as its home stadium.
MEXICO: Mexico will continue to pursue Monterrey's 18-year-old midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez, especially now that the United States has failed to qualify for the World Cup, the Mexican federation's director of national teams says.
Source: espn.co.uk