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Thanks for reading this clockwatch. That’s all from me.
I’m already looking forward to some seismic matches and derby duels next weekend: Brentford v Fulham, Chelsea v Man Utd, Everton v Liverpool and Man City v Arsenal. What a gameweek, eh.
Speaking of Everton’s rivals, Liverpool v Fulham is today Premier League’s endpiece – and it has just kicked off. Rob Smyth is at the helm.
‘Never-say-die-attitude gets you over the line’: Jordan Pickford reflects to Sky Sports
“I’m disappointed, we weren’t good enough int he first 20 minutes of both halves, but we showed resilience and Kiernan with a great finish at the end. Never-say-die attitude gets you over the line. We wanted three points, but we’ll take a point in injury time.
“Me and Caoimhin [Kelleher] boith had good games, we both made good saves at good times. I’m disappointed with the penalty, I just caught his foot and it’s one of those things … togetherness, that’s what we showed today.”
“The manager said in pre-season he wanted to get Everton back in Europe and that’s still our aim. We’ve got six big games to go and we’ll take on each game as it comes, we’ve got Liverpool next week [April 19], a first derby at the Hill Dickinson, which will be a massive game.”
Pickford made several impressive saves in Everton’s 2-2 draw at Brentford Photograph: Graeme Wilcockson/Focus Images Ltd/ShutterstockShare
Ooh, there is only a goal in it between Erling Haaland and Igor Thiago after the latter’s pair against Everton today. We’ve got all the numbers.
Updated at 12.25 EDT
Scott Parker knows that when it rains, it pours. It has been months since Burnley’s last home league win and they appear to be going through the motions.
Meanwhile, through downpours and high winds at Turf Moor, Brighton stay in hot pursuit of a top-six place too.
Ben Bloom’s report from Brentford is here, lauding the extraordinary times for the home team. Both the west Londoners and Everton are vying for a place in Europe.
Updated at 12.20 EDT
After Arsenal’s home defeat against Bournemouth, the Premier League title race could go all the way to the wire. Mikel Arteta’s side have a crunch match with Man City next Sunday. Winner could go on to take it all…
Ahead of Liverpool’s match against Fulham (5.30pm BST kick-off), here is how the table looks:
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Phew, quite the goal-crammed finale there. Here are this afternoon’s results.
Just one goal-less draw in England’s top four divisions and the Scottish Premiership. Salford City and Gillingham in League Two, I’m looking at you.
Premier League
Brentford 2-2 Everton
Burnley 0-2 Brighton
Scottish Premiership
Championship
Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Heidenheim 3-1 Union Berlin
RB Leipzig 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Updated at 12.33 EDT
Full-time: Hearts 3-1 Motherwell
In that flurry of late goals, there was no time to note Pierre Landry Kaboré’s last-minute goal to add gloss to the result. No slip-up from the Scottish Premiership leaders today, despite some nerve-wracking moments for their fans.
ShareFull-time: Brentford 2-2 Everton
Honours even at the Gtech Stadium as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall strikes late for David Moyes’s side. They are still locked together on the same number of points in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
ShareFull-time: Burnley 0-2 Brighton
Burnley’s miserable run continues, while Brighton move up to ninth in the Premier League, thanks to Mats Wieffer’s two goals.
Championship: It’s all happening. Portsmouth with a last-minute winner away to Middlesbrough, virtually their first shot on target. Conor Chaplin in the seventh minute of added time to make it 1-0.
Oxford have gone 2-0 up against Watford, but that late Chaplin winner will keep them in the relegation zone.
A late Danny Ings goal has given Sheffield United a 2-1 lead against ten-man Hull City, who may well rue that Lundstram red card.
Updated at 11.57 EDT
GOAL! Brentford 2-2 Everton (Dewsbury-Hall 90+1)
Dewsbury-Hall’s goal in stoppage time surely grabs a point for the visitors, getting to a block from a Brentford defender fastest on the edge of the six-yard box. A cool finish.
A fourth draw in a row for Brentford is on the cards.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Everton celebrates scoring their side’s second goal of the game. Photograph: George Tewkesbury/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 11.57 EDT
GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Brighton (Wieffer 89)
Two for Wieffer, two for Brighton. A gut-punch for home fans at Turf Moor after coming so close to equalising. 12 points from safety, six games left for Burnley. They are all but relegated.
Brighton & Hove Albion’s Mats Wieffer celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Scott Heppell/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.53 EDT
GOAL! Hearts 2-1 Motherwell (Shankland 87 pen)
Penalty for the home side! A strange one as Steven Welsh tries to flick the ball and catches the back of Kabore’s head instead as he falls.
Lawrence Shankland dispatches his 13th goal of the season and Tynecastle roars. This should keep them three points clear of Celtic.
Championship: A late equaliser at Bramall Lane. Gustavo Hamer puts it to the Hull goalkeeper’s left to make it 1-1. One feels that Sheffield United are almost safe.
Gary Naylor writes in: “Does anyone think that Michael Kayode should have the nickname Wile E? That might work best if he’s chasing Adama Traore down the wing.
Also, like, I suspect, many an Everton fan, finishing ahead of Liverpool matters much more than a European place.”
ShareGOAL! Brentford 2-1 Everton (Igor Thiago 76)
Who else could it be? In truth, it will go down as one of his most fortuitous goals of a prolific campaign. Michael Kayode made it, cutting in from the right and scything past a couple of Everton defenders. He shot, the ball hit Thiago’s midriff as he made a run into space and wrong-footed Jordan Pickford.
Brentford are up to sixth, as it stands.
Another goal for Igor Thiago, even if he did not know much about it. Photograph: Tom Cusden/PPAUK/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 11.46 EDT
Championship: John Lundstram is sent off at Sheffield United. Now a man down, Hull City have 15-odd minutes to hold on to their 1-0 lead. As things stand, they will finish the day fifth in the Championship.
No love lost between Lundstram (right) and Sheffield United defender Mark McGuinness ahead of the former’s sending-off. Photograph: Ian Lyall/ProSports/ShutterstockShare
Premier League: Everton come close at the Gtech. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is one-on-one with Kelleher but delays and squanders the chance.
Meanwhile, Fulham are unchanged at Anfield but Liverpool has made four switches to the midweek XI. Rob Smyth will tell you who’s come in and plenty more besides.
League One: Tom Bradshaw makes it 3-0 for Barnsley away to beleaguered Rotherham. Lee Clark has not been able to stop the rot.
Championship: England international goal-scorer Taylor Harwood-Bellis (remember that?) scores by doing what he does best, with a precise header. 2-1 for Southampton, who continue their sublime form.
League One: Dan Kemp puts Alex Revell’s Stevenage ahead at promotion-chasing Bradford City. They could yet face one another in the play-offs next month. The table as it stands:
Premier League: A sublime save from Caoimhín Kelleher stops Everton from making it 2-1. He was moving one way to stop a shot, it got deflected, and he stuck out a leg to divert it.
In the Championship, Preston have come from behind to lead 2-1 at Charlton, courtesy of Brad Potts.
Scottish Premiership: Hearts are level. Claudio Braga makes it 1-1, getting the final touch. VAR are having a look, mind… and it stands! Bodies everywhere, it wasn’t pretty, but the Tynecastle tifosi won’t care.
And in the Championship, Leo Scienza has made it the same scoreline for Southampton at home to Derby. He cuts onto his right foot and curls it beyond the goalkeeper.
Updated at 11.25 EDT
Premier League: An hour in and Burnley are on top, pushing for an equaliser at home to Brighton. Bart Verbruggen makes a save on instinct with his legs to stop a Flemming shot on the turn.
Updated at 11.22 EDT
League Two: Cambridge had their goalkeeper sent off in the first half but no matter, James Gibbons has just put them 4-0 up against Notts County.
At the bottom of the table, Joe Thomas makes it 2-1 for Newport against Harrogate. And it is an absolute belter, returning a cleared corner from the edge of the box with interest.
Championship: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi equalises and makes it 1-1 for Stoke at home to Blackburn.
Goal glutton Zan Vipotnik scored minutes ago for Swansea to put them ahead away to Leicester City. Can Gary Rowett’s players strike back?
Scottish Premiership: Emmamuel Longelo puts Motherwell ahead at Hearts. The leaders are good for a late goal, but they could be set to lose their unbeaten home league record. Celtic are breathing down their necks too…
ShareDisallowed goal for Burnley
There was a VAR check which lasted several minutes. Bashir Humphreys fired home, but he was marginally offisde. Heartbreak for home fans as Jack Hinshelwood was very close to playing him on. They have had two wafer-thin calls go against them today.
Humphreys lashes into the back of the net, but the goal did not stand. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images/ReutersShare
Updated at 11.16 EDT
Premiership: Brentford’s Nathan Collins powers a header against the crossbar, with Pickford nowhere near it. That was close. The west Londoners are turning the screw.
Updated at 11.10 EDT
Bundesliga update. With few goals in the second-half, let’s see how things are going in Germany.
Dortmund are 1-0 down at home to Leverkusen, with about 15 minutes left for the second-placed side to salvage something. Bottom side Heidenheim are 2-1 up against Union Berlin. Leipzig and Mönchengladbach is goalless, while Eintracht Frankfurt lead 2-0 against Wolfsburg.
Survival chances look slim for Steve McLaren’s former side, who were in the Champions League group stage as recently as 2022.
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Updated at 11.04 EDT
The Grand National is about to start at Aintree for those who fancy a quick half-time follow. John Brewin will be typing at warp speed during the race: