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Scottish Premiership: Hearts’ Derek McInnes & Celtic’s Martin O’Neill keeping cool as title race catches fire
Celtic and their veteran manager have been here before.
O’Neill, who has won three league titles with the club, has guided the defending champions from the wreckage of Wilfried Nancy’s brief tenure to a position that looked unlikely as recently as the start of April.
Defeat at Tannadice before the international break left them five points behind with seven matches to play, but five straight wins since have narrowed the gap to one.
“They’ve known for some weeks, particularly after the game at Dundee United, that there’s no room for mistakes,” O’Neill said of his players.
“That’s hard to keep going every single game because there’ll be a match where you might actually dominate, you might not score in that period, and the other team might break away and find themselves 1-0 up.”
Much like McInnes, the former Leicester City, Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland manager is not looking beyond Wednesday.
“We can only look at ourselves and try and win the game,” O’Neill said. “Then the weekend will take care of itself.
“We’ve come a long distance here. We would like it to go to the last game.”
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Man City guilty: Premier League club knew of independent commission’s verdict in the summer – Paper Talk | Football News
The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…
MANCHESTER CITY
Manchester City were first informed that they had been found guilty of more than 100 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules in the summer before spending heavily in the transfer market – ESPN
Manchester City’s deal this summer for Elliot Anderson was agreed before City had knowledge that the independent panel had reached its verdict – ESPN
Manchester City could be expelled from the Premier League after their near-£1billion cheating scandal was laid bare – The Telegraph
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Sky Sports News’ Dave Reed breaks down the key findings from the independent commission’s 40-page document on the Manchester City charges
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Sky Sports News takes you through a timeline of Manchester City’s charges
PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United are set to raid Kilmarnock for their goalkeeping coach Fraser Stewart – Daily Record
EFL
Robbie Savage is primed to leave his role as Forest Green Rovers manager after accepting an offer to become Peterborough United’s boss – talkSPORT
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL
Injured stars Kylian Mbappe, Ibrahima Konate and Federico Valverde are all expected to be available when Real Madrid face LaLiga title rivals Barcelona in El Clasico on October 25 – ESPN
WORLD FOOTBALL
Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, has launched a blistering attack on his counterpart at FIFA, Gianni Infantino, over his World Cup sell-off plan, the peace prize he awarded to Donald Trump and the Folarin Balogun scandal – The Times
RUGBY UNION
Jack Willis is open to switching allegiances and playing for Ireland amid his ongoing England exile – The Telegraph
Brendan Venter’s job title at Saracens has been changed to “head of rugby culture and wine consultant” in an attempt to help him avoid media duties on his return to the Prem – The Times
The French clubs have publicly backed plans to reduce the Champions Cup to 16 teams to make the competition more “elitist” – The Times
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Three years, three Game 1s, three blown leads in the seventh inning or later. After another soul-crushing loss, the season is on the line.
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NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum attended the European Football Clubs annual conference Tuesday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Man City guilty: Premier League club knew of independent commission’s verdict in the summer – Paper Talk | Football News
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