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Michael Olise scored a sublime curling strike after Harry Kane missed a penalty to give Bayern Munich a narrow Bundesliga victory and pile pressure on relegation-threatened Wolfsburg. 09 May 2026
The already-crowned champions were second best for most of the contest and appeared lethargic in the aftermath of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final loss to Paris St-Germain. Wolfsburg are third bottom in the table - in the relegation play-off spot - and only ahead of St Pauli on goal difference and three points clear of 18th-placed Heidenheim. But they dominated against Vincent Kompany's men and had 17 attempts on goal, while Kane missed a 35th-minute penalty for the visitors after Olise was fouled in the box by Konstantinos Koulierakis. The England captain had scored all nine of his previous spot-kicks in the Bundesliga this season, but slipped slightly as he took this one and blasted the ball wide. Christian Eriksen, Denis Vavro and Patrick Wimmer all came close for Wolfsburg before the break, forcing fine saves from Jonas Urbig, but they were unable to match Bayern's intensity after the restart. Olise broke the deadlock in the 56th minute with an outstanding finish after cutting in from the right and bending the ball over Wolfsburg keeper Kamil Grabara. Mattias Svanberg had the chance to net a late leveller and earn a crucial point for the Wolves with two minutes remaining, but his strike rattled the right post. Defeat meant Wolfsburg's fight to avoid automatic relegation will now come down to a blockbuster final game of the season at St Pauli. Victory would give Dieter-Klaus Hecking's side a second chance at survival through the relegation-promotion play-off.
Enzo Fernandez cancelled out Ryan Gravenberch's strike at a restless Anfield as Liverpool were held by a Chelsea side whose run of six consecutive Premier League defeats came to an end. 09 May 2026
The result means Liverpool remain in fourth place, now just four points clear of sixth-placed Bournemouth, while Chelsea stay ninth. A point for Liverpool edged them closer to securing Champions League football for next season, but the Anfield crowd were unimpressed at times, with loud boos heard when head coach Arne Slot took off teenage winger Rio Ngumoha in the second half, and they were audible again at the final whistle. Playmaker Florian Wirtz was absent with a stomach bug as Slot made three changes from the Liverpool side that lost at Manchester United last weekend. For Chelsea, interim boss Calum McFarlane made five changes following the defeat at home by Nottingham Forest. Liverpool started strongly, with Gravenberch finishing in style with a curling shot high into the net from the edge of the penalty area after he was teed up by Ngumoha. After gaining that early lead, Liverpool were guilty of letting Chelsea back into the game. The visitors grew in confidence as the first half went on, with Giorgi Mamardashvili forced to make a save from Marc Cucurella. With 10 minutes to go before half-time, the equaliser came when Fernandez's free-kick evaded everyone and ended up in the back of the net. Fernandez nearly gave Chelsea the lead shortly after going level, and Chelsea thought they did have the lead after the break when Cole Palmer found the net, but the goal was disallowed as Cucurella was ruled offside in the build-up. That decision woke up Liverpool and they looked to have scored when Curtis Jones headed in. But that goal was also ruled out, with Cody Gakpo - who headed the ball across to Jones - having been in an offside position. A minute later, Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai forced Filip Jorgensen to make a good save. Slot introduced striker Alexander Isak off the bench in the 67th minute but it was the decision to take off Ngumoha, who had been one of the few bright sparks for Liverpool, that led to fury from many supporters. It later emerged Ngumoha had been troubled by cramp. Neither side could find a winner. Liverpool went closest, with Szoboszlai hitting the post with a strike from distance before Virgil van Dijk rattled the crossbar with a header.
Rayo Vallecano will face Crystal Palace in the final of the Conference League after beating Strasbourg 2-0 on aggregate in the semi-final. 08 May 2026
The La Liga side repeated the 1-0 victory from the first leg on home soil to book a place in a European final for the first time with Brazilian forward Alemao again the scorer. After finding the back of the net seven days ago, Alemao doubled Vallecano's aggregate lead in the 42nd minute with his fifth goal in the competition – an opportunistic strike from eight yards when the ball was parried back into his path. When the half-time whistle blew at the Stade de la Meinau, there was whistles from some of the home supporters. Strasbourg responded after the break but were still limited to a half chances, with Samir El Mourabet firing over from the edge of the area. Vallecano could have extended their advantage and made sure of their place in the final 20 minutes from time but were thwarted by an impressive double save from Mike Penders. The home side had a chance to set up a nervous finish when they were awarded a stoppage time penalty, but Augusto Batalla saved Julio Enciso's effort to complete their misery. The Spanish club's meeting with Palace, 5-2 aggregate winners over Shakhtar Donetsk, is at the Leipzig Stadium on 27 May (20:00 BST).
Aston Villa demolished Nottingham Forest's hopes to charge into the Europa League final and edge closer to ending a 30-year major trophy drought. 08 May 2026
John McGinn's late double added to Emi Buendia's penalty and Ollie Watkins' opener to complete Villa's comeback against Nottingham Forest after last week's 1-0 first-leg defeat. The hosts booked a final against Bundesliga side Freiburg, who beat Braga 4-3 on aggregate, in Istanbul on 20 May. Villa head coach Unai Emery is chasing his fifth Europa League title, having joined the club as a serial winner of this competition. His team will be looking to lift Villa's first major silverware since the 1996 League Cup, and with it book a Champions League spot. They are still fifth in the Premier League and if they finish there and win the Europa League, the team in sixth - currently Bournemouth - will also qualify for the Champions League. This was a deserved victory for the hosts, in front of fan Prince William, with Forest rarely threatening without Morgan Gibbs-White. The playmaker was only fit enough for the bench following a head injury which required extensive stitches in Monday's win at Chelsea. It took Villa until seven minutes before the break to level on aggregate when Watkins turned in Buendia's centre from the left. They went ahead overall 13 minutes after the break when referee Glenn Nyberg awarded a penalty after reviewing the monitor following a VAR check when Nikola Milenkovic tugged Pau Torres. Watkins had a goal disallowed for offside, while Emi Martinez denied Chris Wood at the other end, before McGinn 's quickfire two goals wrapped up victory.
Crystal Palace created club history as they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk in the Conference League semi-finals to move into their first ever European final. 08 May 2026
The Eagles led 3-1 after the first leg a week ago in Poland, and thought they had stretched their advantage when Yeremy Pino raced through and slotted a calm finish into the net. However, the winger was ruled offside following an extremely tight offside decision when he collected Jean-Philippe Mateta's flick-on. But, at a raucous Selhurst Park for the second-leg tie, Palace took the lead in the 25th minute. Adam Wharton's powerful 25-yard strike was pushed away by goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk, but it dropped for Daniel Munoz, whose low cross from a tight angle was steered into his own net by Pedro Henrique. Shakhtar battled back to make it 1-1 on the night when Eguinaldo collected a Pedro Henrique pass and curled a fine effort into the top corner. Mateta then went close to restoring Palace's three-goal overall advantage just before half-time, only to hit the post with a spectacular scissor-kick. But Ismaila Sarr sealed his side's 5-2 aggregate success when he stretched to slide the ball into the net from Tyrick Mitchell's low left-wing cross. It was his ninth goal in the competition to make him the outright top scorer this term. Palace will face Rayo Vallecano in the final on Wednesday, 27 May in Leipzig, Germany, after the Spanish side defeated French outfit Strasbourg - managed by Gary O'Neil - 2-0 on aggregate in the other semi-final.