Benitez must look at himself in post-mortem

Times expert Tony Barrett delivers his verdict on the key issues facing the Liverpool manager after Champions League exit

Frey and Fiorentina slam the door shut

It took a stoppage-time save from Sébastien Frey, the Fiorentina goalkeeper, to consign Liverpool to the Europa League

Portsmouth sack Hart in survival quest

South Coast club have parted company with their manager after he failed to lift them from the foot of the Premier League

Wiley will not sue Ferguson over attack

Referee will not seek damages from Manchester United manager for ‘unfit’ remarks after being told it might end his career

Leading contenders for Portsmouth manager’s job

Darren Ferguson is the bookmakers’ favourite to fill vacancy at Fratton Park, but Avram Grant is in the frame as well

Gibbs qualities are clear before setback

Arsenal manager was furious when asked about Theo Walcott’s World Cup chances, so mention full back’s England potential quietly

Rangers woes exposed as old fortress falls

Fourth successive Champions League defeat at home condemns Rangers to bottom place in their group and eliminates them from Europe

Smith: ‘We have not been good enough’

The Rangers manager is forced to concede that his tactics came up short against a Stuttgart side struggling in the Bundesliga

Liverpool crash out of Champions League

Merseysiders beat Debrecen, but drop down to Europa League after Fiorentina's victory, while Arsenal win to top Group H

United's European run underestimated, says Ferguson

Manchester United manager says team have not got their due credit for reaching consecutive Champions League finals

Domenech: play-off replay was impossible

France coach insists Thierry Henry did not deserve the criticism he suffered for committing handball against Ireland

Kroenke cuts debt to Arsenal co-director

Club's largest shareholder pays Danny Fiszman £10.6m as part of a £42.5m share agreement they settled on earlier this year

Referee who allowed Henry handball wanted to quit

Martin Hansson, the referee at the centre of the Thierry Henry handball row, considered retiring during the fallout from the affair

Berbatov set to return against Besiktas

Manchester United striker in line to make comeback after he missed matches either side of the international break with a knee injury

Allardyce hoping to be back on Monday

Blackburn Rovers manager planning to be in charge for Carling Cup game with Chelsea just a few days after heart operation

World in motion: Is rugby failing its paying public?

Owen Slot suggests the northern hemisphere is not entertaining spectators like it should

Babel threatens to walk out on Liverpool

The 22-year-old winger says he will leave Anfield in the January transfer window unless he is given more chances in the first team

Beckham in need of break after penalty heartbreak

England midfielder looks to rest injured ankle after shoot-out defeat by Real Salt Lake who overcame Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS Cup

Blatter calls crisis talks after ‘Hand of Henry’ goal

Fifa president arranges emergency meeting to discuss the outcry over France striker's controversial goal against Ireland

Toure blames team-mate for Arsenal exit

Manchester City defender believes that a former club colleague persuaded Arsene Wenger that they could not play together

Wigan: players' refund offer is just wrong

Anyone who has suffered and shivered on a wet Wednesday in Grimbsy know football is often ugly, painful and deeply unhappy

Why we may yet end up grateful to Henry

With the World Cup on the horizon and football still in turmoil, assistance for referees is now top of the Fifa agenda