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• Neymar suffers fresh injury blow

  Neymar sustained a new injury as he was forced off during Al-Hilal's AFC Champions League Elite win over Esteghlal.

  Aleksandar Mitrovic plundered a hat-trick on Monday to seal a 3-0 win.

  But Al-Hilal's victory was soured by an injury to Neymar, who had to make way just 29 minutes after he came on as a second-half substitute.

  The Brazilian, who has just returned from over a year out of action following a serious knee injury, was forced off with what appeared to be a thigh issue.

  Indeed, Monday's appearance was only the 32-year-old's second for Al-Hilal since his comeback.

  He has featured just seven times for the Saudi Pro League champions in all competitions since his big-money move from Paris Saint-Germain in 2023.

• Mourinho questions Turkey move and slams 'Man of the Match' VAR after Fenerbahce win

  Jose Mourinho questioned why he had moved to Turkey and described VAR Atilla Karaoglan as the "Man of the Match" after Fenerbahce's dramatic win over Trabzonspor.

  Sofyan Amrabat scored a 102nd-minute winner as the Istanbul giants sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory to remain within five points of Turkish Super Lig leaders Galatasaray.

  Despite the result, Mourinho was enraged by Trabzonspor receiving two penalties following VAR reviews, also claiming his team should have had a spot-kick of their own ahead of Amrabat's winner.

  "I blame the Fenerbahce people that brought me here," Mourinho said after the game. "They told me only half of the truth.

  "They didn't tell me the whole truth because if they told me the whole truth, I wouldn't come. But with half of the truth and my boys, we fight opponents and the system."

   

  Mourinho then took aim at Karaoglan and suggested Fenerbahce did not want him to officiate their future games. 

  "The man of the match was Atilla Karaoglan," he added. "We didn't see him, but he was the referee. 

  "The referee was just a little boy that was there on the pitch, but the referee was Atilla Karaoglan. He goes from the invisible man to the most important man in the match.

  "I think I am speaking on behalf of every Fenerbahce fan – we don't want him again. We don't want him as a VAR. We don't want him on the pitch but, on the VAR, even less.

  "He was alert to give the two penalty decisions which the referee didn't give and then he was having Turkish tea when it was a clear penalty for us and he didn't give it."

• Rodgers delighted as Celtic rout Aberdeen in semi-final

  Celtic booked their place in the Scottish League Cup final after hammering Aberdeen 6-0 at Hampden Park on Saturday.

  The 21-time winners of the tournament were inspired by a Daizen Maeda hat-trick in a near-perfect performance against the Scottish Premiership's second-placed side.

  Manager Brendan Rodgers was delighted with the result and performance from his side.

  "It was a testament to our players and the demands they have. They play every week in big games. We have to manage this group through every game," he told Premier Sports.

  "It was up to us to decide the game and the players did that. They were brilliant today. We were more aggressive in the second half.

  "Aberdeen have had an excellent season, they will continue to work well I'm sure."

  The result was Aberdeen's first defeat in 17 matches in all competitions this season, with a 2-2 draw at Celtic Park last month the only time they had previously failed to win.

  Cameron Carter-Vickers got the scoring under way with a header 29 minutes in, before the brilliant Maeda sat down goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov to set up Kyogo Furuhashi for a second three minutes later.

  Maeda then got in on the act himself on 40 minutes before the game briefly descended into farce on the stroke of half-time, with Rodgers shown a yellow card for kicking away a ball that had gone out before slipping over.

  "To be fair, I was raging because we had given the ball away," he said.

  "I have my moments, like every manager. It was just the game, even though we were comfortable at 3-0.

  "It was a deserved yellow card. The speed of the ball [was the issue]. I just wanted to keep the tempo of the game."

  Celtic and Maeda picked up where they left off in the second half to make it 4-0 in the 50th minute before Nicolas Kuhn hammered in a fifth on the hour.

  The rout was complete when Maeda wrapped up his hat-trick as he finished off a flowing attacking move with five minutes to go.

  After the match, Rodgers continued to be effusive about his team, who will face either Rangers or Motherwell in the final.

  "An outstanding team performance. You come up against a team that has been so, so good. We knew it would be a challenge," he told BBC Scotland.

  "We had to bring our A-game and the players did that, in particular during the second half.

  "We were ruthless. We worked the ball really well to create the space and made good runs.

  "It's a beautiful pitch here at Hampden. It's perfect for the football we want to play."