Liverpool take on Fulham, look to go top of the league

LONDON:FRESH from reaching the Champions League quarters, Liverpool will look to retake top spot in the Premier League from Manchester City at Championship-bound Fulham on Sunday.

In another game, Everton host Chelsea with the latter looking to boost their top 4 hopes.

Among the Premier League games on Saturday, West Ham defeated Huddersfield 4-3, Leicester won 2-1 away at Burnley and Bournemouth drew 2-2 against Newcastle.

WATFORD IN SEMIS

WATFORD: Watford reached their second FA Cup semi-final in four seasons with substitute Andre Gray scoring three minutes after coming off the bench to seal a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday. Etienne Capoue gave Watford the lead while Michy Batshuayi equalised for Palace.

QATAR TO RESIST FIFA

MIAMI: Concerned by political and logistical impediments, Qatar World Cup organisers are planning to privately resist FIFA’S attempts to expand the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams and spread games across the Persian Gulf, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated PRESS.FIFA and Qatar have until June to come up with a decision.

REAL MADRID WIN

MADRID: Zinedine Zidane’s second spell as Real Madrid coach got off to a promising start with a 2-0 win at home to Celta Vigo in La Liga on Saturday thanks to goals from Isco and Gareth Bale, who had fallen out of favour with previous coach Santiago Solari.