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Due to an ankle injury that will make the defender sat on the sidelines for an extended period of time, Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the League Cup final against Newcastle.

Alexander-Arnold was hurt on Tuesday at Anfield during Liverpool’s Champions League last 16 penalty shootout defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.

Arne Slot, who is without a recognized right-back for Sunday’s showdown with Newcastle at Wembley, is in a very bad place because of the 26-year-old’s absence.

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The usual replacements for Alexander-Arnold are Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley both recovering from injuries.

“Trent is not accessible. He won’t attend the final, Slot promised to tell reporters on Friday.

We anticipate him returning before the end of the season, but it will still need to be determined how long it will take.

Thomas Tuchel named Alexander-Arnold out of the England squad on Friday ahead of their World Cup qualifying matches in March.

When Liverpool take on Newcastle this weekend, slot-holder Liverpool will vying for the first trophy of Slot’s reign.

After extending their 15-point lead at the top of the Premier League, the Reds are also on track to win a 20th English title, which is on par with them.

Prince William’s superstitious support for Aston Villa made public on Friday, revealing that he frequently arranges his children’s stowages around his home to give the team a run for their money.

King Charles III, the country’s monarch,’s 42-year-old eldest son and heir, also admitted to frequently posting his football opinions in secret on fan forums.

He told The Sun, “I probably don’t have the pre-match pint but I do have a little superstition about where I sit when I watch them” when I was at home alone with the kids.

“I start moving around the house quite quickly and placing the children in various positions hoping that will change our luck,” said one parent.

On Wednesday, William watched Unai Emery’s team advance to the Champions League quarter-finals by defeating Club Brugge 3-0 to seal a 6-1 overall win.

He claimed that after being introduced to football by his family friends when he was younger, he started to support the Birmingham-based club.

I just felt like I belonged there because of the camaraderie among the fans, the chanting, and the singing, he said.

He became even more invested in the rise of the smartphone.

He claimed for The Sun, “I’d grown up looking at Ceefax on the television or the back pages of newspapers and you’d be a little out of the loop if you didn’t have those on hand.”

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became the first NBA player ever to score 4, 000 three-pointers on Thursday, extending his runaway lead as the greatest long-range shooter in basketball history in a blowout victory over the Sacramento Kings.

Curry went into Thursday’s game needing just two threes to reach the unprecedented 4, 000 mark, just days after reaching 25, 000 career points last Saturday.

Curry, who turns 37 on Friday, took his time before completing the final few steps of his journey towards a scoring milestone which would have been regarded as unthinkable before the four-time NBA champion revolutionized the art of three-point shooting.

The Warriors ace drained his first three-pointer of the night late in the first quarter, coolly finding the bucket from 26 feet to move to 3, 999 career threes.

That was one of just three attempted three-pointers by Curry in the first half as the Warriors took a 61-51 lead into the break.

But he then had San Francisco’s Chase Center crowd roaring its appreciation and giving a standing ovation in the third quarter as he finally reached the 4, 000 mark, dropping in a bucket from 27 feet with 8min 19 remaining in the period to make it 72-63.

“It was a special moment, obviously to do it at home”, Curry told TNT television after the Warriors ‘ 130-104 victory.

“It was a weird game — I didn’t get many attempts until the third. But the energy was special”, added Curry, who finished with just 11 points.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr lavished praise on the Golden State shooting icon.

“The guy’s amazing”, Kerr said. “He seems to break records or set records every week, so we’re used to it. But it’s still special”.

Chasing 5, 000?

Curry’s three-point haul is the latest achievement in a career that ensures he will be remembered as one of the greatest players in NBA history.

Before Curry’s emergence in the league, no player had ever amassed 3, 000 triples in their career.

But the Warriors star has led a dramatic evolution of the three-point scoring record during his 16 seasons in the league.

In 2005, Reggie Miller led the all-time three-point shooting record with 2, 560 triples.

Ray Allen would go on to surpass Miller’s record in 2011 before retiring in 2014 with 2, 973 threes.

Curry, however, eclipsed Allen’s record seven years later, before reaching the 3, 000 mark in December 2021, a feat matched by only one other player — the Los Angeles Clippers ‘ James Harden, who stands on 3, 127.

Since Curry passed 3, 000 it had been a question of when not if he would reach 4, 000.

Whether Curry can reach 5, 000 remains to be seen. His existing contract with Golden State runs through 2026-2027, but he said this week he hoped to play beyond that provided form and fitness allowed.

Asked about chasing 5, 000 on Thursday, Curry said he had not given it thought.

Bruno Fernandes led Manchester United into the Europa League quarter-finals with a hat-trick to beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday and 5-2 on aggregate.

The first three goals on the night came via the penalty spot as Mikel Oyarzabal had slotted Sociedad into an early lead.

However, Fernandes quickly restored parity and coolly scored again from the spot on 50 minutes.

The Portuguese international then ensured United will face Lyon in the last eight by firing home his 15th goal of the season.

Diogo Dalot rounded off the scoring in one of Ruben Amorim’s best nights since taking charge of the Red Devils.

Languishing 14th in the Premier League and out of both domestic cup competitions, United’s last remaining hope of salvaging a miserable season lies with the Europa League.

Amorim’s men were roared on a by a 74, 000 full house, although there were continued protests against co-owners the Glazer family.

Sociedad’s season also hinged on European glory amid a disappointing La Liga campaign.

Imanol Alguacil’s side made a positive start and got their reward when Oyarzabal was chopped down by Matthijs de Ligt as he attempted to reach Aritz Elustondo’s cross on 10 minutes.

The Sociedad captain scored his side’s equaliser from the spot as the first leg ended 1-1 last week.

Oyarzabal sent Andre Onana the wrong way once more to give a United side short on firepower a mountain to climb.

However, the Red Devils were level within six minutes.

Rasmus Hojlund’s goal drought stretched to 21 games, but the Dane was fouled as he tried to reach Fernandes ‘ ball across goal and the latter rolled home the resultant penalty.

United should have been in front by the break as Hojlund missed a glorious chance when he flicked Joshua Zirkzee’s teasing cross wide.

The English giants had to wait just five minutes into the second period for another chance to win the tie.

Zirkzee could not beat Alex Remiro from the edge of the area, but Patrick Dorgu was first to the rebound and was adjudged to have been fouled by Elustondo.

Amorim said after Fernandes ‘ stunning free-kick in Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Arsenal that his side “needed more Brunos”.

Not for the first time in a difficult season, the United skipper took responsibility to put his side in front.

Sociedad’s task got even harder just after the hour mark when Jon Aramburu was shown a straight red card for bringing down the impressive Dorgu as he charged through on goal.

The only negative of the night for United was another goalless showing for strikers Zirkzee and Hojlund.

Zirkzee was denied again by Remiro before heading wide with the goal gaping.

Fernandes showed the poise in front of goal his forwards lacked when he drilled Alejandro Garnacho’s pass into the bottom corner three minutes from time.

Hojlund did at least bag an assist late on as his cross was drilled high into the net by Dalot.