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Star Sport – Top of the Poch The back page of the Daily Star reports on Chelsea’s boss Mauricio Pochettino who has said tonight’s Carabao Cup game is the biggest of his career so far. Catch up on all the back pages here

Sun Sport – We forgot that blue were here The back page of the Sun newspaper leads on comments from Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino. THE SUN SAYS MAURICIO POCHETTINO had a dig at Chelsea predecessors Graham Potter and Thomas Tuchel over silent Stamford Bridge. Former Chelsea star Pat Nevin compared his old ground to a “mausoleum” — where the dead go to rest. Boss Pochettino bids to breathe new life into the Blues by reaching next month’s Carabao Cup final — but must first overturn Middlesbrough’s 1-0 semi-final first-leg lead tonight. Nevin said: “My beloved Chelsea at Stamford Bridge regularly…

CITY AM SAYS The City’s continued strength has helped push services to a record share of total exports, new research shows, but the relative weakness of the rest of the country has seen the UK slip internationally.

Financial Times – Narrow voter ID rules expose Tories to claims of bias Conservative ministers have “opened themselves” up to the charge that a new voter ID scheme is designed to benefit the Tories, according to the head of the elections watchdog – the Financial Times reports. He also expresses concerns in the broadsheet that the “bad behaviour” of some politicians has put the younger generation off voting. The front page features a report on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram in the flashpoint city of Ayodhya.

Metro reports on a revolutionary swallowable gastric balloon to help treat obese patients being used by the NHS for the first time.

The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer has criticised the Tories’ “McCarthyite” anti-woke attacks on British institutions.

The Guardian reports that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said doctors and other healthcare staff should not report suspected illegal abortions to the police because prosecutions are never in the public interest.

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