Pepe was also at the heart of their attacking endeavour as they were roared on by their fans. After scoring early on, he sent United left-back Luke Shaw halfway down the Holloway Road with a sharp turn before setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who sliced a volley over. The Ivorian then fed Alexandre Lacazette, who somehow hit his shot out for a throw-in from about six yards out, before Torreira went close from another Pepe pass.
Then lots of young people with lots of energy and good mentality," he said. When they are winning matches, they are comfortable in this situation of low block and a giant dominating in the air and being fast in counter-attack. There are plenty of teams who have tried such an approach against City, however, and found that Guardiola's side are well capable of dismantling their defence and limiting their counters.
Chelsea are fourth in the table, while City are in second place behind Liverpool. Manchester City know that they won't catch Liverpool, so this is far more important for Chelsea. The Blues are five points clear of Manchester United in fifth but that gap could close if United can avoid defeat against Sheffield United.
Both teams have scored in six of the last seven Tottenham games. The three Tottenham games played since the arrival of Jose Mourinho have seen 16 goals scored. Only once in the last seven Tottenham away league games has only one team scored. Both teams have scored in the last four Manchester United games.
On paper, this looks like a very tight game, with both sides having shown great quality in defence in their previous matches as well as good promise in attack. Matches between the two have not been high scoring in recent meetings and with the defensive attributes seen in the earlier four games, we expect this to follow that script. A low scoring draw at 90 minutes could pass here.
Brendan Rodgers, who brought him to the Glasgow side, is already preparing a £30 million bid to sign him for Leicester but could now face competition from the Gunners, who are looking to rebuild their squad this summer, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang unlikely to sign a new contract. Paper Round's view: Arsenal will certainly need to spend big on their front line if Aubameyang is to leave the club and Edouard's goalscoring record in Scotland clearly indicates that he is a forward capable of filling that void up top.
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Fans' money 'keeping us going'When clubs in League Two last week agreed to end the regular season campaign, refunding fans for games that would never take place was a financial drain that needed to be faced. But clubs, including fan-owned Exeter, are finding that some supporters are happy to see money they have spent now put towards getting their teams through the economic fallout of the pandemic. A number have already said they don't want their money back, saying they want to see it used to help the club," Exeter chairman Tagg said.
We’re confident that Porto will win-to-nil on Monday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The hosts head into the game as the clear form favourites and have outperformed Tondela in all departments so far. The visitors are playing well this season, especially on the road, but they won’t have faced anyone as tough as Porto away and we believe Tondela will struggle against the Portuguese giants as they almost always have done when the pair have clashed.
Then he will be a better player. He has got the talent. Multiple sources at City have stressed there was no big issue with Sane; that there is no technical problem that needed to be addressed, nor a problem with the player's attitude. Neither, it is being stressed, was anyone forcing him out of the club. All stats PL games onlyHowever, the statistics around Sane tell an interesting story. Of the wide players put forward as alternatives to the German - Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden - all like to start wide and cut in.
Wenger's golden period was a fading memory and Arsenal's membership of the Premier League's "top-four" club had expired. Flat-track bullies, Arsenal had been left behind by the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and even arch-enemies Tottenham Hotspur, all of whom had adopted "high energy" football under Pep Guardiola, Juergen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino.
Obviously, he’ll raise our game in terms of experience and quality. On the other hand, Conte now knows there will be no room for excuses if Inter continue to drop points. Inter have now spent about 180 million euros ($199. Conte replaced Luciano Spalletti before the start of the season. We have started a new era and are happy with the journey so far," said Giuseppe Marotta, the club's chief executive for sport.
Just in case you needed another stat or fact to emphasise how dominant Liverpool have been this season. The Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaampions: IT IS BACK Look, we know we probably shouldn’t be so easily impressed by such a flashy tournament so transparently designed to appeal to our most base footballing instincts, that this is a cabal of the richest and most powerful clubs in the world and their only real desire is to make as much money from us as possible.
We are working to improve and get players in, and hopefully we can get something over the line. I think everybody can see these players are being stretched, they are stretched, and I've got absolutely no complaints on any of them because they give absolutely everything they've got," the United boss said.
Unai Emery is the manager of Arsenal," Guardiola told reporters. Of course (Arteta) will be a manager sooner or later. We are going to finish the season but in the future I don't know what's going to happen. Former Arsenal captain Arteta, who joined Guardiola's staff three years ago, was also backed for the job by Arsene Wenger before the long-serving Frenchman left the club.
This night will be played few games at the program of the tournament for Copa Sudamericana at South America. At this game rivals will be the teams of Sport Huancayo which is from Peru and Argentinos Juniors which is from Argentina.
Cushing's fairytale farewell It was the end of an era at Manchester City as Nick Cushing took charge of his final match as manager – and it could not have gone any better. During his six-year reign, City won a WSL title, two Women’s FA Cup's and three League Cup's. And Cushing, who is set to join New York City as assistant manager, leaves the club on top of the table after securing a 2-1 win over title rivals Arsenal.
SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen replaces Robert Snodgrass because of an injury. Goal!Posted at 81' Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold. Posted at 81' Attempt blocked. Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
That will cover this season when Liverpool are having a tremendous season on the pitch, so we think there's a possibility of United losing that number one position. Part of that will ride on how the rest of this season goes, if City or Liverpool go deep into the Champions League. It is definitely a possibility that United will lose that place.
Posted at 90'+3' Foul by Matt Targett (Aston Villa). SubstitutionPosted at 90' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces David McGoldrick. Posted at 90' Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Enda Stevens with a cross. Posted at 89' Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Maybe he could have kept the flag down and checked later. Ultimately it was the correct decision. The referee will not blow the whistle and he has done that. Usually it is clear and obvious for the linesman to put his flag up but let's remind everyone it was the second goal, which wasn't important anyway. Carroll's long wait ends - the statsNewcastle have won three of their last five Premier League games (D1 L1), as many as they had in their previous 13 combined before this (W3 D4 L6).
Home team is have better chances to win in this match from England Championship, but it is better to bet on goals in this duel, at least I think so. So, Barnsley is team who is after two loses, 1-2 and 2-4 in last round won one point, 1-1, while on the other side Birmingham City is playing better and better in every round. They are not lose for a long time any match and in last round, they are won 3-1. I believe in 2-1 win one of this two rivals tonight and I will bet on goals, it is real.
Arteta restored Mesut Ozil to the starting line-up and the German forward looked sharp in the opening exchanges, but chances were rare. Arsenal's sloppiness was punished when they gave the ball away cheaply on the left wing and Bournemouth sliced through them quickly, midfielder Dan Gosling stabbing home Jack Stacey's centre from close range to give the home side the lead.
What's more, Rovers have found it tough to get their attacking strength to outweigh their defensive weaknesses on the road this term, scoring just nine and conceding a rather disappointing 25. Tranmere have also failed to score in a rather 45% of their away games in the third division this season.
I was like, 'I think the answer is yes to that one. Of course you can,'" He was very respectful to ask," Critchley told reporters. He has achieved so much in the game because of who he is; he was giving words of advice to the players, he was getting right behind them, he was vocal in the dressing room and animated behind me.
The study, by Glasgow University and commissioned by the FA and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), found former professional footballers were three and a half times more likely to die of degenerative brain disease than people of the same age range in the general population. The FA's new guidelines, expected to be issued later this month, will only apply in training and not in matches.
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Here are three talking points from the weekend's La Liga action. A Hazard warning for Man City Real Madrid might have been held to a shock 2-2 draw by lowly Celta Vigo at the Bernabeu on Sunday, but many Real fans were left salivating at Eden Hazard’s individual display. The Belgian, starting his first game since November due to an ankle problem, showed the Spanish capital exactly what they had been missing in his absence: guile, creativity and a direct threat at goal.
McKenna also managed United's Under-18s but he now sits beside manager Solskjaer in the Old Trafford dugout, as part of the coaching staff planning ahead despite no return date for the Premier League or Europa League. All we can do is maintain a level of fitness in the players close to where they left off," he added. Angel Gomes was the first player born in the 2000s to make a Premier League appearance"On a technical and tactical level, there are a few things we can do through video while the boys have been doing very well on their physical condition.
Sportivo Luqueno have drawn 3 of their last 5 matches. They have won only once in their last 6 matches as well. They really need to win this match to climb the table and get themselves out from the bottom of the table. Their last draw came against Libertad and they managed 18 points from 19 matches in this season.
By Martyn Herman LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - West Ham United sacked manager Manuel Pellegrini on Saturday after a 2-1 home defeat by Leicester City put the Foxes' distant pursuit of Premier League leaders Liverpool back on track. Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of moving into the top four stalled in a 2-2 draw at bottom club Norwich City, while Manchester United moved within a point of the Champions League places after a 2-0 win at Burnley.
Liverpool are unbeaten in the Premier League for over a year now and just keep on winning games. If it's not their attackers scoring goals, it's their defenders who are also consistently providing assists. With a 13 point lead and a game in hand (like they need that), it's hard to see Liverpool coming even close to messing this up.
Club Brugge dropped to the Europa League after a poor run in the Champions League, where they managed just three points and no win in the six matches in a group that had Real Madrid and PSG. They conceded a massive 12 goals, and scored four, which was not unexpected in such a group. The Belgian giants are not known to be a big force in Europe; in their last 12 Europa League matches, they have just two wins, and three clean sheets in 14 matches in the competition.
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Arsenal's win moves them up into the top half of the table in 10th place - six points behind north London rivals Tottenham, who claimed a last-gasp winner over Aston Villa to go fifth. Arsenal show improvement in styleArsenal have suffered a wretched season in the top-flight, 16 points and six places worse off than at this stage under Unai Emery last season. A poor start this term led to the Spaniard's dismissal and although they had lost just once under replacement Arteta, they had drawn seven games since his appointment in December.
Dortmund were finding it difficult to earn wins away from home at the beginning of the season. However, in recent weeks, they have rectified their poor away form. Dortmund have now won each of their last two Bundesliga away games. We feel that it is difficult to expect anything but another Dortmund win in Friday's game.
Sergio Ramos scored the winning penalty for Real Madrid as Zinedine Zidane’s side claimed a shootout win over Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Supercopa final despite finishing with 10 men. See alsoMatchcast: Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid Zidane stuck with the same starting lineup that convincingly disposed of Valencia in the competition’s semi finals, but both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid struggled to find top form as they laboured through 120 goalless minutes.
Italy’s top division was suspended on 9 March, with 12 full rounds and four outstanding fixtures still to play. Juventus are top, a point ahead of Lazio. Italy has been one of the countries worst affected by the coronavirus, with a number of players having become infected. Leading Serie A clubs are adamant they will not restart without government approval. This remains some way off, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte recently extending general lockdown until 3 May.
Mr Wing translated for him. He came on tour with us when he went to Asia that year. And now we wait to see who’s going to finally pin down that feature interview with Mr Wing. COMING UP Pretty thin pickings today, unless you particularly fancy trying to find a way to watch the early stages of the Copa del Rey.
Brisbane Roar is in 9th place with 12 points and they are 3 points behind Adelaide United that is in 6th place and means Playoffs Quarterfinals. Melbourne City is in 2nd place with 22 points 12 points less than first place Sydney and 4 points more than Perth Glory and Wellington that are in 3rd and 4th place.
Posted at 80' Foul by Joris Chotard (Montpellier). Posted at 79' Foul by Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint Germain). Posted at 79' Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 78' Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain). Posted at 78' Hilton (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
It's hard for me to cope with players who cannot express their potential, not those who are at their limit. I am with the boys. Midfielder Dele Alli meanwhile has admitted his team-mates are drained of confidence at this point in time and admitted that they have simply not been at the required level.
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Less than prophetic words. Liverpool lost to Leverkusen, then came up short in the title race. It was never quite the same again. The Reds won another League Cup under Houllier, beating Manchester United in the 2003 final, but progress had stalled when he left at the end of 2003-04. So near and yet so far - until now Rafael Benitez took Liverpool to two Champions League finals, winning one, but his best league finish was second place in 2009Every August it is the same question: are you tipping Liverpool again this year?It all goes back to a fateful pre-season prediction made in August 2009 on these pages that Liverpool would end a 20-year wait for the title.
