Everything is all very good at the moment at the club but this is Chelsea. He is the manager of Chelsea and at this club you need to get to certain points and this transfer window could be key to that. You need to bring in a very special player but you cannot upset the atmosphere. You cannot take away one of the youngsters because otherwise you contradict yourself. At the same time you need something to help you get better because something is still missing there.
Add in his confidence in talented youngsters like Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah, who combined so brilliantly to make it 1-1, and there are plenty of encouraging sign posts. Arsenal now sit alongside champions-elect Liverpool as the only sides unbeaten in the Premier League since the start of 2020 and they remain in the hunt for silverware in both the FA Cup and the Europa League.
Claudio Pizarro replaces Milos Veljkovic. BookingPosted at 88' Sebastian Langkamp (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 88' Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 88' Foul by Sebastian Langkamp (SV Werder Bremen). Posted at 86' Attempt blocked. Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
We have a short squad but those in charge knew that," said Ivan Rakitic, echoing a sense of discontent with Barcelona's board following recent outspoken comments from Messi. Yet even with their many problems, Barca seem to have slightly more momentum heading into Sunday's game at the Bernabeu, where they have won on their last four league visits.
Michael Lang tries a through ball, but Yuya Osako is caught offside. Posted at 65' Attempt missed. Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Benjamin Pavard following a corner. Posted at 65' Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Ludwig Augustinsson.
Video assistant referees must not show the "wrong kind of solidarity" with colleagues by failing to correct their mistakes, says Pierluigi Collina. VAR oversaw three penalty decisions in Thursday's Premier League games and all were later deemed to be incorrect. Collina, Fifa's referees' chief, has called for consistency in the use of VAR all over the world. If you belong to a team, you always try to protect your team-mates," said the 60-year-old Italian.
Well Hai Phong are just one mediocre teams that mostly finished around the bottom. Last year the survived somehow and finished at the 12th place out of 14 and it looks like this season it going to be the same for sure as really nothing changed at the team. They started well so far with a 1-0 won over Thanh Hoa and draw against Quang Nam where they equalized at the 88th minute. Ho Chi Minh on the other hand are among the best teams at Vietnam. Last year they couldn't get the title but this year for sure they are the main candidate. They started great with two wins and showed great performances.
Football can be a channel to accentuate the worst of our society, such as racism, aggression, violence and intolerance, but it can also be used in different ways, for culture, affection, sensibility and to improve human relations," Bahia's president Guilherme Bellintani said. We think that clubs have to choose whether they will be channels for love or for hate.
Posted at 85' Marcus Tavernier (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing. SubstitutionPosted at 83' Substitution, Leeds United. Gaetano Berardi replaces Kalvin Phillips. Posted at 82' Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips with a cross following a corner.
Cushing accepted an offer with MLS side New York City where he will serve as assistant manager alongside their newly appointed boss Ronny Delia and therefore took to the City dugout for the last time on Sunday for the visit of title-rivals Arsenal. After a slow start to the first half Pauline Bremer opened the scoring for City, but Hemp's top-corner header from a Leonie Maier cross early in the second half proved to be the difference-maker.
He was involved seven times against Bayern, and six of those were impactful. There were two headers at goal and a backheel to create another chance for Sheringham; he pressured Linke to concede the throw-in that ultimately led to the first goal; he won a corner straight after the equaliser; and then he gave all Manchester United fans the greatest moment of their sport-watching lives.
Inter Milan lost a perfect chance to close in on Juventus and will have another tough task here against an on form Fiorentina side. Inter have failed to win three of their last five matches, which has somehow dented their title hopes and while they haven’t lost to Fiorentina in six meetings, they haven’t had it easy, drawing three of those. Fiorentina are pushing for a higher finish as Inter chase for the title and thus we hope for a good fight here. Inter have been shaky in defence lately and have the most draws in the top seven but have failed to score in just one of their 17 home league matches. With Fiorentina’s recent form, we expect them to cause the hosts some trouble and a draw is a likely outcome here.
Group E leaders Liverpool are a point ahead of Napoli and three in front of Salzburg, with all three teams still in the running to claim the top two spots and qualify. Liverpool drew 1-1 with Napoli at Anfield in the last round of group matches, while Salzburg won 4-1 away to Genk. We drew the last game and after that game Napoli were for sure in a better mood than we were and Salzburg were in the best mood for sure, they won their away game and knew they could go to the next round by their own doing," Klopp told the Liverpool website https://www.
Palace won their first game in the last five in their last outing, taking them to 10th place and with 18 points while Bournemouth, with three straight losses, are 12th with 16 points. Crystal Palace have one clean sheet in their last five matches and have conceded two of more goals in four of their last five matches.
I don't want to say what he said because I could be in trouble. It was in French because he is French. Whatever was said, events at the Amex Stadium clearly had a huge impact on Arteta as he has banished Guendouzi from the first team, leaving his Arsenal future in serious doubt. Arteta is already renowned around Arsenal's London Colney training base for his calm and clarity - but underneath lies a personality not to be crossed.
This is a fixture of both teams trying to create a gap on the table from their immediate below team. Rotherham top of the table wanting to gap from Peterborough and Wimbledon at the bottom four avoiding relegation spot by increasing the gap to nine points from Tranmere. By the away team are way disadvantaged in this fixture after a horrible start of the year display I can say getting points away from a team passionate about promotion on their home ground will be like finding a needle in a haystack. I see the home team commanding this game and continue hoping to continue staying at the top.
Use the offside trap in a pro-active way, to force mistakes. Field a goalkeeper who is comfortable with the ball at his feet so he can sweep behind a high line and initiate attacks. Press and possess, press and possess. BEST QUOTES: Johan Cruyff: The game-changing wisdom of a true football legend] Cruyff won four successive league titles as Barca coach and also picked up the 1992 European Cup, the club’s first.
Chelsea went in search of a third goal and Willian came closest to getting it when the Brazilian's free kick was touched onto a post by Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton. Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga denied Ezri Konsa Ngoyo an equaliser in the dying moments. The result left Chelsea in fourth place, six points above fifth-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers.
But Pellegrini was rewarded for picking 33-year-old David Martin in goal instead of Roberto as his side held firm under late pressure. It proved an inspired choice as Martin, whose father Alvin is a West Ham legend, made several good saves to keep a clean sheet on his Hammers and Premier League debut. The visitors also thought they had gone 2-0 up after 71 minutes, but Michail Antonio's goal was ruled out for handball.
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The Sun reports that he has no desire as yet to extend his stay. Video - Tottenham fight Man Utd for €60m French sensation - Euro Papers01:28 City fury at Arsenal over Arteta The Mirror report that Manchester City are furious with the ‘shambolic’ nature of Arsenal’s approach for their assistant manager Mikel Arteta.
Life without their boss did not exactly get off to the best of starts though as they came undone against an in form Port Vale last time out. That was despite a very early goal to settle any nerves, so clearly there are still plenty of frailties at the back. The hosts have conceded in each of their last seven home matches and 78% of their home matches overall, however, 61% of their points have come at home so they should expect a strong showing this weekend.
Chris Wilder's visitors had created little up to that stage, but held on to their advantage for a hard-fought victory. The hosts dominated possession but rarely tested United goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who did well to palm James McArthur's powerful effort to safety not long after the opener. James Tomkins was inches away from connecting with McArthur's in-swinging delivery as Palace pushed for an equaliser, but John Fleck and Enda Stevens could have doubled United's lead on the counter-attack.
Greece defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos earlier went close for Arsenal - he headed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's cross against the bar - before Lacazette popped up with the winner. Victory meant Arsenal claimed a third consecutive league win at home for the first time since February 2019. Reaction to all Saturday's Premier League gamesImprovement needed from sluggish Arsenal Since his appointment on 20 December, Arsenal have lost only one league game under Mikel Arteta, who has appeared to inject more resilience, energy and a pattern of play into his side.
Southampton have been improving massively and looking at their run in the last six matches, we believe they will throw everything at Wolves. The visitors go to this clash as the weaker side, psychologically, having failed to win any of their last five matches. Furthermore, they had a midweek game and lost, getting eliminated from the FA Cup. Meanwhile, among the good stats for Southampton, they have not trailed at half time in their last six matches, and they have gone on to win five. Based on this, we will go for Southampton to lead at half time and full time.
He (Joelinton) has had a difficult time but he's got to stick at it," Bruce added. Until two weeks ago Almiron hadn't scored but now he's scored two in fairly quick succession. Bruce confirmed Almiron pulled up with a groin strain while Yoshinori Muto suffered a hip injury in the second half. The loss of Muto and Almiron took the edge off us and we genuinely hope that they're not too bad, injury-wise," Bruce added.
Sainté have conceded more than one goal in just one of their seven home matches under Puel and as a result we're expecting this match to be a tight one. The last two clashes between these sides in Saint-Étienne have finished 1-0 to PSG and 1-1 so there is history of this fixture being a close one. As a result of this we’re backing PSG to win but by a slim margin: 2-1. Paris have just one clean sheet in their last six away games and with Saint-Étienne scoring four in their last home match against Nice we can see both teams getting on the scoresheet here.
In front of their own fans, Wimbledon have become very tough to beat, losing none of their last five, four of which they've won. During that time, they've scored a pleasing eight goals and have conceded four, keeping two clean sheets in the process. It's not like they've just beaten poor sides either, as got the better of both Portsmouth and Doncaster, while Hodges' men also beat an improving Gillingham side at this venue not long ago.
United have huge history and their quality is always there but we must try to beat them. We play against a good team, try to follow the performances we've put in and try to win the game. You know my opinion on the title race. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "It took many years before I played a Manchester derby myself. Of course, Man City are a better team now than when I was playing.
The next tip I chose from the Oman league, we have a match between the teams Oman FC and Al Rustaq and both are in good form. This is a match in which it is difficult to pick the favorite because each of these teams is able to get the win. One thing is certain, that we will face a fierce and even performance.
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The great thing about it is it's the one sports team you'll never get in an argument with anyone about. That is, unless you get too deep into the fake backstories of the teams. People fell in love with a fake soccer club to the point where they were writing their own history, saying things like, 'Hey, my grandpa was there for the championship in 1962 when we won the cup in stoppage time,'" said Andy Munoz, a Utah native who launched Saltair FC this year and has seen the local community latch on to the idea.
Click here to read Tuesday's Paper Round 09:50 - Van Basten suspended by Fox Sports Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has been suspended from his role as a television analyst for one week after using a term associated with Nazi rallies. The 55-year-old said "Sieg Heil", which in German means "hail victory", on the Dutch edition of Fox Sports after a German coach was interviewed by one of the channel's reporters for the De Eretribune show on Sunday.
Champions Liverpool were held by an in-form Burnley in the latest round of Premier League fixtures. Manchester City had another big win as they beat Brighton 5-0, while Norwich were relegated after losing 4-0 to West Ham. Sheffield United stunned Chelsea 3-0 to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next season, while Tottenham came out on top in the North London derby by beating Arsenal 2-1.
Last season Pickford made four errors which led to goals. He has two in the current campaign. Look at Joe Hart when he was number one. He got pelters every week," added Pickford. You just keep it away from your head as the only person who can sort things out is yourself as an individual, on the pitch and in training.
Huddersfield Town has won only 2 of the last 9 games conceding at least once in 8 of the 9 games. At home they haven't kept a clean sheet in the last 5 games. However, they have also scored 6 goals themselves in the last 5.
Isloch Minsk started this season with two wins in a row but after that, they lost twice against FK Sluck and Dinamo Brest. They scored 5 goals and conceded six in this season. Of course they won two games at home and they are favorite here to pick another one but I don't think that they will be able to beat Slavia here. The visitors lost only the first match of new season and after that they won against Bate and Brest. Two victories against Bate look well. I pick here an Asian handicap for Slavia and I think they are able to win this match
The host’s total goals per game average is 1.50 at home and the visitors’ total goals per game average is 1.60 on the road, which provides even more reasons to back under 2.5 goals to be scored on Sunday. Pacos Ferreria have scored 4 goals at home and Vitoria Setubal have only managed to score 1 goal on the road, which suggests the hosts are in with a great chance of keeping a clean sheet and putting a much-needed three points on the board.
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.
Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy with a cross following a set piece situation. Posted at 79' Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 79' Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). Posted at 79' Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 79' Foul by Marlos Bonfim (Shakhtar Donetsk). DismissalPosted at 77' Dodô (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
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Posted at 90' Sebastian Giovinco (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90' Foul by Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey). SubstitutionPosted at 85' Substitution, Monterrey. John Medina replaces Arturo González because of an injury. Posted at 83' Attempt missed. Miguel Layún (Monterrey) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
The right decision? Time will tell, with Tottenham yet to be certain of either a top-six finish or playing European football next season. Son's wonder goal versus Burnley Son Heung-min ran 70 metres up the pitch to score this superb goal against BurnleyIt is a little bit hard to remember some of the goals from this season considering it feels like it started before the dawn of time, but one strike in particular stands out: Son Heung-min's beauty against Burnley in December.
The last results of “Huesca” are not at all impressive, and if this continues further, you will probably have to leave the first 6 Segunda, part of which will go straight to La Liga and some will get the right to play in transitional matches. “Blue garnet” in 5 extreme rounds can boast only one single and difficult victory over “Almeria” (3: 2), but in 3 other matches they had to accept defeat from “Ponferradina” (3: 1), “Girona” (1: 0) and “Rayo Vallecano” (2: 0), and last weekend a draw was played with “Extremadura” (2: 2). As for me, the above results are quite enough to understand how bad things are with “Huesca”.
Neman reserves had a very good start of the new season in the Belarus Vysshaya Liga Reserve. They have won two matches and drew once also. Naman reserves were playing solid in offense and have started scoring twice against Isloch Minsk reserves, later they have scored 4 goals against Vitebsk reserves and also found the net against Soligorsk reserves.
There have not been that many changes but it's a different way of playing. Despite the defeat, we played well in the second half, we controlled the game and created opportunities to score. But today goals are what count and Valencia took their chances better than we did. Barcelona still top the La Liga standings but could be overtaken by Real Madrid who face Real Valladolid away on Sunday.
