Tottenham welcome Brentford to north London on Thursday evening for a first Premier League derby between these two capital clubs.
A selection of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool players have also travelled abroad, with James Milner, Andrew Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all in Dubai.
The modern-day elite football team start their defence through their front men and if opposition players find a way through them, there's usually a quality ball-winning central midfielder there to protect their defenders from getting exposed.
We don't want to make more out of it than it actually is. It is easy to take lines out of context, shorten lines, make headlines and then realise later that it is not so bad and maybe not what he meant.
Europe’s Pretty Young Things were displaying their talents last night in two of the showpiece fixtures on the continent. The headline event was the Madrid derby as
I did not speak with Rafa last night and ask him what he is going to do. But the last experience we had when he was with Newcastle, it was always tight, always difficult.
It's way too early [to count City out of the title race] but it's not great. There was a moment of relief when City thrashed Leicester 6-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals last week - setting up a home tie with Chelsea - but they slumped again to defeat, losing 2-0 against West Ham on Sunday to extend a painful run of results and increase the pressure on Taylor.
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Mohammed Salisu was sent off in the build-up to the spot-kick, and Conte thought Spurs could have taken more than just a point from St Mary's.
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Millie Bright's brilliant volley was cancelled out by a stunning Janine Beckie strike as England Women played out an entertaining 1-1 draw with Canada Women in their opening match of the Arnold Clark Cup.
You feel responsible in a lot of situations. When things are not going well, you feel the responsibility to do more.
Johnson started and finished the move for the Reds' late second, finding Philip Zinckernagel on the left and then galloping into the box to fire home the Dane's low cross.
Should West Ham win the Europa League they would be granted automatic qualification into next season's Champions League, but Noble said even that wouldn't entice him back to the pitch.
Klopp's side had gone in goalless in their previous two games at Anfield and with Conte's plan working there was no onus on the away side to change the approach - this would surely require patience and ingenuity, perhaps even the will of the home crowd.
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“They have very good players, including one of the best in the world, namely Mohamed Salah. My players are motivated to win.
However, Sassuolo defender Gian Marco Ferrari picked up a second yellow card with 12 minutes remaining and Roma capitalised deep in stoppage time through a Cristante header.
There was no nastiness with that. Incey was a really good team-mate and I thought he was a very good player.
But if they want to see quality games, to see emotion, to see this type of thing that makes the beauty of football too, we have to respect the health of the players. Bayern Munich and Poland's Lewandowski cited player welfare as a concern amid a packed playing schedule at international and club level.
I think Emile [Smith Rowe], Conor Gallagher, Marc Guehi, in particular, are all playing very well with their clubs [and could have made the squad], Gareth Southgate said last week when explaining the decision-making process behind his squad for the November internationals, with Smith Rowe eventually called-up after an injury to James Ward-Prowse.
We've seen it a lot, people getting hit, luckily they were all quite close to me but they didn't hit me.
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It was only after an intervention by his mother Marlucia that Rivaldo's trajectory changed. She sat her son down, looked him in the eye and said: Your father would have wanted nothing more than for you to be a professional footballer. Go for it.
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Straight from the restart, Leicester needed just five touches before Barnes cut inside from the left and curled a brilliant equaliser beyond Meslier into the top corner.
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United have now sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager, with Messi’s current coach Mauricio Pochettino in the running to replace him. Ronaldo’s former boss from his days at Real, Zinedine Zidane, is seen as the favourite to take over in Paris.
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Meanwhile, Egypt assistant coach Diyaa El-Sayed – who covered for suspended head coach Carlos Queiroz – is confident the Pharaohs will bounce back from their latest defeat for their next challenge.
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The Blaugrana's last game before the international break saw them squander a three-goal lead at Celta Vigo to draw 3-3 and, with the side languishing in ninth place in the table, the arrival of club legend Xavi has provided a much-needed morale boost.
Brighton currently sit fifth in the WSL table while Manchester City are sat in sixth They are still a quality side with a depleted squad, said Powell.
That hardly comes a surprise, as whenever he is spoken about either by a team-mate or coach, one of the first words that will be mentioned to describe the Manchester-born centre-back is 'leader'.
The lead was quickly doubled when Odegaard continued his fine form in front of goal, nodding home after Kieran Tierney had looped a header back into the danger area.
A late strike by substitute Teddy Jenks gave Aberdeen a narrow 1-0 cinch Premiership win over struggling St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.
“We need to play with personality, with responsibility, and we can not lose so many balls. Those were our mistakes.”
Although he returned against Liverpool immediately after the international break, he has yet to return to peak fitness, and has been putting in extra work at the training ground in a bid to prevent any further muscle injuries.
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In fact, it was only a few weeks ago that Antonio Conte was saying he needed backing in the summer in order to stay.
Three weeks ago Jesse didn't want to leave and then he changed his mind, said Rangnick. He was then further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and making threats to kill on Tuesday.
Rangers return to Scottish Premiership action on Sunday (12:00 GMT) as they travel to Tynecastle to play Hearts.
With the transfer window due to open in the coming days, Conte said he was ready, to give my opinion about the squad,” to those higher up at the club.
Still, never underestimate the value of experience. For how long will he be able to stay in the England set-up unless he plays regularly at club level?
Amid a topsy turvy season of referee criticism, lackluster results and frequent complaints about squad depth, Reynolds hasn't been spared by Mourinho, who has clearly indicated that he doesn't believe the defender is ready for the top level.
And then, the ones that you buy, [it's important] that they can have an impact straight away. That's a big decision they have to make in recruitment, and then they are human beings as well.
“I don't exist there and wouldn't have time to do that, so therefore it's always better and I always communicate with the players directly. I did that with Anthony and Jesse, but maybe I'm from a different kind of generation.
