Last season's Segunda runners-up have to be commended for their decent start to the campaign and for holding Diego Simeone's side to keep themselves in 8th place, but overall they have little going for them ahead of Sunday's contest at San Mames against a Bilbao side who are clearly thriving at present.
Ferguson had already decided that he could not go into the game without some penetration from central midfield. Usually that came from the passing of Keane and Scholes, and the late runs of the latter. With both unavailable, Ferguson’s first instinct was to use Giggs in the centre. At that stage of his career he had played only a handful of games in that position – but he was usually impressive, and his dribbling was even more devastating when he started from a central position.
Defending champions Manchester City will face local rivals Manchester United in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. Leicester City will take on Aston Villa in the other last-four clash, with the ties to be played over two legs in the weeks commencing 6 and 27 January. Manchester United and Leicester will be at home in their first legs. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have won the tournament in each of the last two seasons and four times in the last six years.
Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a corner. Posted at 84' Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Grant Hanley. Posted at 81' Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City). Posted at 81' Danny Rose (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. BookingPosted at 80' Nabil Bentaleb (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nevertheless, there is little chance the league does get finished. Read the full story Video - Barca prepare to outbid Liverpool in Werner transfer chase – Euro Papers01:09 McNeil to be sold - Dyche Burnley boss Sean Dyche has admitted that the club will eventually have to sell young forward Dwight McNeil.
Maritimo have only kept clean sheets in 12% of their home games in the league this season while Guimaraes are yet to keep a single clean sheet on the road, and the hosts haven’t failed to score at home so far while their guests have only failed to score in 14% of their away games, just another couple of reasons we expect to see both teams score on Sunday.
the Lens fc team and the Grenoble foot 38 fc team, go head to head in France Liga II. The Lens fc team is in 2nd position with 46 points Collected. While guest team the Grenoble Foot 38 fc team came in 10th place by collecting 31 points. In the last 5 times the Lens fc team played at home, 1 of them ended in a draw. While the visitor team played at away last 5 previous matches, 2 of them ended in a the Grenoble Foot 38 fc team had draw.
Now Rooney finally gets a chance to take the field, as he features in the Championship for the first time. However, will he be able to recapture the magic of his greatest years in the Premier League, or could Barnsley prove to be the side who spoil the party? The Tykes have hit form at just the right time to get something out of this one.
Marquinhos gets in the way but the ball pops up to Haaland, who pokes it in from a few yards out! 75’ GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1 Paris St Germain 1 (Neymar 75) We're level! Mbappe picks the ball up in the inside right channel. From a standing start he dances around and through three Dortmund players and into the penalty area, before squaring it to Neymar for a tap-in.
Assisted by Ángel Di María. Posted at 67' Attempt missed. Jordan Lefort (Amiens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fousseni Diabaté. Goal!Posted at 65' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Amiens 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María. SubstitutionPosted at 64' Substitution, Amiens.
AC Milan have also been heavily linked with a move for Malen. ESTIMATED COST: £37M Donyell Malen of PSV during the UEFA Champions League second round qualifying first leg match between PSV Eindhoven and FC BaselGetty Images 33: Milan Skriniar (Inter) WHY HE COULD MOVE Milan Skriniar is the new defensive sensation in European football.
It felt like a bit of a statement to me. Yes, everything has happened to make football feel different, but we will always have this song and no-one will ever stop us playing it. It was a nice feeling to have, and it will mean a lot next time I hear it too. Flags and banners replaced fans as Liverpool returned to Anfield amid the coronavirus pandemic with Wednesday's win over Crystal PalaceThe title winner who got relegated tooAfter waiting 30 years you will take a title win any way it comes, but I have had a strange one myself already.
Borussia Dortmund are close to completing the signing of Birmingham City's teenage midfielder Jude Bellingham on a long-term contract. In August, Bellingham broke the record of former England striker Trevor Francis as Birmingham's youngest player, when he made his first team debut aged 16 years and 38 days. He scored the winner against Stoke on his home debut. BBC Sport understands the transfer to Dortmund is yet to be completed.
Budimir scored a deflected strike for Mallorca, before Messi scored a similar goal to his first, this time from an Ivan Rakitic pass. Suarez scored the best goal of the game, however. An excellent passing move ended with Frenkie de Jong finding Suarez, who backheeled the ball into the ground and over goalkeeper Manolo Reina. Luis Suarez scoring his audacious backheelBudimir headed in his second for Mallorca before Messi smashed in his third from Suarez's lay-off.
Assisted by Enda Stevens. Their 22nd successive top-flight win at home, breaking the English record set by Bill Shankly's side in 1972, was sealed by goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane after Callum Wilson had given Bournemouth a shock lead. It restored their 25-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table, and three more wins are all that are now required to rubber-stamp Liverpool's first title for 30 years.
The performances - who played well and who was off their game - didn’t matter. All we wanted was for them to get over the line. There was a bit of panic when Karren Brady suggested that cancelling the season was a possibility but that won’t happen. It was scaremongering. Ultimately we’ll win it and I’m delighted for the younger supporters.
Paper Round’s view: It is not clear if Calafat is more of a fixer than a scout, as many of these young players were well known by European clubs and the press for years before they made their move to Real. However, getting someone who can operate smartly in the transfer market is an essential presence in the Premier League, and he would be worth recruiting.
What does Mason want to achieve next?" Tony Mount ponders. He wants to win silverware, with Chelsea and England. The best is yet to come, and he'll want to be the best," Viveash adds. I'd certainly expect to see a better Mason Mount than you're seeing at the moment, which is brilliant for Chelsea fans and England. Mount's self-belief has been justified, but the work he has always relished continues.
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Jose on Eriksen future Video - Jose on Eriksen future: Only me, Amazon and Christian know!00:56 08:30 - Big night of UCL matches Right then, big old evening of Champions League action tonight, with Jose Mourinho's first home game as Tottenham manager coming against Olympiacos. Man City host Shakhtar Donetsk, while there are two heavyweight European clashes as Real Madrid welcome PSG to the Bernabeu, and Juventus take on Atletico Madrid in Turin.
Home team really will not have any problems to win in this match from Ukraine Premier league and I will in any case try something like that. So, Shakhtar Donetsk is team who is absolutely the best in this country in last few years. Team is already new champion, again, because in this moment, they are have more than 10 points more than Dynamo Kiev - the biggest rival and that is clear. I see here very easy home win, because Lviv is poor team who is dangerous zone and team who will be fight for survival this season. Yes, over is ok.
Emery's away record, as it had been before in his career, was abysmal and showed no signs of improving. Arsenal won seven and lost eight of their 19 games last season and this season have won one of six. It was an acute case of travel sickness. Emery had no cure - and ultimately paid with his job. The telling stats behind Emery's downfall at ArsenalCommunication breakdown It is one of the cheapest shots in the book to mock a manager's command of English when he arrives in the Premier League - and Emery made every effort to communicate in that manner from the moment he arrived at Arsenal.
But that’s OK, because you’re supposedly one of the world’s greatest managers. You still have competent footballers at your disposal. Try something. And to his credit, he did at least try against Leipzig. But when you’re commending a manager for taking part in the right spirit after a 3-0 defeat, it’s probably time to say goodbye.
Hudson-Odoi and Christian Pulisic have qualities but football is not about individuals, it’s about team performance. We are relatively confident, I feel pretty good with the draw. City have money, but we're Real Madrid' Emilio Butragueno is not fazed by the prospect of his Real Madrid side taking on Manchester City in the next round of the Champions League.
Assisted by Christian Eriksen. Posted at 50' Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah. Posted at 48' Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool). Posted at 48' Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Posted at 84' Declan Gallagher (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half. SubstitutionPosted at 83' Substitution, Celtic. Patryk Klimala replaces Odsonne Edouard. Goal!Posted at 80' Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 4. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
He had previously been assistant coach of Chicago Red Stars and head coach of the Turks and Caicos Islands' national team. Utah's season has not been able to kick off due to coronavirus and Harrington had taken only two training sessions with his players when lockdown was put in place. The 37-year-old is spending his days on his own in an apartment near Salt Lake City, as his wife and two children live in Chicago.
You can watch series one on iPlayer, here. When it comes to football, Filly is a Crystal Palace fan - and has been since he moved to Bromley, aged eight. One of my neighbours, Charlie, was a die-hard Palace fan and my best friend at the time," Filly told BBC Sport. He took me to my first Palace game, and that was it. I have never looked back. My favourite players when I was growing up were Victor Moses and Dougie Freedman - now, it has to be Wilfried Zaha.
Under Monarriz, San Lorenzo have now claimed 7 points from their last 3 matches, beating Argentinos Juniors and Patronato in the process to shoot up to 11th place. Whilst they're not the force they once were, San Lorenzo should certainly be competing a bit higher up than they currently are and will be looking for a strong result to sign off the year here.
After back to back league defeats, Sassuolo are under pressure to put things right in their visit to Udinese this weekend. The Neroverdi have slipped two points behind the hosts, which means both of these sides are now fearing the drop as we reach the half-way point in the campaign.
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Festive trips to Everton and Bournemouth follow. The odds: Emery, midway through his second season in charge, is currently second-favourite to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job, after Silva. Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is ahead of Manchester City assistant Arteta and former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri in the list of frontrunners to replace the Spaniard, while Rafael Benitez, who left Newcastle in the summer, and former player Freddie Ljungberg are also believed to be in the running.
He added: "I am giving him a chance. I am not singing 'Ole's at the wheel' but, since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013, it feels like we have been pretty much the same almost every season. So we are performing at the level we have pretty much been at for the past few years now, only Ole is a bit more likeable. How to follow the FA Cup third round on the BBCLAWRO'S PREDICTIONSPremier League v non-league When?GapResultLawroSUNDAYSheff Utd v AFC Fylde104x-x2-0Gap = how many league positions separate each teamThis is the first time AFC Fylde have played a Premier League club and it is going to be a great day for them - this is the biggest game in their history.
The midfielder made a world-record move in 2001, scoring a picture-book volley in the final as Real Madrid won the Champions League in his first season, and retired after an eventful 2006 World Cup, winning the Golden Ball and being sent off as France lost in the final. Wright: "When people say poetry in motion, you watch Zidane and you get it. Shearer: "He was the best player I ever played against.
Pochettino guided the Lilywhites to four successive top-four finishes and took the club to the Champions League final last season but Mourinho faces a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in the round of 16 tie with RB Leipzig in this year's competition, while his team are seventh in the league. The Portuguese had claimed he would have to prioritise either Saturday's league game at Burnley or Tuesday's Champions League trip to Germany because of the injury crisis.
In recent meetings between these two sides, PSG have really dominated. They are unbeaten in their last 19 matches against St Etienne but in the last five they have been scoring a lot of goals. PSG have scored three or more goals in four of the last six meetings with St Etienne. Looking at St Etienne’s form, especially away from, we don’t feel there will be a big variation from this. The easier pick is a win for PSG here but that will not offer great odds; we will thus go for over 2.5 goals in this clash.
It is the 35th day of La Liga 2, the Spanish football championship in the 2nd division, where Real Oviedo will receive Fuenlabrada. Oviedo sit 17th and collected a total number of 40 points. Fuenlabrada sit 13th and collected a total number of 45 points Real Oviedo is slight favorite here in this game. They are currently doing very well. After all, they have been without a defeat for five league games in a row. Even in a direct meetings, they often had the edge. They are only two places away from the relegation ranks and must absolutely win this game. The guests have nothing left to gain or lose, but they could end up getting a draw here.
Moyes is back in charge at West Ham while Bilic has taken West Brom to the top of the Championship and will get a warm welcome when he returns to the London Stadium. My first thought when the draw was made was 'wow'," Bilic said on Friday. I can't deny that it will be a special game for me and for (assistant coach) Julian Dicks because we played and coached there.
Lying in 17th position in Ligue 1, hosts Dijon were facing an uphill struggle when Wesley Lautoa turned the ball into his own net in the first minute, but Mounir Chouiar got his side back on level terms 12 minutes later. League leaders PSG illustrated the gulf in class towards the end of the first half as Kylian Mbappe restored their advantage, and defender Thiago Silva struck a third five minutes into the second half.
Bristol rovers is in terrible form for a very long time and they didn't won on 10 games in a row, so they went from legit playoff team to a team which is hard stuck on the middle of the table and maybe tonight is time for them to win because Tranmere is right now worst team in the league, they lost at least five in a row and also didn't even score a goal on last four games so I think they will lose this game or at least not win so I surely recommend this bet to the anyone
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He will likely be only one of the first to suffer from the disease, with the majority of the world expect to contract it. Read the full story Drinkwater future at risk The Telegraph believes that Aston Villa midfielder Danny Drinkwater could have time in the midlands cut short after allegedly headbutting a teammate during a six-a-side training game, with Jota believed to be the player.
The Hull defense is all over the place with them losing no less than 5-1 at home to Brentford and drawing high scoring draw it was 4-4 with Swansea at home and they will not get an easier game today even though their opponents are bottom of the league table club Barnsley, facts are the bottom of the league have started winning games and Barnsley in fact has two wins in a row at this moment including a 3-0 win away from home at Fulham which is one of the top teams in the league.
Match of japan J league where team Kobe will play at home with team Cerezo Osaka. Hosts are at the 5 place in the standings with 53 points. Guests have 10 place. My bet there will be over 2.5 goals. It is the end stage of schedules and both clubs are without great motivation to play in defense only. From statistics both clubs played own matches under 2.5 goals . I think it is a time to change statistics. Team Vissel Kobe scored 53 goals after 31 matches. Cerezo Osaka scored 35 goals after 31 matches. It is a good bet on this game .
Conceded by Giovani Lo Celso. Posted at 77' Attempt blocked. George Saville (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier. SubstitutionPosted at 74' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Marcus Tavernier replaces Djed Spence. Posted at 74' Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 74' Foul by Marvin Johnson (Middlesbrough).
They had been hit by injury and suspension as captain Robson suffered a shoulder injury and Ray Wilkins was sent off against Morocco - but fate intervened as England were revitalised by the introduction of the fiery presence of Everton's Peter Reid and the goals of club-mate Lineker. Lineker, who left Everton for Barcelona after the tournament, scored a brilliant 35-minute hat-trick, turning home crosses from Gary Stevens and Steve Hodge before pouncing on a goalkeeping error for his third.
Home side is in the place as outsider here, but it should not be such a confident clash for the away team as favorites. They even should not play with the full power, and probably will not put into the fire best lineup. Karlsberg did have some good performances recently in the friendly matches, and they should make another tough resist to the bigger name.
Hull City's season is at the crossroads. A few good wins and they could still get into the play-offs but more defeats could see them dragged into a relegation battle. Swansea aren't in the best of form either and are losing ground on the top six. The two sides have conceded 84 league goals between them and the tip here is for both teams to score in this game.
