MAN OF THE MATCH Piotr Zielisnki – A classy, all-purpose midfielder. Got his head down throughout, as a key part of Napoli’s defensive performance, and got his head up to make their goal with a fine pass to Mertens. PLAYER RATINGS Napoli: Ospina 6, Di Lorenzo 7, Maksimovic 7, Manolas 6, Mario Rui 7, Fabian Ruiz 7, Demme 6, Zielinski 8, Callejon 6, Mertens 8, Insigne 7.
In terms of what the club needed to do for a number of years now – (it’s to) put the best in class football operators into that club and they’re not doing it. They’re not doing it and it’s a mess. Woodward and United have not responded to a Reuters request for comment. LACK OF DIRECTION Before he was sacked in December 2018, Mourinho let it be known that his transfer targets had been vetoed by Woodward and on Wednesday Solskjaer said that his squad was “stretched” and said he wanted some new recruits.
Real Esteli will host Juventus Managua for this fixture of the league. No doubt, the hosts want to win. They probably want to get all three points. Esteli is one of the ambitious teams in this league. They are currently on the 2nd place with 27 points. True, they are not convincing team in the last matches. Also, we have Juventus Managua who's is very average team in this season. They are currently on the 7th place with 17 points. I believe, the visitors have a more offensive team. However, they have a vulnerable defense. In any case, both teams will try to score a goal. My pick: Juventus Managua to win.
There was another man there too. He was angry. We escorted him from the hotel. We didn't call the police, because they had enough on their hands controlling the fans. David Beckham kisses the Champions League trophyGetty Images Giggs got to his room around 8am and decided to rest his head for half an hour.
Arsenal have averaged only 1.0 goal per game under Arteta so far, though they conceded a total of just three goals at the other end, and from the outside at least, it looks like the former Man City assistant has madethe tightening of the Gunners' notoriously porous defence his first priority.
Yet again our safety and stewarding team, along with Sussex Police, have had to deal with three separate and unwanted instances of disgusting racist and homophobic abuse," Brighton's chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber said. If the prospect of a life ban from watching their clubs play football isn't a strong enough deterrent, we have to ask the question as to whether the courts should be given the power to hand out more severe punishments? "Football can only do so much, and we are sick and tired of the game's reputation being tarnished by these people.
Tomori has been one of the standout performers in Frank Lampard's debut season as Chelsea manager. The 22-year-old played 55 times under Lampard on loan at Derby last season, and has become a first-team regular at Chelsea. He has made 16 appearances for the Blues this season as well as making his debut in the Champions League and at senior international level for England.
Arsenal have not signed a decent centre-half in a decade while Tottenham are still without a functioning replacement for Mousa Dembele, who stopped being a functioning midfielder about two years ago. Ibrahimovic takes aim at Ronaldo Zlatan Ibrahimovic loves - no *loves* - Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima.
Their last 10 matches have produced three clean sheets but none of these have come in the last five. In terms of attack, Sheffield have been good in their recent matches; they have scored in seven of their last 10 matches. They have failed to score in just one of their last five matches. They are however winless in three of their last five home matches.
Flamengo's domestic progress - they are one win away from claiming the league title - and seamless path to the Libertadores final has lifted the mood in Rio, where years of crime, corruption and unemployment have dented spirits. Monica Barcelos, 41, was at the bar to watch the game with a group of fellow metro workers.
Sheffield Wednesday deny the charges, calling them "unlawful" and "stands ready, if necessary, to vigorously defend them". The club, which is now bringing a claim against the EFL, says it has "numerous emails, letters and other documents in which the EFL gave authorisation to the transaction, and on which authorisation the club understood it could rely". Lifelong Wednesday fan Chris McClure told BBC Radio 5 Live his club's situation "shines a light on a bigger problem" within the league and its finances, and he now feels "numb" going to watch his side, with their season in limbo as they await their fate.
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Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training and is set to miss at least the remainder of this season. The 2018 Ballon d'Or winner and 2019 BBC Women's Footballer of the Year has ruptured the ACL in her right knee, the French club confirmed on Tuesday. Hegerberg, 24, said: "This is a setback for me, but I'm going to work through this with all my heart and my energy.
Tirana is in 6th place with 19 points while Kukesi is in 2nd place with 21 points. Both teams wants to fight for the title this season and I see more favorite Tirana here to win because they play in their field and they will have a huge support and also because Kukesi have some injured players. Tirana have more qualities but however I'm betting in Over 2.5 because I believe that both teams wants to win this match so they will make an open game and I believe that we will have 3 goals here in this match. In away Kukesi in 6 matches played until now have scored 4 goals and have conceded 4 and seems that is a defending team but I believe in this match we will have goals because both teams are freshed because of postponed weeks in league in the past weeks.
Out-of-sorts Juve took more than an hour to manage a shot on target although Ronaldo pulled one back in the 90th minute as he continued his scoring run. Sarri, who led Napoli to second place with a club record points tally in his final season in charge in 2017-18, was jeered by the crowd and insulting banners were placed in various parts of the city before the match.
this is a game of wits that sees two presumably good teams square off. Tuchel `s man will be seeking to exact revenge on Dortmund for the trashing they got in Germany. Psg front line will be seeking to prove just how formidable they can be. Dortmund will be aiming to shock psg by defeating them both in Germany and in France and earn a well deserved champions league quarter final spot. This game is difficult to predict a straight winner but it is definitely a game that will see both teams wanting to score a number of goals hence I expect at least three goals .
In recent weeks, Keith Hill's men have really started to get the hang of making their presence felt in the final third, scoring in each of their last four, notching a respectable total of six goals. Make no mistake about it, despite recently making it into the positive in terms of points, Bolton still have an almost unachievable task ahead of them regarding staying up, but if they can continue to score regular goals, then there's no reason as to why they cannot continue the fight for survival until the death.
Did you know? Since the Premier League resumed in June, Willian has either scored (four) or assisted (two) six league goals in five matches - as many as he was involved in across his previous 19 league appearances beforehand. Henderson: Barely eight minutes had gone and the game was over. Liverpool punished Brighton for having the audacity to think they could outplay the champions. If the Seagulls thought their visitors had come to the south coast to quietly see out the season, such ideas couldn't have been further from the truth.
Peterborough's march towards the top has slowed down slightly of late, but they're still moving in the right direction. Darren Ferguson's men come into this Boxing Day clash having lost none of their last four league games, two of which they've won. They did fail to score when drawing 0-0 last time out, which is uncharacteristic, but the fact that they kept a clean sheet and avoided defeat on the road against a fellow top-six chaser was pleasing.
AC Milan suffered their heaviest defeat for more than 21 years as they were thrashed 5-0 by Atalanta in Serie A. Stefano Pioli's side are 10th in the table and could go into Christmas in the bottom half if Sassuolo or Bologna win later on Sunday. Alejandro Gomez scored a stunning opener, nutmegging Andrea Conti before firing home, and Atalanta's final three goals came in the last half hour. Mario Pasalic scored and Josip Ilicic netted twice before Luis Muriel struck.
Both teams scored in four of RKC’s and five of Heerenveen’s last six matches and the visitors have drawn 40% of their league games this season, which only adds weight to our prediction for a 2-2 draw this weekend. Both teams scored in 60% of RKC’s and 67% of Heerenveen’s games so far this season and we’re expecting more of the same on Sunday.
Brian Rice's side has also done well to threaten teams in attack at New Douglas Park, as they've scored nine goals in as many games, failing to find the back of the net on just three occasions. Hamilton hasn't conceded that many either, letting in 13 goals and never more than three but failing to keep a clean sheet in eight of their nine home ties.
Real had two penalty appeals turned down for challenges against Raphael Varane and the club took the unusual decision to highlight these incidents on their official website after the game, questioning why video technology (VAR) was not used. Captain Sergio Ramos and midfielder Casemiro also raged against the decisions, while director of institutional relations Emilio Butragueno said it was "disconcerting" that the referee did not watch the incidents again on the pitchside monitor.
Fans across Europe have been barred from attending matches and Guardiola said it was only a matter of time before games in England were affected. It happens already in Italy, the league is suspended and in Spain the games behind closed doors," Guardiola told a news conference on Tuesday. I think it's going to happen here.
The Dutch darlings reminded everyone of why they should be everyone's second team in last season's edition, reaching the semi-final stage. Now, they will play Europa League football and face a tricky round of 32 first leg tie away to Getafe. The surprise story of the La Liga campaign, Getafe are currently third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Spanish top flight.
Leagues can choose to use the new handball law when the season resumes, football's lawmaking body says. The International Football Association Board (Ifab) wrote to the four British football associations on Tuesday to confirm the approved changes to the laws of the game for 2020-21. This includes using the "T-shirt line" to differentiate between the arm and the shoulder for handball decisions. New laws usually become compulsory on 1 June for the start of the new season.
There were 35 passes in the build up to Mesut Ozil's goal, with every single player touching the ball for the Gunners - the most number of passes for any goal in the Premier League this season. What's next?Arsenal's attentions now turn to the Europa League and Olympiakos, who they face on Thursday (20:00 GMT), before they return to Premier League action next Sunday against Everton (16:30). Meanwhile, Newcastle are next in action next Saturday, when they travel to Crystal Palace in the Premier League (15:00).
Lukasz Piszczek opened the scoring after 33 minutes, before Sancho's remarkable season continued when he was left in acres of space on the left wing on 50 minutes, dancing inside a defender before burying his shot. Haaland then scored his ninth goal in six matches following his January move from Red Bull Salzburg - and Raphael Guerreiro added a fourth - as Dortmund re-stated their title credentials with a victory which leaves them one point off Bayern Munich having played a game more than their rivals.
We want to go there and bring it back, we're not going there to mess about. Download and listen to the latest Football Daily podcast"I've had a lot of the players we've used enquiring about whether they'll be in the squad, so there's a lot of interest in the whole experience and whole journey from everyone in Cornwall. Kernow's island rivals also feel they could have what it takes to bring the World Cup back to their shores.
No team will want to play Liverpool in the Champions League last 16, says Reds defender Andrew Robertson. The European champions beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 on Tuesday to advance as Group E winners. Jurgen Klopp's side have reached the final in the past two seasons and are unbeaten in the Premier League. We're respected in this tournament. The way we've done things in the last two years, nobody wants to play against us," said 25-year-old Robertson.
Because money was and is a big issue to deal with, in the sense of the financial fair play regulations, Boro were coming to the end of the parachute payments and had a squad which was too expensive," Drury added. He, like any manager coming in at that point, let alone one in their very first job, had a real big task on their hands, which was to reshape an expensive squad and completely overhaul the playing style.
The Premier League's opening weekend is due to be on 8 August. Uefa feels if the season ends on 30 June, they could squeeze in all the qualifying rounds for their tournaments before the group stages begin in September. When would season have to start again to be finished for 30 June?There are nine rounds of Premier League fixtures remaining, plus the two matches postponed because of Manchester City and Aston Villa reaching the Carabao Cup final.
It was a bit of a struggle in midweek but Tottenham won their second game in a row since the arrival of Jose Mourinho. They are 10th in the Premier League, a place and a point above their opponents Bournemouth. Tottenham have scored seven goals in their two games under Mourinho but have also conceded four, so a bit of work to be done yet.
Half of Atleti's wins this term have been by a single goal, whilst they have scored an average of just 1.15 goals per game. Simeone's side do have the best defence in La Liga though with just eight conceded and seven clean sheets recorded, so a 0-1 scoreline appeals here – especially considering that both of Granada's home defeats have been by the odd goal.
Rukh Brest Res. host Minsk Res. in the Belarusian reserve premier league. This is very difficult match to predict, because there is no quality gap between these two squads, Rukh Brest Res. is ranked 4th place in 9 points, while Minsk Res. is ranked 2nd place with 10 points.
Incredible celebrations. Morata raced cleared as Liverpool pushed forward, before finishing well past Adrian. KEY STATS Atletico failed to land a shot on target in the first half, with both attempts going off target. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has had a hand in four goals in the Champions League this season (three goals, one assist)- his joint-best tally.
Internacional made it to the last eight of this competition last year only to lose to fellow Brazilian Serie A side, Flamengo. They went to Chile last week and came home with a goalless draw. Currently enjoying success in the Gaucho 1, they have a great home record. Their opponents struggle for goals in this competition, especially on their travels. Go for a home win here.
Fremad did lost in the previous round, and they are not anymore secure in the mid of the table. Teams is not upon their rival with much points spread, and they could easy drop in the danger zone for the relegation in the next time. They are facing rival that won an important match in the recent round, and should be under the pressure as the favorite at their host pitch.
To leave out Abdoulaye Doucoure and Troy Deeney after their win at Bournemouth and two-goal Riyad Mahrez after he danced his way through the Aston Villa defence on two occasions was very difficult. But I could not bring myself to leave out Kevin de Bruyne after his assist for Gabriel Jesus. Have you ever seen a pass like it? Out of this world.
Following Fulham's victory at Blackburn Rovers earlier on Saturday, Marcelo Bielsa's side are now level on points with the third-placed Cottagers, having also squandered the opportunity to go top by losing to the Reds. The result further extended what has been a miserable run of form for Leeds, who have now won just twice since 10 December - at which point they held an 11-point gap to Fulham. Forest, meanwhile, are just one point further back in fourth and are one of at least five sides who look firmly in the mix for automatic promotion.
This is two teams that are practicing very open minded football and very attacking football. Both teams are at the mid table and should not worry about getting relegated while also they don't have a chance for the upper part. So far KF Feronikeli collected 43 pts with overall of 13 - 4 - 8 ; 43-27 while Drenica have 9 - 7 - 9 ; 31 - 31. When it comes to H2H, the matches between this two teams goals are not a problem. The last match here finished with 4-1 won for KF Feronikeli I expect something like that today too for sure... Good Luck
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Shrewsbury play host to Bristol Rovers at New Meadow on Saturday afternoon. The hosts go in search of a fourth win in five games, while the visitors will be looking to extend an unbeaten run that currently stands at five.
Assisted by Hélder Costa. Lyle Taylor's first-half strike ruined Nottingham Forest's chances of going second in the Championship as Charlton Athletic eased their relegation fears by ending a dismal 12-game winless away run. Taylor powerfully steered home Naby Sarr's delicious left-wing cross after Forest lost possession and the Addicks held on with little alarm to move up to 19th place in the table, six points above the relegation zone.
Mohamed Salah could have pushed his claims for the Golden Boot but missed several chances - while Keita distinguished himself with a superb strike and excellent performance. Once again, Liverpool refused to finish second best in a show of character and quality. It was a fitting way for Liverpool to round off another unbeaten league season at Anfield and the perfect set-up for those title presentation celebrations.
They host Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday and if they manage to win, they will set a club record for ten successive top-flight victories. With nine in a row already, why should they fear anyone? Not even Juventus could daunt Lazio, the perennial Serie A champions falling to defeat in the Super Cup over the Christmas period.
Premier League done deals: All the January transfer window ins and outs In the meantime, Cedric Soares is spotted somewhere along the M3 as he leaves Southampton to join Arsenal on loan. Cedric Soares, SouthamptonGetty Images As morning makes way for afternoon, the patient wait for a significant deal to get over the line goes on.
