Defensively it could have been seven or eight - they were out-fought, out-battled. They've got to make a change. With the budget and what they've spent, I don't think they've been left with much choice. A club the size of Everton can't be in the bottom three. They can't risk relegation. There's enough ability in that squad to do better than they are doing. I've been at clubs where you ask who's going to lead it.
With cricket in England suspended until May 28, the PCA also said players had agreed to being furloughed by their counties if they are asked to do so. I'm pleased we have reached a collective agreement between the PCA, England Cricket Board (ECB) and the 18 first-class counties," PCA Chairman Daryl Mitchell said.
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Forest drew 1-1 at in-form Derby County on Saturday but will be disappointed with that result. They led early in the first half but conceded a 96th minute equalizer. When Fulham won at home to Birmingham later that afternoon, that saw the Londoners go above Forest in the table. The home side are six points behind the final automatic promotion spot.
Marseille have scored two goals in each of their last four matches and we feel this momentum will be enough to carry them past this Angers side. The hosts have solid home form this season but haven't been as convincing in recent weeks at the Raymond Kopa, with rather underwhelming performances coming against far weaker teams than Marseille. They drew 1-1 with Amiens before losing 1-0 to Brest and with both these teams currently in the bottom six, there is room for improvement.
League Two get £1m. That disproportionate flow through of cash has got to be corrected and there is no better time than now. While top-flight teams can rely on broadcast rights to make up the majority of their revenue, teams lower down the football pyramid rely more greatly on gate receipts. In March, Mark Palios, chairman of League One Tranmere Rovers, told BBC Sport many clubs "operate hand to mouth" while Portsmouth chief executive officer Mark Catlin said losing ticket sales for the remaining games this season might "tip others over the edge".
Six of St. Etienne’s last 10 matches have produced over 2. In Ligue 1, St. Etienne have six wins and two losses in the last 10 while they have one clean sheet in the last five Ligue 1 matches. They are unbeaten in five Ligue 1 matches at home, having won three, and have three clean sheets as well in the five matches.
We had a great second half and made the chances to win but it was a draw. Everyone wants to move forward, everyone wants to win, we put in good performances at home. Atletico, who host Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, were able to bring on striker Alvaro Morata in the second half for his comeback from a muscle injury.
Neither of these two sides have it easy going into this clash. Wigan's 3-2 win against Birmingham ended a 13-game wait for a league win. However, they last won consecutively in August 2019. They are in terrible form with only five wins in 26 league games, so Wigan are under pressure to start turning things around. Wigan should be worried, as the home side has won just three of the last 12 league meetings between Wigan and Bristol City (W3 D6 L3).
Pochettino clearly saw the Champions League final as the big chance to cement Spurs' place in the top echelons but appeared a distant, discontented, disaffected figure once that did not materialise. Klopp, in contrast, is taking Liverpool and their supporters on a dream ride. Liverpool have brought in game-changers such as Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, and the manner in which Spurs have been left behind comes into sharper focus with every passing week.
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Ole has started seeing the team he wanted - that's my feeling," Guardiola told a news conference ahead of City's League Cup semi-final first-leg against United on Tuesday. Even the last (league) game against Arsenal, that they lost, we saw what they want. It's not easy to handle a team at a big, big club.
Bournemouth are 15th in the Premier League on 16 points, one point above the drop zone, following Saturday's 3-0 defeat by leaders Liverpool. We're in a relegation battle now," Howe told British media after watching his team slump to their fifth defeat in a row. I think you've got to be realistic . If you don't talk about it and hide from it, it can loom up on you without you realising it.
Slonim x Smorgon. Smorgon coming from a win and Slonim from 2 defeats, it's not possible yet to state who is stronger this year with so few matches played so far. The fact is Smorgon last year conceded 40 goals away in their 14 matches, Slonim at home 22 so I guess here is a matter of who is conceding less I guess, cause these 2 are terrible at scoring by the looks of it. We had a Slonim scoring 12 at home last year and a Smorgon 14 away. This match will be a tight one, but I don't see Slonim losing this one at home
While neither UEFA nor City have made many details of the case public, the decision of the CAS panel would offer an early indication of their view on the strength of City's appeal. It will be very revealing to see what CAS does in terms of an application for provisional measures, as one of the factors that the president of the panel will take into account when deciding whether to grant provisional measures is the likelihood of success on the merits of the case," said Mehrzad.
Red Bull Salzburg winger Takumi Minamino will have a Liverpool medical on Wednesday and is set to join the Premier League leaders on 1 January. The Japan international, 24, is thought to have a release clause of £7. Minamino has scored nine goals and provided 11 assists in 22 appearances for Salzburg this season. He played in both of his side's Champions League group games against the Reds this season, netting in the 4-3 defeat at Anfield in October.
Back after the Winter break, Le Havre quickly caught up with the minimum victory on the field of Chamois Niortais. It was the fourth match they won in the last 6 matches in Ligue 2 (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). This impressive performance helped the home players to reach 7th place in the rankings with 32 points. Le Havre's opponent today is Troyes, also a team that does not hide ambitions to compete for the championship. The current players are fourth with 38 points, only four points behind the second team. This is a gap that Troyes can completely catch up to the opponent in the upcoming period of the season.
Chelsea are wounded going to this game and they will be looking to recover from their home loss to West Ham United here. The Blues will be favorites as they play their second straight game at home, and with back to back losses in the league, they know how crucial this game can be. Aston Villa have a poor away record and going here, they will be firmly the underdogs, regardless of the fact that they are coming from a win. While Aston Villa have few clean sheets, they have been scoring more regularly; they have scored the most among the bottom eight sides. Chelsea on the other hand, have conceded the second most among the top 12. We will be backing both teams to score here, but with Chelsea winning.
But given the chance to offer his public support for the player in the USA at the start of a pre-season tour, Guardiola chose a different approach. Jogi decided what was best and I respect the decisions of the manager," he said. For Leroy, this decision may make him stronger. He has to improve his game and keep to the levels he showed last season. To mark that moment as the beginning of the end though would be wrong.
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He’s injured. It is the same ankle so he will be out for a little while," Solskjaer told BT Sport before the match. In separate comments to the club's MUTV channel, Solskjaer said the French World Cup winner was "feeling some discomfort in his ankle. He'll be out for a few weeks, definitely," said the Norwegian.
Everton manager Marco Silva believes his future is out of his hands after the Toffees were thrashed in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. Liverpool's 5-2 win plunged Everton into the relegation places and pushed the 42-year-old Portuguese closer to the sack - having survived discussions involving the club's board of directors about his position following the recent home defeat by Norwich City. If Everton's board do decide to sack Silva before Saturday's home game with Chelsea, former manager David Moyes is the leading contender as an interim solution, with former player Tim Cahill a candidate to be his assistant.
After a dismal start to the season, Manchester United finally seemed to have turned a corner at the start of December as they spectacularly beat both Spurs and Manchester City in quick succession. Unfortunately for them, their newfound success proved short lived.
WEDNESDAY’S BIG STORIES Admit it, sacking Poch was definitely wrong Jose Mourinho wasn’t recruited to salvage a sinking ship, he was simply entrusted with one that had entered choppy waters for the first time in half a decade. And under his stewardship, Spurs are no closer to discovering the blue sky.
Media playback is not supported on this device Arsenal 0-0 Everton: 'Arteta knows the club well' - Ljungberg New Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta clearly has a big job on his hands and it is not just his defence that needs sorting out because the goals have dried up too. Even so, I would expect the 'new manager bounce' to have an effect here. Lawro's prediction: 1-2Richard's prediction: I am going to go for a really dull draw.
Reina spent eight seasons with the Liverpool first team between 2005-2013 where he won the Premier League Golden Glove award for most clean sheets in his first three seasons with the club. The 37-year-old, who also had spells with Bayern Munich and Napoli before moving to Milan in 2018, has been brought in as injury cover by Villa after Tom Heaton was ruled out of the rest of the season with a knee injury.
All things considered, we feel that backing a Nantes win is the best way to play as far as the betting is concerned and is something we're more than happy to do. Angers have lost 6 of their last 9 away matches and with Nantes so strong as hosts, we fancy them to run out 1-0 winners in this one; a scoreline by which 5 of their last 6 Ligue 1 home wins have come by.
Facing Charlton at the old Wembley Stadium, the two teams shared a stunning 4-4 draw and penalties were needed. An epic shootout went to sudden death and Charlton won it 7-6 to gain promotion, with Michael Gray missing the crucial spot-kick. Despite the agonising defeat, Sunderland's resolve was never called into question as, the following season, they cantered to the second-tier title with a then-record 105 points.
They are very different players - Soyuncu is more aggressive and what I call a front-foot defender, who is quick into a challenge. Jonny, who I know well from our time together at Manchester United, likes to read the game rather than dive in and he is also an excellent communicator who can help talk his team-mates through games. He is also a threat in the opposition area - he scored Leicester's third goal against Villa with a superb header - but his real value is with his sensible and solid defending.
Second placed Barca's total of five European Cup and Champions League titles may be modest compared to Real's - but Barcelona won the Cup Winners' Cup four times and the Fairs Cup three times, making them the most prolific winners of both those competitions. Third placed Bayern Munich may have won fewer European Cups than AC Milan (five compared to seven), but in addition to their 12 European finals, the Germans have lost 14 times in semi-finals - agonising for them, but it earns Bayern enough points to edge the Italians into fourth place.
Academico Viseu plays really well in current season, they are at 5th place in Portugal league 2, no doubt their fans will make a great atmosphere in tonight's duel in cup match against the most famous club from Portugal, mighty Porto. Silva and Soares will be in attack, this is semifinals and no doubt, Porto will not take this opponent easily, despite the fact that they are coming from second league, by my opinion, Porto will control this duel from first till last minutes and they will probably to win in both halves. Victory for Porto with more than 1.5 goals sounds as realistic choice or this duel.
Italian Carlo Ancelotti was named Everton's new manager an hour before kickoff while Mikel Arteta, who has swapped being Guardiola's number two at the Etihad to return to former club Arsenal as the boss, sat close by. Neither will have been encouraged by what they saw. Arsenal, in 11th spot, again failed to spark under interim manager Freddie Ljungberg who will make way for Arteta, having won only one of his six games in temporary charge.
However, beyond that pairing, Leicester look rather short at central defence. Wes Morgan is obviously a great character and leader to have in the squad, but he is ageing and Rodgers doesn't seem to fancy the highly-rated youngster Filip Benkovic, who he took on loan with him in his previous management job at Celtic.
After three seasons with Arsenal, Emmanuel Adebayor left for Manchester City in July 2009 and came up against his former club just four games into the new season. After scoring the fourth goal in a 4-2 win for Mark Hughes' side, Adebayor sprinted from one end of the pitch to the other, before sliding on his knees in front of the travelling Gunners fans.
Live: FA Cup third-round - in-play clips, radio and text coverageWatch all the latest FA Cup goals, highlights and reaction hereWhere will the shocks be? Ladhood star Liam Williams takes on LawroHow to follow the FA Cup third round on the BBCRodgers takes another chance to rotate squadThe Foxes are in the middle of a gruelling schedule that will see them play nine times between 14 December and 11 January and boss Brendan Rodgers will be pleased at the routine nature of a victory against a side in the bottom three of the Championship.
Atletico join rivals Barcelona, who imposed a compulsory wage reduction on their players during the period of lockdown after Spain became the second-most impacted country in Europe behind Italy. Spain has nearly 57,800 confirmed cases with 4,365 deaths due to the pandemic and the country has been in lockdown since March 14 with the period extended by a further 15 days to April 12.
In 2011, the Scot returned to the club in a coaching role with the academy before working his way up to the first team where he has been part of the backroom staff under several managers. Osman, an old team-mate of Ferguson, says even though he does not expect the 47-year-old former striker to be given the job permanently, a good performance against Chelsea could give the Toffees hierarchy some breathing space as they consider their next move.
Sam Foley's goal was St Mirren's fourth in the opening 43 minutesMotherwell fight back before penalty heartacheMotherwell, already weakened by illness and injury to Declan Gallagher and Christopher Long, changed their shape for the second half as they tried to claw their way back into this tie. It had the desired effect as Watt - on his first start - raced into the area and shaped an effort beyond Hladky with the help of a slight deflection.
Chinese football has been hit hard by the outbreak, with the start of the Chinese Super League pushed back indefinitely from its intended Feb. Fellaini, however, is the first player in the country's top flight to have returned a positive test for the virus. Brazilian striker Dori, who plays for second division side Meizhou Hakka, was confirmed as having the virus last week while Spain-based China international Wu Lei said he was recovering from the condition on Saturday.
ENPPI will be meeting with the away team mokawloon and this game we have given the home team to win this game as looking at the games games that this two team have played together the home team have won 10 games and the away team. Have won 2 games and so this number makes us to be very sure that this bet the home team will win
Gracia took Watford to 11th place in the Premier League and Watford's second FA Cup final last season, a landmark Wembley moment for the club although it ended in a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City. After Gracia's departure, it was a gamble to turn to fellow Spaniard Sanchez Flores, who had previously had one season at Vicarage Road, guiding them to a respectable 13th-place finish in 2015-16.
Despite some good performances, the Brazilian defender is 35 and it seems his best days are behind him. Letting him go also frees up his huge salary, estimated at 17m euros a year. Marquinhos is ready to succeed him and PSG are reportedly hard at work trying to find him a new defensive partner. WHO IS INTERESTED? A return to AC Milan has long been mooted with Silva never hiding his affection for the Italian club.
The 36-year-old also won the penalty which Domenico Criscito converted in first-half stoppage time to make it 2-0. Genoa nearly had a third in the 57th minute when Kevin Agudelo had only Gabriel to beat but the Brazilian stuck out his foot to save the shot in what proved the game's turning-point. Filippo Falco pulled one back with a curling shot on the hour, then Genoa had Agudelo sent off and Andrea Tabanelli equalised in the 70th minute.
This was a slog of a match in trademark Basque country rain. It wasn’t until the 52nd minute that the deadlock was broken through Sergio Ramos, who drifted away from his marker to glance home a Toni Kroos freekick. But Ramos was at fault for the Alaves equaliser, needlessly throwing an elbow into the face of Joselu, giving the referee no choice but to point to the spot.
After Haaland’s rocket against PSG in the Champions League, the Norwegian celebrated with a “zen” meditation pose. It was a glorious moment, one that perfectly encapsulated a young man’s peace with himself and comfort with his own, extraordinary, surroundings. In the return leg it was the team from Paris who were triumphant and not only did their superstar Neymar recreate the Haaland celebration, so did the ENTIRE team.
Reports in Spain say the defender will be out for around a month, missing the Champions League last-16 first leg clash with Liverpool on Feb. Atletico are already without Alvaro Morata, Joao Felix, Diego Costa, Koke, Jose Gimenez and Santiago Arias, while Felipe is suspended for Saturday's clash with Granada.
A final of few chances looked to be edging the way of the treble-chasing Merseysiders when United defender Kevin Moran became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup decider after a tackle on Peter Reid in the 78th minute. The match drifted into extra-time, however, and with 10 minutes left Whiteside delivered a perfect curling shot beyond outstretched goalkeeper Neville Southall into the bottom corner of the net.
