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Paul Merson Says: Cream rises to the top, so will Jack Grealish You have only got to do that twice in March or in April and you are out of the Champions League with everybody going mad.
He, too, is wanted by several top teams in Europe, with Madrid and Barcelona said to be in the race to buy him in the next transfer window.
United's system caught them by surprise but City won the ball back quicker on the transition in the second half.
Jurgen Klopp's side then play host to Manchester United at Anfield on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports Premier League from 7pm; kick-off at 8pm.
What will be wholly welcome from the Catalans' perspective, of course, is the prize for travelling to the Middle East.
Transfer Centre LIVE!Paper TalkJanuary transfer window 2022 datesThe latest players linked with a Man Utd exitBarcelona president Joan Laporta reportedly met up with super agent Mino Raiola amid rumours linking the Spanish giants with Erling Haaland and Paul Pogba (Daily Mail, December 14); Ralf Rangnick says it is not his job to convince Pogba or any other player to stay at United (Sky Sports, December 11); Real Madrid are no longer considering a summer swoop for Pogba (Marca, November 28).
His view is straight across the pitch, he sees it and in fairness to him, he's followed the procedure correctly because he's let the incident play out.
Having more days, more time to work with your players is important. There was a lot of difficulty, but despite this we have worked very well.
The signing of Alli has drawn significant attention as the 25-year-old has played less frequently at Tottenham under Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte in recent seasons.
He now has a record of five goals from 10 Nations Cup games, a marked improvement from his first eight games, which produced just one goal -
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Reflecting on the win over Norwich, Arteta said: “Very happy, it’s not easy to win away from home in the league. The way we performed, how dominant we were from the beginning and the quality that we showed throughout the game, (it was) really impressive today.
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Azpilicueta's plans to build a new seven-bedroom house on the site of his Surrey mansion have been dashed because of a roost for two protected species of bats.
Eddie Howe fears Newcastle are in a huge fight to stay in the Premier League as they go into a difficult December run of fixtures on the back of a 4-0 loss at Leicester.
Aston Villa’s second-half performance in a 2-1 defeat was similarly confrontational, and had Carney Chukwuemeka scored his one-on-one, critics would have rightly pointed to an alarming collapse under pressure. This City team is not invincible. They can be spooked.
Of course, it was a massive game but we know what we have to do. Seven games is a lot of games, tough games away - so do they.
By full-time, it seemed as though the under-pressure United manager had come up with a winning formula, which covered for his team's weaknesses and enhanced their strengths.
Crystal Palace were insanely comfortable in their 2-0 victory before the international break, with Wolves recording an expected goals figure of just 0.28.
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, who is preparing her side to take on Arsenal this weekend, said that Kirby has been suffering with 'fatigue', but the cause of that is yet unknown.
Team news and preview ahead of Celtic vs St Johnstone in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals on Saturday; kick-off 5.15pm.
This is probably the tightest decision I've seen all season and they tell me it is factually offside so therefore it is disallowed.
It cannot be ignored that there is real potential within this Arsenal side. They have young players of high quality in Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith-Rowe and Gabriel Martinelli. Kieran Tierney, Ben White and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale - despite an indifferent night here - are guarantees for the future.
In the match itself, it was the man who started up front in Lukaku's place, Kai Havertz, who scored the opening goal and added to his growing reputation as Chelsea's man for the big moments.
The cohesion is not there, nor is the team spirit. You don't see that hunger to win. Developing this group through more friendly matches is the way to go forward.
After the catastrophic home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt at home on Thursday they are now out of both the Europa League as well as the Copa del Rey. In the league they are 12 points behind leaders Real Madrid, although with a game in hand.
Everton shot-stopper Pickford has been Southgate's go-to man in goal for two major tournaments, as they reached the semi-final of the World Cup in 2018 and the final of the Euros last summer.
Whether it proved to be down to complacency or not, Frankfurt did not have the same intensity about them in the second half, but Dortmund continued to push, with the majority of the team turning on the style when Marco Rose needed it the most.
The seven-time African champions will face Senegal again, this time in the Fifa World Cup play-offs that will take place in March.
They were playing for one thing only, in my opinion, and that was penalties, but Solskjaer brings on Fred and leaves Donny van de Beek on the touchline.
Manchester United say Mason Greenwood will not train or play matches until further notice after being accused of assaulting a woman.
Vicente Guaita then produced a sensational double save to first deny Antonio's poke from close range, then Benrahma's return header while the Spaniard was on the floor.
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The 32-year-old will leave Orlando Pride to return to the state in which she was born and expects to see out the rest of her career with the club.
Despite Jokanovic's favoured style appearing an awkward fit for a squad recruited for and wedded to Wilder's 3-5-2, Bettis said: A lot of how Slav wants to play and work aligns with our current squad.
Lampard confident of Everton survival | Moyes: They have quality to stay upHow the teams lined up | Match statsThe Merseysiders have received a red card in each of their last three Premier League matches (including Jonjoe Kenny vs Wolves, Allan vs Newcastle) becoming the first side to see red in three games in a row since Watford in December 2017.
When I played under Sir Alex [Ferguson] as manager, we knew that in some games, you might not be at your best.
Poor man genuinely thinks the festive football schedule is one of life's greatest tribulations, and the idea of playing Mohamed Salah three times of a week akin to the trenches at the Somme. He won't rest until matches are once a fortnight and slashed to 20 minutes each way.
But at that time, he really didn't understand that dizziness is actually a sign of concussion and even if you've got one sign it's still concussion so he was really concussed.
Bale had not added to his record 33 goals since scoring against Croatia in October 2019 - a run of 16 games.
The two finishes against United took his tally against them to five for the season - his earlier hat-trick at Old Trafford having been the culmination of a sequence in which he scored in 10 consecutive games.
He doesn't need an operation and that was the only good news from it. Evans has been plagued by a foot issue for almost a year but it is the hamstring injury he suffered against the Magpies that will keep the Northern Ireland international out.
Once the talks started, there was only ever going to be one outcome and it was the easiest decision I've ever made, to commit my future to this football club and continue on this unbelievable journey.
Kane would have thought 'a serial winner is coming here'. He's won everything, and goes to a club who cannot win anything.
Goals were a rarity for Carlos Queiroz’s side. Egypt netted only four times throughout the month-long finals in Cameroon. Two of those came in the group stage, where they secured a pair of 1-0 victories over Guinea Bissau and Sudan.
Leah Williamson has captained England in every game under Sarina Wiegman Williamson faced Tottenham on Saturday but later experienced discomfort.