A late Ro-Shaun Williams own goal saw Liverpool's young side through to the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury. The centre half nodded it into his own net in the 75th minute. Shrewsbury thought they had taken the lead just before the hour mark when Shaun Whalley got the ball in the net - but VAR intervened to rule it out for offside.
The Bundesliga champions have since won eight of their 10 matches. We are very satisfied with Hansi's work. Under him as head coach, the development has been outstanding," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. In November, Rummenigge had said the former Germany assistant manager would be in charge until at least Christmas. Top coaches, including former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, have been linked with Bayern since Kovac left.
Video - Diego Simeone ready to tempt Chelsea star to Atletico – Euro Papers01:29 KEY MOMENTS 13' - GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Wolves (Bergwijn): Spurs break quickly from a Wolves corner, Lo Celso plays in Aurier whose cross picks out Alli and his shot is saved. Bergwijn is in the right place at the right to finish, and the hosts are ahead! 27' - GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Wolves (Doherty): Spurs' defence is questionable once again as Doherty levels things up in London! Tanganga can't sort his feet out to clear Vinagre's cross and the loose ball is slotted home by Doherty, who celebrates his seventh goal of the season.
Posted at 82' Luis Rioja (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 80' Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 80' Foul by José Luis Rodríguez (Alavés). Posted at 75' Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Víctor Camarasa. Posted at 75' Attempt saved. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
Alisson reminds me of Ray Clemence, who also was a great Liverpool goalkeeper and title winner. Alisson, like Clemence, makes goalkeeping look easy and produces crucial saves when it matters. They also understand the confidence a clean sheet can have on their defenders' morale. Alisson is worth every penny of the £66. Liverpool paid for him, and probably worth considerably more now. You can read more about Liverpool's title winners in the Crooks of the Matter below.
Heavy defeats by Barcelona, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich were meted out, while Rangers' reintroduction to Europe didn't as much go with a bang but a nuclear explosion. In the picturesque city of Luxembourg, they suffered what some claimed was the worst European defeat by any Scottish club - and that's some tag. Progres Niederkorn knocked Rangers out of Europe and left manager Pedro Caixinha in a hedge remonstrating with furious punters post match.
Leicester had earlier gone ahead in the 14th minute through midfielder Dennis Praet's first goal for the club, as he tapped the ball in after Jamie Vardy ran on to a lobbed pass and fired a cross into the penalty area. Southampton levelled five minutes later as Armstrong's curling left-footed shot went in after a deflection off Maddison.
Pep Guardiola will probably view this game as the ideal tonic for a bad couple of weeks. The ban aside, City will be concerned about their poor finishing this season. They come into this game on the back of successive matches in which they have failed to score, the first time this has happened during Pep's reign.
Both teams, in fact, found the net in five of Newcastle's last seven top flight games, and we expect that pattern to continue this weekend when they visit a Burnley team that scored in six of their last eight and conceded in three of their last four home matches.
The is the best time for Watford to play against Tottenham. Spurs is the worst form of their life and Watford are in very good form following the appointment of Nigel Pearson. Mourinho teams have always struggled away against Watford. I don't see that changing today. According to me the Tottenham players will not buy Mourinho's philosophy because the kind of football he wants them to play is not the same football they were under poch. Soon or later he will be gone. Considering the injuries Tottenham have at the moment I don't see anything other than a Watford win
Jurgen Klopp is confident his Liverpool side can pick up where they left off before the suspension of the Premier League but stresses that football is "not like riding a bike". The Reds were enjoying one of the best campaigns in Premier League history when the league was halted in March. They go into Sunday's Merseyside derby at Everton 22 points clear at the top and two wins away from the title. I expect us to be in a good shape," said Klopp.
Earlier in the season, the visitors had done relatively well away from home, but their form has waned of late, losing each of their last three away from the comforts of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, conceding multiple goals on each occasion.
Hull City are having a series of unstable achievements in recent rounds in the English League Championship. Specifically, in the last 5 rounds, the team had 2 wins, but also lost 3 games. Currently, Hull City is ranked 12th in the rankings with 39 points earned. The outstanding performance has prevented Hull City from going further on the standings this season. Across the field, Huddersfield is facing a lot of difficulties this season. In recent rounds, the team of coach Danny Cowley has only got 1 remaining fighter is a draw and has received 3 defeats after 5 matches. I choose Huddersfield +0.5 AH
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Energetyk BDU are second with nine points, same as first placed Torpedo Zhodino. Energetyk started the season in excellent way, with 3 straight victories. They beat BATE Borisov, Rukh Brest and FC Minsk. But last weekend they lost from Torpedo Zhodino. Coach Vladimir Belyavskiy has most of the key players available for this match.
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The visitors did succumb to defeat in midweek as they hosted Newcastle, but prior to that they were unbeaten in seven Premier League matches and had taken positive results against the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd and Wolves. Unlike their opponents, Sheffield United have a fairly favourable December fixture list, so it could be a very merry Christmas in the Wilder household.
Nobody is disciplined enough at Arsenal to do the defensive work to allow Ozil to express himself. The problem with Arsenal's midfield is that they all want to go and they all want to attack. That has been the Arsenal way and it's their Achilles heel. Ozil needs two people sitting in - players who are going to do the hard graft and the dirty work. Emery has a good attacking line-up, but the rest is not there.
The rain was torrential and it was non-stop, but there was no roof on the stadium, in fact there was no cover anywhere at all with the exception of the commentary box that I was in. So I do remember there was a very small crowd, and all of them got absolutely drenched very quickly once the rain started. At least half of them were City fans, and despite the weather they were a good bunch. City had a really fine side at that point too of course.
In truth, Juve have exerted a certain amount of control over this group, and control is exactly what they did to Leverkusen when winning the reverse fixture by three goals to nil. On that occasion, the German side failed to get seriously involved, as they registered zero shots on target.
He was guaranteed a spot in the 18-player squad mind - were that guarantee taken away, would he have signed for City? Perhaps not. Perhaps he would take his talents to a side not top of the table, or to a side where he was guaranteed a start. Bernardo Silva devant Pep Guardiola lors du match de Ligue des champions entre Manchester City et le Shakhtar Donetsk, le 26 novembre 2019.
The Gabonese international, who rattled the net three times in his last four Premier League appearances, is an integral cog in Arsenal's attacking machine, and their threat in forward areas will be considerably reduced in his absence this weekend.
How long he can hold it together is anyone's guess. The new Tottenham manager has been handed one of the best squads in the country, the best stadium in the world and one of the best academies in the game - and that is all accompanied by state-of-the-art training facilities. If Mourinho can't win trophies at this club, he should consider retiring from football permanently. Let's face it, that's why he's been hired - to win trophies.
Last season Napoli was much better but perhaps they have been a bit too focused on the Champions League where they are really close to taking 1st place with an easy home game against bottom of the group Genk after taking a point at Liverpool last round. I watched them play really offensive minded at AS Roma and missing many glorious scoring chances and even lost the game unfair with 2-1 in the end while their first 3 away games of the season ended 4-1 win at Lecce, 4-3 win at Fiorentina and 4-3 loss at Juventus.
Relegated Norwich have completed the signing of midfielder Jacob Sorensen from Danish top-flight side Esbjerg. The 22-year-old Dane, who can also play as a centre-back, has agreed a three-year contract with the Canaries. Sorensen will officially become a Norwich player when the transfer window opens next Monday, with the move subject to international clearance. We're really happy. There was a lot of interest and many clubs were after him," Norwich boss Daniel Farke said.
The first game between them played at Liverpool saw 7 goals scored in it and no, Liverpool did not score all those goals as they conceded no less than 3 goals as they easily made it 3-0 in the first half and Salzburg replied by scoring 3 goals in a row and made it 3-3 but Salah scored the 4-3 goal and that was the way the game ended. And Liverpool treats this game really serious as they are in danger of leaving this competition if they lose today.
Posted at 74' Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi. Goal!Posted at 71' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi. SubstitutionPosted at 69' Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
Two teams that are very similar in terms of quality and experience and of course in terms of ambitions. Both teams are going to have a very tough relegation battle until the end of the season for sure and with performances like this they are going to have a tough time. Cosenza are so far at the 18th place with 30 pts and overall of 7 - 9 - 14 - 33 - 36 while as a hosts they are 3 - 4 - 7 - 12 - 16, on the other hand Trapani are at the 19th place with 28 pts and overall of 6 - 11 - 13 - 34 - 52
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Former Everton manager David Moyes and Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti have also been discussed, and Pereira's announcement could bring the Scot back into contention. Pereira, 51, led Porto to back-to-back Primeira Liga titles after stepping up from his previous role as assistant manager in 2011. He was interviewed for the Everton manager's job in 2013 before Roberto Martinez was appointed as successor to Moyes.
Given that they impressed at pretty much every turn on route to reaching the play-offs last season, Doncaster have underwhelmed this time around. It was always going to difficult for Darren Moore to emulate Grant McCann's achievements and it's fair to say that he's so far fallen short. Donny currently sit in a disappointing 14th place. A far cry from last term, where they were in and around the play-offs for much of the campaign.
The spot-kick was awarded when former Everton forward Ademola Lookman fouled Matheus Cunha and Piatek calmly finished to deny Leipzig the three points. Leipzig needed to win to go above Borussia Dortmund on goal difference, but the draw means Leipzig are two points behind Dortmund and nine adrift of leaders Bayern Munich. The result also all but ends Leipzig's slim hopes of becoming German champions in only their 11th season in existence.
FC Slutsk and Ynergetyk-BDU Minsk are two teams that are playing a high scoring football in the Vysshaya liga in Belarus. FC Slutsk are the current league leaders with 16 points, having won five matches from seven games played thanks to their impressive offense that has scored 14 goals already, as the best offensive team in the league. FC Slutsk have combined seven goals in their latest three matches played against Dinamo Minsk, Belshina and Soligorsk. Slutsk should score at least two goals against Ynergetyk that conceded five goals in their last three away matches. I expect visitors to find the net too and choose over 2.5 here.
AEK Athens have been in good form recently with 3 wins and 1 loss. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 3 goals in the last 5 league matches. On the road AEK Athens have managed to win 1 and lose 3 of their last 5 league games but with their current form I expect them to win here.
Full TimePosted at 90'+6' Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Wigan Athletic 1. Posted at 90'+4' Foul by Kieffer Moore (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 90'+4' Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. BookingPosted at 90'+3' Matheus Pereira (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
However, Gareth Southgate will surely want to delve further and find out whether he should be planning for a major tournament without his captain and star striker. Kane’s importance to England hardly requires further explanation. He has scored 32 goals in 45 games for his country, and would without question start if fit in time for Euro 2020.
Everywhere else is going to the pitchside monitor and that is not happening [here]," he said. Marginal offsides are causing particular consternation, with Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder saying VAR was "not helping the game". Some fans have been singing "it's not football any more" at matches. Another former Premier League official, Dermot Gallagher, told BBC Radio 5 Live the recent examples had shown "how tight the margins are".
With football halted across the globe, however, FIFA is aware that it may well have to deal with a series of different agreements and possible complaints, and its guidelines urge any cuts to be "proportionate". FIFA's Coronavirus working group met last week and agreed on a wide range of issues, summarised in the document, including that player contracts due to run out in June should be extended to the end of any resumed season.
While most teams will go through spurts of bad form through the season, it’s always a concern for a newcomer. Charlton’s struggles are a real worry given that they’ve just come up from League One. The hosts had put themselves in the top six with their early season form, but now the Addicks are slipping towards the danger zone.
Posted at 86' Jamal Lowe (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 86' Foul by Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion). Posted at 86' Attempt blocked. Jamal Lowe (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Morsy. Posted at 82' Attempt missed.
That game is the number one moment in my career. When my shot hit the net there was huge celebrations mixed with sheer relief from the supporters. Some were crying, there were so many emotions letting loose. The post-match celebrations started were "worthy of such a momentous league title," according to Brattbakk. The party began in Glasgow before a three-day jolly in Portugal for a friendly against Sporting Lisbon.
ESTIMATED COST: £32M Samuel Umtiti of FC BarcelonaGetty Images 36: Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) WHY HE COULD MOVE Umtiti has been a Barcelona stalwart for some time. But recurring knee problems and the arrival of Clément Lenglet cost him his starting place, and it’s been a sudden and shocking demotion for the world champion.