Aston Villa on the other hand seem to be suffering from a Carabao Cup semi-final victory hangover. It took them far too long to get going. The Villans had better understand quickly that EFL Cup success is not a solution to Premier League survival. Did you know? Since Ake joined Bournemouth for his first spell there in the summer of 2016, he has scored 11 Premier League goals - the most of any centre-back.
ASUNCION, March 7 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian international Ronaldinho Gaucho was ordered to remain in jail in Paraguay on Saturday after a judge ruled him a flight risk. The ex-Barcelona forward was arrested on Friday for attempting to enter Paraguay with a false passport two days previously and spent Friday night in a police cell along with his brother and business manager Roberto Assis.
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City 2016-present)Games: 142 Won: 105 Drawn: 18 Lost: 19 Win ratio: 73. Premier League title wins: 2 The 100 points that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side won as they became champions in 2017-18 is a Premier League recordWright: "You have to look at him as one of the most tactical minds of the past 10 years. We can't hide the fact he's spent over £1bn, but at the same time, the brand of football he has given us the past few years has been outstanding.
The players will remain at their homes until the 14-day period expires. Four Arsenal staff, who were sitting close to Mr Marinakis during the match will also remain at home until the 14 days are complete. The Premier League said it had no alternative but to postpone the game and complete a proper risk assessment.
Matches between Sutton and Fylde tend to be hotly-contested fixtures. The last three results of their encounters were draws and the two before that saw each club take one victory apiece by the odd goal. We don't see much between them. We predict a draw.
Posted at 80' Attempt saved. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Posted at 80' Attempt blocked. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta. Posted at 78' Attempt missed. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
When you make the step up you realise straight away that the standard is a lot better and where I am used to scoring 30 or more goals per season, I realise that is not realistic now. We have proved that we are more than capable of competing at this level and we have the players that can do that too so it's just about learning more about each other.
That's left them in fifth place and they host Slavia Mozyr who are 10th in the table. Dinamo Brest won the title last season by five points but had to come from behind against Smolevich to get a 1-1 draw in their opener. They got off the mark for the season with a 1-0 win at Slutsk. Dinamo are now unbeaten in their last 22 competitive games and no losses in their last nine home league matches.
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Liverpool's resounding 4-0 win at second-placed Leicester City on Boxing Day sent them 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League but Juergen Klopp's side have no time or inclination to bask in their success. On Sunday, Liverpool are back in action against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield before another tricky home game against Sheffield United on Thursday.
He added: "But now I need to be calm for a few days and see what happens. Pochettino led Spurs to four successive top-four finishes and last season's Champions League final, which they lost to Liverpool. But Tottenham struggled for consistency under him this term and were 14th in the table when he was dismissed. He has returned to his native Argentina following his exit from the London club and has been linked with Arsenal and Bayern Munich.
There have been reports Rooney is leading a battle against the proposals. Claims that Wayne is in a 'wage war' with his club are both misleading and unhelpful," a spokesperson for the ex-Manchester United forward, who joined Derby from Major League Soccer side DC United in January, told BBC Sport. As is the case with most football clubs, and in particular the Championship, discussions are taking place at Derby County Football Club on a variety of proposals.
New Zealand showed why they are ranked second in the ICC Test Rankings with a dominating display in the first test. They scored over 600 runs and were still able to declare and bowled England out twice. England again have batting problems and struggle to score 400 in their first innings which will always make winning matches difficult. Joe Root is struggling for form and the returning Pope and debutant Sibley are yet to make big scores. Go for New Zealand to get another win.
The recent head-to-head record between these teams suggests that this encounter will be a low-scoring one. Their strong respective home and away defensive records also lead us to believe that this will be a match of few chances. Back against both teams scoring.
BookingPosted at 74' Christian Walton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 74' Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 74' Foul by Christian Walton (Blackburn Rovers). Posted at 72' Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The most hotly-contested positions were right back, with Branislav Ivanovic (57%) edging out Cesar Azpilicueta (41%), and the final midfield slot, with Claude Makelele's 48% of selections just seeing off Michael Essien's 36%. The only forward player who really got near to ousting one of Eden Hazard, Drogba or Arjen Robben was Diego Costa, who got selected in 20% of teams. Aguero, Tevez and Sterling in a three-pronged attack? Here is the team you selected from Man City's Premier League winnersSergio Aguero, perhaps unsurprisingly, was Manchester City's most-selected player, being picked in 99% of team selections.
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A media silence imposed by the club is now entering its third week and Ancelotti and his players again refused to talk to reporters following their 1-1 Serie A draw at AC Milan on Saturday which extended their winless run to six games in all competitions. Under UEFA rules, Ancelotti is obliged to give a news conference in Liverpool the day before Wednesday's match but there was no indication on Monday that the club were prepared to lift the embargo.
Leverkusen and Cologne will face to face in English week. Leverkusen is favorite and expect a good game because Leverkusen want to reach the UCL, while the away team play without a pressure and show their best.
The paper suggests that the government has backed the idea in theory, with a spectacle being a boon for a population under some form of lockdown, who would have reason to stay indoors and be entertained while following medical advice. Video - United and Liverpool go to war over centre-back – Euro Papers01:18 Just as in a world cup, players would be installed at hotels and kept away from their families, and there would be provisions to give testing and enforce quarantine, so that the chances of an infection or outbreak are minimised.
Media playback is not supported on this device Hearts owner Ann Budge speaking in March about the prospect of the season finishing early The £8m that's being held by the SPFL until the season concludes? The SPFL says that according to league rules the money can't be passed on to the clubs until final league positions are known. It's clear as day in the articles of association, it says. Not a bob can be dished out until the league is officially over.
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He has the conditions to do it, but to be the best central defender you have to play one entire season, every three days being there," Guardiola told a news conference. I don't know why he has not been able to play regularly. We try to help him. We have tried to do the best to help him since the first day of the 3-1/2 years we have been here.
Mason Greenwood, Brandon Williams and Axel Tuanzebe should all get minutes however, as should veteran midfielder Juan Mata, while Phil Jones could be handed a rare run out having started just four matches in three different competitions this season.
Eriksen plays tomorrow. Every player we have has to be ready to help the team," Mourinho told a news conference on Monday. We are not in conditions to think about anything else than that. The 27-year-old Eriksen, out of contract in June, has suffered a dip in form this season with his future at the club unclear and was substituted during Tottenham's 1-0 defeat by Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday.
Bale danced with a flag reading 'Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order' after Wales sealed qualification for their second consecutive European Championships earlier this week. The forward has struggled to win over critics since arriving in Spain in 2013, despite contributing to four Champions League trophies in that time.
Billionaire set for Chelsea bid Chelsea could be the subject of a multi-billion pound bid from American businessman Todd Boehly. The Los Angeles Dodgers owners tried to buy Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 but was rebuffed, and could now make an offer to Roman Abramovich despite the club’s Russian owner not wanting to sell.
Derby are currently 16th in the Championship under manager Phillip Cocu, nine points adrift of the play-off places. On the challenge facing him in the Championship, Rooney added: "The difference here is it is a very tight league. We're not where we want to be but we're not too far off the play-off spots. This league is about being consistent. Without a doubt [the play-offs are still achievable]. I've lost the Premier League title with about four minutes to play, it's not even Christmas yet so there's a long way to go.
England have made several changes for this match with Mako Vunipola, George Kruis, Jonathan Joseph, Lewis Ludlam and Willi Heinz all coming into the starting line-up. They have been working hard to erase the errors that cost them their opening game and coach Eddie Jones has set his side the target of dominating the gain line.
He's slow and he gets caught out of position a lot. But at the moment there isn't another quality English centre-half out there. Ben Chilwell At the moment there is no one else. Danny Rose has gone out on loan at Newcastle and I'm not sure why. I don't know if Rose is in the right mindset to be representing his country.
Forwards - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Harry Kane (Tottenham) Aubameyang: The bigger the occasion the more this player seems to like it. Nothing seems to faze Arsenal's Aubameyang. You know a world-class striker by the way he takes his goals. Aubameyang's opening goal against Manchester City was one of the best finishes I've seen. To brush the ball with the outside of your right foot back across the face of the goal into the opposite corner of the net not only takes tremendous composure but incredible technique.
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I had a bet on good odds when they met in the league here in Athens a couple of weeks ago and the score was 1-1 than 2-1 and a late 3rd goal for the hosts made them win 3-1 the game and cover my -1.5 AH on the hosts. Panetolikos is indeed a relegation candidate in Greece at this moment but has many decent foreign players in their squad and they were for certain not shy of attacking AEK in the league away from home.
Ten have come in this morning. Some of the names . I got one of the ex-English manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson's CV sent through yesterday. We'll be looking all over. But we need someone who's going to come in and offer something, has got a bit of a track record and can stamp something here and be here for the right reasons.
