The staff have worked really hard - but the players have been really, really open-minded. I didn't really feel pressure.
It looked like deja-vu as Real Madrid returned to El Collao Stadium 12 months after being humiliated 2-1 by the same team, who hail from a small town close to Alicante.
But that remains the biggest question that Dest needs to answer going forward: can he do it defensively? Everyone knows he can attack, can dribble, can cross and can shoot, but does he have the discipline to do the work at both ends of the field?
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is hoping for a double fitness boost ahead of their London derby away to Crystal Palace, live on Sky Sports, with Bukayo Saka and Takehiro Tomiyasu pushing for returns.
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That's why I'm going for a draw here, although I don't really know what to expect from Southampton - good or bad.
It’s a scoreline that the captain won’t want to see given how he worked tirelessly to earn his side a point. Playing through the pain barrier, his block on the line from ex-team mate Jota looked like it was the defining moment of the game. But although he was clearly disappointed not to have got more from the game, the performance from Coady clearly set the tone of the work that Bruno Lage is doing at the club. And if he’s onboard, then it should only be a matter of time for the results to follow.
Manchester United owner Avram Glazer referenced Cristiano Ronaldo in a motivational speech to a college team, but got the age at which the Portuguese superstar arrived at Old Trafford wrong.
That has not been the case so far in his reign, with the situation at the club improving, but slowly.
Summarising what the club meant to him, in 2017 Jansen said: I have been a member of Feyenoord for over 60 years.
Hamilton's long-range shot then cannoned off the bar, but Connolly still had time to hit Birmingham for six as his brilliant free-kick beat Jeacock from 30 yards.
He will only need one chance to score such is his form that has seen him score nine goals in his last six games.
Vlahovic's athleticism means he is well-suited to playing on the counter-attack as well as fulfilling the role of a target man - his actions by zone map shows his tendency to drop deep in search of possession - but those who know him best consider his mental qualities to be most crucial.
The Brazilian's shot took a slight nick off Foden which wrongfooted Sanchez and squirmed into the net.
Why, Vrielink asks, did that happen three times in the second half? No time for niceties as he soon moves on to clip nine, showing something similar.
Man of the Match - Matty PearsonThe Huddersfield defender was excellent at neutralising the aerial threat of Mitrovic and showed great composure when Fulham continued to put crosses into the box.
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FC Olt hadn't even played one top-flight season at their new jewel stadium before the bloody revolution of December 1989 and the dramatic changes that followed.
Arsenal's goals both came from second phases and their first goal conceded of the season was a Marcos Alonso free-kick.
The Barcelona striker has been ruled out of action for three months after suffering chest pains during a match against Alaves at the end of last month.
Ex-Bristol City forward Famara Diedhiou put Senegal ahead with a first-time strike following Sadio Mane's pass.
Arnaut Danjuma, who has deputised up front and scored a hat-trick at Granada on Saturday, had a clever backheel shot saved in the first half.
He likes working with young players who are energetic, willing to learn, hungry - and you look at the lads like Scott McTominay and Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford, these players, he'll really enjoy working with so much talent there and in the next few weeks and months you'll see those boys kick on.
Omitted from the starting line-up, he still found a way. Expect him to be in the line-up against Liverpool.
[Andreas] Christensen is off, [Cesar] Azpilicueta - it's going to be interesting to see what happens to him. And then you look at the young talented players they have let go. [Kurt] Zouma to West Ham, [Marc] Guehi to Crystal palace and [Fikayo] Tomori. Talented players who may have been able to step up.
Super substitute Kazim-Richards had come off the bench to score in Derby's last two games, and after being brought on in the second half he did the same again to pull one back. As a corner was whipped in, Southwood jumped but missed the ball and Kazim-Richards was there to nudge it in behind him.
The pair have been Africa’s two most prominent players over the last five years, eclipsing even Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to establish themselves as the Ronaldo and Messi of African football.
The 34-year-old was treated on the pitch after a collision with Reds' defender Joel Matip, but opted to play on to the final whistle.
It should be the player, if he really has the wish to go to another club, who informs either the board or myself, whomever.
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The club have also held talks for Tanguy Ndombele to leave the club this January, with Spurs also considering offers for Dele Alli to depart.
Me, I would have gone. But if I am PSG, I would try to keep him. It's him who will decide. PSG want to keep him, obviously, but does he want to stay?
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Southampton were indebted to goalkeeper Fraser Forster for keeping their hopes of salvaging something alive as long as they did, but with substitute Che Adams spurning their best chances after the break there was no way for back for Ralph Hasenhuttl's off-colour Saints, who succumbed to a sixth defeat in their last eight matches in all competitions.
He has long been seen as a future Liverpool boss, but Villa may be ready to try to tempt him to Villa Park.
In announcing the postponement of Sunday's match at Turf Moor, which had been scheduled to kick off at 15:00 GMT, the Premier League said: The board this morning was able to make its decision in advance of Boxing Day to give clarity to clubs and their fans.
Aston Villa assets will also be popular this week - the likes of Matty Cash, Philippe Coutinho, Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins - before their home fixture against Norwich and back-to-back double gameweeks, but I wouldn't overload on them.
The Reggae Boyz, meanwhile, grew in confidence as the match wore on. They outdueled the U.S. on plenty of those 50-50 moments that this U.S. team prides itself in, the exact moments that led to the USMNT's win over Mexico.
