Aston Villa’s rollercoaster of a season continued in December’s first round of midweek fixtures on Wednesday, with Chelsea taking a narrow but deserved 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge to leave the Villains in a somewhat precarious position as we head into this crucial time of the year.
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The side have only score four goals but only conceded six with low scoring matches being key for the side in getting to this point. They’ll need to find goals this week however with a draw doing nothing to help their progress in the competition with this being a must win game for them.
Many of De Jong's attributes are also evident in Valverde, who is set to make his first Clasico start after breathing new life into Real Madrid's midfield this season. Valverde came through the youth ranks at Uruguayan giants Penarol in his hometown of Montevideo, before being snapped up by Real in the summer of 2016. Los Blancos boss Zinedine Zidane started to put faith in Valverde towards the end of 2018-19 and picked him in five of the final eight games, but in the past couple of months he has taken a giant step forward to leap ahead of 34 year-old Luka Modric in the pecking order.
After going seven games without a win, West Brom have now won three on the bounce, and it’s good to see their boing boing principles being applied at an ever-more granular level. IN OTHER NEWS Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tom Davies are on holiday in New York. And they are looking tremendous. RETRO CORNER As Liverpool rumble on, comparisons are being drawn with Manchester United’s treble-winning side of 1999.
It was the first trophy I had won as a professional player, and City's first trophy for 35 years - so I was obviously going to be pretty excited. Media playback is not supported on this device Watch Yaya Toure's ‘unstoppable’ strike to win FA Cup Those were two of the proudest moments of my career, which is why I cannot understand why some people want to dismiss the FA Cup - I have seen for myself how much it means to players and fans in good and bad times.
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There was a two-minute delay before VAR officials confirmed the goal. Martinez was sent off in stoppage time for his furious reaction after being given a yellow card for a foul and had to be ushered away by team mates as he continued to remonstrate with the referee. Inter have 48 points from 21 games, three behind Juventus who were away to Napoli later on Sunday, and three more than third-placed Lazio who meet AS Roma.
They return to league action and start the weekend in 11th place with a home game against second-placed Isloch Minsk. Shakhtyor came from 2-0 down to beat Dinamo Brest 4-2 in their cup semi-final second leg. That wasn't good enough though and the aggregate score of 4-4 saw them knocked out of the cup on away goals.
I've enjoyed it. The boys have worked hard the past three games but were on their last legs today. Arsenal had the best chance through Gabriel Martinelli in the first half but stand-in manager Freddie Ljungberg will make way for Arteta having failed to find any spark from the team, winning just one of his six matches in charge.
It just reminded me of that. I mean, a lot of players in a lot of leagues - not only in Premier League, in Italy, Spain, everywhere - and we keep hearing this (racism). I don't want to be president, I don't want to be a politics guy. We are just football players, we want to enjoy that. The fans needs to enjoy coming and seeing some nice football and that's it.
Lazio fans present at the stadium today, shame on you," he wrote on Instagram, adding the hashtag #saynotoracism although it was not clear whether he was claiming the insults were of a racist nature. Balotelli, who scored Brescia's goal in a 2-1 home defeat, complained twice to the referee about the insults during the first half and Italian media said an announcement was made to Lazio fans telling them to stop.
With that in our minds, we’re predicting a 2-1 win for Sydney FC, a victory that should show their dominance but also highlight that Perth Glory will be a major part of what should be a close game between two sides that will hope to be at the top end of the table in May. Sydney have a wealth of attacking talent that seem to be hitting form and that should be enough to see them claim the win and push the teams above them into getting results too.
Full TimeSecond Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Fulham 2. SubstitutionSubstitution, Fulham. Denis Odoi replaces Neeskens Kebano. Goal!Goal! Cardiff City 0, Fulham 2. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner. Post updateTom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Post updateFoul by Sean Morrison (Cardiff City). Post updateFoul by Michael Hector (Fulham).
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While Man City are the underperforming champions, Leicester are yet again the plucky underdogs making a shock title challenge. They come into Christmas 2nd in the table, although still looking up at a 10 point gap between themselves and Liverpool.
He has a flight to catch in the morning but before that, far from the club’s Melwood training ground, Liverpool’s throw-in coach is analysing video from the win over Manchester United. Every throw-in will be looked at. For most, this is a perfunctory element of the 90 minutes. For Gronnemark, the man who broke the world record for the longest throw at 51.
Fleetwood town will play against Portsmouth in a match of the FA cup in England. It is an all league one clash which is England 3rd division league. Fleetwood town recently been good and are coming from a draw and won twice in the last 5 matches played and so I'm not sure that they can make it through here. The visitors here are coming from a draw and have 2 defeats in last 5 matches away matches. Also they have won 2 away in the last 2 h2h they played. This match can go either way and I will go for the visitors.
Liverpool huffed and puffed against Everton, and we saw a few things that we suspected already. Takumi Minamino is a work in progress, the Reds miss Andy Robertson at left-back, and they can be short of a spark in attack when Mohamed Salah is absent. Salah will play in this game though, and that is one of the reasons I think Liverpool will win. I am expecting to see at least another 25% from the Reds, and even if they don't play well, I don't see Palace scoring.
Maybe there are some fans of Premier League and EFL clubs who are kicking their heels and want to see some football but then others might be worried by the spread of the virus and not come out of their houses," said Dartford vice-chairman Dave Skinner. Dartford ran out 3-0 winners to keep alive their prospects of promotion to the National League, although whether or not that challenge will come to fruition is out of their hands.
Bordalas' charges sit just two points outside of the Champions League places as a result of their recent results, and any kind of positive result from this weekend's derby will keep the hosts firmly in contention to challenge for the top four this season.
During the month-long first phase of the ticket application window between 12 June and 12 July, 19. For context, there were 11 million requests for the equivalent phase of Euro 2016. Delving further into the numbers, according to Uefa there were 1. Euro 2020 at Wembley - 22 times the capacity of the stadium. The figures suggest people are also embracing the fact the tournament is taking place in multiple cities, with each fan applying for 14 tickets for games over at least two venues.
He added that he would be "surprised" and "shocked" if Fifa did not agree to it. Given the current uncertainty, clubs are hanging on," Catlin continued. I'd be upset if Fifa blocked it, given the demand from those clubs, believing that it will give them a great deal of financial assistance through what is going to be very difficult times, even beyond this season for the next season or two. A Fifa spokesperson said the organisation would "try to ensure, where possible, an overall level of coordination and will also bear in mind the need to protect the regularity, integrity and proper functioning of competitions, so that the sporting results of any competition are not unfairly disrupted".
The atmosphere at the Prince Park Park Stadium in the past few days is extremely bleak. PSG are experiencing a series of disappointing matches with only 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss in the last 3 matches. Paris Saint-Germain was alone on horseback on the road to defending the championship. Coach Thomas Tuchel's team continues to win victories and they are now 13 points ahead of the 2nd place team, In this round 27, PSG met Dijon, their chances of winning are very high and it is likely that they will easily have a big victory to continue to leave the team ranked second.
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City's hopes of delaying them further ended in all-too familiar fashion, with crisp passing and forward moves undermined by fragile defending and lapses in focus. They had been the better side until they gifted Chelsea the lead courtesy of a terrible mistake by Bernard Mendy after Chelsea had cleared a first-half free-kick. The France left-back had Ilkay Gundogan in support but was far too casual as he gave Pulisic possession near the halfway line, then compounded his error by diving in and allowing the American to sprint clear and slot home.
Hazard, who joined from Chelsea for £150m in June 2019, had several shots on target in the first half but could not get the better of Valencia keeper Jasper Cillessen, who was in good form all evening. And it was Valencia who thought they had struck first at the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium - Real's training ground - when Rodrigo had a goal ruled out for offside by VAR. That decision, which saw referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez go over to the VAR screen at the side of the pitch, came moments after Rodrigo struck the outside of the right post.
BookingPosted at 84' Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 84' Penalty Derby County. Jason Knight draws a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 84' Penalty conceded by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 83' Graeme Shinnie (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
We have also submitted a proposal to the local authority to trial a rail seating area within the stadium. Our belief is that the introduction of rail seating would enhance spectator safety in areas of the stadium where, as with other clubs, we have seen examples of persistent standing. The 20-times English champions said more than 100,000 people were on the waiting list for season tickets.
Kenny Dalglish photo galleryListen: Kelly Cates talks to Scott Mills & Chris StarkPaul's sister Kelly Cates, née Dalglish, is now firmly established as one of the UK's finest broadcasters. And while Kenny excelled on the pitch and later in the dugout, it is behind the scenes at a football club where Paul is thriving. The 43-year-old is president and general manager of Miami FC, the nascent franchise preparing to make its debut in America's second-tier USL Championship in March.
The city was rocking," O'Leary tells BBC Sport. The city built up to look forward to the game. They just couldn't wait for it. They joined in with us, gave us brilliant support. All day you could feel everybody couldn't wait to get to the stadium that night. It was an amazing atmosphere. It was a great night. Elland Road was packed, dancing," full-back Ian Harte says of the famous win against a Milan side containing Andriy Shevchenko, Paolo Maldini and Oliver Bierhoff.
Crystal Palace is in 10th place with 22 points, 4 points less than Tottenham that is in 5th place and means Europa League however I don't think that Crystal Palace is in the same level as the top teams but I believe that they can take a win here today. Brighton is in place 13 with 19 points, 4 points more than Southampton that is in relegation zone. I see more favorite here the home team. They are making a good performance this season and in their field they are a strong team and I expect a win against Brighton here tonight. Both teams have some injured players and I think this will be more bad for Brighton. Home win here for me.
Posted at 65' Attempt saved. Tom Davies (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Posted at 64' Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool). Posted at 64' Tom Davies (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 62' Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The fixture would become an annual event after that, and it was in 1874 that the Scots claimed their first win, triumphing 2-1 in Glasgow. As the game continued to grow, Scotland would enjoy a successful period in the late 1870s, claiming three consecutive victories over the Auld Enemy, including a 7-2 thrashing in 1878 that stood as England's record defeat until 1954. Media playback is not supported on this device England v Scotland - Why does the rivalry matter? In the following years, friendlies against Wales and Ireland were introduced, before the formation of the British Home Championship in 1883, adding a competitive edge to the games and heightening the rivalry.
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This is going to be a first game for Carlo Ancelotti on Everton bench and I expect victory for sure and that is because Everton show a lot of improvement in last couple of rounds cause they played versus Chelsea arsenal and united and managed to get undefeated in that 3 games and even got a victory versus Chelsea so I surely expect now from them to beat the Burnley at Goodison and a so I expect from Everton to score at least 2 goals and that Will be enough for this bet if they do manage to keep their net intact
Charlton head into this clash having seen both teams score in each of their last five away trips. The Addicks have been high scoring overall, with over 2.5 goals in nine of their last 10 matches. Following that run and given the visitors recent streak of goals conceded, we are going with a 2-1 home win as our correct score prediction in this one.
