Having scored another ridiculous goal to add to his collection - driving between two Atleti players like a nail through plasterboard and burying a firm effort - the best player in the world was evidently irked at the standard of the players playing behind him. It is a shame, we played a great game, after so long we felt good again, we were in control, dominated and attacked all the time," Messi said.
It is fair to say the team shape didn’t work great, but I don’t think the manager could have done much different,” said Neville. It was just a tired performance by us… As a team we had been sprinting so hard for so long. Though Beckham’s crossing was missed, he was easily United’s best attacking player among the starting XI.
Dier travelled an appreciable distance for a not insignificant period of time trying to reach the spectator - it was a determined and sustained attempt to get to the spectator. He pursued the spectator after he had desisted and moved away. He pursued the spectator when he knew he posed no threat to his brother. Dier's actions caused some pushing and shoving in the standsDier's actions resulted in a melee at the entrance of exit 103.
Richards, who was England's youngest-ever defender when he made his debut at the age of 18, said the current side would be a force to be reckoned with in the next few years. If you look at the team now, maybe not this competition, but like next World Cup or next Euros a lot of people will be in their peak as well," said Richards.
Jack is getting better and better. He is a top player and when you have top players you get performances like that at Old Trafford. I thought he was good at Manchester City and we missed him against Liverpool. Tellingly, Smith also said that Grealish "wouldn't sleep tonight" after a costly miss shortly before Manchester United went 2-1 ahead. In that regard it shows that complacency is not an issue for a player who struggled with professionalism earlier in his career.
It is hard to keep your feet on the ground, and knuckle down and focus on football in the way you should be doing to in order to push on as a player. Media playback is not supported on this device Match of the Day Mix: Jack Grealish's playlist features Akon, Stormzy & Justin Bieber Jack has said himself that he maybe enjoyed going out a bit too much when he was younger - he is not alone there, but it did not help him that his antics were always scrutinised more because of how he had burst on to the scene.
Nimes midfielder Theo Valls was shown a straight red card when the game was barely four minutes old for a studs up challenge on teenager Maxence Caqueret and Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead in the 16th minute with a 'Panenka' penalty. The home side's problems worsened when Gaetan Paquiez earned two bookings within three minutes to leave Nimes with nine men in the 40th minute and Dutch international Depay doubled Lyon's lead in the 64th with a superb low strike from distance.
When we do weights or yoga it's all outside but because of social distancing you can't actually hear what the instructor is saying. They are so far away you end up doing your own thing," Turgott added. Fans are what separate training from matches'The financial and sporting implications attached to playing behind closed doors have also recently been laid bare. Hammarby, who can pull in crowds of around 30,000, announced wage cuts of up to 20% after estimating a "worst-case" scenario will see them lose 65-70m Swedish krona (£5.
Chelsea's hopes of being in Europe's top tournament next season suffered another setback after Bournemouth responded to Alonso's first-half goal with two in three second-half minutes from Jefferson Lerma and Josh King. Yet Alonso, who also scored in the Blues' big win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, struck to ensure fourth-placed Chelsea at least moved to 45 points, five behind third-placed Leicester City.
If I want to dazzle in Europe then he is my number one choice. He does seem to place more of a priority on that and prefers to play the bigger teams with the better football that he likes to see. He is the man who won La Decima with Real Madrid, he is the only man this season to have beaten Liverpool with a Napoli side that did not have the right to do what they did. He is a guy who changes the team, makes you grow, makes you feel you are capable of defeating the best.
In those circumstances and in line with The Football Association and the Professional Game, at a Board Meeting today The National League has decided that its competition is now suspended until at least 3rd April 2020". The league added that it had "no other choice but to reach this decision". Several club officials have warned that club's could struggle to survive without matchday income.
Belotti coolly converted for his ninth goal of the season. In the other evening game, Genoa scored a highly controversial late winner to beat Sassuolo 2-1 and move off the bottom of the table on the debut of Davide Nicola, their third coach of the season. With four minutes left, Domenico Criscito dispossessed Domenico Berardi and set up a counter-attack for Goran Pandev who scored at the second attempt after his first shot had been saved.
Assisted by James McClean. Posted at 68' Attempt missed. Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Posted at 65' Attempt saved. Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Saturday was supposed to mark the end of the Championship's regular season. Would Leeds end their 16-year Premier League exile? Would West Brom return to the top flight? Which teams would fall in the eight-way survival scrap?Those questions remain unanswered, with professional football on hold indefinitely because of coronavirus. To help fill the void BBC Sport have compiled a selection (in no particular order) of the English Football League's most memorable final days - featuring winner-takes-all showdowns and the keeper who scored that goal.
Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores is set to be sacked after Saturday's 2-1 loss to Southampton, with the club's hierarchy meeting to decide his future. Sanchez Flores, in charge for the 2015-16 campaign, was only reappointed on 7 September, replacing Javi Gracia. But he failed to achieve an upturn in results with the club winning just one of his 10 league games in charge. They are bottom of the Premier League on eight points after 14 games and are six points from safety.
These teams have been both strong teams for getting the ball into the box this season and this could be a very high scoring match with how open they play their matches against each other. Can see this match having a lot of goals but will play it safe and pick over 2 for the match. This will be attacking right from the start, as both of these teams do not usually look to defend as much as some other teams do, they look to play some faster football and look to get in to dangerous scoring positions more often
Juventus has left behind the sadness to lose Napoli in the final of the QG Cup, Italy returned to the main front of the Italian league with an exciting spirit. Specifically, the Turin team won 2-0 on the field of Bologna and thereby consolidating the top.
The former Hull City and Watford manager has asked fans to back the team. We can achieve the result we want in a tough game against a very good team like Leicester but it is important even if [the fans] are not happy they keep the confidence, they keep supporting our players, because just in this way, all together, you can achieve good results and can give us the confidence again. We come from a good run of results before the Norwich match, this is the truth.
The Tigers have just won 2-1 at QPR, while that came after a 2-2 draw at Charlton. The Tigers have scored twice in three of their last four games, while the visitors have seen over 2.5 goals in eight of their last nine trips. Overall, Hull have seen over 2.5 goals in 75% of their trips, with their average total goals per away game working out at exactly three.
Jalapa is team that is playing on less goals on their matches, and especially when at home, they are with the cautious approach, where avoid to play with a lot of open space in the pitch. They have won 2:1 clash in the recent round, but it was as visiting side.
Despite her time away from the WSL, she is joint eighth in the division's all-time goalscorer standings, having netted 36 WSL goals, and she added 15 league goals over 18 months in Serie A. Arsenal to bolster squad for Champions League? Arsenal have been widely linked with a move for Australian World Cup star Caitlin FoordWSL leaders Arsenal are England's last-remaining representatives in Europe this season and will meet French giants Paris St-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Team of Sputnik may be the favorite in this game, but two teams played in the second league in the recent season, and there were more than few of places between them at the finish. Sputnik did have much more points, but both were in the mid of the competition at that time.
Dartford and Eastbourne will face each other in the upcoming match in the National League South. Dartford this season have the following results: 13W, 7D and 10L. Meanwhile Eastbourne have 7W, 13D and 10L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Ten-man Leipzig fail to hold onIn a game played in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus restrictions, Leipzig suffered a blow in the build-up as Slovenia midfielder Kevin Kampl picked up an injury, although the hosts did have the first chance with Konrad Laimer's low strike saved by Hertha goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. The visitors took the lead in the ninth minute when Grujic flicked into the net from just outside the six-yard box from a corner from Plattenhardt, who had to be substituted three minutes later following a clash of heads before the goal.
One of the backroom staff had taken [a bottle of champagne] along in his car just in case. In situations like that you don't want to be filling the team bus with bottles of the stuff, so our celebrations after the match were more about pats on the back. But we celebrated with a few shandies later. The contrast with the mood in the Hearts dressing room could not have been more stark. Black: "I've never experienced anything like it.
Getty Images He's by no means out of the woods, but an away win against Chelsea is a great way to buy him some time, and there was clear evidence that his players were playing for him. MAN OF THE MATCH - David Martin (West Ham) The 33-year-old journeyman was making his first appearance for West Ham, coming in for Roberto, who has struggled badly since joining the Hammers.
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Ndidi has been crucial to Leicester's fortunes this season and the influential Nigerian leads the Premier League in both tackles and interceptions. Wilf took a knock in training yesterday, which unfortunately means he might need a slight operation," Rodgers said when explaining why he missed Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final.
After a break from the covid epidemic, the Costa Rican League finally returned to the earliest match of the round of 16 between Guadalupe vs Limon FC. Since the beginning of the season, what Guadalupe has performed is more stable than Limon FC. Moreover, Guadalupe proved to be very charming with a home draw. Be aware that all 3 home matches have a handicap of 1/2, Guadalupe has a triumph song and brings joy to investors.
Posted at 79' Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 79' Foul by Lewis Cook (Bournemouth). Posted at 78' Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 78' Foul by Diego Rico (Bournemouth). SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Bournemouth. Harry Wilson replaces Joshua King. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Manchester City.
They'll win that group and the whole thing. Calling it now. Top side. DRAW IN FULL League A Group 1: Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, Netherlands Group 2: Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, England Group 3: Croatia, Sweden, France, Portugal Group 4: Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Switzerland League B Group 1: Romania, Northern Ireland, Norway, Austria Group 2: Israel, Slovakia, Scotland, Czech Republic Group 3: Hungary, Turkey, Serbia, Russia Group 4: Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Finland, Wales League C Group 1: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Montenegro Group 2: Armenia, Estonia, North Macedonia, Georgia Group 3: Moldova, Slovenia, Kosovo, Greece Group 4: Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Belarus, Albania League D Group 1: Malta, Andorra, Latvia, Faroe Islands Group 2: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar Rafa Benitez elaborates on Cristiano Ronaldo ‘beef’ [Spoiler Alert: There probably was no beef] It was reported when Rafael Benitez was Real Madrid manager – for those sorry eight months that straddled 2015 and 2016 – that the former Liverpool coach had told Cristiano Ronaldo how to better take a free-kick.
It was dreadful. Is he able to motivate this team? He seems to have lost the players. The desire seems to have ebbed away. I think maybe the manager might be in a position where he might even feel like he has to step to one side now. Serious questions need to be asked, this is as bad as I’ve seen it.
Man City host Brighton & Hove Albion in the WSL on Sunday, in the final round of fixtures before the division's winter break. Media playback is not supported on this device Hemp puts gloss on Man City victory BBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC in 2019, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions.
Mental health is a huge consideration," FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann told Reuters Television in an interview. We have, from studies over the years, seen there are elevated risks for anxiety and different psychological problems for players compared to the general population because it's a tense and precarious employment for most of them and (this) makes it worse.
Official picture klaxon! 11. We've had some more Tottenham player reaction to the news this morning. It's worth pointing out that the players reportedly were not informed of the decision to sack Pochettino until the announcement was mad, which is pretty crazy. Here is Kyle Walker-Peters, who appeared to have been frozen out of the squad by the end, on the manager's departure.
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He completed 90 minutes in Barca's 3-2 defeat by Atletico Madrid on Thursday which saw them exit the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Suarez underwent surgery on the same knee last May, which forced him to miss the Copa del Rey final defeat to Valencia, although he recovered in time to feature for Uruguay in the Copa America.