He had been expected to be replaced by Eriksen in the summer, but Valverde has shown he could well be a cheaper and still excellent option in the middle of the pitch. Read the full story City certain Guardiola will stay There has been speculation that Pep Guardiola would soon be off at the Etihad, a feeling exacerbated by the club’s recent poor form.
This is a no-brainer for me, though, because my drummer Dean Beresford is a massive Villa fan, and his granddad Joe Beresford played for them from 1927 to 1934. He is in the process of writing a book about him at the moment and the stories are legend. So, if I don't say Villa are going to win, I might end up without a drummer. In any case I have always had a secret liking of Villa because of their claret and blue colours.
What's the point in that? That doesn't level the playing field. City also had an extra day to prepare ahead of December's derby at the Etihad Stadium, although goals from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial secured a 2-1 win for United. It was the same when we beat them last time to be fair, we played Wednesday and they played Tuesday.
We asked Eurosport France’s Vincent Bregevin for his expert opinion on the full back. WILL ANYONE IN PARIS MISS KURZAWA IF HE LEAVES? Not really. He has not lived up to the hype since he joined from Monaco after a very promising season. This season, he’s backup to Juan Bernat at left back but Abdou Diallo can play there too, so my guess is that PSG have no reason to keep him.
Everton's only venture into the Champions League was the third qualifying round in 2005-06 and they have not gone beyond the last 16 of the Uefa Cup/Europa League in six attempts since. Upon his appointment, and the unveiling of plans for a new stadium, the club have said they want to get back to the top tier of English and European football. They last won a European trophy - the Cup Winners' Cup - in 1985.
Vitkovice looking at results for the last year, they have played 29 matches. They have 10 wins; 6 draws; and 13 losses. This gives Vitkovice a recent Win-Draw-Loss rate of: 34%-20%-44%.Over this period, they have scored 1.79 times per match, on average, while conceding 1.83. There is a total of 44 matches played by the away team over the recent 12 months. They have 14 wins; 11 draws; and 19 losses. In other words, Banik Ostrava have won 31%, drawn 25%, and lost 43% of their recent matches. In these matches, they have averaged 1.32 goals for, and 1.41 goals against.
But the fine details of the transfer are yet to be agreed. The 27-year-old Tanzania international requires a work permit so he will not be available in time for Villa's visit to Brighton on Saturday. Villa are willing to part with Ivory Coast striker Jonathan Kodija and have had interest from Championship side Nottingham Forest and Ligue 1 club Amiens. Smith's side are 18th in the Premier League after 22 matches.
GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 Burnley (Wood) Again, the free-kick goes to the edge of the box, and again Mee wins the header - it's a great jump, which beats Matic to the ball. And this time, Wood steals a march on Maguire - of course he does - and is onto it so quickly sweeping a lump past De Gea with shin and foot.
Alex Scott will join Liam Loftus for Saturday's 'Quarantine Quiz', as part of another packed weekend of sporting content across the BBC. The former Arsenal and England defender will be on hand to help quizmaster Loftus test your sporting knowledge over three rounds on the BBC Sport website and YouTube channel at 19:00 BST on Saturday. We want you to get involved via #bbcsportsquiz, letting us know your team name and how you are getting on.
Augsburg changed their coach in March as former Bayer Leverkusen coach Heiko Herrlich is now in charge and he was known while coaching that club for having a quite attacking minded view of the game especially in home games, of course this is a different challenge as the aim for Augsburg is that to avoid relegation but they do have many decent options up-front and even though the game is going to be played without their fans the quality remains up-front for Augsburg.
Both sides had chances to win the match thereafter but will now contest a replay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. For the Middlesbrough duo of manager Jonathan Woodgate and his assistant Robbie Keane it will be a return to the club where they both won the 2008 League Cup, the last trophy won by Spurs.
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The British-based World Golf Group last month unveiled plans for a new global tour it hopes to launch in 2022 that would consist of 18 yearly tournaments - each with prize money of $10 million -- and feature 48 of the game's top players. Woods, speaking to reporters at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, where he is tournament host for this week's Genesis Invitational, said he had been briefed on details of the PGL.
Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin has had to be "reined in" at times as he intensifies his rehabilitation. The Ivorian, a £25m summer signing from Mainz, has played only twice this season and had two operations - the latest in February - on a thigh injury. Gbamin, 24, is training at home using equipment delivered by the club after their Finch Farm training ground was closed in March because of coronavirus.
I spoke to Joe the night before I went in. He really helped. He said when I was being sick or at the toilet to remember it was making me better. My immune system was so low I couldn't be in a room with more than six or eight people because of the risk of infection. I wasn't allowed to go and see friends - but I didn't want to.
Leeds is definitely not in a good shape with just 1 win from last 7 matches and that was versus the Birmingham on the road in a wild game which ended with 4 5 win for the Leeds but still they should be able to win today, they are much better squad then the QPR and QPR is team from the heart of the table with a lot of goals scored and conceding, preety unpredictable team which could win or lose to anyone in the whole league but promotion co tender team like Leeds must be able to win games like this
In defence, Antonio Rudiger is serviceable but not much more, standing out because of the poverty around him rather than his own excellent, while Cesar Azpilicueta remains steady, but is a shadow of the stalwart who has been so good in previous seasons. He found it hard to cope with the pace and cleverness of Bayern’s attackers – understandable in a way – but that is going to get more acute, not less.
Many people outside of Toxteth – where I come from – would call it deprived but for me it was home. When I go back, I want to make sure that the young girls see an opportunity and a light. It's important that you have brands like Visa to be able to put a spotlight [on the game] and show that it's our time.
This season's final will be renamed the Heads Up FA Cup final to raise mental health awareness. Manchester City are the holders after thrashing Watford 6-0 at Wembley on 18 May 2019Are there replays?There are no replays at this stage of the competition. If games are level after 90 minutes, there will be an additional 30 minutes of extra time. A penalty shootout will take place to decide a winner if the game is still level at 120 minutes.
Scoring goals hasn't always been an issue for The Dons, who've notched in seven out of nine on the road, but they've been struggling to create of late, registering just two shots on target in their last 180 minutes of away-day action. Moreover, they've been leaking goals left, right and centre, shipping an average of two per away match, keeping zero clean sheets.
Here are Keown's three classic matches. Arsenal 4-0 Everton Arsene Wenger guided the Gunners to a first top-flight title in seven years when they triumphed in 19983 May 1998"It's Tony Adams, put through by Steve Bould, would you believe it?! That sums it all up. This classic piece of commentary has gone down in Arsenal folklore, describing as it does the final goal of the Gunners' 4-0 demolition of Everton to give them their first Premier League title.
Townsend said that figure was "absolutely disgraceful considering the amount of players there are in the game that have also transitioned into coaching and are qualified". The 'Rooney Rule' regulation is named after the NFL diversity committee chairman Dan Rooney, who spearheaded a policy that clubs in American football should interview at least one BAME candidate for each head coach or senior football operation vacancy.
UEFA said clubs reported a gross income of 6 billion euros from transfers, a 25 percent increase. It singled out Portugal, France and Belgium as countries where clubs had become dependent on transfer earnings, which in all cases were equivalent to 50 percent or more of revenue. Talent-exporting clubs have naturally become more dependent on transfer activity to cover their players’ wages and other operating costs.
The visitors had already had a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR) when McBurnie exploited indecision in the Brighton defence to take control of a long ball and lash home the winner midway through the first half. After a toothless first-half performance, Brighton boss Graham Potter made a double substitution at halftime, introducing Aaron Connolly for Leandro Trossard and Glenn Murray for Pascal Gross.
Given Real's superior head-to-head record over Barca, Real require two points from their final two games, at home to fifth-placed Villarreal on Thursday and at relegation-threatened Leganes on Sunday, to win the league. We have to be happy and rest up for Thursday," said Real boss Zidane after his side's ninth successive win since La Liga resumed in June. We will be back training on Tuesday and we will be back on the pitch on Thursday.
While they’re not going to turn down a trophy, first or second place is largely irrelevant for West Brom this term. Given the finances on offer for promotion, the prize of going up massively outstrips the possibility of silverware. While West Brom lead second-placed Leeds by two points, the big thing for the Baggies is their lead over third.
Under normal circumstances, it's fair to say that this team would be in a much better position. Even if they'd not had a proper squad for the first six weeks of so, based on what they've achieved since Keith Hill took over, Bolton would be less than two wins away from safety were in not for a 12-point deduction, and had Hill and his team be in from the word go, you could argue that the Trotters would be outside of the bottom three by a slight margin.
Walter Ferreti U20 will against Real Esteli U20 in match Nicaragua Youth. My prediction this match could be the end score is over 2.5 goals due to Walter Ferreti U20 on last 3 match can make total score is 10 goals. Beside that Real Esteli U20 on last 3 match can make total score is 11 goals. Therefore, I think this match can be much score from both team due to they have record is fantastic. Moreover Walter Ferreti U20 more strong in every home match and surely Walter Ferreti U20 will make score on this match. Therefore, this match can be the end score over 2.5 goals.
They have just three in their last seven games in Ligue 1. Marseille will be stiff competition for Angers here as André Villas-Boas’ team has been in flying form recently, with four wins on the bounce carrying them up to second. The former Chelsea and Tottenham man found it difficult to get going at first but his team are now playing some great football and deservedly sit at the top end of the table.
Away from home Watford have lost five of their eight Premier League games, including an 8-0 demolition at the Etihad. On Saturday they come up against a team that have won 15 league games on the bounce at home, scoring an average of three goals per game at Anfield this season. Anything but a Liverpool win here looks incredibly unlikely, and we’re also expecting a fairly high scoring affair.
Matty Kennedy: With six goals in his first season and five this term, the winger is a key man for St Johnstone. No-one at the Perth club has scored more goals than the Ayrshire-born Northern Irish international this season, with Aberdeen heavily linked with a move for the 25-year-old former Cardiff City player. Chris Long: Having arrived from Blackpool in the summer as something of a lower-league journeyman in England, the striker has settled in well at Motherwell, with six goals and three assists in 22 games.
Barnsley are conceding too many clear cut chances, having conceded from 16% of the shots they’ve faced this season. They’ve been consistently poor at the back, with each of the bottom half visitors to Oakwell scoring at least twice in their visits this term. That’s something to be concerned about here, with Reading scoring twice at Wigan, Huddersfield and QPR.
Stjarnan today will be meeting with the away team Value and this game we have given this team to record an over of 2.5 total goals as looking at the last games this two teams have played together they are very used of scoring over of to 2.5 total goals and so this making us to be very sure with this prediction
Posted at 68' Foul by Kieffer Moore (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 68' Patrick Bauer (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing. BookingPosted at 66' Cheyenne Dunkley (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 66' Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 66' Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!Posted at 64' Goal! Club Brugge 1, Real Madrid 2. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrygo. Posted at 64' Attempt blocked. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic with a headed pass. Posted at 62' Attempt saved. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Man of the match - Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) Fernandes is the first Manchester United player whose maiden Premier League goal for the club was a penaltyWhat's next? Manchester United's next game is on Thursday, when they entertain Club Brugge in the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie, currently level at 1-1. They then visit Everton next Sunday, 1 March, in the Premier League (14:00 GMT).
A lot of games were boring. Everton Football Club deserves better than that. The fans want to see positive, attacking football. We shouldn't be where we are in the league and we need to get out of it. Duncan galvanised everyone. The fans just want to see the club moving forward and everything is moving forward now. Everton fans are excited, they want to see a successful team - the last one was in the mid-1980s, apart from winning the FA Cup in 1995, and that's too long.
I am more competitive than Yaya'In July 2009, Toure left Arsenal for Manchester City for £14m. Twelve months later, he was joined by brother Yaya at Etihad Stadium. In 2012 they were both in the squad that won the Premier League title. A song created in their honour by the City fans is still sung to this day.
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Jones, who had vied with Walton for Wigan's number one shirt for much of the past two years, was not to be outdone, thwarting Joe Rothwell, Darragh Lenihan and Lewis Holtby as Rovers ended strongly. Arguably the best chance of an end-to-end final few minutes fell to Wigan's Jamal Lowe but he nodded Josh Windass' cross wide from inside the six-yard box. The lively Lowe had also fizzed inches wide from distance earlier as the Latics, whose winless run stretched to 11 games, came close to a first away win of the season that would have moved them out of the bottom three.
I don't believe that this match from Serie A will bring too many goals and I will surely try here with under 2,25 what is pretty real to expect, but we will see what will happen. So, SPAL is team who will this season try to survive one more time in Serie A and that is their first and biggest goal. Team is very defensive in last few weeks and in that period, they are played 0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1, 2-0 and 1-0. All those duels was with under 2,25 so I believe this one will be similar against Genoa.
The trigger was a tackle on City winger Riyad Mahrez by Wolves defender Leander Dendoncker, which Atkinson ignored as he awarded a goal-kick. VAR had other ideas and decided contact between the pair merited a City penalty. Sterling took it, Rui Patricio saved to his right and the ball was cleared behind for a corner. But VAR wasn't done. Replays showed Wolves skipper Conor Coady had encroached into the penalty area before making the clearance, so a retake was awarded.
