Combining a game of hide and seek with a tactical masterclass from Marcelo Bielsa probably wasn't at the top of many people's lists of how to spend Mother's Day. But that is exactly what Chelsea Women's manager Emma Hayes found herself doing on Sunday. Just three weeks after guiding Chelsea to their first Women’s Continental League Cup final triumph, Hayes is now social distancing at home with 22-month-old son Harry, rather than being surrounded by a squad of players.
Mourinho does not come cheap. And he does not work cheap either. Tottenham are proud of the club's academy and see the likes of England midfielder Harry Winks as a signpost to the future; Mourinho often gives the impression of not caring whether an academy exists. It is hard to imagine Levy signing off on an £89m fee for Paul Pogba, £75m for Romelu Lukaku, or £52m for Fred, as Ed Woodward did at Manchester United.
Business is about to pick up. The Champions League group stages did not disappoint with a record 308 goals scored - and Europe's elite club competition returns with the start of the knockout stages. All four English teams - holders Liverpool, runners-up Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City - progressed to the last 16, with last season's finalists both in action this week. Paris St-Germain against Borussia Dortmund has been described as "the tie of the round", so will this finally be the French side's year? And can Dortmund's teenage star Erling Braut Haaland continue his sensational goalscoring spree?European football experts Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Kristof Terreur discuss the first set of games on BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues podcast.
A sensible move all round, but questions should be asked about why the decision has finally been taken. Read the full story Lampard won’t be rushed Chelsea boss Frank Lampard might want a striker, and as above is linked with Timo Werner, but he will not be rushed into any signings. The Telegraph note that Chelsea are released from their recent transfer ban.
Benfica will be on the back foot when they go to this game. Their away record in the competition has not been the best and they take on a Leipzig side in really good form. Leipzig have two straight wins in Champions League, while on the other hand, Benfica have four straight losses in the competition. The down side for Leipzig is that they rarely keep clean sheets, which happens to be Benfica’s problem as well. Benfica have scored in each of the last seven Champions League matches, but they have conceded two or more goals in nine of their last 12 in the competitions. Based on that, we are backing Leipzig for a 2-1 win.
It will put the players in a tough position. Real Madrid and Chelsea player told Reuters. And if a lot of teams lose their players, it will devalue the competition. He said it might also make it more difficult for African players to earn moves to European clubs. Once the club realises he will go to the national team, his chances of being signed will drop," he said.
Vitesse and Feyenoord will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eredivisie. Vitesse this season have the following results: 7W, 2D and 6L. Meanwhile Feyenoord have 6W, 6D and 3L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
I knew the angle was tight so I got enough on it to dink it over him. I thought it might be offside - I joked with my dad last night about what if I scored and it was ruled out!"Southampton forward Michael Obafemi: "It was good to get the goal but in the end it didn't mean anything. The boys just have to come together again. We had a good run, we'll try to pick it back up again and hopefully we do.
Enppi is slightly better side here as the guests are just one point above the relegation zone at this moment 11 points in total, just that Al Masri is newly promoted to this season in the first league level in Egypt and they were expected to be so low in the league standings but they have now score in 5 games in a row in the league even scored away at Al Ahly which has a great defense and lost 3-1 there, also a 3-1 loss at home to 2nd placed Arab Contractors.
Guardiola has not picked the same starting XI in consecutive matches all season and has chopped and changed formations since the departure of assistant manager Mikel Arteta in December. Sportsmail understands senior players have concerns over Guardiola fiddling with tactics and personnel, and some aired their views during the dressing-room inquest after Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Tottenham.
Elderly people and those with other health conditions are considered high-risk. Valladolid's move comes after Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales criticised clubs for testing their players for the virus on Tuesday evening. Knowing the lives of many people are at stake it seems out of place to me to use tests on footballers when there are people that need them,” Rubiales told a news conference.
Speroni holds club records for most clean sheets and most appearances by a keeper. David Marshall (2000-) Cardiff, Hull, Wigan. Promotion (2012-13)Scotland international Marshall has spent just two seasons outside the Championship this decade. He was an ever-present as Cardiff won the 2012-13 title, keeping 18 clean sheets, and made the play-offs twice more with the Bluebirds. Kasper Schmeichel (2003-) Leeds, Leicester.
One player might say, 'I can afford a 30% cut'; another might say, 'I can only afford 5%,'" he said. I don't think that would cause any dressing room problems. The players union in England has also questioned the league's public call for wage reductions, and Rooney said players were in a "no-win situation".
Alberto Colombo, of the European Leagues group, whose members include 36 leagues including the Premier League, EFL and SPFL. Germany has carried out more diagnostic swab tests - to establish whether an individual is infected with coronavirus - than other major European countries. The Italian Football Federation hopes to begin testing players for the virus at the start of May, in preparation for the season to resume.
We’re confident that a double chance bet on Oldham will have the best chance of paying out this weekend and we have p[redicted a final scoreline of 1-1. Both teams head into the game in disappointing form but Oldham have been stronger at home than Carlisle have on the road which is why we believe the hoss can avoid defeat this weekend.
However, Newcastle United have no clean sheet in their last four home matches. With 17 goals, they are the third least scorers in the league. They have not beaten Crystal Palace in the last three matches, two of which have ended in draws. They have also fai8led to score in the last two matches against Palace.
Then came that piece of brilliance from Eden Hazard. Ian Wright: "It was one of those strange games and although that Tottenham rivalry is still in me, I kind of felt for them. That game against Chelsea should have been done and dusted. Spurs have to think it was a chance missed. Rank the best Premier League games of all time. Top 10 games of Premier League eraChoose your top 10 games from 13 enthralling encounters and rank them in order.
So Temuri was not happy anyway and had the right hump. He came on and I headed the ball back across for him to score. I looked across and saw him going absolutely berserk. He got his top off, started booting the advertising hoardings and tried to take his boots off too. He was slightly different, hard as nails. We went paintballing on a team bonding session once and he was on the opposite side, he crept up behind Aaron Hughes, pushed him on the floor and was pinging him shouting, 'stay down, stay down'.
Brighton's first home win and first clean sheet in the league since 2 November takes them up to 13th - albeit before the rest of the weekend's games. Struggles ahead for Bournemouth? Media playback is not supported on this device Howe reflects on 'tough, tough day' for Cherries Bournemouth seem to do this every year and always escape, terrible runs of form in between excellent bursts with enough points to keep them safe.
Without setting the league alight, Shrewsbury have looked like a useful side this term. As they've often been in previous campaigns, they're sturdy, while they've quietly shuffled along into a respectable 11th position, just three points shy of the top six.
It was not like after one week I had to leave. No, it was mine. I left everything there; my television, my books, my computer. It was a flat with 'bring me a coffee latte, please', or 'I don't want to go down for dinner, bring my dinner up'. If I was watching football or doing work with one of my assistants I would ask; 'bring us food'.
Setubal have kept clean sheets in 86% of their home games and Aves are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road, with 86% of the host’s home games producing between 0 and 1 goals. A majority of Setubal’s wins this season have been obtained with a one-goal margin (3 wins), while on nine occasions Aves have lost by a one-goal margin, which provides another reason to back a 1-0 home win this weekend.
This game could very well end up in just a 1-1 draw in the end, the hosts really do not have too many wins at home this season and both are at the bottom of the league table already sure both of them that they shall end the season in the relegation group and it remains to be seen which clubs will be relegated after that group ends up but both are favorites for the drop.
A new deal for De Bruyne? Manchester City are set to offer midfielder Kevin de Bruyne a new contract worth £350,000 per week, according to the Express. The 28-year-old signed a six-year deal back in January 2018, but the Premier League club are looking to tie De Bruyne down to a new five-year deal after another impressive season at the Etihad Stadium.
Greaves, who scored 266 league and cup goals for Spurs, began his career at Chelsea and also had spells at West Ham and AC Milan. He is fourth on the list of all-time England goalscorers, behind Wayne Rooney (53), Sir Bobby Charlton (49) and Gary Lineker (48). Greaves was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad but originally missed out on a medal because he was injured during the tournament's group stage.
I think it's a great time to be a supporter of Boston United," boss Craig Elliott told Lincolnshire Live. There are a lot of big games and, off the pitch, the new stadium is looking fantastic. I'm excited as a manager and I'm sure the supporters are the same. Boston have won four away ties to reach the second round and a shock win at Rochdale, who play three divisions higher in League One, could give them an opportunity to play one last FA Cup tie at York Street - their home since 1933 - before they leave.
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Pinsk is one of the rare fully professional teams in this level of the league, and they should be main favorite to fight for the promotion in this A group of Belarus third rank of the competition. Stainless made secure 3:1 away win in Minsk, and now will wait for Chayka at home, in order to get the winning run going further. They should not have bigger issues to make secure win, and Chayka will be under big challenge in this clash.
City looked to be back to their old ruthless selves in sweeping aside Burnley on Tuesday, and they know that another win is imperative. In fact, a long sequence of wins is what City need to really apply some pressure to leaders Liverpool. Are Pep Guardiola's side capable of putting together a dozen or so wins in a row? Of course they are. No title has ever been won in December. VIEW FROM THE DUGOUTManchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "It's Man United; I respect what they've done for English football, European, and world football.
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He has another 22 games to get those eight goals. His average of a goal every 90 minutes is better than in each of his previous Premier League seasons (it was a goal every 131 minutes in 2015-16) and he is having a shot on target every 55 minutes, which is also his top-flight career best. His average of a shot every 35 minutes is comparable to last season, but not as good as his figure of 27 in 2015-16.
At the moment we have two or three different options. Arsenal's mid-season break could also be disrupted by a potential FA Cup replay. Should Arsenal draw their FA Cup fourth round tie at Bournemouth on Jan. Arteta accused football authorities of disregarding player safety but said the club will accept the "bizarre scenario".
This should not be an easy match for Brno team, and they could have tough task to score a goal and get three points against today rival. Graffin did lost their first encounter 2:1, but this team know to play tight and on small amount of goals on their away matches.
We knew immediately after the Napoli game we have a final, and we have to make sure we are prepared for a final. We always had to do it the hard way, I can't remember one time when it was, 'Oh fine, done' a week before. We're at least used to that. Liverpool will guarantee a place in the last 16 with a draw or if Napoli lose to Genk but may need a win to top the group and avoid one of the European heavyweights in the knockout round and Klopp said they would play for a victory.
Liverpool host Wolves on Sunday. The Anfield side have come through a testing period festive period by winning the Club World Cup in Qatar, reaching the Champions League knockout stages and opening up a sizeable lead in the league. Manchester United also held a 13-point lead at the top in the 1993-94 season and finished in that position, eight points clear of Blackburn, and Liverpool's result moved them a step closer to clinching their first league title since 1990.
Vitesse and PSV will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eredivisie. Vitesse this season have the following results: 11W, 5D and 7L. Meanwhile PSV have 12W, 6D and 5L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
A statement said: "The Tottenham player admitted that his actions at the conclusion of a fixture against Norwich City in the FA Cup were improper but denied that they were also threatening. An independent regulatory commission subsequently found Eric Dier's actions to be threatening. The incident occurred on 4 March in the fifth-round tie following a penalty shootout in which Dier scored, but Spurs eventually lost.
Full TimePosted at 90'+7' Second Half ends, Bristol City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2. Posted at 90'+7' Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jay Dasilva. Posted at 90'+6' Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Niki Mäenpää. Posted at 90'+6' Attempt saved. Alessio Da Cruz (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Posted at 74' Foul by Brad McKay (Inverness CT). Goal!Posted at 73' Goal! Hibernian 3, Inverness CT 1. Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Goal!Posted at 71' Goal! Hibernian 3, Inverness CT 0. Greg Docherty (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Read this morning's Warm-Up here 08:56 - Mouratoglou: It's 'revolting' lower-level pros can't make a living Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou has called on tennis governing bodies to come together and devise a way of helping lower level professionals struggling financially due to the coronavirus shutdown.
Son Heung-min (Tottenham and South Korea)23. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham and France)24= Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli and Senegal)24= Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona and Germany)28= Donny van de Beek (Ajax and Netherlands)28= Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid and Portugal)28= Marquinhos (Paris St-Germain and Brazil)What is the Ballon d'Or?The Ballon d'Or has been awarded by France Football every year since 1956, with England's Stanley Matthews the first winner.
More atrocious defending from Villa left space for Aguero to score his 175th Premier League goal in the 28th minute, before Kevin De Bruyne fired in a superb centre for Gabriel Jesus to make it four on the stroke of half time. Aguero then netted 12 minutes into the second half to move clear of Henry, before completing his 12th Premier League hat-trick, more than any other player, late on to move level with Frank Lampard in the all-time goalscoring list.
