Courtois won't be taking anything for granted when he comes up against Messi in the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu, though, as he knows that the 34-year-old has the talent to conjure up a piece of magic at any moment.
Patrick Vieira criticised the performance of the referees in Crystal Palace's 3-1 defeat to Liverpool, pointing to two goals he felt should have been chalked off.
With Ousmane Dembele still struggling for fitness and summer signing Memphis Depay failing to live up to expectations, Torres could add much-needed stability to Barca's front line.
Former RB Leipzig and Hoffenheim boss Ralf Rangnick is reportedly set to take charge of United on a six-month deal ahead of United's Premier League match against Arsenal next Thursday.
What the managers said… Aston Villa manager Dean Smith: I'm concerned when we lose any game, so yes - concerned that we've lost four games in a row.
After these new extremely serious facts, the Disciplinary Commission of the LFP will meet urgently from tomorrow.
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I always find it quite disheartening that the only representation we have from a black perspective is always one I consider negative. We always learn about the slave trade and things like that - and there's a lot more.
All of those seven fixtures have come against teams not in the top nine of the Premier League table.
Cristiano Ronaldo's height is 1.87 metres or, if you prefer imperial measurements, he stands six foot one inch (6ft 1in) tall.
I'm disappointed with the result, but we have to keep working. Man of the Match - FredFred has scored twice in 12 Premier League matches this season, as many as he scored in 76 appearances in his first three seasons in the competition with Manchester United beforehand.
Regardless of the way this game went, there was always going to be an immense sense of pride come full-time for St Johnstone.
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They didn't just let Livramento leave last summer, after all. Chelsea raised a grand total of £90 million ($123m) from selling youngsters to fund the £97.5m ($136m) signing of Romelu Lukaku from Inter.
However, Roma appeared to lose focus at this point and almost allowed Spezia back into proceedings. Rey Manaj had a goal cancelled by VAR, while Emmanuel Gyasi and Kelvin Amian Adou missed gilt-edged opportunities to halve the deficit.
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That brought Rangers to life and they went close again when Lee Wallace's strike was deflected over by Turton.
I have played youth football for a little while,” he said. “I have obviously scored a lot of goals at that level and improved drastically from when I started.
And then, with one careless foul, the whole thing changed. And it is that which will cost them this season.
But when things become personal and it's taken away from the pitch, that's when there's a problem and that's something we're seeing a lot and too much of at the moment.
McGinn had two efforts, first testing Bachmann with a drive in the third minute and then sliding a shot past the far post from 12 yards.
Analysis of Rudiger's defensive and offensive output illustrates his importance to Tuchel's Chelsea, and why failing to tie him down to fresh terms, and losing him to a European rival for nothing, would be an unthinkable prospect.
“Losing brings consequences,” warned president Joan Laporta last summer, and Xavi has made it clear he has one aim.
After United had cleared Kyle Walker's dangerous cross, Bruno Fernandes gave Cancelo ample room to deliver another wicked delivery from the left, forcing Bailly to stretch for the ball at the near post.
He turned them to a back three and they never looked back. He's enthusiastic, he'll run up the line when they score, and I think the fans will like that.
Mbeumo kept his cool to send Fernandez the wrong way and roll his spot-kick into the far corner, lifting Brentford into the top half and Watford facing the reality that they could end the weekend inside the relegation zone.
I can deal with it myself but when you see it is affecting your kids that is when it becomes really hard.
Third-placed West Brom also edged a little closer to Scott Parker's team after a hard-fought 1-0 win against Hull at The Hawthorns.
He got not just [support from our fans], but all around the world, the UK, about this insane situation we are living in right now.
Daka looked like he was in an offside position as he tapped into an empty net following Tielemans' parried shot.
'I'm not worried about the future' Ranieri was the 14th managerial change under the club's owners in 10 years.
The teenager caught Rangnick's eye in the German's very first training session at the club six weeks ago and, based on his performances in United's last two Premier League games, Elanga deserves to keep his starting spot.
Yeah, it will be long but now it's time for everyone to focus on the national team who goes on the national team, the Portuguese added.
With flying, one of the things we struggle with - anecdotally - is hamstring issues. I know there is a widely held feeling among physios that this could be one small element of the picture. The other negative can be when a player is already carrying swelling on the knee - that can be exacerbated. That can happen on short flights as well as longer ones.
The 29-year-old was nominated for the Ballon d'Or in 2019 after helping Spurs reach the Champions League final and has scored 78 top-flight goals while providing 42 assists since arriving in England in the summer of 2015.
Supporters who booed at the final whistle will no doubt have circled Southampton as a must-win game given that daunting run of fixtures, but having got what they deserved, Ranieri believes his side can collect points in other ways after this missed opportunity.
Leicester - who have not won a Premier League game since beating Liverpool 1-0 on December 28 - were put under the cosh early on, with the hosts looking to attack in wide areas, and went behind with less than 10 minutes on the clock.
Europa League state of playGroup A Rangers are guaranteed a place in the play-offs after beating Sparta Prague, who can no longer finish above them.
However, in their last 23 games against teams that finished in the top nine of the Premier League last season, Brighton have only lost three games by more than one goal.
Michael Carrick is still expected to be in charge for Sunday's Premier League game at Chelsea, live on Sky Sports.
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Chelsea's a massive club, they will compete and try to win trophies so the easy option would've been to do that.
Manchester United have been drawn to face Ligue 1 leaders Paris St-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League.
[These are] probably some of the good developments that are happening across our sport. I think there is a lot more [discussion] internally within football clubs, she said.
They beat League One AFC Wimbledon 2-0 with goals from Tyrone Marsh and Adrian Clifton and manager Luke Garrard made it clear who he wants to face next.
To go from jobless in France six or seven years ago to where he is now is inspiring, the ex-West Ham man enthuses.
With Kounde alongside Carlos, Monchi reckons Sevilla's centre-backs are “in the top five or ten in Europe”.
We are definitely aware of the magnitude of this game and know what it means to everyone, Scotland boss Steve Clarke had said beforehand, referring to the swerving traffic and tooting of horns that his team had seen and heard on their drive along the M8.
