With that in mind, here’s a look at the respective weaknesses of each of the three title challengers, none of which are likely to appear quite so strong after playing so many games in such a short space of time. The winter schedule takes its toll.
It's a long way from a windy night at Turf Moor in October to a Wembley cup final in February but Spurs are in the hat and in contention.Peter Smith Williams grasps opportunity to impress Klopp Jurgen Klopp waited 10 minutes in the second half at Deepdale when the Liverpool boss decided to make a tactical alteration.
The goals relieved building tension around Etihad Stadium and leave City knowing six more wins are now required for Pep Guardiola's men to retain their title, starting with the home game against relegation-threatened Watford on Saturday.
No succession plan was ever in place for this moment in replacing Solskjaer and individuals will have preferred options in how they see the future.
It's one of them where if you are a manager and it goes against you, you will say it's a foul. And when it's gone your way, you'll say it's not a foul.
West Ham are the only side yet to score from a set piece in the FA Women's Super League this season - the Hammers haven't had a single shot on target from a set piece situation.
We aren't friends, we don't have dinner together, I have his telephone number but I don't call him but I have a lot of respect for him and he knows.
The players have got better and even our style, how we've played and their development, so many of the players have improved individually.
So, I picked up a Guerin Sportivo magazine to search for pictures of Liverpool players. There, I saw Kevin Keegan: full red kit and his trademark haircut. It was love at first sight!
“She certainly was a goalscoring machine at a young age. I vividly [remember] - we tease her and give her a bit of stick about it - her grandparents coming to games and when she was moved to the defence, and her being up in arms that she wasn't upfront because she was a prolific goalscorer.
Last night our family's worst nightmare was realized when our home was broken into and burglarized while our babies were sleeping in their bedroom.
How do Saints respond to Foxes thrashing?Southampton players donate wages to charitySouthampton were that bad against Leicester, and I'm not being horrible, but if Man City get going, that record is in danger.
The 24-year-old had 36 goal involvements across all competitions in the previous campaign, but has scored just five times this year and looks to be suffering a crisis of confidence.
As he leads the Danes for the 26th time in a little over a year, will Hjulmand use the game to experiment and give fringe players a chance? Or will he field his strongest side to give them the best chance to complete the qualifying campaign with a 100% record?
Chelsea struck late to seal their passage into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win at Brentford.
When you consider Liverpool's attacking power and think about Newcastle's weakness at the back, then there is only going to be one outcome, really.
We ask everyone to respect Kieron's privacy, and we will be making no further comment on the matter. Dyer, who started his playing career at Ipswich and also spent eight years with Newcastle, recently took part in Channel 4 programme Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins but had to withdraw after he suffered a collapsed lung.
Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Takumi Minamino were also on target for the hosts. 'You can be greedy and we were'
However, the former Harambee Stars full-back believes it will not be possible to eliminate the 2019 finalists.
When he did, it was a superb half volley that flew past Lumley as he announced himself to his new home fans.
There he continued to impress watching scouts - including Roma's Morgan De Sanctis and Simone Lo Schiavo - and though he had never played in any of Ghana's league sides or for the country as a youth international, he suddenly became the subject of a transfer tug-of-war between Roma and AC Milan in January 2021.
Of the eight goals conceded in the three games mentioned, three have come from dead balls, and now only Crystal Palace and Everton have conceded a higher proportion of their goals from set-pieces.
Spurs have the second-lowest number of goals, the lowest number of shots and the least number of chances created from open play.
If we don't get a goal, we are heading home. Intense Scotland battle to draw with sluggish EnglandGareth Southgate defends caution | Steve Clarke hails Stephen O'Donnell, Billy GilmourThat cutting edge has been the major issue for Scotland after failing to find the net in two even contests.
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When asked if he feared being sacked, Bielsa said: Do you think there's a coach that can't be sacked, who is unsackable?
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Arsenal cleared James Ward-Prowse's corner but then switched off when it was recycled into the area by Romain Perraud.
Scotland will host Ukraine in the play-off semi-final for the 2022 World Cup, while Wales have been drawn at home to Austria.
I asked my players to attack their backline but they were more intelligent and they knew the tactical solution down the flanks.
I was 13 or 14 I was growing up and I was good at football and everyone was telling me, 'you should be a footballer because you play really good'.
It almost completed the circle a bit, you could almost put a lid on it, Hojbjerg reflected. It was beautiful - honestly, it was very beautiful.
You're relying on other players to make those runs in behind if I come a little bit deeper. It's a lot different.
It's been a long time I've seen us concede one like the second, a corner into the six-yard box, headed straight in.
Since the moment I came in, we have had games where we are really in possession all the time and I think we did really well in those games.
I met six of the Ashton Gate Eight yesterday and I was playing when they were. What they did will never be forgotten.
Real had a £145m bid for Mbappe rejected last summer - after he requested to leave PSG - and the French club are still holding out hope of convincing their star forward to stay.
Keziah Martin started the third-round win over Championship side Reading He came to us as a free agent after a year with Barnsley's Under-23s.
Weston McKennie was the one on the end of Acosta's free-kick, which didn't look too dissimilar to the one that set up Miles Robinson's Gold Cup winner last summer. McKennie, one of the USMNT's biggest weapons on set pieces, showed once again why he was this window's MVP by continuing his goalscoring form at the perfect time.
Forwards - Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) The Crooks of the Matter
He was picked up from Genk but as O'Loughlin glances up at the player board in his office, he cites two other examples of players who were allowed to leave big clubs in Belgium to find success here.
A structure of Director of Football and coach has not worked, the financial outlay has far outweighed the level of success it has delivered, while both Steve Walsh and Marcel Brands have left the club with the spotlight very firmly on the recruitment and much criticism of the process and results it has provided.
When Conte emerged from the tunnel before the start of the game there was applause from the home fans as they greeted their new manager for his first game in the league at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The easy part of all of this, I am told, if offers did come in for PEA, Arsenal would consider those offers.
Brendan Rodgers' side defended resolutely for the opening half-hour and had bright moments in attack too, most notably when James Maddison's angled effort was superbly saved by Alisson after the Leicester man had exchanged passes with Ademola Lookman.
The club sit top of La Liga and have won 11 of their last 12 games. They are back in action on January 2.
I praise him and he was here when I arrive. Raheem (Sterling), Kevin (De Bruyne), John (Stones), a few players.
