The thinking behind signing Georginio Wijnaldum, meanwhile, seemed to be to deny Barcelona the opportunity of capturing him.
The hosts thought they had restored their two-goal lead four minutes later from yet another corner, only for Afobe to be ruled offside in the build-up.
Indeed, the historic CBA averted a work stoppage on the eve of preseason and provided a desperately needed win for the league and its players after an autumn and winter of discontent.
Many had written off Chelsea's chances, but when Timo Werner scored to make it 3-0 on the night in the 75th minute, the Blues were 15 minutes away from a sensational feat.
The day before their opening match President Mandela, whose clan name was Madiba, made the first of several visits to the team.
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Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt beat Celtic 2-0 to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory over the Scottish Premiership leaders, and their reward for progressing to the last 16 is to face AZ Alkmaar.
Liverpool have reportedly opened talks with highly-rated young Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo (Daily Mail, December 3).
Minamino had a spell on loan at Southampton in the second half of last season when he scored two goals in 10 appearances.
He added: Two super teams who wanted to compete, to attack and a huge crowd. Women's football is unstoppable, it's going to grow and grow.
City have set new standards of excellence in the Premier League. It is now tougher than ever to win the title.
Brazil retained their Olympic football title with substitute Malcolm scoring an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain in Saturday's men's gold medal game.
Saint-Maximin on his day as well, he causes a lot of problems. A really positive performance and with better finishing, they could have won by more.
Yes we were. Of course they were and that's why everybody loves the game, because it's possible to win matches like this.
I can't remember a player having that sort of spotlight on him. That sentiment was echoed by Maguire's team-mate Jack Grealish who said the team didn't like it.
A two or three-year contract is in the making worth £25m to £33m per season as Lewandowski considers his next move.
I was watching them wondering are they trying to get it wide to cross it, or playing through the middle?
Manchester United return to action against Newcastle on December 27, live on Sky Sports, after their last two games were postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak at the club.
Former Southampton midfielder Sofiane Boufal put Morocco ahead from the penalty spot after just six minutes, but Salah fired in the equaliser from close range eight minutes into the second half.
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Liverpool upped the tempo in the second half but it left gaps - Gordon appealing for a penalty when tangling with Joel Matip and then dragging a shot wide from another break.
Midfielder Callum Styles gave the Tykes the lead in the 24th minute and Carlton Morris added a second in stoppage-time at the end of the first half.
Sterling says he is proud of his achievement, but continues to target more - as he has done so throughout his successful career.
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In training, he coaches the others to do tricks and even in media duties never makes a mistake, according to PR manager Edoardo Bandini.
We cannot get too carried away, we have to keep fighting and the fans have played a massive part. What the managers said…Everton boss Frank Lampard: Difficult.
But the FA hopes the average will increase to 6,000 in three years, which would be a sell-out for most clubs.
The lads as a collective have been brilliant, so credit must go to them as well. Sky Sports' EFL pundit Don Goodman said: The former Newcastle-trainee has been a mainstay of Paul Warne's promotion-chasing team this season, but only recently has he added goals to his impressive display.
After stubborn defending repelled Italy for large spells of the contest in Palermo, the visitors capitalised in stoppage time thanks to Aleksandar Trajkovski's strike to seal a 1-0 victory.
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Comebacks and memorable celebrations Since the Premier League began, Manchester United have been involved in some Boxing Day classics.
I believe when we are at our best we can compete with all teams in the Premier League and we are going to have to, because we're going to need some results against some of the big guns to achieve our aims. Burnley manager Sean Dyche: I thought it was a foul at the time, but I was a long way away.
We won't have Ianis for the season so that's a big blow for all of us and obviously a huge disappointment for Ianis, said the Dutchman.
The Denmark international, who turned 30 today, joined Brentford last month after being released by Inter Milan.
At half-time, Frankfurt were almost out of sight, capitalising on poor mistakes from Dortmund, and causing problems in transition - especially in wide areas. Despite dominating possession in the first-half, clear-cut chances proved hard to fashion for the most part for Marco Rose's side.
Eddie Howe will miss his first game in charge of Newcastle United after testing positive for Covid-19.
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However, Sheffield United, who finished bottom of the Premier League, are at home to Carlisle United while Reading take on 2013 winners Swansea in another of the stand-out ties of the round.
Winning four World Cups and four gold Olympic medals, the women’s national soccer team is arguably one of America’s finest exports. Leading football journalist Caitlin Murray’s book shows how the team has broken records, brought in piles of money, and earned acres of respect for an underappreciated side of our sport.
Chiellini, also a Euros runner-up in 2012, is joint fifth in the list of Italy's most-capped players alongside Andrea Pirlo. Only Daniele de Rossi, Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon have made more appearances.
It is understood that Baraclough's new contract with the Irish FA is again being incentivised with a bonus in place should he guide Northern Ireland to a major tournament.
After catching the eye during a pre-season friendly in the summer of 2003, a precociously-gifted teenager was snapped up by legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Yet my faith in the north Londoners under Antonio Conte hasn't been knocked too much despite doing my beans on a Spurs win at Stamford Bridge.
Bobby is not good news with a serious hamstring injury, really unfortunate, the Liverpool manager told the club's website.
