Another manager under intense pressure is West Ham's Manuel Pellegrini who won't be looking forward to Saturday's visit to in-form fourth-placed Chelsea. Manchester United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side in need of a convincing performance after struggling for large parts of their 3-3 draw at Sheffield United.
Mlada is quite poor after the restart and with the football they are performing at this moment they really stand no chance of finishing inside the top 6 places or to play once more in the Europa League like they did at the start of this season, they lost 1-0 at home to Slavia Prague, just 1-0, and lost 7-1 away at Plzen their second game while last round they barely managed a 1-1 draw at home with really modest Zlin side to complete their misery and now they face in form Liberec and should be well beaten.
While United are the most insistent and are rarely afraid of offering ludicrous salaries, it will take other arguments to sway a player in pursuit of titles. ESTIMATED COST: £135 million Video - 'Mane has no weaknesses!' - Who deserves to be POTY?13:49 9. Mauro Icardi (PSG) WHY COULD HE MOVE Should he stay or should he go? On loan from Inter, Icardi made a solid start to life at PSG with 20 goals in 31 games.
Doha, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will meet Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf Cup final after Abdullah Al-Hamdan scored a first-half goal as they beat hosts Qatar 1-0 in the semi-finals on Thursday. Al-Hamdan headed home after 28 minutes and the Saudis withstood late pressure from the Asian champions to reach the final for the fourth time in the last six editions.
Quiz: How well do you know Bale?Even if he is not playing, Bale seems content to collect his enormous salary, which would cost his employers more than £35m if he was to stay for the remaining two years on his contract. One potential issue, however, could be his lack of match fitness. Bale has previously stated that playing for Wales means more to him than representing Real Madrid and, with Euro 2020 postponed until the summer of 2021, next season will be significant for international football.
The visitors’ pressure paid off though when a deflected Josip Ilicic shot was headed into the path of Gosens, who directed a shot home at full stretch at the back post. Alessandro Bastoni gifted Gasperini’s side the chance to grab a late win when he bundled over Malinovskyi in the area but Handanovic guessed correctly to palm away substitute Muriel’s spot kick.
Wilder is pragmatic in his approach and his side were happy to sit in and soak up a spell of Brighton pressure late on, while looking dangerous on the break. Forward McGoldrick dribbled round the goalkeeper only to miss an open goal as the visitors failed to give themselves a more comfortable finish. But 52-year-old Wilder will not mind too much as his side are guaranteed to be in the top eight at Christmas.
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In fact, new coach Quique Setien had his own ‘this is fine’ moment as he surveyed the scene of defeat for a demoralised and discombobulated Barcelona. We are leaving this competition, it is painful, but the image of the team has been very good,” Setién said. Everything went well today except the result … I am quite satisfied.
We were due to play next week and to represent you all this summer, but now is clearly not the moment for us to take centre-stage," he said. The heroes will be the men and women who continue working tirelessly in our hospitals and medical centres to look after our friends and families. They won't receive the individual acclaim, but we all know their importance is beyond anything we do on the pitch.
Manchester United need to bounce back from their home loss to Bristol City. Before that though, they had won four home league matches in a row and host a Tottenham side struggling on their travels. They have only one point from their last three on the road and needed a late goal to get a win at home in their last game. Go for a United home win in this game.
Despite having a shaky form, the home team is surely going to build up motivation with this game. In their last meeting, Sarri completely out classed Lopez at The Studio Mario Rigamonti. I believe the situation will be no different in Turin. With Inter Milan continually pilling pressure at the top spot Juve are in no position to lose and also to give away goals that may impact on goal difference. I see Juve coming out strong aiming to score as much goals as they can should the away team be sloppy. So despite a home win also an over 2 goals can work.
Premier League promotion hopefuls Leeds United went top of the Championship and moved seven points clear of third-placed Fulham with a comfortable win over local rivals Huddersfield. The hosts raced into a third-minute lead when full-back Luke Ayling smashed home a superb volley from Jack Harrison's deep cross. Patrick Bamford wrapped up the win with a close-range finish after Town goalkeeper Jonas Lossl could only tip Ben White's header into his path, while Harrison also hit the woodwork for the hosts.
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HAALAND SCORES BRACE AS DORTUND BEAT PSG He then thundered in an unstoppable shot for his second goal in the 77th, two minutes after PSG's Brazilian forward Neymar had levelled for the French champions. He is only the second teenager to net 10 Champions League goals, after Kylian Mbappe, and is the first teenager to score 10 in a single campaign in the competition.
There are those among the players who are happy to continue, others who express their concerns. There are many foreign players too and it's obvious their families will be worried watching what's happening in Italy. Four other Serie A matches are due to take place on Sunday, including Juventus versus Inter Milan (19:45 GMT), while Sassuolo's match against Brescia on Monday (17:30 GMT) is also due to go ahead.
Like everyone else in this group, Lyon have been a bit up and down. They've won two, lost two and drawn one of their five matches, scoring seven and conceding six in the process. Fortunately, their best efforts have come at Groupama Stadium, where they remain unbeaten having got the better of Benfica and drawn with Zenit.
On Thursday one such dream will continue, as Mirandes travel to the Basque country to face La Liga high-flyers Real Sociedad. Players of CD Mirandes poses on team's line up prior to the Copa del Rey Quarter Final match between CD Mirandes and Villarreal CF at Estadio de Anduva on February 05, 2020 in Miranda de Ebro, SpainGetty Images It is just the fourth time this millennium that a team from outside the top division has reached the final four of Spain’s cup competition.
In some cases for the video assistants today, we use narrow spaces, such as vans, where the referees work in a space of two square metres, without a safe distance between them and other workers," Marcello Nicci told RAI television. I hope this doesn't happen but the risk is there, I hope they give us sanitised spaces.
Somewhat oddly, Monday's hosts haven't done that badly the away from home, but the pressures of playing in front of a home crowd have got to them, as they're without a home win, despite playing six times at HDI-Arena. A lack of goals has certainly blighted Hannover, who've notched just three goals on their own patch. No team in the division has scored fewer than Mirko Slomka's men. They've not been as poor defensively as some of the teams around them in the table, though given their lack of goals, that's not exactly done them any favours.
The hosts have struggled at home this term, failing to win against any side above 16th in the table. That’s rooted Fiorentina in the bottom half, with their early good form tailing off to leave them in the lower reaches of the table. Fiorentina head here without a win in six, while they’ve failed to win 17 of their last 19 league games at home.
Any hope for Valencia? Remember Kostas Manolas? Barcelona still have nightmares about him. The Greek centre-back, then with Roma, completed one of the remarkable Champions League comebacks with a decisive header as the Italians, 4-1 down from their quarter-final first leg, won 3-0 in Rome to go through on the away goals rule. That was the second time in Champions League history that a team had gone through after losing the first leg 4-1 - Deportivo La Coruna did it in a 2003-04 quarter-final against AC Milan, winning the second leg 4-0.
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Man City qualify unbeaten from the group, seven points ahead of second-placed Atalanta and could play any one of Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, Lyon, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16. TALKING POINT Another night of significance for Foden: Pep Guardiola stressed in his pre-match conference that Foden believed the 19-year-old could be a successor for David Silva, who is leaving the club at the end of the season.
Their most recent game saw them win 5-1 at Empoli, who still have promotion hopes of their own, though not if they play like that. Cosenza had won their previous three games all by a 2-1 scoreline. Home form has been good of late with only one defeat in their last five and three important wins. That is a big improvement as they have only won five at home all season.
Istra 1961 is going to face Inter Zapresic. The hosts of this match are in the 8th place in the league standings and they have to win this match against Inter Zapresic which is the worst team. The hosts won only 3 matches at home in this season but against Zapresic they should easily win. The visitors lost 8 games of 14 and conceded 28 goals. I think that the visitors will concede many goals here against Istra. The hosts lost two matches in a row but they played not bad and that's why I pick them to win this match
The FA Cup fifth round takes place this week with four days of fixtures, starting with Arsenal's trip to Portsmouth on Monday. Many great managers have lifted the famous trophy over the years - but how many of the 15 to have led their team to glory at Wembley (or in Cardiff, of course) since 2000 can you name?They include some of the greatest managers in history, some who masterminded famous upsets, and the man who has won more FA Cups than anybody else.
Cardiff had 18 shots on goal in their defeat to Forest, four being on target. Hardly any of the efforts were of note. It was the second game in a row in which they failed to register a goal. Brentford will dominate possession and create better chances. If they can withstand the route one pressure applied by Cardiff, they will win. Back the visitors to end their bogey run in Cardiff with a win.
Goal!Posted at 82' Own Goal by Ali Hadi Albulayhi, Al-Hilal. Flamengo 3, Al-Hilal 1. Posted at 81' Filipe Luís (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 81' Foul by André Carrillo (Al-Hilal). Posted at 80' Foul by Pablo Marí (Flamengo). Posted at 80' Omar Khrbin (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the right wing. Goal!Posted at 78' Goal! Flamengo 2, Al-Hilal 1. Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Harry Wilson chips the ball to the penalty spot, where Callum Wilson lays it off to Fraser. He smashes a half-volley at the top corner, but Henderson makes a stunning reflex save to turn it away. CLOSE! A long, diagonal ball finds Baldock in the Bournemouth area. He chests it down and his drilled cross eventually ricochets to Mousset, who shoots from six yards out but it's blocked brilliantly by Smith and cleared.
One of the reason's for Leverkusen's poor start to the season has been their poor home form. They have won just two of their six Bundesliga games at BayArena this season. Meanwhile, Freiburg have excelled away from home this season. They have lost just one of their five Bundesliga away games, of which they've won three.
You can be the best goalkeeper in the world but if you’re not well protected you will concede goals. And at times you get sucked into that and make mistakes. There’s no goalkeeping situation. Immediately after the match, Schmeichel had said the Spain international needed better concentration. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, an old team mate of Schmeichel's, was asked after the Everton match whether De Gea, 29, might face a challenge next season from Dean Henderson.
Yet, despite several players saying that they are having more fun under Sarri, Juventus have continued their habit of sneaking narrow wins. Twelve of their 15 wins have been by single-goal margins and, in Serie A, their total of 25 goals scored is six less than at the same stage last season. Much of the focus has been on Cristiano Ronaldo who, despite scoring six goals in 11 games, has struggled with pain in his knee, shown his displeasure on being substituted and generally given the impression that he is not really enjoying himself.
Full TimePosted at 90'+7' Second Half ends, Watford 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Posted at 90'+7' Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. BookingPosted at 90'+6' Ben Foster (Watford) is shown the yellow card. Posted at 90'+4' Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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The recent head-to-head record between these teams suggests that this encounter will be a low-scoring one. Their strong respective home and away defensive records also lead us to believe that this will be a match of few chances. Back against both teams scoring.
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Meanwhile, Leeds come here with one of the best away records in the league. The visitors have the second-highest goals tally in their away games this season, with an impressive 17 shots per away game. That has helped them to score in 82% of their games so far. The visitors will expect to make the breakthrough against a Reading side who have two clean sheets from their last 13 games. Leeds have seen both teams score in three of their last four on the road and we’re backing a repeat when they meet on Tuesday.
Antognoni was fined 25,000 euros ($27,600) for having "yelled an extremely offensive insult", Daniele Prade was fined 20,000 euros for "threatening and aggressive behaviour" and Giuseppe Barone 10,000 euros for "extremely offensive phrases," Serie A's disciplinary tribunal said in a statement. The incidents happened in the changing room after the match in which Juventus were awarded two penalties, both converted by Cristiano Ronaldo, infuriating Fiorentina.
Second from top will host second from bottom this Saturday evening as RB Leipzig take on Cologne. Leipzig will hope to take all three points from this Saturday's fixture to keep the pressure firmly on Borussia Monchengladbach at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Ederson palms away, but the ball falls for Mousset, who might turn and shoot, or better still might tee-up Fleck, but instead tries to forces a backheel home, and Ederson saves easily. GOAL! Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester City (Aguero) Well that didn't take long. Sterling moves the ball out to De Bruyne on the right, and he feeds a perfect pass - it's a pass, not a cross - between back line and keeper that Aguero tucks home.
The ploy was undone by Firmino's goal, leaving Spurs with no option but to be more positive in the second period. It was then, without the marksmanship of long-term injury victim Kane, that they were so wasteful in front of goal with both Son and Lo Celso missing when it seemed easier to score. Lo Celso's miss, in particular, left Mourinho lamenting his side's absence of a clinical edge as he collapsed dramatically to his knees after the Argentina midfielder failed to hit the target from close range.
