Guardiola said he had no qualms about his players talking about other teams. The players are free to talk about what they believe," the Spaniard said. Saturday's opponents Leicester are third in the standings, four points behind City, and Guardiola heaped praise on the Foxes for what they have achieved under Brendan Rodgers this season as they make a push for Champions League qualification.
The Hornets’ problems this season have been wide ranging, but it looks like it’s third time lucky for them with Nigel Pearson. He is their third manager already this season, and in their four games since he took charge they have taken five points – 38% of their total points this term.
But Tony Watt and Rolando Aarons reignited the tie, before Allan Campbell's cross deflected in to level. Neither side could find a winner in the final 16 minutes of the 90 - or in extra time - and only one of the first five penalties was converted. But after Obika rolled in St Mirren's fifth attempt from the spot to make it 3-2, Jermaine Hylton missed for Motherwell to put the visitors through. It means the Paisley side will now host the winner of Wednesday's replay in the quarter-final on February 29 at 19:20 GMT live on BBC Scotland.
It was a miracle what he did at Leicester. The way he kept the pressure off his players that season was magnificent. Lineker: "People ask me, 'what's the best sporting moment of your life?' And I say it's not playing or even winning the FA Cup, it was actually when Leicester won the league. Wright: "I remember when we were in the Match of the Day green room and you started crying, and I thought to myself, 'I'm not going to make a joke'.
This includes head coach Darren Currie, but the club say he has a long notice period and is expected to remain in charge if the current season resumes. United and City players also training at home Players of Manchester City and Manchester United have been told to stay away from the club's training grounds today amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It added the fines contradicted provisions in Italy's collective bargaining agreement. The players of Napoli cannot be subjected to arbitrary decisions of a disenchanted club when the result of a match is unsatisfactory," FIFPRO said. Technical matters are not the responsibility of club directors and we support (coach Carlo) Ancelotti and the players of Napoli for their united stand in clearly difficult times," it said.
Preston have scored in nine of the last15 matches but have no clean sheet in the last seven home matches. Three of their last five matches have produced over 2. Among the top seven teams in the standings, Preston have the second poorest defence having conceded 25 goals in 20 matches. They have managed justone win in the last 11 matches against Fulham.
Unfortunately, some clubs, organised outside these negotiations, have unilaterally decided to go straight to furloughs. In doing so, it said, the clubs "gave Portuguese society the message that, in times of crisis, they aren't capable of resolving the problems which affect them. The government has agreed to help pay the wages of workers who are furloughed or put on reduced hours, and Belenenses said it would make use of the scheme.
Women's Super League results, fixtures and tableTen-player Reading pull off comeback Media playback is not supported on this device WSL highlights: West Ham United 2-3 Reading With so many one-sided games, arguably the contest of the day came at the Rush Green Stadium, where Reading went into the final 15 minutes at West Ham two goals and a player down before coming back to triumph. Reading already trailed when Rachel Rowe was sent off in first-half stoppage time and when Leanne Kiernan doubled West Ham's lead, the result looked beyond doubt.
They will join Granada, Mirandes and Real Sociedad in Friday’s draw. Ansu Fati of FC Barcelona (R) being followed by Dani Garcia of Athletic Club (L) during the Copa del Rey quarter final match between Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona at Estadio de San Mames on February 06, 2020 in Bilbao, Spain. Getty Images TALKING POINT A crazy night in the Copa del Rey means a Basque final is on the cards.
Frankly, I can't see how we could end it at the end of June, with the France games and the Champions League," Le Graet told French sports daily L'Equipe. The proposal that the French federation wants to make to everyone and to UEFA is that we must absolutely play at least until July 15. There is no other solution.
The technology has led to some frustrating moments for those on the touchline and in the stands as they've celebrated goals, only to see them ruled out after a review. Poor Pep Guardiola has had more than his share of VAR misfortune. It played a significant part in Manchester City's elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Tottenham in April and again went against his side in their crucial Premier League tussle with title rivals Liverpool in November.
Mahrez has scored as many PL goals this season as last season (7). Mahrez is the only PL player to have both scored and assisted at least 20 goals in all comps since the start of last season Manchester City have made 64 starting line-up changes in the Premier League this season; 11 more than any other team.
The big guys were using the good pitch, we had nothing to use and just played on the road. It was during these formative years that Ndidi came across a person who he credits as one of the most influential in his career. Former Nigeria international Nduka Ugbade, pictured, had a huge influence on a young Wilfred NdidiCoaching the army barracks youth team was former Nigeria international Nduka Ugbade, a tough disciplinarian who pushed the young players to their limits both physically and mentally.
Sporting exited alongside their Portuguese rivals after losing 4-1 at Istanbul Basaksehir after extra time to go down 5-4 on aggregate. Edin Visca gave the hosts a lifeline with a late goal in normal time and then netted a penalty to take them through to the last 16. Bundesliga side Wolfsburg made sure of their place in the next round with a 3-0 win in Malmo that secured a 5-1 aggregate victory for the Germans.
The former Manchester United forward has now scored 16 league goals since moving to Italy last summer and has scored 20 for Inter in all competitions. He was helped by some poor goalkeeping by the hosts' Juan Musso for his first, then by on-loan United forward Alexis Sanchez for his second - with the Chilean winning the spot-kick from Musso. Antonio Conte's side had drawn their three previous league games 1-1 .
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I am really enjoying it," Mullins said. It was a big challenge but last night was fantastic to lead the team out against Leicester. The Hornets are looking for their third manager of the season, after Javi Gracia also departed in September. After sacking Sanchez Flores on Sunday the club said a replacement would be appointed "imminently". If they came to me with an offer like that then obviously I work for the football club so I would love to step in and do the role if they needed it," Mullins said, when asked how he would respond if offered the permanent position.
The former Everton striker has guided the side to a 3-1 home win over Chelsea and a 1-1 draw at Manchester United in the league following the sacking of Portuguese Marco Silva earlier this month. The 47-year-old Scot suffered the first defeat of his temporary stint in Wednesday's League Cup quarter-final as Everton were beaten by Leicester City on penalties.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0Bobby's prediction: Using my model, I would never have predicted West Ham's win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday - absolutely no chance. But derbies can involve a team who might have a chip on their shoulder, which changes the dynamic from purely looking at analysis. Leicester v WatfordI watched Leicester's win over Everton on Sunday and both teams played really well. Both teams changed their systems and Kelechi Iheanacho was the difference for the Foxes in the end.
TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES Mes que un winning two titles in two seasons: Ernesto Valverde is toast Ernesto Valverde has always seemed like a decent sort. Quiet, fairly undemonstrative, but with that modest air of authority that has led him to be Barcelona manager at one of the most dominant periods in their history.
Real Madrid replaced Barca at the top of the table when they beat the defending champions 2-0 at the Bernabeu on 1 March. But Barca regained top spot on 7 March as Messi's late penalty - his 19th league goal of the season - gave them a 1-0 home win over Real Sociedad, and Real lost 2-1 at Real Betis the next day to surrender the initiative in the title race. Barca are two points clear with 11 rounds left in La Liga, which resumed with Sevilla's derby win over Betis on Thursday.
It came as the Civil Protection Agency said 27 people had died of the illness in Italy in 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths to 79. Sports events have been banned in three regions - Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna - plus two provinces. The game is postponed to a date to be announced," said a Juve statement. Timeline - Coronavirus and sportWhat is coronavirus?The two teams were due to meet at Allianz Arena with the tie finely balanced at 1-1 after Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late penalty for Juve to rescue a draw in the first leg.
This fixture features No. 2 vs No. 12 in the league, Dunkerque vs Bastia Borgo. The hosts coming from a 2 - 0 away loss to Avranches (no. 3 in the league) and their last home game a 2 - 0 win over Concarneau. The visitors coming from a 1 - 2 home loss to Bourg en Bresse Peronnas (No. 7 in the league) and their last away game a 2 - 2 draw with SC Toulon. The hosts should win this one as they played a higher table team than the visitors but conceding multiple goals to lose the match then won their last home game to a team below the visitors scoring multiple goals facing a team coming from playing a team above themselves and scoring one goal and conceding multiple goals to lose the match then drew their last away game scoring and conceding multiple goals so an over 2.5 is best to tip here.
The Premier League said its "aim is to reschedule the displaced fixtures", while the Football Association said "all parties are committed at this time to trying to complete this season's domestic fixture programme". In total, 10 people have now died in the UK with the virus and there have been 596 confirmed cases across the country. On Thursday Prime Minister Boris Johnson said suspending major public events such as sporting fixtures was being considered by the government but would be a measure primarily to protect public services, rather than delay the spread.
The last fixture to be drawn, LASK are currently top of Austria's top flight, and made it to the round of 16 with an aggregate score of 3-1, despite a red card in the second leg against AZ Alkmaar. Wolves will play Greek side Olympiacos who narrowly saw off Arsenal in the previous round. Rangers meet with Bayer Leverkusen, who comfortably progressed after beating Porto 5-2 on aggregate.
The hosts have won all of their home games this season, scoring 24 goals and only conceding one, while Heracles have lost two of their six away games and have only scored 7 goals on the road and have conceded 9, so you can start to see why we’ve backed Ajax to win to nil this weekend.
The match is the latest Champions League fixture to be affected by the spread of the virus, with Paris Saint-Germain's Tuesday fixture with Borussia Dortmund set to go ahead without supporters, as will Valencia's match with Atalanta, also on Tuesday. Many schools and universities in Spain will shut for two weeks tomorrow, and it is expected that all football in the country will soon be played behind closed doors.
Partick Thistle, bottom of the second-tier Championship by only two points with a game in hand, said they will not accept the SPFL proposal "as it stands". However, with clubs suffering from a lack of match-day turnover the SPFL proposal could prove attractive as it would allow prize-money to be paid early.
Northampton beat Crewe 4-1 at home last time out and occupy the last of the playoff places in league Two as a result, while Grimsby made it seven games without a win when they drew 1-1 at home in the FA Cup against Newport County in their last match.
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Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Juventus 2. SubstitutionPosted at 90'+3' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Muratore replaces Juan Cuadrado. Goal!Posted at 90'+2' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Juventus 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Posted at 90' Daley Sinkgraven (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Trincao, 20, will join on July 1 and sign a contract until June 2025 containing a release clause of 500 million euros. Belgium winger Yannick Carrasco has returned to Atletico Madrid on loan until the end of the season, just under two years after leaving the club to move to China. Ianis Hagi, son of Romanian great Gheorghe, joined Scottish side Rangers on a six-month loan from Belgian club Genk.
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Posted at 89' Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague). Posted at 89' Sebastiano Esposito (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal!Posted at 88' Goal! Slavia Prague 1, Inter Milan 3. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a cross. Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Antonio Candreva (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Nîmes Olympique v FC Nantes predictions for this Ligue 1 match. Nîmes have been on the wrong end of some pretty torrid defeats in recent weeks and face another difficult task as they prepare to host Nantes. Read on for our free Ligue 1 predictions and betting tips.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 - Derby to win the replayQPR V Sheff Wed (20:00 GMT)Championship (14th)vChampionship (10th)Who did they beat?3R: Swansea (C) H3R: Brighton (PL) AWhen you get into the FA Cup fourth round as a Championship club you always want a Premier League team next - especially Sheffield Wednesday, who have already beaten a top-flight team in round three. Media playback is not supported on this device FA Cup: Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday highlights So, this won't have been a draw either team wanted, although both of them will still have promotion aspirations too - they might be in mid-table but, the way that division is, neither of them are out of that race yet.
SubstitutionPosted at 90'+1' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Euan Henderson replaces Conor Washington. Goal!Posted at 89' Goal! Hibernian 1, Heart of Midlothian 3. Melker Hallberg (Hibernian) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Posted at 89' Attempt blocked. Daryl Horgan (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. SubstitutionPosted at 89' Substitution, Hibernian.
The Mariners have averaged just a goal a game this season, although they have scored in all but one game, they haven’t been able to translate that to results, winning just twice and losing four matches, three of those by more than one goal.
Bournemouth were relegated from the Premier League after finishing 18th, while Manchester City finished runners-up. It was understood Ake would leave Bournemouth this summer whether Eddie Howe's men stayed in the top flight or not. However, their relegation was the trigger for City to open talks. Ake, who played 29 of Bournemouth's 38 games in the Premier League this season, has been capped 13 times by his country and has previously played club football for Chelsea, Watford and Reading.
Torpedo Zhodino is having all of their games in the season, under 2.5 goals, and some of them are even with only one in the net for the rivals. They are going to face BATE in Borisov Arena, which is near the bottom and which have lost three of their four league games.
'Correct Score' players can try a 4-1 win for the hosts, who've had no problem scoring multiple goals against weak sides. The visitors have conceded four goals in two of their last five on the road, as well in five of their away games overall this term, though they have scored a single goal in three of their last five and in five of their last eight. Moreover, Stanley have conceded exactly once in three of their last five at Crown Ground.
Read the full story La Liga urges pay cuts In Spain, there are similar moves afoot where La Liga have called upon clubs to effect their own pay cuts in order to preserve the industry and the viability of the teams. Marca quotes a statement from La Liga saying: "LaLiga's Delegate Committee met today after analysing the current circumstances of the sector, and given that the talks with the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) are very distant, we believe that it is necessary to adopt measures in view of the serious economic crisis that COVID-19 is causing in the Spanish football industry.
Chelsea reportedly pushed hard to bring the 26-year-old in during the January transfer window but they were unable to do so. Football latest updates - Bournemouth contact PL over 'sarky' Moss conduct Manchester United confident of signing £120m Sancho - Paper Round However they have now agreed a transfer for the summer with the club needing to agree personal terms with the player ahead of the move.
However, Solskjaer said Mourinho’s return to Old Trafford will not add to United’s motivation to win. I don't think whoever the manager or the opposition team is will change their motivation," said Solskjaer. Mourinho SolskjærGetty Images "They are motivated to do well for Manchester United because they know it is about proving it every time you step on to the pitch that you should be part of this long term.
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saves during the Premier League match against Arsenal FC at Goodison Park on December 21, 2019 in Liverpool, United KingdomGetty Images Arsenal improved after the interval with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang forcing a smart save out of Jordan Pickford. Everton again struggled to carve out clear-cut openings with Dominic Calvert-Lewin seeing the home team's best attempt blocked.
Posted at 87' Foul by Moise Kean (Everton). BookingPosted at 87' André Gomes (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 87' Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 87' Foul by André Gomes (Everton). BookingPosted at 84' Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card. Posted at 83' Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chris Sutton: Virgil van Dijk (2)De Bruyne is the standout players in terms of talent but Van Dijk gets my vote because he has the greatest influence on the team that has run away with the title. When it mattered, Van Dijk was once again the leader at the back. The biggest point about him and Liverpool, though, is that if you take him out of that team then they are seriously going to miss him. You could take virtually anyone else out and it would not be the case.
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