Wilder is clearly at ease in a tracksuit on the touchline. He may have spent most of the night with his hands in his pockets but he was a constant presence on the edge of his technical area and when there was a point to be made - to a player, one of his coaching staff or fourth official Simon Hooper - he was firm in making it. Moyes has over 500 more Premier League games behind him than Wilder but he was 24 games without a win away at a top eight club prior to kick-off and until Felipe Anderson strode through just before the break, there was little to indicate his side were capable of breaking that run.
That's how football is. It has nothing to do with games you won before, it has nothing to do with the games you will win, it is just this one football game, unfortunately. For tonight, we have to admit Watford were the better team. Next up for Liverpool is an FA Cup fifth round tie at Chelsea on Tuesday as they still chase a Champions League, Premier League and domestic Cup treble.
Posted at 83' Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Posted at 83' Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Posted at 83' Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton. Posted at 81' Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 81' Foul by André Gomes (Everton). SubstitutionPosted at 79' Substitution, Everton. Bernard replaces Anthony Gordon. Posted at 75' Attempt missed. Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by James Maddison.
Read the full story Faubert slams Grant Julien Faubert has slammed his former manager Avram Grant. The Sun carries quotes from the Athletic over the Frenchman’s opinion of the erstwhile Chelsea boss, saying: “That guy was so antisocial. He never spoke to us, he barely took charge of the training sessions because he was always in his office, his motivation was sh*t and I didn’t learn anything from him.
Yes there’s an argument to be made that Sadio Mane has had a better season, what with the number of late and important goals he’s scored, whilst Virgil van Dijk and Kevin de Bruyne remain two of the very best in the world, but this has been Henderson’s year in so many ways. Steven Gerrard of Liverpool hands the Captain's arm band over to Jordan Henderson of Liverpool during the Capital One Cup Semi-Final first leg match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield on January 20, 2015 in Liverpool, EnglandGetty Images This has been the season where he truly announced himself as one of the best midfielders around and his importance hasn’t diminished despite the expensive arrivals of Naby Keita and Fabinho.
Brage will host GIF Sundsvall for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, the visitors are small favorites in this game. However, Sundsvall is very average team in this league. I do not think, the visitors have easy task in this match. In any case, they will have invest great effort in this game. Hosts have a poor result at the start of the new campaign. In previous game Bridge lost 4-1 against Degerfors. Nevertheless, the hosts have a chance to make a positive result in this match. Brage is better team at home. I think, they will try to be much more serious in this game. My pick - Bridge to win.
Sheffield United are yet to taste defeat on the road, which is quite remarkable, but that's not to say that they've not been effective at home. They're anything but easy to get the better of at Bramall Lane, where they've conceded just seven goals in seven games and have kept an encouraging three clean sheets. After a few narrow and arguably unjust defeats in front of a home crowd, Wilder's men have steadied themselves of late to go unbeaten in their last three at home, two of which they've won. During that time, the Blades have scored seven and conceded only three.
Five of the last seven Atalanta away league games have had 2.5 goals scored in them. There have been over 2.5 goals scored in each of the last seven AC Milan league matches. The last three Milan home league games have seen 16 goals scored. Atalanta got back into winning ways on Tuesday evening when beating Bologna 1-0 at home.
The Addicks come here having shipped two goals in eight of their last nine away trips, so they are likely to suffer to this Swansea attack. However, the visitors have been handy going forward this term. Lyle Taylor picked up another goal in the defeat Derby on Monday, with both teams scoring in seven of Charlton’s last eight away games.
The hosts come into this game with two wins in seven, hardly playoff level form. Their 4-1 loss at league leaders West Brom suggests that there’s a gulf between Lee Johnson’s side and the best in the division. However, they’ve slipped up with draws at home to Forest and Wigan in their last two home games, so it’s not just the very best who are causing them problems.
this game is a bit tricky both teams have a span of draws in their coffers they both have a record of four draws each in their last five fixture which is a dismal run in their own understanding. Predicting a high scoring game with such results is a tricky choice but however it is important to note that both teams have to overall capability to score goals at an exponential rate. A straight win for either of the teams is a tricky prediction regarding their performance hence will stick with the over 1.5 goals prediction as the overall prediction
I couldn't respect the AFCON more than I do. Klopp added. The other thing is that it doesn't help African players. We will not sell Naby or Sadio because of this tournament, but if you're thinking about bringing in players it is a massive thing. FIFA should sort it out but they don't look like they are.
Nasser Al Omran's strike from distance took a deflection off Abdullah Al Hamdan and wrong-footed Uzbek goalkeeper Abduvakid Nematov before nestling in the net. The win ended Saudi Arabia's 24-year absence from the Olympics, having not qualified for the finals since appearing at the Atlanta Games. Saudi Arabia will face the Koreans in the final of the Asian Under-23 Championship on Sunday while Uzbekistan and Australia will meet on Saturday, with the winner taking the continent's third and final place at the Olympics.
Ayoze Perez (C) runs with the ball alongside Norwich City's midfielder Todd CantwellGetty Images PLAYER RATINGS Norwich: Krul 8, Aarons 8, Hanley 7, Godfrey 7, Lewis 9, Tettey 7, McLean 7, Buendia 7, Duda 8, Contwell 7, Pukki 6. Subs: Rupp 7, Stiepermann n/a, Drmic n/a. Leicester: Schmeichel 7, Pereira 6, Evans 6, Soyuncu 6, Chilwell 6, Choudhury 6, Barnes 7, Maddison 7, Praet 6, Perez 6, Iheanacho 7.
Sporting Gijon is currently ranked 10th in the Spanish Division 2 with 45 points, 4 points behind the sixth team but playing less than one match. Therefore, they will be determined to beat Real Oviedo in round 34 to close to the top 6 - the play-off group is promoted to promotion.
Arsenal have completed the signing of Pablo Mari on loan from Brazilian side Flamengo to bolster manager Mikel Arteta's defensive options. Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City (1630) *Tottenham have lost two of their six home league matches under manager Jose Mourinho. Spurs midfielder Dele Alli has contributed six goals and three assists in 16 games under Mourinho in all competitions.
Away squad went from the bottom, and they have a lot of experience in fighting against relegation at the Regional level of the league. Their play could be better, as team got some professionals from the higher leagues.
Nijmegen and Jong Ajax will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie. Nijmegen this season have the following results: 9W, 7D and 6L. Meanwhile Jong Ajax have 14W, 4D and 4L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
One of the most important things – touching my heart – is that I am from Africa. There aren’t many African managers in the top leagues in England or Europe. I am used to having to come from a long way because there are no idols and no role models to look up to. That is why I am doing my badges. Some of my friends who have been playing maybe haven’t thought of that.
We were growing. We would have been top 12 the next season. It would've been Bournemouth-like stuff. We could have sold players for £10-12m. It would have changed everything. In the race for the second automatic promotion spot, Hull limped over the line with a draw against champions Cardiff, with Watford beaten by Leeds when victory would have seen the Hornets go up. Eight days separated Anthony Knockaert's injury time goal to get Leicester into the play-offs and his penalty miss which saw the Foxes miss out on a Wembley finalAnthony Knockaert's 91st-minute goal saw Leicester win 3-2 at East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest and snatch the final play-off spot from Bolton.
SAVE! Super save from Dean Henderson to deny Salah and Liverpool a second. Super pass into Salah, who flicked the ball for goal, but the Blades goalkeeper flung up an arm and tipped the strike over the top. CLOSE! Firmino darts inside, shapes to shoot, rifles an effort towards the top corner, but sees his strike fly just over the top.
Bundesliga debutants Union Berlin have struggled in front of goal on their travels this season. No team have scored fewer away goals than Union in the Bundesliga up to this point. They have managed to score just eight goals in their eight Bundesliga away games thus far.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0Portsmouth v BarnsleyLeague One (7th)vChampionship (22nd)Who did they beat?3R: Fleetwood (L1) A3R: Crewe (L2) A2R: Altrincham (NL) H1R: Harrogate (NL) APortsmouth are unbeaten at home in League One this season and Barnsley have only won once away in the Championship - so you probably know where I am going with this. My team, Preston, beat the Tykes 3-0 on Wednesday night and they are in a bit of bother at the bottom of the table, and not playing particularly well.
Brechin city will play against Cove rangers in the Scottish league two. The last ranked team Brechin City will play against the leaders in the league table. However, it is important that both teams are in good goal scoring form. The host scored 8 in the last 5 matches and conceded 8 goals as well, while on the other hand the leader cove rangers has scored 9 goals and concede 11 goals in their last 5 matches. So we have a high goal scoring match here. Expect there will be at least 4 goals here in this match as both teams meet.
Kirby, who said last month that she had been hit by a virus that had sapped her strength and prevented her from "getting off the sofa", was diagnosed with the condition after her final appearance in a game against Manchester United. The condition refers to the inflammation of the fluid-filled sac around the heart and Kirby said she was sleeping 15 hours a day during the early stags of the illness but is now readying herself for a return to the pitch now that the worst is over.
Inter have home advantage in the first leg of this Italian Cup semi-final so will be all out to get a lead. They remain in top form and just keep on strengthening their squad. Home form is strong and they are unbeaten in ten games. Since October, their only two losses have been in the Champions League. Napoli have had a disappointing season and lost to Lecce at the weekend. Inter can be backed to get a win here.
this campaign is not going well for Celta Vigo who are sitting in the the bottom half of the table, and are only 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. But they have been superb in the last 2 matches as they have impressed with a 6-0 win against Alaves. That win aurely boost their confidence up and they also defeat real sociedad on the road. Celta have been solid and lost one of their last 8 matches only. This match can be a banana skin for Barcelona who found it difficult to beat Athletic Bilbao. Eventually, they were able to score the winner after 70 minutes but the performance wasn’t particularly good.
Kaiserslautern will host Chemnitzer FC in 3. Liga of Germany on Saturday. Kaiserslautern are on pretty safe 12 the in the table and just lost two of the last 9 games in the 3. Liga. Also Kaiserslautern Scored in all the last 6 matches. But both the teams scored in five of the last six matches. While Chemnitzer FC need some points here because they are just one place above relegation zone. They also lost last three matches. However they scored average 1.6 goals while playing on road. Also both the teams scored in the last head to head game .
This Tuesday, we have Eintracht Frankfurt playing host to Freiburg. At the time of writing, Frankfurt are 13th in the table and Freiburg are seventh. In their current form, Frankfurt will do well to hold on to that spot for much longer. With a game away to Bayern Munich coming before their Freiburg clash, we wouldn't be surprised to see them slip to just below the relegation zone.
Alli then found Aurier in space on the edge of the Wolves penalty area and the 27-year-old cut inside before curling left-footed effort into the far corner. But it was at the other end Tottenham struggled, looking indecisive on occasions with both Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen on the bench, as they failed to stop Wolves' quick, attacking breaks. Despite enjoying large spells of possession, Spurs failed to register a shot on target in the second half and Mourinho brought 18-year-old Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott on in added time.
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Oleksandria have only lost twice at home domestically this season, playing eight games in front of their own fans, while Wolfsburg have drawn two of their six games on the road in the Bundesliga. The Ukrainians score an average of 1.63 and concede an average of 1.13 goals at home this season, while Wolfsburg score an average of 1.33 on the road and concede 0.83, which is why we’re expecting a low-scoring affair this Thursday.
It wasn't right to push to continue the season, even if we thought we could finish in the automatic spots," Tagg said. Unity of the league is very difficult because you have some very entrepreneurial people with very fixed determined objectives, so for them to agree unanimously at the time was excellent. Football is a tough game - there are some tough individuals in there that have put in some small fortunes.
In fact a load of events that weren’t due to take place until April, May or even further down the line had already made a decision. Yet the response we had from the Premier League and UEFA? Silence. Actually, that’s not quite fair. UEFA had moved to suspend Manchester City v Real Madrid and Lyon v Juventus, but that was only after Real Madrid and Juventus were quarantined over COVID-19.
EXCELLENT SAVE! Rooney booms the free-kick at goal. It fizzes just below the crossbar, but Romero gets across to tip it over for a corner. KEY STATS Derby County have lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup on the last nine occasions they have faced them, with their last victory coming in 1897. Manchester United have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the sixth season in a row.
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Paper Round’s view: A handful of clubs including Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have arranged their own deals with players in order to make sure staff are paid and to make sure their finances are not tipped into chaos, but unless an organised move is made across the league then other clubs could find themselves in desperate trouble and at risk of being stripped by more financially secure clubs.
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard had to "rattle a few cages" at half-time before his team eventually swept Hamilton Academical aside on Saturday. Accies fought back from a goal down to hold Rangers until the final quarter of their Scottish Cup last-16 tie. But three strikes in the final 22 minutes secured the visitors a 4-1 win and passage to the quarter-finals. I was very disappointed in us defensively in the first half," Gerrard told Rangers TV.
The Dutch darlings reminded everyone of why they should be everyone's second team in last season's edition, reaching the semi-final stage. Now, they will play Europa League football and face a tricky round of 32 first leg tie away to Getafe. The surprise story of the La Liga campaign, Getafe are currently third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Spanish top flight.
A victory would have put the Blades into fifth ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who lost 2-1 to Chelsea earlier in the day, but they remain sixth on 40 points after 27 games, while Brighton are 15th on 28 points. Sheffield boss Chris Wilder professed himself delighted with his side, despite missing out on the chance to move into the European places at the top end of the table.
Spurs and City underway We have lift off across the Champions League and you can follow our dedicated live-blogs for tonight's blockbuster matches. Tottenham vs Olympiakos Man City vs Shakhtar Donetsk Juventus vs Atletico Madrid Real Madrid vs PSG Also kicked off are. Atalanta vs Zagreb Crvena Zvezda vs Bayern Munich .
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