Are Tottenham getting the 'Special One' or a fading force?Quiz: Who was Mourinho talking about?Trying to keep Kane happy Harry Kane wants to win trophies. Can Mourinho help him achieve that goal?One of Mourinho's major challenges could be keeping captain Harry Kane on board. The England striker became a Spurs regular, and in turn a world-class goalscorer, under Pochettino. After the manager's sacking, he tweeted: "Gaffer.
We’re confident that both teams will score in Sunday’s match and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair. Both teams are in decent form right now, not losing many matches, and both have been finding the back of the net on a regular basis. Guimaraes offer a bigger goalscoring threat but the hosts have only conceded two goals in their last three league games, so we feel the pair will cancel each other out this weekend.
It is big surprise, how Juventus is playing poor in the previous time of the competition. They have lost duel against Sabanas in the recent round, where team should be big favorite and now Managua is searching to get back among the league favorites in the season.
According to the Standard, the Catalan club will be allowed to bring in the Brazilian as an 'emergency transfer' due to long-term injuries to forwards Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele. La Liga's transfer policy means an emergency signing can only be brought in if a club suffers from an injury of at least five months, with the player in question being deregistered from the squad.
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Use the offside trap in a pro-active way, to force mistakes. Field a goalkeeper who is comfortable with the ball at his feet so he can sweep behind a high line and initiate attacks. Press and possess, press and possess. BEST QUOTES: Johan Cruyff: The game-changing wisdom of a true football legend] Cruyff won four successive league titles as Barca coach and also picked up the 1992 European Cup, the club’s first.
Listen is just an average team without any chances to do something more and most likely the will finish at the mid table. So far they are at 9th place with overall of 6 -7- 6 ; 33 - 31 and 25 points and with only one win at the last 6 games. Jihlava on the other hand have much more quality at their squad as same as experience and for sure they will fight for promotion. They are at the 4th spot with same number of points as 3rd place team of Hradec Kralove has and only 3 less than 2nd place team of Brno. They have 2 losses in a row so this is a perfect match for them to get out of that bad momentum.
However, any Premier League club who find themselves replaced by a team who have not completed their season are bound to consider legal action. Quite apart from a row over the rights and wrongs of such a move, logistically, the clubs going down would have a major problem. They could find themselves having to turn round in a short space of time from one season into another and having to face a string of opponents who have not played a competitive game for months.
Roma come into this one pushing for the Champions League on two fronts. They want a return to Serie A’s top four, while they must see the Europa League as an option. The winners of this competition get a spot in next season’s Champions League, so Roma may see it as a useful backup – as long as they can make it out of the group. However, their recent record might make that tricky.
The Blues entered the decade having not won the top-flight title since 1968 and without a major trophy since 1970, but with significantly enhanced prospects following the 2008 takeover of the club by the mega-rich Abu Dhabi United Group. They lifted the FA Cup in the first full season of the 2010s and have rarely looked back, winning the first of their four Premier League titles in 2012 under Roberto Mancini, the second under Manuel Pellegrini in 2014 and also in the past two seasons with Pep Guardiola in charge.
Tactical foulsThe issue of 'tactical fouls' has again been a talking point around a Manchester derby. Guardiola is adamant he has never instructed any of his players to deliberately foul an opposition player to halt a counter-attack, although his words would have more credence were it not for his former assistant and current Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta telling City's midfield players to do exactly that in the Amazon documentary released about the club earlier this season.
The average age of that side 21 years and 296 days. The oldest players in the Reds' side on Tuesday were captain for the night Pedro Chirivella and Isaac Christie-Davies, both 22. Harvey Elliott, 16, Tom Hill, 17, and Luis Longstaff, 18, made up the front three. Chirivella started the game with the most senior Liverpool appearances with seven. Herbie Kane had the most first-team appearances with 50, although 49 of those were for Doncaster last season.
Both Bournemouth and Brighton have not had the best of runs in their recent matches. However, Bournemouth will go to this game at the underdogs, looking at the number of losses they have suffered, especially at home. While Brighton have not had the best of runs away from home, it has been tougher for Bournemouth at home. Bournemouth have scored the joint least number of goals in the league while Brighton have conceded the least goals among the sides in the bottom 11. Bournemouth have failed to score in eight of their last 15 matches, while Brighton have scored in 11 of their last 15 matches. Based on their strengths in defence/attack, we will go for a Brighton win here.
Eddie Nketiah bundled home from close range from another Nelson cross to wrap up the victory six minutes after the restart. Pompey's only shot on target came in the second half, with substitute Ronan Curtis' effort saved. I'm really pleased with them [the youngsters]," Arteta told BBC Sport. I'm enjoying working with the players. They deserve a chance. It's always a risk but they're worth the risk.
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To that point, nothing from Hearts. It was not relentless pressure from St Mirren but the were clearly the better side. More neat work from Jakubiak drew a foul out wide. Wallace threw in a wonderful cross that bounced with Obika flat on his feet. Any touch from the striker and it would have been the opener. Hearts just couldn't create much of note. Aaron Hickey did step up when he cut inside on to his right foot but the shot was tame.
He repeatedly clashed with the Football League, but, like Bates and GFH before him, could not stop throwing dead money at the club, nor win a place back at football's top table. Garry Monk led the team to 75 points in his sole season in charge in 2016-17 but no wins from the final five games somehow meant no play-offs. Top scorer Chris Wood and talented left-back Charlie Taylor left for Burnley, and Monk for Middlesbrough.
The letter adds: "The allegation was so serious and defamatory that Rod McKenzie immediately sought a commitment from the Rangers company secretary that it would not be repeated. This was a wholly appropriate and proportionate legal response to an entirely unfounded and damaging allegation. On no conceivable basis could this be considered as 'bullying Rangers into silence'. On the claim McKenzie offered no meaningful assistance in drafting a members' resolution that would be effective.
Solskjaer said: "It’s very easy to compare the two of them, yes. Both with skills, body shape, attitude, attributes – everything. The boy has every chance in the world to become a top, top player. Let’s hope he continues like this. Seuuuu!"Getty Images 10:30 - Feet up, Lionel Lionel Messi was a surprise absentee from Barcelona's Champions League squad this week - and manager Ernesto Valverde had some explaining to do at his press conference.
The 20-year-old striker is a Canadian international, and is rated at around £18 million. Paper Round’s view: Other clubs are also interested in the striker, including Everton and Leicester City, and with a lack of goalscorers available these days, it may be worth taking a chance on a relatively inexpensive youngster rather than aiming for someone like Olivier Giroud or Dries Merten.
Reading have form and a better head-to-head record on their side when they host Cardiff this weekend. Neil Harris will try to get his side on top with their physical approach even though it hasn't always borne fruit this season. We see Reading bossing possession and making it count with their individual talent. Back a home win.
The two best Premier League examples of title chokes are not Newcastle in 1995-96 as legend has it but the teams this Liverpool side have been most compared to - Manchester United a year before their 1998-99 treble win and the pre-Invincibles Arsenal in 2002-2003. Arsenal in 1997/98 made up an 11-point lead with nine games to go - as United without captain and ACL-victim Roy Keane (Erling Haaland's dad was there with a sympathetic word) and retired Eric Cantona lost ground to the first awesome Arsene Wenger Arsenal side, for whom Marc Overmars scored the winner in a pivotal game at Old Trafford.
The World Championship was due to start on April 18 and finish on May 4, but has been postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story Barry HearnPA Sport 11:30 - Uproar over coronavirus pay-cuts From this morning's papers. Premier League players are set to revolt over proposed wage cuts, according to the Daily Mirror.
A usually robust Foxes' defence has kept just two clean sheets in five attempts at home however and only two in eight Premier League matches overall, so while we expect Leicester to make home advantage count again on Saturday, we're tipping Southampton to register.
SCR have banned their player from being involved with the club and the league took the same stance," it said. Metropolitan Police said a man in his 40s was treated by paramedics for non-life threatening injuries. Following the incident, SCR described the attack as "highly regrettable, wholly unacceptable and completely unforeseeable".
Slutsk host the current champions of the Belarusian premier league, dinamo brest. In my opinion there is big quality difference between these two teams. Slutsk are average team with low expectations, while on the other side we have dinamo brest team that will try to win the league. However this season started very weird, slutsk managed to win 3 points in their first match, while surprisingly dinamo brest earned a draw at their own stadium. I think this time they will win, for that reason I decides to bet on Dinamo Brest to win by 2 goals difference. Good luck.
Manchester City make the short journey to rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The two sides have already met three times this season with City winning in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Old Trafford, while United won the second leg and the Premier League game at the Etihad. Since the Premier League began in 1992, 14 players have scored three or more goals in Manchester derbies. How many of them do you think you can name? You've got five minutes.
Arsenal are taking a report striker Alexandre Lacazette inhaled nitrous oxide from a balloon "seriously". An article in the Daily Star showed the France striker pictured with a balloon in his mouth and he is said to have sent a video to friends. An Arsenal spokesperson added that it was "a private matter" that would be "handled internally". Lacazette has previously been warned about a similar offence of inhaling the substance, also known as laughing gas.
LASK have the advantage going to this game after the first leg draw and their home form will favor them too. They have no loss in five straight games at home in the competition and they have been scoring well at home. AZ on the other hand, have struggled a bit in this competition; they have no win in their last three matches and they have struggled away from home, not just in this competition. They were second best at home and will have a bigger task here. We are backing the home side for a win.
They sit 20th in the table, only outside the drop zone on goals scored but harbouring a game in hand on many of the teams around them. Their 1-1 draw at home to Blackpool on Sunday made it two wins, three draws and five defeats from their last 10 League One matches, but they do have cause for optimism as they prepare for the first match of 2020.
They host Arsenal who are in tenth place and ten points behind their opponents. It looked as if Chelsea were going to get a draw at the weekend but a last gasp goal saw them lose the game. They are still five points ahead of ffth placed Manchester United but willl be disappointed with their weekend loss seeing that the sides in third and fifth both lost too.
Millwall is in the middle of standings, 11th place at this moment is a very good result for domestic club, they not have ambitions for promotion, and to be honest they not own quality for it. In last round they are defeated at home ground against WBA, final result was 0-2. Fulham is eager to avoid play off, off course they want promotion, but in play off matches everything can happen, so their goal is direct promotion. In last round Fulham has won at away against Blackburn, 0-1, A. Mitrovic has returned into squad and he scored the winning goal, tonight we can expect the same squad from visitors. Millwall has good fans, but on the pitch Fulham is one level above them. Victory for Fulham with more than 1.5 goals AH
Arsenal's decision to sack Unai Emery after only 18 months in charge is another example of a club and a manager failing in the almost impossible task of plotting the succession of a legend. Manchester United are the extreme example - when Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down after 26 years and 38 trophies he was followed by the flawed choice of David Moyes, out of his depth and dismissed after 10 months.
He’s genuinely sorry you’ll have to wait but that’s just how it’s going to be. Kroos’ entire career — the most successful of any German player in modern times — has been built on the premise of never doing things in a rush" Ahead of Real Madrid's big night in the Champions League on Wednesday, The Athletic's Rafa Honigstein interviews Toni Kroos (subscription).
It's hard for us to score at the moment. Our first couple of mistakes they score and then it's very difficult. Their physicality is incredible, their defenders win the duels, they stop the game. They are very fast in attack. They can hurt us all of the time, they deserve to go through. If I can be critical of some of my players, I keep this for us.
City stumbled to a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in the same competition, with no sign of the zip and verve that has characterised Pep Guardiola's team over the past two title-winning seasons. Both looked like sides who could do with a rest, a nice week in a warm-weather resort recharging their batteries, but the price of competing at the highest level -- at home and abroad -- is a gruelling December that offers no respite and plenty of potential bumps in the road.
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Coman had been sidelined since mid-December with a knee injury. Kingsley Coman is back in the squad and we are really happy about it," said interim coach Flick. Coman offers his team crucial attacking options and speed down the wing. Bayern are still missing defenders Niklas Suele and Javi Martinez while forward Ivan Perisic suffered a fractured ankle in training this week and has been ruled out for at least a month.
