That gave us a freshness and I was confident we had the players to exploit them. It was never in our mind to nick a draw. Former Motherwell captain Keith Lasley added: "I went through administration and knowing the difficult decisions that were made back then, you couldn't help but think difficult times could have come back if the play-off didn't go our way. We had a lot of experience. Yeah we felt confident, but we were certainly well aware of the consequences if we didn't.
Those moments turned little known players into household names and in another era, Jason Cummings of Shrewsbury Town, who came off the bench to score twice as the League One (third tier) club did what only one Premier League team has managed this season - stopped Liverpool from winning. But the sense of the return of the romance of the FA Cup lasted only a few minutes before the reality of this sadly diminished competition returned.
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A pretty strong set of results over December and the festive period left fans of Colchester United thinking that they had it all to look forward to in 2020. United were playing well, climbing the table and beginning to look like real contenders in the battle for promotion. However, since the turn of the year things have got a lot more frustrating.
Has being son of the 'King' proved a heavy burden?"I'm proud of who my dad is, but I feel I've always stood on my own two feet," he explains. When you are Kenny Dalglish's son, the level of expectation is the greatest player who has ever come out of Scotland. That is more an issue for other people than it ever was for me. I played in the Premier League in Scotland and England, I played for Scotland at Under-21 level.
Lazio are undefeated in their previous 18 Serie A games. Inter Milan are undefeated in their previous 16 Serie A games. Lazio are undefeated at the Stadio Olimpico (9-3-0) in Serie A. Inter Milan won the reverse fixture 1-0 in September 2019. A huge match will take place in Serie A this weekend when top-of-the-table Inter Milan travel to third-placed Lazio.
The Merseyside derby has been given the go-ahead to be held at Everton's Goodison Park stadium, while Liverpool can play home games at Anfield when the season restarts. The match against Everton on 21 June could be the Reds' first chance to clinch the Premier League title. It had been one of the games considered a risk because of fears fans could congregate at the ground and there was a possibility of it being played at a neutral venue, with Southampton's St Mary's earmarked.
Mihajlovic was welcomed back by team captain Blerim Dzemaili. It's an understatement to say we've missed you. We'll try to make you happy and thank you for coming back to us," he said. But, when he saw other players in the room, Mihajlovic could not resist a jibe. They'll do anything to avoid training," he said.
Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande have begun work on the world's largest football-only stadium. View more on twitterLook at it!The stadium, due for completion in 2022, has a whopping 100,000 seats and 168 VIP boxes. But what about the football stadium designs that never came to fruition?The Liverpool/Everton 'Siamese' stadiumLess than a mile separates Anfield and Goodison Park, the home grounds of Liverpool and Everton respectively.
Arsenal vs Leeds predictions for Monday night's FA Cup 3rd Round tie at the Emirates. Arsenal look to build on their first win under Mikel Arteta when they host Leeds in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Read on for all our free FA Cup predictions and betting tips.
Leeds have failed to win their last 4 away matches, conceding in 3 of those games. Now they head to Luton, a side who have scored in most of their home games this season. The hosts have found the net in 4 of their last 5 in the Championship, they’ve just struggled for clean sheets and that has cost them results.
I doubt we are going to see plenty of goals in this match. Usually Bayer Leverkusen plays on counter attacks, when they are away from home, however they have more quality in their squad than the hosts Rangers, so they will probably have more possession. However, rangers will also try not to concede at home, so they will be more careful. For that same reason, I decided to bet on this match on total goals, 3,0 under. These teams met three times before, and all of their matches were under 2,5 goals, except for one, which enden 2:1. Good luck guys.
Whilst a point against Los Che is a fair result on paper, Sergio's men were denied a much needed victory deep into stoppage time, after Manu Vallejo's scrambled finish cancelled out Sergi Guardiola's earlier free-kick.
Posted at 85' Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea). Posted at 85' Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 83' Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a cross. Posted at 83' Offside, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna tries a through ball, but Aaron Cresswell is caught offside.
Maccabi Haifa is playing with a very good current form. The home team has only 58 points with the 2nd place in the rankings. They won 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 6 matches. With their current performance, they had to set their sights high on this battle. The reception of the team is weaker, partly making them more confident. Home advantage is what they need to promote.
Bayern earned a 3-1 win versus Tottenham in midweek action. We feel that Bayern have a good chance of earning another 3-1 win at the weekend. We feel that a 3-1 win for Bayern is a likely result of this game.
Posted at 68' Foul by Matthew Kennedy (Aberdeen). Posted at 61' Foul by Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren). Posted at 61' Dylan McGeouch (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 61' Attempt missed. Sam Foley (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
It all adds up. Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates with Ole Gunnar SolskjaerGetty Images Ferguson wasn’t perfect, but he got more right than anyone else. He made the players better than the sum of their parts and the team better than the sum of its parts. And his players were devoted to him. Ultimately, this was his achievement,” said Keane, who at that stage was effectively Ferguson’s player-assistant-manager.
English Premier League. Match between team Liverpool and team Sheffield United. My bet will on guests how Draw No Bet . Yes, it will be a difficult match. Liverpool are undefeated in 20 games. But continuing in the same way will be not easy, because every team is very determined to stop this series. All people are waiting for their defeat with team Chelsea or Man City. But it will be surprise after holidays. Guests did 3 - 1 - 1 at last 5 matches played. Their shape is not bad. I think that they have chances to get points with famous team from Liverpool .
Man of the Match - Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) Alongside scoring, Bowen attempted the most shots from either side (four) in a lively performance'How it went in my dreams' - what they said West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen: "I think that's the way it went in my dreams last night! We held on and got the three points which is really important. The assistant manager said the keeper liked to go down quickly.
It was the sort of triumphant scene that was commonplace at Anfield during the 1970s and 80s, when the team were regular league champions. While there had been plenty of domestic and European success in the years since 1990, one honour eluded them - until now. As Dalglish handed out the medals and then the Premier League trophy, he did it with his own name up in bright red lights on the giant Anfield stand that now bears his name.
Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross following a corner. Post updateCorner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell. Post updateHand ball by James McCarthy (Crystal Palace). SubstitutionSubstitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Adama Traoré. Post updateAdama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Post updateFoul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
As the defending champion of the tournament, Dinamo Brest's performance this season did not match the expectation. After 10 rounds, they only got 9th place and 9 points behind the top team. In the middle of the week, Dinamo Brest has just been removed from the National Cup arena.
Man City have won their last seven FA Cup matches. Fulham beat Premier League opposition (Aston Villa) in the FA Cup third round. Man City are the current holders of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. Manchester City are back in FA Cup action this week to defend their trophy in a fourth-round fixture against Fulham.
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.
Portsmouth 2005-06 Portsmouth picked up more points in their final 10 league games (20) than during their first 28 (18). Top league scorer: Lomana LuaLua (7). Other key men: Pedro Mendes, Gary O'Neill, Svetoslav Todorov. Sometimes it just takes one goal to turn things around. With 10 games left, Pompey were eight points from safety when they hosted Manchester City. They were set to go nine games without a win when City cleared a corner towards Pedro Mendes, who slammed a stoppage-time winner into the top corner.
The year in women's football will, inevitably, be dominated by one woman - and one image. Megan Rapinoe (USA)Getty Images The USA's Megan Rapinoe finished the 2019 Women's World Cup with yet another winner's medal (her second, and her nation's fourth), plus the Golden Boot, and finished the tournament as the final's player of the match.
The result marked Stefano Pioli’s second win in seven games since replacing sacked coach Marco Giampaolo earlier this season, moving the Rossoneri up to 11th place in the standings on 17 points, one point behind ninth-placed Parma. Lazio opened up a five-point lead in third place with a resounding 3-0 win over Udinese at the Stadio Olimpico.
FC Juniors and Grazer will face each other in the upcoming match in the 2. Liga in Austria. FC Juniors this season have the following results: 7W, 7D and 7L. Meanwhile Grazer have 5W, 8D and 8L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Rijeka are arguably the 2nd best team in Croatia, however they are currently ranked 3rd place in the league. They must win this match in order to gain back the 2nd place. So far they have won 47 points in 26 matches, goal record 42:31. Their opponent is Istra 1961 who are fighting to avoid relegation, however I doubt they will achieve that, because they are playing bad, their goal record is 19:40, 19 points won in 26 games.
Granada have to be content overall with their top half position going into the Christmas period, but recent form is definitely a concern for Nazaries, who travel to Ipurua on the back of five La Liga defeats in seven.
Recently, Belarusian football has become fashionable. There are no major football events due to self-isolation and quarantine regimes almost all over the world, but the Higher League continues to play in Belarus, and the First League has started now. In one of her matches, the Orsha and Lida teams will compete for three points.
Olivier Giroud, in for Michy Batshuayi with Tammy Abraham on the bench after injury, fired low past Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris for Chelsea's opener in the 15th minute after the recalled Ross Barkley hit the post. And all four of those brought into the team linked up for Chelsea's second three minutes after the break as Giroud's flick found Mason Mount, who played in Barkley. He produced a perfectly weighted pass to Marcos Alonso, who did not even break stride before a sweet finish past Lloris.
The big positive for Arsenal is that they have done comparatively well at home, and head to this game unbeaten in the last seven home league matches, five of which have yielded wins. However, in their 17 home league matches this season, Arsenal have managed just five clean sheets – not the best defensive form to take to such a match.
Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) J. Iličić (Atalanta) A. Konradsen (Rosenborg) L. Martínez (Inter Milan) K. Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Daniel Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb) B. Petković (Dinamo Zagreb) Son Heung-Min (Tottenham) R. Sterling (Manchester City) A. Chelsea said owner Roman Abramovich would cover the costs of providing accommodation and the club has made all rooms available if required.
Naft Masjed Soleyman will host Saipa for this fixture of the league. Hosts probably are favorites in this game. Naft M.I.S have better position in the table. Also, the hosts have advantage at home stadium. Also, they are undefeated in their last 5 matches. However, they have low potential in attack. In last game Naft M.I.S played in a 0-0 draw with Gol Gohar. Also, we have Saipa who's is not very good team in this campaign. They are currently bottom of the table. In any case, they have the motivation to change their position. Also, it should be said, Saipa have better results in the last mutual matches. My pick - Saipa to win.
Conceded by Danny Rose. BookingPosted at 87' Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card. BookingPosted at 87' Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 86' Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur). Posted at 86' Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 85' Foul by Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur). Posted at 85' Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
They begin 2020 with a home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers who are seventh in the table but only five points behind the final Champions League place. Watford were looking in a desperate situation a few weeks ago until the appointment of Nigel Pearson. Their last three games have produced seven points and they are no longer rooted to the bottom of the table.
It happens all the time' - analysisFormer Chelsea and Scotland winger Pat Nevin on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Usually there is no jeopardy at this place [Anfield] because you expect Liverpool to win. They were asked a lot of questions, had to go through a lot of gears. It was a brilliant game. Yet again when Liverpool need to win by the odd goal they find a way.
City believe Arsenal behind ban plot Manchester City believe that fellow Premier League club Arsenal are behind a concerted campaign to have their European ban enforced, according to the Sunday Mirror. The paper reports that City think Arsenal led the way for seven other clubs to contact the Court of Arbitration for Sport if the coronavirus causes a delay in hearing City’s appeal.
Liverpool have only won two of their last 11 Champions League away group stage games (drew three, lost six), losing four of the last five (won one). The Reds last won consecutive away group games in the competition back in September 2008 under Rafael Benitez. Neither Liverpool or Salzburg has kept a Champions League clean sheet this season. The Reds could become only the second reigning champion to fail to keep a clean sheet in their first six matches of the following campaign, after Real Madrid in 2016-17 (first 10 games).
