Then, shortly afterwards, Villa players reacted to Luka Milivojevic hauling down Ollie Watkins as he cut through on goal.
West Ham are keen on signing Liverpool’s Nat Phillips as they look to strengthen at the back. The 24-year-old central defender is ready to leave, and after injuries to Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma and Ben Johnson, David Moyes is in need of reinforcements, with Phillips priced at £15 million.
City lost 1-0 to Chelsea in last season's final in Porto's Estadio Dragao on May 29 2021, with Kai Havertz's goal three minutes before the break enough to earn the Blues a second title in 10 seasons.
Now we are in this race and we have to try to stay in it, but we know it is very difficult. I was really surprised at how poor Spurs were.
To do so, he spoke about the work ethic of Ronaldo – though he did make an error in identifying the age at which the Portuguese star joined Man Utd.
Emiliano Martinez returns to Arsenal on Friday as statistically one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League and determined to show his former club they made a mistake when letting him join Aston Villa last year.
RB Leipzig, of course with the help of their wealthy backers, climbed from amateur level all the way to the top flight and even qualified for the Champions League. But for the dominance of Bayern, they may well have even boasted a Bundesliga title by now – all of this coming under the watchful eye of Rangnick.
Barcelona have performed a U-turn regarding the possible return to Camp Nou for Dani Alves, with GOAL able to confirm that a deal for the veteran defender is now close.
Only this week Martin Dubravka told me he's never spent more time in his career analysing rival strikers, while Jonjo Shelvey said he's got himself into the shape of his life as a way of repaying Howe for picking him out on his first day in the job as someone he wants to build his team around.
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Sule's future is the most pressing contract situation for Bayern at the moment. The Bavarians are eager to keep hold of him, but wage demands could prove a stumbling block.
Salah has been directly involved in at least one goal in each of his last 12 Premier League appearances (13 goals, 7 assists), the third player to achieve that feat after Stan Collymore (12, March - August 1995) and Jamie Vardy (15, August - December 2015).
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The pair scored in a completely dominant first half for the hosts that also saw John Souttar twice hit the frame of the goal.
We believe he has great potential, and is the obvious choice to provide continuity at a time of great promise at the club.
The former Atletico Madrid player was brought in to add some steel and menace to Arsenal’s spine but was guilty of giving away possession cheaply several times in
Thomas Partey has rated his Arsenal career so far at just 4/10, with the £45 million ($60m) star admitting that he is guilty of losing focus too often on the pitch.
Yet another loss for Everton - their 11th league defeat of the season - has sapped the hopeful optimism from the fans following Duncan Ferguson stepping up once again to take the reigns on a caretaker basis. However, his side showed fight and determination in the second half and that surely has to be seen as a positive.
The 38-year-old had taken interim charge of Liverpool for the weekend draw at Chelsea in the absence of Klopp and had been set to continue at the helm at Emirates Stadium on Thursday.
Paper TalkGrealish has a point to prove with EnglandLive football on Sky SportsEngland boss Gareth Southgate has had to deal with a number of withdrawals since naming his 25-man squad last Thursday, but will not be calling up a replacement for the Arsenal forward.
Van de Beek declared himself fit and available for next Tuesday's Premier League visit to Newcastle United, as he is cup-tied for Saturday's match against with Brentford.
As was the case last season, City's goals have primarily been scored from a cluster of shots taken in and around the six-yard box from customary runners and cut-backs.
Chelsea had slipped to third place following Sunday's goalless draw against Brighton and were again frustrated in the first half against the Hammers.
In three of those matches, they won the expected goals battle with their attacking metrics remaining very strong.
Aulas, speaking at the unveiling of new loan signing from Tottenham - Tanguy Ndombele - also admitted they are looking into the return of Karim Benzema from Real Madrid in the summer too.
Maguire overtook Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk in the process, but only marginally, as the Netherlands international set the Reds back €84.5m when he arrived from Southampton the year before.
We were looking to win and we did that, which is good. There were a few eyebrows raised when I came to Reading.
Wednesday's Copa del Rey last-16 clash brings together two hopefuls for the trophy who are also still harbouring distant Liga ambitions.
Probably not at the time, but it happens so when I got the text, I was ready for it. But Norwich came calling on the Tuesday before and asked if I would be interested.
Steven Gerrard is an ally, and we spoke on the morning that Gerrard made the move from Rangers to Aston Villa.
On Tierney's performance: You don't need a ref that helps you. You need a ref who is clear and objective. In three decisive decisions, he was once right and that was with Robbo, and twice wrong. All three were against us.
Malawi tired as the game wore on, but could yet find themselves in the knockout stages for the first time in their history, having reached the Nations Cup for only the third time.
