Gladbach are enjoying their best season since they last won the Bundesliga title in 1977 and have won eight of their 11 games so far, two more than any other team. They are top on 25 points, four ahead of RB Leipzig and champions Bayern Munich, and travel to Berlin on Saturday as the league resumes. Key to the Foals' success so far has been their extremely solid and disciplined backline that has let in just 11 goals, fewer than any other title rival, and a prolific frontline that includes revelation Marcus Thuram.
Lenglet followed but Betis were angry that Sergi Roberto, who had already been booked, was let off after scything down Carles Alena. How can that not be a second yellow for Sergi Roberto's foul on Alena?" asked Betis coach Rubi. Barcelona should have been left with 10 men, there's no doubt about it. Real Betis's vice-president Jose Miguel Lopez Catalan also criticised the officials after the game.
Liverpool completed a remarkable unbeaten calendar year with a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United at Anfield. See alsoLiverpool v Sheffield United - Premier League updates Goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in either half extended Liverpool’s unbeaten run in the Premier League to 37 games. The win is Liverpool’s 11th in a row and stretches their lead at the top of the table to 13 points with a game in hand.
Kenyan champions Gor Mahia have turned to fans to bail them out of a financial crisis that has seen players from one of the country's biggest clubs go without pay for at least five months. In an unusual move, the record 19-time Kenyan champions are appealing to fans to convert loyalty points accrued by subscribers to a mobile phone company into cash for the club. Known as 'bonga' points, the loyalty scheme enables subscribers to start accumulating points as soon as they are registered, with extra points coming for extra data usage.
Rodgers may wait for Arsenal job The Sunday Star reports that Brendan Rodgers considers the job at Arsenal to be his ‘dream job’. However, there is no guarantee that he will be offered the job, if Freddie Ljungberg impresses he may be given the job full time. There is another obstacle - Rodgers is unsure about leaving Leicester after just a year and may wait until the end of the season with his current club in third place.
Mitrovic is the joint-top scorer in the Championship this season with 23 goals. Fulham have lost both of their matches since the Championship's resumption on 20 June, leaving Scott Parker's side fifth in the table and seven points below the automatic promotion places. Mitrovic will miss Tuesday's west London derby at Queens Park Rangers, as well as Fulham's home game with Birmingham City and their trip to fellow promotion contenders Nottingham Forest.
Could we take it further? What about overlaying some of those classic Pro Evolution Soccer commentary refrains that said things like, 'there's no love lost between these two teams' or 'like a knife through butter'? That'd be a laugh, wouldn't it?Sex dolls in the standsView more on twitterSorry, not sex dolls - 'premium mannequins'. That's what FC Seoul, in South Korea, insisted they had used to fill their stands in May, after fans complained.
I gave a simple pass to the striker. No-one had seen him so I just gave it to him between the defenders and he went and scored. That was the only game I played. For Roland Janssen, a Genk scout at the tournament, that one game was enough. Impressed with the teenager's work rate he invited Ndidi for a trial with the Belgian side. When I came to Belgium the coach was Alex McLeish and he was putting me at right-back and left-back," Ndidi continues.
However, his international career ended when he was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final as France lost to Italy. He won the Serie A title with Juventus and La Liga with Real Madrid. Zidane also helped Real win the Champions League in 2002, scoring a stunning volley in their 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho played in the 2002 World Cup final as Brazil beat Germany.
Posted at 50' Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 49' Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jarrod Bowen. Troy Deeney scored two second-half penalties as Watford came from behind once more to beat Newcastle and open up vital breathing space as they battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Newcastle were the better side in the first half at Vicarage Road and deserved the lead given to them when Dwight Gayle turned in Federico Fernandez's flick from Matt Ritchie's corner in the 23rd minute.
Posted at 73' Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Ethan Ebanks-Landell. Posted at 71' Attempt blocked. Aaron Pierre (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Posted at 70' Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Daniel Bentley. Posted at 70' Attempt saved. Callum Lang (Shrewsbury Town) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Bersant Celina (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Routledge. Posted at 61' Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Leandro Bacuna. Posted at 61' Attempt missed. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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TALKING POINT - This Derbi illustrated how these two rivals are heading in opposite directions While Real Madrid have lost just once in 22 La Liga games this season, Atletico Madrid are without a win in their last five matches in all competitions and now face a fight to finish in La Liga’s top four. Indeed, Simeone’s side could finish the weekend as low as seventh in the table.
Posted at 67' Jordan Cousins (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 67' Foul by George Saville (Middlesbrough). Posted at 65' Attempt missed. Lewis Wing (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Hoffenheim came from behind to beat Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga as England's Jadon Sancho failed to score for the first time in eight games. Mario Gotze scored the opening goal for Dortmund, squeezing a shot over the line from Achraf Hakimi's pull-back.
Ramon Planes - who used to work at Pochettino's former club Espanyol and now is part of Barcelona's technical department - and club president Josep Maria Bartomeu are both close friends of Pochettino and in constant contact. For them to approach the available Argentine coach, it was probably because they thought they had half a chance of him saying yes. Unfortunately, probably because of his long history with Espanyol, Pochettino has an entire back catalogue of statements he has made proclaiming why he would never take the Barcelona job and the likelihood of him doing so will always be remote.
West Bromwich Albion extended their lead at the top of the Championship to four points with a hard-fought victory over Millwall in stormy conditions at The Den. In an ebb-and-flow first period, visiting midfielder Filip Krovinovic curled in from the edge of the box to give West Brom the lead, and Kyle Bartley passed up a golden chance to add a second when he flashed wide. Livewire winger Jed Wallace was the main Millwall outlet, and forced a smart save from Sam Johnstone with a curling free-kick before crashing a shot over the top when well placed.
Pepe does really well to get to the byline, pulls it back for Nketiah, who hits the crossbar from eight yards with a first-time strike. GOOOOOOAAALLLLLL!!! Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle. Great header from Aubameyang breaks the deadlock. Arsenal's top goalscorer comes up with the goods. Poor defending from Newcastle, as Lazaro effectively allowed Aubameyang to have a free header, which he dispatched, on the end of a Pepe cross, with aplomb, into the bottom corner.
In addition to a the silence, a banner was pulled across the Stretford End, proclaiming Gregg's name with a picture of the man who will forever be remembered for pulling survivors out of the wreckage following the Munich air crash in 1958, in which eight of his team-mates were killed. Sir Bobby Charlton, who watched today's game from the directors' box, is the only player from that day still alive.
Premier League player values according to TransfermarktCurrent valueDifferenceRaheem Sterling£115m -£29mKevin de Bruyne£108m -£27mHarry Kane £108m -£27mMohamed Salah £108m -£27mSadio Mane£108m -£27mTrent Alexander-Arnold£89m -£10mN’Golo Kante £72m -£18mVirgil van Dijk £72m-£18mBernardo Silva£72m -£18mLeroy Sane £72m -£18mPaul Pogba £72m -£18mManchester City’s Raheem Sterling, 25, is still valued as the Premier League’s most expensive player, but his price has dropped by £29m to £115m.
The Doncaster-born player added: "I knew after a month [of Mourinho joining] I was never going to play. It was difficult going out to train knowing I wasn't going to play. It's not worked out, but full respect to him and what he's doing at the club. He took over with the club 12 points adrift of Chelsea [now in fourth place] and now it's four. I have to be honest, I thought I would continue playing.
in the French Ligue 1 we have a match between the home team of Monaco and the visiting team Angers. Monaco are still one of the richest teams in this league, only this season they went very badly, so they are on the middle of the table. But there is still hope for them to be able to improve and to pick a place at the top of the table that will lead them at least to the UEFA Cup next season tied three defeats in a row, so they have to break it today. Angers also suffering in their back which will make it a high scoring game.
Going just on how they have been playing for their clubs, Pickford has been the worst of those three, but that does not necessarily mean Southgate will drop him. I think he will have a look at at least one other keeper against Italy or Denmark - which game it will be, I don't know. Going through the team, we have some quality full-backs but there is a shortage of options at centre-half. My guess is that Harry Maguire of Manchester United and Liverpool's Joe Gomez will get the nod as a partnership, but the main reason they come straight to mind is because no-one else really does.
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Pedro could be drawn away before or after the European deadline. One player who could be considered as a new signing is Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who continues to ramp up his recovery from a nasty Achilles injury. Meanwhile, the most important signings might be the contract renewals of Willian and youth right-back Tariq Lamptey, who made an impressive debut recently at Arsenal. Both might be lured away for free in the summer.
However, the German international will need a replacement in the long-term, and if they believe that Rushworth is going to develop into a reliable ‘keeper, then signing him now should at least let them recoup their outlay should they need to sell him further down the line. Read the full story IFA criticised for concussion subs plan The International Football Association Board is considering the introduction of a substitute allowed for the purposes of replacing players potentially suffering from concussion, reports the Telegraph.
The two sides have had very differing fortunes in recent weeks and, with their poor form and quality, it’s hard to see Melbourne Victory coming away with the win here. We’re predicting that Wellington Phoenix will be leaving with at least a point and are backing them on the double chance.
The Hammers showed that if teams attack the Reds defence then they stand a better chance of upsetting them and that was the case on Saturday as they struggled to deal with the Hornets' high press. A couple of wayward clearances from Alisson early on, when the Liverpool goalkeeper was under pressure, provided a hint of what was to come. The defensive pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren also looked vulnerable, certainly in comparison to the seemingly impenetrable Van Dijk-Joe Gomez partnership, with Gomez out because of a fitness issue.
Abraham has scored 12 league goals this season and been in Gareth Southgate's last two England squads. He scored his first England goal against Montenegro in November and is likely to get another chance to impress against Italy and Denmark in March, with captain Harry Kane ruled out with a hamstring injury.
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The Bees were less impressive after the break and made to pay for taking their foot off the gas when Wells finished Bright Osayi-Samuel's cross from a couple of yards out. Late on, Eberechi Eze should have made it 3-2 but could not get enough power on his shot from just a few yards out and Raya collected easily, while Watkins missed a couple of equally good chances at the other end by heading off target.
Chong has started four matches so far this season for the Manchester club and an unnamed source at Old Trafford believes "the club can beat any interest" from abroad. Paper Round's view: Manchester United have a rich history of producing top talent in their esteemed academy. Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is aware of the club's pride in their youth and has promoted plenty of young players into his squad since taking over from Jose Mourinho last season.
Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are all potential suitors for the World Cup winner. Paper Round’s view: This is certainly a strange move. As magnificent a player as Lionel Messi is, he is not getting any younger and Griezmann has all the quality to take on the Argentine's role spearheading the Barcelona attack, despite some teething problems in a turbulent first season.
Some light relief. Can you name all the Ballon d'Or winners of the last 30 years? I can certainly name two. Try the quiz here! 10:35 - Serie A retreat to finish the season? Reports in Italy claim the Serie A are pondering the idea of moving all 20 clubs to Rome and completing the season in around 45 days this summer.
Daejeon is really not as great as their 7 points from 3 games show. They scored in added time to win 2-1 away at Suwon City, they barely drew 2-2 at home with really modest Asian side in a game where I expected them to dominate but they were really modest and really far from being solid in defense conceding some cheap goals, but attack saved them a point there, and really modest for 60 minutes away at average Jeju Utd side being 2-0 down with a lot of holes in defense, they received a cheap penalty kick converted it in a goal, than Jeju had a man sent-off and till the end Daejeon scored some late goals to win 3-2 in the end.
They are not out of contention for Champions League places yet though. If you are an Arsenal fan you are thinking they are four points off fifth place, which may get them in. They just need to carry on doing what they are doing, and stay disciplined, because they have got tremendous firepower. Burnley - 37 pointsLast five league games: WWDWWThis weekend: Newcastle (a)Highest/lowest position: 4th/15thDays in top four: 1/203 Liverpool (12) are the only Premier League team to keep more clean sheets than Burnley this seasonSutton: "It looked like they were getting sucked into the relegation scrap when they lost four straight games at the turn of the year but only Liverpool have been in better form in the past few weeks.
The BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020 nominees will be revealed on Wednesday, and you can vote for your favourite on the BBC Sport website. The five-person shortlist has been chosen by a panel of experts including coaches, players, administrators and journalists. Voting will open at 07:00 GMT on Wednesday and close at 09:00 GMT on Monday, 2 March. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, 24 March on BBC World Service.
The hosts are set as slight favorites to be winning this game but I have to disagree with this as Derby is second placed in this league at this moment as they have won most of the games played by them home or away from home so far this season also won here at this venue with 1-0 last season and they are fighting for winning this league this season without a doubt and they have really talented youngster so will bet on the away win to happen here even with cover on the draw bet just to be sure I do not lose.
But Batshuayi failed to build on that and was largely quiet for the rest of the game with his most significant contribution a near post-block to cut out a dangerous Hull free-kick. If Chelsea are indeed considering bolstering their attacking options, this performance from Batshuayi is unlikely to deter Lampard from dipping into the transfer market. Tigers beaten but not mauledHull faced a sizeable task of causing an upset.
Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a fast break. Posted at 64' Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball. Posted at 63' Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
United will need to secure Champions League football next season in order to become a more appealing prospect for the 23-year-old, who is set to feature in the first leg of Lyon's Round of 16 knockout tie against Juventus on Wednesday. Read the full story Blades plan transfers ahead of potential European quest Sheffield United are planning a £20 million transfer for Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips if they qualify for Europe next season, according to the Sun.
The former agent has been linked with the proposed move of Abdoulaye Toure, the current Nantes striker. McKay was previously involved in the deal that saw Emiliano Sala move from the French club to then Premier League side Cardiff City, reports the Telegraph Paper Round’s view: It is important to get the facts straight over any involvement in the deal for Toure to another side, but it does seem controversial that McKay could be acting in professional football again, whether or not he has broken any rules or regulations in doing so.
Valerenga finished tenth last season and the team had a very good start to the new season as they had a 1-0 win in Sarpsborg at the beginning of the season. Stabaek finished eighth last season with 6 points less, the season opener was somewhat downplayed with a 0-0 in the home game against Mjondalen, but here I expect some goals, even if some contradictions are won. Stabaek are need point after ahead of the trip to Oslo, meaning that they are eager to grab something from the match. Given Valerenga’s poor form, share of spoils is on the cards. I think it will be a cagey and tough affair.
