Premier League Preview - Gerrard's Villa impact assessed | Rafa's problems at Everton | Brilliant Bernardo Silva Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports News Midlands reporter Rob Dorsett, features writer Nick Wright and football journalist Oliver Yew to look ahead to the Premier League weekend.
Newcastle are second-bottom in the table and two points from safety after 19 league matches this season.
Mauricio Pochettino occupies that post at present, but there has been talk of the Argentine walking away once the 2021-22 campaign is complete.
There's work to do (to reach the play-offs). I haven't looked at it (the table) if I'm honest - I don't even know what the other results are.
Referee Nick Walsh pointed to the spot when Well defender Mugabi brought down the Zambia international in the box and Tavernier sent Kelly the wrong way with the spot-kick to give the Govan side some breathing space.
Jurgen Klopp's side were set to sign the 19-year-old on Monday and loan him back to Fulham for the rest of the season, but he will now see out the remaining six months of his contract at Craven Cottage.
Tempers flared in the aftermath as the incident was shown on the big screen and Gabriel picked up a yellow card.
In the absence of Partey, in particular, has Arteta had to sacrifice defensive stability in order to unlock his attack?
Stoke then missed the chance to double their lead before the half-hour mark with two big opportunities falling to Steven Fletcher and Josh Tymon.
Goalkeeper David Marshall and youngster Jordan Brown have also left this month to join QPR and Leyton Orient.
But out of nowhere City hauled themselves level. His mood worsened when Salah put Liverpool ahead again.
Espanyol beat Celta Vigo 1-0 as Wu Lei grabbed an 89th-minute winner, while Ante Budimir's stoppage-time strike saw Osasuna home against bottom-placed Alaves.
In his first press conference as Villa boss ahead of the club's clash with Brighton on Saturday, the former Rangers manager said it was an honour to have taken up the role and feels extremely proud to be a head coach in the Premier League.
We are super proud of what we did today against an amazing good team. Pep doesn’t like to draw against a team like us and we did a good job today.
He was originally appointed on an interim basis in order to provide short-term improvement, which he did in the second half of the 2018/19 campaign, but the remit changed when he took the job permanently.
Watching your football team lose a game can be a miserable experience. Watching them get hammered always is. But not all miseries are created equal, and watching the opening moves of Liverpool's visit to Everton last night the Warm-Up started wondering, is
I've done a lot of reflecting the past week and have asked myself difficult questions. And I am so proud of what we have achieved.
Injuries to key players have hampered Benitez's attempts to make any progress this season, with strike focal point Dominic Calvert-Lewin, defender Yerry Mina and anchor Allan confined to the treatment room.
Was substituted at half-time for Walker-Peters. Tyrone Mings - 8Distributed the ball well from the defensive line.
But this season has been about staying healthy and playing as much as possible because I have had a lot of injuries in the last few years.
In a game where the margins will be tight and anxiety levels high, a vocal and supportive home crowd like St James' Park is a big advantage when forming an opinion on the game.
United struggled in the second half to break down the organisation of the Palace defence as Patrick Vieira's men held firm, but Rangnick had the last laugh: Fred, a divisive name throughout the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer regime, was trusted in the engine room by the new manager, and the Brazilian curled a right-footed effort into the top corner on 77 minutes to send the home fans into raptures and devastate Vieira, who would have felt that his side's defensive resilience had been deserving of an unlikely point.
Since Roman Abramovich took over, every year Chelsea have been exceptional. I'm proud [to now have a club record 221 wins as Man City manager].
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feels optimistic that Jesse Lingard will sign a new deal at Manchester United. But Lingard has impressed back at United.
Aubameyang posted on Instagram earlier in the month: I came back to London to do some additional checks, and I'm very happy to say that my heart is absolutely fine and I'm completely healthy!!
But the situations it was very strange, especially our goal. We must move on and keep working as we are working.
However, Juventus, led by Agnelli, Real Madrid and Barcelona remained and are yet to abandon their legal fight.
However she insisted that the primary responsibility for the disorder lies with those who lost control of their own behaviour.
Ferreira, meanwhile, faces his own unique challenge. Another Libertadores win with Palmeiras in 2022 would make him the first coach to lift the trophy three times in a row since Estudiantes' Osvaldo Zubeldia in the 1960s and 70s.
In his early days, he was facing non-stop questions about Kane, and dealt with that in a dignified way.
His cross fell kindly to Piroe and the Dutch striker blasted his 13th goal of the season into the roof of the Saints net.
Despite having a fully vaccinated squad Liverpool have been hit by a number of positive tests in the last couple of weeks and were missing the likes of Alisson and Roberto Firmino for Sunday’s 2-2 draw away at Chelsea, whilst also being without manager Jurgen Klopp and three other members of staff.
It's not just about us; it's about the whole of Nigeria. We know there's 200 million people at home that will want us to give our heart and soul when we play. Whenever we play, everything stops in Nigeria for 90 minutes. And everybody watches the game.
Certainly, while Mahrez offered precious little before limping out of the competition in the group stage—missing a decisive penalty as Algeria were dumped out by the Ivory Coast—Mane is growing into the competition.
He was seen as an outside option for Villa, who are expected to speak to at least five or six managers - or their representatives - as they narrow down their search for a successor for the sacked Smith.
Diaz can help. He is coming into his peak years and appears an astute signing, a player with an appetite to prove himself in the Premier League.
Following enquiries so far, he has since been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and threats to kill.
Tuttosport described it as a Blue Nightmare with Chelsea midfielder Jorginho labelled a snail for the slow tempo of his play - contributing to a rating of four out of 10.
“We have to create the right vibe, the right energy, and everybody at the organisation has to feel so privileged to be here. There's no other way.”
There were a few half-chances throughout for both teams but there was never any danger of either goal being troubled and a scoreless result always seemed the most likely outcome.
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But they made us underperform. Guardiola: It was fantastic!Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola was full of praise for the style of his team's victory, praising the manner of City's performance away to a title rival.
After the two March friendlies, England will play four Nations League games in June, with trips to Hungary and Germany followed by a repeat of the Euro 2020 final at home to Italy and the return game with the Hungarians.
West Ham deservedly led at the break and might have been further ahead on the stroke of the interval when Benrahma played through Antonio, who rounded Pickford but could only steer his shot into the side-netting from an acute angle.
It poses the question whether they will look at a last-minute loan, but I would think that is very unlikely at this stage. Follow Deadline Day with Sky SportsThe clock is ticking.
Burnley have just started building a nice little unbeaten run, with a win and three draws in their past four league games, but I don't see them stopping Spurs.
