Former England striker Peter Crouch says he felt "degraded" during his final season as a player when he became "a head on a stick". Crouch, 38, retired in July after 21 years as a professional, scoring 108 top-flight goals and winning 42 caps. I felt physically fit whereas a lot of players just can't go any more. I felt like I could do another season fitness-wise," said Crouch. But] I felt like I was becoming the stereotype I always tried to avoid.
I wasn't sure whether Jim Leighton had it covered or not. I knew then that the referee was going to blow for full-time. We were all running about the park hugging each other. John Hewitt runs off to celebrate after scoring the extra-time winner for Aberdeen against Real MadridA meal before bed & group chatsIt was pretty low-key after the game because it was still pouring with rain. The wives came back with us, we had a meal with the directors and a few drinks, then it was off to bed because we had a 09:30 flight the next morning.
Torpedo zhodino fc which shocks the fans of Shakhtyor Soligorsk after beat them in front of their fans by scoring only once and they took entire three points so this tonight they are going to host Belshina which suffered three goals to nil loss to Minsk at their home ground.
Bournemouth have suffered defeats in eight of their last nine away league matches, winning the other 1-0 at Chelsea in December. Arsenal v West Ham United *Arsenal are on a seven-game unbeaten run in the league since the start of the calendar year, the longest current streak in the division. Each of Alexandre Lacazette's six league goals for Arsenal this season have come in home games.
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Vandals have tried to saw through the feet of a statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and placed a rope around its neck. Police have put a fence up around the statue, outside Malmo's stadium in Sweden, in case it falls down. It is the latest act of vandalism directed at the statue since it was announced that Ibrahimovic had invested in a rival club last month. Former Sweden striker Ibrahimovic, 38, made his professional debut for Malmo 20 years ago.
SubstitutionPosted at 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Leandro Trossard. Posted at 81' Foul by Aaron Mooy (Brighton and Hove Albion). Posted at 81' João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. SubstitutionPosted at 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion.
Ultimately, anything but a comfortable Roma win would be a huge surprise. They are the only side with any competitive need for the points and by far a stronger outfit man for man, they shouldn't have any issues in securing victory.
He is the best all-round midfielder in the world," said United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who admits that it can be tricky to designate a precise midfield duty for the former Juventus player. He can perform all roles, but if I play him low, (some people will say] he should have played high and, if I play him high, I should have played low.
The 27-year-old, who was also dropped, has since found his way back into the squad and former Manchester City assistant Arteta said he would offer his full support to Xhaka, having taken charge of 11th-placed Arsenal last week. Video - Nightmare before Christmas for Man Utd as Haaland picks Italian giants - Euro Papers01:21 Xhaka has been linked by the German media with a switch to Hertha Berlin but Arteta said he had spoken to the player about his future.
He will be down, and when an error costs the team points we have to lift him. He's done a really good job since he joined this football club and we have to respect that," he added. Arteta was evasive when asked whether he felt Chelsea midfielder Jorginho should have been given a second yellow card for bringing down Arsenal's Matteo Guendouzi.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0Avelino's prediction: To beat City at the Etihad like Wolves and Manchester United did, you pretty much have to play the perfect game. As great as Sheffield United have been this season, I think City will have too much for them. Kevin de Bruyne is playing like an alien at the moment, and is the best player in the Premier League without a doubt. Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
With Mount as their star player, the Portsmouth-based side won the competition, and the young midfielder was left in no doubt about where he wanted to play. Once we've got them in at Cobham, it opens their eyes up," Winzar says. That was what did it. It wasn't long before the fiery competitiveness that drives the otherwise unassuming young midfielder was again on full display. In one early session with Chelsea, Mount's group were partnered up to play one-v-one games in what the players called "the cage", a compact, all-weather pitch surrounded by fencing and with a small goal at either end.
Marseille prevailed thanks to second-half goals by Jordan Amavi, Morgan Sanson and Nemanja Radonjic after Bordeaux had gone ahead courtesy of a thunderous effort from Yacine Adli. Marseille have 34 points from 17 games and trail leaders Paris St Germain, who beat Montpellier 3-1 on Saturday and have one game in hand, by five points.
Granite suffered two losses in their opening two league games this season so have 0 points so far and have conceded no less than 6 goals losing first with 4-1 away from home at Krumkachy a game which was totally out of their reach already 2-0 down by half-time of the game and barely had a chance or two the entire game, this while second game played by them was at home with newly promoted Arsenal who on opening day lost 3-0 at home with newly promoted Osmyany a really poor result but Arsenal won away at Granite with 2-1 in the end.
Sue Smith helped England reach the final of Women's Euro 2009"She's quick, strong, powerful and can glide past players with ease. She's got all of the attributes to be a top-quality wide player or forward player. Going to Manchester City, a big club with big expectation, she's only young, and yet she's managed to live up to that pressure. Everybody that you speak to about her says she's got the right attitude.
MANCHESTER, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Gabriel Jesus showed that he could become Sergio Aguero’s long-term successor after he scored twice to inspire a nervy Manchester City to victory over Everton in the Premier League on Wednesday. Aguero gave City their finest moment -- the spectacular last-gasp winner against Queens Park Rangers in 2012 that earned the club the most dramatic of Premier League titles -- but their all-time top goalscorer cannot go on forever.
PSG enter this away fixture with a round of extraordinary performances. Their double trouble forwards Neymar and Mbappe have proven to be forces to reckon with .Neymar has been performing up to standard and psg have in their coffers the requisite skill set to dispose of any league team they encounter .Amiens will try to prove they are ligue 1 capable by insulting psg with an unlikely loss .I go in favor of psg on this match arguing that psg will have a straight win .I can not mention the score margin but can only advocate a psg win overall
If Ross County can improve their home form, then there's no reason as to why they cannot challenge for 6th place. Unfortunately, they've won only two out of seven at Victoria Park. They've lost four of the other five. Having scored ten goals, they've made their presence felt offensively, but they've often not been at the races defensively, shipping 18 goals, conceding three or more on four occasions. They've also conceded lots of shots at home, surrendering an average of six shots on target and 14.29 shots per game. Such numbers aren’t positive, especially when they're averaging just 5.63 and three at the other end.
Wolves built their success last season around a solid back line, and while they’re far from a defensive catastrophe this term they do struggle to keep clean sheets. In fact, they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last five league games and only one of their six home Premier League outings has resulted in a shut out.
Goals are far too difficult to come by as it is. Did you know? Giroud has had a hand in 26 goals in 35 starts for Chelsea in all competitions (16 goals, 10 assists). Anthony Martial: I was tempted to put Greenwood into my TOTW, but Martial scored a brilliant headed goal against Chelsea in midweek and produced a sensational chip to beat goalkeeper Ben Foster when the chance appeared to have gone against Watford.
Marcus Rashford carries a load in terms of driving team up the pitch, getting shots getting goals, getting assists. He has almost been like a one-man team. The Times chief football writer Henry Winter says clubs need to be careful "not to flog" the players too much by playing them in too many games. It is interesting listening to ex-professionals saying he is not quite running as freely as they would expect and is holding something back," Winter said.
I'm looking forward to working hard with the squad that I have. Bournemouth's game against Crystal Palace will be the first Premier League game broadcast live on BBC television. AnalysisKris Temple, BBC Radio SolentThe confirmation that Ryan Fraser has played his last game for the club brings to a close an uncertain, and distracting, few months. The writing has been on the wall since Fraser told BBC Radio Solent in January that he hadn't been "playing for the team".
Gattuso in line to replace Ancelotti Carlo Ancelotti was only sacked last night, but it seems Napoli have their replacement already lined up. The former AC Milan boss is reportedly set to sign a six-month contract with the Serie A club, who have the option to extend the 41-year-old's contract for a further year.
Sporting director Francisco Rufete took over as manager on Saturday after replacing Abelardo Fernandez - the third Espanyol boss to be sacked this season. They put up a good fight, with Wu Lei among the players to go close, but fell just short. Real Madrid are now only six wins - or five wins and a draw - from a second La Liga title since 2012. City rivals Atletico can do them a favour when they visit Barca on Thursday.
Getty Images The new managers knew they had plenty to work on, but got a close-up look at some of the issues here. The January transfer window is just around the corner and you'd expect both clubs to be relatively busy given what was on show at Goodison. Ancelotti will feel he has the fixtures to get off to a positive start at home to Burnley and away to Newcastle.
Following the recent Black Lives Matter protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the US, Sterling also talks about racism and how it is important to keep having conversations about the issue, particularly in football. Micah Richards:It is 100 days since you last kicked a ball in Premier League - how crazy is that?Raheem Sterling: It's been weird but it's been a moment to cherish with the family.
Lyon said earlier that Wednesday's last-16 first leg would go ahead as planned following the "French authorities decision to keep (the game) in its initial configuration". The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, Europe's largest so far, rose to seven on Monday as the country shut down much of its wealthy north to curb the spread of the disease.
Coming into this game, Le Havre has picked up 3 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. What is 0.6 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in just 2 of those games. Le Havre has scored 3 Times in the last 5 fixtures.
The German was part of a backline that repelled attack after attack, including a terrific block when Vivianne Miedema was left in space at the far post to preserve Chelsea's lead. After an endless surge of Arsenal pressure, Williamson eventually equalised five minutes from time but with both sides chasing a late winner, England was on hand to secure victory for the Blues.
Lukaku has now scored 18 goals in 25 appearances for the Italian side. Holders Lazio cruised to a 4-0 victory over Serie B strugglers Cremonese, Italy international Ciro Immobile scoring from the spot in the comfortable victory. And in Tuesday's other match, Lorenzo Insigne scored with two penalty kicks as Napoli defeated Perugia 2-0.
Before the match, hundreds of Hammers fans protested about the running of the club in the week of the 10-year anniversary since David Sullivan and David Gold bought West Ham. However, the hosts took the lead when Issa Diop headed in from Robert Snodgrass' free-kick from the right touchline. But their advantage only lasted four minutes as Calvert-Lewin scored with a diving header after Mason Holgate had flicked on Lucas Digne's corner.
The Reds face three games in the next nine days - with an FA Cup trip to Shrewsbury on Sunday followed by league games against West Ham on Wednesday and Southampton next Saturday. That is tough and it's probably without Sadio," said Klopp. Klopp 'forgot' how many points Liverpool are ahead Media playback is not supported on this device Wolves 1-2 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp savours Firmino's 'magic moment' as Reds edge Wolves Liverpool were given one of their toughest tests of the season before eventually extending their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 40 games.
It's all coming home to roost. This is going to get bad. The next six months are going to be really difficult. Under executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, United re-signed midfielder Paul Pogba from Juventus for a then world record £89m in August 2016. They also brought in striker Romelu Lukaku for £75m a year later, while they signed forward Alexis Sanchez in January 2018 on a four-and-a-half-year deal worth £14m a year after tax.
The Portuguese returned from injury to start Juve's 1-0 Champions League win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday but the 34-year-old has hit a slump in form by his sky-high standards after failing to score in his last four games for the Turin giants. Champions Juve, who host Sassuolo on Sunday as they look to maintain their one-point lead over Inter Milan at the top of Serie A, will have Ronaldo available -- and Sarri would not be surprised to see a champion's response from the Portuguese.
Tottenham have turned things around since the arrival of Jose Mourinho. They could be in the Champions League places for Christmas, though that is partly due to the appalling league form of their opponents. Spurs have been good at home of late with eight goals scored in the last two league games (plus another four in the Champions League). It's all going wrong for Chelsea at present and Frank Lampard might be glad that their transfer ban is over. Chelsea have lost four of their last five league games and this looks like being another defeat. Go for Tottenham to win this match.
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Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Posted at 90'+3' Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Mason Holgate. Posted at 90' Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick. Posted at 89' Tom Davies (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 89' Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
What you need to do when you are in a real crisis mode, is you need to come together and try to work something out together and that is what didn’t happen," he said. A conference call last week, between the players, clubs, union and league officials, failed to bring a resolution over pay and other issues and Campbell said such a blanket approach was ill-suited to finding common ground.
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Both teams got on the scoresheet in 12 of those 17 games, and in 10 of Wolves' most recent 12 contests – and it's in that both teams to score market that we feel the best value lies for Thursday's game.
The 25-year-old has flourished since Jose Mourinho let him leave Old Trafford for Lyon back in 2017 and now the new Spurs boss might bring him back to the Premier League. The Mail report states United have a buy-back clause for the Dutch international, but Liverpool and Tottenham hold more serious interest in any potential transfer.
After seeing several one-sided ties in the early rounds of this season's competition, the inclusion of an extra qualification spot for the more elite European sides has also been widely welcomed. Results like Arsenal's 13-2 aggregate defeat of Slavia Praha and Lyon's 16-0 trouncing of Russian side Ryazan-VDV will hopefully be seen less frequently once the new changes are implemented, creating an all-round more competitive tournament.
We feel that Bayern's attack is unlikely to drop in form for Saturday's game. However, without the injured Niklas Sule and Lucas Hernandez, as well as the suspended Jerome Boateng, their defence may be vulnerable to an in-form Fortuna attack.
I believe, I’m a big believer in everybody has a chance,” he said. From the boys’ point of view, if I would be in their boots I would be excited like hell, looking forward to it like hell, run for my life, all that stuff. Just give it a proper try and we will sit and will be with them. All our thoughts are with them, the more experienced players are looking forward to it to watch the game and shout them forward from here,” he added.
Huddersfield started the season with 4 defeats in the first 4 home games but have a 4-4-1 record in the last 9 home games. The only defeat was against the league leaders Leeds United. Huddersfield are in good form in the last weeks with 3 wins in the last 5.
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Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk also acknowledged that his side could have delivered more, saying: "We want to analyse the game and be much better, but three points is massive, especially here. We play Spurs who are a good side. They were in the Champions League final and that must still hurt for them and they will want to bounce back.
