While Arsenal had a number of players missing at Norwich on Boxing Day, only one would be considered a first-team player.
For a while the Premier League title race has seemed a foregone conclusion, with Manchester City looking sure to pick up the trophy for the fourth time in five campaigns.
Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright says media coverage of Europe-based players travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations is disrespectful and tinged with racism.
When playing such games away from home, the Hammers are winless since 2003 (2-0 v Nottingham Forest), drawing three and losing six since.West Ham have already lost against Brentford this season, having lost just one of their 12 Premier League games against promoted sides in the last two campaigns combined (W7 D4).
When we play in this way, with this formation, with a No 4 in front of the three central defenders, I think he is very, very good, said Conte.
Brighton, Tottenham, Leicester City, Aston Villa and Norwich City all have cases and Sunday's Brighton v Tottenham fixture was postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak at Spurs.
Head coach Bev Priestman announced her 23-player squad for the tournament on February 7, making Canada the first nation to do so.
There's a chance we can perform a miracle, which I feel it would be if we stay up. We were off in all aspects of our game.
Brighton, Tottenham, Leicester, Aston Villa and Norwich have all confirmed cases and Sunday's Brighton v Tottenham fixture was postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak at Spurs.
We know if we make it five it will secure second spot. All the boys know him anyway but he has fitted in straight away.
They last won more consecutively against them at Anfield in the league between 1973 and 1978 (6).Leeds have lost both Premier League meetings with Liverpool in a season on four previous occasions (1996-97, 1997-98, 1999-00 and 2002-03).
The ones that were left booed. That is a bad, bad result on a Friday Night Football, live on television.
Lampard got off to a dream start as Everton manager, beating Brentford 4-1 to seal the club's passage into the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Because it is not easy being a footballer, it is a lot of pressure and a lot of thinking and the mindset has to be right.
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Ryan Jack played on after a challenge by Beni Baningime in the 5-0 win over Hearts then missed Wednesday's match after Van Bronckhorst confirmed the tackle had caused his injury issues to flare up again.
Ivan Toney pulled one back in a scramble late on but the damage was done for Brentford when they failed to cash in when they carved United open in the opening half.
FIFA has a very clear zero-tolerance stance against such abhorrent behaviour in football. John Stones scored the England goal in a 1-1 draw and said after the game: I didn't see any of the incidents.
Speaking to BBC Sport in May 2019, he described himself as a 'tortured Manchester United fan'. When asked if he was interested in buying Chelsea, he answered never say no.
Sierra Leone, appearing at their first Nations Cup since 1996, could reach the knock-out stages for the first time
There is a very short window left for that sale to take place, Dorries said. The Blues are operating under a special licence from the UK government which ends on 31 May.
Dundee huffed and puffed, desperately seeking a goal that would potentially give them a Premiership lifeline, but Saints saw out the game much to the delight of their 2,000-strong travelling support.
We cannot let players suffer because other players are not there. Despite Tuchel's frustration at Chelsea's current predicament - he said he couldn't understand why they were made to fulfil the Wolves fixture - the 48-year-old admits he is still relishing the challenge of navigating English football's notoriously busy festive fixture schedule.
Remember the Super League? Seems like years ago now. Of course, not everybody's given up on the idea, and we all know that something similar will come roaring back at some point. But in the wake of last April's failed breakaway attempt, in among all the laughter and finger-pointing, the UK government did promise a fan-led review of football governance. And here it is!
The two third-placed teams in each group from the third round will play against each other in a single match to determine which team advances to the inter-confederation play-offs*.
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday's national newspapers... Manchester United's leaky defence has been bolstered by the return of Eric Bailly to training.
To bring the Ukraine international into the starting line-up at this time must have raised some eyebrows.
It's a hugely frustrating defeat and the form of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is becoming a real worry. The Gunners captain has now gone five games without a goal and at present he doesn't even look like scoring.
Barnes then struck the woodwork for the hosts just before the interval when he played a quick one-two with Iheanacho in the penalty area before seeing his powerful strike cannon back off the crossbar.
Asked for a fitness update at his pre-match press conference, Tuchel told reporters: “I can tell you that Mateo [Kovacic] and Romelu are still out for tomorrow.
The win takes Celta Vigo up to 12th, though several clubs below them have two games in hand. Espanyol are ninth, one point and one place below cross-city rivals Barcelona, who play Elche this weekend.
It was true. It succeeds in painting a vivid picture of the tabloid wars and the claustrophobic lifestyle in which he was now trapped.
Of course the whole club and organisation from the chairman down we are behind him and we are optimistic because in the last hours he is getting better, said Guardiola, ahead of Saturday's match against Brighton.
And the penalty situation with Diogo Jota, Mr Tierney told me he thinks Diogo stops on purpose because he wants the foul. If you want to shoot you have to stop because you cannot run and shoot at the same moment.
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Some of the players are now playing very well, Harry Kane for example, but if you looked at it from the start of the season to where we are now, I'd put Declan in that very high consistent bracket. Follow West Ham United with Sky SportsFollow every West Ham game in the Premier League this season with our live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and watch match highlights for free shortly after full-time.
PPLive - owned by the same holding company that owns Inter Milan - was due to show live matches, as well as delayed full-game broadcasts and highlights, as part of the rights package.
The 40-year-old frontman has put no end date in place with a desire to extend a distinguished career for as long as possible.
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The 20-year-old should have had a second soon after, striding through on goal and dragging his effort comfortably wide after another mix-up in the Spurs defence that frustrated Conte into kicking over the water bottles on the touchline.
Team news McTominay, who had been utilised as a central defender, misses out with a throat infection.
There are no words that can describe how Benzema plays. He deserves the Ballon d'Or, he said. “I hope my brother Benzema ends up winning La Liga, Champions League and Ballon d’Or.”
The problem was, though, that he was not able to do much cardio-based training due to the nature of his injury and not being able to run. It means that in the absence of a pre-season, he is still not fully fit.
Although you're on top, Wycombe always carry that physical threat and you saw that with the first goal they scored.
In his latest column, Merson insists Liverpool have been unlucky this season, and that with their best defenders back, the intensity will return and they will still be one of the teams to beat in 2021/22.
We have played on some really difficult grass pitches where teams have kept the length of the grass long and we haven't been able to move the ball quickly.
Since then only one other club has made it to the League Cup final from the fourth tier, with Bradford City losing 5-0 to Premier League Swansea in 2013.
City were bringing the ball out from the back when Laporte passed into no-man's land having been spooked by pressure from Gallagher and Zaha.