Mauricio Pochettino had supposedly brought in a brilliant, press-resistant, box-to-box midfielder; the sort of wriggling, dribbling presence who could break the lines on his own and bring urgency back to a team that finished the previous campaign by picking up just 11 points from their final 12 league matches.
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Villa thought they had turned the game around just before half-time, only to be denied by VAR. Villa were worthy winners'Sky Sports' Paul Merson: Leicester didn't come out in the second half.
SCORE PREDICTION: 1-1 BETTING ANGLE: Under 2.5 goals (Evens with Sky Bet) Opta statsChelsea won this exact fixture 2-1 last season, last winning consecutive away league games against Man City during a run of four between 2005 and 2008.This will be the 50th Premier League meeting between Man City and Chelsea; City won just three of their first 25 against Chelsea (D4 L18) but have since won 12 of the last 24 (D3 L9).This is just the second ever Premier League meeting between Manchester City and Chelsea as the top two sides in the division.
A Polish FA spokesman told Sky Sports News: No more words, it's time to act. This is the only right decision.
Shaun Maloney's men opened the scoring in the first half through Kevin Nisbet with Chris Cadden netting their second after the break.
And you have to feel it to make it better when the good moments come. He insists in the press conference that nothing was said to the players afterwards, something that he reaffirms here.
That makes for a very dangerous combination and when you surround him with the sort of weapons he has at Bayern he allows him to conduct one of the best attacks in Europe. He’s the perfect playmaker in Nagelsmann’s system, as he was under Flick and Heynckes. He’s done this over a number of years under a number of managers. Now it’s time to put starting real respect on the name of someone who will go down as one of the greats.
Thank you to the fans for that. In Xhaka's interview, he also mentioned the fans, who, it is fair to say, he has had an up-and-down relationship with.
There is more. Buendia has struggled to recreate the form that warranted a £38m price tag, played in a more central position despite huge success at Norwich from the right wing.
Barcelona suffered another setback when striker Sergio Aguero was forced off late in the first half due to injury ahead of their Champions League clash at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.
Norwich vs Manchester City - Saturday; kick-off 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports from 5pm Team news: Norwich should have forward Josh Sargent available again for the visit of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
That's the bit that forces us to square up to the referee. Not in a Jurgen Klopp way. Any other walk of life, getting one call out of two right would be better than missing them both. Fifty percent! We can work with that! When it comes to red cards, all it does is make people angry. Justice is a question not just of accuracy but of balance.
International outings don't come much easier than this, a bittersweet reality for a goalkeeper who will have wanted to strengthen his World Cup claim.
Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, she added that the recommendations were to remove vested interests from football to ensure it can become sustainable for the long-term future.
It is not as obvious as a goal but it is an impact, nevertheless. Seconds later, the goalkeeper was forced into a save.
Premier League clubs will meet on Friday morning to discuss Tracey Crouch's fan-led review into football.
“I’ve not decided my future,” Mbappe told Movistar after the match. “I play for Paris Saint-Germain, one of the best clubs in the world.
The Spaniard has a groin issue and boss Antonio Conte does not know whether he will play again this season.
The Spurs striker was alerted to a social media message about their travels and tweeted an invite to host them if they come to England again.
I didn't really think about it. When I first saw it, I probably thought 'that's a bit much', but it's a learning curve.
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It was an innovative moment that captured both Sevilla's growth on the pitch and their burgeoning reputation off it - legendary Brazil forward Ronaldo, O Fenomeno, beaming down from the screen at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium to welcome Anthony Martial to the club on loan from Manchester United.
Sky Bet League One Sunderland secured another late victory, edging out Shrewsbury with a stoppage-time Nathan Broadhead winner to improve their hopes of reaching the Sky Bet League One play-offs.
Madrid managed a total of just three shots at goal, all off-target, the lowest number they have managed in a European game since the 2003-04 season.
Mohamed Elneny teed up midfield partner Xhaka, who unleashed a left-footed thunderbolt from 25 yards to lift the roof off the Emirates Stadium and help his side lay down a huge marker in the race to finish in the top four.
Everton - who were forced to bring Yerry Mina off in the 31st minute, with Mason Holgate coming on - thought they had taken the lead in the 44th minute when Richarlison headed in from Andros Townsend's free-kick, but the effort was ruled out for offside following a VAR check.
The resulting free-kick led to Espanyol’s equaliser with De Tomas’ shot initially saved by Oblak. However, the goalkeeper made a rare mistake, and the ball slipped out of his hand, off the post, and into the back of the net.
United's transformation was apparent to Carragher inside the opening minute on Saturday, with Solskjaer's side pressing aggressively as a unit within a new-look 3-5-2 formation which laid the foundations for the morale-boosting victory.
A disappointing draw with Brighton followed but Chelsea regrouped quickly, managing several domestic cup competitions while making strides in the league.
It's a slightly different type of test, it's why we're in this game. Lampard confirmed Everton midfielders Donny van de Beek and Andre Gomes will miss the 240th Merseyside derby.
“Stevie will be hoping it’s here, but there’ll be big, big, big clubs, far bigger than Aston Villa, with all due respect, circling and wanting that type of talent in their team, I’m sure.”
It followed a season that had begun well in the wake of the 2019-20 FA Cup win, but quickly went south, to such an extent that West Brom boss Sam Allardyce
We keep talking about young players, but I'm not sure if it was just about young players doing their jobs tonight because some decisions the senior players were making… it's all about their attempt to play.
He is different in that aspect and it is a nice way of approaching things, Sviatchenko says. It's really positive something tragic ended up having a unifying effect.
Today, football lost its heart. Manchester City and Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva watched on and tweeted in disbelief: What is this?
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Of course, you never get to know about our problems, because we never talk, and we never do anything together.
The second half we scored a couple of great goals, their keeper makes a great save and we are bitterly disappointed not to get the goal.
Arsenal believe a loan deal to sign Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes will prove too expensive to complete this month.
Liverpool came closest to matching the Magpies with their £49m outlay splashed entirely on Colombia winger Diaz, while Aston Villa were the third-biggest spenders on £27m, followed by Tottenham (£20m), Everton (£16m), Manchester City (£14.2m), Brighton (14m) and Burnley (£12m).
He is indeed very remorseful and very apologetic and has taken steps to address his offending by removing himself from Twitter.
Graham Potter bemoaned the Premier League's failure to postpone Brighton's match with Wolves due to a rise of Covid cases at the club after Romain Saiss' winner stretched the Seagulls' winless run to 11 games.
