They may well have not had their first-choices in their defensive positions, but when you've still got players like Axel Witsel, Marin Pongrancic and Nico Schulz, you've got to be defending better than Dortmund.
A lot of it depends who gets on the front foot. Man Utd's selection dilemmas ahead of crunch derby Solskjaer's defensive resources have been depleted this week with the loss of Raphael Varane.
I want to make it clear that those who are said to follow my ideas, have clearly said that is not the case. That familiarly stern face, eyes down, almost breaks into an exasperated laugh as he repeats this last point for added emphasis.
Former Liverpool striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been credited with transfer interest from three Premier League clubs less than a year after departing Anfield permanently.
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Last year Arthur had to live through Andrea Pirlo's very first experience as a manager while sitting on the bench, with some very frustrating injuries hampering him while a team that hoped to play ambitious football could not express it to the
Maxwel Cornet and Dwight McNeil are both very useful on the counter-attack while Weghorst and Rodriguez have forged a strong partnership up front.
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And while he keeps track of Arsenal's results, he says he is dedicated to his adoptive French side and is not thinking about the future.
But City regained the upper hand and Kevin De Bruyne almost marked his return to fitness with a fine curling effort, but his strike drifted just over.
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I think that what West Ham will probably have to try and avoid is allowing all of those technical players in Lyon's midfield too much time on the ball, because if Lyon are able to dominate that and dictate the pace of the game, then they stand a chance of coming away with a positive result.
It's hard to believe it's been 10 years really. A lot of the lads still talk about Gary, the influence he had on us as young players, said
In the first half it was a very tactical match and we tried to close all the situations. Foster saved the penalty very well and we made some mistakes on the counter-attack.
“We dropped five points last season [against Leeds]. Comfortable is nothing. We did a good job. I saw the game against Chelsea and they deserved a point,” Guardiola
I thought he was magnificent in every discipline of the game. Newcastle supporters would agree.Nick Wright Sluggish Chelsea have to improve for FA Cup final Thomas Tuchel defended Chelsea's laborious, turgid opening 45 minutes against Crystal Palace in their FA Cup semi-final win by insisting it was the only way to play against Patrick Vieira's counter-attacking team.
The squad contains the captain of the Netherlands, Argentina and Brazil as well as the former Spain captain. That is a lot of huge personalities who grew to be so by leading, by being ahead of others. And they meet in a changing room where naturally plenty of people want to be
He's scored two goals in the last two games which have been defining moments for us, but we're confident we have enough quality in the squad to cover. Premier League | Table | Fixtures | ResultsGet Sky Sports - Latest offersLive football on Sky SportsNeville: No doubt Newcastle will get out of relegation troubleSky Sports pundit Gary Neville gave his reaction to Newcastle's 1-0 victory against Aston Villa as Trippier's free-kick sealed all three points for the Magpies.
It was more difficult to get people to listen before. There is a determination to make the opportunity count.
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Harvey Barnes had Leicester's best opportunity of the match at the end of the first half, but his thunderous drive hit the bar as Brendan Rodgers' side missed out on taking a narrow lead into Thursday's return fixture in the Netherlands.
The Sun claims that Stan Kroenke is ready to back Mikel Arteta in the transfer market this summer, and will provide £180 million to sign three players. First up is Real Sociedad’s striker Alexander Isak, who will cost £75m, and next up is Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, valued at £60m. There is also £45m available for Wolves midfielder Ruben
In many ways, this match had the build of a typical PSG home encounter. They monopolised territory, had the vast majority of the ball and were only threatened in the lightest sense by their opponents’ counterattacking.
And you don’t know what will happen. It would be good for me to have him again, to work together
“I want to show my qualities, my strengths, to the people in England,” he said after signing on loan until the end of the season.
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The hosts had a rare sight of goal just after the half-hour when Tom Knowles won possession 20 yards out only to blast his shot over the target.
Who else? Well, it could have been the brilliant Tom Rogic. But Kyogo's two goals were fantastic. The
It seems like we've had a few of them, as well as some performances where the team we're playing against has been better.
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But it is a process, you need time and patience. It is a sensible approach given Tottenham are still very much in the top-four picture, holding two games in hand over United, West Ham and Wolves, although they will need to beat rivals Arsenal, who currently occupy fourth and have played a game less.
I think it's a harsh decision and I made my view point. Alexander said: We held out with 10 men but it wasn't holding out before that.
That exchange with Ferguson resulted in Pogba leaving for Juventus where he became a superstar, returning to Manchester United for a world record fee.
I think that run could stretch to seven here. A few more performances like that and they could be challenging a lot higher up the table.
Argentine Pochettino, 50, developed a big reputation at Tottenham Hotspur as he turned the team into regulars in the Champions League and reached the 2019 final, which they lost to
So, he returned to Arsenal in January and, after talks with the Gunners hierarchy, his contract – which was due to expire in the summer – was terminated
Middlesbrough’s issue relates to the outcome of the 2018-19 Championship season, where Derby finished one place and one point ahead of them to take a play-off
Bayern is under pressure. We're motivated and want to win. We can make life difficult for Bayern with our quality and intensity.
He had quick feet and would do things no one else could do. It’s such a shame that he has had a tough time with injuries and is due to leave in the summer. It is disappointing to
Final Championship table | Get Sky Sports Wilder made one change to the side that beat Stoke 3-1, with centre-back McNair returning after illness to replace Lee Peltier, but Middlesbrough struggled to find any sort of rhythm in the early stages of the match.
Gabriel Jesus may not be fit enough to feature in this game, but Pep Guardiola says the rest of the team are
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We've all found an early Fantasy Premier League Christmas gift under the tree in the shape of an extra Free Hit chip - and it looks as if we're going to need
It's one of those things I'm going through at the moment but I think on recent performances hopefully we'll see a change in the next few weeks. Lingard says missing out on a place in England's run to the final of Euro 2020 is driving his ambition to make Southgate's World Cup squad - should the Three Lions sew up qualification.
They rank bottom of the table in the top-flight for tackles, duels won, and errors leading to shots.
I don't class myself as that, says Garry. It is for the people who were doing twenty games on the run. But there is still pride.
It is almost 20 years since the midfielder made his Premier League debut. Against Newcastle, though, he came in for his first league start since 2 January and played with the same energy and desire as he did when making his breakthrough as youngster at Leeds two decades ago, but now with the added benefit of
I am very happy to be here. At Ajax I know the people, it feels like coming home because I was here for so long, Eriksen
We then hear from Peterborough striker Jack Marriott in the latest edition of Ten To Tackle, as he answers our quickfire questions on his career so far.
What people see is what they believe and people seeing Asian boys refereeing or running the line in the Championship, possibly in the Premier League - it sends out the message that you can do this, it's there if you want it. Wembley doubleThat was followed in May by Sunderland Sikh-Punjabi twins Amar and Arjun Singh Purewal becoming the first South Asian brothers to line up against each other in a Wembley Cup final, as Hebburn Town took on Consett in the FA Vase.