He is very thoughtful, he gives the team that moment to pause with his movement, explained former Argentina U20s coach Fernando Batista. He is the player who looks for those free and intelligent spaces on the field.
“I spoke to some of the Villa guys before about him and they said he is a sponge, he wants to learn and to take it all in.”
The fact the players he had to bring on to try to get something from the game, in terms of Son, Moura, Hojbjerg… just to bring them on was embarrassing.
I don't know what his attitude is like but when I've watched him play so far, bar the Wycombe game in the FA Cup - and no disrespect to Wycombe, if you are not standing out against them then you don't deserve to be on £500,000-a-year - it's just not there.
That is the most important thing. The Brazilian also spoke out on the disappointment of the Champions League final loss to Bayern Munich in August, but vowed to win the competition under Pochettino.
The Manchester City defender sustained the injury in the final training session ahead of the 2023 World Cup qualifier at St Mary's and will now return to her club for further assessment.
When we went 1-0 down we tried to slow it down to give them time to get that emotional imbalance out of their heads. That's an issue we have, Shiels added.
I think it will be influential, definitely, in who clubs sign, Klopp told reporters ahead of his side's clash with Tottenham on Sunday.
It has been hard, different from what I have experienced in my career, he said. Injuries have [rarely been like this]. To feel like a player again is the important thing. Many hours of darkness, loneliness, but it has helped me to overcome challenges. It has helped me to know who were really there and who were not. There will be Ramos for a while. The family is already well adapted. I smile again thinking about competing again.
West Ham United survived a late fightback by Crystal Palace to start the new year with a narrow Premier League victory at Selhurst Park.
Grealish was happy to put a special message and his signature on a No.10 shirt, before also handing out a pre-match hug and photo opportunity.
Unlike some of the previous near misses, he played it straight. He had tweaked the system and been eliminated by Lyon in 2020.
It is natural, of course, given the identity of his interviewer, to assume the striker's words were at least partly platitudes to keep supporters happy ahead of the upcoming Libertadores test. But that does not mean there cannot also be some truth in what Gabriel affirmed.
Hibs made a bright start to the second period and broke the deadlock after 50 minutes through Doyle-Hayes.
The victory moves Birmingham to within four points of relegation rivals Leicester City, with three games left.
From Wednesday, fans will need to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000 people in England. This includes Premier League games.
That goal appeared to unnerve City and the game was in the balance for 20 minutes after half-time, with West Ham even having the chance to equalise when Evans played in Tameka Yallop, who put her shot wide.
Morocco are through to the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-1 victory over stubborn Malawi at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.
Prutton predicts: 1-1 (Sky Bet odds) Championship fixtures | table | highlightsHull vs Blackburn, Boxing Day 3pm - Live on Sky Sports FootballIt was a first defeat in seven for Hull last weekend, although they will feel slightly unfortunate with the way they lost at Nottingham Forest, and they still gave a brilliant account of themselves.
Covid adds another confounding factor, and like the other two it is not evenly distributed. For some teams it is an injury crisis on top of another injury crisis; for others it can be borne, at least so far. Playing through it is probably the sensible thing to do from the league's point of view, given the health benefits of a pause are contested, but it's doing very weird things to the league table and even weirder things to playing squads.
There were difficult conversations before the tournament about not taking the knee, attitudes towards the players or a lack of support. That stuff maybe gave us more drive but it certainly brought the England players together.
The Portuguese has also saved 51 shots from inside the box this term - only De Gea betters that statistic.
Former Chelsea and Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff has been announced as the new manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne.
Torres limped off during Spain's UEFA Nations League semi-final win over Italy, having scored twice in the first half.
To go that long without winning the league, and to then win it without losing a game would be phenomenal. Who is better: Arsenal Invincibles or Liverpool?
Since he was appointed only Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea have a better expected goals against record than Brighton.
I don't think Gareth not playing will have an impact on my team selection for the Belarus game. He's a fit lad who doesn't half look after himself really well.
This is probably one of the reasons, but it's also that we are not sustainably playing on the highest possible level.
If you have that many players and 10 outfield players can play and three being substituted, then of course you have quite a number of players - in our case 12, 13, 14 players who don't even play, or not even being in the squad.
Both would have been sold in the summer had a suitable offer been received, but both will be needed in the coming weeks. Both have done well with what little opportunities they have had this season, but come January they could be asked to keep the club’s silverware hopes alive on one, two or even three fronts.
Negotiations over a new deal broke down and were not resumed, and he saw out his contract in difficult circumstances, captaining an injury-hit side in behind-closed-doors games as the 2019-20 champions struggled to sneak a top-four finish in the following campaign.
He also made us a deal with what it would cost, so the whole thing was only £1m. He then said: Don't bother me until I'm back, but we'll sort it.
Eric Dier has become an important player in the middle of the back three, by sweeping long balls forward (either over the top, as he did again and again versus Liverpool, or diagonals into the wing-backs, as against Norwich and Brentford) and dribbling out from the back.
Championship reports and resultsChampionship tableChampionship highlightsPeterborough kept their survival hopes alive with a 2-0 win at bottom club Barnsley, who have played one game fewer than Derby.
England captain Kane went closest to snatching the points for the visitors when his acrobatic scissor-kick flew just wide with Bees keeper David Raya at full stretch.
In addition to Mr Pagliuca's consortium, the bidders comprise: a group led by Sir Martin Broughton, the former Liverpool and British Airways chairman, which includes the billionaire Crystal Palace shareholders Dave Blitzer and Josh Harris; a bid spearheaded by Todd Boehly, the LA Dodgers part-owner, which includes backing from Clearlake Capital, a US investment firm; and the Chicago Cubs-owning Ricketts family, who have teamed up with Cleveland Cavaliers-owner Dan Gilbert and the hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin.
He had expressed a desire to return to Camp Nou five years after bringing his previous stint in Catalunya to a close, but no offer will be tabled.
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The decision was agreed between both teams and the FA after a number of positive tests for Covid-19 were returned within the Chelsea FC Women's team set-up after the last round of testing, combined with a number of players that are unavailable for selection due to injury.
Man Utd need to win a trophy and their rotation vs Leicester was puzzling, while mid-table is not good enough for Arsenal, says Paul Merson.
“To all the people who work with me, I hope to be an even better player in the future. I thank my mother, my wife.
James Milner - 6Spare a thought for James Milner, who will have been gutted not to have spent more time on the pitch for this rout.
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It happens. Yes, they have conceded a few more goals than normal, and it might be that certain individuals might not be as focused as they were because it was getting a little too easy - so they might have to reset themselves on that front to put that right.
Reading eased their Championship relegation fears as they moved eight points clear of the drop zone with a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Stoke.
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The visitors have enjoyed a respectable campaign and, with their own World Cup hopes still alive, were portrayed as opponents who might make life difficult for an England side who started the qualifier at Wembley needing four points from this game and Monday's visit to San Marino to be certain of their own place in Qatar next year.
