Stand-in skipper Alexandre Lacazette and Gabriel Martinelli combined particularly well and were threats throughout. Martinelli's cool finish across the otherwise outstanding Lukasz Fabianski cracked open an encounter that the home side controlled, with Arsenal kept only at bay by stern resistance from the former Arsenal goalkeeper and Craig Dawson particularly, before Emile Smith Rowe finished off a brisk counter-attack to seal victory.
We gave nothing away and were very good in the low block. They had one chance and we had the best chances.
At this stage it’s worth reminding ourselves that Muller has done all this playing in a league that has a 34-game season. Absurdly, he actually missed a game in 2019-20, starting 26 and coming off the bench in seven. Last year, when he got 18 assists, he started 31 and came off the bench in one, missing two matches. By contrast in his record-breaking seasons De Bruyne started all 34 games for Wolfsburg, and then started 32 and came off the bench in three for Manchester City. Messi started 32 for Barcelona and came off the bench once.
They have got to stop those mad moments, those five-minute periods where they concede two goals, because if you concede two against City, Liverpool or Atletico, you are out of the game.
From next season clubs in the Women's Super League and Championship will pay full wages for the first 14 weeks of maternity leave and then statutory pay.
Analysis: How Emile Smith Rowe hit another levelMy mum was actually downstairs at the time, I was upstairs.
Oliver Skipp has come in to form that double defensive pivot alongside Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in midfield and it has brought a modicum of control.
Wolves vs Aston Villa: TV channel, live stream, team news 2 Apr 2022 — Aston Villa can look to mount a strong charge towards the finish line of the Premier League season when they resume their campaign with a ...
Wenger, FIFA's head of global football development, says it provides more meaningful matches for players who do not operate in Europe's big leagues, and also cuts down on international travel during the season, with international breaks cut to one or at most two.
So?' but you watch the game and see how many people roll a three-yard pass back to the left back and he has to take a touch to get it under control.
Nuno Espirito Santo has been sacked by Tottenham, after a mounting pile of problems forced club chairman Daniel Levy to act.
The Comoros faithful's hopes of seeing their team defy the odds and eliminate the tournament hosts were thwarted in the sixth minute when their team were reduced to 10 men after the sending off of Nadjim Abdou for a reckless challenge.
Group stage: November 21- December 2Round of 16: December 3-6Quarter-finals: December 9/10Semi-finals: December 13/14Final: December 18 When will the matches kick off?FIFA has confirmed the first two rounds of matches will kick off at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time (10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm in the United Kingdom).
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Manchester City secured the third and final Champions League spot in the Women's Super League with a convincing win over Reading at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Maguire expects to be back in training soon and for United's sake, that assessment better be a reliable one.
KAWALA finished their last tour with a hometown gig at the Kentish Town Forum in December. Their next tour of the UK and Ireland starts in April.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was introduced in the 64th minute as he replaced goalscorer Jadon Sancho in the 1-1 draw, but eyebrows were raised when the team sheets dropped in west London.
You need the spirit in the group to deliver what we need, and I feel it has grown, he said. That's going to be key for us.
It is the fewest touches in a single Premier League game for a player who has played the full 90 minutes since this data became available in 2003/04.
Wednesday's goal was his fourth in the Premier League this season, having now scored more league goals than Romelu Lukaku (3), Kai Havertz (2) and Timo Werner (1) this season.
Writing in a column for the Daily Star, Merson opened up on how the situation had left him feeling at rock bottom 12 months ago.
But I thought we completely dominated by the end. International breaks; you don't know what you're going to get.
Motherwell 2-1 MortonLiam Donnelly's late extra-time strike sealed a dramatic Scottish Cup comeback for Motherwell as they came from behind to defeat Championship side Morton.
Analysis: A risk for Arteta and ArsenalSky Sports News' Kaveh Solhekol: This is a big risk by Mikel Arteta because what happens if Aubameyang goes to Barcelona and scores a lot of goals?
As for Senegal, the 2019 disappointment of not doing enough in the 88 minutes that followed Baghdad Bounedjah’s lucky effort must have rankled. The majority of their shots were from distance, with Algeria uninterested in nothing but seeing out their early advantage for a second Afcon title and first since 1990.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are all still scheduled to play and any managers worth their salt will have at least five or six of those players already in their squads.
The importance of that missed opportunity grew in significance when Rodri scored in stoppage time to give City the win.
She also ranks high in the league for shots (7th), take-ons attempted (8th) and take-ons completed (6th).
There are plenty of superstar performers still hunting down major silverware, including Liverpool team-mates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
Jurgen Klopp has described Diogo Jota as an exceptional player following the forward’s two-goal starring role in Liverpool’s 4-0 hammering of Southampton.
It required a stunning double save from Jordan Pickford to deny Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva midway through the half.
He's a close friend of Johan Lange, the Aston Villa sporting director. So, there are plenty of names in the frame now for Aston Villa.
Defensively we didn't give anything away, especially in the second half. I am really proud of our players because we had to dig deep.
In addition, Wolves' defensive actions of tackles, clearances and interceptions averages at 49.7 per game - only Leicester (50.2) have registered more in the Premier League this season.
Valerien Ismael may take positives from the fact his men are not conceding too many either, but with Blackburn on a hot streak, they need to buck their ideas up.
While you were out celebrating New Year’s Eve, Joan Laporta spent the final throes of 2021 rummaging around the nooks and crannies of old furniture. “Nope, nothing behind the wardrobe. Or the bookcase. Hang on… Honey, I think I’ve found something down the sofa. Oh cool, €200 million!”
