We went into a sponsors' lounge and we could hear some singing which wasn't very good. It was Liverpool defender Neil Ruddock, who wasn't playing, entertaining the sponsors. He came and joined us and we probably had one too many drinks because when the game started we were all sat on the bench and wanted the toilet. You couldn't walk past Kenny during a game. It was a no-no. We had to wait until half-time.
the classic rival has been renewed and will clash at the San Siro this weekend. Inter and Milan have both been rejuvenated by a string of signings that have proved to be successful at both ends likes of Lukaku ,Zlatan ibra, Eriksen etc. A straight win for either of the teams will be a tricky venture but the possibility of a high scoring games is the most likely possibility since both teams posses the relevant strike power to dispose off the other team. Milan have has a string of wins since return of Zlatan and will seek to maintain the record while inter will aim to keep in touch with Juventus
By contrast Liverpool were already wobbling. They needed a late Daniel Sturridge goal to see off Southampton at Anfield in their opening match before getting resoundingly thumped 3-1 at the Etihad by the champions. Yet this was a fixture Liverpool dominated the season prior, scoring nine unanswered goals, and, in Brendan Rodgers’ 100th match in charge they notched three more to bring Spurs and Pochettino back down to earth.
After embarking on a 5-game drawing streak and then losing to Celtic, the Hibees finally won their first game since August with a 4-1 victory over St Johnstone. The Edinburgh club has scored an impressive 16 goals so far, averaging 1.33 in all games. This number rises to 1.5 goals in their home ties, with Hibs also conceding the same amount on average and keeping a clean sheet in just 17% of those matches at Easter Road.
Gomel got relegated in this league after last season competing in the best Belarusian football league. They are now deducted 5 points for various reasons, so they must get results fast in order to have chance to earn promotion. Volna are sitting on 4th place with 10 points, however they are much less stronger than their opponent.
Morecambe defender Christian Mbulu has died at the age of 23. The former Motherwell player began his professional career at Millwall and also represented Brentwood, Braintree and Crewe. London-born Mbulu moved to Morecambe in January, after a short spell at Crewe. In a statement, Morecambe described Mbulu as an "extremely popular member of the squad" and said "news of his sudden and untimely passing has been a shock to us all".
I picked another betting match for tonight from the Europa League, we have a match between Saint Etienne and Gent. It is a match in which it is difficult to indicate the favorite because both teams can reach for the win. The hosts at this stage of the game currently occupy the third place and their point achievements are three points. The results recently achieved by the team look pretty good two wins and three draws. We see that the band's form is quite good.
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Paper Round's view: Could Arsenal's captain really jump ship mid-season? An offer from Barca would certainly test his resolve, but you would feel a summer move is far more likely. Plus, even with £50m quoted in the Telegraph's piece, you would imagine Arsenal would demand much more in January. Slimani wants United move Leicester City striker Islam Slimani has asked to cut his loan move Monaco at Monaco short amid interest from Manchester United, the Daily Mail reports.
Of course contingency plans are discussed and part of our overall planning. I am yet to understand what the impact of the partial lockdown in Leicester is going to have on the club but clearly it demonstrates the fragile project we have on here. We cannot take it for granted. Leicester, third in the Premier League, travel to Everton on Wednesday before the visit of Palace. Speaking about the coronavirus spike in the city, Hancock said Leicester had "10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week".
These two clubs had very different emotions on Wednesday evening. Swansea surprised even themselves by squeezing into the play-offs. Meanwhile in London, Brentford lost at home to Barnsley, a game that if they had been the winners would now see them in the Premier League. They have to pick themselves up again and rediscover the form that saw them win eight straight league games. Swansea scored four on Wednesday (though it helped that Reading played the last 50 minutes with only ten men) but haven't been scoring too many at home of late. Go for under 2.5 goals in this match.
The MLS will find itself in a very competitive marketplace with the NHL negotiating a new U. S. NFL rights coming up for auction in 2022. Garber, however, believes the MLS can offer something the other leagues cannot: access to the 18-34 demographic coveted by advertisers. A 2017 Gallup poll MLS uses in promotional material found that its popularity with the 18-34 age group was up 11% while the NFL, NBA and MLB were all down.
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Current Leeds United captain Liam Cooper said Charlton's death was "a very sad day". View more on twitter'Epitome of the word legend'England record goalscorer Wayne Rooney: "Sad news, legend. Condolences to Sir Bobby and family. Former England striker Gary Lineker: "Saddened to hear that Jack Charlton has passed away. World Cup winner with England, manager of probably the best ever Ireland side and a wonderfully infectious personality to boot.
Ocotal will be meeting with the away team Las sabanas and this game we have given this two teams to score an over of 2.5 total goals as looking at the last games they have played with other teams they are very used of scoring many goals
Leeds United strengthened their position at the top of the Championship table with a resounding victory at Blackburn Rovers. The visitors took an early lead when Mateusz Klich tackled Lewis Travers 30 yards from goal and slipped the ball through for Patrick Bamford to slot home. Lewis Holtby thundered an effort against the post for Rovers before Kalvin Phillips curled in a superb 25-yard free-kick to give the Whites a 2-0 lead at the break.
Others said 'why not do this at another time?'"But the whole point was that signings are a viral moment. We could point to a missing child post at any time of the year, but we wouldn't get as much attention. It was quite hard work, but I remember getting that call from Missing People for the first girl found and it was one of the best calls I've ever taken. It felt better than winning any match or even the Champions League.
Goal!Posted at 121' Goal! Motherwell 4, St. Mirren 4(1). Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Penalties in progressPosted at Penalty Shootout begins Motherwell 4, St. Mirren 4. Posted at 120'+2' Second Half Extra Time ends, Motherwell 4, St.
Posted at 74' Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi. Goal!Posted at 71' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi. SubstitutionPosted at 69' Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
Posted at 86' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa). SubstitutionPosted at 85' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Raúl Jiménez. Posted at 84' Hand ball by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Posted at 82' Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation. SubstitutionPosted at 82' Substitution, Aston Villa.
Tottenham then suddenly kicked into gear. Son Heung-min opened the scoring after 36 minutes and then combined brilliantly with Dele Alli to give Lucas Moura a tap-in seven minutes later. When Harry Kane extended the lead after half-time the game looked over. The introduction of Michail Antonio at half-time finally inspired West Ham.
As 2019 comes to a close, BBC Sport has gone through the archive from the last 10 years to find a moment of the decade in English football. Four clubs have won the Premier League, England men's and women's teams have enjoyed what was considered as World Cup success and there have been plenty of memorable moments along the way. But what's made the list? BBC Sport journalists - including chief football writer Phil McNulty, Radio 5 live's football reporter Ian Dennis and Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray - have created a shortlist of 10 moments.
Posted at 69' Dominic Thompson (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing. SubstitutionPosted at 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Kelechi Iheanacho. Posted at 66' Dennis Praet (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 66' Foul by Jan Zamburek (Brentford).
In his previous stint at the club, Ibrahimovic helped Milan win Serie A in 2010-11, their last major trophy. He left for Paris St Germain at the end of the following season. Milan had drawn their previous two home games 0-0, against Sassuolo and last Monday against Sampdoria, in between which they were beaten 5-0 by Atalanta in one of the most humiliating defeats in the club's history.
The league was shut down in January due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, a pandemic that also led the NBA and all sports in North America to go on hiatus in March. Chinese officials reportedly have concerns about asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus. The General Administration of Sport issued the order on Tuesday, which erased plans the league made for safely resuming the season with two sites for its 20 teams to play and stay while finishing the regular season.
MAN OF THE MATCH Piotr Zielisnki – A classy, all-purpose midfielder. Got his head down throughout, as a key part of Napoli’s defensive performance, and got his head up to make their goal with a fine pass to Mertens. PLAYER RATINGS Napoli: Ospina 6, Di Lorenzo 7, Maksimovic 7, Manolas 6, Mario Rui 7, Fabian Ruiz 7, Demme 6, Zielinski 8, Callejon 6, Mertens 8, Insigne 7.
Chelsea have not had a consistent season this term and head to this clash on the back of two wins, and draw and two losses in their last five matches. They have won siux of their last 15 matches, with two clean sheets therein. Nine of their last 15 matches have yielded over 2. Chelsea have failed to score in just three of the last 15 matches while they have scored two or more in eight of their last 15 matches.
Whoever owns the club, we want to have an influence. Steve Cockburn, an NUST member and Amnesty worker said he was "uneasy" about the takeover, but added: "We have a role to protect our reputation and our values and commitment to social justice. We have no choice about the takeover, but we do have a choice in how we react to it and I'm heartened by today's discussion. Even if the owners own the club, they don't own our views.
Both teams come into this game on the back of important wins for their respective relegation battles and they'll be eager to grab another three points. However, we feel that a draw seems like a good shout here, as St Mirren are winless in their last couple of home games and have let in two goals on average in their last three whilst also netting 1.25; and Livingston has drawn two of their last four away trips. We're also backing a final score of 1-1, taking into account the aforementioned goals stats for St Mirren as well as both teams scoring in eight of Livi's nine away days.
Vincent Kompany: Manchester City 1-0 Leicester (Premier League)6 May 2019 With 20 minutes remaining, the score goalless and nerves jangling at Etihad Stadium, Manchester City's inspiration came from their long-serving captain Vincent Kompany, who strode forward and let fly from 25 yards to hand the defending champions the advantage going into the final weekend of the title race with Liverpool. Shearer: "This was about the timing of it and how they needed that piece of magic from their captain.
He felt Rudiger had made a meal of their clash and said he should have had a yellow card for his initial challenge on Son. We were looking for a goal and instead of a goal comes a red card," he said. When you have the situation with Son and Rudiger it's not a clear and obvious mistake by the referee.
Who,” he said, “would want a night like that to end?” The hotel staff did. They started to wrap things up at around 6am because they needed to set the tables for breakfast. One of the guests was Foo Foo Lamarr, a drag artist from Manchester who was friends with some of the players’ parents. When he was asked to go on stage to give a speech, he was heckled by James Edwards, son of the chairman Martin.
That statement came and the league insisted that all games will go ahead as planned in accordance with advice from the government although contingency plans are being put in place. Less than an hour after the Premier League statement Arsenal released a statement of their own saying that their manager Arteta had tested positive for coronavirus.
The Cypriot champions have three points more than their counterparts from Azerbaijan plus a superior head-to-head record, while Sevilla are eight points further ahead and therefore guaranteed to win the group. APOEL and Sevilla are both already through to the round of 32, the team from Cyprus having qualified on Matchday 5 as runners-up to the three-time UEFA Europa League winners, who have yet to drop a point in Group A.
Wilfried Zaha rescued a point for Crystal Palace against rivals Brighton & Hove Albion in a Premier League game that did not come to life until the second half. Brighton completely dominated the opening 70 minutes, and Neal Maupay gave them a deserved lead with a fine finish into the top corner. But, not for the first time this season, Graham Potter's side were made to pay for not taking their chances.
Wales have won eight of their last nine internationals against France. France haven't won in Cardiff since 2010. Wales are unbeaten in their last seven home games in the Six Nations. Week three of the 2020 Six Nations tournament is a vital one for both Wales and France. Wales are the defending champions but have one win and one loss from their two games this year.
Arsenal parted ways with Unai Emery earlier on Friday and Pellegrini is also under scrutiny with West Ham 17th in the standings after going winless in seven matches, which includes five defeats. He's a good manager, I worked under him, he's a good man, I've got huge respect for him," Lampard said. He's working hard just like every manager in the Premier League.
GOAL! Manchester City 1 (Otamendi 85) Manchester United 2 A lifeline for City! The corner is whipped to the six-yard box and Otamendi crashes in the header! 86’ GOOD SAVE! It's all City now, and Gundogan is on for Rodri. Mahrez curls one to the bottom corner but De Gea gets a good, strong hand on it to palm the ball away.
I saw a mature player," said Corini when asked about Balotelli's performance. Sometimes he drops off a bit but I want him connected for the whole game. If he learns to play collectively, he'll have even more fun. Balotelli was asked about a possible Italy recall for Euro 2020. Everyone wants to play in the European championship but for me the important thing is to save Brescia.
If we didn't speak until now, it's because the priority was to to find solutions to help the club and to see who the most affected were during this situation. For our party, the moment has arrived that, the cut will be 70% of our wage during the state of alarm. We will also help out the club in order for the workers to be paid 100% of their wages. Barcelona's board of directors, members of its professional sports teams and most of the basketball team have also agreed to reduce their salaries.
There is nothing quite like a Champions League semi-final is there?And over the years the last four of Europe's elite club competition has certainly provided some absolute corkers. In a week that, before the suspension of football because of the coronavirus pandemic, would have seen the first legs of this season's semi-finals, BBC Sport takes a look back at some of the very best ties. We want to you to vote on our shortlist below before getting involved in a live text on Thursday, where we will reveal the results.
In moments like this – at times which are truly unprecedented in our lifetimes – sport has to take a back seat. And so it did, mostly, on a day of carnage, when major sporting events were being cancelled seemingly every five minutes. Stories which would have once have been the biggest sporting news that month were reduced to a mere checklist as huge event after huge event became the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
