Ferguson knew Bayern were worried about United’s width – they lobbied successfully to have the pitch made narrower, to the exact specifications of their own pitch in Munich – and wanted two genuine wingers. Jesper Blomqvist had never really played on the right, whereas Giggs had done so on a few occasions that season – most notably when United hammered Brondby 6-2.
Los Leones have really struggled on their travels, winning just one and losing three of their eight away games so far, including a 3-2 defeat at Real Betis a fortnight ago, where they fell 3-0 down inside the opening 30 minutes.
But are they on course for the best season by a newly-promoted team?And who is the most-fouled player in the Premier League and what unwanted statistic do Newcastle own? BBC Sport examines the key stats of the weekend. De Bruyne to deliver best yet?"Not since I saw Zinedine Zidane dominate the European Championship final in 2000 have I seen such a complete performance. BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks summed it up - De Bruyne put in a brilliant display at Emirates Stadium on Sunday as he almost single-handedly destroyed the Gunners.
Giovani Lo Celso and Erik Lamela are the first pair of Argentinians to score in the same FA Cup match since Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio Agüero did so for Manchester City against Huddersfield back in March 2017. Boro have been knocked out in nine of their last 10 FA Cup ties with PL opposition. Mourinho has won 14 of his 15 FA Cup games against lower-league opposition.
Valencia and Atletico Madrid have both had tough times in recent matches and as Valencia host their second leg La Liga meeting, both will be hoping to bag the three points at stake as they both harbour top four ambitions. Two points separate the two sides, with Valencia seventh on 37 points and Atletico fourth with 39 points.
England's top order fared better than the South Africans in the second test. South Africa have several players that just aren't playing at their usual level. There is likely to be reverse swing and England have bowlers who can make the most of that. England have a habit of losing and then bouncing back with a win and that's just what they did in the second test against South Africa.
It’s been 13 games since Burnley drew a match. That was a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa back in September. Burnley have been winning at half-time in just two of their 10 home league games but haven’t drew at Turf Moor since February. Burnley’s last 7 PL home wins have been to-nil. Aston Villa are now entangled in a fully-fledged relegation dogfight after losing four of their last five matches.
Leicester's win over 10-man Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium was the biggest ever top flight away win in English soccer and it left the Saints in the relegation zone with the worst goal difference in the league. However, Southampton have tightened up considerably since that humiliation, conceding only 13 goals in 11 games, and have moved up to 12th in the standings ahead of Saturday's trip to Leicester.
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He hasn't played for us in a number of games and the team has still played well but of course we want him fit and well. He is such a good player and we hope it is not too serious. He felt a sensation in it, and it sort of spasmed really in that period. We'll have a look at that tomorrow, but it didn't look too serious.
The referee blew and it's just unlucky - the goal was offside anyway and what happened after that was just handbags. Birmingham City head coach Pep Clotet told BBC WM 95. I understand the referee can stop the game at any time but we kept playing, they kept playing and the Middlesbrough bench stormed the pitch to try and stop the game.
That means that one slip-up could be fatal. Alanyaspor are sixth in the table and although Champions League football is out of reach, fourth place and an accompanying Europa League spot are only seven points away. Both clubs are coming off the back of big semi-final wins in the Turkish Cup so this will act as a sneak peek of that showpiece event scheduled for July.
Hallescher Fc is going to face Magdeburg. The hosts of this match won two matches in a row and they played against a much better opponents than Magdeburg. In this match I expect them to win for the third time in a row. The visitors lost twice in the last five matches on away and in this season they conceded 17 goals in 16 games. I think this match will be close and we will wait for goals for a long time but Hallescher looks better for me and I give them a higher chance for victory than Magdeburg. My pick is Hallescher to win Asian handicap 0
Actually over 4.5 goals is just a safe bet in case Frankfurt does not score but while playing here at Bayern in the league a couple of weeks ago they conceded 5 goals all by themselves as the score was 3-0 by half-time just that early in the 2nd half one of their defenders scored a brace following two corner kicks to make it 3-2 and Bayern scored two more goals till the end, this despite the fact that Frankfurt tried to play really defensive minded here they were easily broken time after time.
Shearer: "It was a great team goal. Jack started the move inside his own half and then the passing, the movement and the way he finished it off was fantastic. Wright: "Arsenal have been synonymous with that kind of goal through the years. It was the type of goal I know Arsene Wenger was all about. It was beautiful to watch and I was so pleased it was Arsenal that scored that. Tony Yeboah: Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool (Premier League)21 August 1995 With the second-half at Elland Road just five minutes old, Leeds took the lead through Tony Yeboah, who thundered a right-footed volley in off the crossbar, with a strike that tested the frame of the goal to its fullest.
As a child growing up in Cameroon, Elokobi had to come to terms with the death of his father, grandad and uncle all in the space of a few months. He moved to England at the age of 16 to start a new life and lived with his mother in Brixton. I did not get in trouble, I did not get mixed up in gangs when there was peer pressure to do so," added Elokobi. I chose to lead myself but not in an arrogant way.
With champions Liverpool and runners-up Manchester City possessing strong and settled sides, Lampard will have been tasked with emulating his predecessor by securing Champions League football for next season. He has duly achieved that and there is the real possibility of ending the campaign with further success with the FA Cup final at Wembley still to come. A number of youth players have featured in the starting line-up this season including striker Tammy Abraham and defender Reece James, but England playmaker Mount has been the pick of the bunch.
Spain midfielder Saul Niguez struck the only goal of the game in the fourth minute by bundling into the net from close range following a corner, their traditional weapon of choice in recent years. Liverpool, who have won 25 of 26 Premier League games this season and are on course for a record-smashing title win, missed a series of chances to equalise in the second half, with Mohamed Salah and captain Jordan Henderson coming closest to scoring.
Portimonese vs Pacos Ferreira predictions for Saturday's match in the Primeira Liga. Both Portimonense and their weekend opponents Pacos Ferreira are in the thick of the relegation battle in the Primeira Liga so 3pts for either side would be very welcome on Saturday. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips.
They have no clean sheet in the last four matches and have conceded two or more goals in five of their last 10 matches. Seven of their last 15 matches have produced over 2. Championship matches. Nottingham have seven wins and four losses in their last 15 Championship matches and they go to this game with three straight home wins in the Championship.
Tenerife is playing well recently with 4 wins and only 1 defeat in the past 6 matches. However, that is not enough to help this team can surprise Bilbao in the next match and win tickets to go on. Remember, Tenerife is only the team playing in the second division and they are very difficult in the bottom of the table when only 1 point away from the red light group. Meanwhile, Bilbao is in high form with the last 8 unbeaten matches and only 1 defeat in the past 15 matches. This team also has a good ranking in La Liga, only 5 points from the top 5.
There is "no rationale" to postponing sporting events in Britain because of coronavirus, according to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. A meeting between the DCMS and sport governing bodies on Monday discussed potential responses if the outbreak worsens and mass gatherings are banned. The basic message is 'let's not panic'," said Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney. Clearly it is a moving situation so just keep talking and go from there.
Dennis Praet is the 14th different player to score a Premier League goal for Leicester this season, only Liverpool have had more (excluding own goals). Indeed, only in 2016-17 (16) have the Foxes had more different scorers in a season. Leicester's Jamie Vardy has had a hand in 21 Premier League goals this season (17 goals, four assists) - two more than any other player. Stuart Armstrong's equaliser was his fourth Premier League goal for Southampton and his first since December 2018 (against Manchester United), ending a run of 34 appearances in the competition without finding the net.
71% of the hosts’ home games have produced over 1.5 goals as have 100% of the visitors’ away games, with Gil Vicente only failing to score in 29% of their home games. Guimaraes are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road but have only failed to score in 17% of their away days, while 43% of Gil Vicente’s home games and 50% of Guimaraes’ away games have produced exactly two goals, which adds further weight to our predictions for Sunday’s clash.
The point in west London was just the 10th Marcelo Bielsa's side have collected from a possible 33, a wrenched run that meant Brentford could have moved above them and into second themselves with victory. Thomas Frank's Bees had been 16 points and eight places adrift of the Yorkshire club when they returned to the top of the table after recording a seventh successive league win on 10 December. A share of the spoils now leaves Brentford two points and two places adrift of Leeds after they moved above Nottingham Forest, who were upstaged at home by Charlton.
Which is pretty terrifying but also perhaps a sign that we shouldn’t put too much pressure on him by hastily comparing him to previous Manchester United greats. So presumably when it was put to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that comparisons could be made between Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo, he straight-batted the question and insisted that these sort of things are very premature and let’s not be too hasty, right? "It’s very easy to compare the two of them, yes.
Pep Guardiola's side have failed to score their last four top-flight spot-kicks and are now closing in on Arsenal's record run of penalty misfortune. The Gunners missed the first five penalties they ever took in the Premier League, leaving City desperately searching for a hero after Aguero joined Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling in contributing to City's profligacy. Eddy has no blood in his veins, he's so calm so he could do it.
I'm happy to say that in Callum's case, he has made great progress and almost feels his usual self, which is obviously the news we all want to hear," Lampard told the . I'm aware that not everyone can or will recover from this virus, so I urge the football and sporting community to continue to act responsibly and look out for the health of others.
And it was back to reality the morning after his heroics against United, as he sat a psychology test at Trinity Sixth Form in Manchester. It wasn't my best piece of work and my teacher was understanding of that. She let me redo it when I'd had more sleep!My education is something that I'm so passionate about.
CFR Cluj hosts none of the most successful sides in Europa League in recent times, Sevilla, in the second round of the competition, with both teams having had good runs in the group stages. To get to this point, is already an achievement for Cluj, having come from a group with Lazio, Rennes and Celtic.
Stuart Pearce says West Ham's owners blocked his return to the club as part of manager David Moyes' backroom team. The ex-England and Hammers defender had questioned the decision not to keep Moyes on after his first spell as boss. Pearce had been an assistant along with Alan Irvine and Billy McKinlay but said he will not be returning this time. It won't happen. I think the owners felt I was a little bit critical of the regime when we left last time and put the block on it," said the 57-year-old.
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Immediately after defeat at Etihad Stadium, he tweeted: "I'd just like to say I was completely wrong and bang out of order to say I'd score 40 a season. A fine glancing header duly gave Pope one goal from one game against the Premier League winner. Port Vale's Twitter account promptly called for their front man to be given "a knighthood right now", but goals from Zinchenko, Sergio Aguero, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Phil Foden were enough to send holders City into round four.
GOAL! Leganes 1-2 Barcelona: Vidal scores what could be the winner for Barca! But it comes in controversial fashion. Dembele's corner delivery takes a deflection and rolls kindly into the path of Vidal at the near post. He cannot believe his luck and finishes with aplomb. Leganes are demanding for the offside flag to be raised but VAR sees the ball hit off Perez and therefore the goal stands! KEY STATS Barcelona are the first side to win three times against Leganes at Butarque in LaLiga (W3 D0 L1).
So lucky for Spurs as Son arrives at the back post to put his side in front. Very much against the run of play, Alli's cross takes a wicked defection, loops over Krul and Son arrives at the back post to nudge the ball home. KEY STATS Each of Spurs' last two Premier League goals from open play have been scored by Dele Alli, with six hours and 55 minutes of game-time separating his opener against Norwich and his goal against Brighton on Boxing Day Son Heung-min has been directly involved in 11 goals (6 goals & 5 assists) in his last 10 Premier League matches against newly-promoted sides.
Only three players have created more chances than him in the Premier League in 2019-20 - Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne (96), Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold (73) and Norwich's Emiliano Buendia (70)There are a few different ways of taking a player on - one is to kick and run, put the ball past them and beat them with pace. Or there is what Jack does, which is to use quick feet to bamboozle your man and beat him before he knows what has happened.
Official figures on Tuesday showed that 2,696 people had died in the country and close to 40,000 are infected. The money will be used to help purchase medical equipment and protective material for the hospital staff involved in treating those admitted to hospital. The Catalan region is one of the areas in Spain which has the most concentrated number of cases. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both reportedly donated 1m euros to coronavirus campaigns this week.
the Hoffenheim fc team and the Eintracht Frankfurt fc team, meet in Germany Bundesliga. The Hoffenheim fc is in 7th Position with 27 points Collected. While guest team the Eintracht Frankfurt fc team came in 13th place by collecting 18 points Collected.
We're happy to play until September if the season extends to then, if that's how it has to be. That's our job," he said. As long as we know we're safe to play and it's a safe environment for spectators, we'll play. The next World Cup is in November and December 2022, so you could actually use this situation as an opportunity and say we're going to finish the 2019-20 season later this year, then prepare for 2022 by having the next two seasons starting in winter.
The season starting in South Korea as well. Jeonbuk finished first last season with a goal difference of 64:30 and they have been champions for three years in a row. Three players left Jeonbuk but they bought three good reinforcements so I believe they will replace them and this season they are attacking the title !!! As for Suwon, they started the AFC Champions and tied two defeats: Johor 2:1 and Kobe 0:1. In the last seven mutual duels at Jeonbuk Stadium, in five times Jeonbuk scored two goals in that match. This match is played without the audience. My opinion is over 2 goals. Good luck
Alanyaspor vs Ankaragucu (Turkey Super Lig - 2024/01/09 Head-to-Head Recap: In their latest face-off, Ankaragucu hosted Alanyaspor on 2023/03/12 18:30, culminating in a thrilling match that ended with a score of 2:0.
I've seen it on the video and the fella must be ashamed of himself. It is unacceptable and I hope he won't be watching any football any more," United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. United forward Marcus Rashford added: "I wasn't aware of it during the game but it can happen and we've seen it happen lately. The fact it is still happening is not good enough. Match report: Man Utd win dents Man City's title hopesWith United leading 2-0, a number of objects were thrown by supporters in the home end when Fred went to take a corner in the 67th minute.
Ten-man Celtic survived a Rangers onslaught - including a missed penalty - to clinch their fourth Scottish League Cup in a row and 10th consecutive domestic trophy. Christopher Jullien slammed in the winner with Celtic's only shot on target, though the French defender appeared a yard offside. But three minutes later in a frantic contest, Jeremie Frimpong was sent off after fouling Alfredo Morelos in the box, only for Fraser Forster to save the Colombian's penalty.
It expected to give more details by mid-May. The letter said the working groups were "focusing on scenarios encompassing the months of July and August, including the possibility that the UEFA competitions restart after the completion of domestic leagues. It said that a joint management of calendars was needed to coordinate the end of the current season with the start of the new one "which may be partly impacted because of the overstretch.
Alanyaspor - MKE Ankaragücü Head to Head Statistics The Soccer Teams Alanyaspor and MKE Ankaragücü played 12 Games up to today. In this common Games the Teams scored a average of 3.7 Goals per Match. ! RESULT ...
This club is magic for team spirit' Felix Tagawa was a former striker who has previously coached the New Caledonia U20s squadWhen Roine scored in the OFC Champions League final the players, including the goalkeeper, ran the length of the pitch to join him before jumping on top of each other and dancing on the touchline. The Stade Numa Daly - home of the New Caledonia national team with a 16,000-seat capacity - roared in celebration too.
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Odds are fine with me for the over 2.5 goals although going down at this moment because the guests have played most of their recent games with over 2.5 goals scored in them both scoring but also conceding, for example in the cup they played away from home at a 3rd league club and despite scoring 4 goals they also conceded one goal so I really do not trust their defense.
A 1-1 draw at Manchester United in October meant they fell one game short of City's record of 18 consecutive wins. They won every game since then to equal that record - but that ended with the defeat at Vicarage Road on Saturday, 29 February. Liverpool still sit 22 points above Manchester City, with no real danger of missing out on the title. Liverpool's dynamic front three of Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have been at the heart of their success over the past 14 months, with no other player scoring more than seven goals.
Hi! The last time these two teams have met, the match ended in a goalless draw. The previous three encounters resulted in two away wins, and a draw. Six of the previous seven encounters at this stadium had goals at either end of the teams side. So, we can count for a strong bet today for the both teams scoring :) Four of the last seven matches between those two teams, scoring was twice or more. Well done Watford and Burnley. Many bookies are wondering about the draw match at the end. Why not? But let's first team to score, and then a tie can happens for any reason ;) Good game!
