Not for the first time this season, Vinicius Junior delivered for Real Madrid when they needed it most. The Brazilian is a completely different player this season and this performance encapsulated this, with his clinical finish two minutes into the second half giving the away team control of the contest. Real Sociedad struggled to get a grip of Vinicius as he repeatedly found space to burst into. He was a threat throughout.
There are plenty of mitigating factors, but Smith cannot escape blame for all. They have not had a fulcrum since.
Klopp won't face action for ref commentsRef Watch: Height of boot kept 'lucky' Kane from redNeville: Robertson and Trent - the best PL full-backs ever?They need to be a team because together they are responsible.
That all came after a game where both teams emerged with a point and with honour firmly intact. Both sets of players emptied themselves out there. You couldn't have wrung an ounce of untapped energy out of any of them at the end.
If Scotland were able to find joy down the flanks and central midfield, what would France, Germany, or Portugal be able to achieve in those areas?
Wolves manager Bruno Lage defended his decision not to start Adama Traore at Crystal Palace and dismissed talk it was to do with his contract situation.
Dimitar Berbatov has failed in his bid to become the next president of the Bulgarian Football Association after Borislav Mihaylov was re-elected.
Like Galbraith and now Taylor, Conor Bradley will need little introduction to Northern Ireland supporters. The 18-year-old impressed hugely on his Northern Ireland senior debut against Switzerland in September and made his Liverpool first-team debut in the League Cup soon after. A right-back who started out as a forward at Dungannon United Youth, Lyttle believes Bradley's mental strength is one of his biggest attributes.
So a lot for UEFA to mull over. Pep: Atletico can play how they want | Simeone: Some praise us with disdain Pep Guardiola refused to criticise Atletico's approach after the game, and instead insisted he was consistently positive about Simeone's tactics and the former Argentina midfielder could set up his team in whichever way he liked.
Midfielders - Jack Harrison (Leeds), Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Wenger, 72, guided Arsenal to three Premier League titles and won the FA Cup on seven occasions in his 22 years in charge of the north London side.
I just thought the game never got any chance to flow really from the early part. It was quite broken up.
Something completely unexpected is happening at Aston Villa. This season, they have doubled to 2.49 per 90.
Ancelotti was keen for his keeper to stay calm and rely on hisinstincts rather than think too much in matches. Pickford has also said he takes inspiration on that front from golfers and Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal.
Their aim is to provide academy-level coaching to kids, but without the strains that academy life can place on young players.
Only Liverpool have picked up more Premier League points in 2022 than Newcastle's 32. This is the first time since May 2014 that Newcastle have been as high as ninth this far into a season - and that is despite them spending 150 days in the relegation zone.
A punishing run of seven league games looms large in December, one which could leave the Magpies with a mountain to climb if they don't get points on the board soon.
For their much-revered football exploits, the Teranga Lions have never won the Afcon finals, and they will be in search of their maiden title.
We were really unlucky today; it is the way it is, but I believe there is more to come from the team to challenge even better.
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INCIDENT: Moments after the goal, Aaron Cresswell escaped any punishment despite a high tackle on Jordan Henderson.
I didn't like it but it was the right thing to do. Liverpool have qualified with two matches to spare as winners from the so-called 'Group of Death' which also includes AC Milan and Porto.
“No, I am a professional and I have enough experience,” Benitez replied when asked if he felt he was now under serious pressure.
His first, a clever glancing header into the far corner of the net broke the game open and gave the visitors a slightly undeserved half-time lead, while his second could already be the goal of the tournament.
Not many South Asians, let alone Sikh boys have done that. We need better representation at every level of the game.
Against Palace, a United team criticised for a lack of intent without the ball made a season-high 65 recoveries (gaining the ball where neither team has possession), up from an average of 56.4 so far this term.
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Eriksen had the pacemaker fitted following his cardiac arrest during He won the Italian title with Inter Milan last season and started training alone in Denmark after
Origi, naturally, was smiling as he left the field, to be embraced by his team-mates. He was beaming as he conducted his post-match media duties, pitchside.
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Newcastle's decision to pursue a deal with Howe comes after Villarreal manager Unai Emery ruled himself out of the running to become Steve Bruce's permanent successor at St James' Park.
Boris Becker's mum is begging a judge not to send him to prison for hiding millions to avoid paying bankruptcy debts.
After scoring 18 goals in 30 appearances at youth level in the 2019-20 season, he was handed his first professional contract in February 2020 and followed that up soon after with his senior debut on 8 March, then boss Frank Lampard sending the 18-year-old on for the final four minutes of a 4-0 win against Everton.
I think and I know he can do a higher role, and he's a goal threat too, so that's one of the big pulls of me bringing him in, knowing that he can bring different elements of his game to help us in different ways.
Mancini's slick Italian machine was expected to come out and remove any possibility of losing out to Switzerland in the race for automatic qualification, yet when the Swiss took the lead against Bulgaria the Italians had no response.
“However, I either didn't get any feedback or received a disapproving response like: 'Nobody is interested in women's football anyway'.
I'm not part of the future because I won't play his son. I'm a man of principle and it has cost me managing the play-off final, but I'd do the same again.
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A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player's body movement for that specific situation.
We've also to try to help him to score. Kane will be hoping to continue his scoring streak against Southampton on Wednesday, but Spurs will be without Eric Dier, Oliver Skipp and Japhet Tanganga.
Stoke looked to be on course for three points after going 2-1 up in the 88th minute following a moment of madness from Forest 'keeper Brice Samba, who lashed out at Steven Fletcher to give away a penalty and earn himself a red card.
Sunderland suffered a third straight league loss, going down 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
