However, after suffering his first defeat as Hibs boss on Wednesday away to Ross County, Ross' side have now closed a six-point gap on fifth-placed Kilmarnock to one point. Reaction & as it happenedGrowing confidence in LeithThis was a fixture that Hibernian had come to dread - they had earned just one win in their previous 16 Premiership games with Aberdeen, and only one point from their last six.
Omonia is very strong this season, while it is true they have not really even qualified for an Europa League place in a long time this season is different fighting at the top of the league table alongside Anorthosis mainly for even winning the title with the usual bully in Cyprus, APOEL, having a really poor season so far in the league and also exited the cup after losing both at home and away from home with Apollon, and this should really be a game without problems for Omonia.
If you want to do that with Alisson, who is very good at it, then that is fine. But Alisson was injured and Adrian is not comfortable playing that way, so why not just tell him to stick it in the stands instead?Adrian is 33 so you are not going to change him, either. He is not going to suddenly become really good with the ball at his feet, and he is always going to have a mistake in him. Liverpool gave Atletico a new lease of life Liverpool led 2-1 on aggregate for only 167 second before Marcos Llorente pulled a goal backUnfortunately for Liverpool, Adrian's error was something they never recovered from.
Chelsea will try to replace the goalscoring and creativity of Eden Hazard in the January transfer window, says boss Frank Lampard. The Blues discovered last week that their two-window transfer ban has been halved, meaning they can sign players next month. Lampard was speaking after his side beat Lille 2-1 to reach the Champions League last 16. There will be discussions about where we can strengthen," said Lampard.
Last year saw him lose to Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, the three other tournaments saw him win just one game. There have been signs of him showing he can be a title contender on other surfaces. He ended 2019 by reaching the final of the ATP Tour Finals and has followed up that good form in this championship.
Over in a sodden San Siro, it was Kaka once again who proved the difference maker, a delicious left-footed drive putting Milan back ahead on away goals early on. And when Clarence Seedorf also beat Edwin van der Sar from the edge of the area, an Istanbul rematch with Liverpool was well and truly on the cards. Alberto Gilardino provided the coup de grace. Kaka would move on to Real for a hefty fee but would sadly never really find that level of form again.
Posted at 125' Penalty saved! Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner. Goal!Posted at 125' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1(2), Norwich City 1(2). Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. Goal!Posted at 124' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1(2), Norwich City 1(1).
Fourth placed Chelsea will host 15th placed Burnley when the Premier League resumes this weekend after the FA Cup break earlier in the month. Ahead of this clash, Chelsea have managed 36 points, six better than Burnley, who are at 24. Chelsea head to this clash on the back of three wins in their last five matches and carry a three-match unbeaten run going to the game.
The boardroom woes aside, Newcastle United have been a pretty decent side since the return of action and will be hoping to continue with the rise when they host Manchester City in the FA Cup. They were pegged late in their last match by Aston Villa when they seemed to be coasting to a second straight win and clean sheet.
Liverpool have reached the last two Champions League finals and face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday. They are the first team in Europe to secure their spot in the elite competition in European football for the 2020-21 season. Liverpool have now qualified for the European Cup or Champions League on 24 occasionsAs it stands Manchester City are set to be banned from the Champions League next season, meaning that whoever finishes fifth will take their place in the competition.
It doesn't mean I might not change a couple of people, I think there might be something for freshness of legs or a couple of little different options, but I won't pick a team casually where I'm giving minutes. I'm treating it with the care I would any Premier League game. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "Chelsea are a football-playing side, and from a passing point of view one of the top, top, top sides.
Arsenal's young players are "worth the risk" said boss Mikel Arteta after they beat League One Portsmouth at a noisy Fratton Park to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Arteta named a team with six players aged 20 or under and they looked in control, especially in the second half, to beat a team who had not lost in 19 home games. Pompey played well in the first half but trailed to Sokratis Papastathopoulos' volley from Reiss Nelson's cross just before the break.
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Posted at 71' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 69' Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City). Posted at 69' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 68' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 68' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa). SubstitutionPosted at 67' Substitution, Aston Villa.
In a strongly worded statement last Tuesday, Levy confirmed Spurs were taking advantage of the Government’s furlough scheme in order to "protect jobs”, with those involved set to be paid 80 per cent of their wages through April and May. We shall all need to work together to ensure the impact of this crisis does not undermine the future stability of the club," the statement read.
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'Correct Score' punters can try a 2-0 win for the hosts. As tough as Napoli are to get at, they've not set the world alight offensively in this group, so plumping for an overly high-scoring win doesn't really appeal. Napoli will be keen to keep things tight, while they average 1.4 goals for per game, so a solid, but ultimately low-scoring win for the hosts appears to be the way to go.
The manager was palpably uptight,” said Keane. This was not just another game. Everyone on the coach knew it was the biggest game we’d ever played. The atmosphere in the dressing-room walked the line between subdued and focused. Ferguson told his team they had nothing to worry about, that Bayern were not as good as the Arsenal team they had seen off in the Premier League and FA Cup.
It is with great disappointment that we've had to make this decision," joint-chairman David Sullivan said. Manuel is a gentleman and it has been a real pleasure to work with someone of his calibre. However, it has become clear that that a change is required to get the club back on track in line with our ambitions this season.
The hosts lost recently 3-1 at home against Fehervar and the guests in this game won the title in Hungary last season with good performances in the Europa League where they reached the group stage even drawing twice with Espanyol from Spain as well as beating CSKA Moscow on the road and drawing with them at home, this while last season they won 4-1 at home and away from home with DVTK also a 7-0 win also at home in the ending of last season so quite high scoring games.
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has coronavirus, the Championship club have confirmed. Marinakis was at the City Ground for Forest's Championship fixture against Millwall on Friday. The 52-year-old is also owner of Greek side Olympiakos, who host Wolves in the Europa League on Thursday - a game already set to be behind closed doors. Mr Marinakis was diagnosed after showing the first symptoms on his return to Greece," said Forest.
Goalline technology inexplicably failed to award them a clear goal in what ended up being a goalless draw with Aston Villa. It means that the Blades haven't found the back of the net in three games. Attacking has never been their strong suit (now averaging less than one goal per game in the league) but Chris Wilder will be concerned about how the defensive solidity which has defined their season has fallen apart over the last week.
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Media playback is not supported on this device Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa: Hasenhuttl praises his side's 'fantastic' performance Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl: "It was very important to show a reaction after the last home game and the way we started was what we wanted to do today. We had 28 shots and that shows how dominant we have been.
All things considered, we’re expecting Liverpool to once again assert their dominance, but a clean sheet seems unlikely at the moment. Backing Liverpool to Win and Both Teams to Score looks a very solid option.
Against Al Sadd, Monterrey showed that they've got quality in the final third, though their defensive efforts weren't overly encouraging. If a side of Al Sadd's quality to can hurt the Mexican's defence, what are Liverpool going to do it?
Dele Alli was only fit enough for a place on the bench after a late tackle on Sunday by his England team mate Raheem Sterling in Tottenham's 2-0 Premier League win over Manchester City left him nursing a sore ankle, although he did come on after an hour. But if Mourinho's teams have anything it is the ability to dig out a result against the run of play and his new Spurs side are showing admirable levels of resolve to grind out victories.
Posted at 74' Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 74' Foul by Dan Potts (Luton Town). Posted at 73' Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 73' Foul by James Collins (Luton Town). SubstitutionPosted at 72' Substitution, Luton Town.
Will take this one quite safe bet, Neman played 4 games at home this season and all 4 games were with at least 2 goals scored starting with a 2-0 win at home against Vitebsk despite the score being 0-0 at half-time and I watched that game and I can say they were by no means perfect in defense, followed by a 1-1 draw at home with Belshina, very poor result against the bottom of the league they could not win, and a surprise 3-0 win against a quite solid Energetik side which is 6-0-3 in the league this season and beat clubs like Brest or BATE even.
A real top game, which awaits us here. Jong Ajax (3) takes on G A Eagles (5) and the hosts are certainly favorite, but are they winning? In my opinion no. Eagles is among the premium teams that will fight for promotion to Eredivisie. They have priority and victory will strengthen their position. And in h2h matches, this team also won trips with Ajax. That's my theory for this meeting. I don't necessarily see the Eagles as underdog. They are really strong this season and especially in defense very stable with only two losses from 23 games so far.
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Alajuelense have been the strongest home team so far in the Clausura with a 6-2-0 record and also the most productive home team with 22 goals. In 2 of the last 3 home games they have also kept a clean sheet.
Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Matthew Lowton (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Posted at 85' Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Marcus Maddison. Posted at 83' Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Kyle Barker. Posted at 80' Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Peterborough United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
I don't understand these odds at all. Freiburg is team who playing much better football away from home. They have great contra attack, score much easier than at home. Koln is fighting against relegation. Don't forget they won Freiburg in the first part of season and Freiburg was in great form in that time. I think bookies once more try to give so big odds for better team to try to move us away from betting on this game. But looking at stats, form and roster this is away win for me written all over this game. Away win stake 9.
The hosts, 14th in the Premier League, had chances for an equaliser but Maupay headed wide and an overhead kick from substitute Alireza Jahanbakhsh went over the top. Steven Fletcher had scored seven goals in his previous seven Sheffield Wednesday appearances'A performance to be proud of' - what they saidBrighton manager Graham Potter told BBC Sport: "Credit to Sheffield Wednesday; they deserved to go through.
There’s a few more goals (as many league goals this season as the last three seasons combined) and some of his link-up play has been simply divine. The understanding he has with his forward players as well as his defenders (in particular Trent Alexander-Arnold) is evident in the gorgeous little first time passes he has been playing over the last 18 months.
Last week was a good example of why they should be worried. They have now lost to Spurs twice this season and feel as if they are hard done by because they have given them a good game each time, but they have conceded three goals in each of those matches. That has to change, but Villa have the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City next week and their manager Dean Smith can motivate his players by telling them that they are playing for a place at Wembley.
Partizan have already beaten Astana in the group stage, securing a 2-1 win in Kazakhstan, and have won four of their last six matches in all competitions while Astana have lost two of their last three games in league and cup, so you can begin to see why we have predicted a home win on Thursday.
Lorente's second was more his own work, rifling a fine strike into the bottom corner, before Morata raced clear with Liverpool chasing the game late on to spark jubilant scenes on the Atleti bench, Simeone, of course at the forefront of everything. TALKING POINT Missed chances cost Liverpool dear. Knockout football can be the harshest of environments.
Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth were separated by just three points and with almost identical goal differences as they scrambled to avoid joining Norwich City in next season's Championship. It was Villa who had their fate in their own hands, with a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Tuesday taking them out of the bottom three on goal difference from Watford, with Bournemouth three points behind them. The Cherries began the day favourites for the drop but goals from Joshua King, Dominic Solanke and Junior Stanislas gave them hope at Goodison Park.
However, with only two games remaining of the regular season, it's the away team who need the points if they are to squeeze into the play-off quarter finals. They are two points behind sixth placed Juventus Managua, who look set for a win over bottom-of-the-table Deportivo Ocotal. Therefore, Chinandega will probably have to win this match to keep their play-off hopes alive with their final fixture being at home to Ocotal.
