Pep Guardiola says his Manchester City players have to speak on the pitch when asked about Raheem Sterling considering leaving the club.
Max Verstappen could not resist poking fun at Lewis Hamilton's ambitions to own Chelsea, saying: I thought he was an Arsenal fan.
With their first meaningful attack, Equatorial Guinea were awarded a penalty by the referee when the ball struck the hand of Kalidou Koulibaly, but the decision was overturned by VAR.
Calhanoglu and Barella were superb in controlling the tempo of the game and Martinez was that goalscorer with the killer instinct, ending any away supporters' slim hopes of an upset with the very first goal of the game.
Pressed on Chelsea's overall performance, Tuchel added: I am absolutely happy with what the players put in.
Teams certainly feel they could concede so trying to keep a clean sheet is more challenging than it once was. Get Sky Sports | Get a Sky Sports Pass'Page has fostered a club environment' It's not how Rob will have envisaged being in charge.
However, Smith Rowe and Saka stepped up for the Gunners once again, grabbing the goals which ultimately sealed a massive three points.
The games are going to get tighter, nervier and more important than that one. The big takeaway message is that we need to make better decisions.
Jude Bellingham leads the way, but recent debutants Emile Smith Rowe and Conor Gallagher are the future too, along with Curtis Jones, Mason Greenwood and more.
Chile rose to sixth position with 13 points after a 3-0 home win against bottom-of-the-table Venezuela.
If you're rolling and you're the flavour of the month, you've got the take the opportunity, he said.
Hinchcliffe: If you're the third coach in a season it clearly can't be all your fault, but I don't think Joey was deliberately trying to [deflect all the blame].
After that, he took some career advice off his friend and compatriot Edu Gaspar, Arsenal's technical director.
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel says Romelu Lukaku “feels the responsibility to clean the mess up” following his controversial interview.
City typically dominated possession for most of the game but created few clear-cut opportunities before Raúl Jiménez's needless two bookings within a minute on the stroke of half time gave them a clear advantage.
During the first coronavirus-enforced lockdown, he would get up before his children to do extra running and gym work. Consequently, when he returned to training with the rest of the senior squad in 2020, he felt fitter and stronger than ever before.
Balcer, who had already beaten the odds to even be in pre-season camp with Reign FC, was about to be cut well before the first week had ended.
Financially it is vital for whoever wins this league. It didn't work out in China because soon after he joined, the world was in the pandemic.
Being part of this league is not simple. I hope I transferred my thoughts to the club because I have my vision.
If you want to win a football match, you have to control it, so the aim right now is to help the team control games more. That means being more proactive with and without the ball.”
I said a few months ago there would be bumps in the road because it's such a young side - and especially when you have to make as many changes for the FA Cup tie as Arteta did, the squad can't quite cope at the moment, said Smith.
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Possibly in the last 12 months or even further you could have Maguire in there [next to Virgil van Dijk], he added.
The 29-year-old forward was not able to take his penalty after Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy had denied Mohanad Lasheen, leaving the stage for his Liverpool compatriot Sadio Mane to convert the decisive penalty and hand the Lions of Teranga their first-ever Afcon title.
Two players, Fabio Silva and Mosquera, tested positive for Covid-19 last week but further cases have occurred among the squad.
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Inside the extraordinary rise of Luis DiazCalvert-Lewin opens up on injury anguishBojan: 'Stoke is my second home'One of the objectives I had when I started playing in Brazil was to one day play for a big club in Europe, because that would enable me to wear the Brazil shirt and have a chance of representing my country at a World Cup.
Watkins was involved again three minutes later as he won a free-kick that Lewis Ferguson shipped wide of the near post from 20 yards.
Though there have been some question marks over his form this season, there is no doubting that Virgil van Dijk remains one of, if not the world's premier centre-back.
Argentina's Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier with Brazil has been ordered to be replayed following its abandonment last September - but they will be without four Premier League-affiliated players after they were handed a two-match suspension.
He hasn’t got long to sort these problems out either; Burnley at home await on Thursday night.
Jeff Stelling, the legendary host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday, will continue to host the award-winning show.
Ronaldo had earlier missed a penalty and seen his side fail to make the most of the pressure they exerted before defender John Egan gave the visitors a shock lead, and head coach Santos admits his players need to learn from an eventful evening in Faro.
For manager Roberto Mancini, though, the prospect of a play-off holds no fear. We need to rediscover what has set us apart until now and remain completely calm until March.
I don't like doing this but we have been done by another decision against us. Hearts boss Robbie Neilson: A game of four quarters!
This one was particularly difficult because we didn't get back to the early hours of Friday and training on Saturday was just getting them out for a bit of a jog.
Xavi Hernandez's men suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat in midweek at the hands of Bayern Munich to confirm their elimination from the Champions League, while domestically the Blaugrana have also been struggling.
Ramsay signed a contract extension a year ago to take his deal at Pittodrie up to 2024, so Aberdeen are in a strong position in terms of securing a good fee.
Despite racking up an expected goals tally of almost 2.5, registering 22 shots and three 'clear-cut chances', United failed to find a way past former goalkeeper Ben Foster in the Watford goal, three days after the Hornets had conceded four times at home to mid-table Crystal Palace.
What could Diaz offer Conte at Spurs?A quick glance at his headline stats in the Portuguese Primeira Liga this season suggests the 25-year-old provides serious goal threat - but also offers so much more.
My feedback would be - I don't know - that our generation is going to find a World Cup every two years a strange concept.
Eight years on from joining the club, Ekitike is now a key member of the Reims attack, with his eight goals in 17 Ligue 1 games including strikes against Marseille and Lyon. Seven of those efforts, meanwhile, have come in his last 10 appearances, while he has also provided three assists for team-mates.
With the gap now more than a dozen points, Chelsea's hopes of dethroning City looks to be at an end, with Guardiola claiming revenge for last year's Champions League final loss.
I don't say that lightly, it's a 2-2 draw midway through the season with no trophies at stake. But the group of players, managers, coaching staff have delivered a real spectacle.
United ace Dean Henderson could be set for another loan spell away from the club with Ajax interested in a move for the 24-year-old (Daily Star, December 8).
But Hernandez, drafted in from Norwich, made victory absolutely certain for Neil Warnock's men, when he capitalised on a mistake between home defender Loic Mbe Soh and goalkeeper Ethan Horvath.
