He was the team leader, and other players would follow if he went along with the program. In a way, I was asking Michael to produce less.
The club are then expected to hire an interim coach until the end of the season before appointing a manager for the long term next summer who can take them forward.
Amid a cagey opening 45 minutes, Di Maria slid the ball backwards through Vinicius Junior's legs, earning a loud reaction from the home fans. However, the Brazilian pulled off some beautiful skills of his own later in the match, including a successful rainbow flick.
It gives us satisfaction to win, but it's not enough changes for us. Five subs was invented because of Coronavirus.
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Paul Parker fears Manchester United will be unable to attract some of their key transfer targets because of the criticism levelled at previous big-money purchase Harry Maguire.
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In total, Alves – who is the most decorated player in football history – won 23 trophies while in Catalunya, with that impressive record including six Liga titles and three Champions League crowns.
For Andreas, from my point of view, everybody wants the same thing, the coach wants the same thing, the club wants the same thing and the player wants the same thing, Tuchel said.
MPs are to examine next week whether public money committed to considering a UK and Ireland bid to host the 2030 World Cup represents good value.
“Offensively, that was the best performance so far,” Rangnick told reporters. “The whole team performance was a lot better. I was pleased with the performance of our wingers. Jadon [Sancho] did well.”
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Barcelona have reportedly ended their pursuit of Arsenal centre-back Gabriel after concluding that they cannot afford him (The Sun, April 27); Barcelona and Arsenal have reportedly held talks about Gabriel moving to Spain - and a swap deal of sorts is on the table too (Daily Mirror, April 13); Pablo Mari insists he does not see his future at Arsenal and would like to stay in Italy beyond the end of the season (Daily Mail, April 13).
Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema completes the list of nominated players competing in the Women's Super League this season.
It's also really significant that they've done this early in the window, because we know they've got some big, big games coming up and Kieran Trippier is 100 per cent fit, and it looks like he is 100 per cent committed and up for the challenge. Analysis: What will Trippier bring to Newcastle?
Sterling has these moments where his form is up and down but he always comes back strongly. He was basically written off before last summer's European Championship but ended up being one of the stars of the tournament.
German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen are monitoring Nketiah's availability, in addition to at least one Premier League club.
“If we have to compete with history we don’t have any chance, they are better, it speaks for itself. But we have the desire to play against them and take on this incredible test and we want to improve.
We have to fight and try to build something important to improve the situation but it is important to know the situation because otherwise maybe our fans could be disappointed and instead they have to try and push us and stay behind us - these players need to feel the right atmosphere and not pressure about a target that at this moment you can't think. This is my evaluation.
Spurs fought back from 1-0 down in Conte’s first Premier League match in front of his new supporters to claim all three points thanks to second half goals from Pierre-Emile Hjojberg and Sergio Reguilon.
I have to make the decision to try to improve the performance of the team when it's not going in any other direction. Arsenal will hope for improvement in their next three fixtures.
Without that save there would have been no semi-final to worry about - and Salah would have been on the next flight back to England.
Four goals and an assist in three games for the 25-year-old who has become the fulcrum of the Rochdale attack.
Yet, despite failing to win in front of their own supporters since beating Arsenal on the opening day, Toney oozed confidence as he stepped up for his penalty - the 25-year-old taking two steps and maintaining eye contact with Pickford as he rolled the ball into the bottom left corner.
This is not about football, football is just our vehicle. An invitation to play is a sign for those who are in Ukraine, for those fighting or suffering, for those who need to hide because of the shelling. It's not just a game. If you attend, you show that you care about what's happening.
It was very simple but very effective, the nice and tidy give-and-go with Odegaard for the first goal.
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Rangnick is, therefore, completely misunderstood in Russia, though it must be said that the very vague description of his role has not helped his cause.
The jeopardy has brought a different feeling, earlier in the week it was all very relaxed in Rome as Wales stayed on in Italy to recover and train after the group stages.
“I'll add he's clever, knows where to be on the pitch. Moreover, I would say Nagelsmann was key for his development. He's able to transform players and build them, give them tools to understand and improve their games. All in all, the fact that he played many positions, he's tactically flexible makes him a huge weapon now.
“Clearly, he has been followed by important clubs in Spain, but apparently his move to Chelsea is a done deal. He would be a great player also for Italian football.”
A midfielder is top of the shopping list for the summer, with RB Leipzig's Amadou Haidara, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham all of interest. However, the chances of any of those players arriving in January remain very slim.
He said he would take 90 days to assess his progress, with reports suggesting he had been But his decision has come sooner than expected.
Breel Embolo had the visitors on their way to victory, but they failed to stop Akpoguma equalising in the 91st minute.
It's just not helpful. On the other side, we don't want to make more out of it than it actually is.
They were quite passive at the start of the season but they are much more 'in your face' now and they look like they have got a goal or two in them, which they didn't before he arrived. I think Villa are in for a tricky night.
He was exposed at times but he stuck to his task. But let's be clear, the two centre-halves for Man Utd were absolutely atrocious.
Zaha took to Instagram on Saturday night to post screenshots of a number of racist messages he had received on social media following the match.
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If you haven't had a chance in the first half or something, you think something will drop for you in the second and it's just a case of staying in that groove.
My main motivation is to meet my hero who I loved when I was growing up, Ward-Prowse said. If I do get that record, hopefully he'll reach out - but there's a long way to go just yet.
The considerable upshot of this deal is that Barcelona will finally be able to call Torres one of their own.
