Steve Clarke's side face a Ukraine team that reached the Euro 2020 quarter-finals before running out of steam against England.
It had been thought Burnley would not sell the player to a Premier League relegation rival, but Newcastle triggered the release clause in his Clarets contract.
Longer-term absentees Kwadwo Baah, Peter Etebo, Nicolas Nkoulou and Ismaïla Sarr remain a fair way from rejoining training.
Many know the names of the first black players in Britain and heroes from the 1960s and 1970s like Viv Anderson or Clyde Best - less celebrated is the story of the first black manager.
Milan might not have been in the competition the following season let alone won it had the fog not come to their rescue that night.
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Today we had little issues, and other teams had bigger issues so I think we need to be an example for all the rest of society.
Why Arsenal? Well we are both north London boys, born and bred, Femi told BBC Sport. But, more significantly than that, my uncle migrated from Nigeria to the UK and the first team he decided to start supporting was Arsenal.
As seen with Michael Sailsbury's debut at the weekend in Palace vs Aston Villa, there were lots of occasions where he was surrounded and hounded to put pressure on his decision making.
He picked up La Liga, Copa del Rey and European Super Cup honours at Camp Nou, along with two Spanish Super Cups and a Club World Cup, before making the move to Arsenal.
The re-draw took place three hours later, and Liverpool now face Serie A champions Inter Milan, Chelsea drew Ligue 1 winners Lille - having done so in the first draw as well - while Manchester City will take on Sporting Lisbon.
For the first time in over two decades, Barcelona have suffered a Champions League group-stage knockout. Fans will have to get used to the unfamiliar feeling of Thursday night games in a competition the club has never played in since it was rebranded as the Europa League.
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Benitez is also without midfielder Tom Davies (knee) and defender Yerry Mina, who lasted just 31 minutes on his comeback after two months out before sustaining a calf problem.
For weeks we have wondered if the likes of Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino could step up, but the answers came at Arsenal.
Manchester City are only the second side to be eliminated from the semi-final stage of the FA Cup in three consecutive seasons, after Manchester United from 1963-64 to 1965-66.
One meeting will take place at 4pm with all Premier League managers and the other one is with captains and senior players.
The fantastic ovation he received from the Rangers support at Almondvale as he entered the action that afternoon was testament to the high regard he is held in by the fans.
The reality for us is we've got seven games to go, we don't need to win seven, we probably won't win seven, but we need to win enough to stay in this league and that means it's a tough challenge because you have to be resilient and resilience will be a big thing for us on Sunday as well. PD: Do you talk to Everton players about the size of the club?Lampard: I think the players have to understand the importance of it.
He's a brilliant character and I'd love to see his personality back in the Premier League. I think this squad is capable of challenging for the Champions League positions, he added.
The graphic below reveals common passing exchanges between positions and further highlights Liverpool's more direct style, with fewer combinations and a more direct route to goal when feeding the ball into wider areas.
A woefully attempted clearance from Konate in the middle of the box saw the Benfica striker presented with a golden chance, which he dispatched past Alisson.
The German coach is highly regarded by compatriots Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel among others, though his appointment probably caught a few Red Devils fans off guard.
That may not sound particularly high, but it should be noted there are 240 Premier League players to have received at least one yellow card this season, meaning Xhaka is in the 87th percentile for fewest fouls per booking at 3.2.
The fee, on paper at least, was €70m, but the inclusion of four Napoli players accounted for €20m of the fee: goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis and three Primavera players (Claudio Manzi, Ciro Palmieri and Luigi Liguori) who were promptly released without having made a single appearance for Lille.
The six highest-ranked teams, based on points accrued in their qualifying groups, are seeded – guaranteeing a home tie in the semi-finals – with the remaining six unseeded.
The appreciation appears to be echoed by the players Demichelis worked with. In 2014, after his appointment as Milan manager, Seedorf lured his former colleague back to the San Siro.
However, the metric that matters most illustrates the challenge Xavi faces in taking Barca back to the top of the Spanish and European game. For all that the Catalans dominated their games against Espanyol and Benfica, for all the touches they had and passes they made, they scored just once.
Happy birthday to Francesco Toldo, who would surely have earned a million caps for any country in the world bar Italy. But 28 international caps while playing at the same time as Gianluigi Buffon is pretty impressive going. Some wonderful saves in here.
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.
Yann Sommer pulled off a good save in injury time as Gladbach saw out a fourth league win of the season.
I thought there would be really good competition at the start of the season when we had the four centre-halves but we lost a couple through injury.
In his latest Sky Sports column, the Magic Man reads between the lines of why the Spurs boss decided against bringing on the club's former star - and just how far the player's stock has fallen in recent times.
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“I enjoy it,” she says. “I just want to keep playing because when you play like this, you can also improve in your game. It's just more matches in your legs.
Van Bronckhorst said: It's a difficult one. Van Bronckhorst hopes to get some clarity soon from sporting director Ross Wilson.
Salah's seventh-place was controversial given the Egyptian attacker scored 31 times for Liverpool in 2020-21 while already providing 19 goals and eight assists in just 19 appearances this season.
Forwards: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, England), Jean Evrard Kouassi (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal, England), Sebastien Haller (Ajax, Netherlands), Christian Kouame (Anderlecht, Belgium), Yohan Boli (Al-Rayyan, Qatar), Karim Konate (Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast).
Pep: Xavi ready for Barcelona job Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his former Barcelona team-mate is ready to become head coach at the Nou Camp.
Their results haven't been that bad, other than their loss to Wolves at the start of the year, but their performances have mostly been poor and there are obviously some deep-rooted problems inside the club that need to be sorted out.
County left-back Jake Vokins sent a half-chance high over the crossbar shortly after, while - at the other end - Hayes saw his flicked header fly over.
The travelling support had been otherwise loud and supportive in spite of what they watched unfold, but this was the straw which broke the camel's back.
Never shook off the 'not good enough' tag Until the recent defeat to Manchester City, Solskjaer could boast to be Pep Guardiola's only regular opponent with a winning record over him.
Barca took the lead in controversial circumstances three minutes into the second half when a VAR review was used to decide Memphis was onside when the cross from Jordi Alba was played with de Jong following in on the rebound.
Marcelo Bielsa and Antonio Conte have never faced each other as managers but Sunday's encounter between Leeds United and Tottenham will not be the first time they have met.
Manchester City have opened up a huge advantage in the Premier League title race - and Chelsea have it all to do to even get close to them.
In July, European football's governing body UEFA imposed a two-match stadium ban on the Hungarian federation following an investigation into the behaviour of their supporters during Euro 2020 matches in Budapest and Munich.
Opta stats Chelsea are the first side to win five consecutive home Champions League matches without conceding since Real Madrid in May 2016 (six in a row).