Not a patch on what we witnessed here. Spurs midfield man Giovani lo Celso committed a horrendous challenge on Azpilicueta which could easily have resulted in serious injury. Everyone who saw it waited for VAR official David Coote to deliver the inevitable verdict to referee Michael Oliver - instead he came to the truly baffling conclusion that it did not require sanction.
It's an important weekend for both of these sides. BATE look to extend their lead at the top, while Shakhtyor aim to end the weekend in top spot. The home side are unbeaten at home with four wins and a draw. Shakhtyor are yet to concede a goal on their travels but this is going to be a tough game for them. Go for a home win here.
Subs - Braithwaite 7, Ansu 5, Rakitic 4. KEY MOMENTS 24’ Griezmann should have scored! That's the closest we have come to an opening goal! Barca came flying forward on the counter, Alba surged down the left and squared for Griezmann, but the French forward scooped over from around the penalty spot. Arthur was one-on-one! Another golden opportunity for Barcelona to take the lead with Arthur released in behind the Real Madrid defence! Courtois came off his line to make the save from the Brazilian! Excellent goalkeeping, but what a chance! 39’ Courtois stops Messi! Busquets played a wonderful pass over the top for Messi, the Barcelona number 10 controlled it on his chest, but Varane did just enough to put him off and Courtois makes the save! Big opportunity! 57’ What a save from Ter Stegen! That was heading right for the top corner of the Barcelona net! Real Madrid played a short corner and Isco curled an effort towards goal from 20 yards out, but Ter Stegen tips it wide! Unbelievable! 62’ Off the line! Pique makes the clearance from underneath his own crossbar! Isco's header beat Ter Stegen, but the Barcelona centre back was on the line and stopped the Real Madrid goal! Quite literally an inch or two away from the opening goal! 65’ BENZEMA.
While Norwich are rock bottom of the standings, Liverpool are 22 points clear at the top having won 16 games in a row and are unbeaten in their last 42 Premier League matches. It would appear a hopeless mission for Norwich to halt Liverpool's title match, but Farke's side have shown plenty of spirit despite their precarious position and did beat reigning champions Manchester City 3-2 at Carrow Road.
The visitors are now five games unbeaten after their draw in Wales on Sunday. They have lost once in their last seven overall, while their recent games have all been tests. A victory at Millwall has been followed by draws against then-league leaders West Brom and now the Swans. Confidence is growing for Barnsley, but can they add to that here?
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Man of the match - Jamie Vardy (Leicester) Yet another goal and assist from Leicester's hitman - if he's not already a Premier League player of the year contender then he should bePerez finding form - statsLeicester have equalled their Premier League-best run of five consecutive victories, with the Foxes winning these matches by an aggregate score of 17-1. Brighton lost their first home league match since August, ending a run of four without defeat at the Amex Stadium (W3 D1).
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.
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Tip from Tajikistan top league second round, Fayzkand plays at home against Regar. Fay and started the season with a draw at Pamir home, Regar also drew the first game played: 0-0 at Kukhtosh home. Bet will be under 2,5 goals the odds are high for a game played by Regard they are a very defensive team, for example the last 3 games played by Regar had under 2,5 goals and ended with the same score: 0-0. Fayzkand can also play defensive football, both teams to score: no is another good bet at this game, I see a score like 1-0 or 0-0.
Schalke, who have lost just once in their last 10 league games, are in fifth place on 33 points, three behind Bayern, who are second. We have no pressure at all because when you play at Bayern you have nothing to lose," said midfielder Suat Serdar, Schalke's leading scorer with seven league goals. If we keep playing as we did before the winter break and last week against Gladbach, then everything is possible.
Watched Sandhausen come from behind against Bochum in their last away game in the league in a thrilling game of football which had 8 goals scored as it ended 4-4 in the end, defensively quite bad they have conceded 34 goals this season but did score 30 themselves, and Are themselves despite having 6 points more than Sandhausen has scored and conceded 30+ goals this season, but a bit more efficient in terms of taking the points away.
Arsenal, under Wenger, were infamous for their soft centre and propensity for collapsing under pressure, especially away from Emirates Stadium. Emery never got near solving this problem. And the stats were painful. Arsenal's current seven-game winless streak which saw Emery off was their worst since February 1992 under George Graham. Wenger took charge of 1,235 matches but never suffered this. Arsenal won exactly the same number of points (88) in Emery's 51 games as they did in Wenger's last 51.
Eight months ago, Hemp watched England "on TV at home" during the World Cup but says she wants to "prove that I should be here" for the SheBelieves Cup. She plays alongside experienced internationals Houghton and Jill Scott at club level and avoids the limelight, but back home in Norwich Hemp is starting to get recognised thanks to her impressive form in the Women's Super League.
Norwich bolstered their attacking options at the break by sending on Josip Drmic to partner Teemo Pukki, and Drmic came close to scoring when his shot deflected off David McGoldrick and bounced off the crossbar in the 75th minute. The visitors continued to throw everything forward in an effort to find an equaliser, but United keeper Dean Henderson pulled off a string of fine saves, prompting the home fans to chant for him to be made "England's number one".
Manager Casey Stoney had just four weeks "to build a team, attract 21 full-time players and put all of my backroom staff in place" before pre-season kicked off. The final signing was secured two days before pre-season began and six weeks later, United faced Liverpool in their first cup match of the 2018-19 season - which they won 1-0. Everything from sorting out contracts, dealing with agents, providing accommodation, setting up host families for players under the age of 18, organising education programmes and recruiting staff, was done from scratch and completed in time for the 2018-19 season.
The pressure is back on Mallorca to get something from this Saturday's fixture as Son Moix, though, but the hosts will be relatively confident of doing just that after accruing 14 points from nine outings in Palma this season.
While Man City are the underperforming champions, Leicester are yet again the plucky underdogs making a shock title challenge. They come into Christmas 2nd in the table, although still looking up at a 10 point gap between themselves and Liverpool.
He said his story was "all too familiar for families in England". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: "It's written from the heart and it's about how my life was at the moment - the letter is to open up and let people understand the impact on families and to know I've done the right thing. What families are going through now, I've once had to go through that - and it's very difficult to find a way out.
Subs: Gudmundsson 6, Rodriguez 6, Brady N/A. Manchester United: De Gea 7, Young 6, Lindelof 7, Maguire 7, Williams 8, Fred 8, Matic 6, Pereira 8, James 7, Martial 7, Rashford 7. Subs: Lingard 6, Shaw N/A. KEY MOMENTS 19’ - CLOSE! Swift counter from United, Martial feeds Rashford across the box, he cuts onto his left, drills for the bottom corner, but sees his strike fizz just wide.
Women had been banned from watching men’s games in Iran since shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution with only a few exceptions made for small groups on rare occasions. FIFA had sent a delegation to Tehran to ensure that women were allowed to attend the game against Cambodia following the death in September of Sahar Khodayari, who set herself on fire to protest against her arrest for trying to get into a match.
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Jurgen [Klopp] spent four years building his team and they're doing well now. I've said it so many time, it's not going to be a quick fix. It's not going to be eight or 10 players in, in one transfer window. We've had one proper transfer window in the summer, because the January ones are difficult. But we are trying to do something now.
Alex Scott will join Liam Loftus for Saturday's 'Quarantine Quiz', as part of another packed weekend of sporting content across the BBC. The former Arsenal and England defender will be on hand to help quizmaster Loftus test your sporting knowledge over three rounds on the BBC Sport website and YouTube channel at 19:00 BST on Saturday. We want you to get involved via #bbcsportsquiz, letting us know your team name and how you are getting on.
Posted at 61' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 61' Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United). Posted at 60' Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Posted at 60' Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Well I don't think how but teams are going to score here.Lafnitz will play defensively that is for sure as a point against Reid will be a huge as a building. Ried on the other hand are main candidate for promotion and as it looks like they will gain that promotion because they are the team with most quality and experience at erstere divisive and are showing great performances. There is huge quality and experience gap between this two teams and with different ambitions.Lafnitz are mostly team from young and inexperienced individuals and their performances are not something that they can brag about.
England met the Czechs in qualifying, winning 5-0 at Wembley but losing 2-1 in Prague. England will host all three of their group games, with Scotland at Hampden Park in their other two games if they qualify. Steve Clarke's side need to get past Israel at home on 26 March and then Norway or Serbia away five days later to qualify. That means England will not know all their opponents until 31 March. Statisticians Gracenote give Scotland a 19% chance of qualifying, with Norway most likely to progress at 40%.
After a 4-1 win over Cagliari in the Coppa Italia round of 16, Inter Milan will play host to Fiorentina in the quarter final clash at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan. Inter go to this match unbeaten in their last seven matches, but four of these having ended in draws. They have one clean sheet in their last eight matches and scored two or more in four of their last 10 matches.
Raised levels of cortisol, the body's main stress hormone, can lead to feelings of impending doom or being under attack. Football fans notoriously have strong levels of self-identification and belonging to their teams, especially at national levels, there is clearly a need to address this cortisol question," McEwan said.
Leeds were the only side who looked like going on to win, Patrick Bamford losing his footing when well-placed to head home and Helder Costa failing to get good contact to a last-gasp Ezgjan Alioski cross. Relive Tuesday's Championship actionThe result means the Whites are now just six points clear of third-placed Brentford - who thrashed Reading on Tuesday - while Luton fall back to the bottom of the table but are now just two points from safety in a congested fight for survival.
Forest cottoned on to the 34-year-old's influence, always ensuring he was tracked and denied space in deep areas. Rooney was unable to instigate attacks, while Forest's holding midfielders Samba Sow and Ben Watson also condensed the defensive space and prevented Duane Holmes, Jason Knight and - crucially - teenager Louie Sibley from making an impact. Forest were able to get numbers back and rely on the solid defensive shape which has served them so well this season and rarely looked troubled after going ahead.
Clashes between these two in the top flight are a rarity. Each of the six Serie A meetings between SPAL and Brescia were played in the ’60s: SPAL won two, Brescia one (D3). Now the pair are both back at the top level, having clashed in Serie B back in 2017.
The forward took his goals with aplomb and was a danger throughout. Worked back in the left channel to support Saka when required. PLAYER RATINGS ARSENAL: Leno 8, Bellerin 7, Mustafi 7, Luiz 7, Kolasinac 6, Xhaka 7, Ceballos 7, Ozil 7, Pepe 7, Aubameyang 9, Nketiah 8. Subs: Saka 8, Torreira 6, Guendouzi n/a.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has previously written to its members urging them not to agree any reduction or deferral in wages until they have spoken to the union. The league, clubs and players representatives will be joined by the PFA at a meeting on Saturday to discuss the next steps. We get judged every day of our lives'Wolves captain Conor Coady said players had been looking to do something "for a while now".
Roberto Firmino's goal five minutes from time secured all three points for leaders Liverpool, shortly after Wilfried Zaha had brought Crystal Palace level. See alsoCrystal Palace - Liverpool: LIVE Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner prompted a goalmouth scramble which ended with the Brazilian slotting home from five yards out.
Argentino de Merlo will host Excursionistas for this fixture of the league. I expect, this will be a very interesting match. I expect, this will be a very tense match. I think, both teams want to get a positive result. Of course, the hosts will try to make a positive result on the home field. However, they are not convincing team. They have only 1 victory in their last 5 matches. Also, we have Excursionistas who's is more ambitious team in this season. Also, Excursionistas are in better shape. They have three consecutive victories. I think, this will not be an easy task. Nevertheless, the visitors will try to get the victory on the opposite stadium.
Morecambe vs Carlisle predictions for Saturday's match in League Two. Hosts Morecambe could move off the bottom of the table this weekend and will be positive about their chances of securing a much needed three points as they take on twenty-first placed Carlisle United. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.
