There have been so many crazy decisions. Sometimes it works but you see fans celebrating VAR like it’s a goal – football shouldn’t be like that. The emotions the West Ham fans showed when we equalised was real emotion. We’re all not happy with it but it’s in the game now so we’ve got to get on with it.
The visitors come into this clash following a fine 7-0 home win over Luton, while they’ve started to make an impact on their travels. The visitors have climbed into the top six in terms of away results this season, which is quite an improvement on last season’s terrible travelling form. The hosts are in great form in the league, which has helped turn things around.
A final award is not expected before June 2020. BBC Sport has also learned that the second instalment of the £15m fee agreed for Sala is due to be paid in January 2020. Nantes argued that having signed with Cardiff, Sala's contract with Nantes was over and that he had become a Cardiff player. Cardiff could also face a three-window transfer ban if they fail to pay Nantes the first instalment for Sala.
Bristol City's fading Championship play-off hopes were dealt another blow as Sheffield Wednesday recorded a deserved victory at Ashton Gate. Connor Wickham headed the Owls in front after 13 minutes, directing Jacob Murphy's near-post corner past goalkeeper Niki Maenpaa when completely unmarked. Wednesday doubled their advantage from another set-piece on the hour mark, with Massimo Luongo this time hooking a shot in from close range.
Every business out there, every business owner, everybody working wants to get back to work when it's safe because they need to do that, and we're no different. Our business model has been turned upside down in one day and we have to plan as a club, as a city, as a community and also as the Premier League, to make sure that when it is appropriate and when people are safe and when we feel it is the right time and the government says it is the right time, we can go back.
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I'm not really into spicy food'While a stack of fluffy American pancakes has proved the ideal recovery meal post-match, Invernesian Ross has struggled with the local cuisine. I'm not really into spice, so that's been tough," he said. There's chillies added to random things. I'm getting used to, it's not like Mexican food like fajitas at home - it's proper stuff. Despite that, Ross is enjoying life in El Paso.
Jose Mourinho definitely brought a new soul to the team after a slow start to the season. The Portuguese coach has brought the best of the team and despite their recent defeat in Old Trafford against Manchester United, the Spurs have been playing at a good level. A couple of absences from both teams on this game but nothing major. Tottenham hasn't count with Lloris for quite some time and the same will happen here. Chelsea is a competitive team but at home the Spurs should be too good and Mourinho is always a very tough manager on his own turf.
The four-team Spanish Super Cup kicks off on Wednesday, with a potential El Clasico final on Sunday - in Saudi Arabia. How does it work? Why have they changed it so much? BBC Sport has the answers to those questions, and more. What has changed? What was the old format?The Spanish Super Cup had the same format from 1982 until last year. The La Liga champions would meet the Copa del Rey winners over two legs at each club's ground before the start of the season.
Head coach of “Torpedo” Yuri Puntus in one of the post-match interviews said that in all the teams where he worked, “there are no problems with the attack.” However, statistics indicate the opposite - only nine goals scored in eight matches. It is said that the three main sides of the team from Zhodino are “defense, counterattack and Vova Bushma at the gate”. “Torpedo” really surprises with defense - four goals conceded. In the last match against “Slavia” also managed to keep the goal dry. A logical draw 0: 0. Gorodeya “issued cool football only at the start, having won two victories. Now the team is in 11th place in the championship, not winning since mid-April.“ Gorodeya “plays from match to match, alternating wins and losses In the last round, for example, there was a draw in the game against Minsk - 1: 1. The round in the championship of Belarus will start with a draw, the teams are grassroots and peace-loving.
Manchester United's year-on-year revenues rose from £589. Champions League. Deloitte said those figures "would likely see the Red Devils fall to their lowest ever Money League position in next year's edition. This could also put the club at risk of losing its position as the Premier League's highest revenue generating club for the first time in Money League history," Deloitte added.
He shone last season, scoring 21 goals and providing 24 assists as Ajax won a domestic double, and came close to reaching the Champions League final only to be denied by Tottenham's extraordinary late second-leg fightback. Ziyech also contributed to three Ajax goals in a 4-4 draw against Chelsea during their Champions League group game in November of this season. His performances in the Champions League for Ajax have been astonishing," Van der Kraan continued.
Derby manager Phillip Cocu: "We knew it would be a tough game and from the moment we conceded the goal it was going to be much harder against one of the best-organised teams in the league. We conceded an easy goal, and we had a poor start, we hesitated and we were slow which changed after we conceded which I'm a little disappointed about. But in the end we got an important goal and mentally we are in a good place and we kept pushing.
The home side go into this final game of the regular season a couple of points behind sixth placed Juventus Managua. The top six go into the play-offs and Chinandega have to win this match and hope that Juventus Managua lose at bottom-of-the-table Sabanas. Chinandega are in terrible form coming into this game, having lost their last three league games and conceding eight goals, while scoring just once themselves.
In the match of the 8th round in Vysshaya League . Newman will play against Ruh Brest at home. Ruh Brest started solid this season in Vysshaya League and after 7 rounds they are standing at the 12th position of the table with 3 wins 2 draws and 2 defeats. The main problem of visitors team is their attack. They have managed to score only 3 goals in 7 rounds, but they good safe their net, conceded only 3 goals so far
What does bode well for the hosts is that they've not conceded many goals at this venue, shipping only seven, which gives them the joint-second-best defensive record in the division. If they can spread the goals that they score out a bit more evenly, then a top-six finish is theirs.
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Given Rennes' poor away form and the great performance from Nîmes in midweek, we're backing this one to finish level. There's no doubt that Rennes are the better side here but they have had their fair share of slip-ups on the road recently and given the hosts' recent boost we feel they could give them a challenge here. The Crocodiles' defence is too poor for us to expect them to win here but we're backing them to get the draw in this one. With both sides' defences in tatters recently we're going to back this to finish 1-1.
There are 3 games played today in the reserves league in Belarus and this game has the biggest odds on the over 2.5 goals to be scored. Reasons could not be more clearer with BATE 2 having a record of just 1-1-6 in the league so far this season, but they remain same attacking minded side looking to dominate opponents, and should really be looking to dominate Slutsk 2 here, problem being they have conceded 2 goals or more in 6 of their 8 games played so far this season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are now unbeaten in 10 league games -- their best run in the top flight for 40 years -- as they cruised to a 2-0 victory over West Ham United. Wolves jumped to fifth spot, six behind Chelsea. With Adam Lallana also given a start as Klopp rotated his squad at the start of a hectic month, Liverpool underlined their depth as they blew Everton away in the highest-scoring Mersey derby since 1933.
West Brom have been very good at times this season and it leads us to believe that this run will end sooner rather than later. Now is as good a time as any for that to happen with the Baggies coming off the back of an FA Cup win at West Ham. While Cardiff is a tough trip to make, the Bluebirds struggle to kill off teams. This is reflected in their patchy record. Back West Brom draw no bet.
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United were 3-0 up going into injury time and only a fine stop from Sergio Romero kept out a free-kick that had it reached its intended destination would have achieved that ultra-rare feat in football: getting both sets of fans applauding in concert. A special night for the cup, for United and for Rooney? Informed by Jake Humphrey of the overwhelming emotional nature of the occasion, Rooney promptly pooped everyone’s party by replying: “Erm, not really.
Arsenal are not better than their opponent in their overall form as well as the table standings. Arsenal has even sacked a coach for things to improve but they are worsening as times goes on they have become unpredictable team.
I don't care when it closes, but it must close at the same time," he said in September. They spoke about finishing it before the season starts. Good idea, but only England did it. That makes no sense. It was a good idea but it didn't work out. In addition, the clubs will decide the date for the opening weekend of the 2020-21 season with both the finals of Euro 2020 and the Copa America on 12 July. Following a YouGov report published on Tuesday which said 74% of fans wanted the video assistant referee (VAR) retained with some modifications, referees' chief Mike Riley will give an update on the system.
This was Cole's first season as a regular with the Gunners and he kept his place for the final, with Arsenal hoping to win their third trophy under Arsene Wenger after winning the Double in 1998. Liverpool had already won that season's League Cup but were on the back foot for most of the game until Freddie Ljungberg broke the deadlock on 72 minutes. But Michael Owen conjured a late fightback for Gerard Houllier's men, scoring twice in the last seven minutes in a performance that went a long way to earning the England striker the Ballon d'Or for 2001.
In its handbook, there is a list of disqualifying events which range from a person holding "the power to influence another club" through to any unspent convictions or being in charge of a business that went bust. The numbers of owners who have failed this test publicly are relatively few. But in the same interview, Scudamore also said the number ran into "at least the tens, probably into the 20s". It should be of some reassurance to fans how deep and how hard we work on this," he added.
Fiorentina will probably be glad to see the back of 2019. They have been in poor form for the vast majority of it and were nearly relegated last season. Form is again poor at present and they needed a late equalizer to prevent losing five games in a row. Roma are fourth in the table and have only lost one away league match this season. A bet on another away victory for Roma looks a winning one to make.
The club's basketball team have also agreed voluntary pay cuts. Real said the move was "depending on the circumstances that may affect the closing of the current 2019-20 sports season". It added the decision would help mitigate a decrease in income "as a result of the suspension of competitions and the paralysis of a large part of its commercial activities". It was announced last month that Barcelona players would take a 70% pay cut and make additional contributions to ensure non-sporting staff received full wages.
German second-tier side Dynamo Dresden have returned two more positive tests for coronavirus. The Bundesliga 2 club put their entire squad and coaching staff into isolation for two weeks on 9 May after two players tested positive. Another player and the partner of a member of the coaching staff have also now tested positive for Covid-19. They will be placed under further quarantine, but the team will still resume training from Saturday.
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The Saints, 12th in the table, are six points ahead of the visitors, who are one point above the relegation zone in 17th place. Both teams have to address faltering form with each losing their last two Premier League matches. Southampton have enjoyed a revival under Ralph Hasenhuttl that could yet see them challenge for the European places.
Arsenal have made themselves an easy target in the past for those who point to flaky character and defensive frailty - but showed the other side of the personality Arteta is attempting to instil against Liverpool. Liverpool, maybe off the pace slightly with the club's first league title in 30 years secured, are still regarded as the benchmark for energy and work-rate, but Arsenal out-ran them, covering 112.
Curzon is a side from the bottom zone of the league table and their current form is really bad for them with 5 losses and just one win in their last 6 games played and they really scored just 2 goals total in those 6 games played by them lately failing to score in 4 of those games. This while the hosts are chasing after promotion this season, they are 6th in the league with 37 points, it is true they have little chances for the top place in the league but need to keep on winning games to keep hold of their play-off place.
Brighton's wins have come at home and this is a good opportunity to get three valuable points. Their form has improved of late, especially at home with the only recent loss being to third placed Arsenal. Tottenham's best form is at home and their away record is a disappointing one. Go for a home win in this match.
At the end of a busy week of meetings and discussions, European football's governing body, Uefa, offered some clarity over how they hope the game will begin to recover from COVID-19. As has become the norm for all football bodies, Uefa started by stating 'health was the priority'. After that came the plan. Leagues should 'explore all possible options' to reach a natural conclusion. If this cannot happen 'suspended domestic competitions should restart with a different format'.
That was an easy decision for the referee. GOAL! Man United 2-1 Tottenham (Rashford pen). After a long wait, Rashford goes to the goalkeeper's left - Gazzaniga having started to go the other way - and the Red Devils are back ahead. SAVE! De Gea saves a low shot from Ndombele that never had enough power to trouble him.
They play in their opponent's half more often than any other side, have the highest defensive line, play long more often than others, and also have the fifth best attack. They are more than a long-ball team. They are not, however, everyone's cup of sangria. Nobody has conceded more free-kicks (416) and no team has received more yellow cards (71). Quique Setien, who faces Bordalas this weekend in Barcelona, has been a particularly harsh critic going back to his time as coach of Lugo when Bordalas was at Alcorcon.