It was too easy to hit him with the old adage ‘he’s lost the dressing room’, but he wasn’t given a chance to turn it around and help players out of form. Instead, he was blamed for causing problems at the club and was dismissed. OK, he was silly to make statements about potentially wanting to leave, but you don’t know what game he was playing with Daniel Levy.
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West Ham United might have been spending the past few months dreading a final home game against Aston Villa who start this game in 17th. It could well have been a relegation decider for them but the 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Wednesday has made them totally safe. West Ham come into this game having earned ten life-saving points from their last six home league games.
Posted at 66' Foul by Steve Tevi Lawson (Livingston). SubstitutionPosted at 63' Substitution, Hibernian. Fraser Murray replaces Scott Allan. Posted at 58' Paul McGinn (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 58' Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Livingston). Goal!Posted at 56' Goal! Hibernian 1, Livingston 1.
SubstitutionPosted at 85' Substitution, Newcastle United. Matthew Longstaff replaces Jonjo Shelvey. BookingPosted at 84' Emerson (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card. Posted at 84' Emerson (Chelsea) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation. Posted at 83' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Federico Fernández. Posted at 83' Attempt blocked. Emerson (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Posted at 87' Richarlison (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 87' Foul by Kenny McLean (Norwich City). Posted at 86' Attempt saved. Tom Davies (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne. Posted at 86' Attempt saved. Lucas Digne (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
They are second in the table and host Preston North End who are in fifth place, nine points behind them. United have started to get the kind of jitters that their fans know only too well. One point from their last two league games has seen them drop to second, three points behind West Brom who they travel to in their next fixture.
The win, Brighton's first at home in four games, lifted them up to 13th in the standings while Bournemouth remained in 16th -- two points above the relegation zone -- after their seventh loss in nine games. Wolverhampton 19 7 9 3 29 24 30 . Tottenham 19 8 5 6 34 27 29 7 Sheff Utd 19 7 8 4 23 17 29 . Man Utd 19 7 7 5 30 23 28 9 Crystal Palace 19 7 5 7 17 21 26 10 Newcastle 19 7 4 8 19 28 25 11 Arsenal 19 5 9 5 25 28 24 12 Burnley 19 7 3 9 23 30 24 13 Brighton 20 6 5 9 24 28 23 14 Everton 19 6 4 9 21 29 22 15 Southampton 19 6 3 10 23 37 21 16 Bournemouth 20 5 5 10 20 28 20 17 West Ham 18 5 4 9 20 30 19 .
Preston have failed to score in their last four matches. Preston have one win in 11 matches against Fulham. Fulham have lost just one of their last eight away matches. Fulham have four wins in five matches. Preston have no clean sheet in seven home matches. Preston North End will play host to Fulham in the 21st round of matches in the Championship on Tuesday.
Slavia Prague were the underdogs in this group right from the day the draw was done, and they have not surprised. Here they take on an Inter side in good form and though they are playing at home, this may not matter a lot. Slavia Prague have back to back home losses in the competition and face a side enjoying good form. Inter may not have the best results away from home, but they will sure be dominant here. We will go with a win for Inter in this clash.
I know they played back two months ago also here at Sydney stadium and it ended just 0-0 in the end but circumstances where totally different as the hosts had 3 wins from 3 games in the league before that game, and did not really went all in on attack as in fact Brisbane dominated the game having more scoring chances and the hosts were happy in the end with the nil draw.
Minsk is coming to face bottom placed team, in order to keep up with the well play and push to the top of the table rivals. They are playing with a lot of goals on their games, but like all other teams, it is going down recently. Team will go for secure performance here, and may avoid another high scoring match.
Nuno Espirito Santo's men were the better team for large swathes of their contest with Spurs, however a late Jan Vertonghen sucker punch denied them a share of the spoils even though their performance probably deserved even more than a point.
We expect Ajax to cruise to a win given their form. The visitors are averaging over three goals per game in the top flight, while they have won away to each of the bottom four, scoring 12 times in that run. In the cup, Ajax have scored 21 goals across their last six outings, while we expect them to win this tie by a comfortable distance. We’re going with Ajax with a -2 handicap here, while a 4-0 success for the visitors in our correct score pick.
That may only be Leeds’ second win in eight games, but it was enough to move them to the top of the table: West Brom, fresh from knocking West Ham out of the FA Cup, got turned over by Cardiff City. That’s seven games without a win for the Baggies. Stuttering, as they say. And who’s that coming up on the inside rail? Why, it’s only Nottingham Forest.
Morata replaces Santiago Arias. Posted at 65' Foul by Maxi Gómez (Valencia). Posted at 65' Santiago Arias (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 64' Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Felipe. Posted at 62' Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Haaland has scored 16 goals in 14 appearances in Austria's top division this season and a further eight in the Champions League group stage, the second most in the competition. Salzburg finished third in Group E, which was won by Liverpool. Haaland, who will join Dortmund on 3 January, said: "There was a feeling right from the start that I absolutely wanted to switch to this club, go this route and play football in this incredible Dortmund atmosphere in front of more than 80,000 spectators.
The champion and the 4th club of the last championship began this season more than faded. Brest - 12th, Minsk - 13th. I expect that both clubs will be incredibly motivated to win, since any misfire can finally “finish” the championship for them.
Forlan's 116th-minute strike in the final skewed off Hangeland and squirmed beyond Schwarzer's despairing dive "We were so unlucky," Schwarzer remembers. Both goals involved heavy deflections - but I think after the disappointment people realised we had done something special. We had a fantastic manager, but we also had the right group of players with the right mentality and approach. I'm not saying everyone was best of friends but we had an incredibly good working relationship on and off the pitch.
The defence continues to leak goals and there is little fluidity going forward, despite boasting the world's most deadly attack on paper. MAN OF THE MATCH - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Far from a vintage performance from the magician, Messi still played a central role in Barca's victory in a game of low quality.
| Team | Events |
Wins | Draws |
Losses | Goal difference |
Points |
1 | Bayern Munich |
19 | 15 |
1 | 3 |
43 | 46 |
2 | Borussia Dortmund |
19 | 13 |
1 | 5 |
20 | 40 |
3 | Union Berlin |
19 | 8 |
7 | 4 |
3 | 31 |
4 | Hoffenheim |
19 | 9 |
4 | 6 |
10 | 31 |
5 | Freiburg |
19 | 8 |
6 | 5 |
8 | 30 |
6 | Bayer Leverkusen |
18 | 8 |
5 | 5 |
12 | 29 |
7 | FC Koeln |
19 | 7 |
7 | 5 |
-2 | 28 |
8 | RB Leipzig |
19 | 8 |
4 | 7 |
13 | 28 |
9 | Mainz 05 |
19 | 8 |
3 | 8 |
6 | 27 |
10 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
18 | 7 |
6 | 5 |
2 | 27 |
11 | Bochum |
19 | 7 |
2 | 10 |
-10 | 23 |
12 | Borussia Moenchengladbach |
18 | 6 |
4 | 8 |
-9 | 22 |
13 | Hertha Berlin |
19 | 6 |
4 | 9 |
-17 | 22 |
14 | Wolfsburg |
19 | 6 |
3 | 10 |
-13 | 21 |
15 | Augsburg |
18 | 4 |
6 | 8 |
-11 | 18 |
16 | VfB Stuttgart |
19 | 4 |
6 | 9 |
-11 | 18 |
17 | Arminia Bielefeld |
18 | 3 |
8 | 7 |
-8 | 17 |
18 | Greuther Fuerth |
18 | 1 |
3 | 14 |
-36 | 6 |