English football was more democratic back then, which meant United had to fight for everything. From the famous January FA Cup tie against Liverpool onwards, they played 43 hours of football spread across 28 matches. And during those 2580 minutes, they were almost always living on their nerves. Only 318 minutes were spent with a cushion of more than one goal - and over a third of those minutes came in the fraught Champions League tie against Internazionale, when a two-goal lead felt anything but secure.
Conceded by Wes Harding. Posted at 90'+4' Attempt blocked. Tyler Roberts (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Harrison with a cross. BookingPosted at 90'+3' Jefferson Montero (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card. Goal!Posted at 90'+1' Goal! Birmingham City 4, Leeds United 4.
Club officials believe there is "less value for money" in the January transfer window and that the Gunners "spent heavily" last summer bringing in Nicolas Pepe for a club-record fee of £72 million. Arsenal have recently been linked with moves for Adrien Rabiot, Dayot Upamecano, Nathan Ake and Daniele Rugani.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has told BBC Sport that the scrapping of relegation if the season has to be cancelled due to a second wave of coronavirus cases was "a significant topic" and would need to be debated by the clubs. Media playback is not supported on this device 'We have to be flexible' - Premier League chief executive Richard Masters speaks to BBC sports editor Dan Roan Some clubs are known to want relegation discarded this season.
The conference followed a separate meeting, hosted by culture secretary Oliver Dowden, involving medical experts from several sports organisations, government and Public Health England, about "stepping up planning" for sport's eventual return. Representatives from football, rugby union, cricket, racing and funding body UK Sport were present. Dowden introduced the meeting and said elite sport would return behind closed doors "when, and only when, it is safe to do so on the basis of expert medical advice".
This Chelsea side probably won’t win the whole thing, but they could provide a stern test to any opponent they draw. MAN OF THE MATCH Willian (Chelsea): After a couple of years on the naughty step with many Chelsea fans, Willian continues to impress under Lampard. He was a direct and inventive threat on both wings, and helped set up the opener with his assist for Tammy Abraham.
Athletico PR will host Gremio for this fixture of the league. Both sides are one of the ambitious teams in this season. Both teams are in solid shape in the last matches. Of course, both teams have the motivation to make a positive result in this game. In any case, I expect this will be tense match. Yeah, the hosts will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch. However, they will have to invest a great effort in this game. I expect, the visitors will try to provide a strong resistance. Also, we have Gremio who's is one of the best teams on the road. I think, the visitors will try to pick up at least one point. Maybe this is - draw. In any case, Gremio will try to get the victory on the opposite stadium.
This has the making of a thrilling cup tie. Carlisle looked as if they were going to knock Cardiff out in the first tie but let slip a 2-0 lead. Both sides have been regularly scoring and conceding of late and the confident tip here is for both teams to score a goal.
Teplice is 12th on the table and collected total number of 28 points. They have lost the last 3 consecutive games. In the last game, they lost 3:1 to Ceske Budejovice. Pribram is 15th on the table and collected total 21 points. In the last game, they won 2:1 against Liberec. Pribram should have a good chance in this match. Teplice managed only one point from the 5 matches and the team fell to 12th place. Pribram has improved (2-2-1), thus improving the team to the nearest point with 21 points. There was 1-1 in the first leg, and here I expect quite close game.
We've seen an increase in the infection curve, and that's resulted in 1,200 people [in Liverpool] contracting Covid-19," said Rotheram. That needs to be investigated to find out whether some of those infections are due directly to the Atletico fans. There were coronavirus hot cities, and Madrid was one of those. They weren't allowed to congregate in their own country, but 3,000 of those fans came over to ours, and potentially may well have spread coronavirus.
Their latest reverse, the 2-1 FA Cup fifth-round loss at Chelsea, was not a surprise as Klopp has shuffled his pack in this competition, the game was at Stamford Bridge, and the stakes were huge for manager Frank Lampard and his players. Throw in the Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat at Atletico Madrid, a matter that can still be put right at Anfield, and there is no doubt Liverpool are going through the kind of occasional downturn that affects even the greatest of sides.
Posted at 72' Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 72' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa). Posted at 70' Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía. Posted at 67' Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 67' Foul by Kortney Hause (Aston Villa).
He previously managed Chelsea, winning the Premier League and FA Cup in his first season in 2009-10, before being sacked after a trophyless second campaign. He has also won domestic league titles with Milan, Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich. But the 60-year old manager now faces a different sort of challenge as he aims to haul under-achieving Everton back into the top half of the Premier League and transform them into a club vying for European competition again.
On the European front, Atleti's midweek 1-0 loss against Juventus in Turin means they need to beat Locomotiv Moscow at Wanda in a fortnight's time to guarantee their progress to the Last 16 of the Champions League – a feat they should manage although the circumstances will inevitably heap plenty of pressure on Simeone's men.
However, despite both teams' respective league positions, we expect Augsburg to present a tough test to Mainz this Saturday. Augsburg have lost just one of their last six Bundesliga games. They are also undefeated in their last three Bundesliga games, winning two.
Posted at 48' Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Second HalfPosted at Second Half begins Shrewsbury Town 0, Bristol City 0. Games at Loftus Road this season have averaged 3.9 goals with the R’s scoring 28 and conceding 27 goals in 14 games. 11 of those games have seen over 2.5 goals
Assisted by Harry Wilson. SubstitutionPosted at 66' Substitution, Bournemouth. Callum Wilson replaces Junior Stanislas. Posted at 64' Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 63' Attempt missed. Philip Billing (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Posted at 61' Diego Rico (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
The Football Association has demanded that football in the 9th and 10th tiers – bizarrely just those two – must stop immediately due to the threat of coronavirus. That encompasses 34 leagues in total. What does it mean for promotion and relegation? You can bet Saffron Walden Town will be fuming if they are denied the lucrative step up from the Essex Senior League, while Sporting Bengal United look to have survived another year.
The television broadcast during the afternoon made immediately clear that every shout, sound of the referee's whistle, and thud of the ball bouncing off the empty stands would create a haunting atmosphere at all of the matches played in this way. The experience for those inside the stadium was even more bizarre at times. According to the league's hygiene protocol, only up to 320 people, including the players, staff, club officials, journalists, broadcasters, and security personnel were allowed to enter a stadium divided into three sections - the field area, the stands, and the outside area.
MONDAY’S BIG HEADLINES Pochettino will be back and soon Can Mauricio Pochettino deem himself hard done by after the events of the last week? Well, perhaps. Did he deserve to be sacked? Probably not. Is he sacked? Absolutely definitely. But does his sacking offer up an opportunity? Absolutely. The managerial merry-go-round is all about supply and demand.
| 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 |