Instead, the Anfield anthem of You'll Never Walk Alone was accompanied by virtual silence as the players walked out while the shouts of celebration from Liverpool staff members as they posed for photographs before the formal presentation could be heard echoing around the cavernous stands. This was not the title celebration as Liverpool or their supporters wanted it - they all wished to be together with Anfield a sea of red.
Fair to say he had a mixed night. He called Southampton to beat Norwich, and they did; he called Spurs to win at Old Trafford, and that didn’t go quite so well. But it was his rousing defence of Watford’s squad that really caught the imagination: They may not have a manager, again, for the second time this season.
The dream is to have a team full of 'Scousers'. What we want to be is the sport for everybody with a Scouse soul. Klopp made clear he is looking for players with a certain outlook rather than judging them by birthplace - pointing to the three-year contract this week for England Under-17 winger Harvey Elliott, born in Surrey and a product of Fulham's youth system. Of course, if you love football and are talented, we want you to be here," the manager said.
Venezia is not a strong team in Serie B. In the 2019-2020 season, this team currently has 33 points, ranked 16th out of 20 teams in the tournament. Venezia's recent form is not high, they only won 1 of the last 5 matches. In the last 8 home games of Venezia, this team has never known the feeling of winning.
So will Tottenham. After what happened to them against Sheffield United on Thursday, I would expect a reaction from Jose Mourinho's side. It will be a good battle, but I'm going for a Spurs win. Lawro's prediction: 2-0Simon's prediction: I still have a soft spot for Mourinho but he has lost that air of invincibility and I don't know if losing that magic means he has also lost the power he used to have over his players.
Parma are heading into this clash with three straight wins behind them, making them the obvious favourites with the bookies. However, it’s not just recent form which has the home side as the team to back here. Parma have won 11 of their 18 matches against Brescia in Serie A: three draws and four losses.
And you look an idiot when it doesn't. The last couple of days have been about us talking about it because it is no use saying we are playing well but losing - that doesn't work. It was about mentality in both boxes, being focused, and we were. The only disappointment was maybe that we didn't put it to bed earlier.
Slutsk will host Vitebsk for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, both teams have a great results at the start of the new season. However, I think, the hosts have better chance to continue with the winning results. Slutsk have advantage at home stadium. I expect, the hosts to dominate in this game. They tend to score a goal. Also, Vitebsk will try provide a strong resistance. However, they have a very difficult task on the road. In any case, the hosts have an effective attack. I think, they will closer to victory. My pick - Slutsk to win.
We have started off something with the rebuild but today I'm disappointed because you have to come to these stadiums and get more points against teams like today. Watford boss Nigel Pearson backed his side to climb out of the relegation zone following their first home win this season. We're in a difficult situation but we can get out of it," Pearson said.
I think yes, we should as a sport talk about opportunities for coaches and managers but there is also administration and many other areas of the game where we employ people in analysis departments and medical departments. We should have representation across all of those areas. Southgate 'always observing' players breaking lockdown rulesWhile Southgate praised many of his players' actions during lockdown, he also said he and his staff are "always observing" those who have broken rules.
St Mirren had ended a run of eight league losses away from home with a win and draw without conceding a goal, but they now had to think about finding an equaliser. Their moment almost came with 15 minutes remaining when Cameron MacPherson's looping free-kick found Conor McCarthy drifting away from his marker at the back post, but the defender headed wastefully wide from 12 yards. As the game opened up, Katic fired just wide and Defoe powered a drive over on the break, but the English veteran's first-half strike was enough to secure the three points.
Tijuana Woman come into this match having won the last match 3- 0 having won 1 of the last 2 matches with both matches ending with at least 3 goals. The last 4 game of 5 league games has ended with at least 3 goals.
That strike came just moments after Sheffield United came close to taking the lead themselves - Oli McBurnie stretching to meet a cross but just failing to turn the ball into an empty net. Victory for Manchester City means they strengthen their place in second. They have 51 points - 13 behind leaders Liverpool but six ahead of Leicester, who play West Ham on Wednesday. Sheffield United, meanwhile, remain seventh on 33 points.
Uerdingen and Preussen Munster will face each other in the upcoming match in the 3. Liga in Germany. Uerdingen this season have the following results: 10W, 6D and 8L. Meanwhile Preussen Munster have 4W, 9D and 11L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Olympiakos come into 2020 still to lose in the Greek Super League. They are in second place and just two points behind PAOK with a ten point gap to third. Home form has seen them fail to win just one of their home league games with just three goals conceded. Panathinaikos are the draw experts in the league but this is a tough game for them and the home side can get the win and be ahead at both half and full time.
Whether he was pushing his players up, or dragging them back, they did exactly what he asked them to do. A masterclass from Atletico "Atletico lined up in a 4-4-2 formation but Koke always tracked Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson so he was sometimes playing as a right-sided full-back in a back five. If not, he was pushing inside, on to Georginio Wijnaldum," said Stephen Warnock. Saul Niguez went high and tight on Fabinho, and there were times when Atletico were almost going man-for-man and leaving a three versus three situation at the back, although reinforcements were never far away.
Both managers, Jose Mourinho from Tottenham and Jurgen Klopp from Liverpool, should be satisfied with one point from this match. The Special One is facing lot of problems - the actual form isn't at desired level, while the key player Harry Kane is out due to an injury. Mourinho is well aware of the fact that draw will be a good result for the Spurs. Klopp, meanwhile, will also be satisfied with one point as Liverpool have 13 points advantage to the second placed Leicester City and 14 points more than the actual champions Manchester City. Plus, Klopp has some injury worries as Fabinho, Naby Keita, Lovren, Matip and Milner are struggling with various injuries.
the Deportivo Aves fc and the Portimonense fc, meet in Portugal Premier League. The Desportivo Aves fc is in 18th position with 6 points Collected. While guest team the Portimonense fc came in 17th by collecting 14 points Collected.
I actually prefer betting on this fixture between Mainz and Schalke on over 2.5 goals being scored in it than the Bayern Munich game which is also played in Germany today, and reasons could not be more simple, the guests are on the last Europa League place, I know they did not score in their two away games so far losing 5-0 at Bayern Munich and 0-0 draw at Hertha but it is not so easy to be scoring against those two sides, while last season they also lost the game played here with 3-0 in the end but it have over 2.5 goals scored in it.
Hannover is one of the teams, that had good form before corona outbreak, and they should try to keep on with their performances, in order to challenge promotion to the Bundesliga. They are going to face rival, which is on the last position at the league table, and which is having a lot of issues this season.
| 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 |