Before January I was at 20 goals, after I haven't scored yet but I'm five goals away from beating my record from last season and so confident I will be able to do it. At first I wasn't taking in that I hadn't scored against [United] and then the last two years I have known the record and have started to think about it too much. Now I am not thinking about it. I know I am going to get a moment. Game has grown in magnitude' City lost to United in the Premier League in December but knocked them out in the EFL Cup semi-finalsUnited go into the game at Old Trafford on the back of a nine-game unbeaten run in which they have kept seven clean sheets and scored 22 goals.
Posted at 68' Offside, Watford. Troy Deeney tries a through ball, but Adrian Mariappa is caught offside. Posted at 68' Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adrian Mariappa with a cross. Posted at 68' Attempt blocked. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Deulofeu.
Dortmund have scored over 2.5 goals in four of their eight home games in all competitions. We predict they will do this again in Friday's clash with struggling Paderborn. We are backing a 3-0 win for Dortmund in this game.
While Guardiola's champions were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw at Newcastle United, leaving them 11 points behind leaders Liverpool, Leicester secured a last-gasp 2-1 win over Everton the following day to cut the gap to eight. Video - Rodgers: There will be 10 names for Arsenal job, but I'm happy at Leicester00:46 Leicester, who won the title in the 2015-16 season against odds of 5,000-1, have won six matches in a row in the league.
POOR FORM Chelsea's poor form continued with goals from Michael Obafemi and Nathan Redmond earned Southampton a surprise victory at Stamford Bridge and condemned Frank Lampard's side to their fifth defeat in seven league games. Obafemi broke the deadlock with his first goal of the season, bursting inside from the right and curling into the top corner after a tight opening half hour.
While the Glazer’s regime has never been popular, over the last few weeks there seems to have been a general and pointed rise in public dissatisfaction. To widespread condemnation, a section of United’s support have reworked their traditional “Build a bonfire” song repurposed to cast Ed Woodward and the Glazer family as the fuel.
Victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will take Liverpool's points tally to 61 from 21 matches, 12 points more than Arsene Wenger's Arsenal at the same stage in 2003-04 when they completed an entire season unbeaten. Liverpool are also unbeaten so far this season and 13 points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand, but Klopp said he will not allow his players to get distracted by the prospect of setting new benchmarks.
Full TimePosted at 90'+4' Second Half ends, Club Brugge 1, Real Madrid 3. Posted at 90'+2' Eder Militão (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+2' Foul by Odilon Kossounou (Club Brugge). Goal!Posted at 90'+1' Goal! Club Brugge 1, Real Madrid 3. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Casemiro. Posted at 89' Attempt missed.
They were quickly punished for their profligacy as Leeds broke downfield from the subsequent goalkick and Mateusz Klich played Bamford in behind and his second attempted cross was stabbed into his own net by Sollbauer. The Tykes made an excellent start to the second period and Chaplin fired wide before Styles really should have made it 1-1 when he drilled a low shot wide from 18 yards after pinching the ball from Leeds defender Luke Ayling.
Fabio Cannavaro has won the first major honour of his managerial career with Guangzhou Evergrande sealing their eighth Chinese Super League title just weeks after he looked set to be sacked. Cannavaro was temporarily stood down from managerial duties in late October to attend a "corporate culture class". The club's owners then decided to restore him as manager after he agreed to "deep self-reflection".
Rodgers added: "Jamie is a real talisman for the team but if we are going to have success it is about the team. He hasn't played for us in a number of games and the team has still played well but of course we want him fit and well. He is such a good player and we hope it is not too serious. Vardy has contributed to 34% of Leicester's league goals this season and has started all but two of their 24 matches.
And with fixtures against Osasuna, Villarreal and Mallorca to come before the Christmas break, it's distinctly possible that Sevilla could be at the summit of La Liga over the festive period with either or both of Barca and Real set to drop points in El Clasico on 18th December.
Mr Wing translated for him. He came on tour with us when he went to Asia that year. And now we wait to see who’s going to finally pin down that feature interview with Mr Wing. COMING UP Pretty thin pickings today, unless you particularly fancy trying to find a way to watch the early stages of the Copa del Rey.
Real Madrid got on equal points with Barcelona last weekend after Barcelona failed to win at Sevilla and Real Madrid won the tough away game at Real Sociedad. But after Barcelona won yesterday, Real Madrid are again 3 points behind them, so they need a win.
The FA has done extremely well as far as the targets are concerned," he said. As far as the coaches are concerned, the BAME coaches were over 20% so we've actually exceeded the 2021 target (20%). That's very encouraging. In terms of gender, we're over 35% across the whole of the workforce [2021 target is 36%]. There will be an England black manager'This week, England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling called for more BAME coaches and leaders in football.
Otherwise, his poorest start to a campaign was when he collected 37 points after 16 games in 2011-12. That was his fourth and final season with Barcelona. Those are the only two seasons to date in which Guardiola has not won the league title as an active manager, and it's looking increasingly likely he will miss out again come May next year. Granted, you can never say never in football. Saturday's derby defeat by rivals United was also the first time under the 48-year-old that City have lost two home league games in a season.
The Valiants have been averaging just 1.16 goals per away game in League Two this term, and with their attacking threat already minimal, we don't expect them to offer much in forward areas against a City team that are on another level to their usual domestic antagonists.
After a look at the form going into this one, the hosts seem to be worthy favourites. His men have won three of their four games under him, while they have won their last two home matches under his watch. Their weekend win at Swansea should set them up perfectly for a result in this home clash, especially when you consider the standard of the opposition.
VAR overrules. Messi played Suarez through and the Uruguayan makes no mistake from 10 yards out, but he's a yard offside in the build-up. GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 B Dortmund. This one counts! The ball runs kindly for Messi and he improvises the killer pass into Suarez who is perfectly level. He takes a touch and slots past the 'keeper.
They also had to follow the instructions Simeone was barking throughout the game. Inside the stadium, you could see the Atletico players looking at their manager all the time - asking 'what do you want from me?', 'what have I missed?' or 'what haven't I done?'. If you have that belief in your manager, you believe his game-plan is going to work - and Simeone's worked to perfection. Off-nights and poor deliveries Saul Niguez's goal for Atletico was the earliest Liverpool have conceded in the Champions League since Gabriel Jesus scored past them in the second minute for Manchester City in April 2018The worry for Liverpool was always going to be conceding first, because Atletico are the worst team you could go a goal down to in a tie like this.
| 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 |