He is unavailable for selection and during the next three months the effectiveness of treatment will be evaluated in order to determine his recovery process.
What should have been an exercise in drawing a dignified line under what has become a fiasco in recent times managed to leave even more questions, as United announced Michael Carrick would be caretaker for now before an interim appointment until the end of season.
The Baggies had already had midfielder Alex Mowatt sent off as their stuttering form in the Sky Bet Championship extended to three games without a win.
Anyone would be lying if they said they didn't want to be playing for the national team. It's something that is obviously at the back of my mind, said Mayling.
The couple had no idea what was to follow when they posted on social about their 31-hour sleepless journey to East Lancashire the day before - some 24 hours later the post had become viral.
Liverpool, Leicester City and Newcastle United are keeping tabs on Olympiakos revelation Aguibou Camara, who has impressed in the Europa League this season (The Sun, November 24).
They've had three bad results, when before that they were top of the league. They were still favourites to win the title four or five weeks ago.
Maja Lindelof posted news of the attack on Instagram, saying she locked herself in a room with the couple's children.
We also hear from Crooks in Ten To Tackle (37m52s), as the Boro midfielder reveals all answering our quickfire questions.
Klopp took a few seasons to perfect his Gegenpress method at Liverpool and have his players adapt accordingly. Liverpool scored their highest-ever league points total in 2018-19 and have been the only side to provide stiff competition with Manchester City in the race to win the league, netting more than 84 goals and boasting a +64 goal difference by May 1 – and sitting in front of the third-place contenders by a comfortable 20 odd points.
As a former Liverpool manager, Benitez has never been a popular figure among supporters but when away fans started chanting abuse during Sunday's defeat at Crystal Palace - after he substituted the injured Richarlison - the public show of dissent did not look good for his prospects.
Their fall has been a dramatic one, but Barcelona belong in the Europa League in their current state. The Catalans might still be one of the biggest clubs around, but the performances they have produced on the pitch this season have not been befitting of a team that deserves to go any further in the Champions League.
Arsenal felt aggrieved at that call after their own shouts for a penalty in the first half were denied following a long VAR check for Ederson's tackle on Martin Odegaard.
Manchester City have opened the scoring in the first 15 minutes in all five of their Premier League away games against Arsenal under manager Pep Guardiola, netting in the first two minutes in each of the last two seasons.
Klopp opens with the usual stuff — Eddie Howe's a good coach; Newcastle are a dangerous opponent; hello to old friends — but then swerves off into more serious territory.
There is a persistent belief, in and around football, that it is sometimes harder to go into a game needing not to lose than it is needing to win. It's the muddling of purpose that gets the blame, as perfectly competent football teams collapse into the gap between stick or twist.
Millwall could have already been ahead by this point but Afobe fired over following a cut-back by strike partner Tom Bradshaw.
Historically, attacking players usually take him the award, but Jorginho himself as said he hopes that all-round play will be taken into account, rather than just goals.
“We have always worked closely with Puma because they were the only brand that supported women's football. Now they have the problem that the players are being poached by Adidas and Nike.”
Chelsea had 26 attempts but were unable to find a breakthrough - the first time Emma Hayes' side have failed to find the back of the next in 60 WSL matches, a streak which stretches back to October 2018.
| 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 |