FRIDAY'S STORIES Top stories Video - Lampard says he'll never do a Jose and join Tottenham00:46 15:57 - Celtic fined Celtic have been fined 15,000 euros by UEFA for illicit banners and offensive chants by their supporters in their Europa League match against Lazio last month. Scottish champions Celtic beat the Italian outfit 2-1 at Celtic Park but the game was overshadowed by events off the pitch.
The striker scored five in three as Sunderland drew 2-2 at City before beating Chelsea and Cardiff. Seb Larsson's acrobatic volley secured victory at Old Trafford and a 2-0 win over West Brom saw Sunderland stay up with a game to spare. Leicester 2014-15 Leicester became just the third Premier League side to be bottom at Christmas and avoid relegation - after West Brom (2004-05) and Sunderland (2013-14).
Bringing on two of their best players in Lo Celso and Moura and moving to a 4-4-2 with Dier in midfield made the side a lot more solid, though even then Sanchez's presence at the back meant they always looked susceptable. Man of the match - Dwight McNeil What an exciting prospect the England Under-21 winger looks.
While technical issues have not been a problem, Jepson joked some players have been arriving late to team meetings and forward Kirsty Linnett is always singing on their Zoom chats. There's always a few people jumping on a bit late but they're the usual suspects. The players are good with it and they have a right laugh," she said. The problem is trying to hear yourself think when they all start talking on it.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2Jimi's prediction: I really like Sean Dyche. He is a solid geezer by the looks of things. Arsenal v Man City (FA Cup, 19:45 BST)Arsenal's win over Liverpool on Wednesday was aided and abetted by some mistakes by the Reds but it was still a great result for them. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta made a few changes with this game in mind, but his problem is that City boss Pep Guardiola also rested several players when they beat Bournemouth on the same night.
With stadiums closed and uncertainty over TV revenues, clubs in other countries have issued financial warnings as the virus continues to spread, and Norway is believed to be the first country to announce such sweeping temporary layoffs. While clubs in countries like England and Spain can pay top players and managers huge salaries backed by lucrative TV deals and sponsorship agreements, teams in smaller European countries often live on the edge, trying to pay competitive wages while balancing the books.
Ben Chilwell tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside. Posted at 49' Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 49' Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City). Posted at 47' Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City). Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Inter Milan beat Genoa to finish 2019 top of Serie A. The former Manchester United striker put Antonio Conte's side in the lead with a header and Roberto Gagliardini made it 2-0 moments later.
Gary Holt's side hasn't done brilliantly at home, but they've done marginally better in their away days. Whilst they only score an average of 0.67 goals at the Tony Macaroni Arena, that number rises to 1.71 on their travels and they have netted at least once in all those games. However, they are yet to keep a clean sheet on their travels and have conceded an average of 2 goals, which has led to 4 defeats and only 5 points to their name.
MONDAY’S TOP HEADLINES 22 points? Wind the league up, pal See alsoTottenham Hotspur v Manchester City - Premier League LIVE Liverpool have a 22-point at the top of the Premier League. Yea, they are good and all that but…22 points. Nah, not for the Warm-Up. Nope. That’s not a league that takes itself seriously.
Posted at 81' Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Aynsley Pears. Posted at 81' Attempt saved. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Posted at 80' Jack Harrison (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 80' Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Middlesbrough).
We've now got a variety of handball rules, which is madness. Is new handball rule spot-on or misguided?Moyes says there is a movement to change the handball rule and believes the International Football Association Board (IFAB) should be looking at the law. At the moment there is a big campaign to try and change this ruling," he said. You could say they are trying to change the offside rule as well.
Playing matches behind closed doors is "sadder than dancing with your sister", says Spain manager Luis Enrique. Germany's Bundesliga became the first major European football league to restart after the coronavirus shutdown when it resumed over the weekend. No fans are allowed, substitutes and coaches are spaced out at a distance on the bench, and players are not supposed to celebrate goals together.
Croatia remain sixth in the Fifa rankings, two places behind England, and still have the inspirational Luka Modric to call on. Like the team itself, Modric may be past his best but take Croatia lightly at your peril. They have risen to the occasion against England in the past, not just in Russia but also infamously at a rain-lashed Wembley in November 2007 when - even though they had already qualified - they won 3-2 to end Steve McLaren's hopes of reaching Euro 2008 and his time as manager.
The hosts now known as Reggio Audace played their last 3 games at home with Padova ending with just 1-1, but there are reasons to hope for over 2.5 goals being scored here as not only have 9 out of their last 10 home games this season ended with both teams scoring but 8 of those games including 5 games in a row in the league ended with over 2.5 goals sometimes even over 3.5 goals scored as they are undefeated in the league at home despite conceding 11 goals in 9 home games they also scored 20.
The two sides have had good runs in their recent matches and if anything, this match promises to be quite entertaining. United are coming straight from a win over Chelsea in the Premier League, which pushed them to four matches unbeaten. As for Club Brugge, their win over Waasland-Beveren marked their 12th unbeaten outing.
FK Slutsk will play against Vitebsk in the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga football. Favorite Slutsk are coming from a very good away victory against Isloch Minsk while the visitors are coming from an 0-1 away victory against Smolevichi.
In Laporte's absence, Fernandinho has been the mainstay of City's defence but I don't think it is an issue that they have hardly played together at the back as they go into the final part of the season. City's system and style is the same whoever is in the team, so all of their players always understand how they play anyway, however Guardiola rotates things. I actually think their chemistry at the back will be better with Fernandinho and Laporte in the same side but, in any case, the manager will have bigger calls to make with his squad in the next few months.
Joao Pedro missed a penalty seven minutes after halftime, Simeone spared his blushes by scoring in the next attack and Andreas Cornelius headed a last-gasp equaliser. Mattia Bani scored an 89th minute goal, turning in Musa Barrow's cross at the far post, to give ninth-placed Bologna a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Brescia in the early game.
Spectators in the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan were shocked when Sevilla threw away a two-goal lead against 10 men Osasuna. Lopetegui was saved by Youssef En-Nesyri, who stabbed home in stoppage time. But the feeling remains that any more bad results could end the former Spain and Real Madrid coach's tenure in Sevilla.
They have scored two goals or more in four of their last 10 matches and they are unbeaten in the last four matches at home, winning three. They have done well at home, winning 10 and losing just one of the last 15. In the Eredivisie, PSV have three straight wins at home and have scored two goals or more in five of their last six league matches at home.
| 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 |