“Like I said, his versatility allowed the different coaches to play him everywhere. Emery loved him, Tuchel as well. His ability to create situations, to read the game were key. But he never established himself as a starter due to that. He needed to go. Leipzig was the perfect move.”
But look what he does on the pitch. In any case, you can’t criticise a player like that, someone who criticises Messi doesn’t understand anything about football.”
The win moves Tottenham up to fifth in the Premier League, with Spurs a point behind West Ham and with three games in hand.
SCORE PREDICTION: 4-0 Opta stats Man City's last four home games against Burnley in all competitions have finished 5-0 to the Citizens.
His creative output declined at Inter Milan, failing to secure a regular starting berth before his horrific collapse at Euro 2020 last year - but Eriksen is an undisputed world-class talent and a stellar acquisition for Thomas Frank's side.
We need to recognise the journey we are on - and its interruption - to rebuild both on and off the pitch.
Ibrahimovic was on target as AC Milan ended a run of four league games without victory with a 3-0 win against Genoa.
It is a scoring record far inferior to that of Pique, almost identical, in fact, to Clement Lenglet's return in La Liga.
This is the minimum that supporters demand and it earned Lampard's players their standing ovation when the whistle went for half-time with the game goalless.
The 27-year-old was direct in his running down the left flank, and proved to be a key attacking outlet, giving Palace right-back Joel Ward a lot of problems. In total, Robertson made three key passes, one successful dribble and made a total of nine crosses.
Zouma - who on Thursday was called up by France for their World Cup qualifiers in September - has been with Chelsea since January 2014, when he joined the club from Saint-Etienne.
How Rangers moved further clear at the topThe visitors arrived in Glasgow with severely depleted resources after an outbreak of Covid in midweek, meaning Tam Courts had to make six changes from the side that lost at home to Livingston last time out, including starts for teenage duo Archie Meekison and debutant Craig Moore.
He is someone whose world is their oyster. He can go as far as he wants to go and has impressed us an awful lot. He is very consistent and mature for someone at such a young age.
The 25-year-old made his debut off the bench in the Reds' 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win over Cardiff City, and Klopp saw enough positives to hand him his first Premier League start against Leicester on Thursday night.
The Spanish club agreed a deal to sign Torres from City in the week leading up to Christmas. They are able to spend in January after recently receiving sizeable investment via a bank loan.
He gets considerable distance on his kicks but he is capable of striking them with precision accuracy too.
It was not a strong conversation, but obviously we had to change a few things, Rangnick said when reflecting on a poor display in the opening 45 minutes.
When he doesn't turn up at Burnley away, they get beaten. Tottenham are a one-man team and that's not being disrespectful.
All three of the Premier League title contenders have playmaking full-backs that are taking centre-stage for their clubs with James grabbing the limelight as Chelsea thrashed Italian giants Juventus.
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According to the Mail, Real’s offer far surpasses that amount, and though Barcelona, PSG and Juventus were also interested in signing Rudiger, the 29-year-old is expected to join the Liga champions elect this summer.
Why wouldn't you break the bank for managers, if you need to get a manager out of a club. In my opinion, they are very important.
That was a shocker!' - Nev's damning verdict on UtdPlayer ratings: Salah, Keita 9; Maguire, Shaw, Pogba 2Solskjaer: My darkest day as Man Utd managerDefensive woesDefensive issues have been the primary issue behind this recent slump, but the fact United won a league-high 31 points from losing positions last term suggests the attacking strengths have been propping defensive weaknesses for some time.
City boss O'Neill had made three changes to the starting line-up from the previous game against Derby, including a place for Tom Ince who scored in the defeat to the Rams.
After blocking Dennis from linking up with his country, having reluctantly agreed to let Ismaila Sarr join up with Senegal on the back of an injury, Watford boss Claudio Ranieri was quizzed on whether the Hornets were disrespecting Afcon.
In fact, they look more determined than ever. They are the 14th side to hit the milestone but none have done it in fewer games (97).
He has now posted an image on social media that has got supporters around the world reading between the lines of what his message might be.
In the keenly contested showdown, the Al-Ittihad centre-back – who has featured prominently for the North Africans - picked up the injury before the half time break, and he was subsequently subbed off for Mahmoud Trezeguet – who scored the winner against the Atlas Lions.
He has rushed back because he has a huge conscience to help his club. You get lots of players who hide in the treatment room but he has not done that. I massively respect him for that.
Dons striker Mohamed Eisa cancelled out Colby Bishop's early header for Accrington, who kept the visitors at bay after midfielder Liam Coyle was shown a straight red card for his 34th-minute challenge on Daniel Harvie.
Chelsea's request to have their game against Wolves on December 19 postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreeak was denied by the Premier League.
Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace - Match report and highlightsHow the teams lined up | Match statsThe fact that Watford's only home win in the league this season was a 4-1 hammering of Manchester United - which occurred under ex-manager Claudio Ranieri - feels like a strange quirk in their season.
Under Nuno in Traore's standout 2019-20 season, Wolves were the seventh highest scoring team in the Premier League after 17 games with 24 goals, but at the same stage of this season they have managed just 13. Only bottom-of-the-table Norwich have scored fewer.
A big fee at the time for a young player. The next might be Declan Rice, although David Moyes is quoting £150m for that particular transfer.
The final that was somewhat overly built up as Sadio Mane against Mohamed Salah ended with the Liverpool duo patiently waiting as the shootout got going between Senegal and Egypt.
When a team doesn't have a striker, they often play better football because they will have more players who want to get on the ball, come short, and teams can't get the ball off them, he said.
Richie Smallwood shot over from the edge of the area for Hull. Soon after the break, McBurnie headed wide from another Norwood cross.
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After retiring, Rincon managed a number of lower-league sides in Brazil, while he also worked as a youth coach at former club Corinthians and as an assistant manager at Atletico Mineiro.
Only Chelsea's Edouard Mendy scores higher than Ramsdale for expected goals prevented this season. Mendy is also the only goalkeeper in the Premier League with a higher save percentage.
Barber said Brighton supporters would have to complete a pre-match online declaration and ideally wear masks inside the stadium.
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We have been on totally different trajectories. We were leggy at the end, they worked us really hard.
Karl Toko Ekambi - CameroonLyon have struggled in Ligue 1 this season and head into Sunday's meeting with PSG in the bottom half of the table, but they'd be in a far more perilous position were it not for Karl Toko Ekambi.
“It comes after we tried to engage with a small number of fans suspected of being involved in anti-social behaviour.
But the counter-argument would be that, at this stage, he should have got United both dominating and, crucially, scoring goals against inferior opposition.
The Frenchman was captain - a role you can see he takes seriously - for that entire spell and had little thought about making sure he got the farewell that 269 appearances and 67 goals deserved.
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