On Sunday, they somehow conceded three times in 10 minutes at home to a makeshift Leicester side before finally sealing a 6-3 victory.
But you have to give them credit, they kept pushing and pushing and didn't give up. We should have finished the game way before that.
The full-backs provided the width, with Alex Telles in particular given licence to bomb forward. It seems he may have an important role to play under the new boss.
I am at the other end of the pitch for our penalty shout. The goalkeeper comes out with his foot and he either catches him or the ball. The Bernardo one, he stood him up and it is got given.
“Next year it's the World Cup, everybody is looking forward to it. He also argues a change to the qualification format would raise the quality of matches.
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He is one to keep an eye on. If Anfield is sold out, it means we want to go and that's what we did.
Opta statsParis Saint-Germain ended a run of four consecutive Champions League matches without a win (D1 L3), enjoying their first victory since beating Bayern Munich 3-2 in April.Manchester City suffered their first Champions League group stage defeat since September 2018, when they lost 2-1 to Lyon; they had been unbeaten in 18 such games since then.Lionel Messi scored the 673rd goal of his club career and his first for PSG, ending his three-game goal drought for his new club.PSG's Lionel Messi has scored more Champions League goals against Man City (7) than any other player, while his seven goals against sides managed by Pep Guardiola (two vs Bayern Munich, five against Man City with him as manager) are also the most of any player.Manchester City had 18 shots in this match, their joint-most without scoring in a Champions League match, also failing with all of their 18 shots against Porto in December 2020.
That presents a challenge which is still very much a work in progress - and will be tested again when his side look to cut the gap to fourth against Leicester, live on Sky Sports Premier League on Saturday evening from 5pm.
Burak Yilmaz fired over from another flag kick 10 minutes into the second period but shortly after Cekir dangled a leg at Bale's run and left referee Artur Dias pointing to the spot, only for the Real Madrid man to blaze comfortably over the bar from 12 yards.
Indeed, those 19/20 (1.95) odds seem generous on Juventus proving too strong for a Napoli side in freefall and missing some key players.
He needs to have the backing of the club. Look at Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, they are all so British and the hierarchy is also British. Ten Hag might have a struggle to have the support from everyone to make his ideas clear to everyone.
But Martinelli, still only 20 years old, could still be a defining talent for Arsenal in attack. Expectations of centre forwards have changed over the last decade or so with many wide forwards among the top-scoring players in the European game - see Mohamed Salah, who has scored 15 goals in 17 Premier League games this season, for one such example.
It's the same with me, Bruno [Fernandes], Alex [Telles], Cristiano [Ronaldo], [Jadon] Sancho, all of us. We want trophies but it's been a long drought.
A further two-year spell with West Ham followed from 2013, before he completed a return to Middlesbrough where he helped the club win promotion back to the top flight in 2016.
I'm not very fluent in French but colleagues tried to calm down the player and to explain that if you continue it's going to be worse.
While the main aim is securing a place in next season's Champions League before Erik ten Hag's expected arrival as manager in the summer, United will also be motivated to avenge their 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool at Old Trafford in October in what turned out to be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's penultimate home game in charge.
The squad is full of talent and has a great balance of youth and experience. All my efforts for the next six months will be on helping these players fulfil their potential, both individually and, most importantly, as a team.
Brighton's upturn in results in the past month has been down to a higher conversion rate in front of goal but their superb defensive process is at the heart of Graham Potter's good work as a manager.
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“In the Premier League, it is not as good as we all thought, but it is a very difficult and even competition in which things take a lot of turns.
Last season we had the second leg in an empty Stamford Bridge but we were very intense. This time, we lost ball possession.
West Ham were relieved to go into the break still in the contest but Tottenham tried to turn the screw after the break.
That is likely to mean that Eddie Nketiah will see out the winter window in north London, with the England U21 international set to be retained by Arsenal despite attracting plenty of interest as his contract runs down.
He combined both attributes to full effect as he put his side in front - capping a fantastic individual performance.
I'm proud we were the pioneers that started it all really, certainly with the women's cup final. Looking back to the 1971 final, Lloyd recalls the build-up on the day included her and team-mates going for coffee and cake, then eating cheese and pickle sandwiches outside the venue, and that when we saw the actual playing surface, the grass was so long - that was my first thought.
I just enjoyed the sport and didn't really think too much about that and as I got older, I realised that I was the first South Asian, so it's a great thing but, ultimately, it's just a lot of hard work that got me there.
Spurs defender Emerson Royal told Sky Sports News that the players were learning what it means to suffer under the super competitive Italian.
Given we are in the midst of this Liverpool-City rivalry playing out, it could yet become English football’s greatest, and there is every chance it could do as soon as May.
There is huge hope this game can go ahead but behind the scenes there is huge concern that with all the difficulties that everybody is dealing with in Ukraine, it might not happen.
We were not good enough and we have to apologise for it, Arsenal manager Arteta told ITV. I don't want to use excuses, I expect the team I put out to do better and when you don't in the cup you are out.”
Speaking to Sky Sports News, McIntyre described the agreement as the biggest change I've seen in the game, adding that it will accelerate the growth of women's football in Scotland.
Everton's Anthony Gordon has been directly involved in five goals (four goals, one assist) in his past six Premier League starts at Goodison Park, while he has either scored (four) or assisted (one) five of the Toffees' past seven home goals in the competition
The Croat has certainly made a major mark on this season's Champions League, The 'Benjamin Button' of European football
Manchester City midfielder Rodri has also warned about the threat of Benzema ahead of the first leg against Real at the Etihad on Tuesday.
“We hope that Mbappe will be with us in Paris for many years,” he said. “I’m running out of words to describe him.”
“They always try to give us the ball in a situation like one against one. So they make our life much easier.
Brighton boss Graham Potter: There are always concerns when you don't win and we have to deal with that statistic.
Marseille were level by the break, with Bamba Dieng pulling one back from outside the box before Gerson levelled.
Vale's break meant they had forwards James Wilson and David Amoo back available but action at both ends of the pitch was scarce in a turgid opening 20 minutes.
Man United have given McKenna permission to leave with everyone at the club accepting it is a great opportunity for the Northern Irishman.
Giorgos Giakoumakis' dramatic late strike completed his hat-trick and gave Celtic a 3-2 win over Dundee which stretched their lead at the top of the cinch Premiership to three points. With new Dens Park boss Mark McGhee watching from the stand as he served the first of a six-game touchline ban, striker Danny Mullen shot the league's bottom side into a shock lead following a 26th-minute corner.
Due to medical confidentiality, I'm obviously not going to reveal any names but that's not what we wanted.
The goalkeeper said to Sky Sports: There's not much to say - it was embarrassing to see Man United play like we did today.
Before the transfer window opened there were stories of problems between Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo, other players wanting to leave, and some squad members being unhappy with their new manager.
John McGinn is banned, Marvelous Nakamba and Leon Bailey are injured, Jaden Philogene-Bidace is rested and Trezeguet is on international duty with Egypt.
Soon after he had teed up Ziyech for a low shot which was well saved by Szczesny, their roles were reversed, with the German slotting home his team-mate's low centre to cap a brilliant night for Chelsea only dampened by the injuries to Kante and Chilwell.
