WSL news | Fixtures | TableGet Sky Sports | Live football on Sky SportsSky Sports to show Arsenal vs Man Utd, Chelsea vs Arsenal in FebruaryPernille Harder scored a hat-trick as Chelsea cruised to a 4-2 win over West Ham.
On the international front, an impressive Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign saw the Australia captain become the Matildas' all-time leading scorer with her 48th international goal.
And when we think about the league as a sporting competition, we price this in, and depending on how its affects our team we breathe a sigh of relief, or shrug, or start compiling spreadsheets about the grand unfairness of it all. All part of sport's rich flavour. The game is the game, but justice, luck, injustice and ill fortune are the seasoning.
Siriki Dembele also troubled the visitors' backline and was regularly fouled, with referee Leigh Doughty handing out three yellow cards to Millwall players in the opening 45 minutes.
Championship fixtures | table | highlightsGet Sky SportsThat breakthrough went the way of Boro as Tavernier steered a fine strike from the edge of the box past Dai Cornell in the 26th minute.
James Milner, Liverpool's oldest player, deputising for the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold, delivered the measured cross that found its way to Mane at the far post for the second.
Jonathan Woodgate then netted three minutes into extra-time after converting a free-kick taken by Jermaine Jenas that clinched the victory.
The build-up to their Crystal Palace defeat on Monday was marred by an injury to left-back Kieran Tierney, with Arteta describing the setback as not positive with regards to the Scotland international returning in time for the season run-in.
That salary is astronomical even by world soccer standards, and is more than several MLS teams pay for their entire squads.
An away win would have seen Livingston climb above Aberdeen in the standings but the victory saw the home side stay in touch with the battle to reach the top six, while Livi dropped to second-bottom as a result.
Racing away from five opponents as he did when running half the length of the field against Aston Villa earlier this season is, they say, an irrelevance when he cannot deliver the finish.
I absolutely don't like judging the importance of games because you can never tell. What we did with N'Golo Kante, 90 minutes, was close to being irresponsible, explained Tuchel.
By the standards of conventional takeover processes, the Chelsea auction has moved at breakneck speed, with executives at other major investment banks suggesting that such a complex sale would typically have taken at least six months.
Thomas Tuchel has joined the growing calls for five substitutes to be allowed in the Premier League again.
And Salah had the final say, set up by Diogo Jota this time, with his second of the night to cap it off as Liverpool added a four-goal win to their five-goal beating of United in October.
The Chelsea captain hit the deck and looked to be in some pain, but he picked himself up and helped Spain to see out the closing stages of a vital victory.
Everton may have only secured a point against Leicester but, with the Clarets registering back-to-back Premier League victories just once all season, it was a victory of sorts in the relegation battle which may just help them win the war.Jack Wilkinson Leicester lack cutting edge There was a frustrating sense of déjà vu for Leicester as they trudged off the field at Goodison Park.
But two wins are imperative because that would at least put them in touch with the teams just above the drop zone, with an extremely tough run of games to follow.
Many of the home fans were growing frustrated at that point as their side struggled to convert their dominance into goals but Smith Rowe was soon joined on the pitch by Bukayo Saka, who combined with Lacazette to set up Smith Rowe for their second.
After an indifferent start to the season, the England international has scored in each of City's last three games, including the crucial equaliser in Wednesday's Champions League win over Paris St Germain.
The next six weeks will tell the story actually if he makes it and if he will be fully available after the six weeks, or if he needs surgery after that.
That was a wimpish performance at Watford. 'Something not right in dressing room' Referring to the manner of the defeat at Watford, Neville told the Gary Neville Podcast the next few months would reveal whether his old side's standards of defending, which have seen them keep only two clean sheets in their last 25 games, was down to Solskjaer, the players at his disposal - or disquiet in the Old Trafford dressing room.
Arveladze has also managed Kayserispor, Kasimpasa, Trabzonspor, and Maccabi Tel Aviv but will be best remembered in the UK as a player with Rangers, where he won two league titles, two Scottish Cups and the Scottish League Cup between 2001 and 2005.
The visitors, however, are looking to avoid drifting closer to the relegation zone and are hoping to spring a surprise.
Smith was the pick of the Wales bunch in Helsinki, impressing both in central midfield alongside Levitt and on the right late on where he produced a couple of brilliant crosses into the box.
Influential captain Wahbi Khazri was only fit enough to take his place among the substitutes but the North Africans had the best chance in the first half in Garoua, as defender Montassar Talbi had an effort cleared off the line.
They threw away a win against Cardiff, and then slumped to defeat at a Preston side really low on confidence.
They are in my eyes the best footballing team. A decision was made by the club, we introduced ourselves on a zoom call to get to know each other.
There's a lack of decisiveness of knowing what to do and how to make the right decisions. There are better managers in terms of credentials on paper.
Their purpose and energy was rewarded soon afterwards, when Weghorst fired home from Roberts' low right-hand cross, giving Sanchez no chance.
Gilmour picked up UEFA's man-of-the-match award against England before contracting coronavirus and subsequently missing Scotland's final Euro 2020 group game against Croatia on Tuesday night.
N'Golo Kante provided the spark as he set Reece James on his way to cross for Pontus Jansson's own goal, and Christian Pulisic won the penalty which Jorginho converted.
His team-mates are helping him and we have to keep the momentum. Bad game, we lost, it's our fault, it's as simple as that.
The other top entries are skewed from varying degrees of game time, but Carrick will almost certainly be hatching a plan to nullify wing-backs Alonso and James - with the former likely to start after Ben Chilwell's injury against Juventus.
And smile even more that we'll be back, and we'll be the ones with the full stadium belting out our anthem that we all deserve.
He's in the spotlight and we'll protect him. Romelu will always be part of the solution, Tuchel said.
Nearly assisted Diaz, who scored but was offside, in the first-half with a driving run into the United area.
Arsenal, meanwhile, contrived to end the night with 10 men once again, Thomas Partey earning two yellow cards within three minutes of each other on his return from the Africa Cup of Nations.
The hosts were then reduced to 10 men when Selimovic panicked after Dykes raced past him and on to an Adams pass, by grabbing at the QPR striker and there was no surprise when he was sent packing, with Scott McTominay curling the resulting free-kick from 25 yards over the bar.
At times, it wasn’t always with the ball and I know how much he enjoys the ball at his feet and trying to make things happen. He showed a different side tonight and to get his goal at the end pretty much capped it off perfectly for him and for us.
I have to thank my teammates for all their help in the games. I felt confident going into games and it's always nice to score.
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They're going all in with their team, they travel all around Europe with them like we saw in Barcelona.
He spoke to the team, the employees, and also to majority shareholder John Elkann. I don’t think it’s right that I add anything to all of that.”
Raheem Sterling - 5Attempted more shots (three) and completed more dribbles (four) than anyone else but lacked composure at key moments.
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Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo says he suffered cuts to the face after attempting to fight off a gang of robbers while with his family.
