As Thomas Tuchel pointed out afterwards, it's not just a question of having two, three, five, seven players unavailable. Teams are closely integrated, deeply social things, all crammed up in the same air together, and Covid is an illness that thrives in just those conditions. So too fretfulness. As Tuchel pointed out to the BBC:
Throw in a north London derby scheduled for May and Spurs are in good stead. The mind games have already started when it comes to Conte and Spurs.
In the competition's history, only three players have had a longer run of goals without any coming at home - Ryan Giggs (13 between 2001 and 2003), Harry Kane (13 between May-September 2017) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (11 between January-April 2002).Conor Gallagher has been directly involved in 10 Premier League goals in 18 appearances for Crystal Palace this season (7 goals, 3 assists), reaching 10 goals/assists in the second-fewest games of any Eagles player in Premier League history, behind only Andrew Johnson in 2004-05 (17 appearances).Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has 42 Premier League assists, six more than any other player (team-mate Andrew Robertson, 36).
The club is paying close attention to the progress of the proceedings and will study what action to take. Diallo, 26, has played for PSG for five years, while fellow France international Hamraoui, 31, joined from Barcelona in July.
Next Sunday, they're going to play Liverpool and then they have to play Man City the week after. They're going to play Tottenham and then Chelsea and these are proper teams.
Tony Gustavsson’s Matildas squad contains six teenagers, some of whom have already made a name for themselves.
Squad Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Mönchengladbach), Yvon Mvogo (PSV), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier) Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Dortmund), Loris Benito (Bordeaux), Eray Cömert (Basel), Nico Elvedi (Mönchengladbach), Jordan Lotomba (Nice), Kevin Mbabu (Wolfsburg), Becir Omeragic (Zürich), Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino), Fabian Schär (Newcastle United), Silvan Widmer (Basel) Midfielders: Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz), Remo Freuler (Atalanta), Admir Mehmedi (Wolfsburg), Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), Djibril Sow (Frankfurt), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Denis Zakaria (Mönchengladbach), Steven Zuber (Frankfurt) Forwards: Breel Embolo (Mönchengladbach), Mario Gavranović (Dinamo Zagreb), Haris Seferović (Benfica) Sky Bet odds: 66/1 Best Euro finish: Round of 16 (2016), Group stage (1996, 2004, 2008) FixturesSaturday June 12: Wales vs Switzerland; Kick-off 2pm (Baku)Wednesday June 16: Italy vs Switzerland; Kick-off 8pm (Rome)Sunday June 20: Switzerland vs Turkey; Kick-off 5pm (Baku)One to watch Ricardo Rodriguez - The Torino wing-back scored in the international friendly win over USA, and he will provide a constant outlet down the left for Switzerland.
To win it] wouldn't be crazy, it could happen, but we have to work our socks off because we're far away from being one of the favourites in this competition.
They threw away a win against Cardiff, and then slumped to defeat at a Preston side really low on confidence.
But whoever the next Rangers manager is, they are getting a good job with a team four points clear at the top of the table.
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It's not about City to define if we can be happy or not. It's about us and what we can make of it. We have so many opportunities and so many different ways to win a football game and that we have to choose one and it's possible that we can do that.
Riyad Mahrez missed from the penalty spot for the first time since October 2018 against Liverpool at Anfield. He had scored each of his last eight penalties before this game.
Burnley, who are four points adrift of safety, are interested in Orsic as they want to sign a midfielder and a striker this January.
Joshua Kimmich clipped in a fantastic ball from midfield towards the attacker, who finished well into the bottom corner beyond Stefan Ortega.
“Some of these players have had a lot of games now. Marcus Rashford, he’s had a lot of games, are we ever going to see these lads reach their potential?
Bree was again the provider, his pinpoint free-kick from the right causing an almighty scramble inside the Robins area and there was Adebayo to fire home his 12th goal of an increasingly impressive campaign.
But some players find other paths to go down, and other ways to express themselves. Tayshan Hayden-Smith,
Bruno Lage gave a detailed explanation of how his Wolves side beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday.
Rovers have three league wins and are 10th in the Championship at the midway point of the season, but Chandarana is expecting Blackburn to perform much better in the second half of the campaign.
Now, they might not win it, because they're actually playing up against a ridiculously good team in Manchester City, but the hallmarks are there, the form's there, the patterns are there, and if you're Liverpool you're really, really confident going into these last nine games.
Conte believes Spurs have improved under his watch but to qualify for the Champions League would be an outstanding achievement.
But ahead of the release of 'ROONEY', a documentary charting his life, Rooney revealed he was wholly unequipped to deal with what hit him.
This is now a real test of leadership for The Confederation of African Football and world governing body Fifa - particularly if Senegal declare Mane fit for Sunday's quarter-final.
Barcelona lost to Bayern Munich to miss out on a Champions League last-16 place and drop down into the Europa League.
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel described James' call up as a misunderstanding and joked he thought the defender was included in the England water polo team because he was training in the swimming pool as he recovered from injury.
The Arsenal defender joined his Scotland team-mates for training 24 hours after missing their Euro 2020 opener against the Czech Republic.
Why do they all say 1921 on the back? they asked. The response they got left them rather surprised.
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Amid a cagey opening 45 minutes, Di Maria slid the ball backwards through Vinicius Junior's legs, earning a loud reaction from the home fans. However, the Brazilian pulled off some beautiful skills of his own later in the match, including a successful rainbow flick.
Arteta, who apologised to the fans for the performance, was asked post-match if perhaps one of the reasons for the defeat was the pressure being applied to them by Tottenham in the top-four race.
But this latest victory was just reward for another influential showing from strikeforce Bryan Mbeumo and Ivan Toney, who set each other up for Brentford's goals.
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He doesn't want to stay in January and I will speak to the club soon. Martial, 26, has started only twice in the Premier League this season and has made five more appearances from the bench.
Sevilla have made Manchester United a loan offer for Anthony Martial that would see the La Liga side cover his wages for the rest of the season.
If ever there was a year that showed spending money might not always be the way forward, this year would probably prove that.
If he does come in, Richard Arnold has to assess that very quickly. But I don't think Manchester United need upheaval in the dressing room.
No calls to have the game put back here, just a triumph, to quote Marcelo Bielsa, and proof that the bigger clubs can certainly cope with Covid, injury and AFCON absences if a Leeds squad out to stay a healthy distance above the relegation zone are able to.
The last few weeks have been terrible in terms of off-the-pitch incidents. He said essentially that not everyone mucks in when the reverse gears are put on.
However, Zimbabwe held out to claim their first Nations Cup win since 2006, although they still finish bottom of Group B.
Jones Knows' predictionChelsea's chance creation numbers are enough of a negative from the past two games to put me off backing them in this one at odds-on.
Defeat at NS Mura in the Europa Conference League prompted a startling admission from Nuno Espirito Santo's successor that the players he inherited are not at the level required to fulfil the objectives with which he's been tasked by the Spurs hierarchy.
Manager Thomas Tuchel, who tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday and is not yet in Abu Dhabi, has previously said: At some point, everybody who is not vaccinated will face some consequences.
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Algeria, who will be deposed as Africa Cup of Nations champions following their shock group-stage elimination this week, will play Cameroon, who are currently hosting the tournament.
The Women at the Match survey also found: Four per cent of women were willing to accept sexism as part of the matchday experience, down from 10 per cent in 2014Most (59 per cent) would like to see clubs condemn individuals who exhibit sexist behaviourFour in 10 (39 per cent) would like to see sexists ejected from the stadium, up from 26 per cent in 2014One in 20 supporters (five per cent) say witnessing sexist behaviour makes them not want to attend football matches in the future It's heartening to see the change in attitudes over recent years, with fans less likely to be accepting of sexist behaviour, or willing to brush it off or excuse it as banter, said FSA board member and Port Vale fan Ally Simcock.
Our next run of games, we're not playing Liverpool, Manchester City Manchester United, three of the best teams.
