Citing a club source, AS reported that Celta said Smolov had asked permission to return home for personal reasons but they could not grant it as La Liga did not authorise his request. The 30-year-old player continued to inform Celta of his movements and told them he would return once he had resolved his personal issue, the report said.
The Premier League's inaugural winter break concluded with Liverpool 25 points clear at the top of the table after a 1-0 victory over bottom side Norwich. Chelsea were denied twice by VAR as Manchester United closed in on the Champions League places with a controversial 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. Tottenham scored a late winner at Villa Park to take all three points against Aston Villa, while Arsenal hit four past Newcastle to claim only their seventh league win of the season.
Leaders Red Bull Leipzig will also be fielding offers for striker Timo Werner, winger Emil Forsberg and defender Dayot Upamecano but it would take a big bid on any of the three to make them jeopardise their bid for a first Bundesliga. LIGUE 1 All the signs suggest that Neymar's mooted move back to the Nou Camp will not take place until the summer at the earliest, while Real Madrid also look to be playing the long game with his team-mate Kylian Mbappe.
West Bromwich Albion will play host to Sheffield Wednesday when the Championship resumes after the international break. Heading to the game, West Brom are top of the standings with 33 points, while Sheffield are eighth on 25 points. So far, West Brom have been the best team in the league, with just one loss in 16 matches in the Championship and they are the second best scorers, with 29 goals.
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The arguments and language contained in this week's legal filing caused great offense and pain, especially to our extraordinary Women's National Team players who deserve better," he said in a statement. It was unacceptable and inexcusable. I did not have the opportunity to fully review the filing in its entirety before it was submitted, and I take responsibility for not doing so.
The tiny Basque side, who have the smallest stadium in La Liga, took the lead in the 10th minute when Esteban Burgos stabbed home from close range at the far post after Atletico failed to properly defend a corner. Atletico, who lost last Sunday's Super Cup final to Real Madrid on penalties, were without captain Koke plus defenders Kieran Trippier and Jose Gimenez and never got a grip on the game on a rain-swept evening at Ipurua.
Manchester United have warned anyone "visibly or audibly" supporting Manchester City in a home area of Old Trafford on Tuesday will be ejected. The clubs jointly decided to cut away allocations for the two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final on security grounds. There are fears City fans could buy tickets in home areas after United put tickets on general sale after failing to sell out. It is expected around 70,000 fans will be at the game.
Ernesto Valverde's side began November with a woeful 3-1 defeat at Levante and a dull 0-0 stalemate away to Slavia Prague, but they have since posted three straight wins against Celta Vigo (4-1), Leganes (1-2) and Borussia Dortmund (3-1). Barca are comfortably through to the knockout stages of the Champions League which means they can fully focus on La Liga over the next couple of months, with everything building towards El Clasico on 18th December.
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They have three losses in their last five home matches, with no clean sheet and just one win. Fortuna have won just one of their last 11 Bundesliga matches and in the process won just seven out of a possible 33 points. Of their last 10 Bundesliga games at home this season, Fortuna have won just three.
I don't think we had any semblance of hope for the future of this club for over a decade. We are willing to put our trust in them, even in such a short period of time they have earned it. The fact they are supporting the club with their own money through this period as well, it is a sense of standing with them and showing them that the fans are grateful. Hirst said work being done by the club and owners during the public health crisis by providing thousands of food parcels for vulnerable families has resonated strongly with fans.
I am talking about the timeframe between the moment you lose the ball, when you try to win it back, and what you do in the meantime. If you cannot win it back immediately by competing with the person who took it off you, then you get back into position, and the team drops back into its shape. These are the basics, really, but doing neither leaves you exposed, which is what has been happening too often to Arsenal for a long time now.
FC Porto vs Feyenoord predictions for Thursday's match in the Europa League. Anyone of the four teams could still qualify from Group G heading into the final round of fixtures and it's Porto that have the home advantage in their match against Feyenoord. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.
MAN OF THE MATCH Jonathan Kodjia. Plenty of Liverpool youngsters impressed, but for all their fine play, there was one thing lacking – an end product – something Kodjia provided in timely fashion. He will argue he should have had a first-half hat-trick, feeling he got a touch to Hourihane's free-kick, but on his first start of the season, two other fine finishes will do his confidence a world of good.
United were doing well without Pogba but, if he is anywhere near his best form, he is going to enhance that team further. Tottenham have benefitted from the break too of course, in the way they have Harry Kane back available after suffering a spell where they were short of strikers and struggling for results. A fifth-place finish will secure a Champions League for next season if Manchester City do not overturn their European banBoth of these teams will have their eye on a top-five finish which might get them into the Champions League.
Cagliari are flying at the minute in Serie A, as they scored twice for the sixth time in seven matches. They have the league’s highest shot conversion rate, while at home they are looking tough to beat. Six wins in seven with a total of 18 goals scored has pushed Cagliari into the top four, while they know they can cause problems for the strugglers.
Aston Villa's Premier League survival feels better than when they were promoted last season, says manager Dean Smith. A draw at West Ham was enough to keep Villa up with Watford and Bournemouth joining Norwich in the Championship. Villa were promoted via the Championship play-offs in May 2019, three years after being relegated. I'm emotional, pleased, proud - all the adjectives to go with it. It's a magnificent achievement," said Smith.
Charlton U23 and Millwall U23 will face each other in the upcoming match in the Professional Development League. Charlton U23 this season have the following results: 6W, 5D and 4L. Meanwhile Millwall U23 have 8W, 3D and 5L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
FC Koln haven't had a great time since the Bundesliga season resumed. They had drawn their first two games but then lost 3-1 at Hoffenheim on Wednesday evening. Both sides had a player sent off but Koln found themselves 3-0 down after 48 minutes. One goal was pulled back but a penalty was missed and they slumped to defeat.
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A change of shapeYou may feel that you know exactly what to expect from a Mourinho team nowadays. Methodical? Well drilled? Sure. But exciting?Mourinho quickly adapted his tactics during his first season at Stamford Bridge. Initially he wanted to play a 4-4-2 diamond, with Frank Lampard playing in behind two strikers, as Deco had so artfully done at Porto. The Chelsea team which beat Manchester United on the first day of the season on 15 August 2004.
In the video, Madley mocked that he "had a chance of winning the parents race this year". The video then appears to have been passed on to his employers after he fell out with the recipient. Out of context I accept this reads shamefully," Madley said in the blog post. I accept that. However my intention was that the joke was aimed at myself. I sent it as a private text to somebody who I trusted, somebody who understood the context of previous sports day comments and was aware of the fat shaming I had received.
Arsenal's 1997-98 title win with a goal against Everton. Speaking of the Gunners, they would forever have to stomach the asterisk that would attach itself to their remarkable, iconic Invincibles season. Yes, technically unbeaten, but they didn't play the last nine games. Other such iconic incidents would also be lost, some with culture-changing consequences. Mentioning "Fergie Time" to someone would prompt only blank stares in return as the two Steve Bruce headers against Sheffield Wednesday that contributed so heavily to the term being coined would never have happened.
I'm so sorry, especially since I'm very close to Naples," he told reporters following his team's 4-2 defeat. I apologise to all the Neapolitan fans, obviously our fans were angry with the referee and took it out on those who had nothing to do with it. Known officially as territorial discrimination, insulting chants about Naples are common at Italian matches and are an offence under Serie A's disciplinary code.
TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES UEFA meet to ask…what happens now? From this meeting, the dominoes may well fall. The various parts, members, stakeholders and whatever else of UEFA will be calling in to one massive Google Hangout today in order to discuss what the merry hell happens now. The most likely conclusion from all of this is that Euro 2020 is pushed back…to when, we are not sure – maybe December, maybe January, maybe next summer – but it’s obvious that the pan-continental tournament can’t happen as scheduled.
Nam Dinh has 4 losses in a row as they lost in the cup this after winning in the first round in the cup with Gia Lai 2-0 they lost the next round, and in the league their last 3 games played by them ended with them losing twice on the road with 1-0 plus a 2-1 loss at home to The Song as well and it is true their defense is really not that strong but the guests are also one of the weakest teams in the league and have even lost with no less than 5-0 away at Binh Duong their last away game in the league.
Since then, Alli has suffered form and injury problems, but has appeared rejuvenated since Jose Mourinho took charge of Tottenham in November. Although he did not add to the eight goals he has scored this season, his intelligent running caused Villa problems throughout. Son had seven of Tottenham's 23 efforts on goal, with Alli next on five - including some of their best chances. Kortney Hause's superb block prevented him from equalising at 1-0 down, and Alli stretched as he headed Bergwijn's cross back across goal but wide of the right far post.
Bolton remain in an unfavourable position, but it can't be ignored that Keith Hill's men continue to improve. A lot of their stats say otherwise, but a lot of those stats are skewed by the ridiculous position that they were in at the start of the season. Make no mistake about it, The Trotters are now a tough side to face, especially at Macron Stadium.
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Los Blancos will be equally optimistic about landing the spoils this Sunday night having accrued 14 points in their seven away league matches this season, and there will be no better tonic ahead of Wednesday's rearranged El Clasico than getting the better of this in form Valencia side at Mestalla.
In the modern game he would be an out and out winger but he could do more than that. He could get on the ball and do things. Frank McAvennie: What a player. Frank had it all. He could head the ball, he could run, he could score goals, he could be cheeky, he could defend, he could close people down. Tommy Burns: Left foot, cultured, but he drove manager Billy McNeil mad because he would run all over the place and Billy would tell him to stay on the left, but when Tommy was a manager he would preach the same thing to his players.
Bate will face Minsk away on match day four of the league. BATE have started the season poorly after losing their last two away games against energetik BGU, Slavia Mozyr but got a narrow win against Rukh Brest. They will Minsk on the road who have started the season strongly after winning against belshina, dinamo Minsk but lost away to energetik BGU.
I have experienced being looked after by some great doctors and nurses the last couple of years. They have been fantastic with me. They really do their jobs with a lot of passion and emotional intelligence, expertise and competence. I really think they deserve our gratitude. Vialli scored 21 goals in 58 Premier League appearances for Chelsea'Solid family helped me stay on the straight and narrow'Vialli scored 21 goals in 58 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and managed the club between 1998 and 2000.
There may be slightly more positivity around Barnsley, but that’s because back to back wins in a season which has seen more than 50% of games end in defeat is remarkable. The visitors remain the Championship’s top side, having managed to extend their lead at the weekend. The Baggies moved three points clear of Leeds to sit top of the tree at Christmas.
Premier League players union says wage cut would hurt health service Liverpool place some non-playing staff on temporary leave Rose says players have 'backs against the wall' over pay Football in the UK has been suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus with Hancock calling the Premier League and its clubs to "take action" by agreeing to a pay cut.
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Some 114 days after Manchester United won at Derby County in the fifth round on 5 March, the FA Cup resumes on Saturday with the first of four all-Premier League quarter-finals. Norwich City's game with 12-time winners United at Carrow Road (17:30 BST) - a match you can watch live on BBC One - marks the the return of the competition, which was stopped because of the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC is also showing Newcastle United against holders Manchester City live - one of three ties on Sunday.
I understand the situation but I'm not a sack of potatoes who you can do anything with," the 32-year-old told Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo. I want to be somewhere I feel wanted and respected. If that's here then I'll be delighted but if it's somewhere else then I'll be the one who decides where, not anyone else.
Marcus is growing and improving all the time and Anthony has missed eight weeks. I'm impressed by them, working well on finishing patterns. We want consistency and we'll see more and more of them. Solskjaer confirmed captain Ashley Young would miss out with injury but was hopeful that long-term absentee Eric Bailly, sidelined since July with a knee injury, would be fit for Sunday's clash at league leaders Liverpool.
