Last season we conceded so many goals so the biggest challenge was to get more stable defensively and have shown we have turn things around now. Aston Villa boss Dean Smith: It was a tale of two halves.
It's the same for the younger boys too and a dream of theirs as well. You can see it in the way they played at the Euros this summer in getting out of the group.
There will be lots of dialogue over the weekend and we'll make a decision next week at the latest I would say.
He's a big player for us but it's up to other players to come in and take their chances, he told BT Sport.
This weekend's Premier League fixture list has seen five matches fall victim to the rising Covid cases, but what do the managers think should happen next?
Last week I opted for form over fixtures by picking Jota over Son Heung-min and, for the fourth game in a row both, Son and Harry Kane failed to provide an attacking return - but the signs against Leeds were that it's coming.
I am thinking about Walter's family at this sad time. Smith's loss was also felt at Everton, where he served as manager for nearly four years from 1998.
Klopp can oversee golden days ahead with Liverpool's younger generation, as Harvey Elliott has already proved his class while Fulham's brilliant teenager Fabio Carvalho is scheduled to arrive at the end of the season.
Gerard Pique is hoping “the best solution for everyone” can be found in the long-running transfer saga at Barcelona involving Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United-linked Ousmane Dembele.
Posh went close early on when Ricky-Jade Jones made space and forced Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba into a fine one-handed save, and the home fans had further hope when relegation rivals Reading fell behind.
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City doubled their lead just before the half-hour mark. Swindon boldly tried to play the ball out from the back, but the visitor’s quickly retained possession on the edge of the host's box and after a quick one-two between Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, the latter was put through on goal and cooly tucked his effort away.
I will be 100 per cent committed and I don't think there's anything wrong in football to have dreams and aspirations.
They had the youngest squad at this summer's tournament - but they are also young players who have been trusted and who have built up significant experience.
The ex-RB Leipzig man isn’t the first to experience worrying after-effects of Covid-19. The 23-year-old revealed his suffering
That meant the game had to go to extra time, and Deyverson struck in the 95th minute to give them back the initiative, with Manchester United’s on-loan midfielder Andreas Pereira at fault.
Luke Amos came closest to a goal when he hit the post, while Lyndon Dykes wasted a big chance late on.
Ordinarily, you would say that the central midfield players, when the other team has possession, you would want them close together but when you are on the ball you would split them.
THE TIMES Tottenham are confident of keeping Harry Kane after his options for a summer exit were further reduced by Manchester City's move for Erling Haaland.
An upturn in results for Norwich, who have won two on the spin, and Newcastle has seen Everton become dragged into a relegation scrap.
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I love this club. Maguire: It can't go on like thisUnited captain Harry Maguire admits he and his team-mates deserve the criticism that has been coming their way recently, and urged the side to respond to the Wolves defeat with victory against Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Monday.
Ukraine left-back Mykolenko joined from Dynamo Kiev and right-back Patterson signed from Scottish champions Rangers.
It looks like that dressing room, in the kindest way, it feels like it would be a bit of a holiday camp.
Meanwhile, Barcelona are also said to be interested in signing the 26-year-old as they look to strengthen in defence.
Sources from Ajax and the Dutchman's camp have told Sky Sports News talks over compensation and how to handle a formal announcement had taken place, after he impressed in his interview.
Arsenal Women head coach Jonas Eidevall has suggested Chelsea re-arranged fixtures in January to avoid playing without star striker Sam Kerr while she was away at the Asia Cup. WSL leaders Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-1 on Thursday night to move four points ahead of Arsenal in the title race with just a few weeks left of the season.
No disrespect to Shrewsbury but that Liverpool team should have been good enough to beat them. I managed in the lower leagues at Walsall.
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I think at first I did not think much of it when we were speaking. I think my mindset was that I wanted to be in the Premier League and I wanted to stay here.
17 years later, at the last Nations Cup, they progressed to meet Algeria in the final, only to fall behind to an early Baghdad Bounedjah goal and never recover.
The Germany international played the full 120 minutes of the Blues' extra-time Club World Cup final win against Palmeiras, and is now focused on picking up an elusive Premier League title.
When asked if he was still the right man to lead the team, he replied: We've come too far as a group and we're too close to give up now.
The likes of Thiago Silva, Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have all been allowed to leave at the end of their contracts, but they were players in the latter stages of their career that PSG were happy to move on from.
Haaland has scored an incredible 78 goals in his first 77 appearances across all competitions for Dortmund.
West Ham have some tall players in their ranks and won most of those battles in the air, even without the presence of Kurt Zouma to boost them further.
If you're going to win league titles, you have to make sacrifices. A decision has to be made sooner or later.
How Crystal Palace cruised to victoryNorwich began well at Selhurst Park, but had the wind taken out of their sails when Crystal Palace were awarded a penalty inside seven minutes.Hughes looked to create space for a shot, but a dangling McLean leg sent the midfielder over.
The 22-year-old had not found the net since May before this game but he took his first goal brilliantly, showed composure to score the retaken penalty for his second, then popped up in the right place at the right time to complete his hat-trick.
His compatriot Lukaku, in contrast, looks like a striker struggling for form and confidence, his current status not helped by an outspoken recent interview revealing discontent about his role that saw him dropped for the key game with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge and
You can also call it a corporate identity and this is their guideline for everything they do, for new players, staff members, for experts in different areas of the game that have become more important.
I have to look around me more. Now 28, Diemers is taking on more defensive responsibility than in his youth and this explains much of the focus of their sessions now.
