After dropping to sixth in early December, Bayern -- chasing an eighth successive title -- have 39 points from 19 games, one behind RB Leipzig who lost 2-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt earlier on Saturday. Borussia Moenchengladbach are third on 38 with Borussia Dortmund on 36. Schalke, on 33, lost ground with the top four.
Ten-man Celtic survived a Rangers onslaught - including a missed penalty - to clinch their fourth Scottish League Cup in a row and 10th consecutive domestic trophy. Christopher Jullien slammed in the winner with Celtic's only shot on target, though the French defender appeared a yard offside. But three minutes later in a frantic contest, Jeremie Frimpong was sent off after fouling Alfredo Morelos in the box, only for Fraser Forster to save the Colombian's penalty.
Liverpool were taken to court by New Balance last year after it was alleged the club was looking to switch to Nike once their existing contract ended in May 2020. Boston-based New Balance, Liverpool's official kit supplier since the 2015-16 campaign, said they should have been allowed to match Nike's offer.
While Liverpool made it to this competition thanks to their Champions League Final win in Madrid, Monterrey earned their place at the FIFA Club World Cup courtesy of winning the CONCACAF Champions League. They beat fellow Mexican side Tigres in a two-legged final.
It's not fair to judge people on the colour of their skin. We're here to play football and not get verbally abused. Government must work with FA on racism - Elliott'Cyrille became like a family member'During his formative years, Gibbs-White came to the attention of former England striker Cyrille Regis. Regis, a football icon who fought prejudice during three decades as a player, was an agent at the time and had been alerted to Gibbs-White's talents by the player's father, who had become a good friend.
She is a machine. She makes it look so easy, she is such an athlete. Ferguson: "She sets herself extremely high standards and she hates losing. There is a real art form to playing in that full-back role and she has perfected it. Julie ErtzErtz won the World Cup with USA with France in 2019 - the second time in her career after also winning in Canada in 2015. The USA's player of the year, she plays for NWSL finalists Chicago Red Stars domestically.
The hosts are having problems in the league in Denmark where they are just 2nd at this moment and in their only game in the league after the winter break ended up losing with 1-0 away from home at Esbjerg increasing the difference separating them from the league leaders from Midtjylland there, while they had a really easy group in the Europa League and did not even win it, drawing twice with Dynamo Kyiv home and away they were lucky they defeated Lugano twice because Malmo defeated them last game away from home and if Dynamo would have defeated Lugano at home they would be out of the competition right now.
But Liverpool moved through the gears after Naby Keita broke deadlock with a rising 25-yard drive, and they added further goals before the break through Trent Alexander-Arnold's fine free-kick and Gini Wijnaldum's close-range strike. Olivier Giroud scrambled in for Chelsea on the stroke of half-time but their hopes of a comeback appeared to be snuffed out 10 minutes after the break, when Roberto Firmino headed in his first Premier League home goal of the season from Alexander-Arnold's cross.
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Other sporting events were still taking place, including horse racing's Cheltenham Festival in the second week of March, which was attended by 251,684 people. The UK government has defended its decision to allow such events to go ahead before restrictions on mass gatherings were enforced 10 days after Liverpool's fixture. While there is no confirmed link between the Liverpool match and any coronavirus cases, on 20 April the government's deputy chief scientific adviser, Angela McLean, said it warranted further investigation, describing it as an "interesting hypothesis".
Aluminij will host Olimpija for this fixture of the league. Both teams are one of the ambitious teams in this league. However, the visitors have a better team than their opponent. Yeah, Olimpija have a poor results in the last matches. Nevertheless, the visitors have the potential to pick up the victory. Also, we have Aluminij who's is also strong team in this season. Aluminij is the best home team in this campaign. Of course, the hosts will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch. True, this will not be an easy task. I think, the visitors want to get all three points. They will try to be much more serious in this game.
The Euro 2020 play-off semi-finals are likely to be played in October, the Football Association of Ireland has said. The governing body's interim chief executive Gary Owens took part in Tuesday's teleconference with Uefa. The Republic of Ireland are away to Slovakia in the play-offs with Northern Ireland away to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Irish FA has not commented on the potential date of Northern Ireland's trip to Bosnia.
We never give up. The team is always there, that is my feeling," Guardiola told reporters. You (the media) analyse the result. Of course, it's not good for us. I know it doesn't count but I have to analyse the performance. The performance was good. City will have a chance to get back on track when they visit Burnley on Tuesday before rivals Manchester United head for the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
So who is left in the famous competition? Which two of the remaining eight teams are seeking to win it for the first time? When is the semi-final draw and when does the final take place? Will there be replays?Here, BBC Sport tells you all you need to know as the FA Cup gets ready to return. FA Cup final renamed to raise awareness of mental healthNorwich v Man Utd and Newcastle v Man City quarter-finals live on BBC One Why are the quarter-finals in June?The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 4 March and the four ties were originally scheduled to be played on 21-22 March.
FRIDAY’S BIG HEADLINES Bruno joins United Transfer deadline day was deprived of its most established trope yesterday when Manchester United actually managed to conclude the longest-running saga of the January window a day early. Having been burned before by Wesley Sneijder and Nicolas Gaitan, The Warm-Up was steeling itself for about 15 full hours of feverish updates on Bruno Fernandes’ latest reputed location on flight radar, but no, Ed Woodward got his act together and got the £68m deal done.
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West Ham is in poor form despite pulling out a great result away at Chelsea recently where they even won the game with 1-0 in the end but Chelsea has been poor this season in home games just 4-2-4 record for them at home, so not that big of a surprise in my eyes, but West Ham is not really playing at their own stadium but at the Olympic Stadium in London, and here they lost 4 games in a row right now.
In what looks like an interview filmed on someone’s phone, Brescia club president Massimo Cellino responded to Mario Balotelli being dropped from their first-team by coach Fabio Grosso by…well…by being colossally racist. And with clockwork-like depressing predictability, the club chose not to side with, apologise to or sympathise with their player after being racially abused, but rather use the banter defence.
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Jack Grealish: Aston Villa desperately needed these points although it did come at a price. Jack Grealish was once again the driving force behind this impressive away victory at Turf Moor. The goal by the Villa captain was beautifully taken and enough to put the game beyond Burnley. However, I thought the tackle by Ben Mee, which resulted in Wesley being carried off, was a heavy challenge and went unpunished.
He came off the bench in a 1-1 friendly against Croatia, and by the time he received his second cap against Scotland in October, Fernandes was a regular fixture for Benfica’s first team. Fernandes did not find the target in the league, but provided two assists from central midfield under manager Rui Vitoria.
Hapoel Ironi Akko meets Hapoel Afula. Hapoel Ironi Akko play bad in recent matches. The team is in 3 matches losing run and need to improve to survive. Ironi Akko is particularly in better shape and with 34 points, the team are 8 points ahead the drop zone.
Contador is auctioning off his bike used in the 2011 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, while Rafael Nadal is donating his shirt which he wore when he won the 2019 French Open. FULL STORY 17:22 - Infantino may be open to dual-country leagues Here is a report on potential changes to football once we return from coronavirus.
The young right-back is Premier League proven and has been one of Norwich’s best players this season which, coupled with what will likely be a relatively low-price tag, should make Aarons a key target. Video - Barca to snatch Arsenal's top target as Messi fury prompts action - Euro Papers01:19 Arsenal Lastly, we come to Arsenal.
It is not the situation they wanted because in the last two seasons he missed a crucial Champions League match and they must want him fully fit. Simeone's last stand - Atletico Madrid v LiverpoolJurgen Klopp's Liverpool will are looking strong to make it three finals in a row after coming top of Group E and come up against an Atletico Madrid - runners-up behind Juventus in Group D - at the Wanda Metropolitano, where the Reds lifted the trophy for the sixth time last year.
Meanwhile, River Plate arrive a wounded beast after a dramatic Copa Libertadores final defeat to Flamengo in Lima last weekend. Marcelo's Gallardo's troops were set to become only the second team ever to record back-to back Libertadores title wins but somehow went from winning in the 89th minute to being 2-1 losers at full time, leaving hearts broken.
Oleksandria have only lost twice at home domestically this season, playing eight games in front of their own fans, while Wolfsburg have drawn two of their six games on the road in the Bundesliga. The Ukrainians score an average of 1.63 and concede an average of 1.13 goals at home this season, while Wolfsburg score an average of 1.33 on the road and concede 0.83, which is why we’re expecting a low-scoring affair this Thursday.
Football clubs relate to the community. So when all this clears up, great; everyone’s well and everyone’s fine. But a major factor in a community could be that their football club’s gone. These clubs need help from somewhere, but I don’t know how it can be done fairly. Nicolas Pepe of Arsenal takes on Gaetano Berardi and Ezgjan Alioski of Leeds United during the FA Cup Third Round match between Arsenal FC and Leeds United at the Emirates Stadium on January 06, 2020Getty Images TALK OF PLAYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IS PREMATURE I think we’ve jumped into a panic mode already, to be perfectly honest, talking about finishing games behind closed doors.
Well it would come as no surprise if this encounter is indeed a goal fest as the hosts won two games in a row on the road winning with 2-1 away from home at Hapoel Hadera which can be quite tough to break in defense this while last round they even won 4-2 away from home at Hapoel Raanana and they can consider themselves safe from relegation at this stage but should keep on scoring goals and being attacking minded.
Yes, I expect they will make one or two changes against Fulham on Sunday, but I love the fact they really go for it because Pep Guardiola always wants to win absolutely everything. It is not even a case of the FA Cup being important to City this year just because Liverpool are running away with the title. It is the same every season. Upsets not much fun when you are on the wrong end Media playback is not supported on this device FA Cup: Micah Richards gets into argument with Aston Villa fans Because Pep will pick a strong team, I am expecting City to make it through to the fifth round comfortably enough.
MAN OF THE MATCH - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) There was a level of intrigue over how and where Messi would play in a Setien team. The Argentine still had something of a free reign to roam wherever he liked, but was largely positioned as the man to lead the line through the centre. This gave Messi the kind of influence he hasn’t had for a number of years.
But they remain five points from safety, with a goal difference considerably inferior to their rivals, and are still to travel to Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City in July. This was a game against a side in the bottom half of the table which Farke would have been hoping to tick off as one of those five desired victories. He experimented with their formation - starting Josip Drmic and Teemu Pukki up front together - but it did not pay off.
Before the new season kicked into gear, both Bolton Wanderers and Bury looked a long way off being able to compete in the league. However, while the latter club was unable to fulfill it’s fixtures and was kicked out of the league, the former was able to play it’s games with youth team players until a takeover bid rescued the club and brought in some much needed reinforcements.
Southampton climbed out of the Premier League bottom three with a convincing win over a dismal Aston Villa at Villa Park. The result sees the Saints move up a place to 17th in the table as they leapfrog Villa, who drop to 18th after a fourth consecutive defeat. The visitors controlled the game from start to finish and capitalised on some shambolic defending to register their biggest win since their 3-1 victory over Wolves in April.
Posted at 117' Offside, Portsmouth. Cameron McGeehan tries a through ball, but Oliver Hawkins is caught offside. SubstitutionPosted at 114' Substitution, Portsmouth. Oliver Hawkins replaces Ryan Williams. Posted at 114' Attempt missed. Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by John Marquis with a headed pass. Posted at 114' Foul by Matty Taylor (Oxford United).
Sandhausen and Hannover will face each other in the upcoming match in the Second Bundesliga. Sandhausen this season have the following results: 6W, 12D and 9L. Meanwhile Hannover have 9W, 8D and 9L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
If a third successive title is not to be, then it is not the end of the world - they can go all out to win the Champions League and try to deliver that. But the question now is what can Pep Guardiola do to try to improve his team, because they are not at the level they were at when they won the title last season. They are just missing something in attack compared to where they were last season. They were more solid at the back then, but they were clinical going forward too and they were carving up teams.
