In the three seasons since the Spaniard took over, City won two Premier League titles, and added an FA Cup and League Cup for a domestic treble last season, but have so far failed to crack the European game's ultimate test. Ronaldinho, now 39, said the pass-heavy style of play at Man City may be different from the spectacular individual efforts that marked his own career, but the English club are still "perennial contenders" and played beautiful football.
However, the Edinburgh club has done better at Easter Road, and they were even able to keep just their second clean sheet in their nine home games this season- a worrying figure. Hibs have also been in fine goalscoring form and are joint-third highest scorers in the league at home, netting an average of 1.89 times whilst scoring in every single tie.
It is impossible not to imagine Liverpool fans doing the same at the point when their 30-year wait reaches its end, which could be as soon as Saturday. The fact Liverpool could achieve the feat inside their own - closed - stadium, with fans outside waiting to celebrate is surreal. One could forgive the Premier League, police, local council and anyone else who would have to deal with this situation wanting it wrapped up very quickly before the present advice changes.
Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. SubstitutionPosted at 74' Substitution, West Ham United. Arthur Masuaku replaces Michail Antonio. Posted at 73' Attempt missed. Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
A week later, their match with Bunillidh Thistle fell victim to a waterlogged pitch. Into February, the problems continued, with a trip to Golspie Sutherland cancelled. When it came to hosting the same team a week later, the Orkney boys went to extra lengths to ensure the game went ahead - even picking their opponents up from the ferry. But with the fixture backlog, they now have no choice but to play two games on the same.
Bahrain beat Iraq 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in the other semi. Ali Madan scored the decisive spot kick for the Bahraini team after another substitute Mohamed Qasim Majid missed his attempt for Iraq in the shootout. Bahrain, who have never won the tournament, came from behind twice in the first half thanks to Abdullah Al-Haza'a and Mohamed Marhoon after Iraq led through Mohanad Ali and Ibrahim Bayesh.
Liverpool's squad has been heavily rotated this month. Klopp made seven changes in the 3-0 win at Bournemouth and six in the previous victory against Everton. He has also shown faith in Liverpool's young players, placing importance on keeping the squad fresh. He handed a debut to 18-year-old Curtis Jones last week before naming Neco Williams, 18, on the bench at Anfield on Saturday. Williams and Jones could be one of four young players - Rhian Brewster and Harvey Elliott the others - that could fly to Qatar immediately after taking part in the EFL Cup quarter-final at Aston Villa.
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Barrow are due to host Wrexham at Holker Street on Saturday (15:00 GMT). National League statement"The National League will keep the operation of its competition under constant and diligent review, and will remain in compliance with government advice at all times. The Football Association has offered its guidance, and made it clear the decision to continue or to suspend a competition is a matter for each league to make.
Jose Mourinho ruled forward Son Heung-Min out of the rest of Spurs' season back in February when the South Korean broke his arm but he could now also play again - if he comes back from national service in good nick. All South Korean men must complete military service by the age of 28. Son, who turns 28 in July, was given permission to return to his homeland last month to continue his recovery from a fractured arm.
They are now in seventh spot, only four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea who have lost five of their last seven matches in the Premier League. United are at Burnley on Saturday when Solskjaer might be tempted to unleash Greenwood, Martial and Rashford as a front three again -- a plan that worked a treat on Thursday.
Stoke City who are placed 21st in the Championship will play host to seventh placed Swansea City in the first of the Round 30 matches in the league. Going to the match, Stoke City have managed 28 points and Swansea have 45 points. Stoke head to this game on the back of an important win, over league leaders west Bromwich Albion, and they will want to mete the same on Swansea.
BATE Borisov will meet Dinamo Brest in the final of the Belarusian cup. These two teams had just played in the home league, where BATE Borisov won 3:1. Last season BATE Borisov won the cup, while Dinamo Brest won the league.
Borussia Dortmund are the main challengers to league leaders Bayern Munich. They are four points behind them and Munich don't play until Sunday. Dortmund will want to make a winning return and should be able to do just that. They are yet to lose a home league game with nine wins out of 12 and averaging over three goals a game, while conceding less than one. Schalke made a great start to the season but were slipping down the table before suspension. They were in poor form and struggling for goals on the road. The tip here is for Dortmund to win and be ahead at both half and full time.
They asked questions. Every man put a shift in. Jurgen Klopp was celebrating that like a huge, huge win. It was probably the most they have been pushed all season. Eintracht Frankfurt fans left part of their ground empty and displayed banners in protest at Monday matches in their Bundesliga loss by Union Berlin.
Arsenal started with a draw and defeat in the first two games under new coach Arteta but have won the last two games against Manchester United and Leeds United without conceding a goal. And although Arsenal have struggled this season, they are undefeated in the last 5 away games.
After a very difficult start in this season, BATE has finally found a very consistent shape, coming from 4 wins and a loss in the last 5 official games and having even conceded no goal in 4 of those matches. BATE seems to be much stronger than Smolevichy, which has won no match yet in this League and has shown a very poor attack so far: the home team has scored no more than 3 goals in the first 7 rounds of this League and their poor defense (9 goals already conceded) should allow BATE to score more than once. The visitors to win by more than a goal.
Ighalo double leads Man United into FA Cup quarter-finals Rooney spent 13 years at Old Trafford, becoming the club's all-time top scorer and winning numerous trophies, before leaving for a single season at Everton with his place firmly in United folklore. He returned to English football from MLS club DC United in January and Solskjaer, who was briefly his team-mate during his playing days, was full of praise for the 34-year-old.
Bruno Fernandes is scoring and is full of confidence, he gives the team that extra creativity and hopefully his first derby will be a win, and why not?" Berbatov added. When you come into a new country and a new team you already know who your big rivals are going to be and now in the lead-up to Sunday he is going to know what this game is all about.
FC Minsk got their season off to a great start with two straight wins. It's gone downhill since but games against Energetik (2nd) and BATE Borisov (7th) are nothing to be ashamed of. They look to kick-start their season with a trip to Rukh Brest who are in the bottom four. The home side have failed to score in their last three games, while FC Minsk have already scored six league goals. Go for a double chance bet on FC Minsk to win or draw this match.
United States' twice women's World Cup winner Carli Lloyd will keep the ball rolling on March 31. Former Brazil playmaker Kaka and Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro, both Ballon d'Or winners, and four-times African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure have also signed up and will appear in the next few days, the governing body said.
The Norfolk club said they would top up the government's help to ensure staff received their full salaries. Julian Knight, the Conservative MP who is chair of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee in the British parliament, has condemned such moves. It sticks in the throat,” said Knight.
After the early promise, the lack of game-time under Lage has hindered Fernandes’ development, and it would therefore be difficult to judge whether he is capable of challenging for a regular starting spot at Old Trafford. Video - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Paul Pogba out for 'three or four weeks'00:26 Will he replace Pogba? That will all depend on Pogba.
the Ouagadougou fc team and the KOZAF fc team, go head to head in Burkina Faso Premier League. The Ouagadougou fc team is in 12th position with 17 points Collected. While guest team the KOZAF fc team came in 6th place by collecting 27 points Collected.
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Both teams are inform I might say here but to be compared, FC Granada are in 9th position after 25 matches with 36 points, scoring 32 goals against 31, winning in all 11 matches and 3 games ended in draw while they lost 11 games. In their past 5 league games, they have a winning form of 3 matches and 2 games lost. Winning here will push them near to qualifying for European Competition next season.
Braga have won their last five matches against Tondela and three of those games have produced over 2.5 goals, while four of the hosts’ last five matches and two of the visitors’ last three games have also seen at least three goals scored, so you can see why we have backed over 2.5 goals to be scored in Sunday’s clash.
If Simone Inzaghi's side can make it a hat-trick of wins when they meet again on 20 July, then that could have a massive say in the title race. Rome wasn't built in a day Inzaghi has a 55% win ratio with LazioSpeaking of Inzaghi, the Lazio legend has been a significant factor in this season's sustained bid to bring the title to Rome. When Lazio last won the league back in 2000, they were a team packed with stars such as Diego Simeone, Alessandro Nesta and Pavel Nedved.
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On Saturday, a Brighton defence that conceded at least two goals in four of their last five away games will attempt to beat back the relentless red waves of Liverpool attacks on Merseyside, though Jurgen Klopp's men are virtually impossible to keep off the scoresheet.
United set up date with destinyUnited were not at their best and were grateful to goalkeeper David de Gea for some fine saves, particularly from Zaha, while he also did well to keep out Luka Milivojevic's free-kick. This, however, is a United team developing a ruthless streak, demonstrated by Rashford's calm finish for the opener, and then an artistic move constructed by Rashford and Fernandes that enabled Martial to complete the job in style.
Coming into this game, Hannover 96 has picked 6 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That 1.2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in just 2 of those games. Hannover 96 has scored 6 Times in the last 5 fixture.
This will be one of the most interesting matches tonight in Europa League and probably this duel will bring at least three goals. So, Young Boys is excellent team who is in last two years won two titles in Swiss Super league. In last two matches in the league, this team is played with even 14 goals, what is amazing. In both of that duels, it was 4-3 and that is main reason for this bet. Porto is always good rival and team who can score against any rival. They are not in perfect form, but never mind. Over is very real.
Conte, who took over as Inter coach this season, said that he had been an admirer of Lukaku's ever since he coached Chelsea in the English Premier League. Lukaku, on the other hand, was impressed by Conte's Italy side when they beat Belgium 3-1 at Euro 2016 despite a much weaker squad on paper. I heard people say Romelu Lukaku was a donkey," said Conte after the 1-1 draw against Atalanta on Saturday.
West Brom won the reverse fixture 3-2. Second placed West Bromwich Albion have a six point lead over Fulham in third. They look to continue their bid to return to the Premier League with a home game against 16th placed Birmingham City. West Brom have had an up and down few months but always managed to stay in the all-important top two.
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Wolves represent dangerous opponents in the season's finale and Lampard will be warning his players that they cannot display the same flaws as they did here. Man of the match - Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) Trent Alexander-Arnold's assist for Roberto Firmino's goal was his 13th in this season's Premier League, breaking his own record for most assists by a defender in a single season in the competitionLiverpool equal home points recordLiverpool have amassed 55 points from the 57 available to them at Anfield in this season's Premier League (P19 W18 D1 L0), the joint-most any side has earned at home in a campaign in the competition (alongside Chelsea in 2005-06, Manchester United in 2010-11 and Manchester City in 2011-12).
Read the full story Everton join battle to sign Brazilian defender Everton have joined Premier League rivals Arsenal and Leicester City in the pursuit of Lille centre-back Gabriel. According to the Mirror, the Toffees have made Gabriel their "priority summer signing" as Carlo Ancelotti looks to bolster his defensive options.
Losing at home is disappointing, especially for a team that had previously looked so solid on their own patch, but we mustn't overreact to Oxford's defeat against Rotherham. They weren't as solid defensively as they usually are at home, but they were still just about the better team, while it's fair to say that the result didn't fully reflect their efforts.
Man of the match - Martin BoyleBBC Scotland's Brian McLauchlin at Easter RoadBoyle's year began with a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury, but it's ending with a bang. He is playing probably the best football of his career. His electrifying pace will pose a problem for the strongest of defences and the only sorrow is he has chosen Australia over Scotland as his international home, as he would have undoubtedly been an asset for Steve Clarke.
Organised but wasteful from WatfordComing to Anfield in his first game in charge was always going to be a difficult task for Pearson, who replaced Quique Sanchez Flores as Watford boss earlier this month and was at Vicarage Road to see their 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace last week. He was urging his side to remain tight and will have been pleased, on the whole, by their organisation at the back. But Watford have not won in the league since 8 November - their only victory of the season - and they are the lowest-scoring side in the competition with just nine goals so far.
Yet Pellegrini struggled to get the most from his players. Anderson was a fitful performer, with many feeling being stuck out wide denied him the freedom to express himself. Haller scored three times in his first three games but has done so only twice since. Fornals scored the final goal of Pellegrini's reign but it was the only time he found the net in the Premier League under the former Real Madrid coach.
Shearer: "I was playing in that game. I was about 10 or 15 yards behind Wayne. I remember him shouting at the referee as he wasn't having a great game and that ball just fell to him. It was a decent clearing header but if there was one person you didn't want it to fall to, it was Rooney. It was an incredible goal. Trevor Sinclair: QPR 3-2 Barnsley (FA Cup)25 January 1997 There seemed little danger as David Bardsley's cross floated towards the edge of the Barnsley box in their 1997 fourth-round FA Cup tie away to QPR, but Trevor Sinclair's 20-yard bicycle kick - audacious, acrobatic and accurate - left the Tykes' defence in a state of disbelief.
Real Esteli will against Juventus Managua in match Nicaragua Premier Division. My prediction this match could be the win for Real Esteli with margin score is 2 goals. Real Esteli have great result on last 3 match in league due to Real Esteli have won in 1 match, 1 match is draw and 1 match is lose. Meanwhile, Juventus Managua have not good result on last 3 match in league due to Juventus Managua only have won in 1 match and 2 match is lose. Therefore, I think that Real Esteli can beat Juventus Managua on this match due to Real Esteli always won on last 3 match in the home and meanwhile Juventus Managua always lose on last 3 away match.
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We believe that this low-scoring trend will continue for this game and we're going to back the hosts to win here as they've won 3 of their last 6 home ties and Hearts have lost 50% of their previous 6 fixtures on the road, with a final score of 1-0 to Killie.
Away side is team that could be able to make it to the upper part, and maybe challenge to fight for the promotion in this season, but they need to make their play on side at the high level in order to be able to beat rivals, like it is today one. Host is with the quite tough position at the table, and their defensive play is not enough for the better result in the league.
Analysis - a very special moment for ManeJohn Bennett, BBC World ServiceThis will be a very emotional moment for Sadio Mane. He once told me that his two heroes growing up were Ronaldinho and El Hadji Diouf, who is the only other Senegal player to have won the African Footballer of the Year prize before. Diouf was part of Senegal's famous 2002 World Cup team that made a big impression on Mane watching on from home as an impressionable 11-year-old.
There is no way that Jones would have started in that fixture had three Premier League points been on the table. Less heralded, but no less impressive was the hat-trick from another 18-year-old, Norwich City's Irish forward Adam Idah, who ripped Preston North End apart on only his second senior start with a mature display of confident finishing.
Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a cross. Mesut Ozil would have been dropped for Arsenal's trip to Everton had he not being injured after his reaction to being substituted against Manchester City, says Freddie Ljungberg. Midfielder Ozil kicked a water bottle after being withdrawn in the 59th minute of the 3-0 home loss on Sunday.
