They held both Nigeria and Zambia in the group stage—ensuring the reigning champions’ elimination following a 0-0 draw in Nelspruit—and then proceeded to oust Togo after extra time in the quarter-final.
Unai Emery's side were beaten 2-0 at home by Manchester United in a match they dominated yet failed to take their chances, while Xavi Hernandez's first European game in charge of Barca saw his side held to a goalless stalemate at home by Benfica.
Top scorer Armando Broja is the hosts’ 5/1 (6.0) favourite to open the scoring with his third goal in six league games, while Adam Armstrong is available at 11/2 (6.50) to break the deadlock with his first goal since early November.
A dire display at Blackburn, when a side scant on structure was repeatedly carved open, felt the tipping point in front of the watching Bettis and a 1-0 win at Reading - overshadowed by John Fleck's on-field collapse - was unconvincing.
Sheffield United midfielder John Fleck came on as a second-half substitute for his first appearance since collapsing on the pitch against Reading in November.
After the returning Zaha dragged a shot harmlessly wide, a crucial last-gasp clearance from Mitchell prevented Pukki from reaching Rashica's inviting cross and doubling his and Norwich's tally.
De Bruyne was fortunate to see yellow and not red for a high lunge on Gueye before Donnarumma, who was making his Champions League debut, continued to impress with an excellent save to prevent Ruben Dias' towering header from finding the net on the stroke of half-time.
Erik ten Hag reportedly wants the Manchester United board to be heavily involved in every single transfer to ensure all previous mistakes are avoided when he takes over this summer.
City, who have now recorded four straight league victories, remain a point below Chelsea and one above Liverpool.
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Perhaps the Arsenal teenager had been seen as a utility player, useful to have around but largely here for the experience despite scoring in the warm-up game against Austria.
The 2021 competition winners took a 1-0 lead into the tie thanks to Lorenzo Venuti's late own-goal in the first leg and Federico Bernadeschi's first-half strike in Turin gave Juventus breathing space. A late goal from Danilo finished the game in style.
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Rangnick, who spoke to Pogba over the phone on Tuesday, anticipates it will be another two weeks until the World Cup winner can return to first-team training and then a further two weeks to reach the required level of intensity to play in his United system.
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When we're so dominant like we were, we have to score the second and the third one. Villa did not manage a shot until the hour mark and did not test Bernd Leno until injury time at the end of the game.
While not 100 per cent certain of qualifying and progressing to the last 16, surely only a freak set of results could prevent them at worst going through as one of the best four third-placed teams at Euro 2020.
What a crescendo to a fascinating penalty shootout, which was the second one of the day following Egypt's success over Ivory Coast.
The home side's hopes of maintaining their first-half momentum after the break were dashed on 50 minutes by a ruthless QPR counter-attack from a cheap Derby turnover, as Chair released Austin down left and his perfect cross was superbly side-footed into the top corner on the volley by a back-peddling Willock.
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The Real Madrid forward made his first appearance for two months after recovering from a hamstring injury and explained afterwards how coming off at half-time was expected.
It's been difficult, with all the players that are unavailable, but for large parts of the game we were in control.
Serge Gnabry's sublime touch and volley opened the scoring before Robert Lewandowski coolly added a second.
Chalobah also credits his elder brother Nathaniel, who was on Chelsea’s books between 2010 and 2017, with helping to shape his career.
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With a plethora of right-sided defenders at his disposal, the national team boss decided to shoehorn the 22-year-old into the side for the World Cup Qualifier against Andorra in a more advanced position.
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I question our decision-making at times and we are still making errors when defending a lead, but there is no doubting the commitment of the players.
The 52-year-old oversaw his first Tottenham training session earlier this week at Hotspur Way but was waiting for his visa to be approved so he could officially take charge of Thursday's visit of Vitesse in the Europa Conference League.
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The pair are both still recovering from hamstring injuries although Bees head coach Thomas Frank is optimistic they will be in contention for next weekend's trip to face Everton.
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United chalked up unwanted milestones for interim boss Ralf Rangnick at Anfield, producing the fewest shots and lowest possession figures in any match under the German.
After that it was much better, we could close the spaces and create counter-attacks. I can trust every single one of them to give what they have, but the results are difficult.
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He's not 19 until the summer but he'll be closing in on 150 professional appearances by then. Grealish went on to praise his fellow Brummie's adaptability.
And former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock is backing Arsenal to lift the trophy on Sunday, suggesting that Chelsea's game has a lot more riding on it.
He was also less than impressed by the Frankfurt bench's reaction to Cresswell's initial yellow card which got upgraded to red.
The second goal is a foul on Alexis but it is what it is, you don't get those here. Potter added: We're frustrated.
We respect the opinions of fans and remain committed to strengthening our engagement with them. United are nearing the end of a season of uncertainty, with Rangnick filling the manager's role on an interim basis since November, but the appointment of Erik ten Hag as the German's replacement is understood to be all but done.
“I spoke with 16 or 17 players individually over the phone, to hear how they were and how they were feeling.
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But Blackburn's star man showed why he is in demand, providing the extra quality to seal the points and a sixth consecutive league victory - the first time they have achieved that feat since November 2000, when they beat Barnsley.
It is only this morning that we started to prepare for it, doing some opposition analysis, and obviously there is a little bit of hype around the place with the cup final, said Postecoglou, who insists it is too early to make a call on the fitness of Kyogo Furuhashi, James Forrest and Mikey Johnston.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 4Ineffective at right wing-back in the first half, he was moved to left back for the second to try to contain Liverpool's dominance down that side and did well to initially stymie that avenue of attack, even getting forward to support Sancho.
As a club, Leicester find themselves in an unusual position: they've spent the last couple of seasons overachieving by many measures, winning the FA Cup and mounting sustained challenges for the top four. There's a Big Six, after all, so anything above seventh is decent going by definition. And if this season is to be a failure, it's a failure that will end with a comfortable midtable finish and the emergence of several promising young players. That all failures should be so painful.
