“We spoke obviously about the tournament and everything and we will see. He will deal with that, of course, and I hope that today it will already be better, but yesterday everybody could see he still has the final in his mind.”
Without him, Carrick made four changes from the 11 that began the loss to Watford, as Donny van de Beek was handed his first start in two months and Bruno Fernandes dropped to the bench.
It shows how quickly your momentum can be halted in this league at a time when a team looks unstoppable.
Did I see a difference in him from Aberdeen to United? No. He was so focused with what he wanted to do with young players. He put the scouting infrastructure in at Old Trafford and said to the scouts: If any of them sign for someone else, I want to know something about it. So then we started to get Beckham, Butt, Giggs, Scholes and the Neville brothers coming through.
Gianluigi Buffon says he has no intention of retiring, despite turning 44 next month, and still wants to play in either Mexico or the USA.
Mitrovic's 82 goals in 122 Championship matches are in stark contrast to his 24 in 104 Premier League games for Newcastle and Fulham.
I was very excited about the 11/1 being dangled by Sky Bet on Reece James to have one or more shots on target and Antonio Rudiger to have two or more shots.
Eriksen, 29, has not played since suffering the cardiac arrest while running near the left touchline during Denmark's opening game of Euro 2020 against Finland in June and received life-saving treatment on the pitch.
But just a minute after coming off the bench, March beat the offside trap to lift a fine finish over the home goalkeeper to seal the title-winning draw.
In better news for England, Wiegman has been able to select City duo Ellie Roebuck and Lucy Bronze after significant injury lay-offs. Arsenal talisman Leah Williamson has also returned following her absence in November.
Over in La Liga, as Karim Benzema hit another landmark, do we need to start talking about him as one of the great modern strikers?
Andreas Luthe thrice denied Leverkusen a response. RB Leipzig overcame a number of coronavirus infections to beat 10-man Mainz 4-1.
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City thrashed Leeds 7-0 at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, with six different goalscorers for Guardiola's side.
Origi never complains about being on the bench but always seems the most dangerous man on the pitch when he's called on by his team.
Newcastle's response was disjointed as extensive possession failed to yield meaningful opportunities, although Cambridge needed a superb Mitov save from Joelinton's late header to seal an unlikely win.
Asked in his pre-match press conference whether Zouma would feature against Leicester on Sunday, Moyes said: “He is available to play. There are different views on whether he should be available. We decided he should. I stand by that.”
UK prime minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday there was no chance of holding football tournaments in a Russia that invades sovereign countries.
A high-scoring match looks on the cards this weekend as games involving both of these sides this season have seen plenty of action.
However, it wasn’t until last summer when it really kicked into overdrive, with Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Nuno Tavares arriving, as well as Aaron Ramsdale, who almost immediately established himself as first-choice goalkeeper.
With Antonio causing his usual havoc down both channels, West Ham were carving out good opportunities but struggled to take them as Fornals fired off target - as did Tomas Soucek moments later.
My main role [as a midfielder] is to close down space, cover my defence if someone steps out to attack, help my team-mates recover the ball and then start the play.
The Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White and Gabriel axis continues to shine. We were good for the first half an hour.
Big chances at the beginning. A team in a situation like we are in now, we have to benefit from situations like that.
Arnold ensured the points for her team, making fine saves to twice deny both Williams and Neville, after Tinja-Riikka Korpela kept out an excellent Katerina Svitkova effort from distance at the other end.
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The Gunners’ Champions League hopes took a major hit in the shape of three straight defeats last month, and the consensus was that the pressure of claiming an unlikely Champions League spot was perhaps having an influence on this young side.
In their statement confirming Solskjaer's exit, United said they were looking to appoint an interim manager to the end of the season.
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Also missing out are his compatriots Jorginho - who came third in the Ballon d'Or 2021 - Marco Verratti, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini and both Leonardo Spinazzola and Federico Chiesa - who were also named in the Euro 2020 team of the tournament.
I believe in everyone around me, I know that they are first class and will take the club forward. Jackson was signed by Charlton in 2010 and went on to make 279 appearances, scoring 55 league goals.
An unbeaten nine-game run following his arrival heightened expectations in January before defeats to Chelsea, Southampton and Wolves left Conte calling for those expectations to be lowered after they slipped five points behind forth-placed West Ham.
If I am working alongside Seamus that is definitely going to happen. Follow Everton with Sky SportsFollow every Everton game in the Premier League this season with our live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and watch match highlights for free shortly after full-time.
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A move to Manchester City followed a couple of seasons later and Mahrez, who won the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria in 2019, has already added another two Premier League titles to his trophy cabinet, along with one FA Cup and three League Cups.
Following consultation with UEFA and the four participating member associations in path A of the European qualifying play-offs, it was unanimously agreed in the spirit of solidarity to accept this request.
With 19 minutes to go Middlesbrough's coach Leo Percovich was cautioned for his part in some pushing and shoving by both sets of players following Jones' attempts to get the ball from Amari'i Bell on the floor.
Speaking at the Global Soccer Awards, where he was named Best Men’s Player of The Year, PSG striker Mbappe said: “World Cup, every two years? I can’t say if it’s right or wrong.
Chelsea could be facing a number of departures in defence this summer, with captain Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christensen also seeing their contracts expire this summer.
I am disappointed not to have had the time to move the club forward to a position where we could consistently challenge the top teams in the country for domestic honours and European football.
Grant Hanley and Kieran Tierney were nailed on for me although you could argue the case for Liam Cooper or Scott McKenna.
Now, I think he understands the game much better and I think he also has a different level of aggression as a player which I think was very needed in him. The manner in which he has embraced the responsibility of being one of Arsenal's most important players has delighted Arteta.
The more the game wore on, though, the more Villa struggled to create as Gerrard threw on a raft of attacking substitutes, including both Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey, but it was Watford who made the decisive breakthrough with 12 minutes to go.
