That is my mentality and we continue with that mentality," Pellegrini, who took charge in 2018, told reporters ahead of Saturday's Premier League game at Chelsea. We had some very good moments last season, we finished the season very well with 10 points from 12, and we started this season very well. So you are always optimistic that you can improve.
Central Coast Mariners haven’t started the season well with just one win in five games and confidence doesn’t look high at Central Coast Stadium. A victory against Perth Glory in week three gave the side a little bit of hope that their fortunes were beginning to turn but comprehensive losses against Melbourne City and Adelaide United since then have put the side back into a slump. They have some good news this weekend with the return of DeSilva and the signing of Jair but top scorer, Milan Duric, has been ruled out with a hip injury. The team have struggled across the pitch and this has been compounded by the news that the Mariners have now gone 38 games without a clean sheet, an A-League record.
His longest run of consecutive games peaked at seven. In contrast, he has enjoyed a full and uninterrupted lead-up to this campaign and is reaping the benefits. Sacrifices have also been made. He gave up a lot of his personal time in the latest off season to travel to Portugal and then Los Angeles in June working with former Bournemouth team-mate and specialist personal trainer Alex Parsons to get into a shape that Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has described as the best he has seen from the player during his time at the club.
In contrast, West Brom have been excellent this term and have had no problem at all in getting their noses in front. Only Leeds have won more league games than The Baggies, who've won 13 out of 21 in the Championship this term.
Assisted by Miguel Almirón. Posted at 59' Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Krovinovic. Hearts moved off the foot of the Scottish Premiership with a stunning Edinburgh derby win over Hibernian. Three second-half goals - a Sean Clare penalty, a fine Oliver Bozanic strike, and a Conor Washington counter - earned Daniel Stendel's side the victory that edges them above Hamilton Academical.
The next World Cup is in November and December 2022, so you could actually use this situation as an opportunity and say we're going to finish the 2019-20 season later this year, then prepare for 2022 by having the next two seasons starting in winter. Footballers' messages of solidarityWorld greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have led the way as footballers have sent their thoughts and best wishes to the world at large during the coronavirus outbreak.
A first - the statsLiverpool host Shrewsbury in a match for the first time, Their two previous meetings were both at Shrewsbury in FA Cup fourth-round ties - a 4-0 win for the Reds in February 1996 and the 2-2 draw on 26 January. In all competitions, Shrewsbury have won one of their 28 away matches against sides from the top flight (W1 D3 L24), a 1-0 League Cup victory at Leicester City in August 2014.
Wolves have completed the signing of Portuguese winger Daniel Podence from Olympiakos for £16. Manager Nuno Espirito Santo had been looking to bolster a squad that has played 40 competitive games so far this season. Podence has been capped by Portugal at all age levels bar the senior team. The 24-year-old becomes the ninth Portuguese player at Molineux, along with manager Nuno. He played in the Champions League for Olympiakos this season, scoring in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in September.
Subs: Barnes 6, James n/a, Perez n/a. MAN CITY: Ederson 7, Walker 7, Laporte 4, Fernandinho 6, Mendy 5, Rodrigo 5, Gundogan 4, Mahrez 6, De Bruyne 7, Bernardo 5, Aguero 5. Subs: Otamendi 5, Jesus 7. KEY MOMENTS 8' - VARDY HITS THE POST! Laporte gives it away, Tielemans plays it through to Vardy who only has the keeper to beat but he lashes ihis low short against the post! 17' - GREAT CHANCE! Aguero lays it off to Gundogan in the box but his tame shot is saved by Schmeichel's leg for a corner.
Will Birmingham be able to turn around their four-game wait for a victory in the Championship? While the Blues slip towards the bottom three after that poor run, they meet a Millwall side who are sprinting away from danger with their current form. The visitors are looking like a changed side under former Birmingham boss Gary Rowett.
Celtic agreed to forgo £300,000 to cover that;Those were subject to VAT, were invoiced, and did not need to be repaid - so could not be loans;Around £7m is in the SPFL's accounts and will be released to Premiership clubs when the season is completed;The SPFL could "in principle" have made "individual loans to individual clubs" but it would have been impossible to do so for all 42. They also could not be satisfied that each club would be a "good credit risk" and that other clubs would have been left liable;Rangers' resolution was ineffective because you "cannot force" a board to make loans that may not be in the company's best interests;Conversations were had about voiding the season, which would have left the league "in a right mess"; Two lower-league clubs informally asked for a loan prior to the vote to end the season.
Souness was the decorated former captain who had transformed British football at Glasgow Rangers, winning trophies while reversing a time-honoured trend by luring England internationals like Terry Butcher, Gary Stevens, Trevor Steven and Chris Woods north of the border. Still short of his 38th birthday, he blew in like a hurricane - but, as he later admitted, the hurricane hit too hard and too fast.
When I played with him, he was just more of a finisher. The work ethic you see from him now is what Pep has instilled in him and that is why he has taken his game to the next level because now he is doing all the stuff he did when I played with him, and more. The medal that would put him up there with football's greats Aguero has another match-ball to add to his collection after his hat-trick in City's 6-1 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, his 12th in the Premier League - another recordReplacing Aguero, when that moment comes, is going to be near impossible for City.
About 10,000 people were able to join. Verdict: Seems to make sense, no? Why not?There are some drawbacks, though. Firstly, will you just spend the whole 90 minutes scrutinising your own appearance, like we definitely don't do during our morning editorial meeting?Also, Zoom fatigue is a real thing. A lot of us use these video conferences for work now - do we really want that encroaching into the footie?Socially distanced seatingIf all else fails, why not actually just put people in stadiums, but limit the amount of fans that are allowed to enter and make them sit apart?This is what happened at the Hungarian Cup final on Wednesday.
Posted at 70' Foul by Kenneth Zohore (West Bromwich Albion). Whether you love or hate Christmas jumpers, it is difficult to ignore the colourful outcomes when festive fashion meets football. From the brilliantly bold to the blindingly brash, can you identify the club behind our selection of Christmas jumpers?We've covered up any obvious giveaways and left you a few hints in return.
For the Premier League to complete the remaining 92 matches, that could be about 40,000 tests at a cost of about £30,000 a week. Training grounds will also be optimised for social distancing and hygiene levels. In addition:Players must arrive at training grounds in kit and wear masks at all times. They must not shower or eat on the premises. If clubs want to provide players with food, it must be delivered as a takeaway to players' cars.
Four of PSV Jong’s last six matches have seen both teams score and over 2.5 goals while both teams have scored in three of Ajax Jong’s last six matches and Monday’s visitors have scored two or more goals in each of their last four league games. The hosts have already lost four times at home this season, more than they have won, while Ajax Jong have secured six wins on the road and have so far only lost three times.
Both of these sides have enjoyed their life in front of their own fans much more than life on the road this season, but with the match taking place on Coventry’s “home” patch, that gives them the clear advantage in this fixture. The hosts have earned 77% of their points on home soil this season and have won seven of their 11 matches there to date. This, combined with the fact that Lincoln have lost seven of their 11 away matches and average just 0.91 goals per game on the road, suggests that backing a home win is the way to go.
Posted at 84' Foul by Marco Benassi (Fiorentina). SubstitutionPosted at 83' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Douglas Costa. Posted at 82' Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Miralem Pjanic. Goal!Posted at 80' Goal! Juventus 2, Fiorentina 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
At a news conference on Monday, artist Simone Fugazzotto, who always uses monkeys in his work, said: "For an artist there is nothing more important than trying to change the perception of things through his own work. I decided to portray monkeys to talk about racism because they are the metaphor for human beings. Last year I was at the stadium to see Inter v Napoli [a match in which Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly was racially abused] and I felt humiliated, everyone was shouting 'monkey' at Koulibaly, a player I respect.
Spal is playing really weak football this season as they are 2nd from bottom at this moment and the team with the least goals scored in the league so far this season especially away from home they have many games right now without goal scored by them and have several losses by at least 2 goals difference as well this season on the road like a 3-0 loss at Sassuolo or a 2-0 loss at Cagliari as well.
If there is a god up there please, we beg of you, just let Charlton be a normal club for a little while. HAT TIP "What, exactly, is going to happen when a principled, leftist, no-nonsense ideologue collides with the least principled, most materialistic league on earth? What happens, in short, when you fling this most human of managers into the nonsense machine? Naturally, there’s an element of false opposition to the question.
Wurzburg kickers is much lower placed on the table but still at home they are very dangerous team and after two good results on the road, I think they are going to win one more game at home and on the other hand unterhaching seems to be better on the road then at home and because of that it is not going to be easy for wurzburger to win but still I expect from them to be able to pull it off and the odd is good enough so I don't have to risk with some handicap on the home team
Southampton's surge hit the buffers as they surrendered a 2-0 lead at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers to lose 3-2. Mexican striker Raul Jimenez struck twice after the break for Wolves who moved into sixth spot. RELEGATION DOGFIGHT David Moyes's West Ham United drew 1-1 at home to his old club Everton to remain in the thick of the relegation dogfight while Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion drew 1-1 with Jack Grealish equalising for Villa who stay third from bottom.
I think if we're united and consistent in our condemnation of it, then we may get somewhere in terms of eradicating it," current Hibs head coach Jack Ross said of fan misbehaviour. The decision to throw objects at another human being is ridiculous. We can't portray it as being a one club problem, it's repeated incidences of anti-social behaviour, repeated across the games at different times. Whatever the attendance is at Tynecastle, the vast majority of people there are there to watch the game and enjoy the occasion and revel in the atmosphere that these games provide.
Bate is going to face Torpedo Belaz. After one of the weakest starts in history, Bate started to pick points. They won at home against Ruh Brest 1;0 and then they won on away against Fk Minsk. Bate will win this match and I don't think that it will be only 1:0. They should show that they are a much better team and they will go for the final trophy. Torpedo lost the previous match on away against Dinamo Minsk 0:2 and I think that we will see at least two goals for Bate here. My bet is 2:0 for Bate
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Here's how it unfolded, according to the fans. Tottenham 0-1 Olympiakos Youssef El-Arabi's low drive opens the scoring at the Tottenham Hotspur StadiumThe visitors open the scoring in the sixth minute as Youssef El-Arabi's low drive beats goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga from 25 yards. Tony: Someone forgot to bring the bus. Chris: New manager but same old problems for Spurs. Giving it away time after time at the back they still look so nervous.
Brighton's ability to keep and rotate possession makes them a tricky prospect for the majority of teams in the Premier League, and we think Albion can secure another positive result against Everton this weekend.
Brighton & Hove Albion are still in a precarious 15th position as former England manager Roy Hodgson celebrated his 100th Premier League match in charge of Crystal Palace with a 1-0 win at the home of their old rivals. Jordan Ayew's 70th-minute winner, conjured up against the run of play, left Brighton pondering serious difficulties as they face a daunting fixture list for the rest of the season.
I had a very clear strategy of how I wanted to go about my recruitment. I wanted a young team that I felt we could develop, coach and could get promotion in the first year," Stoney told BBC Sport. When we recruit players, we look at the likes of Lauren James - talented youngsters who can entertain the fans - but we also back that up with good centre-halves and full-backs who can defend and allow our front five, essentially, to attack with freedom.
FC Toulouse v AS Monaco predictions for this Ligue 1 match. Monaco had their match called off at the weekend due to torrential rain but will they be rusty or fresh here as they travel to the Pink City? Read on for our free Ligue 1 predictions and betting tips.
BookingPosted at 90'+5' Raúl Silva (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card. Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, Rangers 3, Sporting Braga 2. Posted at 90'+4' Foul by Fransergio (Sporting Braga). Posted at 90'+4' Connor Goldson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 88' Trincão (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 88' Foul by Nikola Katic (Rangers).
Nobody sends you a video of a bad player'Hearts manager Robbie NeilsonI'm not 100% sure what is happening with the window. I think it opened for a few days, then it will close again, then it will try to tie in with the English window. But I think it will cause us problems, because we'll close and the English window will stay open. The whole balance has changed. There are loads of players available because of the finances and there are very few clubs who are willing to bring them in, so your bargaining position now is a lot stronger.
He has been spiky in recent days after those two setbacks with injury and defeat - but overall Mourinho has cut a happier, more relaxed figure at Spurs than he ever did at Old Trafford. Mourinho: Loss to Leipzig like 'going to fight without bullets'Former Chelsea and Scotland winger Pat Nevin told BBC Sport: "He looks quite relaxed at the moment but he tends to be that way when he's doing pretty well.
Real said earlier on Thursday that it had sent all of the members of its soccer and basketball teams home into quarantine after one of the sports club's basketball players tested positive for the coronavirus. Juventus defender Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, leading the Italian club to quarantine their entire squad.
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France youth international Diaby, who joined this season from Paris St Germain, scored his fourth goal of the campaign after Kai Havertz threaded a superb pass through the Augsburg defence for the 20-year-old. Amiri made it 2-0 with a solo run after being given far too much space and Havertz hit the post with the hosts in complete control.
They are enjoying one of their better runs of the season right, going four games unbeaten in all competitions. As fans of the rumour mill will tell you, the most notable thing about this Birmingham season has been the emergence of Jude Bellingham. A target for Man United and other esteemed clubs, the 16-year-old has become a mainstay in Birmingham's midfield.
Villa suffered another setback just minutes after halftime as a botched clearance from Marvelous Nakamba landed at the feet of Ings, who fired his shot past Heaton for his seventh goal in the last seven league matches. Dean Smith's Villa, who lost midfielder John McGinn through an injury in the first half, showed an alarming lack of fight in the second until midfielder Jack Grealish pulled one back through a spectacular volley with 15 minutes to play.
The Premier League, the most lucrative football league in the world, has been suspended for a month and the clubs have asked players and managers to take a 30% cut in wages. The players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), has yet to agree to a cut and argued after Friday's meeting ended without a resolution that smaller wages would reduce tax revenue for the National Health Service.
Fiorentina should be a test for Roma, but the hosts are on a difficult run. Will they manage to make things difficult for the hosts, or could Roma finally gain revenge for their incredible 7-1 hammering when these two last met at the Franchi?
Posted at 90' Attempt saved. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Frederic Guilbert. Posted at 90' Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Diego Rico. Posted at 88' Hand ball by Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa). Posted at 87' Foul by Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa). Posted at 87' Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ligue 2 and 25 round match between Caen and Troyes. Caen on the table is on the 13 position with 6 wins, 10 draw and 8 lost games with goal different 26:30. On the other side Troyes is on 5 position on the table with 13 wins, 2 draw and 0 lost games with goal different 27:23.
Posted at 82' Attempt saved. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian. Posted at 82' Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 82' Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner. Posted at 82' Corner, Chelsea.
Dries Mertens' second-half penalty added some gloss to the result. A superb comeback from Lyon earned them a point which ensured progression, with Houssem Aouar and Memphis Depay earning the Stade Gerland side a draw at home to RB Leipzig, who had enjoyed a 2-0 lead at half-time thanks to two spot kicks from Emil Forsberg and Timo Werner.
There was also certain attributes that were brought up more often for those with darker skin tones, including form. But the researchers found that "differences are most stark when commentators are discussing physical characteristics/athletic abilities". Derby County defender Andre Wisdom is stable in hospital after being stabbed in an "unprovoked assault and robbery" in Liverpool. The club confirmed on Monday that Wisdom had been robbed in Toxteth while visiting relatives.
