Chelsea reached their third major semi-final in 11 months under Thomas Tuchel after scoring two late goals to overcome west London neighbours Brentford in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
While Uruguay remained capable of fighting their way to victory against even the toughest of rivals, taking down hosts Russia and Portugal at that finals before losing to eventual champions France, serious contradictions had arisen in a new-look squad.
There will be team bonding sessions held throughout Arsenal’s stay, as well as the odd sponsorship event - with Dubai the home of Arsenal’s primary sponsors, Emirates.
He made eight tackles on the night - no other Chelsea player made more than four. That showed just how much defending the academy graduate was asked to deal with.
I can't ignore that we were missing 10 players, he explained. There are things like the participation of [Robin] Koch, who hasn't played in four months - it wasn't ideal that he played. On Thursday, a player fell on [Charlie] Cresswell's shoulder. It caused an injury. He was supposed to play today.
Perhaps the problem is one of perception, progress and price. They did so in the anticipation that playing for the champions would encourage him to develop.
Tuchel has even cited Guardiola as an influence on his coaching style and it's clear that while studying the former Barcelona boss that he was also trying to work out ways to beat him.
You have to take what you get in football, and today we got that goal which made it 3-2. Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel: Our performance today, it was enough to win the game.
Covid delays meant that the 18 matchdays, squeezed into just 18 months, now had to include triple-headers in September and October, plus an extra double-header in January/February 2022.
Axel Tuanzebe, the Manchester United defender, is close to finalising a loan move to Napoli. It's very much in Ax's hands and Manchester United's hands, the former Liverpool captain said.
After the first few minutes, it seemed like Celtic would breeze their way to victory in the scintillating fashion we have become accustomed to under Postecoglou.
You need a special moment and details. The occasion is not lost on Arteta and he will try to get across such an opinion to his players.
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Juventus' 1-0 win over Malmo secured top spot for the Italians, leaving defending champions Chelsea sweating on a potentially-tougher draw in the last-16 knockout stage.
Messi, Neymar and Andres Iniesta taught me many things. They told me to trust myself, Sali later recalled.
The 41-year-old joined the Reds on a youth contract and had a 17-year career in the first team and became a club legend.
Instead, plenty are suggesting that Issa is cryptically hinting at the terms currently on offer being considered laughable.
Wayne Rooney cut an extremely frustrated figure as they were beaten by Cardiff in midweek as it looks to all be catching up with him.
In a quiet corner of Crystal Palace's Beckenham headquarters barely 12 hours later, his focus has already switched back to management.
Then we lose a poor goal, the game got stretched and we looked a bit leggy. Is that going to seal the game?'.
Spurs could not break down Southampton on Tuesday despite Saints playing the entire second half with 10 men, but Watford just do not have that kind of defensive discipline.
Spaniard Enrique, 51, enjoyed three highly successful seasons as Barcelona manager. He led them to the Treble in his first season and the domestic double in his second campaign.
I thought about making changes, but they were playing well. We created more, conceded few, the stats are there.
Nearly two decades in the Premier League, including a trophy-laden 13 years at Old Trafford, combined with a stint in Major League Soccer have ensured a rewarding lifestyle for the striker.
Barcelona have said of their plans for the Frenchman, with head coach Xavi telling reporters: “The message is clear. Ousmane Dembele has to sign a new contract or we find a way to sell him in January. No other way.
I don't think there's any chance they will make a decision during this season unless it gets so bad, but it is getting to that point where it is getting so bad.
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Dortmund’s last two games at the Westfalenstadion were disastrous – a 5-2 thrashing by Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and a shock 4-2 defeat to Rangers in the Europa League. A third straight loss might have given them a complex about playing at home, but they banished any doubts with this crushing and much-needed victory.
For the 31-year-old, it is not the first time she has been singled out for complaints based on her gender - last season, she says, an opposing team filed a complaint to the FA despite recording a 3-1 victory, saying Hamilton kept the score down and the hit to their goal difference could cost them the title - but the recent increase in media coverage of trans people, especially in sport, has had an effect.
But also the exposure has changed, everyone's got a camera phone and social media so it's a lot easier to actually get to the players than it was before. Rooney: I left a hole in Terry's footIn the Mail on Sunday interview, Rooney revealed he deliberately tried to injure an opposition player during United's match at Stamford Bridge in 2006.
Sean Maguire put the hosts in front after just two minutes but Mark McGuinness headed an equaliser at the start of the second half before James Collins nodded home a 66th-minute winner.
The Reds' equality, diversity and inclusion manager Rishi Jain said there has been a huge increase in offensive and discriminatory behaviour at games.
Barcelona reached the Champions League final with a 5-3 aggregate win over Wolfsburg on Saturday evening.
However, just two of Arsenal's last 35 league goals have been from distance, with Willian (vs West Brom in May) and Martin Ødegaard (vs Burnley this season) netting direct free-kicks.Coming into this weekend's games, no side has conceded more first-half goals in the Premier League than Arsenal (6).
The game finished goalless and Nice emerged the winners on penalties 6-5. Dante scored an ice-cold Panenka for Nice while former PSG goalkeeper Marcin Bulka had a night to remember as he kept out Xavi Simons’ spot-kick to seal the win.
He could have got lazy and said I'm not doing that. Also, there are too many players in that whole situation who were in no man's land.
It gave a lot of confidence the hat-trick Roofe scored last Sunday and the important goal he scored to get us through.
Sarina Wiegman has a nucleus of 27 players she's consistently picked from over the last seven months but getting that number down to 23 will be tough.
Arteta came to his team's defence when asked about Ranieri's comments, but apologised for the offence they may have caused.
I have played against a few of his teams in the past, including Portsmouth, and always seemed to do quite well, which he mentioned when I spoke to him.
I thought back this week to the night I attended an awards ceremony in 2019, and the words of the former Premier League player sat next to me as we watched Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema crowned Women’s Player of the Year. Miedema, he said, as the montage of her 22 Women’s Super League goals played on the big screen and the Dutch forward skirted through defences with her trademark insouciance. Never heard of her.
If it was just the one thing, we would switch dressing rooms or take another hotel. But that would maybe be more superstition than anything else, the Chelsea boss added.
Marco Reus has revealed that he and his Borussia Dortmund team-mates have adopted the nickname Mr. Bean for American star Giovanni Reyna.
But he can put the ball through the eye of a needle. Without that, it takes the Sadio Mane, Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino X-factor out of the game.
A former pupil of Whitchurch High School in Cardiff and a youngster with Cardiff Civil Service, Bale's potential was quickly earmarked at Southampton, prompting
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I must say from the very first day from my first training session, he showed up, said Rangnick. l had heard his name before and I was in my hotel room watching videos of him on YouTube, I thought this boy was really good.
Paulina Dudek converted from 12 yards after the spot-kick was given for a handball against Niamh Fahey - but Louise Quinn had the final say.