In truth, little value has been found in a man who immediately inherited the No.11 jersey from the departed Neymar at Camp Nou.
“They came with a good game plan and they executed it. And you know, it’s a lesson to every football lover. Football is always the winner…a game has to be played first.
West Brom had the better of the chances as goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski denied Andy Carroll, while Adam Reach was foiled by a desperate clearance from Tyrhys Dolan near the end.
St Johnstone host St Mirren on Saturday. Of the past seven meetings at McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone have won five of them. The other two were draws. Davidson's team have a momentum that his counterpart, Stephen Robinson, could only dream about.
Despite the situation at times seeming untenable, injuries have allowed Marcelo Bielsa to promote younger players into his squad.
The match felt like a sideshow to a gripping off-field drama, with Thomas Tuchel removing Lukaku from the squad after he criticised his manager's tactics in an unsanctioned interview on Italian TV.
They've been on runs before but without Virgil van Dijk, for all the superstars they've got, it's weird how one player can completely change a team.
You have to demonstrate courage and determination against City with the blocks they have in place but Kane didn't waste a pass and everything he did was perfect.
There were a lot of direct balls coming on top of us and the two lads up front for them are a real handful.
The Englishman is wearing a microphone and can be heard constantly instructing and cajoling his players as they do their work, and makes a striking intervention during a three-versus-two counter-attacking drill.
He has been out some time now but he was on the bench at the weekend and he has come into the camp and trained exceptionally well.
Rangnick is like a father of the pressing, the transitions, playing inside, said Guardiola. Most top clubs already here, five or six teams are playing this way.
But the decision is not just down to that one incident, as the statement released by Arsenal on Tuesday made clear.
Arsenal were doing pretty well at Anfield last week until their manager Mikel Arteta reacted to a Sadio Mane challenge and woke the crowd up.
The best chance of the first half came through excellent work from Onel Hernandez again. Gary Rowett's men almost supplied an immediate response through Tom Bradshaw.
“Ancelotti said the other day that Modric, Kroos and Casemiro have been doing things that he doesn't ask them to do,” says Martin on the team’s upturn in form. “I guess that this is the key, giving this freedom to top players like them, or Vinicius or Benzema has been great for Real Madrid's performance this year.”
But the German champions were relieved to see Pau Torres fail to connect with a flick-on from Parejo's free-kick as Villarreal threatened again.
There's not one single thing that's gone right as a team. There's not one single player who can go in at half-time and say that they've done their jobs, or even done themselves justice.
Roy Keane also believes Tottenham must support Conte in his bid to improve the squad - and challenge for trophies - but questioned if it was possible in January or if Spurs miss out on Champions League football.
And, in the end, if it's on penalties it's also a question of luck and in the end we lost that game and we are all incredibly disappointed. Elanga was consoled by Ronaldo, among others, after his penalty miss, with supportive fans singing his name at the end of a night when Edinson Cavani and Jesse Lingard were absent.
While conceived by L'Equipe, the responsibility for awarding the Golden Shoe has been the remit of European Sports Media (ESM) - an association of football-themed publications including Marca, La Gazzetta dello Sport and kicker among others - since the 1996-97 season.
On 53 minutes Gabriel Jesus finally broke the resistance. Chelsea couldn't manage a single shot on target.
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The 1994 FIFA World Cup final was replayed in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza on Thursday. Stars of Brazil and Italy - who met 26 years ago in Pasadena, USA - again took to the field.
Greaves put in an important challenge on Salomon Rondon and Gordon was denied by goalkeeper Baxter, before Gray was blocked out as Everton pushed for a third.
As you would expect, the late Brentford goal sparked an urgency in Villa not seen for much of the second half.
That can work. I've seen Vicente del Bosque do it at Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane, where you have a collection of great players that win games in the moment.
Liverpool, meanwhile, will have to hope that someone, anyone, can step into the shoes of the Egyptian King and the Senegalese star in the coming days and weeks.
The city in south-west Cameroon has seen an increased security presence because of recent conflict stoked by local militants pursuing a separatist agenda.
The result leaves PSG 11-points clear of OGC Nice while Reims remain in 14th position. Mauricio Pochettino's men are in Coupe de France action next week but face an intriguing trip to reigning champions Lille in two weeks' time.
The visitors took the lead with their first real attack of the game thanks to Adomah's first goal of the season.
Newcastle United have signed England defender Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid for £12m plus add-ons.
We think these players are 22 or 23, but at 18 to do it in this league, I'm a big fan of his, it's just all about timing.
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Being asked to take on a No 8 role of late might not have helped, of course. It did not work because it left Tottenham without a solid base and no build-up play to their game.
We've been stretched in terms of numbers and, for the integrity of the competition, we'll assess where we're at, he said.
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Luke Shaw described United’s performance as “so poor”, with Wolves outplaying the hosts and recording more than twice as many chances – nine v 19.
“Well, I’m proud of what we did,” he continued. “The first run first of all, that was enjoyable. But then to finish third, I loved that last game, Jesse [Lingard] scored. The way we put the run together and got the third position, fantastic. Great effort by everyone, the team, the squad.
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Forward Adams is available following a bout of coronavirus, while defender Salisu has completed a one-match ban.
Their sixth league win of the season came thanks to a defensive howler that gifted substitute Colin Kazim-Richards the only goal of the game just a minute after he came on.
Perhaps a Liverpool clean sheet is the way to play this then? It's 13/8 if you want to go down that route.
Brazil has hosted teams this year from across the continent in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, South America's equivalent of the Champions League and Europa League.
I don't think Kane will want to be in a team where he is getting 10 goals a season, even if Spurs are further up the league.
Nothing surprises me in football anymore. I've been hearing about who's coming in for a few weeks now so it's been hard behind the scenes.
Where the new manager is picking up points while people in the old manager's home-town of Rosario in Argentina are picking up their paper to see a full-page advert thanking Bielsa.
