I like him, but the question is: how long is he going to be fit for? If he can maintain his fitness, Arsenal have got a new signing - a £50m player.
He is such an important player, he reaches incredibly high standards and I have to tell him those are the standards he has to keep for himself and the team and I am sure he will return to that.
I told him, nothing that we have achieved in the last few years would have happened without James Milner. Easy as that. Whether he's on the pitch or not.
Chelsea came back with an £97.5m offer and confirmed the signing of Lukaku on August 12, and the Belgian has said he regrets the manner of his departure from Inter before adding he is confident that he will one-day return.
Leverkusen late-show stuns Celtic - Match statsBayer Leverkusen have never lost a home UEFA Europa League group stage match in 15 previous games (W12 D3) - the most of any side without losing in the competition's history.Celtic have scored 2+ goals in each of their last four away games in the UEFA Europa League, however they've gone on to win just one of those matches (L3), beating Ferencvárosi TC 3-2 at the start of the month.Celtic have conceded at least once in 26 of their 28 away UEFA Europa League games, conceding in each of their last 11 such matches in the competition, since a 1-0 win in Rosenborg back in November 2018.Florian Wirtz has been directly involved in ten goals in 13 UEFA Europa League appearances for Bayer Leverkusen (5 goals, 5 assists).Robert Andrich has scored three goals in his last three appearances for Bayer Leverkusen in all competitions, more than he netted in his first nine appearances for the club this season (2).Celtic's Josip Juranovic has had two attempts on goal in this season's UEFA Europa League campaign, both penalties which he converted.What the manager said…Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: It is a tough one to take.
Everything was against Eddie Howe when he first became the manager. And yet he succeeded in the most glorious fashion.
To be honest, I don't even know, he said when asked how it felt making those first few steps on to the Windsor Park pitch and hearing the huge roar of the crowd that greeted his arrival.
But we go again, you don't win anything for tonight but it was a big moment for us. Perhaps one of Lyon's errors was trying to use the ball aerially too often.
BBC Sport were told one of the mitigating factors behind the decision not to dismiss Kane for his first-half challenge was the fact Robertson lifted his standing leg out of the way of the Spurs captain's tackle.
SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0 BETTING ANGLE: Arsenal to win to nil (6/5 with Sky Bet) Opta statsArsenal have lost just one of their last 18 league games against Burnley (W12 D5), though it did come in this exact fixture last season (0-1 thanks to a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang own goal).Burnley are looking to win consecutive away league games against Arsenal for just the third time, previously doing so in December 1950 and December 1960.Burnley haven't scored more than once in any of their last 17 meetings with Arsenal in all competitions, since a 2-0 League Cup victory in December 2008.
It’s a growth arc that has attracted football’s biggest leagues to participate, and those partnerships have in turn added credibility to the project.
It's on the tip of Rangnick's tongue in every single interview he does and you feel like he's going to go rogue at some point and start calling players out.
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We knew Bristol's threats to be on the counter with a long ball. In open play, we were defensively strong.
'Covid passes' will be needed to get into larger outdoor venues, which affects football fans going to four Premier League matches on Wednesday, along with hundreds of thousands more supporters planning to watch sporting events over the busy Christmas period.
Everton fans came prepared. A banner demanding Benitez's exit was seen in the away end in the FA Cup win over Hull last weekend and it was unfurled at Carrow Road after the visitors fell behind to two goals in the space of 94 first-half seconds.
Ross Callachan atoned for a penalty miss by hitting a second-half winner as Ross County inflicted a seventh consecutive defeat on Covid-affected St Johnstone.
So we have a VAR sitting there, and he has a look again at the Robbo situation. Fine, that’s what he’s there for. What did he do in the Kane situation?
However, after conceding two or more in three of their last five league games themselves, the visitors may also struggle to contain a West Ham team that has failed to score just once in 14 league fixtures.
Millwall quickly equalised in first-half stoppage time, however, as Malone was picked out on the left before the wide man fired a fine strike across Kelle Roos and into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances. United are not due in action until Friday February 4 when they face Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
Initially when VAR was introduced, it was used regularly to try to get the right decision because ultimately that's what we're all after, we're all after the right decision at that moment.
If that was unfortunate, the VAR decision to overturn the goal for a minor foul around 10 seconds before it was scored appeared more generous.
Vlahovic's goal was his 18th goal of the season, putting him level with Lazio's Ciro Immobile as the league's joint-top scorer.
The Daily Mail claims that Gareth Southgate will extend his deal as England manager. The player has a contract that runs until just after the 2022 Qatar World Cup and earns him around £3 million a year. If he signs on with the FA, then he will add another two years to take him to the 2024 European Championships, and take his wages to around £5 million a year, with bonuses.
All in all disappointed with the result but we need to move on to Tuesday now. Slovakia are a well-drilled team and have some real quality and they came at us.
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It has been up and down but I think we were able to recover that sense of what we wanted from the team against Villa.
Keita, Saiss among players caught up in Guinea coupSalah double helps Liverpool cruise to Derby winLive football on Sky Sports this weekBrazilian health officials said the four - Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia and Tottenham's Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero - had breached local rules on quarantine, with the UK on Brazil's red list.
The Magpies are pushing ahead with a significant recruitment drive under their new Saudi-backed owners, with over £30m ($41m) already spent to sign Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid and Chris Wood from Burnley.
Saints halted an eight-game losing run in the league but passed up an opportunity to leapfrog their neighbours who had suffered defeats in their previous six Premiership matches.
What we learned But more pertinent will be addressing the defensive frailties that ultimately cost them points.
She said: “After 10 long years playing for Raith, it’s gutting I have given up now because they have signed someone like this and I want nothing to do with it!
How do the play-offs work?The play-offs take place from March 24 to 29, with 10 group runners-up joined by the two best group winners from the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League overall ranking that have neither qualified directly as group winners, nor entered the play-offs already as group runners-up.On November 26, the 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths for one-off semi-finals on March 24 and finals on March 29.
He can sign a pre-contract with a foreign club in the January transfer window, but is increasingly likely to wait until the summer before making a decision on his future.
Korey Smith is fit again following a calf problem as the midfielder targets a first appearance since the opening Sky Bet Championship game in August, but teenage defender Tivonge Rushesha (ACL) remains a long-term absentee.
Forward Allan Saint-Maximin also limped off late on to be replaced by Callum Wilson, who was rested.
For everyone in every part of the club, it hurt a lot and so it should. We're not accepting this yo-yo tag or 'they've given up' or 'they've accepted relegation'.
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“All OK for Liverpool on Thursday, Jamie Carragher sarcastically tweeted, when Arsenal confirmed that Sunday’s game would no longer go ahead.
We are as sad as the 27 million Cameroonians, but I think the Egyptian team knew how to counter us. We're sad but it's the reality. The players felt some signs of fatigue at the end of the match, especially after a very physical and intense first half. We had tried to save our energy to counter the opponent but in vain.
They told me two months before that I was going to get a call-up for the Under-20s and they said to me, 'How are you fixed?'
Taking Cardiff to the Premier League in 2018 moved him above Dave Bassett, Graham Taylor and Jim Smith, who all achieved promotion on seven occasions.