With the team he assembled, we thought it would happen in his tenure," Wright added. He's three years in with a team that has played at a really high intensity and City have not been able to stay up with a Liverpool side that have kicked on. City return to league action on Sunday against 18th-placed West Ham United.
Spurs appeared to be heading for a home defeat in the clash after goals from Shane Long and Danny Ings put the visitors on the brink of victory only for Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min to net late goals. Southampton had the lion's share of the ball and chances and Mourinho has conceded that Ralph Hasenhuttl's men were the superior side but believes his charges' spirit saw them emerge as worthy winners.
Waiting for them are Brazilian side Flamengo, who boast two of the competition's top scorers in Gabriel Barbosa and Bruno Henrique. It's the first time since 1988 that the tournament will be decided in a one-off game and in a neutral venue as the organisers look to market the competition to a global audience. If it's anything like last year's final. River Plate are looking for a fifth Copa win - Independiente have the most with sevenThis final has been moved to Lima from Chile over safety concerns, and you may recall that last year's final was also moved.
Manchester United had wanted to sell the 29-year-old central defender but there are no takers, which have led them to compromise in order to get his wages off the books. Estudiantes chairman Juan Sebastian Veron is close to persuading Rojo to come back to South America ahead of the Copa America. Paper Round’s view: Rojo has only extremely infrequently show the aggression that made him a success at the 2014 World Cup for Argentina, a series of performances that led Louis van Gaal to take him to Old Trafford when he became manager.
Chances of top four (from Gracenote): less than 1%8. Tottenham HotspurNewcastle (a, 15 July), Leicester (h, 19 July), Crystal Palace (a, 26 July)Spurs are seven points behind the top four so need a miracle really. Failure to win all their games ends their theoretical hopes. Chances of top four (from Gracenote): less than 1%Europa League Fifth and sixth place will qualify for the Europa League - and possibly seventh spotThe teams who finish fifth and sixth will qualify for next season's Europa League (unless they win one of next month's European tournaments).
MADRID, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Second-placed Real Madrid host Real Sociedad on Saturday hoping their decision to loan Martin Odegaard to their fellow high-flyers will not come back to haunt them. Odegaard joined Real at 16 in 2015, making just one appearance for the first team before embarking on a series of loans, first in the Netherlands and now in the Basque Country, where he is due to stay for another season.
West Ham host Watford who are 17th and only behind their opponents on goal difference. Both sides ended the weekend three points clear of the relegation zone but would have hoped the gap would be wider. West Ham won 4-0 at Norwich on Saturday (relegating their opponents), while Watford came from behind to beat Newcastle United at home.
Worcester have won two of their three home league games, both against sides above them in the table. London Irish have only won one of three away league games. London Irish have lost their last three league and cup matches. Worcester Warriors are eighth in the Rugby Premiership, a point and a place above their opponents London Irish.
Slavia have been in excellent form so far this season. They have reached the semifinals of the cup and last week they won the first leg against BATE Borisov at home with 1-0. Including the friendlies and the last matches of last season, Slavia has a 10-1-1 record in the last 12 matches at home.
Kamil Grosicki replaces Matheus Pereira. SubstitutionSubstitution, Queens Park Rangers. Todd Kane replaces Bright Samuel. Post updateOsman Kakay (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Nottingham Forest's season imploded against Stoke City with a dramatic defeat that cost them a place in the Championship play-offs. A five-game winless run heading into the last round of fixtures left Forest needing at least a draw against the Potters to guarantee they finished in the top six.
Leeds remain second in the Championship and Cardiff rise to seventh. Cardiff 2-0 Leeds as it happenedThe Bluebirds are now level on points with sixth-placed Preston, who they visit next on Saturday, 27 June, while Leeds remain level with leaders West Bromwich Albion, seven points ahead of third-placed Fulham. The contest between these two promotion-chasers began at a frenetic pace; far in excess of the tempo we have seen in most of the Premier League matches since football resumed after the coronavirus pandemic halted the campaign.
The billionaire businessman is due to have talks with Bruce this week as the Magpies look to strengthen the squad to combat a lengthy injury list. Newcastle were without 10 players for last Saturday's 1-1 draw at Wolves, a game which saw Paul Dummett and Dwight Gayle limp off with hamstring problems.
There are a lot of clubs and attractive projects for me to take on," Pochettino told Fox Sports in Argentina. FULL STORY 15:40 - Messi has touched down Will it be a wasted trip though? 15:23 - Dann, Cahill out for Palace Crystal Palace defenders Scott Dann and Gary Cahill will miss Tuesday's Premier League match with Bournemouth due to injury, manager Roy Hodgson said on Monday.
Lacazette had gone nine games in all competitions without a goal before he found the target with a mis-hit shot in the final moments of the game. After a goalless first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put the Gunners in front with a powerful header from a Nicolas Pepe cross. Pepe himself added the second, from close range after good work from Bukayo Saka, and Mesut Ozil got his first of the season with a tap-in.
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