The Blues host Manchester United on Sunday (12:00 BST), while at the same time second-placed Arsenal wrap up their WSL campaign at West Ham.
You can see their point, of course. You may even agree with it. But the dynamic of the games and the feeling of the competition will be irrevocably shifted. The fact that, as it stands, managers get to pick a team twice adds a little extra edge to the business of rest and rotation, of respecting or disrespecting the competition. One goal down, two goals away from the final: stick or twist? Skipp or Winks?
All of the FIFA awards for 2021 will be handed out at a ceremony in Zurich, with best coaching and goalkeeping prizes also up for grabs alongside the Puskas Award for goal of the year.
He came close to winning some silverware too, but Bolton, with Okocha as captain, lost in the 2004 League Cup final to Middlesbrough.
St Mirren chairman John Needham has been hit with a £6,000 fine by the Scottish Football Association over tweets about Rangers fans.
The England boss was keen to point out that qualification was the reward for an accomplished campaign which served up tougher trips than the one faced in San Marino, such as Hungary, Poland and Albania.
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Football is a funny game. They looked like they were going to get a second goal, but Arsenal turned things around.
I think Tuchel is very disappointed. I don't understand why he's talking about the pitch because there's two teams playing on the pitch.
All I can do is keep playing the way I'm playing. My numbers have always been good, it's just about finding the consistency.
You looked at them and thought they have got a chance, especially if they could also get hold of a couple more players, especially a creative midfielder.
This Man Utd team is well short on talent anyway. We've been saying for the last few months, they're not as talented as they think.
Juventus are hoping Liverpool's upcoming international call ups will tempt them into making a January offer for Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey (The Sun, November 27).
Five years ago these teams weren’t on each other’s radar. In the 2016/17 season Liverpool and City finished third and fourth respectively as they started figuring themselves out under their new managers, who were in their first full season with their clubs. Chelsea were the dominant champions, winning 30 out of 38 games, Tottenham Hotspur were the best of the rest (finishing eight points ahead of City!).
This is so emotional' Sheriff, who were founded in 1997 from the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, are top of Group D with six points, after beating Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 in their opening game.
However, Atletico Madrid won the title and, after Lionel Messi left last summer, things began to fall apart this season for Koeman, who was sacked in October.
O'Dowda, 26, receives his first call-up since March and comes into Stephen Kenny's squad in place of Cardiff City striker James Collins who has been ruled out through injury.
He returned a negative test last Thursday before Gabon's second group stage game against Ghana, but after another test showed that he still had remnants of Covid-19 in his system hours before kick-off, he was once again deemed unavailable to play.
The OFC qualifiers will be played in a mini-tournament format featuring eight teams and consisting of a round-robin group stage, semi-finals and the final.
Tuchel sat back down, content at the tactical switch of bringing on Saul Niguez for the injured Ziyech instead of looking to a more offensive player in Timo Werner or Lukaku.
Ronaldo put United ahead as he swept home Marcus Rashford's cross, but Martin Odegaard made it 2-2 with a well-taken equaliser.
Kovacic has not played since late October due to a hamstring strain, with Kante not taking the field since late November.
Christian Eriksen has reflected on his near-death experience at last summer's European Championships, confirming he was gone from this world for five minutes, while also looking ahead to his debut with Brentford.
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The hosts fell behind after eight minutes with Giacomo Raspadori drilling a shot through goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, before Gianluca Scamacca headed into the net when unmarked to double Sassuolo's lead.
Privately, PSG accept that they are now second favourites to have the superstar forward on their books next season, with the 23-year-old set to follow his heart to the Bernabeu in what will be one of the greatest free agency moves in history.
I can't watch them because it doesn't represent anything that a football club should be, let alone Manchester United.
Following the introduction of new coronavirus rules in England to limit the spread of the Omicron variant, the Premier League told clubs on 9 December to
It got worse for the visitors who conceded three goals in three minutes, starting with Daniel Kaufmann's own goal in the 20th minute.
However, Bowen's outstretched touch could only fire the ball wide of the target in the pick of West Ham's early openings.
Ajax are exploring the possibility of signing Manchester United stopper Dean Henderson on loan in the winter transfer window, according to the Telegraph. The Dutch club are in the hunt for a new goalkeeper, with regular number one Andre Onana expected to leave in January. Ajax have been following Henderson for over a year and there is specific interest from the club chief executive and former Red Devils keeper Edwin van der Sar. The 24-year-old may push to leave Old Trafford due to his pursuit of first-team football and his desire to be part of the England squad for next year’s World Cup.
But now having been [back to] Sweden, I thought I was ready for a new challenge now. Blackstenius joins a number of fellow Swedish players in the WSL, including Magdalena Eriksson at Chelsea and Hanna Bennison at Everton, but she did not turn to them for advice when it came to taking the next step.
