Their strategy in the Champions League – eight players cowered low and doing all the dirty work, while the forwards lounge about and try to do something on the break – is captured neatly in their pressing stats.
I’m extremely grateful what Auba has done and his contribution, the Spaniard told reporters ahead of his side's Premier League clash with Wolves on Thursday. The way I see myself in that relationship is the solution, not the problem.
The commitment and the attitude that my players showed throughout the game is the most pleasing thing for me. Odegaard's superb 25-yard free-kick, after Ashley Barnes had tripped Bukayo Saka, proved decisive.
The dominant victory in front of 40,942 fans at Wembley on the 50th anniversary of the competition completed the Blues' first domestic treble.
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But should England fans really be worried? England currently have a goal difference of +21 compared to Poland's +17 and Albania's +5.
I've had so many people coming up to me and giving us support and of course both home and away you do feel that support for the team and me personally.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he wants to bring former Gunners manager Arsene Wenger back to the club in some capacity and has already spoken to him about a possible return.
That combination of physical prowess and technical guile has long marked James out as a future Chelsea star and while Frank Lampard deserves credit for promoting him to the senior side, it is the former midfielder's successor who is taking his game to the next level.
There, he had suggested that the plan to prevent Manchester United's counter-attacks would be to sit deep.
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I watched Chelsea play against Burnley, they played a back four, they played N'Golo Kante in front of the back four, and let everyone else get on with it.
And though United have been unsuccessful in previous attempts to bring Kane to the north-west, the report in the Telegraph suggests that with Pochettino at the helm they would hold altogether more clout in Kane's mind, who developed so much under the Argentine at Spurs.
On another day we would have got the victory, but I have to say that maybe we didn't do quite enough to get the three points.
But to have any chance of a home draw they must finish second in their World Cup qualifying group, for which victory over Belarus is vital.
There are more visual presentations of the data and you will be able to engage your data analysts to seek further marginal gains from players.
When you start competing consistently for the Premier League trophy you're pretty much competing for the rest of the trophies in the sport, so our goal is to win the Premier League.
Jamille Matt's brace, with the striker scoring in each half to take his goal tally for the season to 11, extended Rovers' lead at the top of the table to six points.
Even before, when he seemed to be, in his opinion, ready to play after his injury from the start and we thought he needed to readapt to the intensity a little bit more, there was never the slightest behaviour against the team.
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Asked about the Germany international's decision to leave, Tuchel said: I don't think anybody likes it.
The Gunners are looking to complete their first league double over Wolves since 2010-11.Wolves won this exact fixture 2-1 last season - they've not won back-to-back away league games against Arsenal since September 1979.Arsenal have scored in each of their last 28 games against Wolves in all competitions, since a 1-0 home loss in February 1979.
Fiorentina are certainly being left frustrated by a lack of communication from his camp, with Barone adding on a breakdown in communication: “I haven’t heard anything from them. Zero. I had asked Vlahovic’s agent to be clear, but I haven’t heard anything, no contacts at all.”
The player has already taken to social media to update his fans on his condition, while boss Pochettino acknowledged they are unsure how serious the issue is just yet.
That connection with Bernardo is there and it feeds into comments Guardiola made recently about looking beyond statistics.
Rangnick confirmed last week that Martial had asked to leave when the transfer window opens, after his agent told Sky Sports earlier in the month that the forward would look for game time elsewhere.
Culvin said there were still questions about whether the lessons from the Sampson sacking have been learned, and a need for the FA and other federations to be more transparent with their whistleblowing procedures and support for players.
European football's governing body must determine the fitness of Tottenham's squad, plus the extent of the health guidance offered before making a ruling. Uefa's rules state that if clubs have 13 fit players on their A list, including a goalkeeper, they must play.
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At Sheffield United a scout recommended a second division player in France, and said he'd cost us £100,000.
Five caps have been earned with England, as his ability to play in various positions is put to good use, but Maitland-Niles is eager to put down roots at one club and in one set role.
I would gently say to Mr Zouma himself, maybe he would like to match-fund that and donate that money to either Cats Protection or Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, which is not far from the London stadium where he plays.
Liverpool's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal on Thursday has been postponed after the EFL accepted a request from the Merseyside club following further cases of Covid in their squad.
The last Staggies player to score 5+ away goals in a single Scottish Premiership season was Craig Curran in 2017-18 (five).How to follow Free match highlights will be published on the Sky Sports website, app and YouTube channel later on Saturday evening.
Sky Sports pundit Merson explains why he was unimpressed with Tuchel's decision to isolate Chelsea's record signing for such an important game - and looks ahead to a huge London derby as Antonio Conte makes his first return to Stamford Bridge, live on Sky Sports Football.
The plans are way in advance for pre-season; I've almost got every pre-season friendly organised. The players, recruitment and everything we need to look at is ready. We just need the green light.
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.
It was the second straight game Aubameyang missed in a week that has seen him stripped of the club captaincy following a breach of discipline.
They head here full of confidence having deservedly beaten Chelsea and West Ham, so the 6/4 with Sky Bet for another victory is an easy argument to make.
Bale won his 100th cap against Belarus on Saturday after two months out with a hamstring injury, but came off after 45 minutes of the 5-1 victory.
It was an inspired double change from boss Francisco Rodríguez, who saw the substitutes score within five minutes of being brought on.
He is such a big character in the squad and has unbelievable quality. He is so under rated as a player.
Chelsea missed the chance to close the gap on Women's Super League leaders Arsenal as they were held by Brighton.
Lukaku is only just coming back from injury himself, he hasn't hit his peak yet - and so on, and so on.
Team spirit alone however does not win matches, but Blaugrana fans will be pleased to see the side grinding out wins in difficult circumstances.
And then you'll see him on Instagram, running up his stairs and having a personal trainer in his gym at home. I just think that kind of thing is pulling the wool over the fans’ eyes and then perhaps on the Saturday nights - I saw it first hand on a Saturday - the fans will be like, ‘well, why is this player not playing, you know, look how much work he's put it in’. I can see that they're just fooling people. And it is frustrating.
Hornets goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann denied Son Heung-min at close range in the second half, after Lloris had produced an equally superb save from Josh King at the other end.
I never end up wishing I had not done it. His league debut came soon after against the same opposition.
