My dad has always lived in Lagos so we spent a lot of holidays in Nigeria. I knew the culture, the food, the people.
He enjoyed scant opportunities to shine with the Verdao, but Basel had already seen something special. With just one full season under his belt, Arthur swapped Sao Paulo for Switzerland on an initial loan deal that proved a roaring success, and there now seems no limit to his potential.
Scotland have won their last five matches in all competitions, with all of these coming in World Cup qualifying.
Speaking to BT Sport afterwards, Klopp said: The second goal is a brilliant goal. A counter-press. I love it. He had a little genius moment to put it into the right spot.
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Palace were undeterred, however, and while Benteke headed a Gallagher cross wide the Belgian bagged his second on 36 minutes when he fired low past Pope after Gallagher's fine hold-up play and pass.
But for Ranieri's side, who included three new signings in Hassane Kamara, Samir and Edo Kayembe, and had Foster, Emmanuel Dennis and King back in the line-up, it was reward for their perseverance.
The FA took a common sense approach back in the summer of 2020, when it became clear large numbers of professional players wanted to take a knee in a show of unity against racial inequality, following the killing of George Floyd in America.
The lawyers working with more than 75 former rugby league players to take legal action against the Rugby Football League believe that potentially more than 400 players from both codes have died early due to neurological defects from playing the game.
With us, the most talented ones were able to jump straight into the first team because they had that protection.
“We missed a penalty in the first leg and one in the return, these things happen,” Mancini said in his post-match interview with RAI Sport.
Mertens was only in the side as a result of Oshimhen's horrific injury, but he absolutely made his mark. It wasn't just his two spectacular goals which caught the eye, but he set the tone for Napoli's intensity and constantly confused the Lazio defence with his movement. A stellar performance all round.
The hosts knew victory would take them within two points of Bournemouth, in second, following their 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough, but they couldn't capitalise against a QPR side that had lost their last five matches.
A hugely respected and loved figure in the game, John Sillett's name is indelibly etched into Coventry City's history, and the thoughts and condolences of everyone at Coventry City Football Club and of the whole Sky Blue community are with John's family and friends at this very sad time. Coventry FA Cup winner David Phillips also wrote a message of condolence to Sillett, which read: Truly a sad day as the great John Sillett has passed away.
DFB referee supervisor Marco Haase launched a complaint against Bellingham for his controversial comments on Zwayer.
I would always put myself up and you have to be in a positive mindset. I've got things planned for the future and whenever that may be, it'll happen.
Opta stats Celtic have won 18 of their last 19 home league matches against Hearts, drawing the other 0-0 in September 2015.Hearts have already beaten Celtic 2-1 on MD1 this season, and they last won back-to-back league meetings with them in August 2006 under Valdas Ivanauskas.Celtic have won each of their last six league matches played on a Thursday since a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen in January 2003.
Bale said countries with supporters that are guilty of committing multiple racism offences could be punished by being banned from international competitions.
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But Coutinho is now back in England - playing under his former Liverpool team-mate Gerrard - and says he has missed playing in the Premier League.
If we can create atmospheres like today it's difficult to deal with us for 95 minutes. Everton did what they had to do. We deserved the three points.
After the game, there are no words that can control or can handle the pain that you have with this result.
Argentina have already booked their passage to Qatar, and Angel Di Maria will captain the country against Chile on January 27 and Colombia on February 1.
It takes me back to my York days, Godfrey tells Sky Sports as he surveys the stands, the cabins and the local advertising boards.
Whoever comes in now is going to be the highest-paid player and then the next person in, and so on. They are literally buying someone for Saturday's game, which is a game they have to win.
Goalkeeper Marek Rodak had to be alert again two minutes later to tip Ben Whiteman's effort over the crossbar and keep the score level.
Adama Traore of Wolves is high on their list of targets and they see him as someone who can play at right wing-back or among the front players, with his ability to run at and beat defenders.
I believe that the advantage, or good fortune, that I have had in the past was working with recruitment groups that were very, very qualified, which allowed us to sign or find very good players and make very good decisions.
Leeds midfielder Adam Forshaw has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after fracturing his kneecap in training.
Mason Bennett, one of the players introduced at half-time, then drew another good stop from Southwood with a rising effort from just outside the box.
It's nothing new, either. Sterling seems to get that extreme reaction more than any other City player. It doesn't matter how many goals he scores or the good things he does in a game - if he misses, well, it's typical Sterling, isn't it?
The 2001/02 side lost only three games all season, giving a hint of what was to come a couple of years later during their Invincibles season.
Despite enjoying success in the Fifa Club World Cup and Uefa Super Cup, they lost a penalty shootout to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final and are 12 points behind leaders Manchester City in the Premier League with just eight matches left.
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But he's very good, I'm happy he's here. On why he no longer supports Arsenal: I used to be an Arsenal fan.
Atkinson awards free-kick to Man Utd for a foul by Soucek. He doesn't realise he's there, but he's caught him.
Right now, it's the beginning of November and he is an important member of the Crystal Palace squad. It's good where he is and there is no need to change this. He feels good and feels a huge part at this club.
They were shocked in the opening 25 minutes against Tottenham and so was I. But what we saw was something very different today with Harry Kane to the left.
We need Harry Maguire playing well to even have a chance of doing well. We're not going to win a World Cup with players with three or four caps.
But with the right support and investment in research, people with dementia can continue to enjoy life for longer, while we search for the treatments of the future.
Chair smashed clear after a Luton corner and Willock watched it all the way, timing his run to perfection before lifting the ball over Simon Sluga and into the back of the net.
You can't just start say nobody can go and challenge the goalkeeper over the six-yard line. He has to then cascade all that down.
But we have other players, and we believe we have other qualities in different ways to try to accomplish the amount of goals that we need in the team. That’s what we are going to try to do.
Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreria is currently on loan at the Italian club, and including him as part of a deal for the Serbia international has not been ruled out.
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An early goal from Keinan Davis and a powerful second-half header from Scott McKenna helped Steve Cooper's side to three points in front of another sell-out crowd at the City Ground.
With Burnley having scored just two goals in their last five league matches, odds of 11/10 (2.10) seem generous on Arsenal winning to nil for their fifth home game in six in the league.
Arsenal have a host of players missing due to coronavirus, injury, suspension and the Africa Cup of Nations.
