Nike, the world's biggest sportswear maker, had previously not given a reason for terminating its deal with Neymar.
The Hornets finally recovered to stem the tide before half-time, but having pieced their game plan back together it took less than three minutes of the second half to seemingly unravel again.
Pote has netted six times in the league so far and added two braces versus Besiktas and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League as Sporting survived defeats in a couple of opening fixtures to qualify for the last 16.
We had an absolutely brilliant day up until those final few seconds when they came off the pitch. It’s completely ruined the day and put a bad taste in our mouth.
Southampton arrived at Anfield clearly determined to attack the hosts but their bold intent was punished after less than two minutes when Andrew Robertson was allowed to get away down the flank and cross for Jota to poke in.
So, it would be a big risk to commit to playing the entire second half of the season with Lacazette and Nketiah – who have just three league goals between them this season – as your only central strikers.
Looking at the fixtures, Liverpool have the harder run-in but Jurgen Klopp will be approaching every game one at a time.
Klopp, however, can claim to have pulled off a similar trick, just on a slightly smaller scale. His Borussia Dortmund was not a great team, but it did great things. It perfected heavy metal football with the resources given to their manager. He built up players like Mats Hummel, Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and Marco Reus. He took the ideas of gegenpressing and challenged for European trophies, and won them domestically. He knocked Bayern off their
I'm happy that he plays how he plays and we need him on this kind of level. No plans to end Gallagher loan earlyTuchel says he has no plans to end Conor Gallagher's season-long loan at Crystal Palace early, despite the Chelsea midfielder's impressive performances having earned him a senior England debut during the international break.
Likewise you can point out that you are a fan of Club A, not Country A. You might be say, a fan of Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland. Why would you care about the fate of the Egyptian national team? And why shouldn’t you be annoyed that your star player would miss a handful of games in the middle of the season?
The move itself is unheard of in MLS history. This is an international player that is still very much at the peak of his powers and playing at the highest level in Europe.
Leicester could have had more too - their manager Brendan Rodgers leapt into the air when Marc Albrighton headed wide from close range with the score at 5-3, because he thought it was in.
During that time, the team's approach evolved considerably. I would not necessarily say they were a defensive low-block team, says Olafsson.
The Swede added: “This morning I had pain everywhere but as long as I have objectives, as long as I have adrenaline, I keep going. I know I’m coming to something good. I’m coming to somewhere I need to work to keep myself at the top.
The Trotters were 20th in the league on February 6, but a staggering second half of the season finished with a 4-1 thumping of Crawley and an immediate return to League One.
“We have to know very well that if we perform well, the fans are happy, Conte said. If you don’t perform well, the fans are not happy. This is football.
We did not control his life. The problem is that neither could Gascoigne. For now, the story ends where it began.
This is the highest possible achievement we can get. The Champions League, to proceed, [that is] not an easy one. [But] in the league, it's number four, that's what we have to achieve and what we're aiming at.
Conte is constantly active and he will try to turn this world-class stadium into a fortress under his stewardship.
Rio Ferdinand has suggested that it’s time for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to leave Manchester United – and that he would do so with his “head held high”.
I think there are a lot of positives in that in our environment - the women's football world - there's a lot of examples where people can hopefully relate to others who feel similarly to how they do and that enables people to feel safe and comfortable.
Norwich did their best to battle their way back into it after the break, but struggled to build momentum in a second half punctuated by choppy fouls and a succession of bookings. Watkins made things safe with three minutes to go, tapping in at the far post after a smart cross from substitute Carney Chukwuemeka.
But in a season where Everton have not won away since August, the atmosphere once again dragged the team to new heights and underlined how big a role the fans will play.
What the managers said…Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers: The players put in a heroic effort when you think of the recovery time against a team with so much power and athleticism.
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It takes star quality to go unbeaten in 16 games at any level, let alone for a young Blackpool team.
Emery ruled himself out of the running as he opted to remain at La Liga side Villarreal, and that cleared the path for Howe to head for Tyneside.
They did make an attempt to bolster the middle of the park, and were rejected by Conor Gallagher as he instead chose to join Crystal Palace on loan from Chelsea, but for the most part they seemed content to sit on their hands, believing that the current squad could again lift itself to new heights.
Head coach Jesse Marsch has no other new injury concerns, but striker Patrick Bamford (foot) and Junior Firpo (knee) remain unavailable and Tyler Roberts (hamstring) will not feature again this season.
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All of this explains why Sanchez, at the age of 33, remains in impressive physical condition, as he was so keen to underline on Wednesday night.
It seems like a strategy to try to get a no from us, to show that they have tried everything, and then wait a year to get him for free, the enraged PSG sporting director told RMC Sport in August.
Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara were among those absent for Liverpool against Spurs on Sunday following positive Covid tests
Keane's first head coaching role came at Sunderland, where he spent two years before being sacked with the club sitting 18th in the Premier League.
They have got a threat from certain individuals - but overall I'm pleased with the performance and pleased with the result.
Watford 2-3 Arsenal - Match report and highlightsHow the teams lined up | Match statsWe were really good going forward, he said.
Their approach felt like a better fit for a player whose sole priority was to play. That's the key thing about Fabio - he just wants to play football, says Cruttwell.
