Not for 21 years had the Catalans failed to advance past at least the first group stage in the Champions League, with the 2000-01 tournament the last time their campaign ended before Christmas.
Diego Simeone changed the system in response to his side's desperately poor start, moving to a back four, as Atleti grew into the contest. Antoine Griezmann registered their first shot on target in the 43rd minute - a tame header - and Yannick Carrasco went close following a lung-busting run.
Jordan Houghton's corner hit Beesley's knee and bounced kindly into the path of Jephcott, who took one touch before rifling the ball into the net from four yards.
The Nerazzurri's derby defeat opened up the title race and handed Napoli the chance to go top with a win in their bid for a first league title since the Diego Maradona-inspired 1989-90 season.
Asked about the incident by reporters on Tuesday, Simeone was also typically brusque. “I've got nothing to say,” he fired; although he did go on to hint that the atmosphere in the dressing room was far from ideal: “We have some things to improve, like the tension... it's clearly taking its toll.”
De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Telles; McTominay, Matic, Fernandes; Sancho, Cavani, Ronaldo Call on your tried-and-trusted performers, but with a refresh too - Pete Smith It's crisis time for Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a win at Tottenham vital if they are to rebuild confidence and belief in the camp ahead of the looming Manchester derby with City at Old Trafford at the start of November.
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But Antonio Conte's side had other ideas and claimed a league double over the champions. The champions now have only a six-point lead over Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
The Chelsea player blazed over after VAR was used to rule that Ulisses Garcia had shoved Domenico Berardi.
But good performance with the ball, without the ball. Tottenham 3-0 Norwich - Match report and highlightsHow the teams lined up | Match statsConte also had encouragement for young wing-back Ryan Sessegnon, who did well after coming on for the injured Sergio Reguilon, but was keen to credit the recent displays of Ben Davies at left centre-back.
Carrick took the reins on a temporary basis following the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the club indicated that the former midfielder would continue in the role for the Premier League clash against Arsenal. Nevertheless, there have been suggestions that the new interim manager will be a spectator at the game.
Hodgson replaces Claudio Ranieri, who was sacked on Monday after three-and-a-half months in charge, with Watford 19th in the table, two points from safety.
He has now matched Jamie Vardy's record for Premier League goal involvements in consecutive games (15), set by the Leicester striker in 2015.
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Moyes not enjoying watching West HamMoyes said: It is a long time since journalists talked about West Ham in a top-four chase.
In 2021, they lost their title to an Inter side coached and assembled by two of their former employers, Antonio Conte and Beppe Marotta, respectively.
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So after that, when he tested positive for the coronavirus, I think everyone was worried about it. But none of us felt any symptoms after that.
Obviously it was not the way that we wanted - we cannot forget there is still a war going on - but suddenly we can be at the Euros. It feels really great.
A mass email said that the England manager had acquired great wealth using a spurious trading platform.
You've got to look at the overall performance from the players, which was fantastic. I'm really happy with the way the team played.
Laporta told TV3 : “He [Torres] is one of the players we have in our sights, but there are many others. You have to wait and see how everything goes.”
Asked how the headline-grabbing move came about, Cortes tells GOAL it was “a personal goal” of Andriy Pavelko, the UAF president: “He wanted the best coach for the national team and to build this project.”
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was left out of Arsenal's squad to face Southampton over a disciplinary breach, Mikel Arteta said.
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Burnley (9), Crystal Palace (13), Norwich (14) and Brentford (12) have all managed to post numerous attempts on Alisson's goal this season and Brighton have a greater attacking process than their four teams.
Kaminski also blocked a Kwame Poku shot before producing his best stop to tip over an acrobatic Jonson Clarke-Harris volley following the finest move of the first half which involved Fuchs, Harrison Burrows and Ricky-Jade Jones.
Eriksen said: My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar. I want to play. That's been my mindset all along.
The restart had to be delayed as all the snow was removed but, with the weather relenting, their operation was successful.
So if we can go and get the three points, then we will be looking at Tuesday's game (at home to Chelsea) and seeing how we can get a result in that game and so on.
Mohamed Salah scored twice as Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool beat Everton 4-1 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says their
He's not ready for that even if he wants it. Tuchel was hugely frustrated following Chelsea's win at Aston Villa We just put the players in but we don't know [what the impact is].
As he came off, Ronaldo uttered some words and threw his coat to the ground before sitting on a step in the dugout.
Examples could include a questionable dive by a player in a key match, the tapping up of a manager or player.
Fabio Cannavaro won the 2006 Ballon d’Or after leading Italy to World Cup glory that year. As a defender, his influence was more nuanced. What’s more, Cannavaro’s year at club level wasn’t especially outstanding as he swapped Juventus for Real Madrid after the Calciopoli scandal. He was very much a major tournament candidate.
Liz, where have you seen examples of that? Realistically, the bigger clubs can do more - they're often beacons of their communities.
It's like having Alan Shearer, who played up front as a No 9 and then there's Teddy Sheringham as a No 10, and Kane can play both of them.
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It's a new chapter for the club. Gerrard left last week after being headhunted by Aston Villa, but Tavernier believes the Rangers squad will not allow the mid-season managerial change to knock them off course.
It was their seventh start as a trio in five-and-a-half weeks. In comparison, Guardiola's rotation has looked like a luxury.
Hayes recovered to start the second half and within minutes he set up Besuijen with a cross but this time his shot from 16 yards was easily saved by Kelly.
We are looking for it but in this moment we struggle, which is not a bad thing because everybody wants to be part of it and everybody gives their best but we do struggle a bit.
It is a very interesting rivalry, says Orriols. I think 1860 Munich with Bayern Munich is the only one which is as strong and as unequal as Barcelona versus Espanyol.
Southgate's to-do list ahead of Qatar 2022Southgate to sign two-year extension as England managerWhat's important is that there is a break at the end of this season.
For his part, according to reports, Umtiti is reluctant to leave unless a suitable offer is forthcoming. However, AS are reporting that
Victory extends Burnley's unbeaten start to life after Sean Dyche to two matches and sees Mike Jackson's 18th-placed Clarets move to within a point of safety.
He previously starred on the Premier League stage across five years at Anfield, and will be hoping to pick up where he left off after agreeing to work under Gerrard, rather than play alongside him.
