France's World Cup-winning midfielder Kante and Jorginho, a member of the Italy team which beat England in the Euro 2020 final, will compete with Lewandowski, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe, as well as Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, Real Madrid star Karim Benzema, Paris St Germain's Neymar, Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
Eighteen-year-old Jude Bellingham was another positive across the game, with a slick one-two with Sterling leading to the midfielder's shot being saved onto the post early on before he curled wide later in the first half.
Steven Gerrard has only been at Aston Villa for five weeks but has already made an impact at the club.
We have the confidence. But we need to be humble and focused too. We need to keep doing the basics well.
President Bill Manning added: “This is a historic and exciting day for our club. Lorenzo is a world-class attacking player in the prime of his career. He was a European champion with Italy and has performed on the biggest stages during his club career with Napoli.
He also had a tumultuous relationship with the Cameroon national team, after being sent off for punching Mario Mandzukic during a 4-0 group-stage defeat to Croatia at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Spurs captain Hugo Lloris, 35, also made some history with a Premier League record seventh birthday appearance. The question is does he get presents two days in a row?
I was really emotional to see all the fans today and we have to give them back good football, work seriously and with our values.
We have an opportunity to learn more about ourselves this week, which is a gift really. But the Arnold Clark Cup is the first time the club will have faced top ten opposition.
Vieira was one of a number of big-name footballers to turn to the Football Association of Wales' coaching programme
I know the league table tells you there is a gap when you look at how many more points the top two have won - but I mean in terms of their level of performance, where there is a gulf in the standards they are setting compared to everyone below them. Quite simply, they are miles ahead.
Shane Long is being monitored after he picked up an ankle problem during last weekend's draw at Leeds.
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Arteta, who also refused to say whether ousted captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would play in the next game against Leeds on Saturday, saw his side move into the Champions League spots for the first time this season thanks to goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe.
Derby boss Wayne Rooney says he is flattered to have been linked with the vacant managerial role at Everton.
They last had a longer unbeaten home run in the competition between March and October 2016 (9 games).Tottenham Hotspur have failed to score in either of their last two away Premier League games, managing just 15 shots combined in those games.
Robert Lewandowski put the hosts ahead with a powerful shot for his 20th Bundesliga goal of the season midway through the first half.
If you're talking about seeing Haaland in the Premier League, Manchester City are in pole position. We've seen players take a while to adapt to that.
Senegal were crowned 2021 Afcon champions after a victorious penalty shootout over Egypt, winning 4-2. Mohamed Salah, though on the pitch, noticeably did not take a penalty for Egypt.
It's night and day, and any player or manager who gets the opportunity to move to the Premier League would take it.
His Wycombe side left themselves with far too much to do after winning just two of their opening 21 league matches, but have signed off with five victories from their final eight games.
I don't see him getting 25-30 goals next season with the way Jose will want to play. And Jose won't want to play like he did when he first got in there and it was 4-2 and 5-3, no way.
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Derby sat somewhat deeper after that, allowing QPR to dominate possession, but the visitors struggled to convert that into meaningful openings; Charlie Austin's header over the bar from Ilias Chair's free-kick was about as good as it got in the first half.
He was tipped to return for Saturday’s game against Southampton, however, with Alexandre Lacazette failing to make an impact at Goodison Park.
Solo won 202 caps for the US, a World Cup and two Olympic gold medals. The Hall of Fame said it fully supported her decision.
The same is true with Scott McTominay, I'm afraid, he's having problems with the sole of his foot, so those four players will be missing. Rangnick: Still a chance for top-four finish With seventh-placed United sitting three points adrift of Tottenham in fourth, Rangnick is adamant there is still a chance of sealing Champions League qualification but insists there is no room for manoeuvre.
With World Cup qualifying the priority, both managers opted to make changes with Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw selecting an entirely new XI from the side narrowly beaten 1-0 by Russia in their semi-final.
A lack of opportunity has done for him at United but his record at Ajax underlines his attacking threat.
The visitors had sizzled with a fine display at Chelsea in their quarter-final first leg but never reached those heights at the Etihad.
The defeat opens a significant gap between Jurgen Klopp's side and Premier League leaders Manchester City, who had put six goals past the same opponent only 48 hours earlier at the Etihad Stadium.
It was testament to the work of Wolves head groundsman Wayne Lumbard that the pitch allowed for such a good game given the soaking it suffered in the hours before kick-off.
Rooney works with a number of charities close to him and his wife, Coleen, in the north-west of England and they benefited hugely from the veteran's Manchester United testimonial match in 2016.
You've got to be aware and you've got to be organised, but I am going with Werner because on his day, he can hurt you.
What are the rules?Upcoming Premier League fixturesWatford's trip to Burnley off after Covid outbreakPotter: PL rejected Wolves postponement requestWe think we should postpone the full round of Premier League games this weekend, he said on Thursday morning.
Conte: Training ground time key; Kane the example for team-matesTottenham boss Antonio Conte: The space between games so we can work and not play every three days is helping us.
Newcastle United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome Manchester City to St James' Park for Sunday's Premier League clash.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin explained: The impact of the rule now runs counter to its original purpose as, in fact, it now dissuades home teams - especially in first legs - from attacking, because they fear conceding a goal that would give their opponents a crucial advantage.
Spurs started well but the crowd grew restless as their team failed to make their possession count. From that point, Tottenham were right on top and Kulusevski was leading the charge.
She had the end of last season just to get that under way and seeing what has happened at the start of this season has shown how they've bought into it.
The challenge for the penalty was rash and unnecessary, but the naivety of the referee at times was incredible.
At Villa Park, Nemanja Matic’s pace was a problem and so was Fred’s positioning. The Brazilian was pushing further up the pitch, which helped create Fernandes' second goal, but contributed to United getting caught out for Villa’s late equaliser.
If the players named by The Mirror are the basis of the story then it is hard to think that they should be taken seriously with their gripes. Both Lingard and Bailly have repeatedly demonstrated that they simply are not good enough to play for a club challenging for the top four.
The tactician has pointed out factors that contributed to the hosts' exit from Africa's premier football competition.
Wayne Rooney: Kane's play reminds me of Totti What has happened to Marcus Rashford at Man Utd?Neville: Man Utd top-four hopes over | 'Long two months ahead'Manchester United 1-1 Leicester - Match report & highlightsRangnick: Rashford must reclaim confidence | Redknapp: His time has run at UtdI can look at it and say it hasn't been good enough as we have that group of players they need to be doing better.
I had an ankle injury and Neville came into the team. The boss in no uncertain terms told me 'He's young boy, he's doing really well and if I drop him it could affect his long-term future'. It hurt at the time but what he said was right; especially with young players.
They did not run more but what they did do was work smarter. Man Utd 1-0 Crystal Palace - Match report and highlightsRangick 'positively surprised' by UnitedHow the teams lined up | Match statsManchester United set up in a 4-2-2-2 shape with Jadon Sancho and Bruno Fernandes as the wider midfielders, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford were up front.
