Adam Ounas' low drive broke the deadlock for the hosts in the fourth minute - just seconds after Leicester squandered a gilt-edged chance to open the scoring themselves.
Mateo Kovacic and Christian Pulisic redressed the balance and set the platform for a second half that matched the thrills of the first, but produced a scoreline that played right into Manchester City's hands.
It's something we've spoken about often, the more international caps they get the more they realise what they have to do to get games at this level.
Axel didn't decide to move until it became very clear that he isn't the manager's first-choice centre-back and the Napoli offer was very tempting.
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There is a big problem for Lage to address. A City win to nil at 4/6 with Sky Bet is fancied but is short enough.
And he's been just as commanding this season. As it stands, no goalkeeper to have played at least two Premier League games this season has a better save percentage than that of Mendy (88.57).
Fleck sat out Sunday's 2-0 home victory over Bristol City - a match he was actually suspended for after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season against the Royals.
A combination of positive Covid-19 test results and injuries led to Wolves requesting for the fixture to be postponed, said a Wolves statement.
Hennessey has the experience and he knows all the players. What difference will the travel make? You really do feel like you're miles away from anywhere here - which we are.
He is relatively inexperienced but he always affects games. Just look at how he continued scoring during his recent spell as a substitute at Arsenal.
Obviously things like that should not happen and I think even more so in this game. The atmosphere was great.
Allegri will see this as a missed opportunity for Juventus, who fail to make up any ground on the top-three. There had been suggestions the Old Lady could mount a title challenge after a recent run of good form, but they will be left sweating on their top-four status ahead of this weekend's fixtures, with Atalanta in action at Fiorentina on Sunday.
Patience was running out in more ways than one. A number of United players, especially Sheringham and Stam, were irked by what they saw as showmanship from Bayern, and one player in particular. “When Basler took Bayern’s corners he was an absolute disgrace,” said Stam in his autobiography, Head to Head. “He was posing and milking the applause, believing he was the man of the moment, having scored what he thought was the winning goal.”
When Howson's low drive from 22 yards bounced off a post, Isaiah Jones was on hand to turn the rebound beyond goalkeeper Seny Dieng but QPR's Jordy de Wijs was on the line to clear.
The league leaders trailed after Rachel Williams bundled in the opener, threatening to cause an upset at The Hive.
What I've been told is the UEFA executive committee is ready to meet very, very quickly to make that decision to suspend the Russian Football Union.
Football has so much work to do in terms of British South Asian inclusion at different levels of the game, and that's why it is brilliant to see Aston Villa Football Club uniting behind this initiative that has brought so many people from all backgrounds together to celebrate positive success stories at a very auspicious time of year. Taylor pens short-term Boro dealMeanwhile, former Aston Villa defender Neil Taylor has joined Middlesbrough on a short-term deal.
However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s interim replacement did suggest that English football may benefit from scrapping one of their two domestic cup competitions, and could retain five substitutes per game rather than three.
Emile Smith Rowe continues with Carsley's squad with Gareth Southgate resisting the temptation to select the Arsenal star for the seniors.
Richarlison squandered two gilt-edged chances to haul Everton back into contention but, after Leicester passed up countless opportunities to wrap up the victory, the Brazilian more than made amends in the second minute of added time when he found the far corner to spark jubilant scenes at a restless Goodison.
“Youri recently made his debut in the first team, so the potential is there. If he gets the chance, I am convinced that he can play very well as a right-back for the first team, too.”
West Brom then grabbed the lead moments after the restart when Karlan Grant burst forward, laid the ball to Robinson and the Republic of Ireland international struck past Scherpen.
Scotland's 24-year absence pales in comparison. But both teams are now just two games away from ending that torment and will await Friday's play-off draw with a mixture of excitement and trepidation.
He is so dynamic, he has the sense to arrive at the box and of course he scores goals - sometimes it's the confidence.
Van Bronckhorst - who also played for Arsenal, Barcelona and Feyenoord - is thought to be keen on the vacancy at Ibrox and last May told Sky Sports it would be a big dream to manage one of his former clubs.
They do have the ability to frustrate City but with such timid attacking numbers on show, it's easy to foresee Wolves failing to score.
He won three consecutive Champions League titles with the club from 2016. After leaving in 2018, he returned a year later and won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup in 2020.
Pep happy with City's Brazil call-upsManchester City boss Pep Guardiola was asked about the Brazil situation on Friday, prior to the squad announcement.
City are aware of the feeling among most elite English clubs refusing to do business with Newcastle but are not believed to be one of the teams with a strong opinion on doing so - meaning a deal might be possible.
It is understood that under the circumstances, Lingard, who has been with United since he was seven, sees little point in seeking further talks and will hope to secure a loan move in January.
Erling Haaland's family friend has warned Manchester City the race to land the striker has not finished yet.
If you look at that Man Utd unit, how close they are from front to back - Varane to Ronaldo; 25-30m maximum.
He was badly caught out for the first goal and on his heels for the second. The fact he was moved to the other side of the pitch for the second half summed up his struggles.
Chris Gunter says Wales deserved more than this joke set-up of a tournament but has told supporters we'll be back following their exit from Euro 2020.
This game marked three years since the first Tottenham match at their new stadium and in that time only Manchester City and Liverpool have won more points on their own patch.
Their attempts to rediscover form begin this weekend against the champions, and inspired by Fali's force of personality you wouldn't want to bet against them.
However much I can drop my head, as much as people try and make me suffer, they won't achieve it. I always like to try and think positively.
The race for the final automatic spot is set to be tense, with six sides separated by just four points and only bottom-placed Venezuela realistically out of the running.
Look at the bend on this thing! He must have a foot like a pair of curling tongs! Like one of those brushes they use in curling! Like, er, one of those offramps that go around and then under the motorway. Tell you what, this traction engine business is harder than it looks.
Those qualities could be seen in his recent goals against Leicester, Tottenham and AFC Wimbledon, all of which were dispatched first-time from the centre of the box and originated from cut-backs.
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