British hopefuls Scotland and Wales are going to need to get through Ukraine and Austria in order to keep their dreams of reaching the finals in Qatar alive, with the winners of those games facing off in the Path A finale.
Ilkay Gundogan punished a spill by Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez on 11 minutes before Phil Foden finished off a flowing counter-attack involving Jack Grealish and the brilliant Bernardo Silva with 28 minutes gone.
This is not going to get any easier in the short term. The social media noise is different to the noise in the stadium.
He knows how to work with top-class players but also with young players. They've got good young players and I think (Jadon) Sancho will be better next year.
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We're the reigning Premier League champions, we're leading the Premier League right now, we set the bar for ourselves, and we cannot concentrate on anyone but ourselves and how we play, Stones explained.
There was precious little other goalmouth action as the half-hour mark passed. Two minutes later Boro missed another terrific opportunity.
Everton's instant improvement also helped the mood, ending this comfortable win looking much more composed and assured than in the recent toxic weeks.
Abraham went close to scoring a second before Zaniolo completed his hat-trick after the break. Leicester
Before then, the midfielder, who had scored a screamer in midweek, had a far simpler finish to put Liverpool into an early lead and was then gifted the ball on the edge of the United box to line up Alexander-Arnold for the cross for the second.
Chelsea have been hit hard by the recent spike in Covid cases across the Premier League and had seven first-team players ruled out for their 0-0 draw at Wolves on Sunday.
Spain were also among the goals, beating Faroe Islands 12-0 with Esther Gonzalez scoring four of those.
Leeds' ability to physically dominate teams that boast superior quality than the Canaries has been their greatest leveller back in the top flight, but the manager is working night and day to ensure results improve.
It is a testament to how far he has come that the 20-year-old is firmly seen among the usual suspects key to Wales' hopes of setting up a World Cup play-off final back in Cardiff in June against either Scotland or Ukraine.
Another theory is that the term originated from match commentators describing an early meeting between the two teams meeting as like two old, firm friends.
And Liverpool's second goal was, in the delivery, pure unadulterated Beckham. The trajectory, the fade, the deceptive pace of the thing; the way the ball first sucked the defenders in and then made them look very silly.
Yes, Real haven't managed to progress through a semi-final in this competition when losing the first-leg but no team shoot themselves in the foot like Manchester City do when the going gets tough in the Champions League.
But the hosts kept asking questions of Dick Campbell's side in the second period with far more urgency in their play.
Brentford rode their luck for much of the first half but levelled with their first shot on target three minutes before the break, with Wissa curling home from 20 yards after immaculately controlling Roerslev's pass.
Winning a European trophy might go some way to convincing him to stay. If he has finally settled into a dependable groove then there are few who would offer such quality and value on the wings. A trophy might demonstrate to the club that they should pay up, to the player that he can win things in Spain, and to the fans that he is a player who offers the club something few others can.
According to reports, Manchester United have been running the numbers, and have realised that if Lingard does for Newcastle what he did for West Ham — that is, score goals — then he might be the difference between relegation and survival. And that, in turn, would represent quite a lot of money. Therefore some of that money should be given to Manchester United. Now. Please. Now.
The outcome remained in the balance until substitute Fashion Sakala headed in a late third to ensure another victory for Van Bronckhorst, whose reign began with a 2-0 Europa League success against Sparta Prague on Thursday.
On behalf of everyone at Swindon Town Football Club, we send out our heartfelt apologies to Ashley Cole, and it is with our deepest regret that you had to experience that last night.
And there is a full programme set to follow at the weekend as football heads into its busy Christmas and New Year period.
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If he gets sent off there, a three-game ban, and you can imagine Frank Lampard thinking 'what are you doing?'.
Everton, according to the table, aren't the worst side in the Premier League. But taken altogether, from the fans through to the boardroom, they might be the unhappiest. One of the banners outside Goodison read, in a cute spin on the clubs motto, No Status No Optimism, and that rather sums it up. This is a club so messy they've foreclosed on the possibility of hope.
Well, I had to sell Wayne Rooney early when I was at Everton. I thought Wayne was irreplaceable but what happens in football is you move on.
In later life, Greaves endured health problems, including a minor stroke in 2012 from which he recovered, but it was followed by a serious stroke in May 2015 which saw him unconscious for six days in intensive care and later left in a wheelchair.
The Belgian had already had one shot on goal blocked when he coolly controlled Fernandinho's lobbed ball into the box and curled beyond Kasper Schmeichel.
