Chelsea flew out of the traps looking to improve in their recent poor home form, and almost took the lead in fortuitous circumstances early on as Callum Hudson-Odoi clipped what looked like a cross over Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno, but saw the ball hit the top of the crossbar. The hosts did not have to wait long, however, given more than a helping hand from a familiar source. The former Celtic and Middlesbrough boss was also critical of the overall \"product\" of Scottish football, and believes the spectacle must improve to bring in more money. If you think giving a good product is watching two teams in the bottom half of the Scottish Premiership playing on a plastic pitch, you're kidding yourself,\" he said. Absolutely kidding yourself. He added: \"I just think we get over this period, see where we all are, how we all come out it. Read the full story Video - Real plot swoop for Barca summer target - Euro Papers01:25 City face exodus Following the two-year Champions League ban and the prospect of a Premier League points deduction, the Sun wonders who will be left at Manchester City at the start of the next campaign. Pep Guardiola’s future is already in doubt, but Claudio Bravo, Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero, Nicolas Otamendi, and David Silva could all be on the way out of the club. Match between the best two teams at Czech Rep. Both teams are having a great season especially Slavia Praha. There isn't much difference between them when it comes to the quality for sure , I would even dare to say that Plzen are the better team even though Slavia are in front of them with +6 pts. This two teams played a match just a few weeks ago and it finished 0-0 I expect to see same scenario today too (one boring match, without many chances). Plzen are under pressure if they want that 1st place while Slavia Praga I think will settle in and for a draw at this one. Riyad Mahrez celebrates his goal for Manchester CityGetty Images 28’ - GOAL! Aston Villa 0-3 Man City (Aguero). This really could be anything as Aguero makes it three! So easy for the visitors. De Bruyne skips past Drinkwater, who is having a nightmare, feeds Aguero, who carries the ball, unchallenged, to the edge of the box, before rifling into the top corner. Firas Al-Buraikan pulled one back in injury time for the Saudis, who were playing without the Al-Hilal players who took part in the Asian Champions League final triumph in Japan on Sunday. Kuwait, who have won the tournament a record 10 times, top Group B after holders Oman 0-0 drew with Bahrain earlier on Wednesday. Is this what we really asked for when VAR was introduced? Why are the FA asking for outrage? If the naked eye cannot see it, then surely it cannot be offside? Do we really want our beautiful game resorting to this? MAN OF THE MATCH Christian Eriksen. The Dane may well be on his way in January, but he showed he still has the ability to score spectacular goals, and got his stuttering team going in the second half with some typically incisive passing. Anthony Martial’s ingenious chip made it 2-0 shortly after, and from then on United were in control of the game. The prolific teenager Mason Greenwood sealed the points with a vicious drive off the underside of the bar. Watford had their moments, particularly in the first half, but by the end they were well beaten. Granada began their campaign superbly and briefly held top spot after a run of six wins from eight in September and October, but six defeats from their last eight matches has seen Nazaries drop down to 11th. Griffiths hat-trick sends Scotland message - Lennon Media playback is not supported on this device Leigh Griffiths: 'Top-class Celtic striker getting back to his best' Huge week for RangersIt wasn't pretty, but after three domestic games without a win and three players injured in the hours before the 1-0 victory at Ross County, any win will do for Rangers. It was a positive start to a huge week for the club, with Bayer Leverkusen visiting Ibrox on Thursday in the Europa League, while Celtic are looking to all but seal their ninth consecutive league title when they travel across the city on Sunday. In 2014, FIFA, then under the control of former President Sepp Blatter, cleared Russia and Qatar of wrongdoing in their bids to host the World Cup after an investigation. Blatter was banned from football by FIFA along with scores of other officials following internal ethics investigations, promoted by the arrests of seven FIFA officials on U. Liverpool's Champions League tie at Atletico Madrid \"is one of the most difficult fixtures in the life of a football player\", says Jurgen Klopp. The Reds play Tuesday's last-16 first-leg tie at the Wanda Metropolitano, where they lifted the European Cup for the sixth time last season. The runaway Premier League leaders come up against an Atletico side that are fourth in La Liga. They give you absolutely no presents,\" said Liverpool manager Klopp. The intensity of the analysis and the scrutiny and the number of people who are interested in the national team is much bigger. Everyone in the country has an interest, suddenly, so that's what Stephen will have to deal with, that extra element of pressure. It has got easier to quality for tournaments now in that there are more places available, and you can see that with the Republic. We won no games in the Nations League and yet we're still in a position where we're in a play-off to get to the Euros having only won three games in the group. With real action suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, players will find themselves in limbo over the holiday weekend -- usually one of the most intense times of the season when leagues are nearing their climax. Paul Parker: Football is doing its duty in defiance of unfair targeting from government LIVE - Coronavirus in sport: Reaction as players launch NHS initiative The #Footballsstayinghome Cup kicks off on Friday, with the 16 players including Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, Liverpool's Trent Alexander Arnold and Olympique Lyonnais defender Lucy Bronze set to battle it out on the popular video game. STOCKHOLM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A Swedish court has granted an appeal by a fan of English Premier League side Newcastle United to add the club to his name following a dispute with the country's authorities over his love for the team. Rolf Corneliusson, a 54-year-old supporter from the island of Oeckeroe near Gothenburg, became a fan of the club as a child when his fisherman father brought home Newcastle's black and white kit from one of his many trips to England. Livingston has only won one of their last five Premiership games at the Tony Macaroni Arena, whilst Kilmarnock shares the same numbers on their trips. Moreover, the visitors have scored in five of their previous six away days, although only scoring a single goal in four of those games. We believe a draw is on the cards here, as neither team has what it takes to beat the other. We're also going for a final score of 1-1, as Livingston has seen under 2.5 goals in their last six home games, with Kilmarnock also netting an average of 0.86 goals on their travels. A draw won't help either of these two title chasers. The gap between them and Liverpool is already a wide one and it'd be great news for the league leaders if this match ended level. Betweent them these two teams have scored 87 league goals this season. Leicester have only scored one goal less on their travels than Manchester City have at home in the Premier League. A bet on both of them scoring in this game has a great chance of winning. Barcelona now enter Friday’s draw for the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey. TALKING POINT - Compromise might be the way forward for Barca in the short term Until tonight, Barcelona had toiled under new manager Setien, struggling to get past Granada and Ibiza before losing to Valencia. This was a slightly less crude performance from Barca, but it worked a lot better. Manchester United is in this moment in excellent form and this team is playing very good in all lines. They are in big city derby played one more time very good and they are beat Manchester City, who was the favorite, 2-0. Their manager - Solskeir is now in good position and he is not anymore with pressure of good results. I believe that they are one of the top 2 favorites for title in this competition. LASK is ok team, but against so good United, they will probably not have chances. I believe that England team will show who is better. Lafnitz will host Austria Wien II for this fixture of the league. Both teams are very average teams in this season. However, the visitors have great results in the last matches. Austria Wien II are undefeated in their last 5 matches. They have three consecutive victories. On the other hand Lafnitz have fallen into a poor show. They have three consecutive losses. However, they played against more strong rivals. In last game Lafnitz lost 3-1 against Ried. In any case, the hosts have the motivation to break the poor series. I think, they will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch.

	Team	Events	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goal difference	Points
1	Manchester City	22	18	2	2	41	56
2	Chelsea	22	12	7	3	28	43
3	Liverpool	20	12	6	2	34	42
4	West Ham United	21	11	4	6	12	37
5	Arsenal	20	11	2	7	8	35
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	3	33
7	Manchester United	19	9	4	6	3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	4	7	2	31
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	10	4	0	28
10	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	-2	25
11	Crystal Palace	21	5	9	7	-1	24
12	Southampton	21	5	9	7	-8	24
13	Brentford	20	6	5	9	-6	23
14	Aston Villa	19	7	1	11	-5	22
15	Everton	19	5	4	10	-10	19
16	Leeds United	19	4	7	8	-16	19
17	Watford	19	4	2	13	-14	14
18	Norwich City	21	3	4	14	-35	13
19	Newcastle United	20	1	9	10	-23	12
20	Burnley	17	1	8	8	-11	11