You'll find very few players better at keeping the ball and passing the ball forward. He's also a really hard worker which is an element of his game that is massively underappreciated. Benitez has operated on a limited transfer budget since his arrival and the club sold one of their most highly rated players, Lucas Digne, this week to Aston Villa after the Frenchman reportedly fell out with Benitez. Liverpool lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace, but despite defeat the club legend was given a fitting send-off. The winter break came at a good time for Luciano Spalletti’s men, who had seen their promising-looking Scudetto bid scuppered by a run of just eight points collected from a possible 24. Barcelona have reportedly bowed out of the race for Antonio Rudiger after securing a new deal with defender Ronald Araujo. She had previously spent nine months on the sidelines in 2019 after being diagnosed with a heart condition. Always I'm glad when new ideas are put on the table to discuss, Guardiola said. You don't have to criminalise ideas. Rooney, though, remains determined to help the Rams pull through and in turn take another step on his own coaching journey. The Brentford boss hates losing and will spend the majority of the international break agonising over how he can arrest the slide, with the credit taken from a vibrant opening seven weeks of their stay in the Premier League having been soiled by the quartet of defeats. The Liverpool line-up may have intrigued City boss Pep Guardiola, who, while focused on his own side's pursuit of a treble, will no doubt welcome any helping hand in denting his rivals' title bid. Bochum’s goals came from a mix of probing crosses from the flanks and clever overlaps out wide, bypassing Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard, while Dayot Upamecano and Niklas Sule were Bayern’s soft underbelly at centre-back. It was sublime. After a difficult spell at Barcelona following his move from Liverpool, there were doubts as to whether Coutinho could rediscover his brilliant best, but not from Gerrard. To win it] wouldn't be crazy, it could happen, but we have to work our socks off because we're far away from being one of the favourites in this competition. He should just enjoy it and come back as early as possible. I liked his contribution when he came on against Cardiff, said Klopp. Next up for Egypt is a meeting with hosts Cameroon, who defeated The Gambia in their quarter-final, at the Stade d’Olembe, Yaounde. In the second half we ended up with 14 chances to three, and how we never scored at the end I'll never know. Sky Bet League One Wigan were unable to clinch promotion from Sky Bet League One as Plymouth held them to a 1-1 draw and Rotherham and MK Dons both won. Our intention ever since has been to collaborate with judicial authorities to clear up the facts and we have been doing that since the beginning. Simone Inzaghi obviously favours a 3-5-2 formation but Hakan has belatedly grown into the role that Luis Alberto played for the former Lazio boss at the Stadio Olimpico. But within 18 months, the club had retained their league status before then winning promotion the following season, the start of a decade-long journey which would, eventually, lead him to St James' Park.

	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