In 2007-08, he scored 24 goals in 36 league matches – 30 in 48 across all competitions – as the Gunners finished just four points behind champions Manchester United.
Nonetheless, after their title success, which secured a return to the Champions League, Chelsea sought to strengthen a squad that Conte did not believe was sufficiently equipped to challenge for trophies in both England and Europe.
Yes, Watford have two games in hand to go with the two points they need to make up, but there has been a visible shift in momentum among Smith's players, typified by two-goal hero Josh Sargent.
I don't know if that's because he's at Tottenham now and he's worried that people will say he's not on the front foot, but be yourself!
On the balance of play, I thought we should have gone in level at least, but we got the goals and thoroughly deserved it.
Derby's game against Cardiff City on Saturday was postponed because of Covid and they are next scheduled to be in action on 27 December at home against West Bromwich Albion.
That has been the thing about Liverpool: they have had a great 13 or 14 players they can really rely on, Carragher said.
Schar also took a knock, but managed to get back to his feet in time. Four minutes later, Liverpool were ahead.
We were laughed at, to be quite honest. We used to hear about this ban and boys used to make fun of us for being women playing football, but in the end I think they could see that we were serious about it.
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Four of the last five games have been settled by a solitary goal margin while both teams to score has not paid out in any of the last six meetings between these teams.
Leicester vs Chelsea to have 25 or more shots, West Ham to beat Wolves and Lucas Moura to have a shot on target vs Leeds (10/1 with Sky Bet - Bet Here!)This three are my three strongest fancies of the weekend from my prediction and are worth chucking into a tasty treble.
Veteran striker Lewis Grabban continued his scoring run Tom Lawrence pulled a goal back for Derby with a penalty after being fouled by Cook.
December 6 to December 12 did see the highest number of tests taken this season, with 3,805. Could this cause a fixture pile-up?
They are playing with energy, with pace, and they are having a go at whoever they face They were bang unlucky at the Emirates, they went a goal behind and had to dig in, in the first 20 minutes, Arsenal were buoyant.
It's a tough one to know if Arsenal are capable of going on to lift the Champions League but the big test will be against Barcelona at the Emirates.
Player of the match Kerr added: It's a special night. This is my first time coming here and it was very special. It will be a night most of us won't forget for many reasons. It was a good performance, good crowd and Maren is back.
The Colombian strode confidently past Benfica goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos before slotting into the far corner, giving Liverpool some much-needed breathing space heading into next Wednesday's second leg at Anfield.
I want to make sure when I leave here, which I will do someday, that the club's in much better shape than the day I came in.
Those are the extra percentages. It helps to explain why even the memory of his two England appearances comes with a caveat.
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Rashford, however, insists there are no truth to those rumours and that he is focused on improving his own game.
Kerr, then turned provider, setting up Kirby so she could score her 100th Chelsea goal — the first player to ever do so for the club.
There had been some speculations that it might be the latter given the dip in club form of key players such as Kane and Raheem Sterling.
Rangnick also has limited experience in the Champions League, having taken charge of just 10 matches in the competition during his two spells in charge of Schalke.
The Belgians turned things around when they took the lead five minutes before half-time when Mats Rits knocked a loose ball in from six yards.
Drop many more points before then and things will become very tricky indeed.Adam Bate Issues still there for Everton There was plenty riding on Tuesday evening's game for Everton.
“We know [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Paul] Pogba, [Raphael] Varane, [Nemanja] Matic have great experience and won trophies but the rest of the squad haven’t proven themselves to be good enough to win anything.
When the message was re-posted by a Derby fan, Kirchner replied to say he is not sexist in any way, and was brought up alongside his sister, by a single mother.
Villa goalkeeper Martinez barely had to break sweat, with the hosts managing just three tame efforts on target all evening.
I've always worked to improve and develop players - with that obviously comes improved performances. I was really impressed with the idea, structure and vision that is already in place at the club.
Queiroz, seemingly more concerned about the physical strain on Egypt's players after their consecutive extra-time performances in both knockout matches, has revealed that he’ll put special measures in place to help the North Africans recover from their recent exploits.
The Premier League confirmed on Monday there had been a record 42 positives over the previous seven days.
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Bristol City still cannot win at home, and came so close against Luton, but if they keep picking up points it is not the end of the world.
The Blues' only other defeat since December 4 was a 1-0 loss at Premier League champions Manchester City - a period of time that spans 26 fixtures in all competitions.
These are probably not the words you would expect to hear repeatedly emphasised by new Barcelona coach Xavi upon his return to his former playing club with the aim of restoring lost glories.
The full-back, who took over as permanent captain in 2018, has made 457 appearances in all competitions and has won two Premier League titles and a Champions League crown.
Nano, who coached Ekitike as an Under-7s player all the way up to U12s, had been telling his young charge that he would be signed by the former European Cup finalists for quite some time, but the modest child refused to listen, instead just focusing on becoming the best player he could be.
League of Ireland club Bohemians have teamed up with the family of music legend Bob Marley to commemorate a famous concert on their kit.
United captain Katie Zelem and Villa goalkeeper Hampton are the two uncapped players to be selected.
If we create that many against teams at home between now and the end of the season, we should be winning the vast majority of our games.
Striker: Danny Ward (Huddersfield) - 7.78 ratingWard's stand-out display in January came in a man-of-the-match performance in a 4-3 win over Reading as the Huddersfield hitman rattled in a hat-trick against the Royals.
The Portuguese chested a beautiful lofted pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold into his path before chipping the ball over Ramsdale to silence the Emirates crowd, and substitute Partey, who had only just returned from Afcon duty with Ghana, received a second yellow in the dying moments for a reckless lunging tackle as the Gunners toiled in vain for a way back into the game.
Robert Lewandowski is 5/1 to win the Ballon d'Or. Had the award been presented in 2020, the Poland international surely would have won, scooping up the treble with Bayern and scoring an astonishing 54 goals in 48 games with the Bundesliga side.
We have to be angry in a good way, greedy all these kind of things, like you are if you have won nothing and would be with nil points and it's the most important three points in your life, said Klopp.
It was Collins' ability to spot a player that meant Rochdale would be his last full-time managerial appointment.
In less than a week these two sides will go head to head once again, but this time it will be at Villa Park and in the Premier League - live on Sky Sports - on Saturday, with kick-off at 5:30pm.
