If there is one thing that Alves has shown on a consistent basis these past years, though, it is that his ability and infectious enthusiasm for the game has not dimmed a bit, and he is already raring to go at the club at which he achieved stunning success prior to leaving in 2015.
Contracts are always a hot topic of conversation in football circles, with speculation never far away when it comes to fresh terms being signed by superstar performers or lucrative deals being run down towards free agency.
Cristiano Ronaldo said he will close the mouths of his critics and that they do not want to see his defensive work in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports.
Both Brahim Diaz and Alessandro Florenzi also hit the crossbar for Milan, who are hoping to win the Italian title for the first time since 2010-11.
The club was in a dark place at the end of the Jose Mourinho era, some players turned mercenary. Now there are some good lads in the dressing room, they're just not performing at the moment.
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has apologised for taunting Espanyol rival Nicolas Melamed following his late red card in the 2-2 draw between the Catalan neighbours.
Pep: Impressive to have 60 pointsPep Guardiola said: Liverpool have two games to play then we see the gap - 14 games to play, many points to play for and more tough games like today.
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Phil Foden - 6Shot well over in first half when he could have done better but showed some typically classy touches, played neat give-and-go with Henderson in the build-up to Kane's first goal, and grabbed an assist.
All of which meant Chelsea had failed to score in an away Premier League game for only the second time under Tuchel and the German - who was admittedly missing a number of players with Covid, including strikers Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku - needs to get his players, particularly his front men, firing again, and quickly, if the Blues are to maintain their title challenge this season.Richard Morgan If at first you don't succeed, try x 38 If at first you don't succeed, try again 38 times.
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This is not some workhorse who is having to work harder than the rest just to keep up. His defensive action area highlights the vast zone that he covers for the team.
I think we have to accept that we dipped below our usual levels. We didn't create as much as we would have hoped, but we have to give Hungary credit to that.
A spokesperson for the force said: In April 2021, police received a report of a malicious communications in relation to a social media post.
Bournemouth were without the injured Jordan Zemura so Wales defender Chris Mepham was pressed into action as a makeshift left-back.
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One-hundred per cent [Rangnick won't be in charge of Man Utd next season]. I've got as much chance of being in charge.
I want to help them, guide them, so they carry a game plan out. Inside me is what was inside me as a player.
We need] To pay attention in the future because we need players to be used to playing in this league.
Napoli have won 10 of their opening 11 matches for the second time in history, after previously doing so in 2017-18.
But I don't want to add to any speculation, because he belongs to Barcelona. Analysis: Coutinho could fill Grealish void Jack Grealish once commented that Philippe Coutinho was one of his favourite players to watch on YouTube.
Bukayo Saka’s strike that put them in front against City on New Year’s Day is the only goal Arsenal have scored in their five games this month.
He won eight league titles with Dynamo Kyiv in the Soviet Union and latterly - after the declaration of independence in 1991 - Ukraine.
It's a pattern in them. They've had a way of playing for three years where they've been a counter-attack team.
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On that basis, he can't recommend a yellow card, he's got to go red or nothing so he elected to go with the referee's on-field decision.
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With Liverpool trailing Manchester City by 11 points - albeit with a game in hand - there is a feeling that the Reds will lose further ground without their attacking stars.
At the top sit Juventus, with eight wins from their first eight games, having won last season’s title without dropping a single point.
Wednesday had the better of a tetchy first half but the closest they came to a goal was when Anthony Patterson easily held George Byers' well-executed bicycle kick.
Jesus had an early penalty appeal turned down when he was shoved in the back by a Sporting defender following a set-piece, but the visitors proved difficult to break down.
It is legitimate that the players want their value, Bayern president Herbert Hainer told Sport1-Doppelpass. But it is also legitimate for us as a club to say that we are no longer willing to pay this money. We did that with David Alaba.
Club director Manoel Raimundo Paes de Almeida said the replacement of regular midfielder Ademar with fellow playmaker Sarara, who then shone in a crunch match with Corinthians, was based on Carvalhaes' concerns about Ademar's state of mind.