But it was Ramsey - one of the players promoted to the Villa first team by new Norwich boss Smith - who gave the visitors the lead their intricate play deserved. The 20-year-old was allowed to run unchallenged from inside his own half to open the scoring with a powerful finish.
The flow in attack not as fluid. For Denmark, it feels like 1992 all over again, but this was far from a Super Saturday for Wales.
Sometimes I have a moment in the game and I am already thinking that on Monday or Tuesday I am going to see this clip.
It was pretty clear how this was going to go. As the fourth minute of injury time began, Leicester were going to take the points and Spurs would be taking the positives, which is a lot more effort. The kinder match reports would mention the weight of chances created; the cheekier would throw in the word Spursy. Antonio Conte would look grumpy. Brendan Rodgers would wax magnanimous.
Porto will progress with a win at home to Atletico. A draw will also be enough if AC Milan fail to beat Liverpool.
Arriving as the first signing since the approval of a Saudi Arabian-backed takeover at Newcastle United's new era, Trippier has expectation on his shoulders. After all, the club are now heralded as one of the richest in the world.
To throw him in amidst the fury of a north London derby would be a huge risk and could do the teenager more harm than good. The same could be said of the second leg against Liverpool.
Joao Pedro and Juraj Kucka, who missed the Villa Park victory through injury, will both be assessed.
Watford looked to make a game of it late on but their chances owed as much to individual instances of complacency slipping into West Ham's performance than their own good work, and from one particularly lax piece of Hammers defending Joao Pedro was denied by a sprawling Fabianski.
It's a big challenge for us but we have to be ready for that fight. Remembering a great Everton escape they won't want to repeatPL Predictions: Liverpool to cruise past Everton?Premier League fixtures | Table | ResultsDownload the Sky Sports AppPD: Do you get a different sense of what it means having been Everton manager now for a few months?Lampard: At the training ground we have a lot of Evertonians who work here, the club's in their blood.
For the football pillar, it's about what makes an effective team player. The fourth pillar is really about mindset - we call it champion mentality.
Raphael Varane is an exceptional all-rounder and would surely be a key member of Pochettino’s team, but the Argentine likes a left-footer in his centre-back pairing to provide balance (Jan Vertonghen played this role for Totteham). This could see United enter the transfer market as Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof and Eric Bailly are all right-footed.
He hasn’t been able to do that because the system at Man Utd has not worked yet. It’s left him in a vulnerable position.
Middlesbrough came from a goal down at half-time to beat West Bromwich Albion and record a seventh straight home win.
John Lundstram (49) added Rangers' third in superb fashion after Ryan Kent had once again beaten Manuel Akanji down the left.
Dundee United are fourth in the Premiership after an impressive start to the season under manager Thomas Courts.
Motherwell will assess Mark O'Hara and Juhani Ojala, who are suffering from minor issues, while Liam Donnelly is not training just now after suffering a few niggles.
Only Norwich have shipped more goals than Leeds (39) and Newcastle (42) this season with Bielsa's boys conceding 19 in their last six fixtures.
How can I not feel responsible? On the game, he added: In the first half we started well and ended well but didn't manage to score.
Bergwijn's goal helped send the Netherlands to Qatar after they missed out on the finals in Russia in 2018
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I think it is quite refreshing to see a player go up like that. He makes no movement towards the goalkeeper and he doesn't catch him with his arm.
Representatives of the leagues expressed their views directly to Wenger in a call on Thursday, while FIFA has also been consulting with national team coaches this week.
He has nothing to prove to anyone. He will always be a winner. I cannot speak any higher of him, said Rodgers. He had the X-Factor.
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Goodman: I think we all expected Brentford to beat Fulham last year. If you fail you want to fail your way, and that will be their regret.
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Yes. Does he need to realise what it takes to be a Championship striker? Yes. Will we go through it with him and talk about it again?
“In the Premier League, it is not as good as we all thought, but it is a very difficult and even competition in which things take a lot of turns.
“Beth England is not available either, but with Steph it’s really disappointing because she has been out for a long time already.
Captain Houghton is missing, the centre-back struggling for fitness at the moment. She recently suffered a setback to do with her achilles, which she injured back in September. Chelsea striker Beth England is also injured and not involved.
Their struggles this season could not be ignored however, and a five-game losing streak has seen the club hurtle toward the relegation zone, signalling the end of Dean Smith’s reign and appointment of Gerrard.
Jesse Marsch led Red Bull Salzburg to two league and cup doubles before joining RB Leipzig Jesse Marsch has been sacked as RB Leipzig manager after just four months in charge.
Play Super 6 for freeLive football on Sky SportsPremier League fixtures | Table | ResultsTottenham have Eric Dier available after he missed five games through injury.
It forms part of a trend, identified by transgender players and campaign groups, of a rise in transphobic abuse in football recently, as the matter becomes more of a point for toxic debate in social and traditional media.
We were ready for the game and I made it clear if it could be played we wanted it on - as did their manager.
But when I have to decide something, I always make a list of the pros and cons and then see which one prevails.
Manchester United captain Maguire has come under fire in recent weeks after a series of high profile mistakes and defeats to Leicester, Liverpool and Manchester City.
He’s a wonderful player to watch, and when you watch him on TV and live, you just see how quick he is on his feet. Personally, I look at players and wonder, how can I stop them? I look at his quick feet, even in tight areas, I think maybe you just can’t, with his short backlift. He is an incredible player to watch and Liverpool’s focal point.
So, let's look at the potential winners and losers from Rangnick’s appointment... Let’s start with the most interesting topic of debate: Cristiano Ronaldo's role.
After missing a hatful of chances in the 0-0 draw with Leeds at the weekend, his confidence would have been further dented when firing wide from close range after a defensive mix-up allowed the brilliant Yves Bissouma to stroll into the penalty area.
Wembley is understood to be the preferred venue for the match known as the 'Finalissima' but UEFA has not yet confirmed that.
I was considering Jack Hendry on the right of the back-three but I've gone for experience in Grant Hanley for that first game while Scott McKenna as a left-footed player can cover Kieran Tierney if he pushes forward.
When asked whether, in the light of the planned protests, the owners might be likely to sell, he answered: No. We have no intention to sell the club.
Albion had missed two early chances to take the lead. Cardiff's first threat came in the 34th minute - and within seconds, they took the lead.
While most of the country was tucking into their second round of Christmas lunch, rumours were starting to emerge that the game would be postponed.
