Dani Alves scored and provided an assist for a Jordi Alba wonder-goal before being sent off in Barcelona's dramatic victory over Atletico Madrid.
Stephen Eustaquio is shining in Portugal, Liam Millar recently joined Basel from Liverpool and veterans like Steven Vitoria, Atiba Hutchinson and Junior Hoilett are all still doing their thing. And that says nothing of MLS stars, with the league having elevated Canadian players massively with the rise of Toronto FC, CF Montreal and the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Raphinha has stepped his game up a notch this season, to the extent that he's scored twice and assisted twice for Brazil in his two starts in World Cup qualifying.
It's very hard to come down from the Premier League and try to instil a different mindset and training method and go straight up, we've got a very, very good squad, he told BBC Radio London.
Despite spending £85m in the January transfer window, it has still been a remarkable turnaround and has led to calls from fans for Howe to be considered for manager of the year.
The major target for me is just to bring more balance to the team. We conceded two goals yesterday and if you look at the total of number of goals conceded, it is on average of two a game. That is just too much. Those are not the kind of games you need every day. In football to me, it's to minimise the coincidence factor.
But once we have the lead we give it away again, like also today. Ozdoev couldn't have hit the ball any better.
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They lead the table by three points after five wins from five games, across which they have scored 19 times and conceded just twice.
Earlier on Monday, the Premier League announced nine new positive results from last week's testing. Discussions are about the approach for EFL competitions going forward.
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Marosa was released down the right, he cut inside Sanchez and his deflected effort looped over a helpless Gollini to spark wild scenes of celebration.
That is something we have been preaching to the young lads when we have them in - so often we get into great areas high up the pitch in and around the box and we are not as calm. Alfie, however, seems to come with that natural calmness where he takes a deep breath and doesn't lash at his shot, but instead just places it in the corner or finds a pass. His decision-making is really good and he has definitely got a bright future.
There was the naivety against Monaco in 2017, the chaos against Liverpool in 2018 and the caution against Tottenham when Kevin De Bruyne was left on the bench in 2019.
Both teams struggled to create chances in the second half, with Guaita's denial of Pontus Jansson at short range the pick of the action after half-time.
If you were to tell me three or four weeks ago that Salah and Mane were to get to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations and Liverpool would end up closing the gap on City, I'd have said that's not going to happen because City looked absolutely incredible.
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I'm really excited to see the statue, which we've all been working so hard on - none more so than the artists.
We all have our roles and responsibilities, Solskjaer told reporters. Of course Cristiano is a leader in the group but that's what he does, he scores goals.
Tottenham have won both of their first two Premier League home games under Antonio Conte - only Ryan Mason and Harry Redknapp won their opening three at home for the club in the competition.
If you'd have told Ole his team were going to score three goals against Everton, you'd expect three points.
Switzerland were able to get more of a foot on the ball as the hour mark approached, carving out a chance for Seferovic which was comfortably held by Peacock-Farrell.
In the run-up to Saturday evening's return clash, where Inter will be the designated home team at their shared stadium in San Siro, Milan defender Davide Calabria insisted that neither he nor any of his team-mates were personally offended by Hakan's celebration.
Referee David Coote ordered both sets of players off the pitch and in to their dressing rooms with the score 0-0 at Vicarage Road.
It was confirmed at a Premier League club meeting today that while recognising a number of clubs are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and challenges, it is the League’s collective intention to continue the current fixture schedule where safely possible, the Premier League affirmed in a statement published on its official website on Monday.
Arsenal were better,” the City boss confessed. “They have six days after beating Norwich, we have two days. It was so tough for us to come back.
With this in mind, odds of 5/6 (1.83) look well worth backing on a goal being scored in the final 15 minutes of the game when Watford take on Norwich.
Tottenham were awarded a free-kick as the clock ticked down and the ball was played in by Percival with some power and found the top corner of the net.
Former Barcelona boss Guardiola has worked with Lionel Messi - also an excellent set-piece taker - but the Spaniard believes Ward-Prowse is the best he has ever seen.
His new manager was one of the best the Premier League has seen at arriving late in the box, and the Dutchman will see this as the ideal opportunity to kick-start his career in England.
Benitez was sacked last month on the back of just one win in 14 top-flight games, but Lampard believes that, rather than a lack of quality, the Everton squad is being held back by a lack of confidence.
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Which is the feeling of the last years for any Everton fan: success or frustration? You know the answer.
A goal for Turkey temporarily improved Wales' position in the group but on the pitch they were becoming stretched, with Chiesa skipping past Williams and teeing up Belotti to fire at Ward before Rafael Toloi headed the resulting corner narrowly wide.
The director of football was Jordi Cruyff and the coaches came from Barcelona, so there was a very Spanish way of working on a day-to-day basis, Earnshaw explains.
Sometimes you have to look past the immediate output and see potential, and that's what I saw in Kieran. I always saw Kieran had determination and character, which is a big part of being a professional.
PSG were in talks over a loan move last week but a deal could not be struck, leaving the door open for Lyon to make a move.
If they are to compete with Bayern or make a run deep into the Europa League, Dortmund will need Haaland to continue to play at an otherworldly level. But they will also need Reyna to step up to become Haaland's chief attacking partner, the creator needed to help take the forward line to another level.
So after a while you have to refocus, and focus on the positive things. And that's now the next weeks, to do everything possible he can to come back and help us on the pitch.
Not the time for England experimentation' Gareth needs to nail this team down and how we're going to play.
The frame of the goal saved Bournemouth in the 68th minute. Dembele then produced his late heroics to seal a dramatic turnaround for the visitors.
I don't know Klopp as a person very well but I know he is a great coach who has done great work at every club he has been at. Told of Simeone's latest comments during his press conference later on Tuesday, Klopp insisted there would be no trouble this time around.
I think he has a better chance of impressing us if he is with the U21s as well, frankly. Sancho dropped, Rashford recalledJadon Sancho has been left out of the England squad for November's World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino, but his Manchester United team-mate Marcus Rashford has returned following injury.