But despite having a full week to prepare, United looked sluggish and rarely threatened against a side who have conceded more goals than any other in the Premier League this season.
“I was thrilled when Frank asked me to join him at Everton. This is a brilliant opportunity with a fantastic club and I am coming here to work hard and try to help bring success to Everton,” Cole said.
After graduating with a degree in human biology from the University of Southern California, she decided to return to English football in December 2019, joining a fast-rising and ambitious Leicester City as they pushed for promotion to the WSL for the first time.
West Ham’s defeat means they have missed out on the chance to qualify for next season’s Champions League group stages – the prize for winning Europa League.
The hosts were handed the ideal start when Meslier took a loose touch from Ayling's pass and allowed Nketiah to pounce for the opener - a reward for both his persistent pressing and recent performances leading the Arsenal line.
Wednesday's Copa del Rey last-16 clash brings together two hopefuls for the trophy who are also still harbouring distant Liga ambitions.
He is trying to sort out his situation with Arsenal. It's complicated but we will keep trying. Aubameyang was also linked with a switch to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr earlier this month.
Tete - deputising for suspended right-back Denis Odoi - was again involved, delivering a telling cross from the right towards Mitrovic who proved too strong for Michal Helik as he outjumped the Barnsley centre-back and headed home.
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They could hit 2022 with real momentum. Their defensive record under the German has been extraordinary.
Towards the end we kept pushing, but it was all huffing and puffing. We changed formation and made three substitutes, we tried to make it to impact it every way we could. Motherwell more than deserved their win.
There are few out there like him. So while a salary of, say, £20 million ($27m)-a-year might sound huge, the cost of replacing such a player, both in terms of transfer fee and wages, never mind performance level, would far exceed that, surely?
People always ask me and we talk about it as team-mates and we just say 'we don't know what's happening'.
Tottenham defender Cristian Romero's hamstring injury is a bit serious, says manager Antonio Conte.
Klopp felt Harry Kane should've been sent off for a first-half challenge on Andy Robertson that saw the striker only shown yellow. Later in the half, Diogo Jota had penalty appeals waved off after a challenge from Emerson Royal.
Atletico’s identity crisis makes them a hard team to understand. What do they want when they play? It is possible the players do not fully grasp it either. Simeone changed systems and line-ups frequently in the first half of the season, not allowing the team a chance to settle.
He was speaking honestly, having now won seven of his 14 games as interim manager. He knows more than fourth place is expected and demanded by the club's vast following.
They are an experienced group, they've come together and now for us it's about the whole club coming together, all the fans, and just bunkering in and concentrating on what we need to do. Jackson praised Dyche for his contribution to Burnley's success and said there will not be wholesale team changes for Sunday's game at West Ham.
He talks of trigger movements that he looks for in his team-mates before making certain runs. He explains that a run might be designed to open up a pass to someone else entirely.
In February 1945, with the Allies advancing, Sonny was deported along with his mother to Theresienstadt, in what is now the Czech Republic. His stepfather could do no more. He himself had been forced to take up arms.
The Gunners appeared to have turned a corner of late but deservedly lost at an atmospheric City Ground.
All signings made at the club will be approved by Neilson and Savage explained how the biggest fan-owned club in the UK will operate during the transfer window.
Rangnick told United's website following his appointment: I am excited to be joining Manchester United and focused on making this a successful season for the club.
It was perfect preparation for Boro ahead of a series of crucial clashes against the Championship top three - Fulham, Bournemouth and Huddersfield - this month.
And so Liverpool head into Christmas three points behind City, and having seen their considerable goal difference advantage wiped out in the space of a week.
Swansea had not played since December 11 because of Covid-19 both in their squad and opposition camps.
The Magpies submitted a formal bid to Atletico Madrid for Trippier on New Year's Day, and are planning to make him the first signing under their new owners next week.
Haaland knows he would have to share the limelight with the Frenchman at Santiago Bernabeu, while Madrid have doubts over being able to conclude a deal for the Dortmund star after seeing an initial approach knocked back in the last transfer window.
But the Manchester City striker soon turned to the villain of the piece as his clumsy second bookable offence handed Peru the initiative with 20 minutes to play.
[Arsenal's sporting director] Edu Gaspar told me that it is very rare to find players who were involved at such a high level who still want to get involved in this way.
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So, good exercise, good training camp, two good friendlies and I can't wait for next week. We are in a good place.
My worry though is when we were really on top against Croatia - because what we do then usually is fall asleep.
When domestic football restarted, they were desperate to climb the table and did so quickly, with Gyokeres playing a particularly pivotal role.
We managed to control the game even when we weren't playing and that's good because we're growing up as a team and learning from those mistakes that we made from the start of the season. But there's no denying the talent that is there.
“It’s very difficult to get in the head of another person. I’ve been vaccinated and my family, my daughter and wife, they did the same. But for sure, this matter is a personal matter.
He's a real football person. He thinks a lot about football and he knew how we played and he knew he would fit in.
Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick says Covid has disrupted progress at the club and has stopped him reaching his targets.
A below-his-best Dejan Kulusevski was fortunate not to connect when he swung an elbow at Marc Cucurella - that would have earned him more than the yellow he received.
In fact, of the goalkeepers to make 50 or more Premier League appearances in that period, Opta's expected-goals model indicates that his record was the worst of all his peers.
He doesn't need to tell me what he does in his own life, Arteta added. He's entitled to do that and he has a duty to do his best here.
But when he plays like that, he's brilliant. It's the first time I've watched Arsenal in many, many years, and they have a plan.
He beat off competition from team-mate Said Benrahma, Chelsea's Marcos Alonso, Eric Dier of Tottenham, Demarai Gray at Everton and Manchester United's Mason Greenwood to win the monthly accolade.
It is in Berlin, though, that he has settled. His loan at Union last season was disrupted by injury, but when the opportunity to move there permanently came up in July, he had no hesitation.
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A member of the Gabon team management also said they're in touch with Arsenal to check his progress as the days go by.
David Seaman has returned in recent months to help out with the academy goalkeepers on an informal basis, while Jack Wilshere was given the opportunity to work towards his coaching badges while he gets himself fit ahead of the January transfer window.
