Politicians have condemned some Premier League clubs for furloughing non-playing staff, saying they are living in a "moral vacuum. The Premier League, English Football League, PFA and League Managers' Association met on Wednesday and remain in discussions over "several high-profile matters, including player wages and the resumption of the 2019-20 season. Here is a round-up of what Premier League clubs have announced regarding pay so far.
Sadly, a failure of technology meant a serious injustice was done on the Premier League's big comeback night. Henderson shows his class Villa Park was decorated with banners in the absence of supportersHenderson's reputation has soared during his loan spell at Sheffield United from Manchester United - and it is easy to see why Wilder was delighted the 23-year-old is staying with the Blades until the end of the season.
Rodgers added: "Jamie is a real talisman for the team but if we are going to have success it is about the team. He hasn't played for us in a number of games and the team has still played well but of course we want him fit and well. He is such a good player and we hope it is not too serious. Vardy has contributed to 34% of Leicester's league goals this season and has started all but two of their 24 matches.
The second came in the 12th minute when Bethany England got on the end of a perfectly-timed ball from Cuthbert, and went beyond West Ham goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan for a calm finish. Sophie Ingle then made it 3-0 in the 44th minute as she managed to get her head on the ball in the middle of a goalmouth scramble following a corner. The thrashing continued from the start of the second half, Cuthbert making it 4-0 in the 52nd minute.
Slovan Bratislava have had a slightly better campaign but find themselves in a position where they must win their final two games of the group, whilst hoping Wolves lose both of their games. It looks like it might be too hard a task for the Slovakian side but they will be giving it their all in this match to ensure they still stand a chance at qualification in matchweek six.
West Ham placed unprecedented faith in Pellegrini to bring success to the football side of the club after managing director Karren Brady had helped end the very public dispute with their London Stadium landlords. While it could not be argued Hammers fans were finally happy in their new home, the venomous hostility that spilled over at the infamous home game against Burnley in March 2018 had at least eased.
They are arrogant and irresponsible: they only think about their economic interests and the cups. But, for the Italian championship, UEFA decides that, to resume, it must end by June? “Are we going to play every other day? Or does UEFA also have the power to stretch their days and make them 72 hours long? “If you want to do something with UEFA's profits, send oxygen cylinders and respirators to Brescia.
Spain's health minister says he does not think fans will be able to return to football matches in the country when the new season starts in September. The government's department for sport and La Liga had hoped for fans to return at a reduced capacity. But the threat of a rise in coronavirus infections is set to prevent the move. To be honest, I don't see it, given the reality we are in," health minister Santiago Illa told radio station Cadena Ser.
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton predictions for Saturday’s English FA Cup clash. Bournemouth slipped into the relegation zone this week with no wins in four whilst Luton are bottom of the Championship with no wins in seven. Read on for all our free English FA Cup predictions and betting tips.
Wolfsberger will host Hartberg in the Tipico Bundesliga Championship Group Game of Austria on Wednesday at Lavanttal Arena. Wolfsberger are currently on unbeaten run of the four games including two Wins and two Draws. Defeted strum Graz by 2-1 in the first game in Championship Group but Drawn last game to LASK by 3-3 in the latest game. Meanwhile all the last four Wolfsberger matches saw more than 2.5 Goals. While Hartberg lost last game to Salzburg by 6-0 but Defeated LASK by 2-1 before Salzburg fixture. However all the last 11 Hartberg matches produced more than 2.5 Goals in the league .
Posted at 54' Offside, Burnley. Ashley Westwood tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside. Posted at 54' Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City). Posted at 54' Dwight McNeil (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal!Posted at 51' Goal! Manchester City 4, Burnley 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva following a corner.
LiverpoolPosition: 1st Last league result: 7 March - beat Bournemouth 2-1 (h) Leading Premier League scorer: Mohamed Salah - 16What's happened during lockdown? Midfielder Adam Lallana, who was set to leave on a free transfer on 30 June, has agreed to extend his deal until the end of the season. Liverpool players took a knee around the centre circle at Anfield in a message of support following the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Assisted by Steve Cook. Posted at 84' Attempt blocked. Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 82' Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 82' Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace). Posted at 80' Attempt missed. Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
The game was played behind closed doors as the French government enforced its rule of banning public gatherings of more than a thousand people, nevertheless thousands of PSG supporters gathered outside the stadium to cheer on their team. Afterwards, Kehrer said: "It was an exciting match right until the end.
We always talk about unity at Roma,” said Fienga. In volunteering to cut their salaries for the rest of the season, the players, the coach and his staff, have all proved that we really are in this together. Edin Dzeko, all the players and Paulo have demonstrated they understand what this club stands for and we also thank them all for their superb gesture towards the employees at this club. Roma have not played since 1 March, just days before the Serie A season was postponed.
Capped 46 times for Northern Ireland, he also served as assistant boss at both Crawley Town and Notts County before returning to his native Belfast in February last year to take charge of Ards FC. The call came from Bulgaria in October. Graham flew into Belfast and we had a chat, and then I went over to Blagoevgrad and I was blown away by the town and the club's ambitions," Feeney adds. What we want to do here is take the club as far as we can - we want to take this team into the first division and win trophies.
Their goalless draw at Watford was hardly the stuff of dreams last weekend, but it does leave them in a very respectable 10th position as we approach the halfway point, and they could even move as high as 6th with a victory on Monday. Of course, that would require an awful lot of luck earlier in the weekend, but the fact that they’re closer to the top five than to the relegation zone is cause for celebration in itself.
While some fans have expressed frustration about a lack of incoming transfer activity, it appears the relationship between chief executive Ed Woodward and Solskjaer is solid. As a club, we've got to stick together, we've got to be united, we are a family," Solskjaer said after some fans sang anti-Woodward chants during the recent 4-0 league win over Norwich City.
And England forward Billy Vunipola was later warned by his club side Saracens about his behaviour after defending Folau's actions. Meanwhile, no professional footballer in the United Kingdom has yet come out as gay, a situation Atkin is hopeful will change. He said: "It can sometimes be slightly disheartening to think that there are other people who are LGBT who don't feel that it's the right time for them or have the confidence to come out.
We are heading towards that decision," Vincenzo Spadafora told reporters when asked if the government was thinking of barring fans. The government last month banned sporting events in the worst-affected northern regions. So far, 10 Serie A matches have been postponed as well as two in the Coppa Italia.
If Silva is still in place to take charge at Anfield, he'll need something special to realistically keep his job going forward. MAN OF THE MATCH Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester). Made a stunning impact from the bench with a goal and an assist. His introduction sparked the whole of the home side into life and completely changed the complexion of the contest.
Paper Round’s view: There doesn't seem to be a one-size-fits-all solution to this. If some players are worried about their own financial futures then it doesn't seem right they should have to contribute as much as some of the highest earners in the league. Overseas players want support for their countries The idea of building up a fund to help the NHS has been hampered by the desires of some overseas Premier League players to help health services in their home countries.
The Greek Cup semi-final matches will take place today. The first match of the Greek Cup between these teams ended with the victory of the AEK, so I hope that the AEK has the potential to keep it level because a draw would be enough for them. The home team has 3 losses in the last 5 games, while the guests are undefeated. However, during the last 4 direct meetings, the home team has failed to win and I think they will be left without win for 5th time. I think the guests are a better team and I expect them to celebrate at the end. They won the first leg with 2-1. They will try protect this result.
There was the usual excellent, eclectic mix of anecdotes in this week's That Peter Crouch Podcast. The former England striker will be responding to your questions every week, and in the latest episode, he talks about whether he'd make a good winger, lobbing a set of golf clubs into a lake and what a two-year-old can learn from Robert Huth. He also named five of his top football hackers - you can have a go at ranking them in order of best hacker.
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Holt's Twitter tirade "Jurgen, LFC you're embarrassing yourself," he said on Twitter. You're tarnishing your reputation. Rethink where you go from here. You're killing the FA Cup. There's calls to kill the Carabao Cup. You're killing us. This is a battle The FA must win or their flagship competition is totally undermined.
Madrid the defensive maestro face a resilient Villarreal in this fixture at the Wanda metropolitano. Madrid have discipline defensively as portrayed by the game they had with Liverpool.they haven't been scoring goals neither have they been conceding goals they have a strong defensive line which comes at a cost of reduced chances in the attack segment .Villarreal come with a record of three wins in their last five matches which is an impressive for them but to source a straight win by defeating Madrid will be a tricky encounter if not a stalemate hence I predict a score margin of below 4 goals
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Bayern Munich should have few problems securing aother win in the Bundesliga. They returned to action with a 2-0 win at Union Berlin and are scoring plenty of goals and not conceding at the other end. Their opponents can only wish that was the case for them. Another defeat last weekend has then still worrying about the prospect of relegation. When you have lost four games in a row, the last thing you need is a trip to Bayern Munich. Go for a home win here with Bayern ahead at both half and full time.
Sergio Ramos bundled in the opener, which stood despite the defender being in a clear offside position for the goal. Of course, Real may well have won whatever match may have played out, but it will have left Atletico wondering what if, with the club still chasing their first European Cup. Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) v Real Madrid (Champions League 2016)Getty Images La Remontada: The comeback that might not have been Barcelona were trailing PSG 4-0 going into their Champions League last-16 second leg meeting at the Nou Camp in 2016-17.
Well it is pretty hard not to favorize Atletico Bilbao in this one when they are playing so strong at home and also when on the other side celta is playing so weak on the road, Bilbao won at home 4 from last 5 ans also in head to head matches they won 3 from last 4 and celta losted from two bad teams on the road and their defense aloud a lot of goals in that two games and today even 1 goal could be enough for Bilbao to win cause their defense conceded just 13 goals since the season started
E Frankfurt x Borussia M'Gladbach. If we want to see B M winning at Frankfurt we would have to go back to 2015, yes 5 years back. The last 2 results at Frankfurt's were 2 x 0 and 1 x 1, this last one happening last season, whilst the 2 x 0, 2 years back. Monchengladbach is much stronger this year, it's a fact and they are still hoping for a miracle and win the Bundesliga being just 6 points behind the leader. Well, we all know 6 points behind B Munich is like being 30 points off any normal team =)
Maniche - PORTUGAL v Netherlands, 2004 Media playback is not supported on this device Best Euros goals: Maniche - Portugal v Netherlands 2004 Maniche was one of the stars of Portugal's run to the Euro 2004 final. And his semi-final winner against the Netherlands underlined why. Collecting Cristiano Ronaldo's quickly taken short corner, Maniche elected to have a pop at goal from the left corner of the box, with the ball curving into the top right corner past a stunned Edwin van der Sar.
And your votes will decide the winner. You can see the results from the last 16 ties, which you voted on from Monday to Wednesday here. Now it's time for the quarter-finals. Watch the videos from each match below and then vote for your favourite Voting in the last eight will close at 17:00 BST on Thursday, 28 May. And then on Friday, 29 May, you can join us on the BBC Sport website as we have the live semi-finals and finals to crown the king of the Euros.
Pisek is a middle of the league table club from the 3rd league level where they have been playing for more than 4-5 seasons in a row at this moment and I really do not remember them being part of the 2nd league level in Czech Republic. This while Vysehrad got promoted to the 2nd league level at the end of last season winning the league including Pisek who they defeated with 1-0 at home. While right now the hosts have a middle of the league table place in the 2nd league with 20 points, and quite strong at home with a record of 5-1-3.
Aston Villa’s first-team players, coaches and senior management will defer 25% of their salaries for four months to ease the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Non-playing staff will be retained and paid in full during the lockdown and the Premier League club will not make use of the government furlough scheme. Our players and staff feel great solidarity with the many clubs in the football pyramid who have financial problems,” Aston Villa’s chief executive Christian Purslow said.
But England had a really special season. When you look at the way she left Chelsea on loan, then came back and really fought as an English striker to prove herself and break into the national team, then you can see how hard she has worked for her success. The goals she has scored have put her in the limelight along with Fran Kirby, Ji So-yun and the other Chelsea stars. She deserves it, and all the plaudits she gets.
But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side did score with their first shot on target when a floated cross from Juan Mata, who started ahead of Daniel James, was volleyed in by Rashford for his 18th of the season. The Canaries, who won in their last game at Old Trafford in 2015, struggled to find any rhythm in the absence of the injured Teemu Pukki.
Fiorentina defender Martin Caceres chested down a cross in the area and left the ball for a team mate but failed to see Rebic who drilled it into the net. The hosts were then reduced to 10 men when Dalbert fouled Ibrahimovic as he raced towards goal and was sent off after a VAR review, the referee changing a yellow card to red after deciding that Milan had been denied a clear scoring chance.
In Spain, Granada and Villarreal are expected to meet each other in a La liga competition which will be held at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes stadium, Granada city. In the table, Villarreal takes position 7 with 44 points after playing 29 matches while Granada takes position 9 with 42 points after playing 29 matches. There is a point difference of 2 points.
Ings scored the equaliser against Crystal Palace on Saturday for his eighth goal in as many starts to take his overall tally for the campaign to 14, as Southampton climbed to 15th with 22 points from 20 games. The 27-year-old, who played only 14 games in three years at Liverpool due to a number of injuries, is on course for his best season since returning to his boyhood club in 2018.
But Higuain drew Juventus level when his shot took a fortuitous deflection off a defender to wrong-foot the goalkeeper with little over quarter of an hour remaining. Higuain swept in a finish from Juan Cuadrado’s low cross to put Juve in front eight minutes later, but the Atalanta players were furious that an apparent handball from the Colombian in the build-up went unpunished.
Leipzig needed only a point to secure their knockout stage spot but Benfica keeper Odisseas Vlachodimos denied Christopher Nkunku in a one-on-one in the first half with a fine save. With Leipzig dominating and in search of the crucial equaliser after the restart, Benfica found the space to counter attack and Vinicius broke clear after Lukas Klostermann slipped and easily beat keeper Peter Gulacsi in the 59th minute.
It is Spurs who I am expecting to see a response from here, but Jose Mourinho will have to sort his midfield out for that to happen. Lawro's prediction: 3-0Richard's prediction: 3-1 Aston Villa v Norwich CityIt was worrying to see Aston Villa shipping goals the way they were in Saturday's defeat by Southampton. Dean Smith's side have now lost four games in a row, and John McGinn's injury is another blow for them.
We can see this being quite a tight affair with neither side really being able to dominate but both creating chances as they try and gain the advantage going into matchweek six. Both teams to score looks like a good bet and we'd expect an open game without a huge amount of goals. 4/7 seems a fair price though and we're confident that both teams will find the net during the game.
Defender Lukasz Piszczek found space to drill home for the lead in the 33rd minute with the hosts having to stay patient against a hard-working Eintracht. But the visitors threw in the towel after the restart with Jadon Sancho scoring with a fine run and finish in the 50th and Erling Haaland tapping in four minutes later for his eighth goal in his fifth league game, a Bundesliga record.
A minute later Neymar plays Mbappe in again, and again Burki blocks the ball out to safety. GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1 (Haaland 69) Paris St Germain 0 He can't stop scoring! Haaland puts Dortmund ahead after a scramble in the PSG box. Hakimi finds Reyna with a cut back, and Reyna shoots from ten yards out.
