James took the longest to be birthed into a regular first-team spot this season but his excellent recent performances at right-back have now earned him a new five-and-a-half year contract at the club. As he said yesterday evening: " It has been my dream to be here at Chelsea and play week in week out and to have a contract for another five-and-a-half years is living the dream again.
The Londoners started brightly and grabbed a 22nd minute lead through N'Golo Kante, who beat Ederson after latching on to a superb through ball from Mateo Kovacic. But City struck back twice before the break with a fortunate deflected shot from Kevin De Bruyne and then a fine, solo strike from Riyad Mahrez.
Eighth round of the Belarusian league, and in this match we have two teams that are in very opposite situations. Smolevichi, who plays at home, has yet to win in the league and is in the relegation zone in fifteenth position, while BATE Borisov's team is in fourth place three points behind the leader.
Media playback is not supported on this device Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City: Pep Guardiola pleased with Man City's comeback win Pep Guardiola's side have looked a lot more like their old selves with their attacking displays against Arsenal and Leicester in the past couple of weeks, scoring three times in both games. Of course there is still a question mark over City defensively, but they will take the game to Wolves and I think they will win it.
What a response from the visitors! 88’ PEREZ. What a chance for Alaves to snatch an equaliser! A corner kick bounced through to Perez at the back post, but Marcelo and Isco charged him down and deflected it over! KEY STATS Real Madrid have won back-to-back away games in La Liga for the first time this season.
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Home is certainly where the heart is for Killie, who've lost just one out of eight at Rugby Park, winning four of the other seven. Kilmarnock's pleasing home form has been built largely on defensive solidity. Only two teams have shipped less home goals than Angelo Alessio's men, who've conceded just five in at eight. Only Celtic have kept more SPL home clean sheets than Kilmarnock, who've shut their opponents out five times on their own patch.
Oman Club will have Bahla for this fixture of the league. I expect, this will be tense match for both sides. However, Bahla are more ambitious team in this season. The visitors are in better shape. They have two consecutive victories. I think, the visitors will try to make a positive result on the opposite stadium. Also, we have Oman Club who's is not very good team in this campaign. Also, the hosts are in poor shape. In any case, the hosts have a very difficult task. They are more vulnerable. They have less potential. I think, Bahla will closer to victory.
Embrace the underdog' Tyrone Mings is mobbed by fans after Villa's 2-1 extra-time win over Leicester in the semi-finalFor Villa boss Dean Smith, coming up against a team as strong as Manchester City is nothing to fear as his side head to a League Cup final for the first time since 2010. We're massive underdogs against a world-class team," Smith said. But I can only name one or two other teams who wouldn't be underdogs going into the game against City.
Perth have a great amount of attacking talent at their disposal and this is evident by the amount of goals they’ve scored this season. 21 goals in 11 games sees them average just under 2 goals a game and is a large reason why they have been able to climb the table so quickly. In their last four games they’ve scored 14 goals and they look in tremendous form.
The home side will meed to get over their exit from the Carabao Cup at the semi-final stage. They surprisingly lost to Aston Villa and now need to concentate on finishing in the top four and perhaps winning the FA Cup. City begin the game with a an eight point lead over their opponents and 14 clear of Manchester United in fifth.
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Newcastle and Sheffield United are playing here a interesting match, but again on the other hand without much excitement regarding the likely goal opportunities, which in my opinion will be very few. The home team took a good four points in the last two matches in the league, thus escaping to a solid eight points more than the danger zone. The guest is playing the dream season and has been among the top seven on the table for a long time. Both teams play solidly, and on the score so I think the chances are very good to be draw. Newcastle before the break came from a streak of 3 games without defeat at home, and their visitor which this time is the Sheffield United team who this season has managed to generate good games
Chinandega need all three points to secure Playoffs place but Esteli are 10 points ahead of them and has excellent head to head record. Chinandega lost three of the last five matches and has one win and one defeat in the last two home matches. On the other hand Esteli just lost one of the last seven Games in the League and has One Win, One Draw and a Defeat in last three away matches. Esteli Defeated Chinandega in all the last four head to head matches and Scored four or More Goals in last three. So Esteli is likely to win .
The final Champions League spot is only six points away from the Eagles so what would be the shock of the campaign is still possible. Neither club has a cushy run-in (with both set to face at least three of the teams currently in the Champions League places) and each will look at this fixture as one they can win.
Chris Smalling scored one goal and assisted two others as Roma moved into the Serie A top four with a comfortable win over bottom-of-the-table Brescia. On-loan Manchester United defender Smalling headed in from Lorenzo Pellegrini's corner after 49 minutes. Up for another corner eight minutes later, Smalling's cushioned header set up fellow centre-back Gianluca Mancini. The England international met a third Pellegrini cross as Edin Dzeko sealed the points for Paulo Fonseca's side.
While manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still has problems to solve at United, who moved into fifth spot in the Premier League, he has given Rashford license to show that he is one of the best young strikers in Europe. His 14 league goals is his best-ever haul and he has netted 19 times in his last 23 games for club and country.
