He is certainly classy with the ball at his feet and possesses impressive vision, but his return of three goals in 71 Lyon appearances gives an accurate picture of just how often he finds himself around the opponents’ penalty area.
Another former Foxes favourite, midfielder N'Golo Kante, doubled the lead by firing home from the edge of the box after being allowed to roam 30 yards virtually unchallenged.
They will be one of the favourites for promotion once again next season and will hope to avoid a similar fate to city rivals Sheffield United, who spent six seasons in the third tier between 2011 and 2017.
It’s been quite the year for Serbia. It was only a year ago Serbia suffered the heartbreak of losing to Scotland on penalties which saw them miss out on the European Championships.
A seventh win in eight games leaves Forest fourth and cuts the gap to second-placed Bournemouth to five points with four games left after the
PSG have yet to see the best of Messi, but history tells us he will find a way to shine through. It’s possible there is still some trauma left over from the summer and the painful parting from Barcelona with Mauricio Pochettino still working to find a system to harness Messi. He is, however, too good not to succeed at the Parc des Princes.
The first one I could go alone but I gave it to Naby, so I think I'm trying always to give my best for the team to win, which is the most important thing. Neville said: He's at his absolute peak.
It was tough at the start because I played with people like Mason Mount, Marcus Edwards... England who were playing in the Premier League.
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At the same time, we saw ourselves that we can be there. Ancelotti: We reacted really wellMadrid have already dug deep to edge past Paris St Germain and Chelsea to reach the semi-finals, and the Bernabeu is primed for another special night next week.
Cristiano Ronaldo's future is also uncertain, while Edinson Cavani is out of contract this summer and Mason Greenwood currently unavailable.
He is more than deserving of Player of the Month, and I think him scoring as many goals as he has, it has possibly pushed him over the edge for this award.
Scottish League Cup winners Celtic are on a 10-game unbeaten run since lifting the first silverware of the season in December, beating Hibs 2-1 at Hampden.
It is difficult to maintain intensity and that's clearly where they've suffered in this run of games.
The composition of the all-time goalscorers list is mostly made up of players who are playing or played in the modern Champions League era (i.e. 1992 onwards) which has added more contintental games to the modern day calendar. Specifically, of the 20 players in the list above, 15 of them played from the mid 1990s on.
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Two late winners in successive Champions League games has proven that and it would be a surprise to see him dropped against Tottenham.
Two of those defeats can be excused, too, as a 4-2 reverse at Fulham came early in the season and the 1-0 loss at Sheffield United at the end of last season was very much a dead rubber.
Midfielder Alex Mowatt combined well with Conor Townsend, but he blazed a left-foot shot high and wide from an acute angle.
Manchester City's win over Chelsea on Saturday was their 12th league victory in a row. Liverpool moved into second place by beating Brentford on Sunday.
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El Nacional report that the Parisiens are plotting a move worth £75 million for the 28-year-old as a replacement for Kylian Mbappe should he decide to leave the club.
However, he's netted just once in his last seven such league games, doing so against Crystal Palace on Boxing Day.Premier League Preview: Conte's Spurs to crack Chelsea code?
At 2-2 it felt like they were favourites to go on and win, but once they fell behind again it was always a long way back.
This week saw two rearranged games from week 18 played - Southampton beating Brentford 4-1 and West Ham overcoming Norwich 2-0.
We never played football in that first half and didn't pick up any second balls. They played the game they wanted to and we allowed them to do that. In the second half we controlled the game better.
Speaking after Newcastle's third win on the bounce - a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa on Super Sunday - Neville reflected on the shifting momentum at St James' Park...
However, after further checks he said: My heart is absolutely fine and I'm completely healthy. Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah are also out of contract at the end of the season.
I'm not comfortable saying someone should be sacked - but we are comfortable saying Fred is not good enough or Scott McTominay is not good enough so I do not feel too bad saying Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not good enough.
There were suggestions that Rangnick had helped picked the XI at Stamford Bridge, but Carrick denied this on several occasions after the game.
Mesut Ozil wasn't playing before, fine, but when a new manager's playing you, don't say anything. The defence wasn't good from the word go.
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Eight minutes later the former England striker made it 3-1 when he again combined with Maddison to glance in his corner.
An additional two successful dribbles was enough to help the right-back to a WhoScored.com rating of 8.71.
They play a high line so with the speed we have we needed to mix it up. Also we needed to show how much we wanted to go to the final. In the second half we dominated.
Without that goalscorer in your team, you are relying on the goals coming from elsewhere - the centre-halves getting you some, a Trippier free-kick when he is fit or a long-range special from Jonjo Shelvey.
Though both teams held subsequent discussions about the resumption of the game, news came through three-quarters of an hour after the incident that the match would not restart.
Gibbs-White had another chance to add a second goal when he ran from around the half-way line into the area and shot narrowly wide of Westwood's left-hand post.
The only problem is, is when is the right moment for that? We saw that with Frank [Lampard] with his time at Chelsea, which was a similar story.
Paris St-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma, who helped Italy win Euro 2020, won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper, while Champions League winners Chelsea were named Club of the Year.
His first two years in north London yielded back-to-back FA Cups either side of a World Cup triumph with Germany.
The result, coupled with Wolves, meanwhile, remain eighth but move level on 25 points with seventh-placed Tottenham.
One comment that stuck with me was how fashion was part of his personality both on and off the pitch, so it was important for this to shine through in the design.
Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch, also on BT, said: I was too young for the [great Liverpool] teams of the 70s. This is the best I've seen.
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Also delivered a good cross from which Alaba headed wide. Came to life in the second half with a wonderful solo goal and had the beating of Fernandinho.
At times, goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has been busier than Tuchel would perhaps have liked but the raw numbers show they have conceded just four times in 11 Premier League games, the best record in the division.
Southgate switched tack in the World Cup qualifier against Hungary at Wembley, using Phil Foden and Mason Mount alongside Rice serving Jack Grealish, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling in attack.
Valerien Ismael's West Bromwich Albion failed in their bid to draw level with second-placed Bournemouth as they were once again denied victory by Barnsley on a bogey ground where they have not won in 74 years.
