With the inaugural Kiwi Clasico just hours away, NZME has assembled a crack team of football tragics to dissect what Auckland FC and .... Wellington Phoenix v Auckland City | Men's National But it's the positions of Odegaard and Xhaka, who are pushed really high, which really standout, while Partey is sat really deep. Tuchel hauled Christensen off at half time but afterwards insisted this decision was injury-related and not due to his error, instead blaming the state of the turf at the Chelsea stadium. Tournament formatIt is unclear exactly when Premier League teams will need to release their players for AFCON, with the final Premier League games before the tournament taking place across January 1, 2 and 3. However, that miss was soon forgotten as United took the lead with just 12 minutes to go after good work by Fred, whose pressure on Etienne Capoue led to the ball falling to Ronaldo on the edge of the box and, with Rulli badly out of position, the Portuguese found the net with a nonchalant lob for his 140h goal in the competition and 799th in total for club and country. Race for the play-offsLuton can mathematically secure their place in the play-offs with a victory and if Millwall and Middlesbrough drop points. “It's not as effective as it could be. Ideally, Bayern have a fit Alphonso Davies on the pitch. With him on the wing, Bayern are much more effective. Simone Inzaghi's men are priced at 4/5 (1.80) to claim three points, while the Rossoneri are available at 10/3 (4.33). David has nine goals in 15 games for Canada this season He puts on a game face; he's a cold assassin and very clinical. There were no shock omissions, his set up neither too aggressive as in 2018 nor too cautious as in 2019. When Marseille finally went ahead with 37 minutes on the clock, it was mainly thanks to Bordeaux goalkeeper Benoit Costil. He shanked a goal kick straight to Cengiz Under, who skipped forwards, rounded Stian Rode Gregersen and smashed a shot into the far corner. Those three incidents defined the result. Frustration was the perfect word to sum up the feeling in the ground at full-time. And substitute Jessie Fleming added gloss to the scoreline deep into added-on time with a long-range effort. The situation for Lingard is similar. He was excited by the prospect of a fresh start Manchester United yet the arrival of Ralf Rangnick appears to have brought nothing but false hope. “We have to know very well that if we perform well, the fans are happy, Conte said. If you don’t perform well, the fans are not happy. This is football. PSG started the second-half in better fashion, moving the ball quicker and finding pockets of space to further break down a resolute Reims back line. Bowen netted the winner for the Hammers on 68 minutes when his speculative effort from range deflected past a helpless Ben Foster. Lukaku started the season strongly, scoring four goals in his first four appearances following his £97.5m move from Inter Milan in August, but an ankle injury in October hampered his progress and the intervening months have not been straightforward. Everyone here works hard because they know that individually they are not the best players in the Bundesliga. Hibs were forced to make a change in the 37th minute when Wright went off injured to be replaced by Josh Campbell. Guardiola has revealed De Bruyne, who has been vaccinated, has experienced some symptoms since testing positive last week but hopes the Belgian will be able to return soon. At the moment there's a lot of talk about Erling and other people talk about money but this transfer will set new levels. Scottish Premiership strugglers St Johnstone and Livingston have both been linked with a move for the former Wigan player. The match was called off amid extraordinary scenes as officials, believed to be from Brazil's health authority, stormed on to the pitch shortly after kick-off over an alleged coronavirus breach by the visitors' England-based players. I love my family and their support, from what they're going through now and what they went through before. Chiefy hits back at Auckland's 'pressure' jibe Wellington Phoenix boss Giancarlo Italiano has hit back at claims from Auckland FC head coach Steve Corica ahead of the first ever NZ Derby. The major problem was with physicality. Today we didn't control the game apart from very few moments. Those who had tested positive were subsequently sent home, with the Premier League informed of the situation. We have said let's have a really coherent system so that can run from youth diversion with local officers, education, getting people involved, working with community programmes all the way through to individual club bans to league-wide bans. Celtic are first in action after the winter break with a home game against Hibernian on January 17 (19:45 GMT), while St Johnstone are away to Hearts 24 hours later. I was disappointed in them against Liverpool and I expected more from them but he's still getting his team together. Brentford 0-1 Man City - Match report and highlightsHow the teams lined up | Match statsGuardiola knows his side had come through yet another stiff away test. Their expected goals against data has them averaging 1.01 goals conceded per 90 minutes which has them as the fourth-best defence in that metric over a 22-game period. He has to score at least 50 goals in the next two seasons to stand a chance of reaching that, because he isn't reaching those numbers in his 30s - football isn't like that anymore. He was the heartbeat and spearhead of most of the positive attacks that Reis' side put together, and for a player that has often been touted as one that could do more, this display could be that springboard that he and his team need to kick on this season. No player, whether our player or an opposition player, should be subject to this type of abuse. All at Norwich City will continue to do everything we can to eradicate all forms of unlawful discrimination from the game. Swift then should have done better when through alone but Phillips made a good stop by diving at his feet to gather possession.